• 2000 in music
• Record labels established in 2000

Events

• January - Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.
• January 1
  • John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List.
  • At exactly midnight EST in New York City, Prince plays his classic song "1999" to celebrate the new century, and then vows to never play it again.
• January 14 - Rolling Stone reveals that the two children of Melissa Etheridge and her partner, Julie Cypher, were fathered by David Crosby.
• January 18 - Spencer Goodman is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, for the 1991 kidnap and murder of the wife of ZZ Top manager Bill Ham in 1991. Bill is present at the execution.
• February 9 - The Million Dollar Hotel, a film co-written by U2 lead singer Bono, premieres at the 50th Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival).
• February 7 Big Pun dies of a fatal heart attack.
• February 11 - Diana Ross divorces her husband of 14 years
• February 16 - The Silver Tassie, an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage, premieres at the London Coliseum, performed by the English National Opera.
• February 23
  • Israeli singer Ofra Haza dies aged 42. The cause is widely reported as organ failure or pneumonia, arising from HIV/AIDS complications.
  • At the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, Santana wins a record 8 Grammys in one night tying Michael Jackson who won 8 in 1984. Christina Aguilera won Best New Artist.
• February 24 - Italian motorcycle manufacturing company Aprilia wins a lawsuit filed against the Spice Girls over a sponsorship deal that fell apart when Geri Halliwell left the group.
• February 26 - Australian rock band AC/DC releases new studio album Stiff Upper Lip, their first since 1995's Ballbreaker.
• February 28 - Songwriter Stan Penrige files a lawsuit against the rock band KISS, the band's publishing company and Universal Music Group, claiming that he had not received millions of dollars in publishing royalties that he was owed for the song "Beth".
• March 6 - Foxy Brown is injured in a car accident in Brooklyn, New York, in which her car hit a fence. Police discover that Brown was driving with a suspended driver license and order her to appear in court in April. Brown's license was suspended for failing to appear in court for a parking violation.
• March 13 - Blink-182 ends its European tour after singer & guitarist Tom Delonge and drummer Travis Barker succumb to strep throat.
• March 24 - After violating a prior probation agreement by getting drunk, Ol' Dirty Bastard is ordered to undergo a 90 day diagnostic evaluation at the California Institute For Men in Chino, California.
• March 28 - Jimmy Page wins a lawsuit filed against Ministry magazine, which claimed that Page had contributed to the death of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham by wearing a Satanic robe and chanting spells while Bonham was dying. The magazine apologizes and offers to pay Page's legal bills. Page donates the money received from the case to the Action for Brazil's Children Trust.
• April - *NSYNC breaks the previous record of 1.1 million with a 2.4 million debut of No Strings Attached, which is also the first album to sell over 800,000 copies at least 2 weeks.
• April 6 - Shawn Colvin, James Taylor, Cyndi Lauper, Richard Thompson, Sweet Honey, Elton John, Cassandra Wilson, Wynonna Judd, k.d. lang, Bryan Adams, and Mary Chapin Carpenter perform in New York as part of a tribute to Joni Mitchell.
• April 4 - Mick Jagger attends the opening of an arts center at Dartford Grammar School in southeast England which was named after him.
• April 12 - Metallica files a lawsuit against Napster, Yale University, University of Southern California and Indiana University for copyright infringement. Yale and Indiana are later dropped from the suit when they block access to Napster on campus computers.
• May 1 - A $1.8 million civil fraud lawsuit is filed against Neil Young in Los Angeles Superior Court by a former Village Voice writer. The lawsuit charges that Young broke an agreement to have a biography written about him when he blocked the book's publication.
• May 4 - Letters To Cleo play their last concert in Boston; they disband the following month.
• May 5 - Rod Stewart undergoes an hour-long throat operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California to remove a growth on his thyroid, which turns out to be benign.
• May 6 - John Mellencamp receives an honorary Doctor of Music degree as the commencement speaker for Indiana University's Class of 2000.
• May 13 - The 45th Eurovision Song Contest final, held in Stockholm's Globe Arena, is won by Denmark's Olsen Brothers and the song "Fly on the Wings of Love".
• May 16 - Britney Spears's second LP, Oops!… I Did It Again sells 1.3 million copies in its debut week and 500,000 one the first day of its release, making it the highest debut by any solo artist in US history.
• May 30 - Eminem's second LP, The Marshall Mathers LP sells 1.76 million copies on its debut week, becoming the fastest selling rap album ever according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Produced by Dr. Dre, the album breaks the previous record of 803,000 copies set by Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle, also produced by Dr. Dre
• June 13 - Bon Jovi release their highly anticipated album Crush, their first album in almost five years.
• June 20 - Billy Gilman's debut album One Voice was released under Epic Records. The album was certified 2x platinum, making Gilman the youngest artist in music history to perform a feat.
• June 30 - Nine people are crushed to death during Pearl Jam's set at the Roskilde Festival, in Roskilde, Denmark.
• July 21 and July 22 - Oasis plays at Wembley Stadium. The first of this night is featured on the double CD and the DVD Familiar to Millions.
• August 20 - Skinny Puppy reunite for a concert at the Doomsday Festival in Dresden, Germany.
• September 7 - Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerford is arrested for climbing on the set at MTV's Video Music Awards.
• September 18 - Madonna releases her album, Music, which hits number one on the album charts and becomes Madonna's first number one album since her 1989's Like a Prayer album.
• September 23 - Isaac Stern celebrates his 80th birthday together with his 40th anniversary as President of Carnegie Hall.
• October - The Beatles release a hardcover book version of The Beatles Anthology, containing newly published photos and interviews with band members. The book went straight to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list.
• October 17 - Limp Bizkit release Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water selling over a million copies in it first week of release, a new record for a rock album.
• October 18 - Zack de la Rocha leaves Rage Against the Machine saying that the band's decision making process has completely failed.
• November 5 - The fourth Terrastock festival is held in Seattle.
• December - Tripp Eisen formerly of Dope replaces Koichi Fukuda in Static-X.
• December 2
  • The Backstreet Boys debuts with 1.6 million with Black & Blue and becomes the first artists in history to achieve back-to-back million-plus first week sales. Also sells 5 million worldwide and sets a record for the best International Sales Week in History.
  • The Smashing Pumpkins played what was to be their final concert at the Metro Club in Chicago. The band has since returned and they continue to perform live.
• December 5 - Daft Punk's "One More Time" is released and made #61 on the US Hot 100 songs.
• December 22 - Madonna marries film director Guy Ritchie, at Skibo Castle in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland with Gwyneth Paltrow, Stella McCartney, Sting, George Clooney, Jon Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Bryan Adams, Rupert Everett and others in attendance.

