Editing 2004 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2004.

==Specific locations==
*[[2004 in British music]]
*[[2004 in Irish music]]
*[[2004 in Norwegian music]]
*[[2004 in South Korean music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[2004 in classical music]]
*[[2004 in country music]]
*[[2004 in heavy metal music]]
*[[2004 in hip-hop|2004 in hip hop music]]
*[[2004 in Latin music]]
*[[2004 in jazz]]
*[[2004 in South Korean music]]

==Events==
===January–February===
*[[January 1]]
**The [[Vienna New Year's Concert]] is conducted by [[Riccardo Muti]].
**[[Kurt Nilsen]] wins ''[[World Idol]]''.
*[[January 3]] – [[Britney Spears]] marries Jason Allen Alexander, a childhood friend, in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]]. The marriage is [[annulment|annulled]] 55 hours later. 
*[[January 15]] – Rapper [[Mystikal]] is sentenced to six years in prison for sexual battery.
*[[January 16]]–[[February 1]] – The [[Big Day Out]] festival takes place in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], headlined by [[Metallica]]. [[A Perfect Circle]] is originally named in the lineup but later withdraw, with [[Fear Factory]] appearing as a mystery artist in place of all of A Perfect Circle's scheduled slots.
*[[February 1]]
**[[Janet Jackson]] and [[Justin Timberlake]] perform onstage at [[Super Bowl XXXVIII]]. The performance concludes with Jackson's right breast being exposed to the audience. The phrase "[[wardrobe malfunction]]" is coined during the [[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy|ensuing controversy]].
**[[Daron Hagen]] is appointed President of the [[Lotte Lehmann]] Foundation in New York City.
*[[February 8]] – The 46th Annual [[Grammy Awards]] are held at the [[Staples Center]] in Los Angeles, California. [[Outkast]]'s ''[[Speakerboxxx/The Love Below]]'' becomes the first rap album to win [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]. [[Beyoncé]] wins five awards. [[Coldplay]]'s "[[Clocks (song)|Clocks]]" wins [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]], while [[Luther Vandross]]' "[[Dance with My Father (song)|Dance with My Father]]" wins [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Evanescence]] win [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].
*[[February 9]] – [[Blink-182]] release single "[[I Miss You (Blink-182 song)|I Miss You]]" from the album ''[[Blink-182 (album)|Blink-182]]''. The song will reach number one on the Billboard Modern Rock chart.
*[[February 10]] – [[Paulina Rubio]] releases her seventh studio "[[Pau-Latina]]" under [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music Mexico]]. The album charted at #1 on the [[Billboard Latin Pop Albums]] and at #105 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. The album also got certified 2× Platinum [[RIAA certification#Spanish|(Latin)]] by the [[RIAA]].
*[[February 13]] – [[Elton John]] begins [[The Red Piano]] concert residency at [[The Colosseum at Caesars Palace]] in Las Vegas. Originally scheduled for 75 performances, it would run for 248 shows over five years, including twenty-four tour dates in Europe. 
*[[February 17]]
**[[BRIT Awards]] are held in London. [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]], [[Dido (singer)|Dido]], [[Busted (band)|Busted]], [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[KRS-One]] are among the winners.
**[[The Smashing Pumpkins|Smashing Pumpkins]] frontman [[Billy Corgan]] posts a bitter message on his personal blog calling [[D'arcy Wretzky]] a "mean spirited drug addict" and blaming [[James Iha]] for the breakup of the band.

===March–April===
*[[March 2]] – [[Britney Spears]] embarks on [[The Onyx Hotel Tour]], her first tour in 2 years, to support her fourth studio album, ''[[In The Zone]]''.
*[[March 9]] – [[Westlife]] member [[Brian McFadden (singer)|Brian McFadden]] leaves the band.
*[[March 10]] – [[George Michael]] announces that ''[[Patience (George Michael album)|Patience]]'' will be his last commercially released record. Future releases will be available from his web site in return for donations to his favourite charities.
*[[March 13]] – [[Luciano Pavarotti]] gives his last performance in an opera, in ''Tosca'' at the [[New York Metropolitan Opera]].
*[[March 23]] – [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] releases his ''[[Confessions (Usher album)|Confessions]]'' album selling 1.1 million copies its first week, making him the first R&B artist to ever accomplish that. The album would be the top seller of the year with four number one singles.
*[[April 6]] – A previously unreleased [[Johnny Cash]] album called ''[[Unearthed (Johnny Cash album)#Disc 4.C2.A0.E2.80.93 My Mother.27s Hymn Book|My Mother's Hymn Book]]'' is released less than a year after his death on September 12, 2003.
*[[April 20]] – [[Fear Factory]] returns after their 2002 breakup with the new album ''[[Archetype (Fear Factory album)|Archetype]]''.
*[[April 26]]
**[[Deborah Voigt]], sacked by Covent Garden for being too fat for an opera role, makes her recital debut to a rapturous reception at [[Carnegie Hall]].
**[[Dream Theater]] performs at the [[Nippon Budokan Hall]] in Tokyo, Japan.

===May–June===
*[[May 1]]-2 – The annual [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]] takes place in [[California]]. Headlined by [[Radiohead]] and [[The Cure]], the lineup also features [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], [[The Flaming Lips]], [[Belle and Sebastian]], [[Muse (band)|Muse]], [[MF Doom]], [[Basement Jaxx]], [[Death Cab for Cutie]], [[Black Rebel Motorcycle Club]], [[Kraftwerk]] and [[Kool Keith]].
*[[May 10]] 
**''Blender'' magazine's May issue includes a "50 Worst Songs Ever!" list. "We Built This City," by [[Starship (band)|Starship]], is rated worst.
**[[Peter Tägtgren]] replaces [[Mikael Åkerfeldt]] In [[Bloodbath]].
**[[Keane (band)|Keane]] release ''[[Hopes and Fears (Keane album)|Hopes and Fears]]'' which becomes the 16th best selling album of the millennium in the UK. It went 8× platinum and was nominated for the Mercury Prize and the [[BRIT Awards|BRIT]] award for best album.
*[[May 12]]–15 – The 49th [[Eurovision Song Contest 2004|Eurovision Song Contest]], held at [[Abdi İpekçi Arena]] in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]], is won by [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] singer [[Ruslana]] with the song "[[Wild Dances]]". It is the first contest to take place as a multi-date event.
*[[May 18]]-23 – The European Festival of Youth Choirs (EJCF) is held in [[Basel]].
*[[May 24]] – [[Madonna]] starts ''[[The Re-Invention Tour]]'' in 20 cities with a total of 56 shows and making it the most successful concert tour of the year with a gross of $124.5 million.
*[[May 25]]
**[[Phish]] announces that after 21 years they will break up following the Summer 2004 Tour.
**[[Skinny Puppy]] releases their first studio album since disbanding in 1996, called ''[[The Greater Wrong of the Right]]''.
*[[May 26]] – [[Fantasia Barrino]] wins the third season of ''[[American Idol]]'', defeating [[Diana DeGarmo]].
*[[May 28]] – [[June 6]] – The [[Rock in Rio]] concert festival is staged in Lisbon, Portugal, under the name Rock in Rio Lisboa. [[Paul McCartney]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Metallica]], [[Britney Spears]] and [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] each headline one of the six days. 
*[[June 4]]
**[[Karl Jenkins]] signs a 10-year recording deal with EMI.
**[[Creed (band)|Creed]] dissolved. Guitarist [[Mark Tremonti]], Drummer [[Scott Phillips (drummer)|Scott Phillips]] and [[Brian Marshall]] (ex Bassist of [[Creed (band)|Creed]]) were working on side project [[Alter Bridge]] along with [[Myles Kennedy]] of The Mayfield Four. Their first album is ''[[One Day Remains]]'', which was scheduled to be released on August 10.
*[[June 5]]-6 – The annual [[Download Festival]] takes place at [[Donington Park]] in [[Leicestershire]], England, with [[Linkin Park]] and [[Metallica]] headlining the main stage. [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]] and [[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]] headline the Snickers "Game On" stage, while the Barfly stage is headlined by [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]] and [[SuicideGirls]].
*[[June 11]] – The [[Van Halen Summer Tour 2004]] kicks off in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], marking the return of [[Sammy Hagar]] on vocals for the first time since his acrimonious departure from the band in 1996.
*[[June 12]] – The Los Angeles, California radio station [[KROQ-FM]] airs the 12th Annual [[KROQ Weenie Roast]] show with [[Bad Religion]], [[Beastie Boys]], [[Cypress Hill]], [[The Hives]], [[Hoobastank]], [[The Killers]], [[Modest Mouse]], [[New Found Glory]], [[Story of the Year]], [[The Strokes]], [[Velvet Revolver]], [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]] and [[Yellowcard]].
*[[June 22]] – 14th annual [[Lollapalooza]] festival, scheduled for July 17, is cancelled. Organizers cite "poor ticket sales". (See: [[Lollapalooza 2004 lineup]].)
*[[June 23]] – UK DJ [[Tony Blackburn]] is suspended by radio station [[Classic Gold Digital]] for playing songs by [[Cliff Richard]], against station policy.
*[[June 25]]
** [[Eric Clapton]] sells his famous guitar "[[Blackie (guitar)|Blackie]]" at a [[Christie's]] auction, raising $959,000 to benefit the [[Crossroads Centre|Crossroads drug rehabilitation center]] that he founded in 1998.<ref name="clapton-auction">{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/clapton.s-guitar-sells-for-.959.000 |title=Clapton's Guitar Sells For $959,000 |date=June 25, 2004 |publisher=[[Contactmusic.com]] |access-date=March 3, 2013}}</ref>
** While in [[Scheeßel]], [[Germany]] for his [[A Reality Tour|''A Reality'' tour]], [[David Bowie]] suffers a heart attack onstage and is subsequently rushed to the emergency room for an [[angioplasty]]. The incident brings an abrupt end to the tour and prompts Bowie to move away from both musicianship and public life in the following years, with [[The Next Day|his next album]] coming out nearly nine years later.

===July–August===
*[[July 10]]
**Ex-[[S Club]] star [[Rachel Stevens]] sets a world record for completing the fastest promotional circuit in just 24 hours- including a run for the charity [[Sport Relief]]. 
**American Idol winner Fantasia becomes the first artist in history to debut at number-one on the Hot 100 with a first record.
*[[July 11]] – [[McFly]] debut at #1 on the UK [[album charts]] with ''[[Room On The 3rd Floor]]''. They break the record set by [[The Beatles]] as the youngest group ever to debut at #1 on the album charts.
*[[July 20]] – [[Van Halen]] releases ''[[The Best of Both Worlds (Van Halen album)|The Best of Both Worlds]]'', a 36-song compilation album featuring three new recordings with Sammy Hagar on vocals.
*[[July 24]] – The [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] organized Curiosa Festival kicks off with a concert in [[West Palm Beach, Florida]]. Performing along with [[The Cure]] are [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]], [[The Rapture (band)|The Rapture]], [[Mogwai]], [[Cursive (band)|Cursive]],  Muse, [[Head Automatica]], Thursday, [[Scarling.]], [[The Cooper Temple Clause]], and [[Melissa Auf der Maur]].
*[[July 24]]–25 – The [[Splendour in the Grass]] music festival is held in [[Byron Bay, New South Wales|Byron Bay]], [[Australia]], headlined by [[PJ Harvey]] & [[Jurassic 5]].
*[[July 25]] – [[The Doobie Brothers]] record and perform ''[[Live at Wolf Trap]]'' at [[Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts]] in [[Vienna, Virginia]].  The live album was released two months later, on October 26.
*[[July 31]]
**[[Simon & Garfunkel]] perform a free concert in front of the [[Colosseum]] in [[Rome]] for an audience of 600,000 people.<ref name="simonandgarfunkel">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3525652.stm |title=Simon and Garfunkel play huge gig |date=August 1, 2004 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=March 3, 2013}}</ref>
**[[Dispatch (band)|Dispatch]] performs their last live show at the DCR Hatchshell in Boston, Massachusetts.
*[[August 8]] – [[Dave Matthews Band]]'s tour bus dumps 800&nbsp;lb (360&nbsp;kg) of human [[feces]] from a Chicago bridge, intending to unload it in the river, but it lands on an architecture tour boat. The bus driver and the band are sued by the state of [[Illinois]].
*[[August 15]] – [[Phish]] performs their final concert at a two-day festival in [[Coventry, Vermont]].
*[[August 23]] – [[The Prodigy]] release their much anticipated and postponed first full-length album ''[[Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned]]'', 7 years after 1997's [[The Fat Of The Land]].

===September–October===
*[[September 18]] – [[Britney Spears]] marries [[Kevin Federline]].
*[[September 20]] – [[Green Day]] release their seventh studio album ''[[American Idiot]]'', making a comeback for the band, following disappointing sales of their 2000 album ''[[Warning (Green Day album)|Warning]]''. ''American Idiot'' eventually receives the award for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album]] at the [[47th Annual Grammy Awards|47th Grammy Awards]] on February 13, 2005.
*[[September 26]] – [[Avril Lavigne]] begins her [[Bonez Tour]].
*[[September 28]]
**[[Brian Wilson]] releases ''[[Brian Wilson Presents Smile]]'', the first official interpretation of the ''[[Smile (Beach Boys album)|Smile]]'' sessions since their shelving in 1967.
**On the same day, young [[Filipinos|Filipino]] singer [[Christian Bautista]] unveiled his first [[Christian Bautista (album)|self-titled debut album]].
*October – [[Jazz at Lincoln Center]] performance venue opens in [[New York City]].
*[[October 2]] – [[Billy Joel]] marries for the third time, to the food critic and chef [[Katie Lee (chef)|Katie Lee]].
*[[October 11]] – [[Melissa Etheridge]] undergoes surgery for breast cancer.
*[[October 23]] – [[Ashlee Simpson]] is accused of [[lip sync]]hing after an abortive live performance on the television show ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.
*[[October 25]] – Indian singer [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]] is awarded the [[Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award]] for his outstanding contribution to Indian film music.

===November–December===
*[[November 4]] – Three members of the band [[RAM (band)|RAM]], who all lived in a neighborhood known for its support of the recently deposed former President [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]], are detained by Haitian police during a concert performance in [[Port-au-Prince]]; no charges are ever filed or official explanation for the detentions given.
*[[November 9]] – [[Britney Spears]] releases her first compilation album titled ''[[Greatest Hits: My Prerogative]]''.
*[[November 11]] – [[Eric Clapton]] receives a [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] at Buckingham Palace.<ref name="clapton-cbe">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1475787/Ex-rebel-Clapton-receives-his-CBE.html |title=Ex-rebel Clapton receives his CBE |date=November 4, 2004 |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=March 3, 2013}}</ref>
*[[November 12]] – [[Eminem]]'s fourth major studio album, ''[[Encore (Eminem album)|Encore]]'' is released four days before schedule to combat Internet bootleggers. The album sells 710,000 copies in only three days and becomes [[Eminem]]'s third consecutive album to debut at #1 on the [[Billboard charts]].
*[[November 17]] – [[Within Temptation]] release the single "[[Stand My Ground]]".
*[[November 21]] – [[Casey Donovan (singer)|Casey Donovan]] is crowned winner of the [[Australian Idol (season 2)|second season]] of ''[[Australian Idol]]''. [[Anthony Callea]] was named runner-up.
*[[November 24]] – Brian & Eric Hoffman leave [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]] after a royalties dispute.
*[[November 30]] – [[Jay-Z]] and [[Linkin Park]]'s album "[[Collision Course (EP)|Collision Course]]" debuts at number #01 in [[the Billboard 200]], later becoming the best-selling CD/DVD of that year.
*[[December 8]] – [[Dimebag Darrell]] is [[Columbus nightclub shooting|murdered on stage]] while performing in Columbus, Ohio, by a deranged fan,<ref name="FoxNews">{{Cite news
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  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/10/arts/music/10abbott.html |newspaper=New York Times |title=Darrell Abbott, 38, a Guitarist Featured in Heavy-Metal Bands, Dies | first=Ben |last=Ratliff |date=2004-12-10}}</ref> who shoots the guitarist three times in the head with a 9mm Beretta handgun.<ref name="ArnoldNiggemeyer2007">{{cite book|author1=Chris Arnold|author2=James Niggemeyer|title=A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xK9RS2nQ3ZMC&pg=PA244|access-date=21 October 2011|date=15 March 2007|publisher=MJS Music & Entertainment|isbn=978-0-9762917-7-0|pages=244–}}</ref>  The gunman kills three other people and wounds a further three before being shot dead by police. 
*[[December 11]] – [[Steve Brookstein]] is crowned winner of the [[The X Factor (British series 1)|first series]] of ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|The X Factor]]''. [[G4 (group)|G4]] are named the runner-ups, while [[Tabby Callaghan]] and [[Rowetta Satchell]] finish in third and fourth place respectively.
*[[December 11]]–12 – The Los Angeles, California radio station [[KROQ-FM]] airs the 15th Annual of the [[KROQ Acoustic Christmas|Acoustic Christmas]] with [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]], [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]], [[Good Charlotte]], [[Green Day]], [[Hoobastank]], [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]], [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]], [[Jimmy Eat World]], [[Keane (band)|Keane]], [[The Killers]], [[Modest Mouse]], [[Muse (band)|Muse]], [[The Music (band)|The Music]], [[My Chemical Romance]], [[Papa Roach]], [[Snow Patrol]], [[Social Distortion]], [[Sum 41]], [[Taking Back Sunday]], [[The Shins]], [[The Used]], and [[Velvet Revolver]].
*[[December 14]] – [[Clint Lowery]] leaves [[Sevendust]] due to fights with band about gaining control of the band and doubts of the band's future after being released from their label [[TVT Records]].

