Editing Timeline of musical events (section)

== 2000s ==
{{Main|2000s in music}}
[[File:M4100164.JPG|thumb|[[Live 8]] concerts took place in 9 countries worldwide during 2005.]]
*'''[[2009 in music]]''', '''[[2009 in British music]]''', '''[[2009 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2009 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2009 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2009 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2009 in South Korean music]]'''
**Deaths of [[Michael Jackson]], [[The Rev|James Owen Sullivan]], [[Leon Kirchner]], [[Les Paul]], [[Ali Akbar Khan]], [[Merce Cunningham]], [[Ron Asheton]], [[Henri Pousseur]], [[Mary Travers (singer)|Mary Travers]], [[Stephen Gately]], and [[Alain Bashung]].
**[[Lady Gaga]] releases ''[[The Fame Monster]]''
**[[Britney Spears]] releases her comeback album ''[[Circus (Britney Spears album)|Circus]]'' which receives critical acclaim.
**[[Flo Rida]] releases his studio album ''[[R.O.O.T.S.]]''. His lead single "[[Right Round]]" introduces future pop star [[Kesha]] to a mainstream audience.
**[[Noel Gallagher]] departs from [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] after a heated confrontation with vocalist and brother [[Liam Gallagher]] in [[Rock en Seine]], [[France]] leading to the disbandment of [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]].
**[[Phoenix (French band)|Phoenix]] release  ''[[Lisztomania (song)|Lisztomania]]''
**[[Animal Collective]] releases ''[[Merriweather Post Pavilion (album)|Merriweather Post Pavilion]]''
**[[Owl City]] releases ''[[Ocean Eyes (album)|Ocean Eyes]]''
**[[Michael Bublé]] release ''[[Crazy Love (Michael Bublé album)|Crazy Love]]''
**[[The Heavy (band)|The Heavy]] release ''[[The House That Dirt Built]]''
**[[The Black Eyed Peas]] release ''[[The E.N.D]]''
**[[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] release ''[[Playing the Piano]]''
*Debut of:
**[[Susan Boyle]]'s ''[[I Dreamed a Dream (album)|I Dreamed a Dream]]''
*'''[[2008 in music]]''', '''[[2008 in British music]]''', '''[[2008 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2008 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2008 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2008 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2008 in South Korean music]]'''
**Deaths of [[Mauricio Kagel]], [[Artie Traum]], [[Wilfrid Mellers]], [[LeRoi Moore]], [[Erik Darling]], [[Isaac Hayes]], [[Bo Diddley]], [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], [[Nick Reynolds]], [[Mitch Mitchell]], [[Miriam Makeba]], [[Odetta]], [[Eartha Kitt]], [[Freddie Hubbard]], and [[Robert Hazard]].
**[[Mariah Carey]]'s "[[Touch My Body (Mariah Carey song)|Touch My Body]]" becomes her 18th U.S. chart-topper, setting the record for most U.S. number ones singles by a solo artist&nbsp;– only behind [[the Beatles]] with 20 – and most weeks at number one on the Hot 100 chart with a total of 79.
**[[Lil Wayne]] released ''[[Tha Carter III]]'' and sold 1 million copies in the first week, becoming the best selling album of 2008.
**[[Madonna]]'s [[Sticky and Sweet Tour]] becomes the highest grossing female tour of all-time (surpassing her own record) and then the highest grossing solo tour of all time. It promotes her 11th studio album ''[[Hard Candy (Madonna album)|Hard Candy]]'' which sells 4 million copies and includes the international hit song "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]".
