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Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December 2 Bands formed 3 Bands reformed 4 Returning performers 5 Bands disbanded 6 Bands on hiatus 7 Albums released 8 Best-selling albums globally & United States 9 Hit records 9.1 United States 9.2 United Kingdom 9.3 Australia 10 Classical music 10.1 Instrumental music 10.2 Opera 10.3 Other 11 Deaths 11.1 January 11.2 February 11.3 March 11.4 April 11.5 May 11.6 June 11.7 July 11.8 August 11.9 September 11.10 October 11.11 November 11.12 December 12 Musical Films 13 See also 14 References

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• 5 January – The Salzburg Festival launches the "Herbert von Karajan Jubilee Year" with a concert in Salzburg's Grosses Festspielhaus.^[1]
• 8 January - Bloodbath, Officially Rehire Mikael Åkerfeldt, also Hiring Per Eriksson.
• 12 January – The Vienna Boys' Choir begins a tour of Korea with a concert at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul.^[2]
• 29 January
  • Face to Face announce that they will reunite for select shows in the US and internationally.^[3]
  • Rage Against the Machine headline the Big Day Out festivals in Australia and New Zealand, their first shows outside the United States since reforming, and their first Australian shows in 12 years.^[4]
• 31 January – Laura Attwood of the King Edward VI School in Morpeth wins the second Eileen Bowler Award.^[5]

[edit] February

• 10 February - The 50th Grammy Awards take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, USA^[6].
• 14 February - Celine Dion's Taking Chances World Tour begins in South Africa.^{[citation needed]}
• 19 February - System of a Down guitarist, Daron Malakian, tells MTV.com that the band is not likely to reform as he will be concentrating on his new project Scars on Broadway.^[7]
• 20 February–25 February - Viña del Mar International Song Festival is held in Chile. ^[8]
• 23 February–3 March - The second annual Soundwave festival is held in Australia.^[9]
• 26 February
  • Last performance in The Return of the Spice Girls tour in Toronto. they disband hours later and they reform three years later with their first studio album since 1997's Spiceworld.^{[citation needed]}
  • Erykah Badu makes a comeback in releasing her fifth album, New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), her first in five years.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] March

• 5 March - Avril Lavigne kick off her third world tour The Best Damn Tour in Victoria, Canada.^{[citation needed]}
• 6–9 March - The 2008 Langerado Music Festival is held on the Big Cypress Indian Reservation in southern Florida.^[10]
• 7 March - The Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008 takes place in Indonesia.^[11]
• 7–16 March - The 2008 South by Southwest Conference and Festival is held in Austin, Texas, USA.^[12]
• 11 March - Jazz musician and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton announces his retirement from presenting BBC Radio 2's jazz programme after forty years.^[13]
• 18 March - Danity Kane release their highly anticipated second album Welcome To The Dollhouse which debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums, making them the only girl group in history to have their first two albums debut at #1 in the USA.^{[citation needed]}
• 25–29 March - Miami Winter Music Conference.^[14]
• 26 March - Guitarist Clint Lowery rejoins Sevendust, replacing Sonny Mayo.^{[citation needed]}
• 27 March - Def Leppard begin the first leg of their world tour to promote their album Songs from the Sparkle Lounge.^{[citation needed]}
• 31 March - theJazz radio station stops broadcasting.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] April

• 1 April - Scott Weiland's departure from rock band Velvet Revolver becomes official.^[15] Weiland's reunion with his former band, Stone Temple Pilots, and tensions between Weiland and the rest of Velvet Revolver, led to his departure.^[16]
• 2 April - Madonna's new single, "4 Minutes", from her album Hard Candy, becomes her 37th top 10 single in the United States, making her the artist with the most top 10 hit singles.
• 5 April - The reunited Face to Face perform together for the first time in four-and-a-half-years at The Bamboozle Left in Irvine, California, USA.^[3]
• 7 April - The newly reunited Stone Temple Pilots hold a press conference announcing a 65-date reunion tour and play for the first time since 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
• 8 April - Japanese superstar Ayumi Hamasaki celebrates the beginning of her 10th year in the music industry. Mariah Carey releases her eleventh studio album E=MC2 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 463,000 copies making it her biggest opening album sells of her career and tied her with Janet Jackson with most number one albums by a female artist
• 15 April - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa officially proclaims Mariah Carey Day in Los Angeles, California, USA.^[17]
• 19 April - With her single, "I'm a Fire", Donna Summer becomes the first artist to have a song reach number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in every decade since the chart's inception in 1974.
• 19–20 April - The Festival Imperial 2008 is held in Autódromo La Guácima, Alajuela, Costa Rica.^{[citation needed]}
• 25–27 April - The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is held in Indio, California, USA.
• 26 April - The MTV Australia Awards 2008 take place in Sydney, Australia.
• 27 April - Madonna releases her eleventh studio album Hard Candy which debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200, making her the female artist with second most number-one albums (behind Barbra Streisand). The album reaches number one in 37 countries.

[edit] May

• 3 May - Girls Aloud begin their Tangled Up Tour in Belfast, UK.^[18]
• 3–4 May - The sixth annual The Bamboozle festival is held at the Meadowlands Sports Complex, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
• 10–11 May - The Give It A Name 2008 festival is held at Earls Court, London, UK.^[19]
• 16 May - The Offspring begin the first leg of their Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace Tour to promote their new album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace.
• 17 May - The sixteenth annual KROQ Weenie Roast is held at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Irvine, California, USA.
• 21 May - David Cook defeats David Archuleta to win season 7 of American Idol, with the contest decided by 97 million votes, a record for the show.
• 24 May – 43 countries competed in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest final in Belgrade, Serbia, including newcomers San Marino and Azerbaijan.^[20] The contest was won by Russia, with Believe by Dima Bilan.
• 24–26 May - The Sasquatch! Music Festival is held over Memorial Day weekend at The Gorge Amphitheatre in central Washington, USA.
• 30 May–1 June
  • Rock In Rio Lisboa 2008 takes place in Parque da Bela Vista, Chelas, Lisbon, Portugal, continuing on 5–6 June.
  • The fourth annual Mountain Jam Festival is held in Hunter Mountain, New York, USA.