==Bands formed==
''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 2004|Musical groups established in 2004]]''

==Bands on hiatus==
* [[Spineshank]] (reformed in 2008)
* [[Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus]] (disbanded in 2006)
* [[Matchbox Twenty]] (reformed in 2007)

==Bands disbanded==
''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2004|Musical groups disestablished in 2004]]''

==Bands re-formed==
* [[Megadeth]]
* [[Restless Heart]]
* [[Destiny's Child]]
* [[Vaya Con Dios (band)|Vaya Con Dios]]
* [[The Shadows]] (till 2015)
* [[New York Dolls]]

==Albums released==
{{See also|:Category:2004 albums}}

===January–March===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="50" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />A<br />N<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| rowspan="2" valign="center" |1
| ''[[Alea Jacta Est (album)|Alea Jacta Est]]'' || [[WarCry (band)|WarCry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Not Quite Me]]'' || [[Tess Wiley]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |4
| ''[[Explosives and the Will to Use Them]]'' || [[Crime In Stereo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |6
| ''[[As the Roots Undo]]'' || [[Circle Takes the Square]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Born Free (Humble Gods album)|Born Free]]'' || [[Humble Gods]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Phantom Planet (album)|Phantom Planet]]'' || [[Phantom Planet]] ||-
|-
|7
|''[[Terror (album)|Terror]]''
|[[Loudness (band)|Loudness]]
| -
|-
| valign="center" |12
| ''[[The Glorious Burden]]'' || [[Iced Earth]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |13
| ''[[Legion of Boom (album)|Legion of Boom]]'' || [[The Crystal Method]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Opera Band]]'' || [[Amici Forever]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A War Story Book II]]'' || [[Psycho Realm]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |15
| ''[[Love & Honesty]]'' || [[BoA]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |17
| ''[[Because I Can (Katy Rose album)|Because I Can]]'' || [[Katy Rose]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |19
| ''[[Colour The Small One]]'' || [[Sia]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" valign="center" |20
| ''[[Bravebird]]'' || [[Amel Larrieux]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Civilization (album)|Civilization]]'' || [[Front Line Assembly]] ||-
|-
| ''The Devil Isn't Red'' || [[Hella (band)|Hella]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Early Chapters]]'' || [[Soilwork]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Educated Guess]]'' || [[Ani DiFranco]] ||-
|-
| ''Hang On Mike'' || [[Mike Viola|Candy Butchers]] ||-
|-
| ''Heron King Blues'' || [[Califone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slon (album)|Slon]]'' || [[Chicago Underground (jazz ensemble)|Chicago Underground Trio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs We Should Have Written]]'' || [[Firewater (band)|Firewater]] ||-
|-
| ''The Willowz'' || [[The Willowz]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |21
| ''[[Talkie Walkie]]'' || [[Air (French band)|Air]] || US
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="center" |26
| ''[[Sleepy Buildings – A Semi Acoustic Evening]]'' || [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Do You Know (Michelle Williams album)|Do You Know]]'' || [[Michelle Williams (singer)|Michelle Williams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Immortal Memory]]'' || [[Lisa Gerrard]] and [[Patrick Cassidy (composer)|Patrick Cassidy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker]]'' || [[The Coral]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="19" valign="center" |27
| ''[[Bangers Vs. Fuckers]]'' || [[Coachwhips]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.narnackrecords.com/releases2.php?release=85|publisher=[[Narnack Records]]|title=Coachwhips|access-date=July 2, 2015|archive-date=July 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703004347/http://www.narnackrecords.com/releases2.php?release=85|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs]]'' || [[10,000 Maniacs]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Delìrium Còrdia]]'' || [[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Diva (Ivy Queen album)|Diva: Platinum Edition]]'' || [[Ivy Queen]] || Re-release
|-
| ''[[Hypnotic Underworld]]'' || [[Ghost (1984 band)|Ghost]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978–2001 (The Fiction Years)|Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978–2001]]'' || [[The Cure]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Kamikaze (Twista album)|Kamikaze]]'' || [[Twista]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live at the Deaf Club]]'' || [[Dead Kennedys]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Live at the House of Blues (The Vandals album)|Live at the House of Blues]]'' || [[The Vandals]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Love Songs (Michael Franks album)|Love Songs]]'' || [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Margerine Eclipse]]'' || [[Stereolab]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mojo Box]]'' || [[Southern Culture on the Skids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One Moment More]]'' || [[Mindy Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ripp tha Game Bloody: Street Muzic]]'' || [[RBX]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sirens and Condolences]]'' || [[Bayside (band)|Bayside]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Slackers and Friends]]'' || [[The Slackers]] || Re-issue
|-
| ''[[Unsung: The Best of Helmet (1991–1997)]]'' || [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] || US; Box Set
|-
| ''[[The Weak's End]]'' || [[Emery (band)|Emery]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |28
| ''[[Tomatteita Tokei ga Ima Ugokidashita]]'' || [[Zard]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |31
| ''[[Politics (Sébastien Tellier album)|Politics]]'' || [[Sébastien Tellier]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="71" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''F<br />E<br />B<br />R<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |2
| ''[[Bows + Arrows]]'' || [[The Walkmen]] ||-
|-
| ''Evolution Purgatory'' || [[Persuader (band)|Persuader]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scissor Sisters (album)|Scissor Sisters]]'' || [[Scissor Sisters]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="8" valign="center" |3
| ''[[50 First Dates#Soundtrack|50 First Dates: Love Songs from the Original Motion Picture]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[The Battle for Everything]]'' || [[Five for Fighting]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Critical Energy]]'' || [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Crow Left of the Murder]]'' || [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Start Something]]'' || [[Lostprophets]] ||-
|-
| ''Upsettin' Ernesto's'' || [[The Slackers]] || Live
|-
| ''[[We Shall All Be Healed]]'' || [[The Mountain Goats]] ||-
|-
| ''[[When the Sun Goes Down (Kenny Chesney album)|When the Sun Goes Down]]'' || [[Kenny Chesney]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |6
| ''The Sunday Best'' || [[This Providence]] || EP; re-release
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="center" |9
| ''[[Franz Ferdinand (album)|Franz Ferdinand]]'' || [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]] || Debut Album
|-
| ''[[Free Me (album)|Free Me]]'' || [[Emma Bunton]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Marshall's House]]'' || [[John Squire]] ||-
|-
| ''The Raging Fire'' || [[Seventh Key]] ||-
|-
| ''[[That's What I'm Talking About]]'' || [[Shannon Noll]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="18" valign="center" |10
| ''[[America's Sweetheart (album)|America's Sweetheart]]'' || [[Courtney Love]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Body Language (2003 album)|Body Language]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] || US
|-
| ''[[The College Dropout]]'' || [[Kanye West]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bulería (album)|Bulería]]'' || [[David Bisbal]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Feels Like Home (Norah Jones album)|Feels Like Home]]'' || [[Norah Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Get Away From Me]]'' || [[Nellie McKay]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition]]'' || [[Carpenters (band)|Carpenters]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Thalía album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Thalía]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Hell and Back (album)|Hell and Back]]'' || [[Drag-On]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Keep It Simple (Keb' Mo' album)|Keep It Simple]]'' || [[Keb' Mo']] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lucky (Melissa Etheridge album)|Lucky]]'' || [[Melissa Etheridge]] ||-
|-
| ''[['Merican]]'' || [[The Descendents]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Miles Gurtu]]'' || [[Robert Miles]] & [[Trilok Gurtu]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Found Power]]'' || [[Damageplan]] || Debut (The first and last album)
|-
| ''[[Pau-Latina]]'' || [[Paulina Rubio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Probot]]'' || [[Probot]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shamrocks & Shenanigans]]'' || [[House of Pain]] & [[Everlast (musician)|Everlast]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Turn of the Screw (album)|Turn of the Screw]]'' || [[1208 (band)|1208]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |16
| ''[[The Focusing Blur]]'' || [[Vintersorg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Late Night Tales: Turin Brakes]]'' || [[Turin Brakes]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Runaway Found]]'' || [[The Veils]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" valign="center" |17
| ''[[All That We Let In]]'' || [[Indigo Girls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fabulous Muscles]]'' || [[Xiu Xiu]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Don't Want You Back]]'' || [[Eamon (singer)|Eamon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Laced with Romance]]'' || [[The Ponys (band)|The Ponys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nick's Bump]]'' || [[Ben Sidran]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On the Front Line (The Casualties album)|On The Front Line]]'' || [[The Casualties]] ||-
|-
| ''[[She's in Control]]'' || [[Chromeo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Writer's Block (Evergreen Terrace album)|Writer's Block]]'' || [[Evergreen Terrace]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |23
| ''[[The Dark Horse Years 1976–1992]]'' || [[George Harrison]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Samotność po zmierzchu]]'' || [[Ania (singer)|Ania]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scars of the Crucifix]]'' || [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="19" valign="center" |24
| ''[[About a Burning Fire]]'' || [[Blindside (band)|Blindside]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Anything Goes (Brad Mehldau album)|Anything Goes]]'' || [[Brad Mehldau]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Arrival (album)|The Arrival]]'' || [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bodysong (album)|Bodysong]]'' || [[Jonny Greenwood]] || US; Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Chick Magnet (album)|Chick Magnet]]'' || [[Paul Wall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Death Is Certain]]'' || [[Royce Da 5'9"]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Devil's Ground]]'' || [[Primal Fear (band)|Primal Fear]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Hard Way (Owsley album)|The Hard Way]]'' || [[Owsley (musician)|Owsley]] ||-
|-
| ''Kidz Bop 5'' || [[Kidz Bop|Kidz Bop Kids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The King of Crunk & BME Recordings Present: Trillville & Lil Scrappy]]'' || [[Trillville]] and [[Lil Scrappy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Life of Joseph W. McVey]]'' || [[Z-Ro]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Music as a Weapon II]]'' || [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]], [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]], [[Taproot (band)|Taproot]] & [[Ünloco]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Nude (VAST album)|Nude]]'' || [[VAST]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Punk Statik Paranoia]]'' || [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Schizophrenic (JC Chasez album)|Schizophrenic]]'' || [[JC Chasez]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sea of Faces]]'' || [[Kutless]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shadows Collide with People]]'' || [[John Frusciante]] ||-
|-
| ''[[They Were Wrong, So We Drowned]]'' || [[Liars (band)|Liars]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Wretched Spawn]]'' || [[Cannibal Corpse]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |25
| ''[[Answer (Supercar album)|Answer]]'' || [[Supercar (band)|Supercar]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |26
| ''[[The Blue Notebooks]]'' || [[Max Richter]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |29
| ''[[Schmack!]]'' || [[Steriogram]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="104" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" valign="center" align="center" |'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| rowspan="2" valign="center" |1
| ''[[Mellow (Maria Mena album)|Mellow]]'' || [[Maria Mena]] ||-
|-
| ''[[When It Falls]]'' || [[Zero 7]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="center" |2
| ''[[The Best of LeAnn Rimes]]'' || [[LeAnn Rimes]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Cee-Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine]]'' || [[CeeLo Green|Cee-Lo Green]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Guilt Show]]'' || [[The Get Up Kids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Kinnitty Sessions]]'' || [[Lunasa (band)|Lunasa]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Modern ARTillery]]'' || [[The Living End]] || US
|-
| ''[[When It Falls]]'' || [[Zero 7]] || US
|-
| valign="center" |3
| ''[[Message (Aya Ueto album)|Message]]'' || [[Aya Ueto]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |4
| ''[[The Tain (Decemberists album)|The Tain]]'' || [[The Decemberists]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="center" |8
| ''[[667.. The Neighbour of the Beast]]'' || [[Wig Wam]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Cribs (album)|The Cribs]]'' || [[The Cribs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Religion (album)|My Religion]]'' || [[TNT (Norwegian band)|TNT]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Suburban Rock 'N' Roll]]'' || [[Space (English band)|Space]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sunrise Over Sea]]'' || [[The John Butler Trio]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="18" valign="center" |9
| ''[[All of Our Names]]'' || [[Sarah Harmer]] ||-
|-
| ''Black & White'' || [[The Samples]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes]]'' || [[TV on the Radio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Don't Stop the Music (Play album)|Don't Stop the Music]]'' || [[Play (Swedish band)|Play]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fall Back Open]]'' || [[Now It's Overhead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Here Come the Brides]]'' || [[Brides of Destruction]] ||-
|-
| ''[[High Water (El-P album)|High Water]]'' || [[El-P]] featuring the Blue Series Continuum ||-
|-
| ''[[Into the Now]]'' || [[Tesla (band)|Tesla]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Milk Man (Deerhoof album)|Milk Man]]'' || [[Deerhoof]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Moon & Antarctica]]'' || [[Modest Mouse]] || Re-issue
|-
| ''[[Neither Here Nor There (book)|Neither Here Nor There]]'' || [[Melvins]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Pawn Shoppe Heart]]'' || [[The Von Bondies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rare Tracks (Jet album)|Rare Tracks]]'' || [[Jet (band)|Jet]] || Japan
|-
| ''[[Something Beautiful*]]'' || [[Great Big Sea]] || US
|-
| ''[[Tempo of the Damned]]'' || [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Two Way Monologue]]'' || [[Sondre Lerche]] ||-
|-
| ''Young Man'' || [[Jack Ingram]] ||-
|-
| ''Your Country'' || [[Graham Parker]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |12
| ''Hella/Four Tet Split'' || [[Hella (band)|Hella]]/[[Four Tet]] || Split EP
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="center" |15
| ''[[And Love Said No: The Greatest Hits 1997–2004]]'' || [[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]] || Compilation
|-
| ''From Ohio with Love'' || [[A Day in the Life (band)|A Day in the Life]]/[[Hit the Lights]]/[[The Great American Beast|The Red Affair]] || 3-way Split
|-
| ''[[Live and Demos]]'' || [[Raging Speedhorn]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Misery Is a Butterfly]]'' || [[Blonde Redhead]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" valign="center" |16
| ''[[Afterlife (Joe Jackson album)|Afterlife]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Almost Killed Me]]'' || [[The Hold Steady]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dead Letters]]'' || [[The Rasmus]] || US
|-
| ''[[Frustration Plantation]]'' || [[Rasputina (band)|Rasputina]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Grown Backwards]]'' || [[David Byrne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Other Side (Godsmack album)|The Other Side]]'' || [[Godsmack]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Patience (George Michael album)|Patience]]'' || [[George Michael]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Seven Swans]]'' || [[Sufjan Stevens]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Split Personality (Cassidy album)|Split Personality]]'' || [[Cassidy (rapper)|Cassidy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Very Best of Jackson Browne]]'' || [[Jackson Browne]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[You Are Here (UFO album)|You Are Here]]'' || [[UFO (band)|UFO]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="31" valign="center" |23
| ''[[All of Our Names]]'' || [[Sarah Harmer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blast Tyrant]]'' || [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Confessions (Usher album)|Confessions]]'' || [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cool to Be You]]'' || [[The Descendents]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Finally Woken]]'' || [[Jem (singer)|Jem]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fly or Die]]'' || [[N.E.R.D.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Good Side, Bad Side (Master P album)|Good Side, Bad Side]]'' || [[Master P]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Guns N' Roses album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Guns N' Roses]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Hip to the Javabean'' || [[Lemon Demon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's Never Enough]]'' || [[Ace Troubleshooter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let's Talk About It]]'' || [[Carl Thomas (singer)|Carl Thomas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live at the House of Blues (Goldfinger album)|Live at the House of Blues]]'' || [[Goldfinger (band)|Goldfinger]] || Live
|-
| ''[[LP (Ambulance LTD album)|LP]]'' || [[Ambulance LTD]] || US
|-
| ''[[Madvillainy]]'' || [[Madvillain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Me and Mr. Johnson]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] || [[Robert Johnson]] tribute album
|-
| ''[[The Milk-Eyed Mender]]'' || [[Joanna Newsom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[MP3 (Marcy Playground album)|MP3]]'' || [[Marcy Playground]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Night of Joy]]'' || [[Widespread Panic]] || Live
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 15'' (U.S. series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[One Way Out (The Allman Brothers Band album)|One Way Out]]'' || [[The Allman Brothers Band]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Our Endless Numbered Days]]'' || [[Iron & Wine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peace, Love, Death Metal]]'' || [[The Eagles of Death Metal]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Punisher: The Album]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Redefine (Soil album)|Redefine]]'' || [[Soil (American band)|Soil]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed#Soundtrack|Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed: The Album]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Sings Greatest Palace Music]]'' || [[Bonnie 'Prince' Billy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Till Death Do Us Part (Cypress Hill album)|Till Death Do Us Part]]'' || [[Cypress Hill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tour 2003]]'' || [[Ringo Starr|Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Venice (Fennesz album)|Venice]]'' || [[Christian Fennesz|Fennesz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Way I Am (Knoc-turn'al album)|The Way I Am]]'' || [[Knoc-turn'al]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Winning Days]]'' || [[The Vines (band)|The Vines]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="center" |24
| ''[[Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do]]'' || [[Sigur Rós]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Bee Hives]]'' || [[Broken Social Scene]] ||-
|-
| ''[[COM LAG (2plus2isfive)]]'' || [[Radiohead]] || EP
|-
|''[[The Frustrated]]''
|[[Glay]]
| -
|-
| rowspan="8" valign="center" |29
| ''[[Absent Friends (The Divine Comedy album)|Absent Friends]]'' || [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Alphabetical (album)|Alphabetical]]'' || [[Phoenix (French band)|Phoenix]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Anastacia (album)|Anastacia]]'' || [[Anastacia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Chocolate Invasion]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Slaughterhouse]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Musicology (album)|Musicology]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Smack Smash]]'' || [[Beatsteaks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soundtrack to Your Escape]]'' || [[In Flames]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" valign="center" |30
| ''[[The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] || Live
|-
| ''Classics: Vol 1'' || [[Big Moe]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Damita Jo (album)|Damita Jo]]'' || [[Janet Jackson]] || US
|-
| ''[[Honkin' on Bobo]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[In With the Old]]'' || [[Pepper (band)|Pepper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live & Off the Record (Shakira)|Live & Off the Record]]'' || [[Shakira]] || Live LP & DVD
|-
| ''[[Los Lonely Boys (album)|Los Lonely Boys]]'' || [[Los Lonely Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Population Override]]'' || [[Buckethead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Prophecy (Soulfly album)|Prophecy]]'' || [[Soulfly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Then and Now (The Who album)|Then and Now]]'' || [[The Who]] || Compilation +2 new tracks
|-
| ''[[U Gotta Feel Me]]'' || [[Lil' Flip]] ||-
|-
|31
|''[[Smile (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)|Smile]]''
|[[L'Arc-en-Ciel]]
| -
|}

