2000 in music

Specific locations

• 2000 in British music
• 2000 in Norwegian music
• 2000 in South Korean music

  Specific genres

• 2000 in classical music
• 2000 in country music
• 2000 in heavy metal music
• 2000 in hip hop music
• 2000 in Latin music
• 2000 in jazz

  Events

January

• January 1
• *In New York City, United States, at precisely midnight, Prince celebrates the start of the final year before the new millennium by playing his anthemic "1999", in what he vows is the song's :wiktionary:finale#Noun|finale.
• *British composer John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List.
• January 11
• *Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.
• *Sharon Osbourne quits as manager of Smashing Pumpkins after only three months. In a brash press release she announces she had to resign "for medical reasons: Billy Corgan was making me sick."
• *Singer Whitney Houston is caught with 15.2 grams of marijuana in her bag at a Hawaii airport. She boards her flight to San Francisco before police can arrive to arrest her.
• January 14 – Rolling Stone reveals that the two children of Melissa Etheridge and her partner, Julie Cypher, were fathered by David Crosby.
• January 18 – Spencer Goodman is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, for the 1991 kidnap and murder of the wife of ZZ Top manager Bill Ham in 1991. Ham is present at the execution.

  February

• February 9 – The Million Dollar Hotel, a film co-written by U2 lead singer Bono, premieres at the 50th Berlinale.
• February 11 – Diana Ross divorces Arne Næss, Jr. her husband of 14 years.
• February 16 – The Silver Tassie, an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage, receives its première at the London Coliseum, performed by the English National Opera.
• February 23 – At the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, Santana wins a record 8 Grammys in one night tying Michael Jackson who won 8 in 1984. Christina Aguilera won Best New Artist.
• February 24 – Italian motorcycle manufacturing company Aprilia wins a lawsuit filed against the Spice Girls over a sponsorship deal that fell apart when Geri Halliwell left the group.

  March

• March 6 – Foxy Brown is injured in a car accident in Brooklyn, New York, in which her car hit a fence. Police discover that Brown was driving with a suspended driver license and order her to appear in court in April. Brown's license was suspended for failing to appear in court for a parking violation.
• March 7 – heavy metal band Disturbed release their debut studio album The Sickness.
• March 11 – 311 holds their first 3–11 Day concert at Tower Records in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
• March 13 – Blink-182 end their European tour early after guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker succumb to strep throat.
• March 21 – NSYNC rises to superstardom after the fast-paced sales of their second studio album No Strings Attached
• March 24 – After violating a prior probation agreement by getting drunk, Ol' Dirty Bastard is ordered to undergo a 90-day diagnostic evaluation at the California Institute For Men in Chino, California.

  April

• April 1 – Ted Nugent angers Hispanic groups in Texas after onstage remarks he makes during a concert at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, in which he says that those who did not speak English should get out of America. He is banned from the venue as a result.
• April 4 – Mick Jagger attends the opening of an arts center named after him at Dartford Grammar School in southeast England.
• April 6 – Shawn Colvin, James Taylor, Cyndi Lauper, Richard Thompson, Sweet Honey, Elton John, Cassandra Wilson, Wynonna Judd, k.d. lang, Bryan Adams, and Mary Chapin Carpenter perform in New York as part of a tribute to Joni Mitchell.
• April 12 – Metallica files a lawsuit against the peer-to-peer service Napster, as well as Yale University, University of Southern California and Indiana University for copyright infringement. Yale and Indiana are later dropped from the suit when they block access to Napster on campus computers.
• April 25 – Nu Metal Band Papa Roach Released their second studio album Infest