[edit] June

• 1 June - Westlife play their 10th anniversary concert at Europe's fourth biggest stadium, Croke Park, in Dublin, Ireland.^[21]
• 6–7 June - Foo Fighters play their biggest UK stadium shows at Wembley Stadium in London.
• 6–8 June - The 2008 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival is held at Clinton State Park near Lawrence, Kansas, USA. ^[22]
• 10 June - Lil Wayne (rapper) released his sixth album Tha Carter III, which sold 1 million copies in its debut week.^[23]
• 12–15 June - The 2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival is held in Manchester, Tennessee, USA.^[24]
• 13–15 June
  • The seventh Isle of Wight Festival takes place in Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight, UK.^[25]
  • The sixth annual Download Festival takes place in Donington Park, UK.
• 14 June - After a 45-year wait, Ukrainian fans of The Beatles finally get to see former Beatle Paul McCartney perform on their soil, in Kiev.
• 17 June - George Michael begins the American leg of his 25 Live tour in San Diego, California, USA, his first U.S. tour for 17 years.
• 20 June - My Bloody Valentine play their first reunion show at the Roundhouse, London, UK. ^[26]
• 27 June - The Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute charity concert takes place in Hyde Park in London, in support of Mandela's 46664 Aids Foundation.
• 27–29 June - Glastonbury Festival is held at Worthy Farm, Somerset, UK.
• 29 June
  • Release of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, the first video game in the Guitar Hero series to be based around a single music group.^[27]
  • The Marquee at Cork Festival is held in Ireland.
  • Linkin Park and Jay-Z perform at Projekt Revolution at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, UK.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] July

• July - The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment relocates to Kings Place.
• 1 July – Crüe Fest commences in West Palm Beach, Florida.
• 3–6 July
  • The O2 Wireless Festival takes place in Hyde Park, London, UK.^[28]
  • The Roskilde Festival takes place in Denmark.
  • The Rothbury Music Festival takes place in Rothbury, Michigan, USA.
• 3–7 July - The Rock Werchter festival takes place in Belgium.
• 3–13 July - The Ottawa Bluesfest takes place in Ottawa, Canada.
• 4–6 July - The Heineken Open'er Festival took place in Gdynia, Poland.
• 10–13 July - The EXIT Festival 08 takes place at Petrovaradin Fortress, in Novi Sad, Serbia.
• 14 July - Coheed and Cambria announce the first two dates for Neverender, a four night concert where they play an album a day.
• 18 July - "Girlfriend" music video by Avril Lavigne became the most viewed video of all time in YouTube.
• 20 July
  • The T4 On The Beach music festival takes place in Weston-super-Mare, UK.
  • The Oxegen music festival takes place in Kildare, Ireland.
  • The All Good Music Festival takes place in Masontown, West Virginia, USA.
  • The T in the Park music festival takes place at Balado airfield, Kinross, Scotland.
• 23–26 July - The 2008 10,000 Lakes Festival is held.^[29]

[edit] August

• 1–3 August - The Lollapalooza music festival takes place in Chicago, USA.
• 10 August - Coheed And Cambria announce Chicago and London dates for Neverender.
• 12 August - The band Jonas Brothers release their third studio album, A Little Bit Longer and was no 1.
• 12–18 August - Sziget Festival 2008 takes place in Budapest, Hungary.
• 19 August - The Academy Is... release their third album Fast Times at Barrington High. Founding member of the Dave Matthews Band and saxophonist LeRoi Moore passes away.
• 22–23 August - Coke Live Music Festival takes place in Poland with artists such as Sean Paul, Timbaland and The Prodigy performing.
• 22–24 August - Leeds and Reading Festival takes place.
• 23 August - Madonna starts her Sticky & Sweet Tour which is set to become the highest-grossing tour for both a female and solo artist.
  • Michael Nicklasson quits Dark Tranquility
• 24 August - Season 6 of the television talent contest Australian Idol began.
• 29 August - Michael Jackson celebrates his 50th birthday.
• 30 August
  • Filipino rock band Eraserheads hold their one-night-only reunion concert in the Fort open field, their first concert since 2001. After the 20-minute break, vocalist Ely Buendia is rushed to the hospital because of chest pain due to emotional stress.
  • American Idol Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta's debut single "Crush" scores the highest debut of a song on the Billboard Hot 100 by an American Idol finalist not performed on the show. The track opened at #2 after selling 166,000 downloads in its first week of release.
• 31 August - Chrome Division Fires, Eddie Guz

[edit] September

• 1 September - Verity and her band The Shades releases her debut album Journey, pre-bought by 2000 people in 25 countries.
• 2 September - New Kids On The Block release their album The Block, their debut studio album in 15 years.
• 6 September - Six members of The Specials re-unite at the Bestival as a 'Surprise Act'. They use the name "Terry Hall and Friends", because Jerry Dammers, who owns the band's name, did not participate.
• 7 September - The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards event took place at Paramount Studios, Hollywood also being called Britney Spears' night who won the awards for Video Of The Year, Best Pop Video and Best Female Video for Piece of Me.
• 9 September
  • Jessica Simpson release her first country/pop album, "Do You Know".
  • Avril Lavigne release the DVD The Best Damn Tour - Live in Toronto.
• 10 September - The 22nd Annual ARIA Music Awards are held in Sydney, Australia, recognizing Australian music in 2008. Dance-punk group The Presets win Album of the Year.
• 12 September - Season 4 of the Finnish talent contest, Idols, begins.
• 15 September - Queen + Paul Rodgers release their studio album The Cosmos Rocks, the first Queen album with a lead singer other than late Freddie Mercury.
• 18 September - Soilwork, Hires Peter Wichers
  • Ben Folds Five play a sold out reunion show in Chapel Hill, NC performing the entirety of their 1999 album The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, that was filmed for DVD and web release by MySpace in benefit for Operation Smile ^[30]
    • Crystal Castles play their biggest headline show to date, at Electric Ballroom in Camden, London.
• 19 September - Travis Barker and Adam Goldstein (DJ AM) survive a plane crash that claims four lives.
• 20 September - Pink scores her first solo number-one hit in her native USA, with "So What".
• 21 September - At the Gates play their final Show.
  • The Eric Burdon show in Oklahoma is cancelled due his health problems.
• 23 September - Demi Lovato released her first studio album, called Don't Forget
• 24 September - Within Temptation release Black Symphony DVD, featuring the Metropole Orchestra and guest musicians.
• 25 September - Former Beatle Paul McCartney performs at Tel Aviv park, his first performance in Israel since The Beatles were banned from the country in 1965.
• 29 September - Former American Idol finalist and Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Hudson releases her debut album.
• 30 September
  • New Surrender is released by American band Anberlin, their first album with new guitarist and backing vocalist Christian McAlhaney.
  • Jack's Mannequin, Andrew McMahon of Something Corporate's side project, releases their second album, The Glass Passenger.

