Events in 2000
- Madonna released the single “Music”, the title track of her eighth studio album of the same name. Its B-side featured the song “Cyber-Raga”. The song became one of her most successful hits and reached number one on the charts in several countries.
- Jerome Smith of KC and the Sunshine Band died after being crushed by a bulldozer while working. He was a member of the group, which had the U.S. No. 1 hits “Get Down Tonight” and “That's the Way (I Like It).”
- Madonna’s “Music” music video premiered.
- Liverpool music retailer Rushworth and Dreaper closed after approximately 150 years in business. The store became renowned for supplying musical instruments to The Beatles and other Liverpool bands.
- Maurice Kinn, founder and publisher of the British music magazine New Musical Express, died in London at the age of 76.
- Pearl Jam played the first show of the North American leg of their Binaural Tour in Virginia Beach.
- Craig David reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart with “7 Days”. It was his second consecutive No. 1 hit.
- The film “Coyote Ugly” premiered in U.S. theaters.
- The fourth installment of the U.S. “Now That's What I Call Music! 4” series reached No. 1 on the U.S. chart. The compilation included tracks by artists such as Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Lopez, Blink-182 and Lenny Kravitz.
- Police were called to Gary Glitter's home in west London after a crowd gathered outside and began shouting at him.
- It was announced that Ice-T would play a detective in the television series “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”
- The Jimi Hendrix estate won an international arbitration case over the domain name www.jimihendrix.com. The World Intellectual Property Organization ruled that the then-holder, Denny Hammerton, had no legitimate claim to the domain and had registered and used it in bad faith.
- James Brown's head of security was arrested in connection with a fire in Augusta, Georgia, that destroyed Brown's offices.
- Attorneys general from 28 U.S. states filed a class-action lawsuit against major record companies over alleged efforts to keep CD prices high and penalize retailers that sold them below the minimum price set by the labels. The case was later settled for $143 million, and millions of customers who purchased CDs between 1995 and 2000 received compensation.
- English singer-songwriter Arlo Parks was born.
- Madonna gave birth to her second child, son Rocco Ritchie, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills. His father was British director Guy Ritchie.
- Former Spice Girls member Melanie C reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart with “I Turn to You”.
- Nineteen-year-old Craig David released his debut album Born To Do It, which debuted at number one on the UK album chart and became the fastest-selling debut album by a British solo artist.
- They played a free protest concert in Los Angeles across the street from Staples Center, where the Democratic National Convention was being held. After the concert, police used pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd of 9,000 people after the event turned violent.
- David Bowie and his wife Iman celebrated the birth of their first daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones.
- At the age of 60, the guitarist of The Tornados died. He played on their American and British hit “Telstar”. He was also an original member of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates and played on their hit “Shakin' All Over”. He also worked as a session musician and arranger.
- Coldplay reached the top of the UK best-selling albums chart with their debut album, Parachutes.
- Melanie C scored her second UK number one single with “I Turn to You”. The song topped the singles charts in Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden and also reached number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart.
- Richard Ashcroft, Paul Weller, James, Toploader, Barenaked Ladies, Moby, Beth Orton, Joe Strummer, Feeder, Dandy Warhols and Coldplay performed at the V2000 festival in Staffordshire, England.
- Bon Jovi played the final concert at the historic Wembley Stadium before its demolition.
- Coldplay, Barenaked Ladies, Moby and Cypress Hill performed on the final day of the V2000 festival in Staffordshire, England.
- Janet Jackson reached No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Doesn't Really Matter”. At the same time, Nelly began a five-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with “Country Grammar”.
- Spiller reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart with "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)." The Italian DJ and producer based the track on a sample of Carol Williams' 1977 song "Love Is You" and added vocals by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, winning a high-profile chart battle against Victoria Beckham.
- Survivor filed a lawsuit against TVT Records after the label released a soundtrack to the television show “Survivor”. Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan said it was unfortunate that, after 23 years of building, promoting and protecting the group's name, someone could come along and release a recording using it.
- Kenny Loggins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The event was timed to coincide with the home video release of Disney's “Tigger: The Movie”, for which Loggins wrote and sang the song “Your Heart Will Lead You Home”.
- Oscar-winning composer, arranger, producer and musician Jack Nitzsche died at the age of 63 at Queen of Angels Hospital in Hollywood from cardiac arrest caused by a recurring bronchial infection. He was known for his work with Phil Spector, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield and The Walker Brothers; with The Rolling Stones he also worked as an arranger and keyboardist. He contributed music to the films “The Exorcist” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and co-wrote the Oscar-winning song “Up Where We Belong” with Buffy Sainte-Marie and Will Jennings for the 1982 film “An Officer and a Gentleman”.
