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Music History Events: Releases

August 26, 2002 Coldplay, known for their global smash "Yellow," prove they're not one-hit wonders with the release their masterful sophomore album, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, which boasts the Top 10 UK singles "In My Place," "The Scientist" and "Clocks." The album wins Best Alternative Album at the 2003 Grammy Awards, where "In My Place" and "Clocks" earn respective trophies for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Record of the Year.

August 16, 2002 Twenty-five years after the death of Elvis Presley, an album containing 30 of his #1 hits is released with "A Little Less Conversation" as a bonus track - a remix of that one went to #1 UK in June.

July 30, 2002 Bruce Springsteen releases The Rising.

July 16, 2002 After unfinished tracks from their shelved project The Lillywhite Sessions are leaked on the internet, Dave Matthews Band reworks the songs and release them as Busted Stuff.More

July 14, 2002 The Australian rock band The Vines release their debut album, Highly Evolved, earning raves from both NME and Rolling Stone, which put them on their covers and compare them to Nirvana.

June 25, 2002 Maroon 5 release their debut album, Songs About Jane, Jane being lead singer Adam Levine's ex-girlfriend. It slowly finds and audience and becomes a surprise hit over a year later thanks to the songs "Harder To Breathe," "She Will Be Loved" and "This Love."

June 4, 2002 Avril Lavigne, 17, releases her debut album, Let Go, which goes to #1 in her native Canada and sells over 7 million copies in America.More

May 21, 2002 Little Big Town release their disastrous self-titled debut through Sony's Monument Records. Although the album produces a couple minor hits on the Country chart, the group is denigrated by critics as a fake country band, devoid of substance. LBT proves them wrong with their acclaimed 2005 album, The Road to Here.

April 23, 2002 Nine months after the album was rejected by Reprise Records, Wilco release Yankee Hotel Foxtrot on Nonesuch Records. It earns nearly universal acclaim from critics and goes Gold, earning the group a legion of new fans.

March 26, 2002 Celine Dion releases the album A New Day Has Come, her first as a mom (son René-Charles was born a year earlier). I goes to #1 in many territories, including the US, UK, and Canada.

January 22, 2002 Bad Religion release their 12th full-length studio album, The Process of Belief. It is their first recording with Brett Gurewitz on guitar since 1994's Stranger Than Fiction and their debut with current drummer Brooks Wackerman. It's also their first studio album released on Epitaph Records since 1993's Recipe for Hate.

November 20, 2001 Creed release their third album, Weathered. The lead single, "My Sacrifice," finds frontman Scott Stapp reconnecting with his better self, but he continues to battle mental health issues and depression, and the band breaks up in 2004. They return in 2009 to make one last album, Full Circle.

November 20, 2001 Deana Carter releases Father Christmas.

October 30, 2001 Barbra Streisand releases Christmas Memories.

October 23, 2001 Incubus release their fourth album, Morning View, named for Morning View Drive, the road they lived on in Malibu while making it. The lead single is "Wish You Were Here," inspired when lead singer Brandon Boyd was looking out on the Pacific Ocean.

September 25, 2001 For the first time ever, the Recording Academy agrees to accept a downloadable single for Grammy consideration. Virgin Records releases two singles: "Dig In," by Lenny Kravitz and "God Gave Me Everything" by Mick Jagger, which are released to digital retailers via Liquid Audio.

September 10, 2001 Jo Dee Messina releases "Bring On The Rain," which becomes an anthem of grief and resilience after the terrorist attacks the next day.

August 28, 2001 With nu-metal still alive and well, Puddle Of Mudd release their debut album, Come Clean. It sells over 3 million copies thanks to the hits "Blurry," "Control," and "She Hates Me."

August 7, 2001 Usher puts out his third album, 8701, the title a reference to the release date. It includes two #1 hits: "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad."

May 15, 2001 God Bless the Go-Go's, the Go-Go's fourth album, is released. It is the band's first studio album in 17 years.

May 8, 2001 Sum 41 release their debut studio album, All Killer, No Filler.

March 27, 2001 Bruce Springsteen releases Live In New York City, the accompanying album to an HBO concert film that follows the Boss and his E Street Band on a ten-show tour, ending at New York City's Madison Square Garden.

March 26, 2001 Gorillaz release their debut self-titled album, which becomes a surprise chart success in the US. Although the band's vocalist, Damon Albarn, is well known in Europe through his band Blur, he is virtually unknown in the States, leading to low expectations for the release. The album eventually sells over a million copies in America and peaks at #14.

November 13, 2000 In the UK, The Beatles release 1, a compilation of 27 British and US #1 tracks.

October 24, 2000 Nelly Furtado, 21, releases her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, which includes the self-written hits "Turn Off The Light" and "I'm Like A Bird."

September 26, 2000 98 Degrees' new album Revelation is premiered in US Wal-Mart stores via an exclusive satellite broadcast concert.

September 26, 2000 Creed lead singer Scott Stapp launches his With Arms Wide Open Foundation with a fundraising re-release of the song "With Arms Wide Open."

September 20, 2000 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is released a year after its popular predecessor. The skateboarding video game features a mix of punk, metal and hip-hop on its soundtrack, including Bad Religion's "You" and the Anthrax/Public Enemy collab "Bring The Noise."

September 12, 2000 LL Cool J popularizes the phrase "GOAT," meaning the Greatest Of All Time, with the release of his eighth album, G.O.A.T., where he claims that title. The album lives up to its billing, going to #1.

August 14, 2000 Nineteen-year-old Craig David releases his first album, Born To Do It, which debuts at #1 on the UK Albums chart and becomes the fastest-selling debut album by a British male solo act.