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(June 2010) List of years in music (Table) … 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 •    2002 • 2003 • 2004 – 2005 – 2006 • 2007 • 2008 •    2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 … Related time period or subjects … 2002 • 2003 • 2004 – 2005 – 2006 • 2007 • 2008 … … 1970s • 1980s • 1990s – 2000s – 2010s • 2020s • 2030s … … 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Contents 1 Events 2 Bands formed 3 Bands disbanded 4 Bands reformed 5 Albums released 5.1 January 5.2 February 5.3 March 5.4 April 5.5 May 5.6 June 5.7 July 5.8 August 5.9 September 5.10 October 5.11 November 5.12 December 6 Charts 6.1 Billboard Top 200 number-one albums 6.2 Billboard Hot 100 Number one hits of 2005 6.3 Top 100 best-selling albums of the year (U.S.) 7 Alphabetical list of top hits 8 Classical music 9 Opera 10 Musical theater 11 Musical films 12 Births 13 Deaths 13.1 January 13.2 February 13.3 March 13.4 April 13.5 May 13.6 June 13.7 July 13.8 August 13.9 September 13.10 October 13.11 November 13.12 December 14 Awards 14.1 Glenn Gould Prize 15 See also 16 References 17 External links Events During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996. January 1 - In most of Europe, copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier, including Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock", and "Only You" by The Platters.[1] January 7 - Welsh punk band mclusky officially announce their disbanding via their website. Weeks later, Welsh noisecore/punk band Jarcrew disband due to their drummer becoming a Jehovah's Witness - remnants of the two bands later went on to join forces and become Future of the Left. January 17 - Prior to missing 2 live shows Mike Tempesta is officially no longer part of Powerman 5000 due fights with the band. January 22 - Tsunami Relief concert held at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales - the largest live music event in the UK since the Live Aid concert of 1985. Performers included Madonna, Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Manic Street Preachers, Lulu, Aled Jones, Charlotte Church, Katherine Jenkins, Feeder, Snow Patrol, Liberty X. January 29 - Avril Lavigne, Chantal Kreviazuk, the Barenaked Ladies, Raine Maida, and Sarah McLachlan conducted a concert in Vancouver, British Columbia for tsunami relief. January 31 - Jon Levasseur leaves Cryptopsy, saying he has lost interest in Extreme Music. February 7 - BRIT Awards are held in London. Scissor Sisters, Keane, Franz Ferdinand, and Joss Stone are among the winners. February 15 - Sonny Mayo replaces Clint Lowery in Sevendust. February 22 The pop punk group Blink-182 announce that they will be taking an indefinite hiatus, but will not become completely inactive, according to frontman Tom DeLonge. Brian Welch, guitarist of KoЯn, leaves the band after converting to Christianity. February 28 - Static-X fires Tripp Eisen because of his arrest for sex offences involving a minor. Spring - All Ends Hired Fredrik Johansson. March 7 - Koichi Fukuda immediately replaces Tripp Eisen in Static-X & rejoins them after 5 years. March 26 - Australian drummer of Crowded House, Paul Hester, is found dead in Melbourne's Park. April - Country music legend Kenny Rogers signs a major worldwide record deal with Capitol Records. April 3 - Alice in Chains original bass player Mike Starr is arrested for "investigation of property destruction and theft". He was also sentenced to 30 days for misdemeanor drug possession in April 1994, two years after being replaced from the group during the recording of Dirt. April 9 - Destiny's Child launch their World Tour Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It in Hiroshima, Japan. April 26 - Propagator Records is launched in Birmingham, UK. May/June - Operation Ivy/Rancid bassist Matt Freeman is diagnosed with lung cancer. May 2 - Legendary blues-rock group Cream reunites for four shows in London's Royal Albert Hall. May 6 - Audioslave becomes the first American rock group to perform a free outdoor concert in Cuba. May 21 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM airs the 13th Annual Weenie Roast show with Alkaline Trio, Audioslave, Bloc Party, The Bravery, The Dead 60s, Foo Fighters, Hot Hot Heat, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, The Killers, The Mars Volta, Mötley Crüe, MxPx, My Chemical Romance, Queens of the Stone Age and The Transplants. May 25 - Carrie Underwood wins the fourth season of American Idol. June 9-June 11 - Download Festival 2006. Tool, Metallica and Guns N' Roses headline the main stage. June 12 - Pink Floyd announce that they will reunite with former bassist Roger Waters, who left the band in 1985, on July 2 for the Live 8 London concert. This will be the first time the band played together as a quartet since The Wall tour in 1981, and the first public performance by Pink Floyd since 1994. June 13 - Michael Jackson is found not guilty of child molestation. June 15 - Destiny's Child announce they will disband upon completion of their world tour. June 16 - Motörhead celebrate their 30th anniversary with a concert in the Hammersmith Apollo, which is later released on DVD. June 18–19 - Green Day films their first ever live CD/DVD Bullet in a Bible at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England. They played to over 130,000 fans in two days. June 21 - Billy Corgan announces that he wants to reform his popular alternative rock group The Smashing Pumpkins, which disbanded on December 2, 2000. June 25 – Patti Smith curates the Meltdown festival. Summer Crazy Frog ringtone "Axel F" is released as a single. Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" remains atop the Hot 100 for 14 weeks. Follow-up "Shake It Off" reaches #2 while "We Belong Together" is #1, making Carey the first female artist to hold the #1 and #2 spots on the Hot 100 simultaneously. July 2 - Live 8 benefit concerts are held around the world, as part of the Make Poverty History campaign. July 11 - The Chemical Brothers release their single, "The Boxer". July - The Blackbirds form in Auckland, New Zealand. August - The Cure frontman Robert Smith announces that the band plans to record their 13th studio album in the fall for release in the following year. September - A statue of Edward Elgar by Jemma Pearson is unveiled near Hereford Cathedral. September 9 - The band Scooter perform at the All-State Arena in Chicago, IL, their first performance in the United States. September 10 - The Italian rocker Luciano Ligabue attracts a European record number of spectators with a concert at Campovolo, in Reggio Emilia.citation needed September 14 - Britney Spears gives birth to her first child, a baby boy named Sean Preston with husband Kevin Federline. 1 October - Sentenced Plays Their Final Show. October - Jeff Martin leaves The Tea Party due to Creative Differenecs, also ending the band's 15 year stretch. October 15 - Media reported that Latin star Luis Miguel released his own vintage of wine, "Unico. Luis Miguel", a Cabernet Sauvignon. October 21 - Nightwish perform at the Hartwall Areena, later to be released as the End of an Era DVD. The following day, singer Tarja Turunen is dismissed in an open letter1. November 6 - Madonna earns her 36th Top Ten single with Warner Bros. Records-based, ABBA-sampled "Hung Up". This ties her with Elvis Presley for the most Top Ten singles. The Beatles have 34. "Hung Up" is also Madonna's 47th Top Forty single – the most for any female artist. November 15 - All female group Danity Kane is formed on MTV show Making The Band. November 20 - Madonna's Warner Bros. Records-based (Festival Mushroom Records in Australia) single, "Hung Up" takes the title as the ARIA #1 single. November 21 - Kate DeAraugo takes the title as Australian Idol 2005, ahead of Emily Williams. November 22 The 33rd annual American Music Awards are held. Multiple winners are Destiny's Child, Tim McGraw, Kelly Clarkson, Black Eyed Peas, and Green Day. System of a Down becomes the third musical act to have two number 1 albums in the same year. The other two to do this record were DMX & The Beatles. November - Madonna's new album Confessions On A Dance Floor hits #1 in 40 countries, a new record. The Beatles previously held this record when The Beatles 1 went to #1 in 36 countries in 2000. November 30 - Apocalyptica change locations of the shoot of their DVD "The Life Burns Tour" from Erfurt, Germany (Dec. 2) to Düsseldorf, Germany (Dec. 4) due to Technical Reasons. December 8 - The nominations for the 48th Grammy Awards are announced. The top-nominated artists include Mariah Carey, John Legend, and Kanye West, with eight nominations each. Other nominated artists include Gwen Stefani, Beyoncé Knowles (two of her own, plus four with Destiny's Child), Kelly Clarkson, and 50 Cent. December 10 Amnesty International launches its "Make Some Noise" music initiative. The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM airs the 16th annual Acoustic Christmas. On November 10, 2005, KROQ's official website announced that it will include Avenged Sevenfold, Fall Out Boy, Korn, Nine Inch Nails, Rise Against, System of a Down and Thrice for the first night. The second night is held the following day, as also announced at KROQ's official website on November 15, 2005 and includes The Bravery, Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie, Depeche Mode, Hot Hot Heat, Jack Johnson, Nada Surf and The White Stripes. December 11 - Peter Wichers, Quits Soilwork December 15 Madonna's Warner Bros. Records-based single, "Hung Up" sets a new record in the download charts by staying at #1 for 7 consecutive weeks. The single first appears on Z100 New York, closely followed by 2day FM (Sydney), Fox FM (Melbourne) and Nova 96.9 (Sydney) other stations follow including: Mix 106.5 (Sydney), Mix 101.1 (Melbourne), Vega 95.3 (Sydney), Vega 91.5 (Melbourne) and the rest of the MIX FM stations. Nelly Furtado's final single, "All Good Things (Come To An End)" is released and takes the title as the last single to be on the Loose album which is to be released in June 2006. December 21 - Elton John marries David Furnish in London. This marriage comes in the wake of new British laws affording gay unions the same legal protection enjoyed within straight marriages. December 31 - Mariah Carey earns her 17th #1 single with "Don't Forget About Us", tying with Elvis for second as the act with the most #1 singles. The Beatles have 20. She also becomes the first act to perform live in Times Square on the Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve television special on this day. Glue Gun reforms after eight years, with frontman Bob Oedy the only original member. The new line-up is Bob Oedy (vocals), Joey Rimicci (guitars), Brian Priess (bass) and Andy Alverez (drums). Rimicci and Priess were previously members of Jughead's Revenge. Bands formed

See Category:Musical groups established in 2005 Bands disbanded Ace Troubleshooter Atomic Kitten Autopilot Off Avoid One Thing Bear vs. Shark Beloved Blink-182 (Reformed in 2009) Busted The Calling Canvas (hiatus) Curl Up and Die Dirtie Blonde Do As Infinity Destiny's Child Dynamite Boy (Reformed in 2008) Eiffel 65 The Get Up Kids (Reformed in 2008) Gluecifer Hey Mercedes Home Grown (hiatus) Hot Snakes Ikara Colt JamisonParker Jump, Little Children Leftover Salmon Mclusky Million Dead Motor Ace The O.C. Supertones O-Zone One Dollar Short Play Q and Not U Quarashi Riddlin' Kids Rocket from the Crypt Roper S Club 8 Sentenced Silkworm Skulker Snapcase Tambalane The Tea Party Trust Company (Reformed in 2007) The Urge XTC (hiatus?) Zone Bands reformed Alice in Chains Backstreet Boys (Hiatus since 2002) Devourment Luv' Junior M.A.F.I.A. Van der Graaf Generator Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 1 Tage Mahal Jon Oliva's Pain - 4 Osirus Ol' Dirty Bastard - 11 EP The Fiery Furnaces EP Live at CBGB's Living Colour - Live! Thirty Days Ago Phoenix Live Rebelde RBD - A Brief History... The Waifs - Gold Aerosmith compilation 18 Black Mountain Black Mountain - The Documentary The Game - 19 Signs of Life Poets of the Fall Debut, IFPI-certified Platinum 24 Apocalyptica Apocalyptica - 25 Worlds Apart ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Side One Adrian Belew - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning Bright Eyes - Life Begins Again Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Controversy Sells Chamillionaire & Paul Wall - Push the Button The Chemical Brothers - Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) Kenny Chesney - Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits Cinderella Compilation Happiness in Magazines Graham Coxon - Knuckle Down Ani DiFranco - Nightbird Erasure - Curtains John Frusciante - Soul Mover Glenn Hughes - Far Away Lasgo - The Way Up Pat Metheny Group - This Woman LeAnn Rimes - 31 The Very Best of East Seventeen East 17 Compilation Octane Spock's Beard - Ready 2 Die Biggie Smalls - Rapt. Dept. yourcodenameis:milo EP February Day Album Artist Notes 1 Never Take Friendship Personal Anberlin - Red, White & Crüe Mötley Crüe Compilation Ultimate Kylie Kylie Minogue Compilation Best of Sweetbox Sweetbox - Here's to the Mourning Unwritten Law - ¿Dónde Está La Luz? WarCry - 2 Love Songs Harry Watters - 8 Almost Here The Academy Is... - Feel Like Jumping! Greatest Hits Live! Bad Manners Live Room Noises Eisley - The Golden Republic The Golden Republic - Seventeen Days 3 Doors Down - There's More Where That Came From Lee Ann Womack - 13 Raw Treasures Volume 1 Sweetbox - 14 Silent Alarm Bloc Party - 15 The Feeding American Head Charge - Señor Smoke Electric Six - Disconnection Notice Goldfinger - Here Come the ABCs They Might Be Giants - 21 Some Cities Doves - 22 The Beekeeper Tori Amos - Solarized Ian Brown - Burn the Flags By Night - Master of the Flying Gullotine Jumpsteady - Picture Kino - Burn the Priest Burn the Priest - Awake Is the New Sleep Ben Lee - 1984 Roger Miret and the Disasters - Live! Thirty Days Ago Phoenix Live Real Illusions: Reflections Steve Vai - Atticus: ...dragging the lake, Vol. 3 Various Artists Compilation Ashes to Dust William Elliott Whitmore - March Day Album Artist Notes 1 In Between Dreams Jack Johnson - Angel of Retribution Judas Priest - Strong Tower Kutless - Rebirth Jennifer Lopez - Frances the Mute The Mars Volta - 3 The Massacre 50 Cent - 7 Anniemal Annie - Employment Kaiser Chiefs - 8 Meltdown Ash - MAFIA Black Label Society - Warts and All: Volume 4 Moe. - My Kind of Livin' Craig Morgan - Who's Your New Professor Sam Prekop - Drake & Josh: Songs from and inspired by the hit TV show Various Artists Compilation 9 Withering to Death. Dir en grey - 15 Hearts on Parade American Hi-Fi - Strange and Beautiful Aqualung - Human After All Daft Punk - Soundtrack to a Headrush Emanuel - Everything's OK Al Green - Devil's Playground Billy Idol - Kerosene Miranda Lambert - The Best Little Secrets Are Kept Louis XIV - Hotel Moby - Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne Box Lullabies to Paralyze Queens of the Stone Age - Origin Vol. 1 The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Language. Sex. Violence. Other? Stereophonics - Alien Strapping Young Lad - True Parallels Trust Company - Now That's What I Call Music! 18 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation Of Hands and Hearts: Music for the Tsunami Disaster Fund Various Artists 2-Disc Compilation 21 Now That's What I Call Music! 60 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation 22 Songs About Me Trace Adkins - Road Fools Anybody Killa - Arular M.I.A. - Fine Upstanding Citizen Maia Sharp - It's Me Again Tweet - 28 Waiting for the Sirens' Call New Order - Deadwing Porcupine Tree - 29 Guero Beck - The Bravery The Bravery - Pushing the Senses Feeder - The B. Coming Beanie Sigel - Counting Down the Days Natalie Imbruglia - Elements of Persuasion James LaBrie - Lifehouse Lifehouse - Lost and Found Will Smith - The Everglow Mae - Joe Perry Joe Perry - Songs Not to Get Married To Reggie and the Full Effect - If We Could Only See Us Now Thrice - April Day Album Artist Notes 2 Live on KUCI The Littlest Man Band Live 5 Planets Adema - Open Season British Sea Power - In the Arms of God Corrosion of Conformity - Suspended Animation Fantômas - Avant que l'ombre... Mylène Farmer - Odyssey Fischerspooner - Elevator Hot Hot Heat - Girl's Mind Play Compilation We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy Reel Big Fish - ...Something to Be Rob Thomas Solo debut 11 Beautiful Intentions Melanie C - 12 Against All Authority / Common Rider Against All Authority and Common Rider Split EP Before the Robots Better Than Ezra - The Emancipation of Mimi Mariah Carey - The New Normal Cog - Bleed Like Me Garbage - Safety Second, Body Last The Locust CDEP Silver Rain Marcus Miller - Lost and Found Mudvayne - Alligator The National - Matter + Form VNV Nation - 18 Ignoto yourcodenameis:milo - 19 Cold Roses Ryan Adams and the Cardinals 2-Disc Untilted Autechre - Ohmwork Geezer Butler - Outlaw 4 Life: 2005 A.P. Outlawz - The Milk of Human Kindness Caribou - Greetings From Cairo, Illinois Stace England - Who Is Mike Jones? Mike Jones - Wreck of the Day Anna Nalick - 25 Mighty ReArranger Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation - Present Van der Graaf Generator - 26 Atomic Soul Russell Allen - Paper Tigers Caesars - Faith: Deluxe Edition The Cure Reissue (2-Disc) Pornography: Deluxe Edition The Cure Reissue (2-Disc) Seventeen Seconds: Deluxe Edition The Cure Reissue (2-Disc) Blinking Lights and Other Revelations Eels - Family Guy: Live in Vegas Family Guy - Songs for Silverman Ben Folds - The Essential Barry Manilow Barry Manilow Compilation Ghetto Bill Master P - Waiting for the Sirens' Call New Order - Ocean of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1989-1996 Screaming Trees Compilation Devils & Dust Bruce Springsteen - If God Had Curves David Usher - 29 In Search of Sunrise 4: Latin America Tiësto Compilation May Day Album Artist Notes 2 The Collection Atomic Kitten - Lichtgestalt Lacrimosa - The Ultra Selection Spandau Ballet Compilation 3 Perception Blessid Union of Souls - From Under the Cork Tree Fall Out Boy - Rock of Ages...Hymns and Faith Amy Grant - The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) Limp Bizkit - The Forgotten