===April–June===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="78" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" valign="center" align="center" | '''A<br />P<br />R<br />I<br />L'''
| valign="center" |4
| ''[[Indestructible Object]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="center" |5
| ''[[Best of Both Worlds (Midnight Oil album)|Best of Both Worlds]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] || DVD
|-
| ''[[The Dissociatives (album)|The Dissociatives]]'' || [[The Dissociatives]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Atomic Kitten album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Atomic Kitten]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[J Wess Presents Tha LP]]'' || [[J-Wess]] || LP
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 57'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="20" valign="center" |6
| ''[[2 Nights Live!]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] || Live
|-
| ''[[22nd Century Lifestyle]]'' || [[pre)Thing]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Convict Pool]]'' || [[Calexico (band)|Calexico]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Good News for People Who Love Bad News]]'' || [[Modest Mouse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hellfire Club (album)|Hellfire Club]]'' || [[Edguy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hood Hop]]'' || [[J-Kwon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Just Be]]'' || [[Tiësto]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Inspiration (William Hung album)|Inspiration]]'' || [[William Hung]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Liars (Todd Rundgren album)|Liars]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ludo (Ludo album)|Ludo]]'' || [[Ludo (band)|Ludo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Matters (album)|Matters]]'' || [[Pulley (band)|Pulley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[More (Tamia album)|More]]'' || [[Tamia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unearthed (Johnny Cash album)#Disc 4.C2.A0.E2.80.93 My Mother.27s Hymn Book]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Neon God: Part 1 – The Rise]]'' || [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On My Way (Ben Kweller album)|On My Way]]'' || [[Ben Kweller]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Retriever (album)|Retriever]]'' || [[Ron Sexsmith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Satanic Panic in the Attic]]'' || [[of Montreal]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Seis De Mayo]]'' || [[Trey Anastasio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unearthed (Johnny Cash album)|My Mother's Hymn Book]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles?]]'' || [[Local H]] ||-
|-
|10
|Exhivision 
|[[Hiroyuki Namba|Exhivision]]
| -
|-
| valign="center" |12
|''[[Prasasti Seni]]'' || {{flagicon|MYS}} [[Siti Nurhaliza]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="center" |13
| ''[[Baron von Bullshit Rides Again]]'' || [[Modest Mouse]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Crossfade (album)|Crossfade]]'' || [[Crossfade (American band)|Crossfade]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Duel (Allison Moorer album)|The Duel]]'' || [[Allison Moorer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Is There Love in Space?]]'' || [[Joe Satriani]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kill Bill Vol. 2 Original Soundtrack]]'' || ''various'' ||-
|-
| ''[[Palm Trees and Power Lines]]'' || [[Sugarcult]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |19
| ''[[DJ-Kicks: Erlend Øye]]'' || [[Erlend Øye]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="25" valign="center" |20
| ''[[Afroholic... The Even Better Times]]'' || [[Afroman]] || 2xCD
|-
| ''[[Archetype (Fear Factory album)|Archetype]]'' || [[Fear Factory]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Blue Jukebox]]'' || [[Chris Rea]] ||-
|-
| ''[[BYO Split Series, Vol. 5]]'' || [[Alkaline Trio]]/[[One Man Army (band)|One Man Army]] || Split LP
|-
| ''[[The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell]]'' || [[Buckethead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Desensitized (Drowning Pool album)|Desensitized]]'' || [[Drowning Pool]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fire It Up (Kottonmouth Kings album)|Fire It Up]]'' || [[The Kottonmouth Kings]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Franz Ferdinand (album)|Franz Ferdinand]]'' || [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]] ||-
|-
|''[[Funeral for a Friend / Moments in Grace]]''
|[[Funeral for a Friend]] / [[Moments in Grace]]
|Split EP
|-
| ''[[Hangover Music Vol. VI]]'' || [[Black Label Society]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Highwire Act Live in St. Louis 2003]]'' || [[Little Feat]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Hurt No More]]'' || [[Mario Winans]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I'd Like a Virgin]]'' || [[Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Impossible Dream (Patty Griffin album)|Impossible Dream]]'' || [[Patty Griffin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Letters from Home (album)|Letters from Home]]'' || [[John Michael Montgomery]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Music of Mass Destruction]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Mute Print]]'' || [[A Wilhelm Scream]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Pretty Toney Album]]'' || [[Ghostface Killah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ratatat (album)|Ratatat]]'' || [[Ratatat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1]]'' || Various Artists, [[Rock Against Bush]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Stone Age Complication]]'' || [[Queens of the Stone Age]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Sunsets and Car Crashes]]'' || [[The Spill Canvas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Through the Ashes of Empires]]'' || [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] || US
|-
| ''[[2 a.m. Wakeup Call]]'' || [[Tweaker (band)|Tweaker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Underneath (Hanson album)|Underneath]]'' || [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |24
| ''[[Rejoicing in the Hands]]'' || [[Devendra Banhart]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |26
| ''[[Walk The Tightrope]]'' || [[Human Nature (band)|Human Nature]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" valign="center" |27
| ''[[American Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics]]'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| ''[[Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970–1978)]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[D12 World]]'' || [[D12 (band)|D12]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Dresden Dolls (album)|The Dresden Dolls]]'' || [[The Dresden Dolls]] || Re-issue
|-
| ''[[Escondida (album)|Escondida]]'' || [[Jolie Holland]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Girl in the Other Room]]'' || [[Diana Krall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (Frankee album)|The Good, the Bad, the Ugly]]'' || [[Frankee]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Inner Circle (album)|The Inner Circle]]'' || [[Evergrey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Last of Tha Pound]]'' || [[Tha Dogg Pound]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Naked (Joan Jett album)|Naked]]'' || [[Joan Jett|Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Re.present]]'' || [[Jimmie's Chicken Shack]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Souls to Deny]]'' || [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trampin']]'' || [[Patti Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979 Post Disco Crash]]'' || [[Jason Forrest]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Van Lear Rose]]'' || [[Loretta Lynn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Z-Ro Tolerance]]'' || [[Z-Ro]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="91" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''M<br />A<br />Y'''
| valign="center" |2
| ''[[The Concretes (album)|The Concretes]]'' || [[The Concretes]] || Sweden
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |3
| ''[[Marbles (album)|Marbles]]'' || [[Marillion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Angel Rocks Back and Forth (EP)|My Angel Rocks Back and Forth]]'' || [[Four Tet]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Sung Tongs]]'' || [[Animal Collective]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="17" valign="center" |4
| ''[[Chopstick Bridge]]'' || [[Avoid One Thing]] ||-
|-
| ''[[C'mon Miracle]]'' || [[Mirah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Emblems (album)|Emblems]]'' || [[Matt Pond PA]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Endangered Species (Flaw album)|Endangered Species]]'' || [[Flaw (band)|Flaw]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Horse of a Different Color (Big & Rich album)|Horse of a Different Color]]'' || [[Big & Rich]] ||-
|-
| ''[[i (Magnetic Fields album)|i]]'' || [[The Magnetic Fields]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Just for You (Lionel Richie album)|Just for You]]'' || [[Lionel Richie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One Love (Kimberley Locke album)|One Love]]'' || [[Kimberley Locke]] ||-
|-
| ''[[ONoffON]]'' || [[Mission of Burma]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Platinum & Gold Collection (Lit album)|Platinum & Gold Collection]]'' || [[Lit (band)|Lit]] || Collection
|-
| ''[[The Ride (Los Lobos album)|The Ride]]'' || [[Los Lobos]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live]]'' || [[Sevendust]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Still Writing In My Diary: 2nd Entry]]'' || [[Petey Pablo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Timeless Journey]]'' || [[Patti LaBelle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Too Much Guitar]]'' || [[Reigning Sound]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wave of Mutilation: The Best of the Pixies]]'' || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Wire (Third Day album)|Wire]]'' || [[Third Day]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |5
| ''[[Greatest Hits (A*Teens album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[A*Teens]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |10
| ''[[All Roads to Fault]]'' || [[Yourcodenameis:milo]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Hopes and Fears]]'' || [[Keane (band)|Keane]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spectral (Skyfire album)|Spectral]]'' || [[Skyfire (band)|Skyfire]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" valign="center" |11
| ''[[Come Again (Thornley album)|Come Again]]'' || [[Thornley (band)|Thornley]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Dis/Location]]'' || [[Seven Mary Three]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The End of Heartache]]'' || [[Killswitch Engage]] ||-
|-
| ''[[E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals]]'' || [[The Matches]] || Epitaph re-release
|-
| ''[[Express Yourself (Erik van der Luijt album)|Express Yourself]]'' || [[Erik van der Luijt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Here for the Party]]'' || [[Gretchen Wilson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Living Legends (album)|Living Legends]]'' || [[8Ball & MJG]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Metalogy]]'' || [[Judas Priest]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Out to Every Nation]]'' || [[Jørn Lande|Jorn]] ||-
|-
| ''Shrek 2: Motion Picture Soundtrack'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Sonic Firestorm]]'' || [[DragonForce]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |16
| ''[[In Exile Deo]]'' || [[Juliana Hatfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996]]'' || [[De La Soul]] || Live
|-
| ''[[A Song Is A City]]'' || [[Eskimo Joe]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |17
| ''[[Happiness in Magazines]]'' || [[Graham Coxon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Iron (Ensiferum album)|Iron]]'' || [[Ensiferum]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Meltdown (Ash album)|Meltdown]]'' || [[Ash (band)|Ash]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="20" valign="center" |18
| ''[[Asobi Seksu (album)|Asobi Seksu]]'' || [[Asobi Seksu]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Baptism (Lenny Kravitz album)|Baptism]]'' || [[Lenny Kravitz]] ||-
|-
| ''Black Skies in Broad Daylight'' || [[Living Things (band)|Living Things]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Catalyst (New Found Glory album)|Catalyst]]'' || [[New Found Glory]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dynamite Boy (album)|Dynamite Boy]]'' || [[Dynamite Boy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Faded Seaside Glamour]]'' || [[Delays]] || US
|-
| ''[[Fuckin A]]'' || [[The Thermals]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Grand Don't Come for Free]]'' || [[The Streets]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Guster on Ice]]'' || [[Guster]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Hell to Pay (Dokken album)|Hell to Pay]]'' || [[Dokken]] ||-
|-
| ''Kidz Bop Gold'' || [[Kidz Bop|Kidz Bop Kids]] ||-
|-
| ''Lafcadio'' || [[As Tall as Lions]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let It Die (album)|Let It Die]]'' || [[Leslie Feist|Feist]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue]]'' || [[Fall Out Boy]] || EP/DVD
|-
| ''[[Now Here Is Nowhere]]'' || [[The Secret Machines]] ||-
|-
| ''[[So-Called Chaos]]'' || [[Alanis Morissette]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Throes (album)|The Throes]]'' || [[Two Gallants (band)|Two Gallants]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tical 0: The Prequel]]'' || [[Method Man]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You Are the Quarry]]'' || [[Morrissey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You Do Your Thing]]'' || [[Montgomery Gentry]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |21
| ''[[Here We Go Again (SR-71 album)|Here We Go Again]]'' || [[SR-71 (band)|SR-71]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="center" |24
| ''[[Destroy Rock & Roll]]'' || [[Mylo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Exposures – In Retrospect and Denial]]'' || [[Dark Tranquillity]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Hits 58]]'' || Various artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Human Equation]]'' || [[Ayreon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lemuria (album)|Lemuria]]'' || [[Therion (band)|Therion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sirius B (album)|Sirius B]]'' || Therion ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" valign="center" |25
| ''[[Achilles Heel (album)|Achilles Heel]]'' || [[Pedro the Lion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fading Days]]'' || [[Amber Pacific]] || EP
|-
| ''[[The Greater Wrong of the Right]]'' || [[Skinny Puppy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Human Equation]]'' || [[Ayreon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's About Time (Christina Milian album)|It's About Time]]'' || [[Christina Milian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let's Be Us Again]]'' || [[Lonestar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Like Sheep Led to Slaughter]]'' || [[Crisis (metal band)|Crisis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Long Gone Before Daylight]]'' || [[The Cardigans]] || US
|-
| ''[[Monolithic Baby!]]'' || [[Monster Magnet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Play to Win (Gabrielle album)|Play to Win]]'' || [[Gabrielle (singer)|Gabrielle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock the Night: The Very Best of Europe]]'' || [[Europe (band)|Europe]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Under My Skin (Avril Lavigne album)|Under My Skin]]'' || [[Avril Lavigne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)]]'' || [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White Trash Beautiful]]'' || [[Everlast (singer)|Everlast]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |27
| ''[[Between Here and Gone]]'' || [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |30
| ''[[Joe's Corsage]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="center" |31
| ''[[Borrowed Heaven]]'' || [[The Corrs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Com]]'' || [[Miss Kittin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Uh Huh Her (album)|Uh Huh Her]]'' || [[PJ Harvey]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Wayward Angel]]'' || [[Kasey Chambers]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |?
| ''[[A Year at the Movies]]'' || [[Social Code]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="107" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''J<br />U<br />N<br />E'''
| rowspan="5" valign="center" |1
| ''[[Anything Else but the Truth]]'' || [[The Honorary Title]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Auf der Maur (album)|Auf der Maur]]'' || [[Melissa Auf der Maur]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Falling Up (Digby album)|Falling Up]]'' || [[Digby (band)|Digby]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Said Date]]'' || [[Masta Killa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ready Now]]'' || [[Truth Hurts (singer)|Truth Hurts]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |5
| ''[[Loud, Mean, Fast and Dirty]]'' || [[Peter Pan Speedrock]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |6
| ''[[DiscO-Zone]]'' || [[O-Zone]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" valign="center" |7
| ''[[The Lost Riots]]'' || [[Hope of the States]] || Debut; UK
|-
|''[[Guetta Blaster]]'' || [[David Guetta]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Louden Up Now]]'' || [[!!!]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Roots (album)|No Roots]]'' || [[Faithless]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Once (Nightwish album)|Once]]'' || [[Nightwish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Outta Sight/Outta Mind]]'' || [[The Datsuns]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rewired (Mike + The Mechanics album)|Rewired]]'' || [[Mike and the Mechanics|Mike + The Mechanics]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Supergrass Is 10]]'' || [[Supergrass]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="23" valign="center" |8
| ''[[2004 Warped Tour Compilation]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Art of Live]]'' || [[Queensrÿche]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Asshole (album)|Asshole]]'' || [[Gene Simmons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Contraband (Velvet Revolver album)|Contraband]]'' || [[Velvet Revolver]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See]]'' || [[Jim White (guitarist)|Jim White]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Egypt (album)|Egypt]]'' || [[Youssou N'Dour]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Empire Strikes First]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fast Moving Cars]]'' || [[The Clarks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits '93-'03]]'' || [[311 (band)|311]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Happenstance (Rachael Yamagata album)|Happenstance]]'' || [[Rachael Yamagata]] ||-
|-
| ''[[International War Criminal]]'' || [[The Slackers]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Keep Your Wig On]]'' || [[Fastball (band)|Fastball]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One Soul Now]]'' || [[Cowboy Junkies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Punk-O-Rama Vol. 9]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Silence in Black and White]]'' || [[Hawthorne Heights]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Slow Wonder]]'' || [[A.C. Newman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sonic Nurse]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge]]'' || [[My Chemical Romance]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thunderdome (album)|Thunderdome]]'' || [[Pink Cream 69]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Two (The Calling album)|Two]]'' || [[The Calling (band)|The Calling]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Un (album)|Un]]'' || [[Chumbawamba]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vengo a Cobrar]]'' || [[Mellow Man Ace]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White Light Rock & Roll Review]]'' || [[Matthew Good]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |12
| ''[[Maximum XS: The Essential Nazareth]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="center" |14
| ''[[2 (Thee Oh Sees album)|2]]'' || [[Osees|OCS]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dark Matter (IQ album)|Dark Matter]]'' || [[IQ (band)|IQ]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live in Boston (2004)|Live in Boston]]'' || [[Fleetwood Mac]] || Live DVD
|-
| ''[[A New Day... Live in Las Vegas]]'' || [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Sound Shattering Sound]]'' || [[Gyroscope (band)|Gyroscope]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To the 5 Boroughs]]'' || [[Beastie Boys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" valign="center" |15
| ''[[The Blind Watchmaker (album)|The Blind Watchmaker]]'' || [[Mana ERG]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Disclaimer II]]'' || [[Seether]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hot Fuss]]'' || [[The Killers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's About Time (Christina Milian album)|It's About Time]]'' || [[Christina Milian]] || US
|-
| ''[[My Name (BoA album)|My Name]]'' || [[BoA]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Obsession (Eighteen Visions album)|Obsession]]'' || [[Eighteen Visions]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] || US
|-
| ''[[They're Only Chasing Safety]]'' || [[Underoath|Underøath]] ||-
|-
| ''[[23rd St. Lullaby]]'' || [[Patti Scialfa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Undermind (album)|Undermind]]'' || [[Phish]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |16
| ''[[Rock the 40 Oz: Reloaded]]'' || [[Leftöver Crack]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="center" |18
| ''[[Battering Ram (Iron Savior album)|Battering Ram]]'' || [[Iron Savior]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cipher System / By Night]]'' || [[Cipher System]] and [[By Night]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="center" |21
| ''[[Aren't You Dead Yet?]]'' || [[Carnal Forge]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One Plus One Is One]]'' || [[Badly Drawn Boy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Riot on an Empty Street]]'' || [[Kings of Convenience]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Semblance of Normality]]'' || [[Skyclad (band)|Skyclad]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ta det lugnt]]'' || [[Dungen]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="17" valign="center" |22
| ''[[1.22.03.Acoustic]]'' || [[Maroon 5]] ||  Live
|-
| ''[[From the End of Your Leash]]'' || [[Bobby Bare Jr.|Bobby Bare Jr's]] Young Criminals' Starvation League ||-
|-
| ''[[Gettin' in Over My Head]]'' || [[Brian Wilson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Ghost Is Born]]'' || [[Wilco]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In a Safe Place]]'' || [[The Album Leaf]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Houses of the Molé]]'' || [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Inferno (Motörhead album)|Inferno]]'' || [[Motörhead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[JoJo (album)|JoJo]]'' || [[JoJo (singer)|JoJo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jupiters Darling]]'' || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kiss of Death (Jadakiss album)|Kiss of Death]]'' || [[Jadakiss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lit (album)|Lit]]'' || [[Lit (band)|Lit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love]]'' || [[Jonathan Richman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Power of the Blues]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scream & Whisper]]'' || [[Edwin McCain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spider-Man 2 (soundtrack)|Spider-Man 2]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Unbreakable (Scorpions album)|Unbreakable]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Will to Death]]'' || [[John Frusciante]] ||-
|-
|23
|''[[TMG I]]''
|[[Tak Matsumoto Group]]
| -
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="center" |28
| ''[[Afrodisiac (Brandy album)|Afrodisiac]]'' || [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Cure (The Cure album)|The Cure]]'' || [[The Cure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Eye of Every Storm]]'' || [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Up All Night (Razorlight album)|Up All Night]]'' || [[Razorlight]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="22" valign="center" |29
| ''[[Tha Carter]]'' || [[Lil Wayne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Curse (Atreyu album)|The Curse]]'' || [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count]]'' || [[From First to Last]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit)]]'' || [[Slum Village]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dwight's Used Records]]'' || [[Dwight Yoakam]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Feedback (EP)|Feedback]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Forget What You Know]]'' || [[Midtown (band)|Midtown]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Gorge (album)|The Gorge]]'' || [[Dave Matthews Band]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Hollywood Potato Chip]]'' || [[The Vandals]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Between Evolution]]'' || [[The Tragically Hip]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Magnificent Distance]]'' || [[Chris Robinson (singer)|Chris Robinson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mojave (album)|Mojave]]'' || [[Concrete Blonde]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nina Sky (album)|Nina Sky]]'' || [[Nina Sky]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Revelation (Joe Nichols album)|Revelation]]'' || [[Joe Nichols]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Revival (Reverend Horton Heat album)|Revival]]'' || [[The Reverend Horton Heat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Seventy Two and Sunny]]'' || [[Uncle Kracker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise]]'' || [[Tiger Army]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trouble (Akon album)|Trouble]]'' || [[Akon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Watch Out! (Alexisonfire album)|Watch Out!]]'' || [[Alexisonfire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[We Are Not Alone (Breaking Benjamin album)|We Are Not Alone]]'' || [[Breaking Benjamin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White2]]'' || [[Sunn O)))]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Who Still Kill Sound?]]'' || [[Kid 606]] ||-
|}

===July–September===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="69" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />U<br />L<br />Y'''
| rowspan="1" valign="center" |5
| ''[[Room on the 3rd Floor]]'' || [[McFly]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="center" |6
| ''[[Fortress In Flames]]'' || [[The Crüxshadows]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Patient Man]]'' || [[Brad Cotter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Star Trails]]'' || [[Spirit of the West]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stone Love]]'' || [[Angie Stone]] || US
|-
| ''[[Wild Dances]]'' || [[Ruslana]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |12
| ''[[Armed Love (album)|Armed Love]]'' || [[The (International) Noise Conspiracy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Braxton Hicks (album)|Braxton Hicks]]'' || [[Jebediah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Futureheads (album)|The Futureheads]]'' || [[The Futureheads]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="28" valign="center" |13
| ''[[At Our Worst]]'' || [[Evergreen Terrace (band)|Evergreen Terrace]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Back to Basics (Beenie Man album)|Back to Basics]]'' || [[Beenie Man]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blueberry Boat]]'' || [[The Fiery Furnaces]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Book of Heavy Metal]]'' || [[Dream Evil]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Caught by the Window]]'' || [[Pilot Speed]] || US
|-
| ''[[A Cinderella Story (soundtrack)|A Cinderella Story: Original Soundtrack]]'' || [[Hilary Duff]]/Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Eat Your Face]]'' || [[Guttermouth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Funeral of God]]'' || [[Zao (US band)|Zao]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Happy Love Sick]]'' || [[Shifty Shellshock|Shifty]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Humanure (album)|Humanure]]'' || [[Cattle Decapitation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Humboldt Beginnings]]'' || [[The Pharcyde]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Indian Summer (Carbon Leaf album)|Indian Summer]]'' || [[Carbon Leaf]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's About Time (Christina Milian album)|It's About Time]]'' || [[Christina Milian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Keep Right]]'' || [[KRS-One]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Letters to the President]]'' || [[Hawk Nelson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[License to Chill]]'' || [[Jimmy Buffett]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lock-Sport-Krock]]'' || [[Nikola Šarčević]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mutual Admiration Society (album)|Mutual Admiration Society]]'' || [[Mutual Admiration Society (collaboration)|Mutual Admiration Society]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Out of the Shadow (album)|Out of the Shadow]]'' || [[Rogue Wave (band)|Rogue Wave]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Porcelain (Sparta album)|Porcelain]]'' || [[Sparta (band)|Sparta]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shhh...Don't Tell]]'' || [[Adam Sandler]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Spine (album)|The Spine]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Tipping Point (The Roots album)|The Tipping Point]]'' || [[The Roots]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To Tha X-Treme]]'' || [[Devin the Dude]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Together We're Heavy]]'' || [[The Polyphonic Spree]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Über Cobra]]'' || [[Widespread Panic]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Viking (album)|Viking]]'' || [[Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I (Meshuggah EP)|I]]'' || [[Meshuggah]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="11" valign="center" |20
| ''[[Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson album)|Autobiography]]'' || [[Ashlee Simpson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[B Is for B-sides]]'' || [[Less Than Jake]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Beneath... Between... Beyond...]]'' || [[Static-X]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Best of Both Worlds (Van Halen album)|The Best of Both Worlds]]'' || [[Van Halen]] || Compilation +3 new songs
|-
| ''[[East Nashville Skyline]]'' || [[Todd Snider]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hazen Street (album)|Hazen Street]]'' || [[Hazen Street]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Miss Machine]]'' || [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Southside (Lloyd album)|Southside]]'' || [[Lloyd (singer)|Lloyd]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweet Somewhere Bound]]'' || [[Jackie Greene]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tyrannosaurus Hives]]'' || [[The Hives]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White Turns Blue]]'' || [[Maria Mena]] ||-
|-
|21
|''[[Eternal Warrior (album)|Eternal Warrior]]''
|[[Anthem (band)|Anthem]]
| -
|-
| valign="center" |22
| ''[[Waste of MFZB]]'' || [[Zebrahead]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |24
| ''[[Drivetrain (album)|Drivetrain]]'' || [[38 Special (band)|38 Special]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |26
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 58'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="17" valign="center" |27
| ''[[The Beginning of Survival]]'' || [[Joni Mitchell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blue Cathedral]]'' || [[Comets on Fire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Drag It Up]]'' || [[Old 97's]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hymns of the 49th Parallel]]'' || [[k.d. lang]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kevin Lyttle (album)|Kevin Lyttle]]'' || [[Kevin Lyttle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kiss & Tell (Sahara Hotnights album)|Kiss & Tell]]'' || [[Sahara Hotnights]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Life After Cash Money]]'' || [[B.G. (rapper)|B.G.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live at Benaroya Hall]]'' || [[Pearl Jam]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Live in Hamburg (Maria McKee album)|Live in Hamburg]]'' || [[Maria McKee]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Lost & Found (Ian Van Dahl album)|Lost & Found]]'' || [[Ian Van Dahl]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 16'' (U.S. series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Studio X Sessions EP]]'' || [[Death Cab for Cutie]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Testimony Live]]'' || [[Neal Morse]] || DVD
|-
| ''[[True Story (Terror Squad album)|True Story]]'' || [[Terror Squad (group)|Terror Squad]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Until the End (Kittie album)|Until the End]]'' || [[Kittie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Where You Want to Be]]'' || [[Taking Back Sunday]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whiskey Tango Ghosts]]'' || [[Tanya Donelly]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="101" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" valign="center" align="center" | '''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T'''
| rowspan="10" valign="center" |3
| ''[[Alive and Well... In Krakow]]'' || [[Green Carnation]] || Live
|-
| ''[[An Elixir for Existence]]'' || [[Sirenia (band)|Sirenia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Firestarter (EP)|Firestarter]]'' || [[Jimmy Eat World]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Red Hot Chili Peppers Live in Hyde Park]]'' || [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] || Live
|-
| ''[[A Long Hot Summer]]'' || [[Masta Ace]] ||-
|-
| ''[[M.I.A.M.I.]]'' || [[Pitbull (entertainer)|Pitbull]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ride This – The Covers EP]]'' || [[Los Lobos]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Riders in the Sky Present: Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Subsurface]]'' || [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]] ||-
|-
| ''Ticonderoga'' || [[Morning 40 Federation]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |6
| ''[[2Pac Live]]'' || [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="center" |9
| ''3.0'' || [[Safri Duo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Distant Sense of Random Menace]]'' || [[Urthboy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="17" valign="center" |10
| ''[[Automatic Writing (album)|Automatic Writing]]'' || [[Ataxia (band)|Ataxia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Best of Coal Chamber]]'' || [[Coal Chamber]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Blessed and the Damned]]'' || [[Iced Earth]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Bubblegum (Mark Lanegan album)|Bubblegum]]'' || [[Mark Lanegan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Creamfields (2004 album)|Creamfields]]'' || [[Paul Oakenfold]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Crosby & Nash (album)|Crosby & Nash]]'' || [[David Crosby]] & [[Graham Nash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Diesel Truckers]]'' || [[Kool Keith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Essential Red Collection]]'' || [[Sammy Hagar]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[It's Already Written]]'' || [[Houston (singer)|Houston]] ||-
|-
| ''Kidz Bop 6'' || [[Kidz Bop|Kidz Bop Kids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Own Best Enemy]]'' || [[Richard Marx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One Day Remains]]'' || [[Alter Bridge]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2]]'' || Various Artists, [[Rock Against Bush]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Siren Song of the Counter Culture]]'' || [[Rise Against]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Way It Really Is]]'' || [[Lisa Loeb]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whiskey Tango Ghosts]]'' || [[Tanya Donelly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer (album)|Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer]]'' || [[Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer]] || Debut, re-issue
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="center" |11
| ''[[Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned]]'' || [[The Prodigy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[PartyTime (album)|Partytime]]'' || [[The Cheeky Girls]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |13
| ''[[Joyful Rebellion]]'' || [[k-os]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |16
| ''[[Grey Will Fade]]'' || [[Charlotte Hatherley]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="13" valign="center" |17
| ''All City'' || [[Northern State (band)|Northern State]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Decadence (album)|Decadence]]'' || [[Head Automatica]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Free the Bees]]'' || [[The Bees (UK band)|The Bees]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Hard Way (213 album)|The Hard Way]]'' || [[213 (group)|213]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Everybody]]'' || [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lyfe 268-192]]'' || [[Lyfe Jennings]] ||-
|-
|''[[Moonlight Survived]]''
|[[Moments in Grace]]
|Debut album
|-
| ''[[More Adventurous]]'' || [[Rilo Kiley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Music to Start a Cult To]]'' || [[Gram Rabbit]] ||Debut album
|-
| ''[[Seven Circles]]'' || [[The Tea Party (band)|The Tea Party]] || Final Album
|-
| ''[[Soviet Kitsch]]'' || [[Regina Spektor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Survival of the Sickest (album)|Survival of the Sickest]]'' || [[Saliva (band)|Saliva]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Take It All Away]]'' || [[Ryan Cabrera]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |18
| ''[[? (Enuff Z'nuff album)|?]]'' || [[Enuff Z'nuff]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="center" |23
| ''[[Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned]]'' || [[The Prodigy]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Flowers in the Pavement]]'' || [[Bliss n Eso]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Leaders Not Followers: Part 2]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Pigs of the Roman Empire]]'' || [[Lustmord]] & [[Melvins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Winchester Cathedral (Clinic album)|Winchester Cathedral]]'' || [[Clinic (band)|Clinic]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="29" valign="center" |24
| ''[[Beat Cafe]]'' || [[Donovan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Connected (The Foreign Exchange album)|Connected]]'' || [[The Foreign Exchange]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Dirty South (album)|The Dirty South]]'' || [[Drive-By Truckers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Half Smiles of the Decomposed]]'' || [[Guided by Voices]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Happy People/U Saved Me]]'' || [[R. Kelly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hide Nothing]]'' || [[Further Seems Forever]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Hustle (album)|The Hustle]]'' || [[G. Love & Special Sauce]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] || US; Compilation
|-
| ''Kidz Bop Halloween'' || [[Kidz Bop|Kidz Bop Kids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Legacy of Blood]]'' || [[Jedi Mind Tricks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Letters (Butch Walker album)|Letters]]'' || [[Butch Walker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lift (Sister Hazel album)|Lift]]'' || [[Sister Hazel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live Like You Were Dying]]'' || [[Tim McGraw]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Luminaria (album)|Luminaria]]'' || [[Ian Moore (singer)|Ian Moore]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On My Way to Church]]'' || [[Jim Jones (rapper)|Jim Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paper (album)|Paper]]'' || [[Rich Robinson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Potter's Field (album)|Potter's Field]]'' || [[12 Stones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Revolution Starts Now (album)|The Revolution Starts Now]]'' || [[Steve Earle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Secondman's Middle Stand]]'' || [[Mike Watt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[She Loves You (Twilight Singers album)|She Loves You]]'' || [[The Twilight Singers]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Straight Outta Cashville]]'' || [[Young Buck]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Super D]]'' || [[Ben Folds]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Tambourine (album)|Tambourine]]'' || [[Tift Merritt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tessie (EP)|Tessie]]'' || [[Dropkick Murphys]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Throwback, Vol. 1]]'' || [[Boyz II Men]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Tonight, Not Again: Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles Ballroom]]'' || [[Jason Mraz]] ||-
|-
|''[[The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family]]'' ||Various||compilation
|-
| ''[[A Valid Path]]'' || [[Alan Parsons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Welcome Back (Mase album)|Welcome Back]]'' || [[Mase]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |25
| ''[[The Bassmachine]]'' || [[Basshunter]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" valign="center" |30
| ''[[Don't Look Now (album)|Don't Look Now]]'' || [[Way Out West (duo)|Way Out West]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everything Will Be Alright Tomorrow]]'' || [[Faithless]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Killing Heidi (album)|Killing Heidi]]'' || [[Killing Heidi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Libertines (album)|The Libertines]]'' || [[The Libertines]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Medúlla]]'' || [[Björk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pleasureman]]'' || [[Günther (singer)|Günther]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Silent Nation (album)|Silent Nation]]'' || [[Asia (band)|Asia]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" valign="center" |31
| ''[[Ashes of the Wake]]'' || [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Circle of Snakes]]'' || [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The DEFinition]]'' || [[LL Cool J]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fuck World Trade]]'' || [[Leftöver Crack]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Genius Loves Company]]'' || [[Ray Charles]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Getting Away with Murder (album)|Getting Away with Murder]]'' || [[Papa Roach]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hell's Pit]]'' || [[Insane Clown Posse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Leviathan (Mastodon album)|Leviathan]]'' || [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rhythm of Time]]'' || [[Jordan Rudess]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] || Compilation+DVD
|-
| ''[[The Spine Hits the Road]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="123" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''S<br />E<br />P<br />T<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| valign="center" |1
| ''[[The Romance of Kenny G]]'' || [[Kenny G]] || Compilation
|-
| valign="center" |3
| ''[[Wu Ha]]'' || [[Will Pan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" valign="center" |6
| ''[[Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck]]'' || [[Flotation Toy Warning]] ||-
|-
| ''[[De wereld rond]]'' || [[K3 (group)|K3]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fate of Norns]]'' || [[Amon Amarth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sardonic Wrath]]'' || [[Darkthrone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Showtime (Dizzee Rascal album)|Showtime]]'' || [[Dizzee Rascal]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Sound of White]]'' || [[Missy Higgins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Temple of Shadows]]'' || [[Angra (band)|Angra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unwritten (album)|Unwritten]]'' || [[Natasha Bedingfield]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Voice (Alison Moyet album)|Voice]]'' || [[Alison Moyet]] || UK, covers album
|-
| rowspan="12" valign="center" |7
| ''[[The Big Eyeball in the Sky]]'' || [[Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Home for an Island]]'' || [[The Exit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Got Love in These Streetz]]'' || [[Daz Dillinger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let It Enfold You]]'' || [[Senses Fail]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Living Things (Matthew Sweet album)|Living Things]]'' || [[Matthew Sweet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Master of the Moon]]'' || [[Dio (band)|Dio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Everything (Anita Baker album)|My Everything]]'' || [[Anita Baker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rubber Factory]]'' || [[The Black Keys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stealing of a Nation]]'' || [[Radio 4 (band)|Radio 4]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Underdog Victorious]]'' || [[Jill Sobule]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Very Best of Macy Gray]]'' || [[Macy Gray]] || US; Compilation
|-
| ''[[What I Do]]'' || [[Alan Jackson]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |8
| ''[[Exodus (Hikaru Utada album)|Exodus]]'' || [[Hikaru Utada|Utada]] || Japan
|-
| valign="center" |10
| ''IM the Supervisor'' || [[Infected Mushroom]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" valign="center" |13
| ''[[Kasabian (album)|Kasabian]]'' || [[Kasabian]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Let's Bottle Bohemia]]'' || [[The Thrills]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nino Rojo]]'' || [[Devendra Banhart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Out of Nothing]]'' || [[Embrace (English band)|Embrace]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Season for Assault]]'' || [[8 Foot Sativa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Singles 1986–1995]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Solarized (album)|Solarized]]'' || [[Ian Brown]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strangers (Ed Harcourt album)|Strangers]]'' || [[Ed Harcourt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Tension and the Spark]]'' || [[Darren Hayes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thunder, Lightning, Strike]]'' || [[The Go! Team]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="20" valign="center" |14
| ''[[DC EP]]'' || [[John Frusciante]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Eat My Heart Out]]'' || [[The Dollyrots]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everybody Loves a Happy Ending]]'' || [[Tears for Fears]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Exhibit A (The Features album)|Exhibit A]]'' || [[The Features]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Funeral (Arcade Fire album)|Funeral]]'' || [[Arcade Fire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Hangover You Don't Deserve]]'' || [[Bowling for Soup]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Quaudiophiliac]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Revelry (album)|The Revelry]]'' || [[Bullets and Octane]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Clarence Greenwood Recordings]]'' || [[Citizen Cope]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Set Yourself on Fire]]'' || [[Stars (Canadian band)|Stars]] || Canada
|-
| ''[[So Jealous]]'' || [[Tegan and Sara]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Studio 150]]'' || [[Paul Weller (singer)|Paul Weller]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweat (Nelly album)|Sweat]] and [[Suit (album)|Suit]] Double albums'' || [[Nelly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The System Has Failed]]'' || [[Megadeth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trouble (Ray LaMontagne album)|Trouble]]'' || [[Ray LaMontagne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Turn (Ex album)|Turn]]'' || [[The Ex (band)|The Ex]] || Double LP
|-
| ''[[Wayward Angel]]'' || [[Kasey Chambers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wet from Birth]]'' || [[The Faint]] ||-
|-
| ''Wheel of Life'' || [[Karmakanic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Within a Mile of Home]]'' || [[Flogging Molly]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="center" |20
| ''[[Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus]]'' || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[American Idiot]]''|| [[Green Day]]||-
|-
| ''[[Hits 59]]'' || Various artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[One for the Road (Ocean Colour Scene album)|One for the Road]]'' || [[Ocean Colour Scene]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Universal Audio (album)|Universal Audio]]'' || [[The Delgados]] || Final album
|-
| rowspan="27" valign="center" |21
| ''[[Be Here]]''|| [[Keith Urban]]|| US
|-
| ''[[City (Client album)|City]]'' || [[Client (band)|Client]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Deja Vu All Over Again (album)|Deja Vu All Over Again]]'' || [[John Fogerty]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Delivery Man (album)|The Delivery Man]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dreaming in Color (album)|Dreaming in Color]]'' || [[Jump5]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eucademix]]'' || [[Yuka Honda]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Future Perfect (Autolux album)|Future Perfect]]'' || [[Autolux]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Il Sogno]]'' || Elvis Costello ||-
|-
| ''[[Last Exit (Junior Boys album)|Last Exit]]'' || [[Junior Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered]]'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| ''[[London Calling|London Calling: 25th Anniversary Legacy Edition]]'' || [[The Clash]] || LP & DVD
|-
| ''[[Mirages (Tim Hecker album)|Mirages]]'' || [[Tim Hecker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The New What Next]]'' || [[Hot Water Music]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Night on Fire]]'' || [[VHS or Beta]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Noise from the Basement]]'' || [[Skye Sweetnam]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home]]'' || [[These Arms Are Snakes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Remixed!]]'' || [[Scissor Sisters]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Riders of the Apocalypse]]'' || [[Demonoid (band)|Demonoid]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Romeoland]]'' || [[Lil' Romeo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Saul Williams (album)|Saul Williams]]'' || [[Saul Williams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shine (Meredith Brooks album)|Shine]]'' || [[Meredith Brooks]] || Reissue of 2002's ''[[Bad Bad One]]''
|-
| ''[[Songs in the Key of Eh]]'' || [[Mad Caddies]] || Live
|-
| ''[[There Will Be a Light]]'' || [[Ben Harper]] and [[The Blind Boys of Alabama]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is My Time (Raven-Symoné album)|This Is My Time]]'' || [[Raven-Symoné]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)]]'' || [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You Fail Me]]'' || [[Converge (band)|Converge]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The War Within (Shadows Fall album)|The War Within]]'' || [[Shadows Fall]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |22
| ''[[Start from the Dark]]'' || [[Europe (band)|Europe]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |23
| ''The Other Side of Earth'' || [[The Last Goodnight]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |24
| ''[[Dreamland (Joni Mitchell album)|Dreamland]]'' || [[Joni Mitchell]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |25
| ''[[This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For]]'' || [[Bring Me the Horizon]] || EP
|-
| valign="center" |26
| ''By Request'' || [[Brett Kissel]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="center" |27
| ''[[Antics (album)|Antics]]'' || [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] ||-
|-
|''[[RockShocks]]''
|[[Loudness (band)|Loudness]]
|Self-cover album
|-
| ''[[Never Apologise Never Explain]]'' || [[Therapy?]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nightmares Made Flesh]]'' || [[Bloodbath]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Prelude to History]]'' || [[Preluders]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret]]'' || [[Rhapsody of Fire|Rhapsody]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="25" valign="center" |28
| ''180°'' || [[Gerardo Mejía|Gerardo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Advance and Vanquish]]'' || [[3 Inches of Blood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Anniemal]]'' || [[Annie (Norwegian singer)|Annie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra]]'' || [[Meat Loaf]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Beautiful Soul (Jesse McCartney album)|Beautiful Soul]]'' || [[Jesse McCartney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Before the Poison]]'' || [[Marianne Faithfull]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Christian Bautista (album)|Christian Bautista]]'' || {{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Christian Bautista]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Beautiful Struggle]]'' || [[Talib Kweli]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Dana Owens Album]]'' || [[Queen Latifah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Feels Like Today]]'' || [[Rascal Flatts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goodies (Ciara album)|Goodies]]'' || [[Ciara]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hilary Duff (album)|Hilary Duff]]'' || [[Hilary Duff]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Love and Death]]'' || [[The Used]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jackassolantern]]'' || [[Widespread Panic]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Lest We Forget: The Best Of]]'' || [[Marilyn Manson]] || Compilation +1 new track
|-
| ''[[Lionheart (Saxon album)|Lionheart]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mind Body & Soul]]'' || [[Joss Stone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Neon God: Part 2 – The Demise]]'' || [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reset (Mutemath EP)|Reset]]'' || [[Mutemath]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Scores (album)|Scores]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll]]'' || [[Social Distortion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shangri-La (Mark Knopfler album)|Shangri-La]]'' || [[Mark Knopfler]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Show and Tell (Silvertide album)|Show and Tell]]'' || [[Silvertide]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Smile (Brian Wilson album)|Smile]]'' || [[Brian Wilson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trouble (Bonnie McKee album)|Trouble]]'' || [[Bonnie McKee]] ||-
|}