**[[Kanye West]]'s ''[[808s & Heartbreak]]''
**[[Coldplay]]'s ''[[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends]]''
**[[Lady Gaga]]'s first studio album, ''[[The Fame]]''
**[[Katy Perry]] releases her first studio album, ''[[One of the Boys (Katy Perry album)|One of the Boys]]''
**[[Taylor Swift]]'s second studio album, ''[[Fearless (Taylor Swift album)|Fearless]]'' releases.
**[[Flying Lotus]]' ''[[Los Angeles (Flying Lotus album)|Los Angeles]]''
**[[Earth (American band)|Earth]]'s ''[[The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull]]''
**[[Terre Thaemlitz|DJ Sprinkles]]'s ''[[Midtown 120 Blues]]''
*'''[[2007 in music]]''', '''[[2007 in British music]]''', '''[[2007 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2007 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2007 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2007 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2007 in South Korean music]]'''
**Deaths of [[Beverly Sills]], [[Max Roach]], [[Oscar Peterson]], [[Izumi Sakai]], [[Luciano Pavarotti]], [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], and [[Don Arden]].
**[[Live Earth]] and [[Led Zeppelin]] reunion.
**[[Radiohead]] splits from [[EMI]] and independently releases ''[[In Rainbows]]'' with an online download method of payment that allows the buyer to choose their price.
**[[The Mars Volta]] releases one of the first [[USB flash drive]] albums, as part of their ''[[The Bedlam in Goliath]]''.
**[[Kanye West]] releases ''[[Graduation (album)|Graduation]]''
**[[Mika (singer)|Mika]] releases ''[[Life in Cartoon Motion]]''
**[[Burial (musician)|Burial]] releases ''[[Untrue (album)|Untrue]]''
**[[Arcade Fire]] release ''[[Neon Bible]]''
**[[Animal Collective]] releases ''[[Strawberry Jam]]''
**[[LCD Soundsystem]] release ''[[Sound of Silver]]''
**[[Bon Iver]] releases ''[[For Emma, Forever Ago]]''
**[[Arctic Monkeys]] release ''[[Favourite Worst Nightmare]]''
**[[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]] releases ''[[Person Pitch]]''
**[[The National (band)|The National]] release ''[[Boxer (The National album)|Boxer]]''
**[[Alcest]] releases ''[[Souvenirs d'un autre monde]]''
**[[M.I.A. (rapper)|M.I.A.]] releases ''[[Kala (album)|Kala]]''
**[[Battles (band)|Battles]] releases ''[[Mirrored]]''
**[[Justice (band)|Justice]] release ''[[Cross (Justice album)|Cross]]''
* '''[[2006 in music]]''', '''[[2006 in British music]]''', '''[[2006 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2006 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2006 in South Korean music]]''', '''[[2006 in Swiss music]]'''
**[[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]]'s [[Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George]] to the [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]]' animated feature ''[[Curious George (film)|Curious George]]''
** [[System of a Down]] announces hiatus
**[[Taylor Swift]] releases her debut album, ''[[Taylor Swift (album)|Taylor Swift]]''
** [[Amy Winehouse]] releases ''[[Back to Black]]''
** [[My Chemical Romance]] release ''[[The Black Parade]]''
** [[Rihanna]] releases ''[[A Girl like Me (Rihanna album)|A Girl like Me]]''
** [[Evanescence]] releases ''[[The Open Door]]''
** [[J Dilla]] releases ''[[Donuts (album)|Donuts]]''
** [[Arctic Monkeys]] release ''[[Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not]]''
** [[Joanna Newsom]] releases ''[[Ys (Joanna Newsom album)|Ys]]''
** [[Tool (band)|Tool]] release ''[[10,000 Days (Tool album)|10,000 Days]]''
** [[Brand New (band)|Brand New]] release ''[[The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me]]''
** [[Muse (band)|Muse]] releases ''[[Black Holes and Revelations]]''
** [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] release ''[[Stadium Arcadium]]''
**Deaths of [[James Brown]] and [[Syd Barrett]].
* '''[[2005 in music]]''', '''[[2005 in British music]]''', '''[[2005 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2005 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2005 in South Korean music]]''', '''[[2005 in Swiss music]]'''
**After four years, [[Gorillaz]] release their second studio album, ''[[Demon Days]]''.
**[[Mariah Carey]] releases her 10-million selling ''[[The Emancipation of Mimi]]'', the best-selling album of the year worldwide, alongside the album's second single "[[We Belong Together]]", the year's most successful single, and the Song of the Decade 2000–2009.