Arm Aimee Mann - With Teeth Nine Inch Nails - Complicated Nivea - A Sides Win: Singles 1992–2005 Sloan - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith John Williams Soundtrack 10 Late Night Tales: The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips - What I Really Mean Robert Earl Keen - Stand Up Dave Matthews Band - Pray for the Soul of Betty Pray for the Soul of Betty - Gimme Fiction Spoon - Big Bang Theory Styx - State of Discontent The Unseen - Make Believe Weezer - 17 Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection Def Leppard - The Calm Insane Clown Posse EP Magic Time Van Morrison - Mezmerize System of a Down - Hello, Good Friend The Rocket Summer - 19 Live from the N.E.C. Spandau Ballet Live 23 The Best of Natacha Atlas Natacha Atlas Compilation Tyranny of Souls Bruce Dickinson - Demon Days Gorillaz - L'Heure d'été Marc Lavoine - 24 Out of Exile Audioslave - Crimson Alkaline Trio - Be Common - Twenty Robert Cray - All or Nothing Fat Joe - Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge Molly Hatchet - Naked Marques Houston - Karma and Effect Seether - A Retrospective 1995-2000 Son Volt Compilation Rebel, Sweetheart The Wallflowers - 25 Bluestars Pretty Ricky - 30 Don't Believe the Truth Oasis - 31 The Dead 60s The Dead 60s - Everything Ecstatic Four Tet - Catch Thirtythree Meshuggah - Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities The Specials Compilation Dust Off and Dance Tiffany - June Day Album Artist Notes 6 Here I Am Marion Raven Solo debut X&Y Coldplay - Passion Geri Halliwell - Tales from Turnpike House Saint Etienne - Here Come the Tears The Tears - 7 Anastacia Anastacia - Anniemal Annie - Charge!! The Aquabats - City of Evil Avenged Sevenfold - Monkey Business Black Eyed Peas Octavarium Dream Theater - Death for Life Death by Stereo - Demanufacture Fear Factory Rereleased/Remastered Say Hello to Sunshine Finch - Commit This to Memory Motion City Soundtrack Soundtrack Panic MxPx - Sleeping in the Nothing Kelly Osbourne - That's What I Say John Scofield - Fijación Oral Vol. 1 Shakira - Choose Love Ringo Starr - Get Behind Me Satan The White Stripes - 13 Dirty Words The Departure - Jagged Little Pill Acoustic Alanis Morissette Re-edition acoustic Who You Fighting For? UB40 - 14 Never Gone Backstreet Boys - Twelve Year Silence Dark New Day - Another Day on Earth Brian Eno - Gold Eric B. & Rakim Compilation In Your Honor Foo Fighters 2-Disc Hours Funeral for a Friend - Bloom Eric Johnson - Broken Valley Life of Agony - Start a War Static-X - 20 Dynamite Jamiroquai - 21 Blink the Brightest Tracy Bonham - Robot Hive/Exodus Clutch - The Way It Is Keyshia Cole - TheFutureEmbrace Billy Corgan Solo debut Catch Without Arms Dredg - The Warrior's Code Dropkick Murphys - Killadelphia Lamb of God DVD Greatest Hits The Offspring Compilation De Nova The Redwalls - Angel Milk Télépopmusik - Haunted Cities Transplants - Look at All the Love We Found Various Artists Tribute to Sublime 24 Back 2 Basics Sway & King Tech - 27 Teen Dance Ordinance A - Layers of Lies Darkane - 28 The Curse Atreyu Re-release Wanted Bow Wow - Live at the Greek Theatre Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire Concert DVD An Answer Can Be Found CKY - Undoing Ruin Darkest Hour - Ever Since Lesley Gore - Every Kind of Light The Posies - Somewhere Down in Texas George Strait - Man's Myth Vol. 1 Twiztid - July Day Album Artist Notes 4 Nympho Armand van Helden - The Essential Iron Maiden Iron Maiden Compilation Young for Eternity The Subways - Stars of CCTV Hard-Fi - 5 Shadowbox The Crüxshadows DVD+EP The Cookbook Missy Elliott - Illinois Sufjan Stevens - 12 Move Along The All-American Rejects - Covering the Bases Bronson Arroyo EP Side Two Adrian Belew - Fused Tony Iommi - Already Platinum Slim Thug - Permanent Record: The Very Best of Violent Femmes The Violent Femmes Compilation 18 Devoted Kristy Lee - Who You Fighting For? UB40 - 19 B5 B5 - Honeycomb Frank Black - Listen to Your Heart D.H.T. - Moonlight Serenade Carly Simon - El Sexto Sentido Thalía - Now That's What I Call Music! 19 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation 24 All We Know Is Falling Paramore - 25 Drawing Restraint 9 Björk - Trainwreck Boys Night Out - The Back Room Editors - Now That's What I Call Music! 61 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation 26 Before the Blackout Allister - Layourbattleaxedown The Concretes Compilation American Apathy Dope - Body of Song Bob Mould - Mr. A-Z Jason Mraz - Mutant Vol. 2 Twiztid - 29 Angels & Vampires - Volume I Sananda Maitreya Only available through Webshop August Day Album Artist Notes 2 Unwritten Natasha Bedingfield - Dirty Diamonds Alice Cooper - Fireflies Faith Hill - Roc-A-Fella Presents: Teairra Marí Teairra Marí - Nympho Armand van Helden - Platinum Underground Vanilla Ice - 4 Peace, Love & Truth John Lennon Compilation 9 Chimaira Chimaira - Looking for Lucky Hootie & the Blowfish - Tommyland: The Ride Tommy Lee - Why Should the Fire Die? Nickel Creek - The Fuse Pennywise - Chapter V Staind - War Profiteering Is Killing Us All The Suicide Machines - Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen Various Artists Tribute to Queen 11 Doomsday Machine Arch Enemy - 15 Road to Rouen Supergrass - 16 Into the Rush Aly & AJ - Most Wanted Hilary Duff - The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 Madness Cover album Furious Soopa Villainz - Blue-Sky Research Taproot - Discovering the Waterfront Silverstein - A Beautiful Lie 30 Seconds to Mars - Don't Tread on Me 311 - Ruiner A Wilhelm Scream - 22 Supernature Goldfrapp - 23 We Are the Radio The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Bayside Bayside - Found in the Flood The Bled - Transgression Fear Factory - Twin Cinema The New Pornographers - Rebirth of a Nation Public Enemy - So Long, Scarecrow Scarling. - 29 Silent Alarm Remixed Bloc Party - Ghost Reveries Opeth - Peace, Love & Truth John Lennon - Wonderland McFly Also available as limited edition 30 Hillbilly Deluxe Brooks & Dunn - Back Home Eric Clapton - A Different Kind of Pain Cold - Plans Death Cab for Cutie - Music of the