Events in Music in 2004

Music Single

Jan 27 "Yeah!" single released by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris (Grammy Award Best Rap/Sung Collaboration 2005, Billboard Song of the Year 2004)

Music Concert

Feb 1 Wardrobe malfunction: Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines.

Singer Janet Jackson — Singer
Janet Jackson

Feb 8 46th Grammy Awards: Clocks, Evanescence wins

Album Release

Feb 10 Kanye West releases his debut album "The College Dropout" (2005 Grammy Best Rap Album)

Music Single

Feb 17 "If I Ain't Got You" single released by Alicia Keys (Grammy Award Best Female R&B Vocal Performance 2005, Billboard Song of the Year 2004)

Singer-Songwriter Alicia Keys — Singer-Songwriter
Alicia Keys

Event of Interest

Mar 13 Luciano Pavarotti performs in his last opera at New York Metropolitan Opera's "Tosca"

Operatic Tenor Luciano Pavarotti — Operatic Tenor
Luciano Pavarotti

Music Awards

Mar 20 18th Soul Train Music Awards: R. Kelly, Janet Jackson, Outkast & Beyoncé win

R&B Singer R. Kelly — R&B Singer
R. Kelly

Singer Beyoncé Knowles — Singer
Beyoncé Knowles

Mar 23 Usher releases his 4th studio album “Confessions” (2004 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Award Best Contemporary R&B Album 2005)

Music Awards

Apr 21 38th CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards: Toby Keith, Shania Twain & Kenny Chesney win

Singer Shania Twain — Singer
Shania Twain

Country Singer and Actor Toby Keith — Country Singer and Actor
Toby Keith

May 15 49th Eurovision Song Contest: Ruslana for Ukraine wins singing "Wild Dances" in Istanbul

Music Awards

May 26 39th Academy of Country Music Awards: Toby Keith & Martina McBride win

Country Singer-Songwriter Martina McBride — Country Singer-Songwriter
Martina McBride

Music Single

Jun 7 "Live Like You Were Dying" single released by Tim McGraw (Grammy Award Best Country Song 2004, Billboard Song of the Year 2004)

Country Musician and Actor Tim McGraw — Country Musician and Actor
Tim McGraw

Event of Interest

Jun 23 Bob Dylan accepts honorary doctorate of music degree from the University of St Andrews, Scotland's oldest university

Singer-Songwriter Bob Dylan — Singer-Songwriter
Bob Dylan

Music Single

Jun 29 Diana DeGarmo releases her single, "Dreams"

Singer Diana DeGarmo — Singer
Diana DeGarmo

Jun 30 British rock guitarist Dave Davies (The Kinks) suffers a debilitating stroke, at 57; he recovers in 2006 to resume his music career
Aug 17 The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Boze Pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.

Video Music Awards

Aug 29 21st MTV Video Music Awards: OutKast, Beyoncé & Usher f/ Lil Jon & Ludacris win

Album Release

Sep 21 Green Day release their album "American Idiot" in the US

Bassist Rocker Mike Dirnt — Bassist Rocker
Mike Dirnt

Nov 1 "That's What I Love About Sunday" single released by Craig Morgan (Billboard Song of the Year 2005)
Nov 8 "Greatest Hits" album by Shania Twain is released (Billboard Album of the Year 2005)
Nov 9 38th Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride & Keith Urban wins

Music Awards

Nov 14 31st American Music Awards: Sheryl Crow, Usher & Kenny Chesney win

Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow — Singer-songwriter
Sheryl Crow

Nov 16 "Let Me Love You" single released by Mario (Billboard Song of the Year 2005)
Dec 7 Diana DeGarmo releases her debut album, “Blue Skies”
Dec 12 On This Day launches MusicOrb.com and TodayinSport.com, separate sites for music and sports history, now our music and sport channels

2003
Events in Music
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