This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2004.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

January–February

March–April

May–June

July–August

September–October

November–December

Bands formed

See Musical groups established in 2004

Bands on hiatus

Bands disbanded

See Musical groups disestablished in 2004

Bands re-formed

Albums released

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Unknown release dates

Popular songs

• "1, 2 Step" – Ciara ft. Missy Elliott • "10 A.M. Automatic" – The Black Keys • "1985" – Bowling for Soup • "99 Problems" – Jay-Z • "À chaque pas" – Jonatan Cerrada • "Accidentally in Love" – Counting Crows • "All Downhill From Here" – New Found Glory • "All That I've Got" – The Used • "All These Things That I've Done" – The Killers • "Almost" – Bowling for Soup • "Always" – Blink-182 • "Amazing" – George Michael • "American Idiot" – Green Day • "Amerika" – Rammstein • "Another Planet" – Pendulum • "Baba Oje' Is The Oldest One" – Arrested Development • "Baby It's You" – JoJo featuring Bow Wow • "Back Up" – Pitbull • "Balla Baby" – Chingy • "Banzai" – B'z • "Beautiful Soul" – Jesse McCartney • "Because of You" – Nickelback • "Because You Live" – Jesse McCartney • "Before I Forget" – Slipknot • "Black Betty" – Spiderbait • "Bless The Broken Road" – Rascal Flatts • "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – Green Day • "Breakaway" – Kelly Clarkson • "Breaking the Habit" – Linkin Park • "Bridging the Gap" – Nas featuring Olu Dara • "Bring 'Em Out" – T.I. • "Burn" – Usher • "Bus durch London" – Christina Stürmer • "Butterflies and Hurricanes" – Muse • "California Dreamin'" – Royal Gigolos • "Call On Me" – Eric Prydz • "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" – The Offspring • "Caught Up" – Usher • "Cerca de ti" – Thalía • "Chains" – Duran Duran • "Ch-Check It Out" – Beastie Boys • "Club Foot" – Kasabian • "Cold" – Crossfade • "Come Clean" – Hilary Duff • "Comfortably Numb" – Scissor Sisters • "Culo" – Pitbull • "Curtain Falls" – Blue • "Daughters" – John Mayer • "A Decade Under the Influence" – Taking Back Sunday • "Despre tine" – O-Zone • "Det gör ont" – Lena Philipsson • "Ding Dong Song" – Günther and the Sunshine Girls • "Dirt off Your Shoulder" – Jay-Z • "Disco Inferno" – 50 Cent • "Divide The Hate" – Sumbersed • "Don't Tell Me" – Avril Lavigne • "Down" – Blink-182 • "Dragostea Din Tei" – O-Zone • "Drop It Like It's Hot" – Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams • "Dry Your Eyes" – The Streets • "Duality" – Slipknot • "Everybody's Changing" – Keane • "Everytime" – Britney Spears • "Face à la mer" – Calogero and Passi • "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" – Nickelback • "Femme Like U (Donne-moi ton corps)" – K.Maro • "Figured You Out" – Nickelback • "First" – Lindsay Lohan • "Flap Your Wings" – Nelly • "Flawless (Go to the City)" – George Michael • "Float On" – Modest Mouse • "Fly" – Hilary Duff • "For You" – The Disco Boys • "Força" – Nelly Furtado • "From the Inside" – Linkin Park • "Gasolina" – Daddy Yankee • "Getting Away with Murder" – Papa Roach • "Ghetto" – Akon • "Girls " – The Prodigy • "Goodies" – Ciara featuring Petey Pablo • "Hands to Heaven" – Christian Bautista • "Heaven" – Los Lonely Boys • "Heavy on My Heart" – Anastacia • "Hey Mama" – The Black Eyed Peas • "High" – James Blunt • "Hitomi no Juunin" – L'Arc-en-Ciel • "Holiday" – Green Day • "Hollaback Girl" – Gwen Stefani • "Hollow" – Submersed • "Hotride" – The Prodigy • "How We Do" – The Game • "I Am" – Killing Heidi • "I Believe In You" – Kylie Minogue • "I Don't Wanna Know" – Mario Winans featuring Enya & P.Diddy • "I Just Wanna Live" – Good Charlotte • "I Miss You" – Blink-182 • "I Predict a Riot" – Kaiser Chiefs • "I Wish" – Guy Sebastian • "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" – My Chemical Romance • "In the Shadows" – The Rasmus • "Just Be" – Tiësto • "Just Lose It" – Eminem • "Kailan Pa Ma'y Ikaw" – Christian Bautista • "Killin' Me" – Drowning Pool • "Kryptonite" – Guy Sebastian • "La La" – Ashlee Simpson • "La Rivière de notre enfance" – Garou and Michel Sardou • "Laid to Rest" – Lamb of God • "Laissez-moi danser" – Star Academy 4 • "Last Train Home" – Lostprophets • "Lazy Generation" – The F-Ups • "Leave (Get Out)" – JoJo • "Left Outside Alone" – Anastacia • "Let Me Love You" – Mario • "Let's Get It Started" – The Black Eyed Peas • "Let's Get Blown" – Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams • "Little Voice" – Hilary Duff • "Life" – Seven Wiser • "Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw • "Locked Up" – Akon • "Lose My Breath" – Destiny's Child • "Lovers & Friends" – Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Usher and Ludacris • "Lovesong" – 311 • "Lying from You" – Linkin Park • "Maps" – Yeah Yeah Yeahs • "Meant to Live" – Switchfoot • "Milkshake" – Kelis • "Modern Times" – J-five • "Money" – David Guetta • "Move Ya Body" – Nina Sky • "Mr. Brightside" – The Killers • "Musicology" – Prince • "My Band" – D12 • "My Boo" – Usher featuring Alicia Keys • "My Immortal" – Evanescence • "My Happy Ending" – Avril Lavigne • "My Place" – Nelly featuring Jaheim • "My Prerogative" – Britney Spears • "My Secret Life" – Eric Burdon • "My Spirit Will Go On" – DragonForce • "Nasty Girl" – Nitty • "Naughty Girl" – Beyoncé • "Nobody's Home" – Avril Lavigne • "Not in Love" – Enrique Iglesias featuring Kelis • "Not Listening" – Papa Roach • "Obsesión" – Aventura • "Ocean Avenue" – Yellowcard • "Oh My God" – Kaiser Chiefs • "Oh Oh" – Guy Sebastian • "On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec" – Hélène Ségara & Laura Pausini • "On the Way Down" – Ryan Cabrera • "Open Your Eyes" – Alter Bridge • "Out with My Baby" – Guy Sebastian • "Outrageous" – Britney Spears • "Over" – Lindsay Lohan • "Oye Mi Canto" – N.O.R.E. featuring Nina Sky • "Party for Two" – Shania Twain featuring Billy Currington/Mark McGrath • "Physical" – Alcazar • "Pieces of Me" – Ashlee Simpson • "Predictable" – Good Charlotte • "Pump It Up!" – Danzel • "Push Up" – Freestylers • "(Reach Up for The) Sunrise" – Duran Duran • "Real N***a Roll Call" – Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Ice Cube • "The Reason" – Hoobastank • "Rich Girl" – Gwen Stefani ft. Eve • "Right to Be Wrong" – Joss Stone • "Rockit" – Gorillaz • "Rumors" – Lindsay Lohan • "Same Direction" – Hoobastank • "Scars" – Papa Roach • "See You at the Show" – Nickelback • "Shake That Bush Again" – The Mooney Suzuki • "She Wants to Move" – N.E.R.D. • "She Will Be Loved" – Maroon 5 • "She's No You" – Jesse McCartney • "Shadow" – Ashlee Simpson • "Si demain... (Turn Around)" – Bonnie Tyler and Kareen Antonn • "Sick and Tired" - Anastacia • "Since U Been Gone" – Kelly Clarkson (#1 on Radio Top 40 of 2005) • "Single" – Natasha Bedingfield • "Slash Dot Dash" – Fatboy Slim • "Slither" – Velvet Revolver • "Sobri (notre destin)" – Leslie & Amine • "Soldier" – Destiny's Child • "Soldiers of the Wasteland" – DragonForce • "Solitary Man" – H.I.M. • "Somebody Told Me" – The Killers • "Somethin' is Goin' On" – Cliff Richard • "Someone's Watching Over Me" – Hilary Duff • "Somewhere Only We Know" – Keane • "Spare Me the Details" – The Offspring • "Stay" – David Guetta featuring Chris Willis • "Step Up" – Drowning Pool • "Sunshine" – Twista featuring Anthony Hamilton • "Superstar" – Jamelia • "Take It Away" – The Used • "Take Me As I Am" – Seven Wiser • "Take Me Out" – Franz Ferdinand • "Take My Breath Away" – Jessica Simpson • "Talk About Our Love" – Brandy featuring Kanye West • "Thank You" – Jamelia • "That's Nasty" – Pitbull • "These Words" – Natasha Bedingfield • "Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist" – Muse • "'Till I Get My Way"/"Girl Is on My Mind" – The Black Keys • "Time Is Running Out" – Muse • "Tipsy" – J-Kwon • "Thief's Theme" – Nas • "This Is the World We Live In" – Alcazar • "This Love" – Maroon 5 • "Toujours pas d'amour" – Priscilla Betti • "Toxic" – Britney Spears • "Trick Me" – Kelis • "True" – Ryan Cabrera • "Truth of My Youth" – New Found Glory • "U Should've Known Better" – Monica • "Unholy Confessions" – Avenged Sevenfold • "Unwritten" – Natasha Bedingfield • "Used to Love U" – John Legend featuring Kanye West • "Vertigo" – U2 • "Vindicated" – Dashboard Confessional • "Wake Me Up When September Ends" – Green Day • "Walkie Talkie Man" – Steriogram • "The Way"/"Solitaire" – Clay Aiken • "The Way You Look At Me" – Christian Bautista • "Welcome to My Life" – Simple Plan • "We Are" – Ana Johnsson • "We're All To Blame" – Sum 41 • "Westside Story" – The Game • "What U Gon' Do" – Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz featuring Lil Scrappy • "What You Waiting For?" – Gwen Stefani • "When You're Gone" – Richard Marx • "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" – Relient K • "Who Is It" – Björk • "Wisemen" – James Blunt • "With You" – Jessica Simpson • "The World is Mine" – David Guetta • "Yeah!" – Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris • "You Had Me" – Joss Stone • "You Won't Forget About Me" – Dannii Minogue vs. "Flower Power" • "You're Beautiful" – James Blunt

Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US

Top 15 selling albums of the year globally

Classical music

Opera

Jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

January–February

March–April

May–June

July–August

September–October

November–December

Awards

The following artists were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Jackson Browne, The Dells, George Harrison, Prince, Bob Seger, Traffic, ZZ Top.

ARIA Music Awards

BRIT Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Grammy Awards

Juno Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

Charts

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