**Death of [[Luther Vandross]] and [[John Herald]].
**[[Pink Floyd]] reunion for [[Live 8]].
**[[R. Kelly]] releases his opera series ''[[Trapped in the Closet]]''.
**[[Daft Punk]] release ''[[Human After All]]''
**[[Boris (band)|Boris]] release ''[[Pink (Boris album)|Pink]]''
**[[Boards of Canada]] release ''[[The Campfire Headphase]]''
**[[Venetian Snares]] release ''[[Rossz Csillag Alatt Született]]''
**[[Madonna]] releases ''[[Confessions on a Dance Floor]]'', her 10th studio album. It wins a Grammy award, Brit award, sells in excess of 12 million copies and has the worldwide hit "[[Hung Up]]" which tops the charts in a record-breaking 41 countries.<ref>[[Hung Up]]</ref>
**[[Kanye West]] releases his album ''[[Late Registration]]''
**Musicals first performed:
***[[Monty Python]] member [[Eric Idle]] releases the Monty Python musical ''[[Spamalot]]''
***[[Elton John]]'s [[Billy Elliot (musical)|musical adaptation]] of the British drama film ''[[Billy Elliot]]'', which features the song "[[Electricity (Elton John song)|Electricity]]"
***[[Bob Gaudio]]'s biopic [[The Four Seasons (band)|Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons]] musical ''[[Jersey Boys]]'' 
**Debuts by:
***[[Bullet for My Valentine]]'s ''[[The Poison]]''
*'''[[2004 in music]]''', '''[[2004 in British music]]''', '''[[2004 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2004 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2004 in South Korean music]]'''
**Death of [[Ray Charles]], [[Rick James]], [[Dimebag Darrell]].
**[[Danger Mouse (musician)|Danger Mouse]] releases ''[[The Grey Album]]'', sparking days of electronic disobedience by Internet file sharers against [[EMI]].
**[[Green Day]] releases ''[[American Idiot]]'' to critical acclaim.
**[[Madvillain]]'s ''[[Madvillainy]]''
**[[MF Doom]]'s ''[[Mm..Food]]''
**[[Green Day]]'s ''[[American Idiot]]''
**[[Animal Collective]]'s ''[[Sung Tongs]]''
**[[Modest Mouse]]'s ''[[Good News for People Who Love Bad News]]''
**[[Interpol (band)|Interpol]]'s ''[[Antics (album)|Antics]]''
**[[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]]'s ''[[Leviathan (Mastodon album)|Leviathan]]''
**[[Björk]]'s ''[[Medúlla]]''
**[[Eminem]]'s ''[[Encore (Eminem album)]]''
**Canadian singer [[Celine Dion]] became recipient of the Diamond award, and she was honored in 2004 by [[World Music Awards]] receiving the best selling female artist of all time.
**Debut by:
***[[Kanye West]]'s ''[[The College Dropout]]''
***[[The Go! Team]]'s ''[[Thunder, Lightning, Strike]]''
***[[Arcade Fire]]'s ''[[Funeral (Arcade Fire album)|Funeral]]''
***[[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]'s ''[[Franz Ferdinand (album)|self-titled album]]''
**Notable releases:
***Moldovan pop band [[O-Zone]] release "[[Dragostea Din Tei]]", going on to become an Internet sensation.
*'''[[2003 in music]]''', '''[[2003 in British music]]''', '''[[2003 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2003 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2003 in South Korean music]]'''
**Death of [[Nina Simone]], [[Celia Cruz]], [[June Carter Cash]], [[Johnny Cash]], [[Herbie Mann]], and [[John Serry Sr.]]
