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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2001.
3.2 billion units were sold with a value of US$33.7 billion. DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD first rose to prominence in 2001, with approximately 600 titles available in these formats. [1] Portable music grew in popularity after Apple Inc. released the iTunes media library on January 9 [2] and the first iPod music player device on October 23. [3] Worldwide, the best-selling albums were Hybrid Theory (2000) by Linkin Park, No Angel (1999) by Dido, and Survivor (2001) by Destiny's Child. [4] The best-selling non-English album was Cieli di Toscana (transl. Tuscan Skies; 2001) by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, which topped the charts in the Netherlands and Sweden [5] and was the 23rd best-selling album globally. [4]
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The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation.