Overview of the events of 2007 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.
Specific locations
Specific genres
Albums released
Events
January
February
February 7 – Avril Lavigne release the lead single from her third album The Best Damn Thing Girlfriend .February 11 – the 49th Grammy Awards are presented at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Christina Aguilera performs "It's a Man's Man's Man's World ", a tribute to the Godfather of Soul James Brown . Dixie Chicks , along with producer Rick Rubin , became the biggest winners of the night with five awards, including the big three: Record of the Year , Album of the Year and Song of the Year , while Carrie Underwood wins Best New Artist . Red Hot Chili Peppers won four awards for their 2006 rock hit "Dani California " and the album Stadium Arcadium Shakira performed for the first time ever at the Grammys with the biggest hit of 2006, "Hips Don't Lie " featuring Wyclef Jean . The Police reunited and performed for the first time in the 21st century.February 16 – Chris Cornell leaves Audioslave because of "musical differences".February 20 – Christina Aguilera began her second leg of her Back to Basics Tour in the US. The tour would go on to become the highest-grossing tour for a female artist in 2007.February 26 – Gramophone magazine reports on its website a confession by William Barrington-Coupe that he released recordings by other pianists under the name of his wife Joyce Hatto .[ 5] February 27 – American rock parody band Tenacious D release their movie, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny February 28 – It is announced that the American early 1980s punk band Circle Jerks have released a new song, titled "I'm Gonna Live", also to be heard on their Myspace page.[ 6] Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities
March
April
April 2 – Genesis release the first of 5 planned box sets, Genesis 1976–1982 remasters attract criticism from Genesis fans, progressive rock enthusiasts, and audiophiles for their heavy dynamic range compression , being touted as a microcosm of the loudness war .April 7 – Joss Stone 's third studio album Introducing Joss Stone Billboard 200Amy Winehouse 's Back to Black April 8 – Japanese street musician Koichi Toyama is one of the candidates in the election for governor of Tokyo . He finishes 8th out of a field of 14.April 10 – Beyoncé launches The Beyoncé Experience in Tokyo, Japan .April 17 – Avril Lavigne releases the best-selling album of the year worldwide The Best Damn Thing .April 22 – Patrick Wolf announces his retirement from the music business.[ 10] [ 11] April 27 – 29 – Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California .April 29 – The first precollege music conservatory for the Arab-speaking population of Israel opens in Shfaram .[ 12]
May
May 1 – Ne-Yo returns to music with the release of his second studio album Because of You May 11 – Guitarist Chickn creates a post via MySpace confirming that D.I. will finally release the long-awaited first reunion album On the Western Front [ 13] State of Shock May 12 – The 52nd Eurovision Song Contest , held at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki , Finland, is won by Serbian singer Marija Šerifović with the song "Molitva ".May 15 – Minutes to Midnight Linkin Park sells more than 600,000 copies in the US and more than 1,000,000 worldwide and is the third best-selling album in the first week.May 16 – 20 – The European Festival of Youth Choirs is held in Basel , Switzerland.May 19 – The Los Angeles radio station KROQ airs the fifteenth annual Weenie Roast . Bands featured include Linkin Park , Thirty Seconds to Mars , Incubus , Rise Against , Korn , Bad Religion , Social Distortion , Interpol , Queens of the Stone Age , The Bravery , Silversun Pickups , Tim Armstrong , Peter Bjorn and John , Tiger Army , and the Plain White T's .[ 14] May 23 – Jordin Sparks of Arizona wins Season 6 of American Idol Blake Lewis is named runner-up.May 25 – 28 – Salzburg Festival , Evanescence releases a music video of Sweet Sacrifice from album The Open Door .May 26 – 27 – Sasquatch! Music Festival May 30 – June 5 – The Peel Bay Festival (Isle of Man )
June
June 4
June 8 – 10 – The annual Download Festival takes place at Donington Park in Leicestershire , England. My Chemical Romance , Linkin Park and Iron Maiden headlined the main stage, the Dimebag Darrel stage by Korn , Mötley Crüe and Billy Talent , and the Tuborg stage by Suicidal Tendencies , Head Automatica and Reel Big Fish .June 14 – Daft Punk came back in Paris for a show, ten years after their last performance in the French capital.June 22 – Glastonbury Festival (to June 25), with Arctic Monkeys , The Killers , The Who , Shirley Bassey [ 15] June 28 – Spice Girls announce their reunion at The O2 in London in a press conference televised worldwide.June 29 – July 1 – Heineken Open'er Festival takes place in Babie Doły military airport, Gdynia , Poland.
