2007 in music
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[edit] Events
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- March
- March 1 — Angela Hacker was voted by viewers to be the 2007 champion of the televised singing competition Nashville Star. By virtue of her win, she was signed to a record deal with Warner Bros. Records.
- March 12 — Matchbook Romance announces that they are taking an indefinite hiatus, after ten years of their career, as all members decided to go their separate ways.[6]
- March 12 — Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, R.E.M., The Ronettes, Patti Smith and Van Halen inducted in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- March 16 — Bad Religion revealed that their new album would be called New Maps of Hell.[7]
- March 21 — Toshimitsu Deyama announces that he has been recording with Yoshiki after ten years.
- March 25 — Elton John plays Madison Square Garden for the 60th time to celebrate his 60th birthday. With the concert, John set the record for most performances by an artist at the venue. Longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin made an appearance, as well as celebrities Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams and former President Bill Clinton. John performed songs from his back catalogue, including "Ballad of a Well-Known Gun" and "Roy Rogers", some of which, the band hadn't played in nearly 30 years.
- April
- May
- May 11 — Guitarist Chickn posted a message on MySpace, confirming that D.I. would finally release the long-awaited first reunion album On the Western Front on August 7.[10] This would be their first official album featuring new material since 1994's State of Shock.
- May 12 — The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was held in Helsinki, Finland. It was won by Serbia.
- May 15 — Minutes To Midnight by Linkin Park sales more than 600,000 copies in the USA and more than 1,000,000 worldwide and to the date is the most selling album in the first week.
- May 16 – May 20 — The European Festival of Youth Choirs is currently being held in Basel, Switzerland.
- May 19 — The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the fifteenth annual Weenie Roast. Bands that played there were: Linkin Park, Social Distortion, Interpol, Queens of the Stone Age, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Bravery, Silversun Pickups,
The Killers → Incubus, Korn, Bad Religion, Rise Against, Tim Armstrong, Peter Bjorn and John, Tiger Army, and Plain White T's.[11]
- May 23 — Jordin Sparks of Arizona wins Season 6 of American Idol.
- May 25 – May 28 — Salzburg Festival
- May 26 – May 27 — Sasquatch! Music Festival
- May 30 – June 5 — The Peel Bay Festival Isle of Man TT
- June
- June 4 — Yoshiki announces that X Japan would reunite for a new tour and a single.
- June 8 – June 10 — Download Festival
- June 14 — Daft Punk came back in Paris for a show, ten years after their last performance in the French capital.
- June 22 – June 23 — Radio Expres Festival - the first music festival of Slovak radio station Rádio Expres
- June 22 – June 25 — Glastonbury Festival
- June 28 — Spice Girls announce their reunion at the O2 in London in a press conference televised worldwide.
- June 29 – July 1 — Heineken Open'er Festival took place in Babie Doły military airport, Gdynia, Poland. Confirmed bands that will play there are: Beastie Boys, Björk, Muse, The Roots, Sonic Youth, Bloc Party, LCD Soundsystem, Groove Armada, Dizzee Rascal, Laurent Garnier, Crazy P, The Strike Boys, Freeform Five.
- July
- July 1 — The Concert for Diana in honour of Lady Diana's 46th birthday takes place in the Wembley Stadium in London. Performing acts included Duran Duran, Elton John, Fergie, Joss Stone, Kanye West, Nelly Furtado, Rod Stewart, and Tom Jones.
- July 7 — Live Earth, worldwide series of concerts to initiate action against global warming. Acts include: Linkin Park, Kelly Clarkson, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Bon Jovi, Fall Out Boy, Shakira, John Mayer, Rihanna, Beastie Boys, Duran Duran, Madonna, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Eyed Peas, Spinal Tap, Jack Johnson, Lenny Kravitz, Metallica as well as the reunited bands The Police, Genesis, The Smashing Pumpkins and Crowded House.
- July 7 – July 8 — T In The Park, Oxegen 2007
- July 17 — Joe Payne joins Divine Heresy.
- July 27 — Atom Willard leaves The Offspring and is replaced by former Face to Face and Saves the Day drummer Pete Parada.
- August
- September
- September — Meegs Rascon of Glass Piñata states a possibility of a Coal Chamber reunion.