[edit] October

• 2 October - Oasis release their final studio album entitled Dig Out Your Soul, which instantly tops the album charts in the UK.
• 8 October - Beyoncé releases first two singles off I Am... Sasha Fierce titled "If I Were a Boy" and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)".
• The Cheetah Girls start on their final tour One World Tour
• 10 October - Ringo Starr announced on his website that after the 20th, October he doesn't want anymore fan mail.
• 14 October - Sean Combs officially sets the record straight on his platinum-selling girl group Danity Kane. Both Aubrey O'Day and D. Woods are kicked out of the band in the live finale, leaving the remaining members- Dawn Richards, Shannon Bex and Aundrea Fimbres to ponder the group's future as a threesome.
• 16 October - Britney Spears sets a new record for the biggest jump to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, rising from number 96 to number one in just one week, with her single "Womanizer". It is Spears' first American number one since her debut single "...Baby One More Time".^[31] It also garnered first-week download sales of 286,000, the biggest opening-week tally by a female artist.
• 18 October - Rihanna scores her fifth number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 (as a featured artist on T.I.'s "Live Your Life", which followed "SOS", "Umbrella", "Take a Bow", and "Disturbia"), becoming the leading solo female artist with the most number ones to have charted in this decade Until Beyoncé Knowles break her reccord (as a solo artist). ^[32]
• 22 October
  • Coheed and Cambria begin the much anticipated series of concerts called Neverender.
  • Guns N' Roses release their first single in 9 years, the title track from their Chinese Democracy album.

[edit] November

• In Australia, Lady GaGa becomes the only artist to achieve two number-one singles in 2008 with "Just Dance" and "Poker Face".^{[citation needed]}
• 2 November -
  • The Fauxharmonic Orchestra loses in its debut confrontation with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra in a Bargemusic concert.^[33]
  • AC/DC become the first band to have their own version of the video game Rock Band, following the release of "AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack"^{[citation needed]}
• 6 November – Michael Tilson Thomas makes his Philadelphia Orchestra subscription-concert conducting debut.^[34]
• 11 November
  • Taylor Swift releases her second studio album, Fearless, which debuts at number one on the Billboard 200.^{[citation needed]}
  • Christina Aguilera releases her first greatest hits album called Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits, which debuts at number nine on the Billboard 200.^{[citation needed]}
  • Nickelback release the much-anticipated Dark Horse to follow up 2005's seven-times platinum album, All the Right Reasons.^{[citation needed]}
• 18 November - Beyoncé releases her first double album I Am... Sasha Fierce.^{[citation needed]}
• 23 November - Guns N' Roses release their first album containing original material in 17 years, Chinese Democracy.^{[citation needed]}
• 24 November – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Pinchas Zukerman as principal guest conductor, to begin in January 2009.^[35]

[edit] December

• December - Beyoncé makes Billboard history along with rapper T.I. by both having two singles simultaneously in the top 4 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart; with Beyoncé having "If I Were a Boy" at #3 and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" at #2, and T.I. with "Whatever You Like" at #4 and "Live Your Life (ft. Rihanna)" at #1.^{[citation needed]}
• 2 December - Britney Spears releases Circus, her highly anticipated sixth studio album, on her birthday. Circus sells over 505,000 copies in its first week, becoming Spears' fifth number one album.^{[citation needed]} Spears also becomes the only artist in music history to have four albums (which is the most number of albums) to have a first-week sales of at least 500,000 units, with the albums Oops!...I Did It Again, Britney, In The Zone and Circus.^{[citation needed]}
• 9 December - Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon say that Blur will reunite for a concert at Hyde Park on July 3, 2009. Tickets for the concert sell out within two minutes of release, and Blur announce another date on July 2, 2009.^[36][37]
• 13 December - Joel Feldman and Shayna Cohen rewrite the American classic "Baby, It's Cold Outside", making it more suitable for the 21st century.^{[citation needed]}
  • Alexandra Burke becomes the winner of the UK's X Factor 2008 with the majority vote over fellow finalists Eoghan and JLS.^{[citation needed]}
  • Beyoncé Knowles scores her fifth number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", which followed "Crazy in Love", "Baby Boy", "Check on It", and "Irreplaceable", tying with Rihanna as the leading solo female artist with the most number ones to have charted in this decade.^[32]
• 20 December - Britney Spears scores her first top ten debut on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Circus" selling 212,000 copies only with download sales. With "Womanizer" at #10, she also has two singles in the top ten for the first time in her career.^{[citation needed]}
• 21 December - Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" becomes the first song to simultaneously reach the first and second positions in the UK Singles Chart since 1957 with Alexandra Burke's and Jeff Buckley's covers.^{[citation needed]}
• 22 December - Live Nation announced Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour is the highest-grossing tour for solo artist with US$280 million in ticket sales and 2,350,282 fans attending the 58 shows during the 3 leg tour across Europe and the Americas.^[38]