Sun Rihanna Debut Late Registration Kanye West - Healthy in Paranoid Times Our Lady Peace - Kezia Protest the Hero - Blue Guitars Chris Rea - Sisters of the Red Death Vendetta Red - September Day Album Artist Notes 2 Heartbeats - Chris Rea's Greatest Hits Chris Rea Japan, Compilation La Vie Théodore Alain Souchon - 6 Searching for a Former Clarity Against Me! - A Bigger Bang The Rolling Stones - 7 Kimi to no Distance Zard - 9 …Waltzing Alone The Guggenheim Grotto - 12 Welcome to Jamrock Damian Marley - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard Paul McCartney - Black & White 050505 Simple Minds - Noima Peggy Zina - 13 Apollo Sunshine Apollo Sunshine - ¡Bastardos! Blues Traveler - 'Til the End of Forever Michael Bolton Europe Where You Live Tracy Chapman - How To Save A Life The Fray - Distort Yourself Institute - The Naked Truth Lil' Kim - PCD Pussycat Dolls - Return of the Champions Queen - Souls Alike Bonnie Raitt - What the Game's Been Missing! Juelz Santana - Takk... Sigur Rós - Dark Ages Soulfly - Nothing Is Sound Switchfoot - Someone in Control Trapt - Jasper County Trisha Yearwood - 14 Real Live Thing Kingston Wall - 19 Sideshow Symphonies Arcturus - Tender Buttons Broadcast - Safe as Fuck Goldie Lookin Chain - 20 Hefty Fine Bloodhound Gang - Have a Nice Day Bon Jovi - Bring 'Em In Buddy Guy - You Stand Watching Ryan Cabrera - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness Coheed and Cambria - Ten Thousand Fists Disturbed - Siberia Echo & the Bunnymen - BBC Live & In-Session Motörhead Live 25 Alice's Inferno Forever Slave - 26 Piece by Piece Katie Melua - EXODUS Utada UK 27 Telegraph Drake Bell - Libra Toni Braxton - Wildflower Sheryl Crow - A Collision David Crowder Band - Dark Light HIM - Live It Out Metric - Nexterday Ric Ocasek - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out Panic at the Disco - Raydiation Ray J - Ça Ira Roger Waters - Prairie Wind Neil Young - October Day Album Artist Notes 3 Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon John Lennon Compilation Singles New Order - Relentless Jo O'Meara - 4 Extraordinary Machine Fiona Apple - Back to Bedlam James Blunt - Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene - Real Fine Place Sara Evans - You Could Have It So Much Better Franz Ferdinand - Limelight Colin James - Generations Journey - All the Right Reasons Nickelback - Under Cover Ozzy Osbourne - Somebody's Miracle Liz Phair - Nuestro Amor RBD - 10 Imaginary Lines I Imaginary Lines - X Liberty X - Un Monde parfait Ilona Mitrecey - The All-Star Sessions Roadrunner United - Taller in More Ways Sugababes - 11 Tough All Over Gary Allan Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 Jackson Browne Live Cheetah-licious Christmas The Cheetah Girls Christmas One Thing Remains Default - The Mouse and the Mask DANGERDOOM - Life Ricky Martin - Next Sevendust - In the Wake of Determination Story of the Year - Dangerous and Moving t.A.T.u. - As Is Now Paul Weller - 12 Come and Get It Rachel Stevens - 14 Vermin Old Man's Child - 17 The Campfire Headphase Boards of Canada - 18 Downtown Science Blockhead - Once Was Not Cryptopsy - Playing the Angel Depeche Mode - Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled Melissa Etheridge Compilation The Greatest Holiday Classics Kenny G Compilation Photographs Mest - I Am Me Ashlee Simpson - Vheissu Thrice - What I Really Want for Christmas Brian Wilson - A Time to Love Stevie Wonder - 19 Lyudi Invalidy t.A.T.u. - 21 Ecdysis Miho Hatori - 24 ? Neal Morse - Intensive Care Robbie Williams - 25 Rockin' the Joint Aerosmith Live Enter the Chicken Buckethead - The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Compilation #1's Destiny's Child Compilation The Hard and the Easy Great Big Sea - Rehearsing My Choir The Fiery Furnaces - Concert for Bangladesh George Harrison and Friends Reissue Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook Bette Midler - The Beauty of Letting Go Socialburn - This Could Be a Possibility Valencia - This Bird Has Flown - A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul Various Artists Tribute album 31 Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy Helloween - Croftwork Peatbog Faeries - Rosenrot Rammstein - Face to Face Westlife - November Day Album Artist Notes 1 Greatest Hits Blink-182 Compilation Lost at Sea Bounding Main - Rapture of the Deep Deep Purple - The Long Road Home John Fogerty Compilation For the Love of It Bradley Joseph - Resolve Lagwagon - All That I Am Santana - 9.0: Live Slipknot Live Wolfmother Wolfmother - Now That's What I Call Music! 20 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation What's New! DVD Various Artists DVD 4 Who's Got the Last Laugh Now? Scooter - 6 Ma Vérité Johnny Hallyday - 7 Aerial Kate Bush Double CD The Mission Bell Delirious? - 8 The Road and the Radio Kenny Chesney - Ultimate Collection Eurythmics Compilation Greatest Hitz Limp Bizkit Compilation Apathetic EP Relient K EP Live in São Paulo Sepultura Live Horses/Horses Legacy Edition Patti Smith Live 11 Stormblåst MMV Dimmu Borgir re-recording Those Once Loyal Bolt Thrower - Wallstreet Voodoo Roine Stolt Double album 14 Boxed Eurythmics Box Set One World Uniting Nations - 15 Bullet in a Bible Green Day Live Confessions on a Dance Floor Madonna - The Collection Alanis Morissette Compilation Fire and Glory Kardinal Offishall Canada The Warriors EP, Volume 2 P.O.D. EP Gold Sublime Compilation Some Hearts Carrie Underwood - 21 Neverless Roedelius & Morgan Fisher - 22 Live The Bouncing Souls Live The Sound of Revenge Chamillionaire EP 12 Songs Neil Diamond - Amarantine Enya - The Rising Tied Fort Minor - Rarities 1971–2003 The Rolling Stones Compilation B in the Mix: The Remixes Britney Spears Remix Album The Great Divide Scott Stapp - Hypnotize System of a Down - Now That's What I Call Music! 