Timeline of musical events


This page indexes the individual year in music pages.

2020s

2010s

2000s

List of 10 best-selling albums of the 2000s

  1. The Beatles – 1 – 31 million – 2000
  2. Norah Jones – Come Away with Me – 26 million – 2002
  3. Backstreet Boys – Black & Blue – 24 million – 2000
  4. Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory – 24 million – 2000
  5. Britney Spears – Oops!... I Did It Again – 20 million – 2000
  6. Usher – Confessions – 20 million – 2004
  7. Eminem – The Eminem Show – 19 million – 2002
  8. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP – 19 million – 2000
  9. Avril Lavigne – Let Go – 17 million – 2002
  10. Evanescence – Fallen – 17 million – 2003

1990s

List of 10 best-selling albums of the 1990s

  1. Whitney Houston / Various artists – The Bodyguard – 45 million – 1992
  2. Shania Twain – Come on Over – 40 million – 1997
  3. Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill – 33 million – 1995
  4. Mariah Carey – Music Box – 32 million – 1993
  5. Celine Dion – Falling into You – 32 million – 1996
  6. Michael Jackson – Dangerous – 32 million – 1991
  7. Celine Dion – Let's Talk About Love – 31 million – 1997
  8. Madonna – The Immaculate Collection – 30 million – 1990
  9. Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time – 30 million – 1999
  10. Backstreet Boys – Millennium – 30 million – 1999

1980s

1970s

1960s

1950s

1959 in music, 1959 in British music, 1959 in Norwegian music
1958 in music, 1958 in British music, 1958 in Norwegian music
1957 in music, 1957 in British music, 1957 in Norwegian music
1956 in music, 1956 in British music, 1956 in Norwegian music
1955 in music, 1955 in British music, 1955 in Norwegian music
1954 in music, 1954 in British music, 1954 in Norwegian music –
1953 in music, 1953 in British music, 1953 in Norwegian music
1952 in music, 1952 in British music, 1952 in Norwegian music
1951 in music, 1951 in British music, 1951 in Norwegian music
1950 in music, 1950 in British music, 1950 in Norwegian music

1940s

1930s

1920s

1910s

1900s

1890s

1880s

1870s

1860s

1850s