- September 3 — My Chemical Romance lead singer, Gerard Way, marries Mindless Self Indulgence bassist, Lyn-Z, backstage at Projekt Revolution in Denver, Colorado
- September 4 — Small Faces and Don Arden plaque unveiled at 52-55 Carnaby Street, London, England[13]
- September 8 — "Weird Al" Yankovic performs his 1,000th live show at Idaho Falls, Idaho.[14]
- September 9 — Sonata Arctica will play for the first time in Guadalajara, Mexico.
- September 9 — Britney Spears opened the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards held in the Palms Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- September 12 – October 1 — Prague Autumn International Music Festival
- September 20 – September 23 — 4th annual Decibel Festival, Seattle
- September 22 – September 29 — 35th North Wales International Music Festival will be held at St Asaph.
- September 24 — Patrick Watson's album Close to Paradise wins the Canadian Polaris Music Prize for 2007.
- October
- Placebo's drummer Steve Hewitt left the band, citing "personal and musical differences" as the cause of the split.
- October 1 - Jonny Greenwood, the guitarist of Radiohead announces on the band's site that they will release the new album In Rainbows in ten days, which consumers could pay whatever price they wanted for.
- October 4 — Fred Mascherino announces his departure from Taking Back Sunday, to pursue his solo career called The Color Fred.
- Godsmack goes on Hiatus.
- October 18 — X Japan official site announces that the band will perform the song "I.V." (main theme of Saw IV) on October 22.
- October 22 — X Japan performs for the first time in ten years and announces a concert in Tokyo in spring, followed by a world tour.
- October 27 — Interpol, Yo La Tengo, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Horrors, TeddyBears and other bands will appear on the Manifest Festival, at Mexico City.
- October 30 — The Backstreet Boys sixth studio album Unbreakable that without Kevin Richardson , who made the decision to pursue other interests, and this album would include various music styles, combining their earlier late-1990s sound with their more recent guitar-driven pop rock sound.
- October 30 — Britney Spears releases her highly anticipated album Blackout.
- November
- November 1 — The MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 takes place at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany
- November 2 — Drummer of death metal band Decapitated, Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka, dies at 23 due to complications after automobile accident in Russia.
- November 7 — Sevendust announces they will head into the studio by the end of November to work on their 7th studio album entiled The 7th Chapter and gave a release date being March 4, 2008.
- November 11 — American popstar Madonna's Box Set album Hung Up: The Album Collection hits stores worldwide. Also, Kylie Minogue releases her first album since she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in May 2005, X, which features the first two singles "2 Hearts" and "Promises," which both debuted at #1 on the ARIA Charts.
- November 10 — Powerman 5000 goes on Hiatus.
- November 24 — Hawthorne Heights guitarist/backing vocalist Casey Calvert dies in his sleep at 26.
- November 25 — Natalie Gauci became the winner of Australian Idol 2007 at the Sydney Opera House, beating Matt Corby for the title. Instead of being Number 1, Gauci's winning single "Here I Am" will now debut at Number 2 to enter the Australian Idol record which marked the very first Australian Idol single not making it to Number 1. On that week The Number 1 single was Timbaland with OneRepublic with "Apologize" coupled with Madonna's "Hung Up" staying at #1 for the record-breaking 7 week run.
- November 27 — Harmonia reunited for their first concert since 1976 in Berlin.
- December
- December 2 - Spice Girls open their reunion tour in Vancouver, Canada.
- December 8 – December 9 — The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ aired the eighteenth annual Acoustic Christmas. Bands that played are: Linkin Park, Bad Religion, Angels & Airwaves, Rise Against, Avenged Sevenfold, Serj Tankian, Paramore, Modest Mouse, Jimmy Eat World, Spoon, Feist, The Shins, Silversun Pickups and Muse.
- December 10 — Led Zeppelin reunited in London for their first show in 25 years.