July
July 1 – The Concert for Diana takes place at Wembley Stadium in London. Performers include Duran Duran , Elton John , Fergie , Joss Stone , Kanye West , Nelly Furtado , Rod Stewart , and Tom Jones .July 7 – Live Earth , worldwide series of concerts to initiate action against global warming . Acts include: Sarah Brightman , Linkin Park , Kelly Clarkson , Alicia Keys , Kanye West , Bon Jovi , Fall Out Boy , Shakira , John Mayer , Rihanna , Beastie Boys , Duran Duran , Madonna , Foo Fighters , Red Hot Chili Peppers , The Black Eyed Peas , Spinal Tap , Jack Johnson , Lenny Kravitz , Metallica as well as the reunited bands The Police , Genesis , The Smashing Pumpkins and Crowded House .July 7 – 8 – T in the Park , Oxegen 2007 July 17 – Joe Payne joins Divine Heresy .July 27 – Adam Willard leaves The Offspring and is replaced by former Face to Face and Saves the Day drummer Pete Parada .July 31 – Korn 's eighth studio album, which is untitled , debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200David Silveria .
August
August 4 – 5 – The annual Splendour in the Grass music festival is held in Byron Bay , Australia , headlined by Powderfinger and Arctic Monkeys .August 4 – 11 – The Three Choirs Festival is held at Gloucester , with a programme including Benjamin Britten 's War Requiem Mahler's Symphony No 8 .[ 16] August 5 – 2007 Karaj Rock Concert incident : 230 Iranian musicians and fans are arrested by the government at an illegal rock concert.[ 17] August 11 – 12 – The eighth annual Summer Sonic Festival is held. Bands that play include: Arctic Monkeys , Avenged Sevenfold , Bloc Party , The Horrors , Interpol , The Offspring , Sum 41 , Metallica and We Are Scientists .[ 18] August 16 – Andreas Sydow quits Darkane .[ 19] August 24 – Bryn Terfel 's Faenol Festival opens with a concert featuring Girls Aloud . Other artists appearing during the weekend include Rebecca Evans , Carlos Alvarez , and Michael Ball .[ 20] August 24 – 26 – Carling Weekend – Reading and Leeds Festivals August 30 – "Gimme More ", Britney Spears' comeback single from the Blackout Recording Industry Association of America , selling 1,000,000 copies shortly after its release.August 31 – September 2 – Electric Picnic 2007
September
September 3 – My Chemical Romance lead singer, Gerard Way , marries Mindless Self Indulgence bassist, Lyn-Z, backstage at Projekt Revolution in Denver , ColoradoSeptember 4 – Small Faces and Don Arden plaque unveiled at 52–55 Carnaby Street , London, England[ 21] September 8 – "Weird Al" Yankovic performs his 1,000th live show at Idaho Falls, Idaho .[ 22] September 9 – Britney Spears opens the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards held in the Palms Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.September 11 - Kanye West releases Graduation , his third studio album.September 12 – October 1 – Prague Autumn International Music Festival September 20 – 23 – 4th annual Decibel Festival , SeattleSeptember 22 – 29 – 35th North Wales International Music Festival is held at St Asaph .September 23 – Prashant Tamang wins Season 3 of Indian Idol September 24 – Patrick Watson 's album Close to Paradise Polaris Music Prize for 2007.
October
November
December
December 2 – Spice Girls open their reunion tour in Vancouver, Canada.December 8 –9 – The Los Angeles radio station KROQ airs the eighteenth annual Acoustic Christmas . Bands that played are: Linkin Park , Bad Religion , Angels & Airwaves , Rise Against , Avenged Sevenfold , Serj Tankian , Paramore , Modest Mouse , Jimmy Eat World , Spoon , Feist , The Shins , Silversun Pickups and Muse .December 9 – Evanescence finish touring for The Open Door , and part ways with hired musicians, Will Hunt and Troy McLawhorn .December 10
December 15 – Leon Jackson is named winner of the fourth series of The X Factor UK Rhydian Roberts is named runner-up, while Same Difference and Niki Evans finish in third and fourth place respectively.