  May

• May 1 – A $1.8 million civil fraud lawsuit is filed against Neil Young in Los Angeles Superior Court by a former Village Voice writer. The lawsuit charges that Young broke an agreement to have a biography written about him when he blocked the book's publication.
• May 3 – 75-year-old tenor Carlo Bergonzi makes his final professional appearance at Carnegie Hall, in a concert performance of Otello. After two acts, he is replaced by an understudy.
• May 4 – Letters To Cleo play their last concert in Boston; they disband the following month.
• May 5 – Rod Stewart undergoes an hour-long throat operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles to remove a growth on his thyroid, which turns out to be benign.
• May 6 – John Mellencamp receives an honorary Doctor of Music degree as the commencement speaker for Indiana University's Class of 2000.
• May 7 – Westlife releases their 2000 debut album with the release of their Billboard #1 hit single "Swear It Again", as the group's first and only single to have charted in the US
• May 13
• *The 45th Eurovision Song Contest final, held in Stockholm's Globe Arena, is won by Denmark's Olsen Brothers and the song "Fly on the Wings of Love".
• *Dickey Betts is kicked out of The Allman Brothers Band and replaced with Warren Haynes.
• May 16 – Prince announces that he has changed his name back to Prince now that his publishing contract with Warner/Chappell has expired. He had been known as an unpronounceable symbol, since 1993.
• May 24 – 50 Cent is shot nine times in Queens. After spending time in hospital he returns to recording and performing.
• May 25 – Eddie Van Halen begins treatment for prevention of tongue cancer at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
• May 29 – Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey are named the Best Selling Male and Female artist of the millennium at the World Music Awards in Monaco.

  June

• June 8 – Sinéad O'Connor comes out as a lesbian in an interview with Curve magazine.
• June 20 – Britney Spears begins her Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour, her first world tour, visiting North America, Europe and Brazil in support her sophomore album, Oops!... I Did It Again. The tour was a commercial success and became the second highest-grossing tour by a solo artist in 2000, only behind Tina Turner's Twenty Four Seven retirement tour.
• June 23–25 – The Experience Music Project, now the EMP Museum, opens in Seattle.
• June 30 – Nine people are crushed to death during Pearl Jam's set at the Roskilde Festival, in Roskilde, Denmark.

  July–August

• July 21–22 – Oasis plays at Wembley Stadium. The first of this night is featured on the double CD and the DVD Familiar to Millions.
• July 26 – A U.S. district judge orders the Napster to halt the trading of copyrighted music among its users, essentially ordering it shut down. A stay on the injunction is granted two days later, allowing the site to continue operating for the time being.
• August 1 – Experimental pop band Animal Collective release their debut album Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished under the name Avey Tare & Panda Bear.
• August 8 – A coalition of 28 U.S. states file a lawsuit against the major record labels, accusing them of keeping the prices of CDs fixed at artificially high prices since 1995.
• August 11 – Madonna gives birth to her second child, son Rocco. Film director Guy Ritchie is the father.
• August 14 – Outside the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, Rage Against the Machine performs a free concert protesting the two-party system. In a chaotic scene after the performance, police forcibly disperse the crowd and several arrests are made.
• August 16 – Rapper Eminem files for divorce from wife Kim Mathers.
• August 20 – Skinny Puppy reunite for a concert at the Doomsday Festival in Dresden, Germany.
• August 22 – Nu Metal band Mudvayne Released their debut studio album L.D. 50

  September

• September 7 – Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerford is arrested for climbing on the set at MTV's Video Music Awards after his band lost the award for "Best Rock Video" to Limp Bizkit. The director of Rage's "Sleep Now in the Fire" video, Michael Moore, suggests Commerford was probably "just bored" by the show. NSYNC performed their hit single "Bye Bye Bye".
• September 11- Successful British girl group Sugababes release their debut single 'Overload'.
• September 13 – The first Latin Grammy Awards are held.
• September 23 – Isaac Stern celebrates his 80th birthday together with his 40th anniversary as President of Carnegie Hall.
• September 26 – Pearl Jam releases twenty-five live albums, each taken from a different show on their European tour, as the initial part of the Pearl Jam Official Bootlegs series.