Undated

• Brian Marshall quit Creed.
• The Joel and Ethan Coen film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is released, with a T-Bone Burnett-produced soundtrack that revives the popularity of traditional American folk music and bluegrass.
• Deporitaz releases Outsmart his first album, on MP3.com.
• Michael Jackson received the award for best selling male artist of the millennium.
• Mariah Carey received the award for best selling female artist of the millennium.

Bands formed

• See Musical groups established in 2000

Bands Disbanded

• All Saints (reformed in 2006)
• Art of Noise
• Ben Folds Five
• Color Me Badd
• Pezz (legal issue with band name, changed name to Billy Talent)
• Candlebox
• dc Talk
• The Golden Palominos
• Hi-Standard
• Hum
• Jack Off Jill
• June of 44
• Kid Dynamite
• Knapsack
• Lifter Puller
• Luna Sea
• Luscious Jackson
• The Make-Up
• The Paradise Motel (reform in 2007)
• Phish (hiatus until 2002, disband in 2004)
• The Posies (reformed in 2004)
• Primus (hiatus until 2004)
• Rage Against the Machine (reformed in 2007)
• Sacred Reich (reformed in 2007)
• Screaming Trees
• Seaweed (reformed in 2007)
• Skunk Anansie
• The Smashing Pumpkins (reformed in 2006)
• Soul Coughing
• Urban Dance Squad

Bands reformed

• The Presidents of the United States of America (after 1998 break)

Albums released

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• Cherry Kicks - Caesars
• Spacebrock - Hawkwind
• Night and Day II - Joe Jackson