- At the Carling Weekend Reading and Leeds festival in England, performers included Oasis, Primal Scream, Foo Fighters, The Bluetones, Muse, Eminem, Beck, Stereophonics, Blink 182, Slipknot, Placebo, Pulp, Rage Against The Machine, Gomez, Limp Bizkit, Embrace and The Wannadies.
- American musician and songwriter Allen Woody, former bassist of The Allman Brothers Band and co-founder of Gov't Mule, died at the age of 44 in New York City. When he was found dead in a hotel room in Queens, initial reports listed the cause of death as undetermined; a later toxicology examination linked it to an apparent heroin overdose.
- Craig David reached No. 1 on the UK album chart with his debut studio album “Born to Do It”.
- De La Soul released “Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump”, their first album in four years. The album debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
- Janet Jackson began a three-week run at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 with “Doesn’t Really Matter”. The song appeared in the film “Nutty Professor II: The Klumps”, starring Janet Jackson and Eddie Murphy.
- Nelly began a five-week run at No. 1 on the US album chart with his debut studio album “Country Grammar”.
- Radiohead announced that their new album “Kid A” would be released exclusively online before its physical distribution.
- Slipknot caused chaos at the Kerrang! Awards. Band members smashed glasses, set their table on fire, knocked a monitor off the stage, and destroyed a microphone. The band won three awards, including Best Single and Best Live Band.
- The Spice Girls held five places on a list of the twenty highest-earning British celebrities serving as company directors. The companies Monsta Productions, Moody Productions, Red Girl Productions, Moneyspider Productions and Geri Productions each earned £6 million.
- The group's last surviving original member, Herb Reed, obtained an injunction against a group using the name The Platters that had none of the original members.
- The single “Music” debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Madonna’s tenth UK single to reach the top of the chart. The song was taken from her album of the same name, and the music video also featured comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G. Madonna thereby became the first woman to have ten albums reach number one on the UK Albums Chart.
- Toni Braxton received the Aretha Franklin Award for Entertainer of the Year at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards in Santa Monica, California. Destiny’s Child, Angie Stone and Mary J. Blige each received two awards.
- American bassist and songwriter David Brown died at the age of 53 from liver and kidney failure. He was best known as Santana's lead bassist from 1966 to 1971. With Santana, he performed at Woodstock and the 1969 Altamont festival and played on the band's first three studio albums. He was later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Santana.
- Smashing Pumpkins, who had announced their breakup, released Machina II: The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music in an extremely limited run of just 25 copies. The band sent them to fans and associates with instructions to copy and distribute the album online.
- Tori Amos gave birth to her daughter, Natashya Hawley. The child's father was her husband, English sound engineer Mark Hawley.
- MP3.com agreed to pay Universal Music $53.4 million to settle a legal dispute concerning licensing.
- Timothy Commerford, bassist of Rage Against The Machine, disrupted the MTV Video Music Awards by climbing onto the stage structure while Limp Bizkit were accepting the award for Best Rock Video for “Break Stuff”. He confused the organizers and band members and delayed the program by 20 minutes. Rage Against The Machine had been nominated in the category for “Sleep Now in the Fire”. Commerford was eventually persuaded to come down, then arrested and charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
- INXS, Men at Work, and John Paul Young performed at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games.
- Madonna topped the US album chart with “Music”, her fourth album to reach No. 1 in the United States.
- Midnight Oil performed “Beds Are Burning” at the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Sydney. The members of the band wore the word “sorry” on their black clothing as a symbolic gesture toward Australia’s Indigenous people.
- The Recording Industry Association of America introduced rules for labeling recordings containing material considered unsuitable for children in the United States.
- Coldplay began their first headline concert tour with a performance at Cambridge Junction in England.
- Sources report that divorce proceedings were filed between Paul Anka and his wife Anne de Zogheb, a former model, after 37 years of marriage. Some sources state that Anne Anka filed, while others say Paul Anka filed. One source states that the couple had been married since 1963 and had five daughters.
- Radiohead released their fourth album “Kid A.”
- The High Court of Justice in England ruled that Robbie Williams's song “Jesus in a Camper Van” used lyrics from Woody Guthrie's song “I Am the Way,” which had been adapted for parody purposes by Loudon Wainwright III. In 2001, it was decided that no punitive damages would be awarded, but the authors were entitled to 25% of royalties and 25% of legal costs.