  October

• October 1 – Midnight Oil perform their single Beds are Burning at the closing of the 2000 Summer Olympics dressed in outfits clearly displaying the word "Sorry" in reference to Australian Prime Minister John Howard's refusal to apologise to the Stolen Generation.
• October 2 – Radiohead release their fourth studio album, Kid A. While highly anticipated in the leadup to its release, the album is met with polarized responses from fans and critics as a result of its shift from the densely-layered alternative rock of its 1997 predecessor in favor of electronica-tinged post-rock. However, its reputation would grow more unanimously positive over the years, eventually being regarded by music analysts as one of the greatest albums of all time.
• October 3 – Green Day release their sixth album Warning. Despite positive reviews from critics, it would end up a commercial disappointment compared to their previous efforts.
• October 5
• * The Beatles release a hardcover book version of The Beatles Anthology, containing newly published photos and interviews with band members. The book went straight to the top of the New York Times Bestseller List.
• *EMI and Warner Music Group withdraw their application to the European Commission for a proposed $20 billion merger due to regulators' concerns. The merger would have concentrated 80% of the European music business into the hands of just four major labels.
• October 18 – Zack de la Rocha leaves Rage Against the Machine saying that the band's decision making process has completely failed.
• October 24 – Linkin Park release their debut album Hybrid Theory. It has reached diamond certification by the RIAA, with 11 million units as of 2017, making it the best-selling rock album of the 21st century.
• October 31 – Napster and BMG Music announce a partnership that would change the website into a subscription-based service offering legal downloads.

  November–December

• November 5 – The fourth Terrastock festival is held in Seattle.
• November 18 – A new musical adaptation of Georg Büchner's Woyzeck by Robert Wilson and Tom Waits opens in Copenhagen.
• December 2
• *Tripp Eisen formerly of Dope replaces Koichi Fukuda in Static-X.
• *The Smashing Pumpkins played what was to be their final concert at the Metro Club in Chicago. The band would reunite in 2005.
• December 22
• *Madonna marries film director Guy Ritchie, at Skibo Castle in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland with Gwyneth Paltrow, Stella McCartney, Sting, George Clooney, Jon Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Bryan Adams, Rupert Everett and others in attendance.
• *The Coen brothers film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is released, scored by a T-Bone Burnett-produced soundtrack that revives the popularity of traditional American folk music and bluegrass.
• December 31 – Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes marries actress Kate Hudson.

  Bands formed

• See :Category:Musical groups established in 2000|Musical groups established in 2000

  Bands disbanded

• All Saints
• Art of Noise
• Auto Boys 400
• Atari Teenage Riot
• B*Witched
• Ben Folds Five
• Color Me Badd
• Pezz
• Candlebox
• Demonoid
• Drain STH
• The Golden Palominos
• Hi-Standard
• Hum
• Jack Off Jill
• June of 44
• Kid Dynamite
• Knapsack
• Lifter Puller
• Luna Sea
• Luscious Jackson
• Make-Up
• The Paradise Motel
• Phish
• The Posies
• Primus
• Pure
• Rage Against the Machine
• Sacred Reich
• Screaming Trees
• Seaweed
• Skunk Anansie
• The Smashing Pumpkins
• Son of the Castellan
• Soul Coughing
• Symposium
• Urban Dance Squad

  Bands reformed

• The Presidents of the United States of America

  Albums released

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Release date unknown

• Still Standing – Yellowcard
• Cherry Kicks – Caesars
• Marvin at the Movies – Hank Marvin
• Floodgate – MD Dunn
• Live in Chicago'' – Kurt Elling