Top hits on record

• "Absolutely Everybody" - Vanessa Amorosi (January 2000)
• "Adam's Song" - Blink-182 (September 5)
• "Again" - Lenny Kravitz (November 14)
• "American Psycho" - Treble Charger
• "All the Small Things" - Blink-182 (January 18)
• "Babylon" - David Gray
• "Bang Bang Boom" - The Moffatts
• "Beautiful Day" - U2 (October 9/10)
• "Be With You - Enrique Iglesias (March 7)
• "Bent" - Matchbox Twenty (July 4(U.S.)
• "Black Coffee" - All Saints (October 2)
• "Bohemian Like You" - The Dandy Warhols
• "Boyz-N-The-Hood" - Dynamite Hack
• "Breathe" - Faith Hill (November 1999)
• "Break Stuff" - Limp Bizkit (April 18)
• "Bye Bye Bye" - 'N Sync (January)
• "The Call" - Backstreet Boys
• "Can I Get A" - Jay-Z Featuring Ja Rule
• "Case of the Ex" - Mya (November 14)
• "Californication" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (June 19)
• "Change " - Deftones
• "Come On Over " - Christina Aguilera (September 26)
• "Coming Around" - Travis (June 5)
• "Day & Night" - Billie Piper (May 15)
• "Don't Say You Love Me" - M2M (January 2000)
• "Disillusion" - Badly Drawn Boy
• "Dig" - Mudvayne
• "Faded" - SoulDecision
• "Feel the Beat" - Darude
• "Freestyler" - Bomfunk MC's
• "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" - Britney Spears (February 1 [US] - February 22 [Aus])
• "Get Down" - B4-4
• "Get Off" - Dandy Warhols
• "Go Let It Out" - Oasis (7 February)
• "Graduation " - Vitamin C (July 4)
• "He Loves U Not"- Dream (September 12(U.S.)
• "He Wasn't Man Enough" - Toni Braxton
• "I Try" - Macy Gray (27 September 1999 (UK))
• "If You're Gone" - Matchbox Twenty
• "Il y a trop de gens qui t'aiment" - Hélène Ségara
• "Independent Women Part I" - Destiny's Child (October 10, 2000, November 21, 2000 (U.S.)
• "It's Gonna Be Me" - 'N Sync
• "It's My Life" - Bon Jovi (May 23)
• "It's So Hard"" - Big Pun (April 17)
• "It Wasn't Me" - Shaggy feat. Rikrok
• "Kids" - Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue (October 9)
• "Kryptonite" - 3 Doors Down (August 29)
• "L'Envie d'aimer" - Daniel Lévi
• "Last Resort" - Papa Roach (September 18)
• "Life Is a Rollercoaster" - Ronan Keating (July 10)
• "Long Way Around" - Eagle Eye Cherry and Neneh Cherry
• "Loser" - 3 Doors Down
• "Lucky" - Britney Spears (August 4 [UK] August 15 [US])
• "Make Me Bad" - KoЯn
• "Makes No Difference" - Sum 41
• "Mama Told Me Not to Come" - Tom Jones and the Stereophonics
• "Maria Maria" - Santana (January 25)
• "The Masses Against The Classes" - Manic Street Preachers (January 10)
• "Minority" - Green Day (October 31)
• "Miserable" - Lit
• "Miss You Love" - Silverchair (September 1999)
• "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" - Eels (14 February (UK))
• "Music" - Madonna (August 21)
• "My Generation" - Limp Bizkit (September 2000)
• "Ooh It's Kinda Crazy" - SoulDecision
• "Oops!... I Did It Again" - Britney Spears (April 25 [US], May 1 [UK])
• "Original Prankster" - The Offspring (October 24)
• "Otherside" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (January 11)
• "On a Night Like This" - Kylie Minogue
• "Parle-moi" - Isabelle Boulay
• "Pinch Me" - Bare Naked Ladies (August 29)
• "Please Stay" - Kylie Minogue (December 11)
• "Pure Shores" - All Saints (February 26)
• "Rise" - Gabrielle (January 24(UK) May 2(U.S.))
• "Rock DJ" - Robbie Williams (July 31)
• "Rock the Party " - P.O.D. (August)
• "Rollin' " - Limp Bizkit (September, 2000)
• "Say My Name" - Destiny's Child (February 29(U.S.), May 16(UK)
• "7 Days" - Craig David
• "17 Again" - Eurythmics (January 2000)
• "School of Hard Knocks" - P.O.D.
• "Sex Bomb" - Tom Jones featuring Mousse T.
• "Shape of My Heart" - Backstreet Boys (October 31)
• "Something Deep Inside" - Billie Piper (September 18)
• "Southtown" - P.O.D.
• "Stan" - Eminem featuring Dido (December)
• "Strange Days" - Matthew Good Band
• "Spinning Around" - Kylie Minogue (June 2000)
• "Still" - Macy Gray (March 13(UK), May 16(U.S.)
• "Shine" - Vanessa Amorosi (June 2000)
• "Stronger" - Britney Spears (November 13 (EUR) December 4 [UK], November 30 [US]
• "Sunday Morning Call" - Oasis (3 July)
• "Thank God I Found You" - Mariah Carey featuring Joe and 98 Degrees (January 25 (U.S.), February 28(UK))
• "Thank You For Loving Me" - Bon Jovi (December)
• "The Everlasting Gaze" - Smashing Pumpkins
• "The Great Beyond" - R.E.M. (November 1999(US), January 24, 2000 (UK))
• "The Real Slim Shady" - Eminem (May 16)
• "There She Goes" - Sixpence None the Richer
• "There You Go" - Pink (February 8(U.S.))
• "This Time Around" - Hanson
• "Trouble" - Coldplay (October 26)
• "Try Again" - Aaliyah (February 29)
• "Untitled " - D'Angelo (January 1)
• "Wait and Bleed" - Slipknot (February)
• "Warning" - Green Day (December 11)
• "Who Let the Dogs Out?" - Baha Men (July)
• "Yellow" - Coldplay (26 June)