===October–December===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="124" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br />C<br />T<br />O<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |1
| ''[[Joe's Domage]]''  || [[Frank Zappa]]  ||-
|-
| ''[[Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow]]''  || [[Jonathan Coulton]]  || EP
|-
| ''[[While You Are Gone]]''  || [[Bradley Joseph]]  ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |4
| ''[[Confessions (2004 album)|Confessions]]  {{noitalic|(Special Edition)}}''||[[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Falling Out (Peter Bjorn and John album)|Falling Out]]'' || [[Peter Bjorn and John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Late Night Tales: Four Tet]]'' || [[Four Tet]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="29" valign="center" |5
| ''[[50 Number Ones]]'' || [[George Strait]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Around the Sun]]'' || [[R.E.M.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Audio Injected Soul]]'' || [[Mnemic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Audit in Progress]]'' || [[Hot Snakes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Barenaked for the Holidays]]'' || [[Barenaked Ladies]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Black Tape]]'' || [[The Explosion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Chronicles of Life and Death]]'' || [[Good Charlotte]] ||-
|-
| ''[[ClassiKhan]]'' || [[Chaka Khan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cryptooology]]'' || [[Yowie (band)|Yowie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everything I've Got in My Pocket]]'' || [[Minnie Driver]] ||-
|-
| ''[[FWX]]'' || [[Fates Warning]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (Korn album)|Greatest Hits, Volume 1]]'' || [[Korn]] || Compilation +2 new tracks
|-
| ''[[The Grind Date]]'' || [[De La Soul]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Has Been]]'' || [[William Shatner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Legs to Make Us Longer]]'' || [[Kaki King]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live at Budokan (Dream Theater album)|Live at Budokan]]'' || [[Dream Theater]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Lost Riots]]'' || [[Hope of the States]] || US
|-
| ''[[The Ones We Never Knew]]'' || [[Holly Williams (musician)|Holly Williams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Palookaville (Fatboy Slim album)|Palookaville]]'' || [[Fatboy Slim]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Place You're In]]'' || [[Kenny Wayne Shepherd]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pressure Chief]]'' || [[Cake (band)|Cake]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Real Gone (album)|Real Gone]]'' || [[Tom Waits]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Size Matters]]'' || [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soul of a New Machine]]'' || [[Fear Factory]] || Reissue/Remastered
|-
| ''[[Spooked (album)|Spooked]]'' || [[Robyn Hitchcock]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994–2004]]'' || [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Unshattered]]'' || [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101]]'' || [[Wyclef Jean]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" valign="center" |11
| ''[[10 Years of Hits]]'' || [[Ronan Keating]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Astronaut (Duran Duran album)|Astronaut]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] || LP & DVD
|-
| ''[[Back to Bedlam]]'' || [[James Blunt]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Collection (Cast album)|The Collection]]'' || [[Cast (band)|Cast]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Collection (Shed Seven album)|The Collection]]'' || [[Shed Seven]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Cosima (album)|Cosima]]'' || [[Cosima De Vito]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Demigod (album)|Demigod]]'' || [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] ||-
|-
| ''False Alarm'' || [[KT Tunstall]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Reckoning Night]]'' || [[Sonata Arctica]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sirenian Shores]]'' || [[Sirenia (band)|Sirenia]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="19" valign="center" |12
| ''[[The Artist Collection: Busta Rhymes]]'' || [[Busta Rhymes]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Christmas (Chris Isaak album)|Christmas]]'' || [[Chris Isaak]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Chuck (Sum 41 album)|Chuck]]'' || [[Sum 41]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Deceiver (Chris Thile album)|Deceiver]]'' || [[Chris Thile]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Frank Black Francis (album)|Frank Black Francis]]'' || [[Frank Black]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heart & Soul (Joe Cocker album)|Heart & Soul]]'' || [[Joe Cocker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Lost Christmas Eve]]'' || [[Trans-Siberian Orchestra]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Miracle (Céline Dion album)|Miracle]]'' || [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]] ||-
|-
| ''Munly & the Lee Lewis Harlots'' || [[Jay Munly|Munly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The New Danger]]'' || [[Mos Def]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Roman Times]]'' || [[Camper Van Beethoven]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Platinum & Gold Collection (Toni Braxton album)|Platinum & Gold Collection]]'' || [[Toni Braxton]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[P.S.I.entology]]'' || [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] || DVD
|-
| ''[[Scenic (album)|Scenic]]'' || [[Denver Harbor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shake off the Dust... Arise]]'' || [[Matisyahu (musician)|Matisyahu]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs of the Unforgiven]]'' || [[Crash Test Dummies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Straylight Run (album)|Straylight Run]]'' || [[Straylight Run]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tarantula (Flickerstick album)|Tarantula]]'' || [[Flickerstick]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Terrifyer]]'' || [[Pig Destroyer]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" valign="center" |18
| ''[[Alfie (2004 film soundtrack)|Alfie: Music from the Motion Picture]]'' || [[Mick Jagger]]/[[David A. Stewart]]/Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Alizée en concert]]'' || [[Alizée]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Beautiful Life (Guy Sebastian album)|Beautiful Life]]'' || [[Guy Sebastian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One (Dirty Vegas album)|One]]'' || [[Dirty Vegas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Origin Vol. 1]]'' || [[The Soundtrack of Our Lives]] || Europe
|-
| ''[[Silver Box]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[A Smile]]'' || [[Dappled Cities|Dappled Cities Fly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Who Killed...... The Zutons?]]'' || [[The Zutons]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="20" valign="center" |19
| ''[[Alpha and Omega (Bizzy Bone album)|Alpha and Omega]]'' || [[Bizzy Bone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[As/Is]]'' || [[John Mayer]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Casting the Stones]]'' || [[Jag Panzer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon]]'' || Various Artists || [[Warren Zevon]] tribute
|-
| ''[[From a Basement on the Hill]]'' || [[Elliott Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Futures (album)|Futures]]'' || [[Jimmy Eat World]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Graveyard Classics 2]]'' || [[Six Feet Under (band)|Six Feet Under]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[The Greatest Hits (Juvenile album)|The Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Juvenile (rapper)|Juvenile]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Greatest Hits Collection II]]'' || [[Brooks & Dunn]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Never Breathe What You Can't See]]'' || [[Jello Biafra]] & [[Melvins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Panopticon (album)|Panopticon]]'' || [[Isis (band)|Isis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Rest Is History (Jin album)|The Rest Is History]]'' || [[Jin (rapper)|Jin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Revolver (The Haunted album)|Revolver]]'' || [[The Haunted (Swedish band)|The Haunted]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shake the Sheets]]'' || [[Ted Leo and the Pharmacists]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stardust: the Great American Songbook 3]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Still Hungry (Twisted Sister album)|Still Hungry]]'' || [[Twisted Sister]] || Re-recording of [[Stay Hungry]] +4 new tracks
|-
| ''[[Team America: World Police#Soundtrack|Team America: World Police]]'' || ''Various artists'' ||Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[This Island (Le Tigre album)|This Island]]'' || [[Le Tigre]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits]]'' || [[John Mellencamp]] || 2xCD compilation +2 new tracks
|-
| ''[[You Just Gotta Love Christmas]]'' || [[Peter Cetera]] || Christmas
|-
| valign="center" |20
| ''[[Sol-fa (album)|Sol-fa]]'' || [[Asian Kung-Fu Generation]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |24
| ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Vol. 1]]'' || [[Powerman 5000]] || Compilation
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="center" |25
| ''[[Best of Def Leppard]]'' || [[Def Leppard]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Live Twice (album)|Live Twice]]'' || [[Darius Danesh|Darius]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tage Mahal]]'' || [[Jon Oliva's Pain]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="25" valign="center" |26
| ''[[2067 (album)|2067]]'' || [[Rheostatics]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All for You (Annihilator album)|All for You]]'' || [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Buju and Friends]]'' || [[Buju Banton]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins]]'' || [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dear Heather]]'' || [[Leonard Cohen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flyleaf (EP)|Flyleaf]]'' || [[Flyleaf (band)|Flyleaf]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Gold Medal (album)|Gold Medal]]'' || [[The Donnas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Healing Rain]]'' || [[Michael W. Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Inside of Emptiness]]'' || [[John Frusciante]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It Always Will Be]]'' || [[Willie Nelson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Key (Son, Ambulance album)|Key]]'' || [[Son, Ambulance]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live at Wolf Trap]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Our Kind of Soul]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Please Describe Yourself]]'' || [[Dogs Die in Hot Cars]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Poe Little Rich Girl]]'' || [[Jacki-O]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rendezvous (Luna album)|Rendezvous]]'' || [[Luna (1990s American band)|Luna]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still Not Getting Any...]]'' || [[Simple Plan]] || LP & DVD
|-
| ''[[Then and Again]]'' || [[Voltaire (musician)|Voltaire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets]]'' || [[Trick Daddy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thunderball (U.D.O. album)|Thunderball]]'' || [[U.D.O.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unfinished Business (R. Kelly & Jay-Z album)|Unfinished Business]]'' || [[Jay-Z]] & [[R. Kelly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Watching the Snow]]'' || [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[War Party (album)|War Party]]'' || [[GWAR]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wolfmother (EP)|Wolfmother]]'' || [[Wolfmother]] || EP
|-
| ''[[You're a Woman, I'm a Machine]]'' || [[Death From Above 1979]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |27
| ''Yumi Shizukusa II'' || [[Yumi Shizukusa]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |29
| ''[[One Way (Selwyn album)|One Way]]'' || [[Selwyn (singer)|Selwyn]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="119" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''N<br />O<br />V<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="9" valign="center" |1
| ''[[Acoustic (John Lennon album)|Acoustic]]'' || [[John Lennon]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Aha Shake Heartbreak]]'' || [[Kings of Leon]] || UK
|-
| ''[[All the Best (Tina Turner album)|All the Best]]'' || [[Tina Turner]] || Compilation +3 new tracks
|-
| ''[[A Brief History...]]'' || [[The Waifs]] || Australia; Live
|-
| ''[[Interim (album)|Interim]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Isa (Enslaved album)|Isa]]'' || [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] || |-
|-
| ''[[Lifeblood (album)|Lifeblood]]'' || [[Manic Street Preachers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live Licks]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] || Live
|-
| ''[[This is Music: The Singles 92-98]]'' || [[The Verve]] || UK; Compilation
|-
| rowspan="19" valign="center" |2
| ''[[Adicción, Tradición, Revolución]]'' || [[Voodoo Glow Skulls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Alive at Last]]'' || [[Train (band)|Train]] || Live
|-
| ''[[A Types]]'' || [[Hopesfall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Awake: The Best of Live]]'' || [[Live (band)|Live]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Closure (EP)|Closure]]'' || [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] || EP/Compilation
|-
| ''[[Dead Eyes See No Future]]'' || [[Arch Enemy]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Devotion (Newsboys album)|Devotion]]'' || [[Newsboys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[eMOTIVe]]'' || [[A Perfect Circle]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Jobe Bells]]'' || [[Afroman]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Le compte complet]]'' || [[Malajube]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live (Catch 22 album)|Live!]]'' || [[Catch 22 (band)|Catch 22]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Live at St. Ann's Warehouse]]'' || [[Aimee Mann]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Mmhmm]]'' || [[Relient K]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Brother & Me]]'' || [[Ying Yang Twins]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] || Live
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 17'' (U.S. series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[One (Neal Morse album)|One]]'' || [[Neal Morse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reise, Reise]]'' || [[Rammstein]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Singles (Travis album)|Singles]]'' || [[Travis (band)|Travis]] || Compilation
|-
| valign="center" |7
| ''The Beginning and the End'' || [[Bizzy Bone]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" valign="center" |8
| ''[[2. OG]]'' || [[Overground (band)|Overground]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Allow Us to Be Frank]]'' || [[Westlife]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Best 1991–2004]]'' || [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] || Compilation
|-
| ''The Destiny Stone'' || [[Pride of Lions (band)|Pride of Lions]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live! Thirty Days Ago]]'' || [[Phoenix (French band)|Phoenix]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Mistaken Identity (Delta Goodrem album)|Mistaken Identity]]'' || [[Delta Goodrem]] ||-
|-
| ''[[R.U.L.E.]]'' || [[Ja Rule]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Second First Impression]]'' || [[Daniel Bedingfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wet Wet Wet: The Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Wet Wet Wet]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="16" valign="center" |9
| ''[[All In (Stroke 9 album)|All In]]'' || [[Stroke 9]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Shania Twain album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Shania Twain]] || Compilation +3 new tracks
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits: My Prerogative]]'' || [[Britney Spears]] || Compilation +3 new tracks
|-
| ''[[The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us!)]]'' || [[NOFX]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Harmonium (Vanessa Carlton album)|Harmonium]]'' || [[Vanessa Carlton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Home Movies (video)|Home Movies]]'' || [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]] || Re-issue; DVD
|-
| ''[[Horn of Plenty (Grizzly Bear album)|Horn of Plenty]]'' || [[Grizzly Bear (band)|Grizzly Bear]] ||-
|-
| ''[[México en la Piel (album)|México en la Piel]]'' || [[Luis Miguel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Number Ones (Bee Gees album)|Number Ones]]'' || [[Bee Gees]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Occasus]]'' || [[The Amenta]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peachtree Road (album)|Peachtree Road]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] || US; Live LP & DVD
|-
| ''[[Real Talk (Fabolous album)|Real Talk]]'' || [[Fabolous]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Music from the Movie and More...]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[The Tigers Have Spoken]]'' || [[Neko Case]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Vulture Street (album)|Vulture Street]]'' || [[Powderfinger]] || US
|-
| valign="center" |11
| ''[[Ballads of Living and Dying]]'' || [[Marissa Nadler]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |12
| ''[[Encore (Eminem album)|Encore]]'' || [[Eminem]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="center" |15
| ''[[Best of Blue]]'' || [[Blue (boy band)|Blue]] || UK; Compilation
|-
| ''[[Lost to Apathy]]'' || [[Dark Tranquillity]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 59'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Silent Force]]'' || [[Within Temptation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This is Music: The Singles 92-98]]'' || [[The Verve]] || US; Compilation
|-
| rowspan="21" valign="center" |16
| ''[[100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong]]'' || [[Bon Jovi]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Amotion]]'' || [[A Perfect Circle]] || LP & DVD
|-
| ''[[The Best of Mandy Moore]]'' || [[Mandy Moore]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Capitol Albums, Volume 1]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Crunk Juice]]'' || [[Lil Jon|Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Destiny Fulfilled]]'' || [[Destiny's Child]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Neil Young album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Neil Young]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (album)|Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi]]'' || [[Puffy AmiYumi]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Kottonmouth Xperience]]'' || [[Kottonmouth Kings]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Merry Christmas with Love]]'' || [[Clay Aiken]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Mm..Food]]'' || [[MF Doom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Our Worlds Divorce]]'' || [[This Providence]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Popsicle EP]]'' || [[Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Powerballin']]'' || [[Chingy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Ransom (Cartel EP)|The Ransom]]'' || [[Cartel (band)|Cartel]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Real (Ivy Queen album)|Real]]'' || [[Ivy Queen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003)]]'' || [[Pearl Jam]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Want Two]]'' || [[Rufus Wainwright]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Youth (Collective Soul album)|Youth]]'' || [[Collective Soul]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |22
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Creed album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Creed (band)|Creed]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb]]'' || [[U2]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ultimate Kylie]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] || Greatest hits
|-
| rowspan="20" valign="center" |23
| ''[[Anywhere But Home]]'' || [[Evanescence]] || Live
|-
| ''[[At Last...The Duets Album]]'' || [[Kenny G]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Chapter III (Allure album)|Chapter III]]'' || [[Allure (band)|Allure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Family Style (DVD)|Family Style]]'' || [[Jet (band)|Jet]] || DVD
|-
| ''[[Field Rexx]]'' || [[Blitzen Trapper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Free Yourself (Fantasia album)|Free Yourself]]'' || [[Fantasia Barrino|Fantasia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Greater of Two Evils]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Hoy Quiero Soñar]]'' || [[Cristian Castro]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Need an Angel (album)|I Need an Angel]]'' || [[Ruben Studdard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live in Buffalo: July 4th, 2004]]'' || [[Goo Goo Dolls]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Lonely Runs Both Ways]]'' || [[Alison Krauss|Alison Krauss & Union Station]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love. Angel. Music. Baby.]]'' || [[Gwen Stefani]] || Solo debut
|-
| ''[[Play Around the Christmas Tree]]'' || [[Play (Swedish band)|Play]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece]]'' || [[Snoop Dogg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Red Light District]]'' || [[Ludacris]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rejoyce: The Christmas Album]]'' || [[Jessica Simpson]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[So Cold (Breaking Benjamin song)|So Cold]]'' || [[Breaking Benjamin]] || EP
|-
| ''[[A Sphere in the Heart of Silence]]'' || [[John Frusciante]] and [[Josh Klinghoffer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ultimate Kylie]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[With the Lights Out]]'' || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || Box Set
|-
| valign="center" |25
| ''[[Livid (Nightmare album)|Livid]]'' || [[Nightmare (Japanese band)|Nightmare]] ||-
|-
|26
|''[[Racing (album)|Racing]]''
|[[Loudness (band)|Loudness]]
| -
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="center" |29
| ''[[Downside Up]]'' || [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Irish Son]]'' || [[Brian McFadden (singer)|Brian McFadden]] || Solo debut
|-
| ''[[Our Last Album?]]'' || [[The Toy Dolls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Platinum Collection (Genesis album)|Platinum Collection]]'' || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Three Imaginary Boys|Three Imaginary Boys: Deluxe Edition]]'' || [[The Cure]] || Re-issue
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="center" |30
| ''[[Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson album)|Breakaway]]'' || [[Kelly Clarkson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Collision Course (EP)|Collision Course]]'' || [[Linkin Park]] and [[Jay-Z]] || EP & DVD
|-
| ''[[Head for the Door]]'' || [[The Exies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rebelde (album)|Rebelde]]'' || [[RBD]] || Debut album
|-
| ''[[Street's Disciple]]'' || [[Nas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Urban Legend (album)|Urban Legend]]'' || [[T.I.]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |?
| ''[[Fluxion (album)|Fluxion]]'' || [[The Ocean (band)|The Ocean]] || Debut album
|-
| rowspan="22" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''D<br />E<br />C<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| valign="center" |6
| ''[[Invisible (Nightingale album)|Invisible]]'' || Nightingale ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="center" |7
| ''[[The Dirtiest Thirstiest]]'' || [[Yung Wun]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Purple Haze (album)|Purple Haze]]'' || [[Cam'ron]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Speak (Lindsay Lohan album)|Speak]]'' || [[Lindsay Lohan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Red Light District]]'' || [[Ludacris]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |8
| ''[[Re.]]'' || [[Aya Ueto]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |9
| ''[[Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge]]'' || [[U2]] || Live EP; iTunes
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |10
| ''[[Almanac (They Might Be Giants album)|Almanac]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] || Live
|-
| ''Artist Collection: Run DMC'' || [[Run-DMC|Run-D.M.C.]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Venue Songs]]'' || They Might Be Giants || Live
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="center" |13
| ''[[Eye to the Telescope]]'' || [[KT Tunstall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[For You (Casey Donovan album)|For You]]'' || [[Casey Donovan (singer)|Casey Donovan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="center" |14
| ''[[Concrete Rose]]'' || [[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Loyal to the Game]]'' || [[2Pac]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Weapons of Mass Destruction (album)|Weapons of Mass Destruction]]'' || [[Xzibit]] ||-
|-
|15
|''[[My Story (Ayumi Hamasaki album)|My Story]]''
|[[Ayumi Hamasaki]]
| -
|-
| valign="center" |21
| ''[[The Mind of Mannie Fresh]]'' || [[Mannie Fresh]] ||-
|-
|22
|''[[Renai (album)|Renai]]''
|[[Sid (band)|Sid]]
| -
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="center" |28
| ''[[300 Lésions]]'' || [[Kyo (band)|Kyo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Get Lifted]]'' || [[John Legend]] ||-
|-
| valign="center" |29
| ''[[Plein d'amour: Ai ga Ippai]]'' || [[Kaori Iida]] ||-
|-
| valign"center" |?
|''[[Piracy Funds Terrorism]]'' || [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] and [[Diplo (DJ)|Diplo]] ||-
|}