  Biggest hit singles

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Madonna	Music	2000		UK 1 – Sep 2000, US Billboard 1 – Aug 2000, Japan 1 – Aug 2000, Sweden 1 – Aug 2000, Switzerland 1 – Sep 2000, Norway 1 – Sep 2000, Canada RPM 1 for 9 weeks – Sep 2000, New Zealand 1 for 1 week – Oct 2000, Australia 1 for 4 weeks – Aug 2000, Europe 1 for 6 weeks – Sep 2000, Spain 1 for 1 week – Oct 2000, Grammy in 2000, US Platinum, Holland 4 – Aug 2000, Poland 4 – Aug 2000, Germany 4 – Aug 2000, France Gold, Germany Gold, Austria 6 – Sep 2000, Belgium 6 – Aug 2000, Italy 7 of 2000, Brazil 8 of 2000, Australia 11 of 2000, US Radio 15 of 2000, ARC 19 of 2000, Switzerland 19 of 2000, Japan 27 of 2000, US BB 33 of 2000, RYM 33 of 2000, POP 33 of 2000, Party 41 of 1999, Scrobulate 87 of pop, Germany 196 of the 2000s, UKMIX 533, Acclaimed 674
2	Britney Spears	Oops!... I Did it Again	2000		UK 1 – May 2000, Holland 1 – Apr 2000, Sweden 1 – Apr 2000, Switzerland 1 – May 2000, Norway 1 – May 2000, Canada RPM 1 for 6 weeks – May 2000, New Zealand 1 for 1 week – Jun 2000, Australia 1 for 2 weeks – May 2000, Europe 1 for 6 weeks – May 2000, Spain 1 for 1 week – Aug 2000, US BB 2 of 2000, Germany 2 – May 2000, POP 2 of 2000, Japan 3 – May 2000, Austria 3 – May 2000, Belgium 3 – Apr 2000, France Gold, Germany Gold, Switzerland 7 of 2000, US Billboard 9 – Apr 2000, France 10 – May 2000, ARC 17 of 2000, US Radio 19 of 2000, Australia 26 of 2000, Italy 34 of 2000, Party 39 of 1999, Brazil 44 of 2000, Germany 154 of the 2000s, Acclaimed 2376
3	U2	Beautiful Day	2000		UK 1 – Oct 2000, Holland 1 – Sep 2000, Norway 1 – Oct 2000, Poland 1 – Sep 2000, Republic of Ireland 1 for 3 weeks – Oct 2000, Australia 1 for 1 week – Oct 2000, Europe 1 for 2 weeks – Oct 2000, Spain 1 for 1 week – Nov 2000, Grammy in 2000, Japan 2 – Sep 2000, MTV Video of the Year 2001, Sweden 3 – Oct 2000, US Gold, Switzerland 6 – Oct 2000, Belgium 8 – Oct 2000, Italy 12 of 2000, RYM 13 of 2000, US Billboard 21 – Oct 2000, Germany 21 – Oct 2000, Scrobulate 22 of rock, Austria 23 – Nov 2000, ARC 37 of 2001, Australia 46 of 2000, Europe 50 of the 2000s, Party 62 of 2007, US Radio 77 of 2001, Brazil 83 of 2000, Virgin 99, TheQ 225, WXPN 471, Acclaimed 1223
4	The Corrs	Breathless	2000		UK 1 – Dec 2000, Sweden 1 – Dec 2000, Austria 1 – Jan 2001, Switzerland 1 – Dec 2000, Republic of Ireland 1 for 6 weeks – Dec 2000, Europe 1 for 10 weeks – Dec 2000, Germany 1 for 1 week – Jan 2001, Spain 1 for 1 week – Feb 2001, Holland 2 – Dec 2000, Germany 2 – Jan 2001, MTV Video of the Year 2001, UK Platinum, France Platinum, Germany Platinum, Switzerland 3 of 2001, Norway 3 – Dec 2000, Belgium 3 – Dec 2000, Australia 3 of 2001, RYM 3 of 2000, Japan 18 – Jan 2001, Italy 26 of 2001, Poland 30 – Jan 2001, US Billboard 51 – Nov 2000, Scrobulate 53 of hip-hop, Germany 69 of the 2000s, France 127 of the 2000s, Rolling Stone 290, Acclaimed 323, UKMIX 787
5	Bon Jovi	It’s My Life	2000		Japan 1 – Apr 2000, Holland 1 – May 2000, Sweden 1 – May 2000, Switzerland 1 – May 2000, Poland 1 – Apr 2000, Belgium 1 – May 2000, Europe 1 for 4 weeks – Jun 2000, Spain 1 for 1 week – Jul 2000, Japan 2 of 2000, Austria 2 – May 2000, Germany 2 – May 2000, Germany Platinum, UK 3 – Jun 2000, France 3 – Apr 2000, Switzerland 3 of 2000, Norway 3 – May 2000, Italy 3 of 2000, POP 8 of 2001, US BB 11 of 2001, Australia 19 of 2000, Germany 27 of the 2000s, US Billboard 33 – Aug 2000, US Radio 67 of 2000, Party 124 of 1999, RYM 144 of 1999

Popular songs

Best selling albums of the year in the United States (Soundscan)