Top 5 Selling Albums of the Billboard Year

1. Britney Spears - Oops!... I Did It Again
2. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
3. Faith Hill - Breathe
4. 'N Sync - No Strings Attached (Currently Still holds the record for Best-selling Album sold in a single week (2.41 million), and the most sold in one day (over 1 million).
5. Santana - Supernatural

Top 20 selling albums of the year (Soundscan)

1. 'N Sync - No Strings Attached, 9,936,104 copies
2. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP, 7,921,107 copies
3. Britney Spears - Oops!... I Did It Again, 7,893,544 copies
4. Creed - Human Clay, 6,587,834 copies
5. Santana - Supernatural, 5,857,824 copies
6. The Beatles - 1, 5,068,300 copies
7. Nelly - Country Grammar, 5,067,529 copies
8. Backstreet Boys - Black & Blue, 4,289,865 copies
9. Dr. Dre - The Chronic 2001, 3,992,311 copies
10. Destiny's Child - The Writing's on the Wall, 3,802,165 copies
11. 3 Doors Down - The Better Life, 3,800,515 copies
12. Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera, 3,768,441 copies
13. Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, 3,744,561 copies
14. Dixie Chicks - Fly, 3,520,469 copies
15. Sisqó - Unleash the Dragon, 3,493,269 copies
16. Faith Hill - Breathe, 3,365,926 copies
17. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
18. Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Music, Volume 5 (U.S. series), 3,155,083 copies
19. DMX - And Then There Was X, 3,093,579 copies
20. Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause, 2,804,158 copies