==Unknown release dates==
*''3rd Strike'' – [[3 Feet Smaller]]
*''[[5 Stories (EP)|5 Stories]]'' EP – [[Manchester Orchestra]]
*''9Live'' – [[Angie Aparo]]
*''Bombs Below'' – [[Living Things (band)|Living Things]]
*''Crwth'' – Cass Meurig (first CD release of [[crwth]] music)<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20170314092241/http://www.fflach.co.uk/cms/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=71 Crwth]" (archive from 14 March 2017; accessed 2 June 2018).</ref>
*''Field Rexx'' – [[Blitzen Trapper]]
*''[[ForThemAsses]]'' – [[OPM (band)|OPM]] 
*''[[Gathering Speed]]'' – [[Big Big Train]]
*''[[Get Saved]]'' – [[Pilot to Gunner]] 
*''Golden'' (compilation) – [[Failure (band)|Failure]]
*''[[Guerilla Disco]]'' – [[Quarashi]]
*''Leaving Town Tonight'' (EP) – [[Hit the Lights]]
*''Life Story'' (compilation) – [[The Shadows]]
*''Negatives 2'' – [[Phantom Planet]]
*''[[Oceanic Remixes/Reinterpretations]]'' – [[Isis (band)|Isis]] 
*''[[The Pink Spiders Are Taking Over!]]'' – [[The Pink Spiders]]
*''Point of Origin'' – [[There for Tomorrow]]
*''[[The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (album)|The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus]]'' – [[The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus]]
*''Safely From the City'' – [[Locksley (band)|Locksley]]
*''Set Your Goals'' (Demo EP) – [[Set Your Goals (band)|Set Your Goals]]
*''[[Sherwood (EP)|Sherwood]]'' (EP) – [[Sherwood (band)|Sherwood]]
*''Smoking Weed in the President's Face'' – [[Hockey (band)|Hockey]]
*''Tripped Into Divine'' – [[Dexter Freebish]]
*''[[Watching the Snow]]'' – [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]] (United States release)
*''We (Don't) Care'' – The Management ([[MGMT]])
*''[[Welcome to Woody Creek]]'' – [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]