62 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation 23 Son of a Plumber Son of a Plumber - 25 Kinetic Violent Silence - 28 One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back The Darkness - Switch INXS - 29 Chris Brown Chris Brown - Forgotten Freshness Volume 4 Insane Clown Posse Compilation Living Legend: Certified D-Boy Master P - Oral Fixation Vol. 2 Shakira - December Day Album Artist Notes 1 Ta Prota Chronia Peggy Zina Compilation 5 SuperJunior05 (TWINS) Super Junior - Un Autre Univers Tina Arena - 6 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem Compilation Tha Carter II Lil Wayne - See You On The Other Side Korn - 12 A Place I've Never Been Kate DeAraugo - 13 Killadelphia Lamb of God Live Barrio Fino en Directo Daddy Yankee - A Little More Personal (Raw) Lindsay Lohan - 20 The Breakthrough Mary J. Blige - 27 Unpredictable Jamie Foxx - Charts The examples and perspective in this section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. (December 2010) Billboard Top 200 number-one albums Main article: Number-one albums of 2005 (U.S.) Billboard Hot 100 Number one hits of 2005 Main article: Hot 100 number-one hits of 2005 (United States) Top 100 best-selling albums of the year (U.S.) This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2008) # Album Artist U.S. sales in 2005 1. The Emancipation of Mimi Mariah Carey 4,968,606 2. The Massacre 50 Cent 4,852,744 3. Breakaway Kelly Clarkson 3,496,192 4. American Idiot Green Day 3,360,394 5. Monkey Business Black Eyed Peas 3,037,251 6. X&Y Coldplay 2,615,280 7. Feels Like Today Rascal Flatts 2,511,209 8. Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Gwen Stefani 2,505,390 9. Late Registration Kanye West 2,413,580 10. The Documentary The Game 2,275,646 11. Now That's What I Call Music! 20 Various artists 2,059,767 12. Hot Fuss The Killers 2,040,933 13. Now That's What I Call Music! 19 Various artists 1,971,716 14. All the Right Reasons Nickelback 1,957,189 15. The Road and the Radio Kenny Chesney 1,817,196 16. In Between Dreams Jack Johnson 1,758,058 17. Be Here Keith Urban 1,713,571 18. From Under the Cork Tree Fall Out Boy 1,654,320 19. Mezmerize System of a Down 1,645,980 20. Some Hearts Carrie Underwood 1,636,689 21. Rebirth Jennifer Lopez 1,561,032 22. Fireflies Faith Hill 1,531,656 23. Goodies Ciara 1,530,368 24. Demon Days Gorillaz 1,528,489 25. Twice the Speed of Life Sugarland 1,510,879 26. Honkytonk University Toby Keith 1,446,821 27. Now That's What I Call Music! 18 Various artists 1,400,063 28. Encore Eminem 1,385,256 29. Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem 1,381,896 30. Get Lifted John Legend 1,377,246 31. Stand Up Dave Matthews Band 1,333,781 32. Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 Young Jeezy 1,314,291 33. Who Is Mike Jones? Mike Jones 1,288,377 34. It's Time Michael Bublé 1,229,916 35. Here for the Party Gretchen Wilson 1,214,383 36. Confessions Usher 1,210,379 37. …Something to Be Rob Thomas 1,206,436 38. Seventeen Days 3 Doors Down 1,204,330 39. Genius Loves Company Ray Charles 1,196,040 40. In Your Honor Foo Fighters 1,144,881 41. Most Wanted Hilary Duff 1,125,198 42. TP-3: Reloaded R. Kelly 1,110,854 43. Get Rich or Die Tryin' (soundtrack) Various artists 1,103,354 44. Confessions on a Dance Floor Madonna 1,102,802 45. Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) Kenny Chesney 1,078,559 46. Il Divo Il Divo 1,053,483 47. Red Light District Ludacris 1,041,939 48. Greatest Hits 2 Toby Keith 1,023,188 49. Greatest Hits Shania Twain 1,018,991 50. Make Believe Weezer 995,790 51. Fijacion Oral Vol. 1 Shakira 995,236 52. Destiny Fulfilled Destiny's Child 987,393 53. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge My Chemical Romance 982,117 54. Greatest Hits Guns N' Roses 974,315 55. Beautiful Soul Jesse McCartney 972,672 56. Free Yourself Fantasia Barrino 972,230 57. Out of Exile Audioslave 968,981 58. All Jacked Up Gretchen Wilson 947,388 59. Crunk Juice Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz 945,990 60. Timeless Martina McBride 929,512 61. The Breakthrough Mary J. Blige 922,397 62. Songs About Jane Maroon 5 894,767 63. Songs About Me Trace Adkins 882,850 64. I Am Me Ashlee Simpson 877,501 65. U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta) Ying Yang Twins 874,038 66. PCD Pussycat Dolls 857,952 67. Horse of a Different Color Big & Rich 857,945 68. Trouble Akon 852,673 69. The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash 847,645 70. Ten Thousand Fists Disturbed 844,525 71. Live Like You Were Dying Tim McGraw 840,385 72. With Teeth Nine Inch Nails 838,920 73. Amarantine Enya 836,052 74. Wanted Bow Wow 833,430 75. Hypnotize System of a Down 831,680 76. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb U2 828,722 77. The One Frankie J 817,792 78. Unpredictable Jamie Foxx 799,425 79. Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook 4 Rod Stewart 791,351 80. Have a Nice Day Bon Jovi 785,268 81. The Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack 773,150 82. Lyfe 268-192 Lyfe Jennings 767,954 83. #1's Destiny's Child 766,058 84. Guero Beck 758,023 85. Urban Legend T.I. 751,894 86. Mind, Body & Soul Joss Stone 751,222 87. When the Sun Goes Down Kenny Chesney 750,004 88. Barrio Fino Daddy Yankee 747,412 89. Modern Day Drifter Dierks Bentley 745,924 90. Time Well Wasted Brad Paisley 744,893 91. Lifehouse Lifehouse 740,100 92. I Am Me Ashlee Simpson 735,718 93. Be Common 734,944 94. Ray Soundtrack 727,143 95. Somewhere Down in Texas George Strait 722,059 96. Bluestars Pretty Ricky 712,279 97. 