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[edit] Best-selling singles globally 2007
The following are accurate points of singles while they have been within the top 40, on the UWC, during the chart year 2007 (starting the second week of 2007 until the first week of 2008):
| Position | Single Title | Artist | Points | Highest Position
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| 1 | "Umbrella" | Rihanna feat. Jay-Z | 8,160,000 | 1
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| 2 | "Say It Right" | Nelly Furtado | 7,315,000 | 2
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| 3 | "Big Girls Don't Cry" | Fergie | 7,201,000 | 1
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| 4 | "The Sweet Escape" | Gwen Stefani feat. Akon | 6,697,000 | 1
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| 5 | "Makes Me Wonder" | Maroon 5 | 5,872,000 | 1
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| 6 | "The Way I Are" | Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E. | 5,729,000 | 2
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| 7 | "Girlfriend" | Avril Lavigne | 5,560,000 | 1
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| 8 | "What Goes Around...Comes Around" | Justin Timberlake | 5,163,000 | 2
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| 9 | "Hey There Delilah" | Plain White T's | 4,936,000 | 5
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| 10 | "Grace Kelly" | Mika | 4,763,000 | 4
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[edit] Best-selling albums globally 2007
The best-selling records in 2007 according to UWC[15]:
| Position | Album Title | Artist | Sales | Highest Position
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| 1 | "Back to Black" | Amy Winehouse | 5,510,000 | 1
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| 2 | "Minutes To Midnight" | Linkin Park | 4,705,000 | 1
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| 3 | "High School Musical 2 (soundtrack)" | High School Musical 2 | 4,705,000 | 1
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| 4 | "Loose" | Nelly Furtado | 4,308,000 | 1
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| 5 | "Life In Cartoon Motion" | Mika | 4,240,000 | 2
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| 6 | "The Best Damn Thing" | Avril Lavigne | 4,122,000 | 1
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| 7 | "Long Road Out Of Eden" | The Eagles | 4,077,000 | 1
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| 8 | "Noël" | Josh Groban | 4,055,000 | 1
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| 9 | "Call Me Irresponsible" | Michael Bublé | 3,875,000 | 1
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| 10 | "FutureSex/LoveSounds" | Justin Timberlake | 3,842,000 | 1
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The best-selling records in 2007 according to IFPI[16]:
| Position | Album Title | Artist | Sales
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| 1 | "High School Musical 2 (soundtrack)" | High School Musical 2 | 6,300,000
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| 2 | "Back to Black" | Amy Winehouse | 5,600,000
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| 3 | "Noël" | Josh Groban | 5,300,000
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| 4 | "The Best Damn Thing" | Avril Lavigne | 5,000,000
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| 5 | "Long Road Out Of Eden" | The Eagles | 5,000,000
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| 6 | "Minutes To Midnight" | Linkin Park | 4,800,000
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| 7 | "As I Am" | Alicia Keys | 4,700,000
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| 8 | "Call Me Irresponsible" | Michael Bublé | 4,100,000
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| 9 | "Life In Cartoon Motion" | Mika | 4,100,000
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| 10 | "Not Too Late" | Norah Jones | 3,800,000
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[edit] Best-selling albums in the U.S. 2007
The best-selling albums in the U.S. 2007 according to Neilsen Soundscan sales[17]
| Position | Album Title | Artist | Sales
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| 1 | "Noël" | Josh Groban | 3,699,000
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| 2 | "High School Musical 2 (soundtrack)" | High School Musical 2 | 2,957,000
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| 3 | "Long Road Out Of Eden" | The Eagles | 2,608,000
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| 4 | "As I Am" | Alicia Keys | 2,543,000
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| 5 | "Daughtry" | Daughtry | 2,497,000
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| 6 | "Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus" | Miley Cyrus | 2,489,000
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| 7 | "Minutes To Midnight" | Linkin Park | 2,099,000
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| 8 | "The Dutchess" | Fergie | 2,064,000
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| 9 | "Taylor Swift" | Taylor Swift | 1,951,000
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| 10 | "Graduation" | Kanye West | 1,892,000
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[edit] Instrumental works
[edit] Musical film
- Hairspray - an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, itself adapted from John Waters' 1988 comedy film. It was released July 20, 2007.
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[edit] Deaths
- January 1—Del Reeves, American country singer, 74
- January 6—Pete Kleinow, American steel gutairist of Flying Burrito Brothers, 72
- January 8—Mercedes Murciano, Cuban member of Miami Sound Machine, 49. Correct spelling. Death from pneumonia.
- January 13—Michael Brecker, popular US jazz saxophonist of the post-Coltrane era, 57
- January 17—Uwe Nettlebeck, German producer and founder of progressive rock band Faust, age unknown
- January 18—Brent Liles, original bassist of the influential American punk band Social Distortion, 43
- January 19—Denny Doherty, Canadian singer-songwriter of The Mamas & the Papas, 66
- January 22—Disco D, an American music producer and composer.