**Debut by:
***[[Beyoncé]] ''[[Dangerously in Love]]''
**Notable releases:
***[[Linkin Park]]'s ''[[Meteora (album)|Meteora]]''
***[[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]]'s musical ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]''
***[[Outkast]]'s ''[[Speakerboxxx/The Love Below]]''
***[[Robert Lopez]] and [[Jeff Marx]]'s ''[[Avenue Q]]''
***[[Evanescence]]'s ''[[Fallen (Evanescence album)|Fallen]]'' 
***[[The Black Eyed Peas]]' ''[[Elephunk]]''
***[[Radiohead]]'s ''[[Hail to the Thief]]''
***[[Kraftwerk]]'s ''[[Tour de France Soundtracks]]''
***[[The White Stripes]]' ''[[Elephant (album)|Elephant]]''
***[[Sleep (band)|Sleep]]'s ''[[Jerusalem and Dopesmoker]]''
***[[Blink-182]]'s ''[[Blink-182 (album)|self-titled album]]''
***[[Sweet Trip]]'s ''[[Velocity : Design : Comfort]]''
***[[Explosions in the Sky]]'s ''[[The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place]]''
***[[Boris (band)|Boris]]'s ''[[Boris at Last -Feedbacker-]]''
***[[MF Doom]]'s ''[[Take Me to Your Leader (King Geedorah album)|Take Me to Your Leader]]''
***[[Nujabes]]' ''[[Metaphorical Music]]''
***[[Four Tet]]'s ''[[Rounds (album)|Rounds]]''
*'''[[2002 in music]]''', '''[[2002 in British music]]''', '''[[2002 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2002 in South Korean music]]'''
**Deaths of [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Dave Van Ronk]], [[Layne Staley]], [[Lisa Left-Eye Lopes]], [[Lonnie Donegan]], [[John Entwistle]] and [[Joe Strummer]].
**Beginning of ''[[American Idol]]'' (initially titled ''American Idol: The Search for a Superstar'') which brings the arrival of first winner [[Kelly Clarkson]].
**[[Alan Jackson]] releases ''[[Drive (Alan Jackson album)|Drive]]''.
**[[Eminem]] releases ''[[The Eminem Show]]'' and "[[Lose Yourself]]" from his film ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'', the first rap song of its kind to win an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]].
**[[Justin Timberlake]] releases his debut album ''[[Justified (album)|Justified]]''.
**[[Marc Shaiman]]'s [[Hairspray (musical)|musical adaptation]] of the film ''[[Hairspray (1988 film)|Hairspray]]'' first performed.
**[[Junior Senior]] release ''[[D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat]]''.
**[[Boards of Canada]] release ''[[Geogaddi]]''
**[[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]] releases ''[[Yanqui U.X.O.]]''.
**[[Isis (band)|Isis]] releases ''[[Oceanic (Isis album)]]''.
* '''[[2001 in music]]''', '''[[2001 in British music]]''', '''[[2001 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2001 in South Korean music]]'''
**Deaths of [[Mimi Fariña]], [[Chet Atkins]], [[Aaliyah]], [[George Harrison]], [[John Lee Hooker]], [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]], [[Perry Como]], [[Isaac Stern]], and [[Chuck Schuldiner]]
**[[Duran Duran]] is reunited with the original five members and goes on tour for the first time since 1985.
**[[Michael Jackson]]'s last studio album ''[[Invincible (Michael Jackson album)|Invincible]]'' released.
**[[Gorillaz]]' [[Gorillaz (album)|self-titled debut album]] is released.
**[[Daft Punk]] releases ''[[Discovery (Daft Punk album)|Discovery]]''
**[[Kylie Minogue]] releases ''[[Fever (Kylie Minogue album)|Fever]]''
**Comedy legend [[Mel Brooks]]' [[The Producers (musical)|musical adaptation]] of his 1967 film ''[[The Producers (1967 film)|The Producers]]'' first performed, starring [[Nathan Lane]] and [[Matthew Broderick]].
**[[Basement Jaxx]] release ''[[Rooty]]''
**[[Fennesz]] releases ''[[Endless Summer (Fennesz album)|Endless Summer]]''
**[[The Strokes]]' debut album ''[[Is This It]]'' is released
**[[Rammstein]] releases ''[[Mutter (album)|Mutter]]''
**[[Opeth]] releases ''[[Blackwater Park]]''
**[[The Microphones]] releases ''[[The Glow Pt. 2]]''
**[[Muse (band)|Muse]] releases ''[[Origin of Symmetry]]''
**[[System of a Down]] releases ''[[Toxicity (album)|Toxicity]]''
**[[Björk]] releases ''[[Vespertine]]''
**[[Alicia Keys]] releases ''[[Songs in A Minor]]''
**[[Shakira]] releases ''[[Laundry Service (album)|Laundry Service]]''
**[[Manu Chao]] releases ''[[Próxima Estación: Esperanza]]''
**[[Tool (band)|Tool]] release ''[[Lateralus]]''
**[[Cornelius (musician)|Cornelius]] release ''[[Point (Cornelius album)|Point]]''
**[[Hikaru Utada]] releases ''[[Distance (Hikaru Utada album)|Distance]]''
**[[Aphex Twin]] releases ''[[Drukqs]]''
**[[Stars of the Lid]] releases ''[[The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid]]''
**[[Autechre]] releases ''[[Confield]]''
**[[Napster]]'s popularity peaks. 
**[[Metallica]] and [[Dr. Dre]] sue [[Napster]] over illegal distribution of their music.
**Debuts by:
***[[Avenged Sevenfold]]'s ''[[Sounding the Seventh Trumpet]]''
***[[My Chemical Romance]]’s "[[I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love]]"
*'''[[2000 in music]]''', '''[[2000 in British music]]''', '''[[2000 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2000 in South Korean music]]'''
**[[Mariah Carey]] becomes the Best-Selling Artist of the Millennium according to the World Music Awards.
**[[Britney Spears]]' ''[[Oops!... I Did It Again (album)|Oops!... I Did It Again]]'' sells over 23 million copies and becomes the best-selling album by a female artist of the decade.
**[[Blink-182]] enjoy mainstream success (mainly from their hit single "[[All the Small Things]]") and lead pop-punk into the 21st Century.
**[[Madonna]] releases her album ''[[Music (Madonna album)|Music]]'', which goes on to sell 15 million copies, becomes universally acclaimed, and gets nominated for 5 Grammy awards. It follows her 1998 comeback ''[[Ray of Light]]''.