[edit] Bands formed

• See Category:Musical groups established in 2008

[edit] Bands reformed

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Amebix[39] Atomic Kitten[citation needed] Bad Company (reformed for a one-off show)[citation needed] Ben Folds Five (reformed for a one time reunion show for Operation Smile on September 18, 2008 as part of myspace's Front to Back series) Big Drill Car (reformed for six shows only)[citation needed] Bleed the Dream (the three remaining founding members started playing and writing music again)[citation needed] Blind Faith (Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood, reformed for three performances)[citation needed] Blur Bone Thugs-N-Harmony[citation needed] Boyzone Carcass Died Pretty (reformed for five shows only)[citation needed] Dogs Die In Hot Cars [40] Dynamite Boy (reformed for two shows only)[citation needed] En Vogue[41] Eraserheads (reformed for one night only)[citation needed] Eve 6[citation needed] Face to Face[citation needed] The Fat Boys

The Get Up Kids Green River (reformed for a one-off show)[citation needed] Jane's Addiction Kidneythieves[citation needed] The Kinks[42] Liberty X (reformed for a one-off show)[citation needed] Living Sacrifice[citation needed] New Kids on the Block[43] No Doubt[44] The Pharcyde[citation needed] Pestilence[citation needed] Polvo Rival Schools[citation needed] Sixpence None the Richer[citation needed] Snot[citation needed] Spineshank (shortly after the official break-up, the band reformed with Jonny Santos)[citation needed] Stone Temple Pilots[45] Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (reformed for a one-off show)[46] That Petrol Emotion (reformed for two warm up dates before playing at the Electric Picnic festival [47] Vision of Disorder[citation needed]

[edit] Returning performers

• AC/DC (first album since 2000)
• Extreme (first album since 1995)
• Ashanti (Last studio album released in 2004)
• David Byrne & Brian Eno (first album since 1981)
• Vanessa Amorosi (debut international album and first Australian Album since 1999)
• Anastacia (Last studio album released in 2004)
• Brandy (Last studio album released in 2004)
• Boyzone (first studio album released in 1999)
• The Cure (first studio album since 2004)
• Jason Donovan (Last studio album released in 1992)
• Girls Aloud (first studio album since 2007)
• Dido (Last studio album released in 2003)
• Guns N' Roses (first album of original material since 1991)
• Lenny Kravitz (First album since 2004)
• Metallica (first album since 2003)
• Mötley Crüe (first album with all members since 1997)
• New Kids on the Block (first album since 1994)
• The Offspring (first album since 2003)
• Polvo (first tour since 1998)
• Queen (First studio album since 1995, and first with Paul Rodgers on lead vocals.)
• The Specials (as "Terry Hall and Friends")
• Third Eye Blind (first single/release since 2003)
• Toadies (first album since 2001)
• The Verve (first album since 1997)
• Erykah Badu (first album since 2003)
• Donna Summer (first studio album since 1991)

[edit] Bands disbanded

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3LW Across Five Aprils An Angle Banaroo Battle Beneath the Sky Be Your Own Pet[48] Blinded Black[49] Boy Kill Boy CBC Radio Orchestra[50] The Chalets[51] The Dead 60s Dead To Fall[52] Dirty Pretty Things[53] The Departure Elle Milano[54] Fastlane Folly From a Second Story Window From Autumn To Ashes The Fully Down Harrisons Heavens The Hellacopters Help She Can't Swim Himsa[55] Hootie & the Blowfish Hopesfall I Was A Cub Scout Jakobinarina Johnny Truant Junior Senior [56] Kubichek!

Life in Your Way[57] The Long Blondes[58] Meet Me In St. Louis Milburn Ministry Modern Life Is War Moros Eros Mumm-Ra[59] The Police The Procussions Quiet Riot Raging Speedhorn The Receiving End of Sirens Ride the Sky The Servant Shot Down Sun Sound the Alarm Spice Girls (disbanded a day after their final concert together) SikTh Spineshank (on hiatus since 2004 and officially announced split in February 2008) Still Remains Submersed This Et Al Toto Trick Pony Vega 4 Vincent Vincent and the Villains Yellow Swans YouInSeries

[edit] Bands on hiatus

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• ¡Forward, Russia! (indefinite hiatus)^[60]
• Big & Rich (until 2009, due to a neck injury suffered by Big Kenny)^[61]
• The Dresden Dolls (indefinite break)
• Evanescence - Consisting of Amy Lee, Tim McCord, Terry Balsamo.
• Fear Factory
• Foo Fighters
• The Format
• From Autumn to Ashes
• Glue Gun
• Hell Is for Heroes
• Incubus (on break from touring and recording)^[62]
• Monkey Swallows the Universe (indefinite hiatus)
• My Chemical Romance (on an extended break after a US tour)
• Kaddisfly (On hiatus after bassist Kile Brewer left. Remaining members now called Waters & Bodies)
• Phantom Planet
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (two year hiatus)^[63]
• Rhapsody of Fire
• Reuben
• Rilo Kiley (due to the success of lead singer Jenny Lewis' solo career)
• Social Distortion (due to their lead singer undertaking a solo tour)
• The Starting Line (indefinite break)^[64]
• Velvet Revolver (whilst looking for a new lead singer)
• Westlife (a one year break)
• Wolfmother (whilst looking for new musicians)
• Yellowcard (indefinitely)

[edit] Albums released

[edit] Best-selling albums globally & United States

The best-selling records in 2008 according to IFPI^[65]:

Position	Album Title	Artist
1	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	Coldplay
2	Black Ice	AC/DC
3	Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack	Various Artists
4	Rockferry	Duffy
5	Death Magnetic	Metallica
6	Spirit	Leona Lewis
7	Back to Black	Amy Winehouse
8	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Various Artists
9	One of the Boys	Katy Perry
10	Good Girl Gone Bad	Rihanna