- January 28—Karel Svoboda, composer, 68
- January 31—Kirka Babitzin, singer, former Eurovision representative for Finland, 56
- February 1—Gian Carlo Menotti, composer, 95
- February 4—Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian songwriter (Nautilus Pompilius), 47
- February 6
- February 8—Joe Hunter, American pianist and bandleader (The Funk Brothers), 79
- February 15—Ray Evans, American songwriter, 92
- February 18—John "Bam Bam" Lane, American drummer (Bill Haley & His Comets), 76
- February 19—Janet Blair, American actress and singer, 85
- February 23
- February 28—Billy Thorpe, British-born Australian rock performer, 60
- March 7—Frigyes Hidas, Hungarian composer, 88
- March 9—Brad Delp, American lead singer of 1970s AOR band Boston, 55
- March 19—Luther Ingram, American singer, 69
- April 5—Mark St. John, American guitarist (Kiss, White Tiger), 51
- April 9—Egon Bondy, Czech singer and songwriter (Plastic People of the Universe), 77
- April 10—Dakota Staton, US jazz vocalist, 74
- April 14—Don Ho, Hawaiian musician, 76
- April 17—Kitty Carlisle, US actress and singer, 96
- April 25—Bobby "Boris" Pickett, US singer, "Monster Mash", 69
- April 26—San Fadyl, American drummer (The Ladybug Transistor), 31
- April 27—Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor, 80
- April 30
- May 06—Đorđe Novković, Croatian songwriter, 63
- May 20—Ben Weisman, pianist/composer of several Elvis Presley film songs, 95
- May 27—Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard), 40
- June 1—Tony Thompson, American singer (Hi-Five), 36
- June 4—Freddie Scott, American singer, 74
- June 8—Nellie Lutcher, US jazz and pop singer and pianist, 94
- June 18—Hank Medress, American singer (The Tokens), 67
- June 24—Natasja, Danish / Jamaican reggae singer, 33
- June 29—George McCorkle, American guitarist (Marshall Tucker Band)
- July 2—Hy Zaret, US lyricist, 98
- July 3—Boots Randolph, American saxophonist, 80
- July 4—Bill Pinkney, American vocalist; last original member of The Drifters, 81.
- July 5—George Melly, Jazz vocalist/broadcaster, 80.
- July 8—Jindřich Feld, Czech composer, 82
- July 11—Rod Lauren, US singer and actor, 67
- July 15—Kelly Johnson, British guitarist (Girlschool), 49
- July 23—Ron Miller, Motown songwriter/producer, 74
- July 29—Trevor Hudson, American bassist (Bottom of the Hudson), 27
- August 4—Lee Hazlewood, American singer and songwriter, 78
- August 10—Anthony Wilson, music entrepreneur, founder of factory Records, 57
- August 12—Merv Griffin, US band singer, television producer and land developer, 82
- August 16—Max Roach, American jazz drummer, 83
- September 6—Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor, 71
- September 9 - Hughie Thomasson, American guitarist, 55
- September 10 - Thomas Hansen, Norwegian musician, 31
- September 11
- September 12 - Bobby Byrd, soul/funk singer, 73
- September 15 - Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan composer, pianist and conductor, 79
- September 25 — Patrick Bourque, member of Emerson Drive, 29
- October 16 - Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer, 26
- October 17 - Teresa Brewer, American singer, 76
- October 18 - Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician, 43
- October 24 - Petr Eben, Czech composer
- October 28 - Porter Wagoner, American country singer, 80
- October 30 - Robert Goulet, American singer, 73
- November 2 - Witold Kiełtyka, Polish drummer for death metal band Decapitated, 23
- November 6 - Hank Thompson, American country singer and guitarist, 82
- November 12 - Peter "Cool Man" Steiner, Swiss singer, 90
- November 16 - Grethe Kausland, Norweigen singer, 60
- November 19
- November 20 - Ernest "Doc" Paulin, American jazz musician, 100
- November 23 - Frank Guarrera, American singer, Metropolitan Opera, 83
- November 24 - Casey Calvert, American guitarist, Hawthorne Heights, 26
- November 27 - Cecil Payne, American saxophonist, 84
- November 28
- November 29 - Jim Nesbitt, American country singer, 75
- December 3 - Sergio Gomez, Mexican lead singer of K-Paz de la Sierra band, 34
- December 4 - Pimp C, American Southern rapper, UGK, 33
- December 5 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, German avant-garde composer, 79
- December 12 - Ike Turner, rock-and-roll architect and former husband of Tina Turner, 76
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- December 21 - Ruth Wallis, US singer, 87
- December 23 - Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist, kidney failure and complications from a stroke, 82
- December 25 - Pat Kirkwood, English actress and singer, 86
- December 26 - Joe Dolan, Irish singer, 68
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