Bands disbanded
Bands on hiatus
Albums released
Best-selling albums globally
The best-selling records in 2007 according to IFPI :[ 23]
Best-selling albums in the US
Billboard's Top Sellers 2007.[ 24]
Top Hits on record
Singles which have ranked within Top 25 within the Billboard Hot 100 Hits
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2007
Other international hits
Classical music
Instrumental works
Kalevi Aho – Oboe ConcertoLera Auerbach – Symphony No. 1 "Chimera"Brice Pauset – Vier variationen , for flute, percussion, piano and string trio
Michael Daugherty – Deus ex Machina Lorenzo Ferrero – Fantasy Suite , for flute, violoncello and pianoSofia Gubaidulina
Ravvedimento , for cello and four guitarsIn Tempus Praesens , concert for violin and orchestraNigel Hess – Piano ConcertoWojciech Kilar – Symphony No. 5 Advent Symphony , for choir and orchestra or instrumental ensembleClaude Ledoux – Canto a due for B♭ Karlheinz Stockhausen
Balance Glück Hoffnung Glanz Treue Erwachen Martijn Padding – And Trees Would Sing , for counter tenor/high tenor and trombone quartet
Electronic music
Vocal music with electronic music
Instrumental music with electronic music
Opera
Ballet
Musical film
Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule Venkatesh and Trisha , with music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja .[ 27] Across the Universe The Beatles . It was widely released October 12, 2007.Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer [ 28] August Rush Duniya Soori , with songs by V. Manohar and score by Sadhu Kokila [ 29] Les Chansons d'Amour Christophe Honoré and starring Louis Garrel , Ludivine Sagnier , Clotilde Hesme and Chiara Mastroianni , with music by Alex Beaupain[ 30] Music and Lyrics The musical, Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Tim Burton featuring Johnny Depp , Helena Bonham Carter , Christopher Lee , Alan Rickman and Sacha Baron Cohen in key roles. It was released December 21, 2007.
Hairspray The film Once Academy Award for Best Song for the song "Falling Slowly "
Piano, solo Luca Flores [ 31] Secret
Musical theater
Musical television
Births
January 1 – Miguel Gallego Arámbula, first son of the Latin superstar Luis Miguel January 10 – Maléna , Armenian singer and winner of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 January 28 – Alaya High , American singer, rapper and child actressFebruary 4 – Melody , Brazilian singerMarch 15 – Maiú Levi Lawlor, represented Ireland at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 July 29 – Lil Tay , American-Canadian singerSeptember 15 – Nathan Glenn and Alex Jacob Robertson, twin sons of Orli Shaham and David Robertson October 7 – Sabrina Sakaë, first daughter of Thalía and Tommy Mottola October 30 – Christian Li , Australian violinist
Deaths
January 1
January 3 – János Fürst , Hungarian conductor and violinist, 71[ 35] January 6 – Pete Kleinow , American guitarist (The Flying Burrito Brothers ), 72January 8 – Mercedes Murciano, Cuban singer (Miami Sound Machine ), 49January 12 – Alice Coltrane , American jazz multi-instrumentalist, 69January 13 – Michael Brecker , American jazz saxophonist, 57 (leukemia)January 16 – Thornton "Pookie" Hudson, American singer (The Spaniels ), 73January 17 – Uwe Nettlebeck, German producer and multi-instrumentalist (Faust ), 67January 18 – Brent Liles , American punk bassist (Social Distortion ), 43 (road accident)January 19 – Denny Doherty , Canadian singer (The Mamas & the Papas ), 66January 21
Mina Foley , New Zealand coloratura soprano, 76[ 36] U;Nee , South Korean singer, rapper, dancer, and actress, 25 (suicide)[ 37] January 22 – Disco D , American music producer and composer, 26 (suicide by hanging)January 28 – Karel Svoboda , composer, 68January 31 – Kirka Babitzin , Finnish singer, 56February 1
February 4 – Ilya Kormiltsev , Russian songwriter, 47 (spinal cancer)February 6
February 8 – Joe Hunter , American pianist (The Funk Brothers ), 79February 12 – Eldee Young , American bassist (Young-Holt Unlimited ), 71February 15 – Ray Evans , American songwriter, 92February 18 – John "Bam Bam" Lane, American drummer (Bill Haley & His Comets ), 76February 19 – Janet Blair , American actress and singer, 85February 22 – Edgar Evans , Welsh operatic tenor, 94February 23
February 24 – Bryan Balkwill , English pianist and orchestral conductor, 84February 28 – Billy Thorpe , British-born Australian rock performer, 60
