The album would be the top seller of the year with four number one singles. March 23 – Usher releases his Confessions album selling 1.1 million copies its first week, making him the first R&B artist to ever accomplish that.March 13 – Luciano Pavarotti gives his last performance in an opera, in Tosca at the New York Metropolitan Opera.Future releases will be available from his web site in return for donations to his favourite charities. March 10 – George Michael announces that Patience will be his last commercially released record.March 9 – Westlife member Brian McFadden leaves the band.

March 2 – Britney Spears embarks on The Onyx Hotel Tour, her first tour in 2 years to support her fourth studio album, In The Zone.Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan posts a bitter message on his personal blog calling D'arcy Wretzky a 'mean spirited drug addict' and blaming James Iha for the breakup of the band.The Darkness, Dido, Busted, Justin Timberlake and KRS-One are among the winners. Originally scheduled for 75 performances, it would run for 248 shows over five years, including twenty-four tour dates in Europe. February 13 – Elton John begins The Red Piano concert residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

The album also got certified 2× Platinum (Latin) by the RIAA. The album charted at #1 on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums and at #105 on the Billboard 200.

February 10 – Paulina Rubio releases her seventh studio ' Pau-Latina' under Universal Music Mexico.

The song will reach number one on the Billboard Modern Rock chart.

February 9 – Blink-182 release single ' I Miss You' from the album Blink-182.

Coldplay's ' Clocks' wins Record of the Year, while Luther Vandross' ' Dance with My Father' wins Song of the Year. Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below becomes the first rap album to win Album of the Year.

February 8 – The 46th Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Daron Hagen is appointed President of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation in New York City.

The phrase ' wardrobe malfunction' is coined during the ensuing controversy. The performance concludes with Jackson's right breast being exposed to the audience.

Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake perform onstage at Super Bowl XXXVIII.

A Perfect Circle is originally named in the lineup but later withdraw, with Fear Factory appearing as a mystery artist in place of all of A Perfect Circle's scheduled slots.

January 16– February 1 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Metallica.

January 15 – Rapper Mystikal is sentenced to six years in prison for sexual battery.

January 3 – Britney Spears marries Jason Allen Alexander, a childhood friend, in Las Vegas.

The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.

12 Top 15 selling albums of the year globallyĮvents January–February.

11 Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US.

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