- Benjamin Orr, bassist, singer and co-founder of The Cars, died at his home in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of 53 from pancreatic cancer. He sang lead vocals on many of the group's best-known hits, including “Just What I Needed,” “Bye Bye Love,” “Drive,” “Let's Go” and “Moving in Stereo.” In 1986, he also had a solo hit with “Stay the Night” from his debut album The Lace. The Cars were voted Best New Artist in a 1978 Rolling Stone readers' poll; their debut album The Cars sold six million copies and spent 139 weeks on the Billboard 200.
- Mark David Chapman, the killer of John Lennon, was denied parole for the first time after 20 years in prison. He testified for approximately 50 minutes before the parole board. The board concluded that his release would “deprecate the seriousness of the crime.” Yoko Ono strongly supported his continued imprisonment through letters.
- Paul Simon released You're the One, his tenth studio album, approximately ten years after his previous album The Rhythm of the Saints.
- Craig David won three awards at the MOBO Awards: Best R&B Act, Best UK Newcomer, and Best UK Single for “Fill Me In.”
- The Dixie Chicks were major winners at the CMA Awards. They won Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year for Fly, Vocal Group of the Year, and Video of the Year for “Goodbye Earl.”
- The series Gilmore Girls premiered on The WB, featuring a new version of Carole King's “Where You Lead” as its theme song, performed by King with her daughter Louise Goffin.
- The Beatles released their autobiography. The book contained 350,000 words, cost £35 and, according to the publishers, had more than 1.5 million orders worldwide; shops in Japan and the UK opened at midnight in anticipation of demand.
- The British television program Top of the Pops published a Top 40 ranking of the singles that had spent the longest time on the UK chart. At No. 1 was Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, followed by She Loves You by The Beatles at No. 2 and My Way by Frank Sinatra at No. 3.
- Rapper Busta Rhymes was sentenced by the Manhattan Supreme Court to five years of probation after pleading guilty to a weapons possession charge.
- Three investors in Steven Seagal's unreleased album sued the actor, claiming that he had no intention of completing the project. Michael Vanderhoof, Michael Khaled and Donald Danks claimed that they had jointly invested $600,000 in recording the album and filming an accompanying documentary.
- The television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS with “Who Are You” by The Who as its theme song. Three other series in the franchise also used The Who songs as their theme songs: CSI: Miami (“Won't Get Fooled Again”), CSI: NY (“Baba O'Riley”) and CSI: Cyber (“I Can See For Miles”).
- Howard Stern was named Personality of the Year in the nationally syndicated radio personalities category at the Billboard/Airplay Monitor Radio Awards.
- Chris LeDoux underwent a liver transplant in Omaha after being diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis in August 2000. His friend Garth Brooks had originally wanted to donate part of his liver, but he was not a suitable donor and another donor was found.
- Madonna's album Music reached No. 1 on the US albums chart. The album topped the charts in more than 20 countries.
- Radiohead began a two-week run at No. 1 on the UK album chart with their fourth studio album, “Kid A.” The album was also the band's first release to debut at No. 1 in the US, and it also topped the charts in New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, and France.
- Barry White gave a speech before the debating society at Oxford University.
- On what would have been John Lennon's 60th birthday, the book "Lennon Remembers: The Complete Rolling Stone Interviews" was released, containing previously unpublished controversial interviews and material considered too controversial to publish years earlier.
- The John Lennon Museum opened in Japan on what would have been his 60th birthday. It operated for exactly ten years under an agreement with Yoko Ono.
- Styx member Dennis DeYoung sued the band after it toured without him while he was unable to perform because of chronic fatigue. The dispute was settled out of court, but DeYoung never returned to the lineup.
- Britney Spears made her UK concert debut during the first of three sold-out concert nights at London's Wembley Arena.
- Former Styx frontman Dennis DeYoung filed a federal lawsuit against his bandmates after they replaced him and began touring under the name Styx without his consent. DeYoung had been forced to stop performing because of severe chronic fatigue syndrome, which caused extreme sensitivity to light and made performing impossible for him. The dispute was eventually settled out of court, and DeYoung was permanently barred from returning to the group. Styx continued to perform his signature songs “Come Sail Away” and “The Grand Illusion.”
- Eddie Vedder, Ani DiFranco, Ben Harper, and Patti Smith took part in a rally at Madison Square Garden in support of presidential candidate Ralph Nader. George W. Bush ultimately won the US presidential election; according to the source, Nader received some votes that might otherwise have gone to Democratic candidate Al Gore.
- The British newspaper The Mirror reported that Toni Braxton had withdrawn from the MOBO Awards after one of her breast implants ruptured. A spokesperson for her record label, Arista, declined to comment on the singer’s personal life.