Timeline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
"1234" was prominently featured for weeks in an iPod TV ad.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Radiohead released "In Rainbows" on October 10, 2007 in unprecedented fashion by allowing customers to decide for themselves what they would pay for the digital edition, downloaded from their website. Twelve weeks later they released the CD version in stores, the first week of 2008.
 

 
Radiohead released "In Rainbows" on October 10, 2007 in unprecedented fashion by allowing customers to decide for themselves what they would pay for the digital edition, downloaded from their website. Twelve weeks later they released the CD version in stores, the first week of 2008.
 

 
"Ordinary People" was originally recorded in 1988. This was its first offical release. (Its running time of 18:13 is not a typo.)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
"American Boy" was released in March 2008 and by summer was in heavy rotation seemingly everywhere on the planet. It was still peaking on some charts as late as September.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
After a terrific showing on critics polls at the end of 2008, the Fleet Foxes album climbed the charts to a peak of #36 on Feburary 7, 2009.
 

 
After a terrific showing on critics polls at the end of 2008, the Fleet Foxes album climbed the charts to a peak of #36 on Feburary 7, 2009.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Kid Rock`s "Rock N Roll Jesus" album was released in October 2007. "All Summer Long" was held back from release as a single until the summer of 2008, when it re-ignited sales of the album.
 

 
"Feed the Animals" was sold online the third week of August 2008 in different configurations. For $10 a CD was sent later, when manufactured.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Half the songs on "Shake Away" are in Spanish, half in English.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Highly ranked by critics at year`s end, the album jumped back on the charts and reached its peak in January 2010.
 

 
Highly ranked by critics at year`s end, the album jumped back on the charts and reached its peak in January 2010.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Highly ranked by critics at year`s end, the album jumped back on the charts and reached its peak in January 2010. This single was re-released in April 2010.
 

 
Highly ranked by critics at year`s end, the album jumped back on the charts and reached its peak in January 2010.
 

 
In January 2010 the annual Pazz and Jop poll of music critics conducted by The Village Voice ranked "Empire State of Mind" as the #1 song of 2009.
 

 
First released August 20 exclusively at Target stores and independent retailers.
 

 
First released August 20 exclusively at Target stores and independent retailers.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
A career-defining #1 country hit, her third single from the "Revolution" album, Miranda was named Female Vocalist of 2010 by the Country Music Association.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Robyn released three EPs during 2010 (Body Talk Pts. 1, 2, and 3) and then one full album at the end of the year (Body Talk), which was essentially a "greatest hits" of all three of them. A major international star from Sweden, Robyn`s release schedule varied by country.