March 7 – Frigyes Hidas , Hungarian composer, 88March 9 – Brad Delp , American singer (Boston ), 55 (suicide)March 11 – Betty Hutton , American singer and actress, 86March 19 – Luther Ingram , American singer, 69March 30 – Marcel Merkès , French operatic tenor, 86April 5 – Mark St. John , American guitarist (Kiss , White Tiger ), 51April 9 – Egon Bondy , Czech songwriter (The Plastic People of the Universe ), 77April 10
April 14 – Don Ho , Hawaiian musician, 76April 17 – Kitty Carlisle , American singer, 96April 20 – Andrew Hill , American jazz pianist, 75April 25 – Bobby "Boris" Pickett , American singer, 69April 26 – San Fadyl, American drummer (The Ladybug Transistor ), 31April 27 – Mstislav Rostropovich , Russian cellist and conductor, 80April 30
May 6 – Đorđe Novković , Croatian songwriter, 63May 8 – Carson Whitsett , American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (The Imperial Show Band ), 62May 20 – Ben Weisman , American pianist, 95May 27 – Izumi Sakai , Japanese singer (Zard ), 40June 1 – Tony Thompson , American singer (Hi-Five ), 31 (freon overdose)June 2 – John Pyke, American drummer (Ra Ra Riot ), 23June 4 – Freddie Scott , American singer, 74June 8 – Nellie Lutcher , American jazz and pop singer and pianist, 94June 13 – Oskar Morawetz , Canadian composer, 90June 18 – Hank Medress , American singer (The Tokens ), 67June 24 – Natasja , Danish reggae singer, 33 (car accident)[ 38] June 29 – George McCorkle , American guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band ), 60
July 2
July 3 – Boots Randolph , American saxophonist, 80July 4 – Bill Pinkney , American vocalist (The Drifters ), 81July 5 – George Melly , British Jazz vocalist, 80July 8 – Jindřich Feld , Czech composer, 82July 11 – Rod Lauren , American singer, 67July 12 – Robert Burås , Norwegian rock guitarist and songwriter of Madrugada , 31July 15 – Kelly Johnson, British guitarist (Girlschool ), 49July 23 – Ron Miller , American songwriter and producer, 74July 29 – Trevor Hudson, American bassist (Bottom of the Hudson ), 27 (car accident)July 28 – Theo Altmeyer , German classical tenor, 76August 4 – Lee Hazlewood , American singer and songwriter, 78August 10 – Anthony Wilson , British record executive (Factory Records ), 57August 12 – Merv Griffin , American singer, television producer and land developer, 82August 16 – Max Roach , American jazz drummer, 83August 30 – K. P. H. Notoprojo , Javanese gamelan and rebab player, and composer, 98
September 3 – Carter Albrecht , American keyboardist (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians ), 34 (shot)September 6 – Luciano Pavarotti , Italian tenor, 71September 9 – Hughie Thomasson , American guitarist, 55 (heart attack)September 10 – Thomas Hansen , Norwegian musician, 31 (drug-related)September 11
September 12 – Bobby Byrd , American soul singer, 73September 15 – Aldemaro Romero , Venezuelan composer, pianist and conductor, 79September 25 – Patrick Bourque, Canadian bassist (Emerson Drive ), 29October 9 – Jacqueline "Lady Jaye" Breyer, British experimental musician (Psychic TV ), 38October 16 – Toše Proeski , Macedonian singer, 26 (car accident)October 17 – Teresa Brewer , American singer, 76October 18 – Lucky Dube , South African reggae musician, 43 (shot)October 20 – Paul Raven , British bassist (Killing Joke ) 46 (heart attack)October 24 – Petr Eben , Czech composer, 78October 28 – Porter Wagoner , American country singer, 80October 30 – Robert Goulet , American singer, 73
November 2 – Witold Kiełtyka , Polish drummer, 23 (bus accident)November 6 – Hank Thompson , American country singer and guitarist, 82November 11 – John Petersen , American drummer (The Beau Brummels , Harpers Bizarre ), 65November 12 – Peter "Cool Man" Steiner , Swiss singer, 90November 14 – Craig Smith , American conductor, 60November 16 – Grethe Kausland , Norwegian singer, 60 (lung cancer )November 19
November 20 – Ernest "Doc" Paulin , American jazz musician, 100November 23 – Frank Guarrera , American singer, 83November 24 – Casey Calvert , American guitarist (Hawthorne Heights ) 26 (drug overdose)November 27 – Cecil Payne , American saxophonist, 84November 28
November 29 – Jim Nesbitt , American country singer, 75November 30 – Patrick Mason, American bassist Arsonists Get All the Girls , 21December 3 – Sergio Gómez , Mexican singer (K-Paz de la Sierra ), 34, (murdered)December 4 – Pimp C , American rapper (UGK ), 33 (drug-related)December 5 – Karlheinz Stockhausen , German avant-garde composer, 79December 12 – Ike Turner , American guitarist, 76December 16
December 21 – Ruth Wallis , American singer, 87December 22 – Joe Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers ), 88December 23
December 25 – Pat Kirkwood , English actress and singer, 86December 26
See also
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