The best-selling album in United States :

Position	Album Title	Artist
1	Taylor Swift	Taylor Swift
2	As I Am	Alicia Keys
3	Fearless	Taylor Swift
4	The Best Damn Thing	Avril Lavigne
5	Noel	Josh Groban
6	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	Coldplay
7	E=MC2	Mariah Carey
8	Funhouse (album)	Pink (singer)
9	Good Girl Gone Bad	Rihanna
10	Love on the Inside	Sugarland

[edit] Hit records

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[edit] United States

Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits:

• "Low" - Flo Rida featuring T-Pain (10 weeks)
• "Love in This Club" - Usher featuring Young Jeezy (3 weeks)
• "Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis (4 weeks)
• "Touch My Body" - Mariah Carey (2 weeks)
• "Lollipop" - Lil Wayne featuring Static Major (5 weeks)
• "Take a Bow" - Rihanna (1 week)
• "Viva la Vida" - Coldplay (1 week)
• "I Kissed a Girl" - Katy Perry (7 weeks)
• "Disturbia" - Rihanna (2 weeks)
• "Whatever You Like" - T.I. (7 weeks)
• "So What" - Pink (1 week)
• "Live Your Life" - T.I. featuring Rihanna (6 weeks)
• "Womanizer" - Britney Spears (1 week)
• "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" - Beyoncé (2 weeks in 2008/2 weeks in 2009)

Singles which have ranked within Top 20 within the Billboard Hot 100 Hits

• "4 Minutes" - Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland (#3)
• "7 Things" - Miley Cyrus (#9)
• "A Little Bit Longer" - Jonas Brothers (#11)
• "A Milli" - Lil Wayne (#6)
• "Addicted" - Saving Abel (#20)
• "All I Want to Do" - Sugarland (#18)
• "All Summer Long" - Hit Masters (#19)
• "American Boy" - Estelle featuring Kanye West (#9)
• "Apologize" - Timbaland featuring OneRepublic (#3)
• "Beat It" - Fall Out Boy featuring John Mayer (#19)
• "Beautiful" - Akon featuring Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishall (#19)
• "Better In Time" - Leona Lewis (#11)
• "Big Girls Don't Cry" - Fergie (#20 - Hit #1 in 2007)
• "The Boss" - Rick Ross featuring T-Pain (#17)
• "Bubbly" - Colbie Caillat (#7)
• "Burnin' Up" - Jonas Brothers (#5)
• "Bust It Baby Part 2" - Plies featuring Ne-Yo (#7)
• "Bye Bye" - Mariah Carey (#19)
• "Can't Believe It" - T-Pain featuring Lil Wayne (#7)
• "Change" - Taylor Swift (#10)
• "Chicken Fried" - Zac Brown Band (#20)
• "Circus" - Britney Spears (#3)
• "Closer" - Ne-Yo (#7)
• "Clumsy" - Fergie (#5)
• "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" - Soulja Boy Tell'em (#5 - Hit #1 in 2007)
• "Crush" - David Archuleta (#2)
• "Cyclone" - Baby Bash featuring T-Pain (#11)
• "Damaged" - Danity Kane featuring Diddy (#10)
• "Dangerous" - Kardinal Offishall (#5)
• "Don't Stop the Music" - Rihanna (#3)
• "Dream Big" - David Cook (#15)
• "Dreamer" - Chris Brown (#16)
• "Elevator" - Flo Rida featuring Timbaland (#16)
• "Fearless" - Taylor Swift (#9)
• "Feedback" - Janet Jackson (#19)
• "Forever" - Chris Brown (#2)
• "Get Like Me" - David Banner featuring Chris Brown (#16)
• "Good Life" - Kanye West featuring T-Pain (#14)
• "Got Money" - Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain (#10)
• "Gotta Be Somebody" - Nickelback (#10)
• "Hate That I Love You" - Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo (#10)
• "Heartless" - Kanye West (#4)
• "Hot N Cold" - Katy Perry (#3)
• "Hypnotized" - Plies featuring Akon (#17)
• "I Luv Your Girl" - The-Dream (#20)
• "If I Were a Boy" - Beyoncé (#3)
• "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz (#6)
• "In the Ayer" - Flo Rida featuring will.i.am (#9)
• "Independent" - Webbie featuring Lil Boosie and Lil Phat (#9)
• "It's Not My Time" - 3 Doors Down (#17)
• "Just Dance" - Lady GaGa featuring Colby O'Donis (#3)
• "Just Stand Up!" - Artists Stand Up to Cancer (#11)
• "Keeps Gettin' Better" - Christina Aguilera (#7)
• "Kiss Kiss" - Chris Brown featuring T-Pain (#4 - Hit #1 in 2007)
• "Last Name" - Carrie Underwood (#19)
• "Leavin'" - Jesse McCartney (#10)
• "Let It Rock" - Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne (#5)
• "Light On" - David Cook (#17)
• "Like You'll Never See Me Again" - Alicia Keys (#12)
• "Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body)" - Three 6 Mafia featuring Project Pat, Young D, and SuperPower (#18)
• "Love in This Club, Part II" - Usher featuring Beyoncé and Lil Wayne (#18)
• "Love like This" - Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston (#11)
• "Love Lockdown" - Kanye West (#3)
• "Love Song" - Sara Bareilles (#4)
• "Love Story" - Taylor Swift (#5)
• "Miss Independent" - Ne-Yo (#7)
• "Mrs. Officer" - Lil Wayne featuring Bobby Valentino (#16)
• "New Soul" - Yael Naïm" (#7)
• "No Air" - Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown (#3)
• "No One" - Alicia Keys (#2 - Hit #1 in 2007)
• "One Step At A Time" - Jordin Sparks (#17)
• "Our Song" - Taylor Swift (#16)
• "Paper Planes" - M.I.A. (#4)
• "Paralyzer" - Finger Eleven (#6)
• "Piece of Me" - Britney Spears (#18)
• "Play My Music" - Jonas Brothers (#20)
• "Pocketful of Sunshine" - Natasha Bedingfield (#5)
• "Pushin' Me Away" - Jonas Brothers (#16)
• "Put On" - Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West (#12)
• "Realize" - Colbie Caillat (#20)
• "Right Now (Na Na Na)" - Akon (#8)
• "Say" - John Mayer (#12)
• "See You Again" - Miley Cyrus (#10)
• "Sensual Seduction" - Snoop Dogg (#7)
• "Sexy Can I" - Ray J featuring Yung Berg (#3)
• "Shadow of the Day" - Linkin Park (#15)
• "Shake It" - Metro Station (#10)
• "Shawty Get Loose" - Lil Mama featuring Chris Brown and T-Pain (#10)
• "Sorry" - Buckcherry (#9)
• "Stop and Stare" - OneRepublic (#12)
• "Stronger" - Kanye West (#14 - Hit #1 in 2007)
• "Suffocate" - J. Holiday (#18)
• "Superstar" - Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos (#10)
• "Swagga Like Us" - Jay-Z featuring T.I., Kanye West, and Lil Wayne (#5)
• "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" - Wyclef Jean featuring Akon, Lil Wayne, and Niia (#12)
• "Take You There" - Sean Kingston (#7)
• "Tattoo" - Jordin Sparks (#8)
• "Teardrops on My Guitar" - Taylor Swift (#13)
• "This Is Me" - Demi Lovato featuring Joe Jonas (#9)
• "The Time of My Life" - David Cook (#3)
• "Tonight" - Jonas Brothers (#8)
• "What About Now" - Daughtry (#18)
• "What You Got" - Colby O'Donis featuring Akon (#14)
• "When I Grow Up" - The Pussycat Dolls (#9)
• "White Horse" - Taylor Swift (#13)
• "With You" - Chris Brown (#2)
• "You Belong with Me" - Taylor Swift (#12)
• "You Found Me" - The Fray (#15)
• "You're Gonna Miss This" - Trace Adkins (#12)
• "You're Not Sorry" - Taylor Swift (#11)

