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Contents

1 Events 2 Albums Released 3 Albums Expected (Pre-Releases) 4 Albums To Be Announced 5 Musical theater 6 Musical films 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 Awards 9.1 Grammy Awards 9.2 Country Music Association Awards 9.3 Eurovision Song Contest 9.4 Brit Awards 9.5 Juno Awards 9.6 Mercury Music Prize 10 External link

Events

• KISS reunites for a new album in 7 years with Psycho Circus .
• The frontman of the Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan will release his first solo album sometime in winter or spring.

Albums Released

• Osirus - Ol' Dirty Bastard - (January 4) - LP (his final album after passing)
• Punk Singles Collection 77-80 - Sham 69 - (January 4) - Compilation

Albums Expected (Pre-Releases)

• Live at CBGB's - Living Colour - (January 11) - LP
• All I Want...Live in Santa Barbara 9/30/92 - Toad the Wet Sprocket - (January 11) - Live
• Honeysuckle Sweet - Jessi Alexander - (January 25) - LP
• Octane - Spock's Beard - (January 31) - LP
• Nightbird - Erasure - (January 25) - LP
• The Way Up - Pat Metheny Group - (January 25) - LP
• Worlds Apart - ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - (January 25) - LP
• Side One - Adrian Belew - (January 25) - LP
• Push the Button - The Chemical Brothers - (January 25) - LP
• Life Begins Again - Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - (January 25) - LP
• Heart & Soul - Censored page - (January 25) - LP
• Knuckledown - Ani DiFranco - (January 25) - LP
• Curtains - John Frusciante (guitarist of Red Hot Chili Peppers) - (January 25) - LP
• Soul Mover - Glenn Hughes - (January 25) - LP
• This Woman - LeAnn Rimes - (January 25) - LP
• Monkey Business - Black Eyed Peas - (February 1) - LP
• Ultimate Kylie - Kylie Minogue - (February 1) - Compilation
• Bible of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne - (February 8) - Box
• 17 Days - 3 Doors Down - (February 8) - LP
• Here's to the Mourning - Unwritten Law - (February 8) - LP
• Disconnection Notice - Goldfinger - (February 15) - LP
• The Beekeeper - Tori Amos - (February 22) - LP
• Elevated - Earth, Wind & Fire - (February 22) - LP
• Solarized - Ian Brown, singer of the Stone Roses - (February 22) - LP
• 1984 - Roger Miret and the Disasters - (February 22) - LP
• - Steve Vai - (February 22) - LP
• Hearts on Parade - American Hi-Fi - (March 1) - LP
• Angel of Retribution - Judas Priest - (March 1) - LP
• Hypnotize - System of a Down - (March 1) - LP
• True Parallels - Trust Company - (March 1) - LP
• The Valentine's Day Massacre - 50 Cent - (March 8) - LP
• Meltdown - Ash - (March 8 - US release date) - LP
• Mafia - Black Label Society - (March 8) - LP
• Everything's OK - Al Green - (March 15) - LP
• Censored page - Stereophonics - (March 15) - LP
• Hearts on Parade - American Hi-Fi - (March 22) - LP
• Human After All - Daft Punk - (March 22) - LP
• Devil's Playground - Billy Idol - (March 22) - LP
• Hotel - Moby - (March 22) - LP
• Lullabies to Paralyze - Queens of the Stone Age - (March 22) - LP
• Sugarcane - New Order - (March 28 - UK, Unknown - US) - LP
• The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey - (March 29) - LP
• Lost and Found - Mudvayne - (March 29) - LP
• The Apprenticeship of 2Pac - 2Pac - (April 12) - DVD
• Before the Robots - Better Than Ezra - (April 12) - LP
• Elevator - Hot Hot Heat - (April 12) - LP
• Kingwood - Millencolin - (April 12) - LP
• Untitled - Gorillaz - (April 26) - LP
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Soundtrack, John Williams - (May 17) - LP
• Untitled - Staind - (May 31) - LP
• Untitled - 311 - (July 26) - LP
• Mesmerize - System of a Down - (September 27) - LP
• Chinese Democracy - Guns n' Roses - (February) - LP
• With Teeth - Nine Inch Nails - (March) - LP
• Half | Life - Eric West - (March) - solo debut
• A Time 2 Love - Stevie Wonder - (April) - LP
• Untitled - Bonnie Riatt - (September) - LP
• Strap It On - AC/DC - (Winter/Spring) - LP
• American V - Johnny Cash - (Winter/Spring) - LP
• - Queensrÿche - (Winter/Spring) - LP
• Face the Promise - Bob Seger - (Winter/Spring) - LP
• Sisters of the Red Death - Vendetta Red - (Spring) - LP
• WHO2 - The Who - (Spring) - LP
• Detox - Dr. Dre - (Spring/Summer) - LP
• Good Apollo: I'm Burning Star IV: Vol. One From Fear Through The Eyes Of Men - Coheed and Cambria - (Summer) - LP

Albums To Be Announced

• The Ataris - (Summer) - LP
• Audioslave - (Winter) - LP
• Beck - (Summer) - LP
• Billy Corgan - (Winter) - solo debut
• Black Sabbath - (Summer) - LP
• Blink-182 - (Summer) - LP
• Blue Öyster Cult - (Spring) - LP
• Brand New - (Summer) - LP
• Britney Spears - (Summer) - LP
• Coldplay - (Spring) - LP
• Depeche Mode - (Spring) - LP
• Dynamite Hack - (Summer) - LP
• The Eagles - (no date) - LP
• Eric West - (no date) - solo debut
• Foo Fighters - (Summer) - LP
• Hootie & the Blowfish - (Spring) - LP
• Iron Maiden - (Summer) - LP
• Jet - (Fall) - LP
• Linkin Park - (Summer) - LP
• Nine Inch Nails - (Spring) - LP
• NOFX - (Summer) - LP
• Oasis - (Spring) - LP
• The Offspring - (Summer) - LP
• The Offspring - (no date) - Compilation
• Pennywise - (Summer) - LP
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - (no date) - Multiple Release
• Pixies - (no date) - LP
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - (Spring) - LP
• Zach de la Rocha - (Winter) - solo debut
• Sevendust - (Spring) - LP
• Supergrass - (no date) - LP
• Spin Doctors - (no date) - LP
• Story of the Year - (Summer/Fall) - LP
• The Strokes - (Spring) - LP
• Three Days Grace - (no date) - LP
• Thursday - (no date) - LP
• Tool - (Summer) - LP
• Violent Femmes - (Winter) - LP
• Weezer - (Winter) - LP
• The White Stripes - (Fall/Winter) - LP
• Yes - (Spring/Summer) - LP

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2005 .

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

Awards

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 2005

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 2005
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Brit Awards

• 2005 Brit Awards

Juno Awards

• Juno Awards of 2005

Mercury Music Prize

External link

For a more detailed list of hits or albums by month, see:

• KATS-FM http://www.katsfm.com/releases.html
• New Rock 94.7 The Zone - WZZN-FM - Chicago http://www.947thezone.com/releases.asp
• Pause & Play's On The CD Front http://www.pauseandplay.com/cdfront.htm
• VH1 http://www.vh1.com/
• MTV http://www.mtv.com/
• Rolling Stone http://www.RollingStone.com/