==Popular songs==
{{See also|Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2004 (USA)|Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2004}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"[[1, 2 Step]]" – [[Ciara]] ft. [[Missy Elliott]]
*"[[10 A.M. Automatic]]" – [[The Black Keys]]
*"[[1985 (SR-71 song)|1985]]" – [[Bowling for Soup]]
*"[[99 Problems]]" – [[Jay-Z]]
*"[[À chaque pas]]" – [[Jonatan Cerrada]]
*"[[Accidentally in Love (song)|Accidentally in Love]]" – [[Counting Crows]]
*"[[All Falls Down]]" – [[Kanye West]] featuring [[Syleena Johnson]]
*"[[All Downhill From Here]]" – [[New Found Glory]]
*"[[All That I've Got (The Used song)|All That I've Got]]" – [[The Used]]
*"[[All These Things That I've Done]]" – [[The Killers]]
*"[[Almost (Bowling for Soup song)|Almost]]" – [[Bowling for Soup]]
*"[[Always (blink-182 song)|Always]]" – [[Blink-182]]
*"[[Amazing (George Michael song)|Amazing]]" – [[George Michael]]
*"[[American Idiot (song)|American Idiot]]" – [[Green Day]]
*"[[Amerika (song)|Amerika]]" – [[Rammstein]]
*"[[Another Planet / Voyager|Another Planet]]" – [[Pendulum (drum and bass band)|Pendulum]]
*"Baba Oje' Is The Oldest One" – [[Arrested Development (group)|Arrested Development]]
*"[[Baby It's You (JoJo song)|Baby It's You]]" – [[JoJo (singer)|JoJo]] featuring [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Bow Wow]]
*"[[Back Up (Pitbull song)|Back Up]]" – [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]]
*"[[Balla Baby]]" – [[Chingy]]
*"[[Banzai (B'z song)|Banzai]]" – [[B'z]]
*"[[Beautiful Soul (song)|Beautiful Soul]]" – [[Jesse McCartney]] 
*"[[Because of You (Nickelback song)|Because of You]]" – [[Nickelback]]
*"[[Because You Live]]" – [[Jesse McCartney]]
*"[[Before I Forget (song)|Before I Forget]]" – [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
*"[[Black Betty]]" – [[Spiderbait]]
*"[[Bless The Broken Road]]" – [[Rascal Flatts]]
*"[[Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)|Boulevard of Broken Dreams]]" – [[Green Day]]
*"[[Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson album)|Breakaway]]" – [[Kelly Clarkson]]
*"[[Breakfast in Bed]]" – [[Nicole Scherzinger]] 
*"[[Breaking the Habit (song)|Breaking the Habit]]" – [[Linkin Park]]
*"[[Breathe Easy]]" – [[Blue (English group)|Blue]]
*"[[Bridging the Gap (song)|Bridging the Gap]]" – [[Nas]] featuring [[Olu Dara]]
*"[[Bring Em Out (song)|Bring 'Em Out]]" – [[T.I.]]
*"[[Broken (Seether song)|Broken]]" – [[Seether]] featuring [[Amy Lee]]
*"[[Bubblin' (Blue song)|Bubblin']]" – [[Blue (English group)|Blue]]
*"[[Burn (Usher song)|Burn]]" – [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]
*"[[Bus durch London]]" – [[Christina Stürmer]]
*"[[Butterflies and Hurricanes]]" – [[Muse (band)|Muse]]
*"[[California Dreamin']]" – [[Royal Gigolos]]
*"[[Call on Me (Eric Prydz song)|Call On Me]]" – [[Eric Prydz]]
*"[[(Can't Get My) Head Around You]]" – [[The Offspring]]
*"[[Caught Up (Usher song)|Caught Up]]" – [[Usher (musician)|Usher]]
*"[[Cerca de ti (song)|Cerca de ti]]" – [[Thalía]]
*"[[Astronaut (Duran Duran album)|Chains]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Ch-Check It Out]]" – [[Beastie Boys]]
*"[[Club Foot (song)|Club Foot]]" – [[Kasabian]]
*"[[Cold (Crossfade song)|Cold]]" – [[Crossfade (American band)|Crossfade]]
*"[[Come Clean (Hilary Duff song)|Come Clean]]" – [[Hilary Duff]]
*"[[Comfortably Numb]]" – [[Scissor Sisters]]
*"[[Culo (song)|Culo]]" – [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]]
*"[[Curtain Falls]]" – [[Blue (English band)|Blue]]
*"[[Daughters (John Mayer song)|Daughters]]" – [[John Mayer]]
*"[[A Decade Under the Influence (song)|A Decade Under the Influence]]" – [[Taking Back Sunday]]
*"[[Despre tine]]" – [[O-Zone]]
*"[[Det gör ont]]" – [[Lena Philipsson]]
*"[[Ding Dong Song]]" – [[Günther and the Sunshine Girls]]
*"[[Dirt off Your Shoulder]]" – [[Jay-Z]]
*"[[Disco Inferno]]" – [[50 Cent]]
*"Divide The Hate" – [[Sumbersed]]
*"[[Don't Tell Me (Avril Lavigne song)|Don't Tell Me]]" – [[Avril Lavigne]]
*"[[Down (Blink-182 song)|Down]]" – [[Blink-182]]
*"[[Dragostea Din Tei]]" – [[O-Zone]]
*"[[Drive (The Cars song)|Drive]]" – [[Ziggy Marley]] 
*"[[Drop It Like It's Hot]]" – [[Snoop Dogg]] featuring [[Pharrell Williams]]
*"[[Dry Your Eyes]]" – [[The Streets]]
*"[[Duality (song)|Duality]]" – [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
*"[[Every Breath You Take]]" – [[UB40]] 
*"[[Everybody's Changing]]" – [[Keane (band)|Keane]]
*"[[Everytime]]" – [[Britney Spears]]
*"[[Face à la mer]]" – [[Calogero (singer)|Calogero]] and [[Passi]]
*"[[Feelin' Way Too Damn Good]]" – [[Nickelback]]
*"[[Femme Like U|Femme Like U (Donne-moi ton corps)]]" – [[K.Maro]]
*"[[Figured You Out]]" – [[Nickelback]]
*"[[First (Lindsay Lohan song)|First]]" – [[Lindsay Lohan]]
*"[[Flap Your Wings (song)|Flap Your Wings]]" – [[Nelly]]
*"[[Flawless (Go to the City)]]" – [[George Michael]]
*"[[Float On (Modest Mouse song)|Float On]]" – [[Modest Mouse]]
*"[[Fly (Hilary Duff song)|Fly]]" – [[Hilary Duff]]
*"[[The Disco Boys|For You]]" – [[The Disco Boys]]
*"[[Força]]" – [[Nelly Furtado]]
*"[[Friday I'm in Love]]" – Dryden Mitchell 
*"[[From the Inside (Linkin Park song)|From the Inside]]" – [[Linkin Park]]
*"[[Gasolina]]" – [[Daddy Yankee]]
*"[[Getting Away with Murder (song)|Getting Away with Murder]]" – [[Papa Roach]]
*"[[Ghetto (Akon song)|Ghetto]]" – [[Akon]]
*"[[The Ghost in You]]" – [[Mark McGrath]]
*"[[Girls (The Prodigy song)|Girls]]" – [[The Prodigy]] 
*"[[Goodies (song)|Goodies]]" – [[Ciara]] featuring [[Petey Pablo]]
*"[[Hands to Heaven#Cover versions|Hands to Heaven]]" – [[Christian Bautista]]
*"[[Heaven (Los Lonely Boys song)|Heaven]]" – [[Los Lonely Boys]]
*"[[Heavy on My Heart]]" – [[Anastacia]]
*"[[Hey Mama (The Black Eyed Peas song)|Hey Mama]]" – [[The Black Eyed Peas]]
*"[[High (James Blunt song)|High]]" – [[James Blunt]]
*"[[Hitomi no Juunin]]" – [[L'Arc-en-Ciel]]
*"[[Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins song)|Hold Me Now]]" – [[Wayne Wonder]] 
*"[[Holiday (Green Day song)|Holiday]]" – [[Green Day]]
*"[[Hollaback Girl]]" – [[Gwen Stefani]]
*"Hollow" – [[Submersed]]
*"[[Hotride]]" – [[The Prodigy]]
*"[[How We Do (song)|How We Do]]" – [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]]
*"[[I Am (Killing Heidi song)|I Am]]" – [[Killing Heidi]]
*"[[I Believe in You (Kylie Minogue song)|I Believe In You]]" – [[Kylie Minogue]] 
*"[[I Don't Wanna Know (Mario Winans song)|I Don't Wanna Know]]" – [[Mario Winans]] featuring [[Enya]] & [[P.Diddy]]
*"[[I Just Wanna Live]]" – [[Good Charlotte]]
* "[[I Like That (Houston song)|I Like That]]" – [[Houston (singer)|Houston]] featuring [[Chingy]], [[Nate Dogg]] and [[I-20 (rapper)|I-20]] 
*"[[I Melt with You]]" – [[Jason Mraz]] 
*"[[I Miss You (Blink-182 song)|I Miss You]]" – [[Blink-182]]
*"[[I Predict a Riot]]" – [[Kaiser Chiefs]]
*"[[All Downhill From Here]]" – [[New Found Glory]]
*"[[I Wish (Stevie Wonder song)|I Wish]]" – [[Guy Sebastian]]
*"[[I'm Not Okay (I Promise)]]" – [[My Chemical Romance]]
*"[[It's My Life (Talk Talk song)|It's My Life]]" – [[No Doubt]]
*"[[In the Shadows (song)|In the Shadows]]" – [[The Rasmus]]
*"[[Just Be (Tiësto song)|Just Be]]" – [[Tiësto]]
*"[[Just Lose It]]" – [[Eminem]]
*"[[Kailan Pa Ma'y Ikaw]]" – [[Christian Bautista]]
*"Killin' Me" – [[Drowning Pool]]
*"[[Kryptonite (Guy Sebastian song)|Kryptonite]]" – [[Guy Sebastian]]
*"[[La La (Ashlee Simpson song)|La La]]" – [[Ashlee Simpson]]
*"[[La Rivière de notre enfance]]" – [[Garou (singer)|Garou]] and [[Michel Sardou]]
*"Laid to Rest" – [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]]
*"[[Laissez-moi danser]]" – [[Star Academy France|Star Academy 4]]
*"[[Last Train Home (Lostprophets song)|Last Train Home]]" – [[Lostprophets]]
*"[[Lazy Generation]]" – [[The F-Ups]]
*"[[Leave (Get Out)]]" – [[JoJo (singer)|JoJo]]
*"[[Left Outside Alone]]" – [[Anastacia]]
*"[[Let Me Love You (Mario song)|Let Me Love You]]" – [[Mario (American singer)|Mario]]
*"[[Let's Get It Started]]" – [[The Black Eyed Peas]]
*"[[Let's Get Blown]]" – [[Snoop Dogg]] featuring [[Pharrell Williams]]
*"[[The Little Voice#Hilary Duff version|Little Voice]]" – [[Hilary Duff]]
*"Life" – [[Seven Wiser]]
*"[[Lips Like Sugar]]" – [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] featuring [[Mikey Dread]] 
*"[[Live Like You Were Dying]]" – Tim McGraw
*"[[Locked Up (song)|Locked Up]]" – [[Akon]]
*"[[Lose My Breath]]" – [[Destiny's Child]]
*"[[Lovers & Friends]]" – [[Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz]] featuring [[Usher (musician)|Usher]] and [[Ludacris]]
*"[[Lovesong (The Cure song)|Lovesong]]" – [[311 (band)|311]]
*"[[Lying from You]]" – [[Linkin Park]]
*"[[Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs song)|Maps]]" – [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]]
*"[[Meant to Live]]" – [[Switchfoot]]
*"[[Milkshake (song)|Milkshake]]" – [[Kelis]]
*"[[Modern Times (song)|Modern Times]]" – [[J-five]]
*"[[Money (David Guetta song)|Money"]] – [[David Guetta]]
*"[[Move Ya Body]]" – [[Nina Sky]]
*"[[Mr. Brightside]]" – [[The Killers]]
*"[[Musicology (song)|Musicology"]] – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
*"[[My Band]]" – [[D12]]
*"[[My Boo (Usher and Alicia Keys song)|My Boo]]" – [[Usher (musician)|Usher]] featuring [[Alicia Keys]]
*"[[My Immortal (song)|My Immortal]]" – [[Evanescence]]
*"[[My Happy Ending (song)|My Happy Ending]]" – [[Avril Lavigne]]
*"[[My Place (Nelly song)|My Place]]" – [[Nelly]] featuring [[Jaheim]]
*"[[My Prerogative]]" – [[Britney Spears]]
*"[[My Secret Life (Eric Burdon album)|My Secret Life]]" – [[Eric Burdon]]
*"My Spirit Will Go On" – [[DragonForce]]
*"[[Nasty Girl (Nitty song)|Nasty Girl]]" – [[Nitty (musician)|Nitty]]
*"[[Naughty Girl (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Naughty Girl]]" – [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]]
*"[[Nobody's Home (Avril Lavigne song)|Nobody's Home]]" – [[Avril Lavigne]]
*"[[Not in Love (Enrique Iglesias song)|Not in Love]]" – [[Enrique Iglesias]] featuring [[Kelis]]
*"Not Listening" – [[Papa Roach]]
*"[[Obsesión (Aventura song)|Obsesión]]" – [[Aventura (band)|Aventura]]
*"[[Ocean Avenue (song)|Ocean Avenue]]" – [[Yellowcard]]
*"[[Oh My God (Kaiser Chiefs song)|Oh My God]]" – [[Kaiser Chiefs]]
*"[[Oh Oh (Guy Sebastian song)|Oh Oh]]" – [[Guy Sebastian]]
*"[[On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec]]" – [[Hélène Ségara]] & [[Laura Pausini]]
*"[[On the Way Down]]" – [[Ryan Cabrera]]
*"[[Open Your Eyes (Alter Bridge song)|Open Your Eyes]]" – [[Alter Bridge]]
*"[[Out with My Baby]]" – [[Guy Sebastian]]
*"[[Outrageous (song)|Outrageous]]" – [[Britney Spears]]
*"[[Over (Lindsay Lohan song)|Over]]" – [[Lindsay Lohan]]
*"[[Oye Mi Canto]]" – [[N.O.R.E.]] featuring [[Nina Sky]]
*"[[Party for Two]]" – [[Shania Twain]] featuring [[Billy Currington]]/[[Mark McGrath]]
*"[[Physical (Alcazar song)|Physical"]] – [[Alcazar (band)|Alcazar]]
*"[[Pieces of Me (Ashlee Simpson song)|Pieces of Me]]" – [[Ashlee Simpson]]
*"[[Predictable (Good Charlotte song)|Predictable]]" – [[Good Charlotte]]
*"[[Pump It Up!]]" – [[Danzel]]
*"[[Push Up (song)|Push Up]]" – [[Freestylers]]
*"[[(Reach Up for The) Sunrise]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Real Nigga Roll Call|Real N***a Roll Call]]" – [[Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz]] featuring [[Ice Cube]]
*"[[The Reason (Hoobastank song)|The Reason]]" – [[Hoobastank]]
*"[[Red Blooded Woman]]" - [[Kylie Minogue]] 
*"[[Rich Girl (Gwen Stefani song)|Rich Girl]]" – [[Gwen Stefani]] ft. [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]]
*"[[Right to Be Wrong]]" – [[Joss Stone]]
*"[[D-Sides|Rockit]]" – [[Gorillaz]]
*"[[Rumors (Lindsay Lohan song)|Rumors]]" – [[Lindsay Lohan]]
*"[[Same Direction]]" – [[Hoobastank]]
*"[[Scars (Papa Roach song)|Scars]]" – [[Papa Roach]]
*"[[See You at the Show]]" – [[Nickelback]]
*"Shake That Bush Again" – [[The Mooney Suzuki]]
*"[[She Wants to Move]]" – [[N.E.R.D.]]
*"[[She Will Be Loved]]" – [[Maroon 5]]
*"[[She's No You]]" – [[Jesse McCartney]]
*"[[Shadow (Ashlee Simpson song)|Shadow]]" – [[Ashlee Simpson]]
*"[[Shut Up (Black Eyed Peas song)|Shut Up]]" – [[The Black Eyed Peas]]
*"[[Si demain... (Turn Around)]]" – [[Bonnie Tyler]] and [[Kareen Antonn]]
*"[[Sick and Tired (Anastacia song)|Sick and Tired]]" - [[Anastacia]]
*"[[Since U Been Gone]]" – [[Kelly Clarkson]] (#1 on Radio [[Top 40]] of 2005)
*"[[Single (Natasha Bedingfield song)|Single]]" – [[Natasha Bedingfield]]
*"[[Slash Dot Dash]]" – [[Fatboy Slim]]
*"[[Slave to Love]]" – [[Elan Atias]] featuring [[Gwen Stefani]] 
*"[[Slither (song)|Slither]]" – [[Velvet Revolver]]
*"[[Slow Jamz]]" – [[Twista]] featuring [[Jamie Foxx]] & [[Kanye West]]
*"[[Sobri (notre destin)]]" – [[Leslie (singer)|Leslie]] & [[Amine]]
*"[[Soldier (Destiny's Child song)|Soldier]]" – [[Destiny's Child]]
*"[[Soldiers of the Wasteland]]" – [[DragonForce]]
*"[[Solitary Man (song)|Solitary Man]]" – [[HIM (Finnish band)|H.I.M.]]
*"[[Somebody Told Me]]" – [[The Killers]]
*"Somethin' is Goin' On" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Someone's Watching Over Me]]" – [[Hilary Duff]]
*"[[Somewhere Only We Know]]" – [[Keane (band)|Keane]]
*"[[Spare Me the Details]]" – [[The Offspring]]
*"[[Stay (David Guetta song)|Stay]]" – [[David Guetta]] featuring [[Chris Willis]]
*"[[Step Up (Drowning Pool song)|Step Up]]" – [[Drowning Pool]]
*"[[Sunshine (Twista song)|Sunshine]]" – [[Twista]] featuring [[Anthony Hamilton (musician)|Anthony Hamilton]]
*"[[Superstar (Christine Milton song)|Superstar]]" – [[Jamelia]]
*"[[Take It Away (The Used song)|Take It Away]]" – [[The Used]]
*"Take Me As I Am" – [[Seven Wiser]]
*"[[Take Me Out (song)|Take Me Out]]" – [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]
*"[[Take My Breath Away#Jessica Simpson cover version|Take My Breath Away]]" – [[Jessica Simpson]]
*"[[Talk About Our Love]]" – [[Brandy (entertainer)|Brandy]] featuring [[Kanye West]]
*"[[Thank You (Jamelia song)|Thank You]]" – [[Jamelia]]
*"[[That's Nasty (song)|That's Nasty]]" – [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]]
*"[[These Words]]" – [[Natasha Bedingfield]]
*"Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist" – [[Muse (band)|Muse]]
*"[['Till I Get My Way / Girl Is on My Mind|'Till I Get My Way]]"/"[['Till I Get My Way / Girl Is on My Mind|Girl Is on My Mind]]" – [[The Black Keys]]
*"[[Time Is Running Out (Muse song)|Time Is Running Out]]" – [[Muse (band)|Muse]]
*"[[Tipsy (song)|Tipsy]]" – [[J-Kwon]]
*"[[Thief's Theme]]" – [[Nas]]
*"[[This Is the World We Live In]]" – [[Alcazar (band)|Alcazar]]
*"[[This Love (Maroon 5 song)|This Love]]" – [[Maroon 5]]
*"[[Through the Wire]]" – [[Kanye West]]
*"[[Toujours pas d'amour]]" – [[Priscilla Betti]]
*"[[Toxic (song)|Toxic]]" – [[Britney Spears]]
*"[[Trick Me]]" – [[Kelis]]
*"[[True (Ryan Cabrera song)|True]]" – [[Ryan Cabrera]]
*"[[True (Spandau Ballet song)|True]]" – [[will.i.am]] & [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]] 
*"Truth of My Youth" – [[New Found Glory]]
*"[[U Should've Known Better]]" – [[Monica (singer)|Monica]]
*"[[Unholy Confessions]]" – [[Avenged Sevenfold]]
*"[[Unwritten (song)|Unwritten]]" – [[Natasha Bedingfield]]
*"[[Used to Love U]]" – [[John Legend]] featuring [[Kanye West]]
*"[[Vertigo (U2 song)|Vertigo]]" – [[U2]]
*"[[Vindicated (song)|Vindicated]]" – [[Dashboard Confessional]]
*"[[Wake Me Up When September Ends]]" – [[Green Day]]
*"[[Walkie Talkie Man]]" – [[Steriogram]]
*"[[Wanna Get to Know You]]" – [[G-Unit]] featuring [[Joe (singer)|Joe]]
*"[[The Way/Solitaire|The Way]]"/"[[The Way/Solitaire|Solitaire]]" – [[Clay Aiken]]
*"[[The Way You Look At Me]]" – [[Christian Bautista]]
*"[[Welcome to My Life]]" – [[Simple Plan]]
*"[[We Are (Ana Johnsson song)|We Are]]" – [[Ana Johnsson]]
*"[[We're All To Blame]]" – [[Sum 41]]
*"[[Westside Story (song)|Westside Story]]" – [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]]
*"[[What U Gon' Do]]" – [[Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz]] featuring [[Lil Scrappy]]
*"[[What You Waiting For?]]" – [[Gwen Stefani]]
*"When You're Gone" – [[Richard Marx]]
*"[[Who I Am Hates Who I've Been]]" – Relient K
*"[[Who Is It (Björk song)|Who Is It]]" – [[Björk]]
*"[[Wisemen]]" – [[James Blunt]]
*"[[With You (Jessica Simpson song)|With You]]" – [[Jessica Simpson]]
*"[[The World Is Mine (David Guetta song)|The World is Mine]]" – [[David Guetta]]
*"[[Yeah! (Usher song)|Yeah!]]" – [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] featuring [[Lil Jon]] & [[Ludacris]] 
*"[[You Had Me]]" – [[Joss Stone]]
*"[[You Won't Forget About Me]]" – [[Dannii Minogue]] vs. "Flower Power"
*"[[You're Beautiful]]" – [[James Blunt]]
}}

==Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US==
# ''[[Confessions (Usher album)|Confessions]]'' – [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] ~ 7,979,000
# ''[[Feels Like Home (Norah Jones album)|Feels like Home]]'' – Norah Jones ~ 3,843,000
# ''[[Encore (Eminem album)|Encore]]'' – [[Eminem]] ~ 3,517,000
# ''[[When the Sun Goes Down (Kenny Chesney album)|When the Sun Goes Down]]'' – [[Kenny Chesney]] ~ 3,072,000
# ''[[Under My Skin (Avril Lavigne album)|Under My Skin]]'' – [[Avril Lavigne]] ~ 2,970,000
# ''[[Live Like You Were Dying]]'' – [[Tim McGraw]] ~ 2,787,000
# ''[[Songs About Jane]]'' – [[Maroon 5]] ~ 2,708,000
# ''[[Fallen (Evanescence album)|Fallen]]'' – [[Evanescence]] ~ 2,614,000
# ''[[Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson album)|Autobiography]]'' – [[Ashlee Simpson]] ~ 2,577,000
# ''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 16 (U.S. series)|Now That's What I Call Music! 16]]'' – Various ~ 2,560,000

==Top 15 selling albums of the year globally==
# ''[[Confessions (Usher album)|Confessions]]'' – [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]
# ''[[Feels Like Home (Norah Jones album)|Feels Like Home]]'' – [[Norah Jones]]
# ''[[Encore (Eminem album)|Encore]]'' – [[Eminem]]
# ''[[How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb]]'' – [[U2]]
# ''[[Under My Skin (Avril Lavigne album)|Under My Skin]]'' – [[Avril Lavigne]]
# ''[[Love. Angel. Music. Baby.]]'' – [[Gwen Stefani]]
# ''[[Greatest Hits (Robbie Williams album)|Greatest Hits]]'' – [[Robbie Williams]]
# ''[[Greatest Hits (Shania Twain album)|Greatest Hits]]'' – [[Shania Twain]]
# ''[[Destiny Fulfilled]]'' – [[Destiny's Child]]
# ''[[Greatest Hits (Guns N' Roses album)|Greatest Hits]]'' – [[Guns N' Roses]]
# ''[[Songs About Jane]]'' – [[Maroon 5]]
# ''[[American Idiot]]'' – [[Green Day]]
# ''[[Elephunk]]'' – [[The Black Eyed Peas]]
# ''[[Greatest Hits: My Prerogative]]'' – [[Britney Spears]]
# ''[[Anastacia (album)|Anastacia]]'' – [[Anastacia]]

==Classical music==
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The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation. 
===A===

*[[Louis Andriessen]] – ''Racconto dall'Inferno''
===B===
===C===

*[[Elliott Carter]] – ''Réflexions''

*[[George Crumb]] – ''Winds of Destiny'' for soprano, percussion quartet and piano

===D===

*[[Cornelis de Bondt]] – ''Madame Daufine''
*[[Mario Davidovsky]] – ''Sefarad: Four Spanish-Ladino Folkscenes'', baritone voice, flute (piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), percussion, violin and cello

*[[Roderik de Man]] – ''Mensa Sa''

*[[Joël-François Durand]] – ''Ombre/Miroir'' for flute and 14 instruments
===E===

*[[Ross Edwards (composer)|Ross Edwards]] – Concerto for Guitar and Strings<ref>[http://discoveraustralianmusic.com/recording/white-ghost-dancing/ Discover Australian Music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827050557/http://discoveraustralianmusic.com/recording/white-ghost-dancing/ |date=2014-08-27 }}. Accessed 26 August 2014</ref>
===F===

*[[Ivan Fedele]] – ''Odos''

*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]] – ''Guarini, the Master'' for violin and strings
===G===

*[[Philip Glass]] – Symphony No. 7 ''Toltec''
===H===

*[[Georg Friedrich Haas]] – ''Haiku''

*[[Hans Werner Henze]] – ''[[Sebastian im Traum]]''

*[[Alun Hoddinott]] – Trombone Concerto

*[[York Höller]] – ''Ex Tempore''
===I===
===J===

*[[Guus Janssen]]
**''Memory Protect Extended''
**''Wankeling''

*[[Karl Jenkins]] – ''[[In These Stones Horizons Sing]]''
===K===

*[[Jan Klusák]] – ''Axis Temporum''

*[[Rolands Kronlaks]] – ''Paion''

*[[Hanna Kulenty]] – ''Run''
===L===

*[[Theo Loevendie]] – ''De 5 Driften''
===M===

*[[Frederik Magle]] – ''Souffle le vent'', 1st symphonic poem from the [[Cantabile (symphonic suite)|suite ''Cantabile'']].