[edit] United Kingdom

UK Official Top 75 #1 Hits

• "When You Believe" - Leon Jackson (1 week in 2007/2 weeks in 2008)
• "Now You're Gone" - Basshunter (5 weeks)
• "Mercy" - Duffy (5 weeks)
• "American Boy" - Estelle featuring Kanye West (4 weeks)
• "4 Minutes" - Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland (4 weeks)
• "That's Not My Name" - The Ting Tings (1 week)
• "Take a Bow" - Rihanna (2 weeks)
• "Singin' in the Rain" - Mint Royale (2 weeks)
• "Viva la Vida" - Coldplay (1 week)
• "Closer" - Ne-Yo (1 week)
• "Dance wiv Me" - Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome (4 weeks)
• "All Summer Long" - Kid Rock (1 week)
• "I Kissed a Girl" - Katy Perry (5 weeks)
• "Sex on Fire" - Kings of Leon (3 weeks)
• "So What" - Pink (3 weeks)
• "The Promise" - Girls Aloud (1 week)
• "Hero" - The X Factor Finalists 2008 (3 weeks)
• "If I Were a Boy" - Beyoncé (1 week)
• "Greatest Day" - Take That (1 week)
• "Run" - Leona Lewis (2 weeks)
• "Hallelujah" - Alexandra Burke (2 weeks)

UK Official Top 75 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

[edit] Australia

Australia Official Top 50 #1 Hits

Australia Official Top 50 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

[edit] Classical music

[edit] Instrumental music

• Martin Bresnick - Joaquin is Dreaming
• Lorenzo Ferrero
  • Freedom Variations
  • 2 Agosto. Prima variazione (from Quatro variazioni su un tema di Banchieri)
  • Tourists and Oracles

[edit] Opera

• John Adams - Doctor Atomic

[edit] Other

• Karl Jenkins - Stabat Mater

[edit] Deaths

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[edit] January

• January 3 - Henri Chopin, 85, French sound poet
• January 10 - Dave Day, 66 (heart attack), American guitarist (The Monks)
• January 11 - Pete Candoli, 84 (prostate cancer), American jazz trumpeter
• January 13 - Sergejus Larinas, 51, Russian tenor
• January 17 - Madeleine Michaud, 105, French librettist
• January 19
  • Andy Palacio, 47, Belizean Punta musician
  • Trevor Taylor, 50 (heart attack), German singer (Bad Boys Blue)
  • John Stewart, 68, American singer-songwriter (The Kingston Trio)
• January 20 - Tommy McQuater, 93, British jazz trumpeter
• January 25 - Evelyn Barbirolli, 97, British oboist
• January 30 - Miles Kington, 66, British bassist

[edit] February

• February 3 - Jackie Orszaczky, 60, Hungarian jazz bass-guitarist and composer
• February 4 - Tata Güines, 77, Cuban percussionist and composer
• February 10
  • Freddie Bell, 76, American musician
  • Inga Nielsen, 61 (cancer), Danish soprano
• February 13 - Henri Salvador, 90 (ruptured aneurysm), French singer
• February 15 - Willie P. Bennett, 56 (heart attack), Canadian folk singer-songwriter
• February 19
  • Yegor Letov, 43 (heart stopped), Russian punk singer
  • Teo Macero, 82, American jazz saxophonist, record producer and composer
• February 21 - Joe Gibbs, 65 (heart attack), Jamaican record producer
• February 24 - Larry Norman, 60, American musician
• February 25 - Stephen "Static Major" Garrett, 33, American rapper
• February 26 - Buddy Miles, 60, American drummer (Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys)
• February 27
  • Ray Kane, 82, American slack-key guitarist
  • Ivan Rebroff, 76, German singer
• February 28
  • Mike Conley, 48, American punk singer (M.I.A.)
  • Mike Smith, 64 (pneumonia), British singer and producer (The Dave Clark Five)