Classical music

• Thomas Adès – Piano Quintet, op. 20
• John Coolidge Adams - El Niño (opera-oratorio)
• John Luther Adams – The Light That Fills the World, for orchestra
• Julian Anderson – Alhambra Suite, for chamber orchestra
• Milton Babbitt
  • Little Goes a Long Way, for violin and piano
  • Pantuns, for soprano and piano
• Leonardo Balada - Music for Flute and Orchestra
• Chen Yi – KC Capriccio, for wind ensemble and mixed choir
• Edward Cowie
  • Bad Lands Gold, for tuba and piano
  • Concerto for oboe and orchestra
  • Dark Matter, for brass ensemble
  • Elysium IV, for orchestra
  • Four Frames in a Row, for high voice and baroque ensemble
  • The Healing of Saul, for violin and harp (or piano)
  • Several Charms, for violin and piano
• Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Symphony No. 7
  • Symphony No. 8 Antarctica
• Peter Eötvös – Paris–Dakar, for ensemble
• Lorenzo Ferrero
  • Rastrelli in Saint Petersburg
  • Sonata for viola and piano
• Stefano Gervasoni - Rigirio
• Frans Geysen
  • Alles heeft zijn tijd 1, for orchestra
  • Alles heeft zijn tijd 2, for string quartet
  • Alles heeft zijn tijd 3, for string quartet
  • Alles heeft zijn tijd 4, for keyboard instrument
  • Alles heeft zijn tijd 5, for keyboard instrument
  • Alles heeft zijn tijd 6, for string quartet
  • Alles heeft zijn tijd 7, for four-part mixed choir (or string quartet, or trumpet, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon)
  • Alles heeft zijn tijd 8, for keyboard instrument
  • Alles heeft zijn tijd 9, for 4 trumpets
  • Alles komt terug 2, for three-part choir
  • Alles komt terug 3, for SSATB choir
  • Alles komt terug 4, for carillon
  • Alles komt terug 5, for keyboard instrument
  • Benadering van de kern, for keyboard instrument
  • Muziek voor toetsenbord 2, for piano
  • Toetsing, for keyboard instrument
• Philip Glass
  • Tirol Concerto, for piano and orchestra
  • Concerto Fantasy, for two timpanists and orchestra
• Alexander Goehr
  • Piano Quintet, op. 69
  • Suite, for two pianos, op. 70
• Karl Jenkins - Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot
• Nigel Keay - Viola concerto ([24309])
• Meyer Kupferman - Icon Symphony
• Mario Lavista
  • Estudio, for four marimbas
  • Mater dolorosa, for organ
  • Tres Miniaturas, for guitar,
• György Ligeti – Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel
• Magnus Lindberg
  • Corrente - China Version
  • Jubilees, for piano
• James MacMillan – Mass, for choir and organ
• Mesías Maiguashca – El Tiempo, for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 cellos, 2 percussionists, and electronics
• Tomás Marco – América (cantata)
• Donald Martino – Romanza, for violin solo
• Robert Morris
  • In Concert, for ten instruments
  • Still, for piano
• Bayan Northcott – Alma Redemptoris Mater, for three tenors, op. 7, no. 2
• Gérard Pape – Tantric Transformations, eight-channel electronic music and digital video
• Henri Pousseur
  • Anneaux du soleil, for piano
  • Navigations, for harp
  • Seize Paysages planétaires, ethno-electroacoustical music
• Wolfgang Rihm
  • Auf einem anderen Blatt, for piano
  • Concerto (Dithyrambe), for string quartet and orchestra
  • Deus passus (Passions-Stücke nach Lukas), for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra
  • … fleuve V (omnia tempus habent), for mezzo-soprano, baritone, distant ensemble (2 trumpets, 3 percussion), and large orchestra
  • Frage, for coloratura soprano, English horn, A-clarinet (+ bass clarinet), harp, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion
  • Im Anfang, for large orchestra
  • In Frage, for English horn, bass clarinet, harp, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion
  • Rilke: Vier Gedichte, for tenor and piano
  • Stilles Stück (text by Hermann Lenz), for baritone and 2 string quartets
  • Vers une symphonie fleuve IV, for large orchestra
  • Vier Male (Stücke), for A-clarinet
• Peter Ruzicka - Traces, for clarinet and orchestra
• Peter Sculthorpe
  • Djilile, for string quartet
  • From the River, for violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano
  • Harbour Dreaming, for piano (originally titled Between Five Bells)
  • New Norcia, for brass and percussion
  • Parting, for viola and piano
  • Quamby, for chamber orchestra
  • Reef Singing, for clarinet and piano
  • Saibai, for unison voices and drums
  • Song for a Penny, for solo piano (shorter and longer versions)
  • Tailitnama Song, for viola and piano, or viola solo
  • Three Shakespeare Songs, for voice and piano (Text: William Shakespeare)
• Roger Smalley – String Quartet No. 2
• Juan Maria Solare
  • Blockartig, for three recorders (TTB)
  • Constelación (Nueva Suite Modal) [Constellation (New Modal Suite)], five pieces for flute and clarinet
  • de capa caída, tango for two pianos
  • Utopía caminante [Walking Utopia], for trombone and cello
  • Viejo Fueye Deconstruido [Old, deconstructed bag (bellows)], postmodern tango for tenor saxophon, bandoneon, double bass, and piano
• Karlheinz Stockhausen
  • Engel-Prozessionen (from Sonntag aus Licht)
  • Refrain 2000
• John Tavener - Song of the Cosmos
• Charles Wuorinen
  • Fourth String Quartet
  • Cyclops 2000, for twenty players