*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]]
**[[Naxos Quartet]] No. 4 ''Children's Games''
**[[Naxos Quartet]] No. 5
===N===
===O===
===P===
===Q===
===R===

*[[Einojuhani Rautavaara]]
**''Book of Visions'' for orchestra<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Einojuhani-Rautavaara-Book-of-Visions/45372|title=Book of Visions 2004|website=Boosey & Hawkes|access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref>
**''Manhattan Trilogy'' for strings<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Einojuhani-Rautavaara-Manhattan-Trilogy/33848|title=Manhattan Trilogy (2004)|website=Boosey & Hawkes|access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref>
===S===

*Marijn Simons
**Symphony No 1, Opus 26
**String Quartet No. 3, Opus 27
===T===

*[[Dobrinka Tabakova]]
**Concerto for Viola and Strings 
**''Schubert Arpeggione,'' arrangement for string orchestra
**''Suite in Old Style'' for viola, strings and harpsichord
**''Whispered Lullaby'' for viola and piano
===U===
===V===

*[[Michel van der Aa]] – ''Second self''
===W===
===X===
===Y===
===Z===

==Opera==
*[[Thomas Adès]] – ''[[The Tempest (opera)|The Tempest]]''
*[[Harrison Birtwistle]] – ''[[The Io Passion]]''
*[[William Bolcom]] – ''[[A Wedding (opera)|A Wedding]]''

==Jazz==
{{Main|2004 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==
*''[[Assassins (musical)|Assassins]]'' – Broadway production opened at [[Studio 54]] and ran for 101 performances
*''[[Bombay Dreams]]'' – Broadway production opened at [[The Broadway Theatre]] and ran for 284 performances
*''[[Fiddler on the Roof|Fiddler On The Roof]]'' – Broadway revival
*''[[The Woman in White (musical)|The Woman in White]]'', music by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], lyrics by [[David Zippel]] and book by [[Charlotte Jones (writer)|Charlotte Jones]], freely adapted from the novel by [[Wilkie Collins]] – London production opened on September 15 at the [[Palace Theatre, London]].
*''[[People Are Wrong!]]'' – Off-Broadway production

==Musical films==
*''[[Alt for Egil]]'', starring [[Kristoffer Joner]]
*''[[Beyond the Sea (2004 film)|Beyond the Sea]]'', starring [[Kevin Spacey]] as [[Bobby Darin]]
*''[[Bride and Prejudice]]'', starring [[Aishwarya Rai]]
*''[[De-Lovely]]'' released June 13, starring [[Kevin Kline]] as [[Cole Porter]] and [[Ashley Judd]]
*''[[Home on the Range (2004 film)|Home on the Range]]'', a Disney animated feature
*''[[Ray (film)|Ray]]'', starring [[Jamie Foxx]] as [[Ray Charles]]
*''[[Red Riding Hood (2006 film)|Red Riding Hood]]''
*''[[Pixel Perfect]]'', a Disney Channel Original Movie that is also a musical.
*''[[Swing Girls]]''
*''[[The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', starring [[Emmy Rossum]] as Christine and [[Gerard Butler]] as the Phantom
*''[[Metallica: Some Kind of Monster]]''
*''[[Where's Firuze?]]'', starring [[Haluk Bilginer]] and [[Demet Akbağ]]

==Births==
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*[[January 4]] – [[Alexa Curtis (singer)|Alexa Curtis]],  Australian singer, Winner of The Voice Kids Australia, Coach was [[Delta Goodrem]]
*[[January 5]] – [[2hollis]], American singer, rapper and producer
* [[January 10]] – [[Kaitlyn Maher]],  American child singer and actress
* [[January 11]] – [[Marko Bošnjak (musician)|Marko Bošnjak]], Bosnian Croat singer-songwriter
* [[January 15]] – [[Grace VanderWaal]], American musician, singer/songwriter, ukulele player
*[[March 21]] - [[Riize|Anton]], South Korean singer ([[Riize]])
*[[April 20]]  – [[Redveil]], American rapper
*[[June 4]]  – [[Mackenzie Ziegler]],  American dancer, singer, actress and model
*[[June 5]]  – [[Iván Cornejo]], American regional Mexican music singer-songwriter
*[[June 10]] – [[Gayle (singer)|Gayle]], American singer
* [[August 31]] – [[Jang Won-young]], South Korean singer ([[Ive (group)|IVE]])
* [[September 1]] – [[Iam Tongi]], American singer
* [[October 9]] – [[Theodor Andrei]], Romanian singer
* [[November 21]] – [[Yvngxchris]], American rapper
* [[December 13]] – [[Matt Ox]], American rapper
* [[December 15]] – [[quinn (musician)|quinn]], American rapper
* [[December 16]] – [[Ka$hdami]], American rapper
* [[December 20]] – [[Slump6s]], American rapper

==Deaths==
===January–February===
*[[January 3]] – [[Ronald Smith (musician)|Ronald Smith]], 82, British pianist
*[[January 6]] – Jimmy Hassell, 62, Guitarist/co-lead singer in [[The First Edition (band)|The First Edition]] from 1972 to 1976
*[[January 12]] – [[Randy VanWarmer]], 48, songwriter and guitarist
*[[January 15]] – [[Terje Bakken]], 25, also known as Valfar, lead singer and founder of Norwegian black/folk metal band Windir (died of hypothermia in a blizzard)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=7250|title=Metal Underground Web Article: Windir Frontman, Valfar (a.k.a. Terje Bakken), Found Dead at 25}}</ref>
*[[January 16]] – [[John Siomos]], 56, drummer
*[[January 17]]
**[[Czeslaw Niemen]], 65, Polish rock singer
**[[Tom Rowe (musician)|Tom Rowe]], 53, musician
*[[January 22]]
**[[Billy May]], 87, US [[big band]] & pop music arranger
**[[Ann Miller]], 80, actress, singer and dancer
*[[January 30]] – [[Julius Dixson]], 90, songwriter and record company executive 
*[[February 3]] – [[Cornelius Bumpus]], 58, musician ([[The Doobie Brothers]], [[Steely Dan]])
*[[February 6]] – [[Jørgen Jersild]], 90, [[Denmark|Danish]] composer and music educator
*[[February 8]] – [[Cem Karaca]], 58, [[Turkey|Turkish]] singer and composer
*[[February 16]] – [[Doris Troy]], 67, R&B singer
*[[February 21]]
**[[Les Gray]], 57, English singer ([[Mud (band)|Mud]])
**[[Bart Howard]], 88, composer and pianist
*[[February 23]]
**[[Don Cornell]], 84, US singer
**[[Alvino Rey]], 95, US bandleader and guitarist
*[[February 24]] – [[A.C. Reed]], 77, blues saxophonist

===March–April===
*[[March 4]] – [[John McGeoch]], 48, British guitarist with ''[[Magazine (band)|Magazine]]'', ''[[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]'' and ''[[PiL]]''
*[[March 6]] – [[Peggy DeCastro]], 82, US singer born in the Dominican Republic, eldest of the [[DeCastro Sisters]]
*[[March 9]] – [[Rust Epique]], 36, guitarist ([[Crazy Town]])
*[[March 10]] – [[Dave Schulthise]], 47, punk bassist ([[The Dead Milkmen]])
*[[March 11]] – [[Edmund Sylvers]], 47, lead singer of [[The Sylvers]]
*[[March 13]] – [[Vilayat Khan]], 75, sitar player
*[[March 15]] – [[Eva Likova]], 84, operatic soprano
*[[March 16]] – [[Vilém Tauský]], 93, Czech conductor and composer
*[[March 18]]
**[[Vytas Brenner]], 57, musician, keyboardist and composer
**[[Erna Spoorenberg]], 78, Dutch operatic soprano
*[[March 21]] – [[Johnny Bristol]], 65, singer, songwriter and record producer
*[[March 26]] – [[Jan Berry]], 62, US singer of [[Jan and Dean]]
*[[March 30]] – [[Timi Yuro]], 63, soul and R&B singer and songwriter
*[[April 1]] – [[Paul Atkinson (guitarist)|Paul Atkinson]], 58, guitarist for [[The Zombies]]
*[[April 3]] – [[Gabriella Ferri]], 62, Italian singer
*[[April 6]] – [[Niki Sullivan]], 66, guitarist for [[The Crickets]]
*[[April 9]] – [[Harry Babbitt]], 90, US singer with [[Kay Kyser]] & his Orchestra
*[[April 10]] – [[Jacek Kaczmarski]], 47, Polish poet and singer, the bard of [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity]]
*[[April 15]]
**[[Ray Condo]], 53, Canadian rockabilly musician
**[[Hans Gmür]], 77, Swiss theatre author, director, composer and producer

===May–June===
*[[May 1]] – [[Felix Haug]], 52, Swiss pop musician (''Double'')
*[[May 5]] 
** [[Coxsone Dodd]], 72, Jamaican record producer
** [[Ritsuko Okazaki]], 44, Japanese songwriter 
*[[May 6]] – [[Barney Kessel]], 80, jazz guitarist
*[[May 11]] – [[John Whitehead (singer)|John Whitehead]], 55, [[rhythm and blues|R&B]] artist (shot dead)
*[[May 12]] – [[John LaPorta]], 84, Jazz clarinetist, composer and educator
*[[May 17]] 
**[[Gunnar Graps]], 52, Estonian singer ([[Magnetic Band]] and [[Gunnar Graps Group]]) 
**[[Elvin Jones]], 76, [[Jazz]] Drummer, notably with the [[John Coltrane]] Quartet of the 1960s
*[[May 19]] – [[Arnold Moore]], 90, blues artist
*[[May 23]] – Gundars Mauševics, 29, [[Latvia]]n guitarist of [[Brainstorm (Latvian band)|Brainstorm]]
*[[May 31]] – [[Robert Quine]], 61, guitarist
*[[June 2]] – Billboard, 25, rapper, [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]]'s best friend
*[[June 4]] – [[Irene Manning]], 91, US actress, singer and dancer
*[[June 6]] – [[Iona Brown]], 63, conductor and violinist
*[[June 7]] – [[Quorthon]], 38, Swedish multi-instrumentalist, founder and songwriter of [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]]
*[[June 10]] – [[Ray Charles]], 73, US singer and pianist
*[[June 15]] – James F. Arnold, 72, first tenor with the [[Four Lads]]
*[[June 17]] – [[Jackie Paris]], 77, US jazz singer
*[[June 27]] – [[Sis Cunningham]], 95, folk musician

===July–August===
*[[July 6]] – [[Syreeta Wright]], 57, singer (congestive heart failure, a side effect of cancer treatment)
*[[July 13]]
**[[Arthur Kane]], 55, bassist ([[New York Dolls]])
**[[Carlos Kleiber]], 74, conductor
*[[July 21]] – [[Jerry Goldsmith]], 75, US composer, [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] winner
*[[July 22]]
**[[Illinois Jacquet]], 81, US jazz saxophonist
**[[Sacha Distel]], 71, French singer
*[[August 2]] – [[Don Tosti]], 81, American composer 
*[[August 6]]
**[[Rick James]], 56, US [[funk]] singer
**Argentino Ledesma, 75, [[Argentina|Argentinian]] singer
**[[Tony Mottola]], 86, US Guitarist
*[[August 9]] – [[David Raksin]], 92, US composer
*[[August 15]] – [[William Herbert York]], 85, bassist for [[Drifting Cowboys]]
*[[August 17]] – [[Bernard Odum]], 72, bass player for [[James Brown]]
*[[August 18]] – [[Elmer Bernstein]], 82, US composer
*[[August 20]] – [[María Antonieta Pons]], 82, [[Cuba]]n [[Cuban rumba|Rumbera]]
*[[August 26]] – [[Laura Branigan]], 52, US singer (brain aneurysm)
*[[August 31]] – [[Carl Wayne]], 61, vocalist ([[The Move]])

===September–October===
*[[September 2]]
**Michael Connor, 54, American country rock keyboardist ([[Pure Prairie League]])
**[[Billy Davis (songwriter)|Billy Davis]]
*[[September 11]] – [[Juraj Beneš]], 64, [[Slovakia|Slovak]] composer
*[[September 12]]
**[[John Buller (composer)|John Buller]], 77, British composer
**[[Kenny Buttrey]], 59, Nashville session drummer
**[[Fred Ebb]], 72, US lyricist
*[[September 15]] – [[Johnny Ramone]], 55, US guitarist and founding member of ''The [[Ramones]]'' (prostate cancer)
*[[September 16]] – Izora Armstead, 62, member of [[The Weather Girls]]
*[[September 19]] - [[Skeeter Davis]], 72, singer
*[[September 29]] – [[Heinz Wallberg]], 81, German conductor<ref>{{cite news |title=Heinz Wallberg, chef d'orchestre allemand |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2004/10/02/heinz-wallberg-chef-d-orchestre-allemand_381530_1819218.html |access-date=6 November 2021 |work=[[Le Monde]] |date=2 October 2004 |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[September 30]] – [[Jacques Levy]], 69, songwriter and theatre director
*[[October 1]] – [[Bruce Palmer]], 58, bassist of [[Buffalo Springfield]]
*[[October 7]] – [[Miki Matsubara]], 44, Japanese composer and singer 
*[[October 19]] – [[Greg Shaw]], 55, music historian and record label owner
*[[October 25]] – [[John Peel]], 65, British DJ and broadcaster (heart attack)
*[[October 28]] – [[Gil Melle]], 72, film and television music composer

===November–December===
*[[November 1]]
**[[Mac Dre]], 34, Bay Area rapper (highway shooting)
**[[Terry Knight]], 61, lead singer of [[Terry Knight and the Pack]] and manager-producer of [[Grand Funk Railroad]](stabbed in domestic dispute)
*[[November 12]] – [[Usko Meriläinen]], 74, Finnish composer
*[[November 13]]
**[[John Balance]], 42, British musician from [[Coil (band)|Coil]]
**[[Ol' Dirty Bastard]], 35, African American rapper (drug overdose)
**[[Carlo Rustichelli]], 87, Italian film composer
*[[November 14]] – [[Michel Colombier]], 65, composer
*[[November 18]] – [[Cy Coleman]], 75, US composer
*[[November 19]] – [[Terry Melcher]], 62, musician and producer
*[[November 24]] – [[James Wong Jim]], 63, Cantopop lyricist and songwriter
*[[December 2]] – [[Kevin Coyne]], 60, singer, composer and guitarist
*[[December 4]] - [[Willem Duyn]], 67, singer of [[Mouth and MacNeal]]
*[[December 5]] – Bill Maybray, 60, lead singer of [[The Jaggerz]] (cancer) 
*[[December 8]] – [[Dimebag Darrell]], 38, former [[Pantera]] guitarist (shot to death in [[Ohio]])
*[[December 13]] – [[Alex Soria]], 39, guitarist for [[The Nils]] (suicide)
*[[December 14]] – [[Sidonie Goossens]], 105, harpist
*[[December 16]] -[[Freddie Perren]], 61, songwriter, producer, arranger and conductor
*[[December 19]] – [[Renata Tebaldi]], 82, operatic soprano
*[[December 20]] – [[Son Seals]], 62, blues musician
*[[December 26]] – [[Sigurd Køhn]], 45, Norwegian jazz saxophonist (tsunami)
*[[December 27]] – [[Hank Garland]], 74, Nashville session guitarist
*[[December 30]] – [[Artie Shaw]], 94, [[Jazz|Swing Era]] [[Clarinet]]ist and Bandleader

==Awards==
The following artists were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]: [[Jackson Browne]], [[The Dells]], [[George Harrison]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[Bob Seger]], [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]], [[ZZ Top]].

===ARIA Music Awards===
*[[ARIA Music Awards of 2004]]

===BRIT Awards===
*[[2004 BRIT Awards]]

===Country Music Association Awards===
* [[2004 Country Music Association Awards]]

===Eurovision Song Contest===
*[[Eurovision Song Contest 2004]]
*[[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004]]

===Grammy Awards===
*[[Grammy Awards of 2004]]

===Juno Awards===
*[[Juno Awards of 2004]]

===MTV Video Music Awards===
*[[2004 MTV Video Music Awards]]

==Charts==
===Triple J Hottest 100===
*[[Triple J Hottest 100, 2004]]

==See also==
* [[2004 in British music|2004 in music (UK)]]
* [[:Category:Record labels established in 2004|Record labels established in 2004]]

==References==
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==External links==
For a more detailed list of hits or albums by month, see:
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050205212613/http://www.katsfm.com/releases.html KATS-FM]
* [https://www.947thezone.com/releases.asp New Rock 94.7 The Zone – WZZN-FM – Chicago]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040202095748/http://www.pauseandplay.com/cdfront.htm Pause & Play's On The CD Front]
* [https://www.vh1.com/ VH1]
* [https://www.mtv.com MTV]
* [https://www.rollingstone.com/ Rolling Stone]

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