[edit] March

• March 2 - Jeff Healey, 41 (cancer), Canadian blues guitarist
• March 3
  • Giuseppe Di Stefano, 86, Italian tenor
  • Norman Smith, 85, British record producer and musician
• March 4 - Leonard Rosenman, 83 (heart attack), American composer
• March 12 - Alun Hoddinott, 78, British composer
• March 13 - Bill Bolick, 90, country musician (The Blue Sky Boys)
• March 15 - Mikey Dread, 53 (brain tumor), Jamaican reggae musician and broadcaster
• March 16
  • Ola Brunkert, 61 (fatal cut), Swedish drummer (ABBA; as a session drummer)
  • Daniel MacMaster, 39 (Group A streptococcal infection), Canadian vocalist (Bonham)
• March 21
  • Klaus Dinger, 61, German drummer (Neu!)
  • Shusha Guppy, 72, Iranian folk-singer and composer
• March 22 - Cachao López, 89 (kidney failure), Cuban bassist
• March 23 - Neil Aspinall, 66 (lung cancer), British music industry executive
• March 29 - Allan Ganley, 77, British jazz drummer
• March 30 - Sean LeVert, 39, American vocalist (LeVert)

[edit] April

• April 6 - Larry Brown, 63 (respiratory condition), American vocalist (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes)
• April 15
  • Sean Costello, 28 (drug overdose), American blues musician
  • Brian Davison, 65, British drummer (The Nice)
• April 17 - Danny Federici, 58 (melanoma), American rock multi-instrumentalist (E Street Band)
• April 20
  • Bebe Barron, 82, American electronic music pioneer
  • VL Mike, 30 (shot), American rap artist
• April 22 - Paul Davis, American singer-songwriter
• April 24
  • Tristram Cary, 82, British composer
  • Jimmy Giuffre, 86 (pnuemonia), American jazz musician
• April 25 - Humphrey Lyttelton, 86, British jazz musician
• April 26 - Henry Brant, 94, American composer
• April 27 - Frances Yeend, 95, American soprano
• April 29 - Micky Waller, 66, British drummer

[edit] May

• May 4 - Kishan Maharaj, 84, Indian tabla player
• May 5 - Jerry Wallace, 79 (congestive heart failure), American country music singer
• May 6 - Franz Jackson, 95, American jazz saxophonist
• May 8
  • Eddy Arnold, 89, American country music singer
  • Larry Levine, 80, American audio engineer
• May 10 - Leyla Gencer, 79, Turkish soprano
• May 11
  • Dottie Rambo, 74 (bus accident), American gospel singer
  • John Rutsey, 54 or 55 (heart attack), Canadian drummer (Rush)
• May 15
  • Alexander Courage, 88, American composer
  • Bob Florence, 75, American jazz pianist
• May 17 - Wilfrid Mellers, 94, British musicologist and composer
• May 21 - Siegmund Nissel, 86, Austrian violinist
• May 23 - Utah Phillips, 73 (heart disease), American folk singer-songwriter
• May 24 - Jimmy McGriff, 72 (multiple sclerosis), American jazz organist
• May 26 - Earle Hagen, 88, American composer
• May 28 - Danny Moss, 80, British jazz saxophonist
• May 30
  • Campbell Burnap, 68 (cancer), British jazz trombonist and broadcaster
  • Nat Temple, 94, British big band leader

[edit] June

• June 1 - Al Jones, 62, British folk musician
• June 2 - Bo Diddley, 79 (heart failure), American rock and roll and blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
• June 4 - Bill Finegan, 91, American jazz pianist and arranger
• June 8 - Šaban Bajramović, 72 (heart attack), Serbian Roma musician
• June 12 - Danny Davis, 83 (heart attack), American band leader
• June 14
  • Jamelão, 95 (multiple organ failure), Brazilian samba singer
  • Esbjörn Svensson, 44, Swedish jazz pianist
• June 16 - Margaret Kitchin, 94, Swiss pianist
• June 17 - Cyd Charisse, 86 (heart attack), American dancer and actress
• June 24 - Ira Tucker, 83 (cardiovascular disease), American gospel singer (The Dixie Hummingbirds)
• June 27
  • Raymond Lefèvre, 78, French easy listening musician
  • Daihachi Oguchi, 84 (car accident), Japanese drummer
  • Leonard Pennario, 83 (Parkinson's disease), American pianist
• June 30 - Ángel Tavira, 83 (kidney complications), Mexican violinist and composer

[edit] July

• July 1 - Mel Galley, 60 (esophagus cancer), British guitarist (Whitesnake, Trapeze, Finders Keepers and Phenomena)
• July 2 - Natasha Shneider, 52 (cancer), Russian keyboardist and vocalist
• July 3 - Oliver Schroer, 52 (leukemia), Canadian fiddler and composer
• July 6 - Bobby Durham, 71, American jazz drummer
• July 7 - Hugh Mendl, 88, British record producer
• July 13 - Gerald Wiggins, 86, American jazz pianist
• July 16 - Jo Stafford, 90 (congestive heart failure), American singer
• July 18
  • Tauno Marttinen, 95, Finnish composer
  • Dennis Townhill, 83, British organist and composer
• July 20 - Artie Traum, 65, American folk musician and composer
• July 22 - Joe Beck, 62 (lung cancer), American jazz guitarist
• July 24 - Norman Dello Joio, 95, American composer
• July 25
  • Hiram Bullock, 52 (throat cancer), American jazz fusion guitarist
  • Johnny Griffin, 80 (heart attack), American jazz saxophonist
• July 27 - Horst Stein, 80, German conductor
• July 28 - Wendo Kolosoy, 83, Congolese rumba musician
• July 31 - Lee Young, 94, American jazz drummer and singer