50 Number Ones George Strait 710,833 98. Getting Away with Murder Papa Roach 706,798 99. Never Gone Backstreet Boys 703,827 100. Crossfade Crossfade 702,319 Alphabetical list of top hits "1, 2 Step" — Ciara featuring Missy Elliott "1 Thing" — Amerie "All About Us" — t.A.T.u. "All Because of You" — U2 "All These Things That I've Done" — The Killers "American Baby" — Dave Matthews Band "Axel F" — Crazy Frog "B.Y.O.B." — System of a Down "Because of You" — Kelly Clarkson "Behind These Hazel Eyes" — Kelly Clarkson "Bend and Break" — Keane "Best of You" — Foo Fighters "Better Days" — Goo Goo Dolls "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" — Green Day "Boyfriend" — Ashlee Simpson "Breakaway" — Kelly Clarkson "Breathe (2 AM)" — Anna Nalick "Call on Me" — Eric Prydz "Candy Shop" — 50 Cent featuring Olivia "C'est les vacances" — Ilona Mitrecey "Change Your Mind" — The Killers "City of Blinding Lights" — U2 "Cool" — Gwen Stefani "Dakota" - Stereophonics "Dance, Dance" — Fall Out Boy "DARE" — Gorillaz "Determined" — Mudvayne "Dirty Little Secret" — The All-American Rejects "DOA" — Foo Fighters "Don't Bother" — Shakira "Don't Cha" — Pussycat Dolls "Don't Forget About Us" — Mariah Carey "Don't Lie" — Black Eyed Peas "Don't Phunk with My Heart" — Black Eyed Peas "Don't Tread on Me" — 311 "Everybody's Changing" — Keane "Feel Good Inc." — Gorillaz "Fix You" — Coldplay "Four to the Floor" — Starsailor "Fuck Them All" — Mylène Farmer "Galang" — M.I.A. "Gasolina" — Daddy Yankee "Get Right" — Jennifer Lopez "Good Is Good" — Sheryl Crow "Grillz" — Nelly "Happy?" — Mudvayne "Hard to Beat" - Hard-Fi "Hate It or Love It" — The Game featuring 50 Cent "Have a Nice Day" — Bon Jovi "Helena" — My Chemical Romance "Holiday" — Green Day "Hollaback Girl" — Gwen Stefani "Hung Up" — Madonna "Hypnotize" — System of a Down "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" — My Chemical Romance "Incomplete" — Backstreet Boys "Inside Your Heaven" — Carrie Underwood "La Tortura" — Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz "Le Casse de Brice" — Jean Dujardin "Let Me Love You" — Mario "Lonely" — Akon "Lonely No More" — Rob Thomas "Lose Control" — Missy Elliott featuring Ciara "Lyla" — Oasis "Ma Philosophie" — Amel Bent "Mind's Eye" — Wolfmother "Mon Plus Beau Noël" - Johnny Hallyday "My Humps" — Black Eyed Peas "Numb/Encore" — Jay-Z and Linkin Park "Obsession" — Frankie J featuring Baby Bash "Oh" — Ciara featuring Ludacris "Ohio Is for Lovers" — Hawthorne Heights "Only" — Nine Inch Nails "Perfection" — Dannii Minogue "Photograph" — Nickelback "Pieces" — Sum 41 "Pon de Replay" — Rihanna "Popcorn" — Crazy Frog "Precious" — Depeche Mode "Pretty Vegas" — INXS "Radio/Video" — System of a Down "Rich Girl" — Gwen Stefani featuring Eve "Run It!" — Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana "San ou (la rivière)" - Dezil' "Santiano" - Star Academy 5 "Scars" — Papa Roach "Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil" — Schnappi "Shake It Off" — Mariah Carey "Since U Been Gone" — Kelly Clarkson "Soldier" — Destiny's Child featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" — U2 "Somewhere Only We Know" — Keane "Speed of Sound" — Coldplay "Start the Fire" — Alcazar "Stay Fly" — Three 6 Mafia featuring Young Buck & 8Ball & MJG "Stickwitu" — Pussycat Dolls "Sugar, We're Goin Down" — Fall Out Boy "Talk" — Coldplay "The Ghost of You" — My Chemical Romance "The Hand That Feeds" — Nine Inch Nails "The Importance of Being Idle" — Oasis "The Suffering" — Coheed and Cambria "These Words" — Natasha Bedingfield "This Is How a Heart Breaks" — Rob Thomas "Trapped in the Closet" — R. Kelly "Twisted Transistor" — KoЯn "Un Monde parfait" — Ilona Mitrecey "Unwritten" — Natasha Bedingfield "Wake Me Up When September Ends" — Green Day "We Belong Together" — Mariah Carey "What Car" - Cliff Richard "When I'm Gone" - Eminem "Wordplay" — Jason Mraz "You and Me" - Lifehouse "You Raise Me Up" - Westlife (UK) "You're Beautiful" — James Blunt "Your Time Has Come" — Audioslave Classical music Louis Andriessen - De Opening Joël-François Durand - String Quartet Lorenzo Ferrero - Maciulli Mexihcateteouch - Five Aztec Gods Christian Forshaw - Mortal Flesh Philip Glass - Symphony No. 8 Alun Hoddinott - Celebration Fanfare (one-off composition for the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales) Karl Jenkins - Requiem: In These Horizons Stones Sing Peter Maxwell Davies Naxos Quartet No. 6 Naxos Quartet No. 7 Krzysztof Penderecki - Symphony No. 8 Lieder der Vergänglichkeit Einojuhani Rautavaara Book of Visions for orchestra Manhattan Trilogy for strings Karlheinz Stockhausen – Freude (Joy) for two harps Himmels-Tür (Heaven's Door) for a percussionist and a little girl Stephen Warbeck - Peter Pan (ballet) Ian Wilson - Sullen Earth (concerto) Opera Mark Adamo - Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess John Coolidge Adams - Doctor Atomic Philippe Boesmans - Julie Richard Danielpour - Margaret Garner Matthew Dewey - The Death of Chatterton Lorenzo Ferrero - La conquista Nicholas Lens - The Accacha Chronicles Trilogy: Amor Aeternus - Hymns of Love Lorin Maazel - 1984 Roger Waters - Ça Ira Musical theater Acorn Antiques: The Musical! opens at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, in February. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Broadway production opens at the Circle in the Square Theatre on May 2. All Shook Up (Joe DiPietro) - The Broadway production opens at the Palace Theatre on March 24 and runs for 213 performances. Billy Elliot the Musical (Elton John & Lee Hall) opens at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London, in March. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - The Broadway production opens at the Foxwoods Theatre (then the Hilton Theatre) on April 28 and runs for 285 performances. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Broadway production opens at the Imperial Theatre on March 3 and runs for 627 performances Good Vibrations opens at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on February 2 and runs for 94 performances Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar opens at the Rialto Theatre, Madrid. Lennon (John Lennon, Don Scardino) opens in San Francisco in April. The Broadway production opens at the Broadhurst Theatre on August 14 and runs for 49 performances The Light in the Piazza (Craig Lucas & Adam Guettel) - The Broadway production opens at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre on April 18 and runs for 504 performances. Little Women (Allan Knee, Mindi Dickstein & Jason Howland) - The Broadway production opens at the Virginia Theatre on January 23 and runs for 137 performances Monty Python's Spamalot opens at the Shubert Theatre in Chicago on January 9. One Life: A Musical Story of the Life of Joseph Smith - Written by Kari Skousen & Rebecca Thompson-Duvall; Directed by Skousen The Woman in White Broadway production opens at the Marquis Theatre on November 