Opera

• Michael Abels - Homies and Popz
• John Coolidge Adams – El Niño (opera-oratorio)
• Peter Maxwell Davies – Mr Emmet Takes a Walk
• Carlisle Floyd - Cold Sassy Tree
• Cristóbal Halffter - Don Quijote
• Jake Heggie - Dead Man Walking
• Michael Nyman - Facing Goya
• Sheila Silver - The Thief of Love
• Richard Thomas - Tourette's Diva

Musical theater

• Aida Broadway production
• The Dead Broadway production
• The Full Monty Broadway production
• Jane Eyre Broadway production
• The Music Man (Meredith Willson) - Broadway revival
• Seussical Broadway production
• The Sapphire Necklace Midway Village premiere

Musical film

• The Tigger Movie released February 10
• The Fantasticks released September 22 starring Joel Grey

Births

• August 11 - Rocco John Ritchie, son of Madonna and Guy Ritchie

Deaths

• January 16 - Gene Harris (67), jazz pianist
• February 4 - Doris Coley (59), the Shirelles
• February 7 - Big Punisher (28) (heart attack)
• February 7 - Dave Peverett , (Foghat)
• February 12 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (70), U.S. vocal artist
• February 23 - Ofra Haza (42), singer
• February 28 - George Siravo (83), US arranger and saxophonist
• March 1 - Dennis Danell (38), Social Distortion (brain aneurysm)
• March 4 – Walter Dana (97), polka-music promoter
• March 7 - Pee Wee King (86), country musician and songwriter (heart attack)
• March 20 - Gene "Eugene" Andrusco (38), actor, singer (brain aneurysm)
• March 27 - Ian Dury (57), English rock musician (liver cancer)
• April 27 - Vicki Sue Robinson (45), US disco singer (cancer)
• May 20 - Jean Pierre Rampal (78), flautist
• July 6 - Ľudovít Rajter (93), Slovak composer and conductor
• July 11 - Jaroslav Filip (51), Slovak musician, actor
• July 24 - Oscar Shumsky (83), violinist
• July 28 - Jerome Smith, KC and the Sunshine Band
• August 13 - Nazia Hassan (34), iconic Pakistani singer (lung cancer)
• September 21 - Bengt Hambraeus (72), composer for organ
• September 26 - Carl Sigman (91), songwriter
• October 3 - Benjamin Orr (53), bassist, vocalist of The Cars
• October 10 - Julie London (74), US singer and actress
• October 27 - Winston Grennan (56), Jamaican drummer
• October 28 - Carlos Guastavino (78), composer
• October 30 - Steve Allen (78), comedian, composer, talk show host, author
• November 8
  • Brian Boydell (83), Irish composer
  • Dick Morrissey (60), UK tenor saxophonist (cancer)
• November 12 - Stanley Turrentine (64), US tenor saxophonist (stroke)
• November 16 - DJ Screw (29), hip-hop DJ
• December 18 - Kirsty McColl (41), English singer songwriter (swimming accident)
• December 24 - Nick Massi (65), bass singer in The Four Seasons

Awards

• The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Eric Clapton, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Moonglows, Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor
• Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Shirley Caesar, and The Oak Ridge Boys

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 2000

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Mercury Music Prize

• The Hour of Bewilderbeast - Badly Drawn Boy wins.

MTV Video Music Awards

• 2000 MTV Video Music Awards

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

• Triple J Hottest 100, 2000