[edit] August

• August 3
  • Erik Darling, 74, American folk musician
  • Louis Teicher, 83, American pianist
• August 4 - Nicola Rescigno, 92, Italian American conductor
• August 5
  • Robert Hazard, 59, American songwriter
  • Reg Lindsay, 79, Australian country music singer
• August 10
  • Isaac Hayes, 65, American rhythm and blues musician
  • Alexander Slobodyanik, 66, Ukrainian pianist
• August 11 - Don Helms, 81, American steel guitarist
• August 12 - Donald Erb, 81, American composer
• August 14 - Lita Roza, 82, British singer
• August 15 - Jerry Wexler, 91, American producer
• August 16
  • Dorival Caymmi, 94, Brazilian singer-songwriter
  • Ronnie Drew, 73, Irish folk musician (The Dubliners)
  • Johnny Moore, 70, Jamaican trumpeter (The Skatalites)
• August 18 - Pervis Jackson, 70, American R&B singer (The Spinners)
• August 19 - LeRoi Moore, 46, American saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band)
• August 20 - Phil Guy, 68, American blues guitarist
• August 21
  • Jerry Finn, 39, American record producer
  • Buddy Harman, 79, American session drummer
• August 25 - Pehr Henrik Nordgren, 64, Finnish composer
• August 31 - Jerry Reed, 71, American country musician

[edit] September

• September 2 - Arne Domnérus, 83, Swedish jazz saxophonist
• September 6 - Nicole Lai, 34 (skin cancer), Singaporean singr
• September 7
  • Christian Dudek, 42, German drummer (Sodom)
  • Dino Dvornik, 44, Croatian singer, songwriter and music producer
  • Peter Glossop, 80, British opera singer
• September 8
  • Bheki Mseleku, 53 (diabetes-related), jazz musician
  • Jason Stuart, 39, British keyboardist (Hawkwind)
  • Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, 73, Indian violinist
  • Hector Zazou, 60, French composer and producer
• September 10 - Vernon Handley, 77, British conductor
• September 12
  • Marjorie Thomas, 85, British contralto
  • Charlie Walker, 81, American country musician
• September 15 - Richard Wright, 65, British keyboardist (Pink Floyd)
• September 16
  • Norman Whitfield, 68, American songwriter and producer
  • Andrei Volkonsky, 75, Russian (émigré/defector) composer, conductor and harpischordist
• September 18
  • Opal Courtney Jr, 71, American R&B/doo-wop singer (The Spaniels)
  • Mauricio Kagel, 76, Argentine composer
• September 19
  • Earl Palmer, 84, American drummer, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  • Dick Sudhalter, 70, American jazz trumpeter and critic
• September 20 - Nappy Brown, 78, American blues singer
• September 22 - Connie Haines, 87, American singer
• September 24 - Vice Vukov, 72, Croatian singer
• September 25 - Horaţiu Rădulescu, 66, Romanian composer
• September 26
  • Bernadette Greevy, 68, Irish mezzo-soprano
  • Yonty Solomon, 71, South African pianist

[edit] October

• October 1 - Nick Reynolds, 75, American folk musician
• October 3 - Johnny "J", 39, American songwriter, music producer and rapper
• October 4
  • Levi Kereama, 27, Australian musician
  • Alfred Gallodoro, 95, American jazz musician
• October 9 - Gidget Gein, 39, American bassist (Marilyn Manson)
• October 10
  • Alton Ellis, 70, Jamaican rocksteady musician
  • Dave Wright, 64, The Troggs
• October 11
  • Russ Hamilton, 78, British singer
  • Neal Hefti, 85, American jazz trumpeter and composer
• October 13 - Gus Chambers, 52, British vocalist
• October 15 - Frankie Venom, 51, Canadian vocalist (Teenage Head)
• October 17 - Levi Stubbs, 72, American vocalist (The Four Tops)
• October 18
  • Peter Gordeno, 69, Burmese singer
  • Dave McKenna, 78, American jazz pianist
  • Dee Dee Warwick, 63, American soul singer
• October 24 - Merl Saunders, 74, American musician^[66]
• October 27 - Ray Ellis, 85, American musician^[67]
• October 29 - Mike Baker, 45, American singer (Shadow Gallery)^[68]
• October 31 - Frank Navetta, 46, American punk rock guitarist (Descendents)^[69]

[edit] November

• November 1
  • Jack Reno, 72, American country singer
  • Jimmy Carl Black, 70, American drummer (The Mothers of Invention)
  • Nathaniel Mayer, 64, American R&B singer^[70]
• November 4 -
  • Alan Hazeldine, 60, Scottish conductor and pianist^[71]
  • Byron Lee, 73, Jamaican musician
• November 7 - Jody Reynolds, 75, American singer
• November 10 - Miriam Makeba, 76, South African singer
• November 12 - Mitch Mitchell, 61, British drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
• November 22 - MC Breed, 37, American Rapper
• November 23 - Richard Hickox, 60, British conductor
• November 24
  • Michael Lee, 39, British drummer (The Cult)
  • Kenny MacLean, 52, Canadian bassist (Platinum Blonde)
• November 26 - Pekka Pohjola, 56, Finnish composer
• November 30 - Munetaka Higuchi, 49, Japanese drummer (Loudness)

[edit] December

• December 2 - Odetta, 77, American folk musician
• December 9
  • Steve Isham, 56, American keybordist (Autograph)
  • Dennis Yost, 65, American vocalist (Classics IV)
• December 14 - Jay E. Welch, American Musician
• December 15 - Davey Graham, 68, British guitarist
• December 17
  • John Sean Byrne, 61, Irish guitarist (Count Five)
  • Feliciano Vierra Tavares, 88, American Musician
• December 25
  • Eartha Kitt, 81, American singer and actress
  • Robert Ward, 70, American blues musician
• December 27 - Roque Cordero, 91, composer
• December 28 - Vincent Ford, 68, Jamaican reggae songwriter
• December 29 - Freddie Hubbard, 70, American jazz trumpeter

[edit] Musical Films

• The Cheetah Girls: One World premiered August 22 bringing over 6.2 million viewers in the U.S. although the lowest viewing of the series had amazing success.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• List of albums released in 2008
• Timeline of musical events

[edit] References