17 and runs for 109 performances. Musical films Boss'n Up (December 6) Mrs Henderson Presents starring Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins and Will Young The Producers (December 16) Rent (November 23) Births August 3 - Owen Isabelle Landau, daughter of Michelle Branch and husband Teddy Landau September 14 - Sean Preston Federline, son of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline September 24 - Aiden Michael Bice, son of Bo Bice and wife Caroline Fisher. Deaths January January 11 Spencer Dryden, American drummer of Jefferson Airplane, 61 Jimmy Griffin, co-founder of Bread, 61 Miriam Hyde, Australian composer, 91 January 15 - Victoria de los Ángeles, Catalan soprano, 81 January 24 - June Bronhill, Australian soprano, 75 January 28 - Jim Capaldi, British drummer and vocalist, 60 January 30 - Martyn Bennett, Scottish bagpiper, 33 (cancer) February February 1 - Franco Mannino, Italian composer, 80 February 3 - David Hönigsberg, composer and conductor, 45 February 8 Helmut Eder, Austrian composer, 88 Jimmy Smith, American jazz organist, 77 February 9 - Tyrone Davis, American soul singer, 66 February 13 - Sixten Ehrling, Swedish conductor, 86 February 16 - Marcello Viotti, Swiss conductor, 50 (stroke) February 28 - Chris Curtis, British drummer and vocalist, 63 February 29 - Edward Patten, R&B/soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips), 65 March March 4 - Una Hale, soprano, 82 March 6 - Tommy Vance, DJ, 63 March 9 Chris LeDoux, country music singer, 56 Kathie Kay, big band singer, 86 March 10 - Danny Joe Brown, former lead singer of Molly Hatchet, 53 (kidney failure) March 21 - Bobby Short, singer, 80 March 22 - Rod Price, guitarist, 47 (Foghat) March 26 - Paul Hester, drummer for Crowded House and Split Enz, 46 (suicide) March 27 Grant Johannesen, pianist, 83 Rigo Tovar, Mexican singer and composer, 58 March 28 - Moura Lympany, pianist, 88 March 30 - Derrick Plourde, former drummer Lagwagon and the Ataris, 33 (suicide) April April 2 - Alexander Brott, conductor and composer, 90 April 7 - Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer, 82 April 10 - Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist, 82 April 12 - Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter, 63 April 13 - Johnnie Johnson, American pianist, 80 April 14 - John Fred, pop singer, 64 April 18 - Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor, 75 April 19 Bryan Ottoson, guitarist of American Head Charge, 27 (overdose) Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist, 58 April 23 - Robert Farnon, composer, arranger, 87 April 25 - Hasil Adkins, American rockabilly musician, 67 April 28 - Percy Heath, jazz musician, 81 May May 8 - Nasrat Parsa, Afghan singer, 36 (murdered) May 10 - David Wayne, former singer of Metal Church, 47 (injuries resulting from car crash) May 14 - Jimmy Martin, bluegrass musician, 77 May 22 - Thurl Ravenscroft, US singer, 91 May 25 Ruth Laredo, pianist, 67 Domenic Troiano, guitarist The Guess Who, 59 May 29 - George Rochberg, composer, 86 June June 13 - David Diamond, American composer, 89 June 14 - Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor, 91 June 17 - Karl Mueller, bassist of Soul Asylum, 41 June 30 - Clancy Eccles, ska/reggae singer, 64 (complications after heart attack) July July 1 Luther Vandross, R&B singer, 54 Renaldo "Obie" Benson, R&B/soul singer (Four Tops), 69 July 11 - Frances Langford, US singer and actress, 91 July 17 - Laurel Aitken, ska singer, heart attack, 78 July 18 - John Herald songwriter, musician, member of The Greenbriar Boys, 65 July 21 - Long John Baldry, R&B singer, 64 July 23 – Myron Floren, accordionist, 85 July 27 - Robert Wright, songwriter, 90 July 29 - Hildegarde, US singer, 99 August August 4 - Little Milton, blues musician,70 August 6 - Carlo Little, British studio musician, drummer, 67 August 13 - Arnold Cooke, British composer, 98 August 21 - Robert Moog, electronic music pioneer, 71 August 22 - Luc Ferrari, composer, 76 August 26 - Denis D'Amour, guitarist of Voivod, 45 September September 1 - R. 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Burnside, blues musician, 78 September 10 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, blues musician, 81 September 15 Jeronimas Kačinskas, Lithuanian-born composer and conductor, 98 Sidney Luft, ex-husband of Judy Garland, father of Lorna Luft, and producer of A Star Is Born, 89 September 17 - Alfred Reed, American composer of concert band music, 84 September 18 Chas Smit, vocalist and guitarist of Plush, 23 Joel Hirschhorn, American songwriter, 66 September 19 - William Vacchiano, trumpet player, 93 October October 18 - Marshall Rohner, guitarist for TSOL, The Cruzados, 42 October 22 - Franky Gee (Captain Jack), 43 (cerebral haemorrhage) October 31 - John "Beatz" Holohan, drummer for Bayside, 31 November November 4 - Mana Nishiura, drummer (Shonen Knife, DMBQ), 34 (car accident) November 6 - Minako Honda, Japanese singer, 38 (leukemia) November 10 - Gardner Read, American composer, 92 November 20 - Chris Whitley, singer-songwriter, 45 (lung cancer) November 26 Mark Craney, drummer (Jethro Tull, Jean-Luc Ponty), 53 Joe Jones, 79 November 28 - Tony Meehan, former drummer of The Shadows, 62 November 29 - Deon van der Walt, tenor, 47 (shot) December December 8 - Danny Williams, singer, 63 December 24 - Constance Keene, American pianist, 84 December 25 Derek Bailey, guitarist, 75 Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano, 87 Awards ARIA Music Awards of 2005 2005 BRIT Awards Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Grammy Awards of 2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Juno Awards of 2005 Mercury Prize 2005 Triple J Hottest 100, 2005 Glenn Gould Prize André Previn (laureate), Roman Potkoló (protégé) See also 2005 in British music 2005 in country music 2005 in heavy metal music 2005 record charts Musical groups established in 2005 Record labels established in 2005 Albums released in 2005 Singles released in 2005 Songs released in 2005 References ^ Nightwish - The Official Website External links Pause & Play's Past 2005 Releases