Classical music

• Thomas Adès – Piano Quintet, op. 20
• John Coolidge Adams – El Niño
• John Luther Adams – The Light That Fills the World, for orchestra
• Julian Anderson – Alhambra Suite, for chamber orchestra
• Milton Babbitt
• *Little Goes a Long Way, for violin and piano
• *Pantuns, for soprano and piano
• Leonardo Balada – Music for Flute and Orchestra
• Chen Yi – KC Capriccio, for wind ensemble and mixed choir
• Edward Cowie
• *Bad Lands Gold, for tuba and piano
• *Concerto for oboe and orchestra
• *Dark Matter, for brass ensemble
• *Elysium IV, for orchestra
• *Four Frames in a Row, for high voice and baroque ensemble
• *The Healing of Saul, for violin and harp
• *Several Charms, for violin and piano
• Peter Maxwell Davies – Symphony No. 7
• Peter Eötvös – Paris–Dakar, for ensemble
• Lorenzo Ferrero
• *Glamorama Spies, for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano
• *Rastrelli in Saint Petersburg, for oboe and string orchestra
• *Tempi di quartetto, for string quartet
• Stefano Gervasoni – Rigirio
• Frans Geysen
• *Alles heeft zijn tijd 1, for orchestra
• *Alles heeft zijn tijd 2, for string quartet
• *Alles heeft zijn tijd 3, for string quartet
• *Alles heeft zijn tijd 4, for keyboard instrument
• *Alles heeft zijn tijd 5, for keyboard instrument
• *Alles heeft zijn tijd 6, for string quartet
• *Alles heeft zijn tijd 7, for four-part mixed choir
• *Alles heeft zijn tijd 8, for keyboard instrument
• *Alles heeft zijn tijd 9, for 4 trumpets
• *Alles komt terug 2, for three-part choir
• *Alles komt terug 3, for SSATB choir
• *Alles komt terug 4, for carillon
• *Alles komt terug 5, for keyboard instrument
• *Benadering van de kern, for keyboard instrument
• *Muziek voor toetsenbord 2, for piano
• *Toetsing, for keyboard instrument
• Philip Glass
• *Tirol Concerto, for piano and orchestra
• *Concerto Fantasy, for two timpanists and orchestra
• Alexander Goehr
• *Piano Quintet, op. 69
• *Suite, for two pianos, op. 70
• Friedrich Goldmann –
• *Augenblick für Stimme, for mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, trombone, percussion, electric guitar, keyboard, viola and cello
• *Etudes for piano
• *Quartet, for oboe, violin, viola, and cello
• *7 x 10 Takte für Dieter Schnebel, for flute and clarinet
• Ilja Hurník
• *Con brio, for orchestra
• *Symphony in C
• Karl Jenkins – Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot
• Nigel Keay – Viola Concerto
• Wojciech Kilar –
• *Introitus for organ
• *Missa pro pace, for solo voices, choir and orchestra or instrumental ensemble
• *The Oscar fanfare
• Meyer Kupferman – Icon Symphony
• Mario Lavista
• *Estudio, for four marimbas
• *Mater dolorosa, for organ
• *Tres Miniaturas, for guitar,
• György Ligeti – Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel
• Magnus Lindberg
• *Corrente – China Version
• *Jubilees, for piano
• James MacMillan – Mass, for choir and organ
• Mesías Maiguashca – El Tiempo, for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 cellos, 2 percussionists, and electronics
• Tomás Marco – América
• Donald Martino – Romanza, for violin solo
• Robert Morris
• *In Concert, for ten instruments
• *Still, for piano
• Bayan Northcott – Alma Redemptoris Mater, for three tenors, op. 7, no. 2
• Gérard Pape – Tantric Transformations, eight-channel electronic music and digital video
• Henri Pousseur
• *Anneaux du soleil, for piano
• *Navigations, for harp
• *Seize Paysages planétaires, ethno-electroacoustical music
• Wolfgang Rihm
• *Auf einem anderen Blatt, for piano
• *Concerto, for string quartet and orchestra
• *Deus passus, for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra
• *… fleuve V, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, distant ensemble, and large orchestra
• *Frage, for coloratura soprano, English horn, A-clarinet, harp, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion
• *Im Anfang, for large orchestra
• *In Frage, for English horn, bass clarinet, harp, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion
• *Rilke: Vier Gedichte, for tenor and piano
• *Stilles Stück, for baritone and 2 string quartets
• *Vers une symphonie fleuve IV, for large orchestra
• *Vier Male, for A-clarinet
• Peter Ruzicka – Traces, for clarinet and orchestra
• Peter Sculthorpe
• *Djilile, for string quartet
• *From the River, for violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano
• *Harbour Dreaming, for piano
• *New Norcia, for brass and percussion
• *Parting, for viola and piano
• *Quamby, for chamber orchestra
• *Reef Singing, for clarinet and piano
• *Saibai, for unison voices and drums
• *Song for a Penny, for solo piano
• *Tailitnama Song, for viola and piano, or viola solo
• *Three Shakespeare Songs, for voice and piano
• Roger Smalley – String Quartet No. 2
• Juan Maria Solare
• *Blockartig, for three recorders
• *Constelación , five pieces for flute and clarinet
• *de capa caída, tango for two pianos
• *Utopía caminante , for trombone and cello
• *Viejo Fueye Deconstruido , postmodern tango for tenor saxophone, bandoneon, double bass, and piano
• Karlheinz Stockhausen
• *
• *Refrain 2000
• John Tavener – Song of the Cosmos
• Eric Whitacre – October
• Charles Wuorinen
• *Fourth String Quartet
• *Cyclops 2000'', for twenty players