**Debuts by:
***[[Linkin Park]]'s ''[[Hybrid Theory]]''
***[[Coldplay]]'s ''[[Parachutes (Coldplay album)|Parachutes]]''
***[[Craig David]]'s ''[[Born to Do It]]''
***[[The Avalanches]]' ''[[Since I Left You]]''
**Notable releases
***[[Eminem]]'s ''[[The Marshall Mathers LP]]''
***[[Baha Men]]'s ''[[Who Let the Dogs Out (Baha Men album)|Who Let the Dogs Out?]]''
***[[Outkast]]'s ''[[Stankonia]]''
***[[Ayumi Hamasaki]]'s ''[[Duty (album)|Duty]]''
***[[Mai Kuraki]]'s ''[[Delicious Way]]''
***[[Ringo Sheena]]'s ''[[Shōso Strip]]''
***[[Boris (band)|Boris]] release ''[[Flood (Boris album)|Flood]]''
***[[Radiohead]]'s ''[[Kid A]]''
***[[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]]'s ''[[Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven]]''
***[[Vladislav Delay]]'s ''[[Vocalcity]]''
***[[The Beatles]]'s ''[[1 (The Beatles album)|1]]''

=== List of 10 best-selling albums of the 2000s ===
#[[The Beatles]] – ''[[1 (The Beatles album)|1]]'' – 31 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-beatles8-2009apr08,0,242705.story|title=Beatles' catalog will be reissued September 9 in remastered versions|last=Lewis|first=Randy|date=April 8, 2009|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2009-05-02}}</ref> – 2000
#[[Norah Jones]] – ''[[Come Away with Me]]'' – 26 million<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/9229594/Norah-Jones-Little-Broken-Hearts-CD-review.html |title=Norah Jones Little Broken Hearts CD review|last=Brown|first=Helen|date=April 23, 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=2012-04-27}}</ref> – 2002
#[[Backstreet Boys]] – ''[[Black & Blue (Backstreet Boys album)|Black & Blue]]''  – 24 million<ref name="Backstreet Windsor">{{cite news |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/10/143_17992.html |title=The boys are back |date=August 7, 2008|newspaper=Windsor Star|access-date=2008-08-21}}</ref><ref name="BSB sales updated!">{{cite news|url=http://hwww.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/2007/10/26/taking-it-back-86908-20012113/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420025430/http://hwww.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/2007/10/26/taking-it-back-86908-20012113/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2013 |title=Taking It Back |date=October 26, 2007 |newspaper=Daily Record |access-date=November 21, 2008 }}</ref> – 2000
#[[Linkin Park]] – ''[[Hybrid Theory]]'' – 24 million<ref name="Live earth Linkin">{{cite web|url=http://liveearth.org/sv/press/pressrelease/linkin-park-headlines-live-earth-tokyo |title=Linkin Park headlines Live Earth Tokyo |date=May 25, 2007 |publisher=Live Earth, LLC |access-date=2008-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306081521/http://liveearth.org/sv/press/pressrelease/linkin-park-headlines-live-earth-tokyo |archive-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> – 2000
#[[Britney Spears]] – ''[[Oops!... I Did It Again (album)|Oops!... I Did It Again]] '' – 20 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=28788021&page=5 |title=The Evolution of Britney Spears: 2000 – Oops... she did it again |publisher=[[MSN]] |date=May 12, 2011 |access-date=2012-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925003058/http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=28788021&page=5 |archive-date=September 25, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – 2000
#[[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] – ''[[Confessions (Usher album)|Confessions]]'' – 20 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bet.com/video/music/u/usher/confessions-part-ii.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707205543/http://www.bet.com/video/music/u/usher/confessions-part-ii.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 7, 2011|title=Usher Confessions part II Video|publisher=Black Entertainment Television|access-date=June 23, 2012}}</ref> – 2004
#[[Eminem]] – ''[[The Eminem Show]]'' – 19 million<ref name="independent 2">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-real-slim-shady-stands-up-the-fans-on-his-european-tour-503319.html|archive-date=May 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514042111/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-real-slim-shady-stands-up-the-fans-on-his-european-tour-503319.html|newspaper=The Independent|location=London|title=The real Slim Shady stands up the fans on his European tour|first=Ciar|last=Byrne|date=August 18, 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=May 10, 2012}}</ref> – 2002
#[[Eminem]] – ''[[The Marshall Mathers LP]]'' – 19 million<ref name="independent 2"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://voices.yahoo.com/eminem-fast-rising-rapper-8607941.html?cat=9 |work=The Independent |location=London |title=Eminem&nbsp;– the Fast Rising Rapper |first=Stephanie |last=Raide |date=June 8, 2011 |access-date=2012-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022081505/http://voices.yahoo.com/eminem-fast-rising-rapper-8607941.html?cat=9 |archive-date=October 22, 2012}}</ref> – 2000
#[[Avril Lavigne]] – ''[[Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)|Let Go]]'' – 17 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=45518&cat=16|title=Avril Lavigne Ends North American Run of Shows with Two Dates in Washington Beginning May 9|date=May 4, 2008|publisher=transworldnews.com|access-date=May 29, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205061155/http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=45518&cat=16|archive-date=December 5, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref> – 2002
#[[Evanescence]] – ''[[Fallen (Evanescence album)|Fallen]]'' – 17 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/evanescence/2515781|title=Evanescence Biography|publisher=[[Artistdirect]]|access-date=2012-09-23|archive-date=February 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205094357/http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/evanescence/2515781|url-status=dead}}</ref> – 2003