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- Guy Babylon, Elton John’s keyboardist, died of a heart attack while swimming in the pool at his home in Los Angeles. He had been an important member of John’s touring and recording band for more than 21 years.
- Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet Tour became, according to the source, the highest-grossing worldwide tour by a solo artist, with approximately $408 million in revenue. It included performances in 32 countries.
- Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff awarded permanent custody of Michael Jackson’s children to his mother, Katherine Jackson.
- The-Dream and Christina Milian secretly married in Las Vegas; they separated three months later, although the breakup was not made public until July 2010.
- Dizzee Rascal and singer Chrome reached number one on the UK singles chart with “Holiday.”
- Mickey Jones, a founding member and original bassist of the rock band Angel, died at the age of 56 after a long battle with liver cancer.
- Reba McEntire reached number one on the US Billboard 200 with her 28th studio album, Keep On Loving You.
- The British Daily Telegraph published a report claiming that 17-year-old Benjamin Keough, Elvis Presley's grandson, had been offered a $5 million contract by Universal Records to record up to five albums. Universal Music Group subsequently officially declared the report completely false. Keough never released any commercial music during his lifetime.
- British newspaper Daily Telegraph reported that Universal Records had offered Elvis Presley's 17-year-old grandson Benjamin Keough $5 million for up to five albums. Universal Music Group quickly declared the widely repeated report completely false, and Keough never released commercial music during his lifetime.
- Esquire magazine named Kate Beckinsale its Sexiest Woman Alive and published a video featuring the actress accompanied by Jet's song “Goodbye Hollywood.”
- Mumford & Sons released their debut album “Sigh No More” in the United Kingdom. The album included the singles “Little Lion Man” and “The Cave.” In February 2011, after 72 weeks on the chart and following its win in the Album of the Year category at the 2011 BRIT Awards, it reached No. 2 in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and was the third most-downloaded album of 2011, with 761,000 copies sold. The group attracted attention in 2011 with a performance of “The Cave” at the Grammy Awards.
- Madonna's album Celebration, her third greatest-hits compilation, was at No. 1 on the UK album chart on this day. The album was successful worldwide, reaching No. 1 on the charts in twelve countries and selling more than four million copies.
- KISS released the album Sonic Boom, which was distributed exclusively through the Walmart retail chain; it was the group's first album with its lineup at the time.
- Barbra Streisand's album “Love Is the Answer” reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200; it was her ninth No. 1 album, selling 180,000 copies in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan. This extended her record among female artists for the most No. 1 albums in Billboard 200 history.
- Davy Jones of The Monkees told the National Enquirer that he would never reunite with his former bandmates and sharply criticized them. A year later, however, he changed his position and announced plans for a group reunion.
- Film and television composer Vic Mizzy, best known for the theme songs to the series The Addams Family and Green Acres, died in Bel Air, Los Angeles, at the age of 93.
- Bruce Springsteen performed his final concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, where an early version of "Wrecking Ball", written specifically for the occasion, was also performed.
- Paramore's third studio album, Brand New Eyes, reached number one on the UK album chart. That same year, it also topped the charts in Australia, Ireland and New Zealand.
- Pearl Jam reached number one on the U.S. album chart with their ninth studio album, Backspacer. The album also topped the charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Portugal.
- Irish pop singer and songwriter Stephen Gately of Boyzone died at the age of 33 while on holiday in Majorca, Spain. Police found no signs of suspicious circumstances; his cause of death was later reported as a congenital heart defect. Gately was one of Boyzone's two lead singers.
- Barbra Streisand's album Love Is the Answer reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200. It was her ninth US chart-topping album and made her the first recording artist to have a No. 1 album in five different decades.
- Jo Wood, wife of The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, was granted a divorce after 24 years of marriage because of her husband's infidelity. The couple separated in 2008 after Ronnie began a relationship with a significantly younger woman.
- Singer and bassist Dickie Peterson, best known as frontman of Blue Cheer, dies in Erkelenz, Germany, aged 63. The cause is liver cancer. The band is known in part for its heavier rock cover of “Summertime Blues,” which reached No. 14 on the U.S. chart in 1968. Peterson was the band’s only constant member from 1967 to 2009.
- Justin Bieber meets 14-year-old fan Hailey Baldwin backstage at the Today show. They later begin dating and marry in 2018.
- Michael Jackson’s previously unreleased song “This Is It” is released posthumously as a promotional single for the concert documentary of the same name. It is his first new music release since his death in June of that year.
- American singer and actor Al Martino died at the age of 82. He had eleven songs reach the US Billboard Top 40. His best-known hits included "I Love You Because", "Spanish Eyes", and "I Love You More and More Every Day". He played Johnny Fontane in the film The Godfather. His song "Here in My Heart" became the first single to top the UK singles chart published by New Musical Express in November 1952.