  Opera

• Michael Abels – Homies and Popz
• John Coolidge Adams – El Niño
• Harrison Birtwistle – The Last Supper
• Peter Maxwell Davies – Mr Emmet Takes a Walk
• Carlisle Floyd – Cold Sassy Tree
• Cristóbal Halffter – Don Quijote
• Jake Heggie – Dead Man Walking
• Michael Nyman – Facing Goya
• Poul Ruders – The Handmaid's Tale
• Kaija Saariaho – L'Amour de loin
• Sheila Silver – The Thief of Love
• Richard Thomas – Tourette's Diva

  Jazz

Musical theater

• Aida – Broadway production opened at the Palace Theatre and ran for 1852 performances
• The Dead – Broadway production opened at the Belasco Theatre and ran for 120 performances
• The Full Monty – Broadway production opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre and ran for 770 performances
• Jane Eyre – Broadway production opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and ran for 209 performances
• The Music Man – Broadway revival
• Seussical – Broadway production opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre and ran for 198 performances
• The Sapphire Necklace – Midway Village premiere

  Musical film

• Almost Famous
• Dancer in the Dark, starring Björk
• Darling Darling
• The Filth and the Fury
• Kandukondain Kandukondain
• Nuvvu Vastavani
• The Road to El Dorado
• The Tigger Movie released February 10
• The Fantasticks released September 22, starring Joel Grey
• Thenkasipattanam
• Turn It Up

  Births

• January 5 – Big Baby Tape, Russian rapper, songwriter and producer
• January 8 – Noah Cyrus, American singer, actress
• January 30: Benee, New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician
• February 16 – Koffee, Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, rapper, deejay and guitarist
• March 5 – Gabby Barrett, American singer
• March 10 – Roko Blažević, Croatian singer
• March 20 – Hyunjin, Korean rapper and singer, member of Stray Kids
• March 27 – Halle Bailey, American singer-songwriter and member of duo Chloe x Halle
• April 9 – Jackie Evancho, American classical crossover singer
• April 20 – Klara Hammarström – Swedish singer
• May 1 – 9lokkNine, American rapper from Orlando, Florida
• May 18 – Carlie Hanson, American musician and youtuber
• May 28 – Maisie Peters, English "Emo Girl Pop" singer-songwriter, musician, and youtuber
• June 3 – beabadoobee, Filipino-British indie singer-songwriter
• June 8 – Charlotte Lawrence, American singer-songwriter, model
• June 16 – Tay-K, American rapper and songwriter
• July 9 – mxmtoon, Chinese American singer songwriter, musician and youtuber
• August 13 – Jaemin, Korean singer, and member of NCT
• August 17 – Lil Pump, American rapper, record producer, and songwriter
• September 15 – Fêlix, Australian-korean, rapper and singer, member of Stray Kids
• October 4 – Lunay, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
• October 13 – Lydia Night, American singer and rhythm guitarist, member of pop rock band The Regrettes
• October 19 – Heejin, Korean singer and dancer, member of LOONA
• October 28 – Aydan Calafiore, Australian singer
• October 31 – Willow Smith, American singer, songwriter, activist, actress and dancer
• November 13 – 24kGoldn, American rapper and songwriter
• December 28 – Larissa Manoela, Brazilian actress, singer and songwriter

