Today in Music History

Nickelback released their fifth album, All The Right Reasons, featuring the hits “Photograph,” “Far Away,” and “Rockstar.” The album reached number one in both Canada and the US, where it sold more than 10 million copies.

The opening concert of the Barbra Streisand tour at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center set a record for the highest one-day gross in the arena's ten-year history: $5,265,600 from an attendance of 16,510.

Former R. Kelly employee Henry Vaughn filed a lawsuit accusing the singer of assault, unlawful restraint, and breach of contract concerning royalties. He also claimed that Kelly and his associates dragged him into the basement of his home and repeatedly beat him.

A federal jury in Minnesota found Jammie Thomas-Rasset liable on October 4, 2007, for willful copyright infringement involving 24 sound recordings shared through the peer-to-peer service Kazaa. The jury awarded the rights holders statutory damages of $9,250 for each recording, totaling $222,000. It was the first trial against an individual in the recording industry's campaign against illegal music sharing, which began in 2003 and involved thousands of lawsuits.

The Rolling Stones set a new record for the total gross of a concert tour with the A Bigger Bang Tour. The tour ran from late 2005 through August 2007, with the band playing 113 concerts to more than 3.5 million people and grossing £247 million ($437 million). It surpassed U2's previous record with the Vertigo Tour, which grossed £220 million ($389 million).

Darius Rucker, former frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish, reached number one on the US country chart with his first country song, “Don't Think I Don't Think About It.” He became the first solo African American artist to reach the top of the country chart since Charley Pride in 1983. The song was his first solo Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

Kings of Leon's fourth studio album, Only by the Night, entered the UK albums chart at number one. It also reached the top in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.

Bruno Mars released his debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans.

Agnetha Fältskog of ABBA, aged 62, announced her return to recording after more than eight years away from the music scene. Her last album, My Colouring Book, was released in 2004. The recording sessions later resulted in the album A, released in 2013, and marked her return to music.

Tommy Roe released the four-track mini-album Memphis Me, his first new music since the late 1990s.

The Scottish indie rock band alt-J earned their first UK number-one album with their second studio album, This Is All Yours.

Barbra Streisand became the first musical artist to have a number-one album on the Billboard 200 in six different decades. Her 34th studio album, Partners, reached the top of the chart and became her tenth Billboard 200 number-one album.

Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj reached number one on the UK singles chart with Bang Bang.

Paul Revere, whose real name was Paul Revere Dick, keyboardist, founder, and leader of Paul Revere & the Raiders, died on October 4, 2014, at the age of 76 after battling cancer. He led the group from 1961 to 1971, during which time they had fifteen songs in the US Billboard Top 40, including the hits “Kicks,” “Hungry,” “Good Thing,” and “Him or Me—What’s It Gonna Be?”

T-Pain began an acoustic tour in San Francisco, performing his hits without his usual Auto-Tune.

The Warner Bros. Pictures film Joker used Gary Glitter's song “Rock and Roll Part 2.” The use of the song caused controversy because of Glitter's conviction for sexual offenses and concerns that he might receive significant royalties from the film. The rights holders later confirmed that Gary Glitter would receive no royalties or other payments from the use of the song because he had previously sold his rights; in the US, the publishing rights are held by Universal Music Publishing Group.

The album Abbey Road returned to number one on the UK albums chart 49 years and 252 days after its previous reign, following an expanded 50th-anniversary reissue. This set a UK record for the longest gap between two periods in which an album topped the albums chart. It had originally spent 17 weeks at number one in 1969 and 1970.

American country singer and songwriter Loretta Lynn died at the age of 90 at her home on her ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. She wrote more than 160 songs and released 60 albums, won three Grammys, and in 1972 became the first woman to win the Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year award. Her autobiography Coal Miner's Daughter was adapted into a film, and the 1980 movie won Sissy Spacek the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Lady Gaga did not have to pay a $500,000 reward to the woman who returned her stolen French bulldogs in 2021. The judge ruled that Jennifer McBride was not entitled to the reward because she later admitted to receiving stolen property. McBride also sought $1.5 million in damages, but the court rejected her claim.