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This page indexes the individual year in music pages.

Contents:
Ancient music – Early history – 1500s – 1510s – 1520s – 1530s – 1540s – 1550s – 1560s – 1570s – 1580s – 1590s – 1600s – 1610s – 1620s – 1630s – 1640s – 1650s – 1660s – 1670s – 1680s – 1690s – 1700s – 1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s – 1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s – 1890s – 1900s – 1910s – 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s – 2020s

2020s

Main article: 2020s in music

2010s

Main article: 2010s in music

2000s

Main article: 2000s in music
Live 8 concerts took place in 9 countries worldwide during 2005.

List of 10 best-selling albums of the 2000s

  1. The Beatles – 1 – 31 million[5] – 2000
  2. Norah Jones – Come Away with Me – 26 million[6] – 2002
  3. Backstreet Boys – Black & Blue – 24 million[7][8] – 2000
  4. Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory – 24 million[9] – 2000
  5. Britney Spears – Oops!... I Did It Again – 20 million[10] – 2000
  6. Usher – Confessions – 20 million[11] – 2004
  7. Eminem – The Eminem Show – 19 million[12] – 2002
  8. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP – 19 million[12][13] – 2000
  9. Avril Lavigne – Let Go – 17 million[14] – 2002
  10. Evanescence – Fallen – 17 million[15] – 2003

1990s

Main article: 1990s in music

List of 10 best-selling albums of the 1990s

  1. Whitney Houston / Various artists – The Bodyguard – 45 million[20][21] – 1992
  2. Shania Twain – Come on Over – 40 million[22] – 1997
  3. Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill – 33 million[23] – 1995
  4. Mariah Carey – Music Box – 32 million[24] – 1993
  5. Celine Dion – Falling into You – 32 million[25] – 1996
  6. Michael Jackson – Dangerous – 32 million[26][27] – 1991
  7. Celine Dion – Let's Talk About Love – 31 million[28] – 1997
  8. Madonna – The Immaculate Collection – 30 million[29][30] – 1990
  9. Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time – 30 million[31][32] – 1999
  10. Backstreet Boys – Millennium – 30 million[33][34] – 1999

1980s

Main article: 1980s in music

1970s

Main article: 1970s in music

1960s

Main article: 1960s in music

1950s

Main article: 1950s in music

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

Main article: 1940s in music

1930s

1920s

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1900s

1890s

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1490s and 1500s

Early history

15th century

14th century

13th century

12th century

Ancient music

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