  Deaths

• January 2 – Nat Adderley, jazz cornet and trumpet player
• January 16 – Gene Harris, jazz pianist
• January 19
• *Irra Petina, operatic contralto
• *Josh Clayton-Felt, singer-songwriter
• January 22 – Carlo Cossutta, operatic tenor
• February 3 – Alla Rakha, tabla player
• February 4 – Doris Coley, vocalist
• February 7
• *Big Punisher, rapper
• *Dave Peverett
• February 11 – Lord Kitchener, calypsonian
• February 12
• *Screamin' Jay Hawkins, U.S. vocal artist
• *Andy Lewis, Australian bass player
• *Oliver, U.S. singer
• February 19 – Marin Goleminov, violinist and composer
• February 23 – Ofra Haza, singer
• February 29 – Dennis Danell, guitarist
• March 4 – Walter Dana, polka-music promoter
• March 5 – Alexander Young, operatic tenor
• March 7 – Pee Wee King, country musician and songwriter
• March 20 – Gene "Eugene" Andrusco, actor and singer
• March 27 – Ian Dury, English rock musician
• April 25 – Niels Viggo Bentzon, Danish composer
• April 27 – Vicki Sue Robinson, US disco singer
• May 2 – Sundar Popo, Indo-Trinidadian chutney musician
• May 13 – Cesare Valletti, operatic tenor
• May 20 – Jean-Pierre Rampal, flautist
• May 31 – Johnnie Taylor, singer
• June 1 – Tito Puente, Afro-Cuban jazz and salsa musician
• June 7 – James Moore, gospel singer
• June 14 – Paul Griffin, pianist
• July 5 – Lord Woodbine , calypsonian
• July 6
• *Ľudovít Rajter, Slovak composer and conductor
• *Władysław “Władek” Szpilman, Jewish-Polish pianist who survived the Holocaust
• July 11 – Jaroslav Filip, Slovak musician, actor
• July 15 – Paul Young, English singer and percussionist of Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics
• July 24 – Oscar Shumsky, violinist
• July 28 – Jerome Smith
• August 10 – Suzanne Danco, operatic soprano
• August 13 – Nazia Hassan, iconic Pakistani singer
• August 25
• *Jack Nitzsche, arranger, producer, songwriter and composer
• *Allen Woody, bass guitarist
• September 12 – Stanley Turrentine, jazz saxophonist
• September 21 – Bengt Hambraeus, composer for organ
• September 25 – Tommy Reilly, harmonica virtuoso
• September 26 – Carl Sigman, songwriter
• October 1
• *Robert Allen, American pianist and composer
• *Cub Koda, singer, guitarist and songwriter
• October 3 – Benjamin Orr, bassist, vocalist of The Cars
• October 17 – Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian rock singer in Jokke & Valentinerne
• October 18 – Julie London, US singer and actress
• October 21 – Frankie Crocker, radio DJ
• October 27 – Winston Grennan, Jamaican drummer
• October 28 – Carlos Guastavino, composer
• October 30 – Steve Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, author
• November 8
• *Brian Boydell, Irish composer
• *Dick Morrissey, UK tenor saxophonist
• November 12 – Stanley Turrentine, US tenor saxophonist
• November 16
• *DJ Screw, hip-hop DJ
• *Joe C., rapper
• November 30 – Scott Smith, bassist
• December 17 – Harold Rhodes, inventor of Rhodes piano
• December 18 – Kirsty McColl, English singer songwriter
• December 19
• *Rob Buck, guitarist
• *Milt Hinton, jazz double bassist
• *Pops Staples, gospel and R & B musician
• December 24 – Nick Massi, bass singer in The Four Seasons

  Awards

• The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Eric Clapton, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Moonglows, Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor
• Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Shirley Caesar, and The Oak Ridge Boys

  Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 2000

  Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 2000

  Mercury Music Prize

• The Hour of Bewilderbeast – Badly Drawn Boy wins.

  MTV Video Music Awards

• 2000 MTV Video Music Awards

  Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

• Triple J Hottest 100, 2000