2014 in American music

See also: Timeline of musical events

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2014 in music in the United States.

Events

January

• 26 – The 56th Annual Grammy Awards, hosted by LL Cool J took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Daft Punk won 5 awards, including Album of the Year for Random Access Memories and Record of the Year for "Get Lucky".
• 28 – Mötley Crüe signed a "Cessation of Tour" agreement which will see them retire after a final world tour ending in 2015.

February

• 2 – Soprano Renée Fleming makes history as the first opera singer to perform the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. Bruno Mars performs during the halftime show, with an appearance from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
• 4 – Transatlantic release their first album in five years, Kaleidoscope .
• 25 – As I Lay Dying lead singer Tim Lambesis pleads guilty to felony solicitation of murder after attempting to hire a hitman to kill his estranged ex-wife.
• Whole February – Katy Perry tops the US Billboard Hot 100 with her song "Dark Horse", which overtakes Madonna in the most weeks at No. 1, and ties with Janet Jackson.

March

• 23 – Dave Brockie (also known as Oderus Urungus), lead singer of Gwar, died from an accidental overdose. ^[1] After his public memorial in August, his character's infamous costume received a Viking funeral at Haddad's Lake in Gwar's hometown of Richmond, Virginia. ^[2] The band reformed, resumed touring, and began ending their sets with a revised cover of Jim Carroll's punk classic, "People Who Died."
• 27 – Christine McVie rejoined Fleetwood Mac for first time in sixteen years.

April

• 1 – Nickel Creek released their first album in nine years, A Dotted Line .
• 6 - The Academy of Country Music Awards took place in Las Vegas.
• 10 – The 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame took place. Nirvana, Kiss, Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates, Cat Stevens and Linda Ronstadt were inducted at the ceremony.
• 22 – Actor and musician Drake Bell released his first album in eight years, Ready Steady Go! .

May

• 5 – Following the 2014 Met Gala in New York City at an after-party at The Standard, High Line, Solange Knowles attacks Jay-Z by violently punching him in the face followed by kicking and swinging him and even hitting him with her purse. Video footage which was obtained by TMZ was made public on May 12, 2014. ^[3]
• May 13 – Michael Jackson's second posthumous album of previously unreleased tracks, Xscape , was released. Jackson and Justin Timberlake's duet "Love Never Felt So Good" was announced as the official lead single.
• 17 – Saosin performed at the Skate and Surf festival with their original lead vocalist, Anthony Green (who is also Circa Survive's frontman). This was the first time Green had performed with Saosin since departing in 2004 to form Circa Survive.
• 20 – Josh Kaufman is crowned winner of the sixth season of The Voice , with Jake Worthington and Christina Grimmie finishing runner-up and third place respectively.
• 21 – Caleb Johnson is crowned winner of the thirteenth season of American Idol while Jena Irene is named the runner-up.

August

• 13 – After being with the band for 17 years, guitarist Chris Walla leaves Death Cab for Cutie.
• 24 – The MTV Video Music Awards took place at the Inglewood Forum in Inglewood, California. Beyoncé wins four awards that night and also received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, presented to her by her husband Jay Z and her daughter Blue Ivy.

September

• 2 – Counting Crows released Somewhere Under Wonderland , their first album of original material in six years.
• 16 – Chris Brown comes back with the release of his sixth studio album, X and for the sixth time makes the top 10.
• 23 - Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett release their collaborative album, Cheek to Cheek , with them being 28 and 88 years old respectively, it marks the highest age-gap through a collaborative album of 60 years.
• 30 – Finch releases Back to Oblivion , their first studio album in nine years, following a series of disbandings and reunions.

October

• 20 – Gwen Stefani releases her comeback single as a solo artist, "Baby Don't Lie".
• 21 – Slipknot released their first album in six years, .5: The Gray Chapter .
• 27 – Taylor Swift releases her fifth studio album, 1989 , which debuted at number one with 1,287,000 copies sold in its first week. This is the highest debut sales week for an artist since Eminem's 2002 album The Eminem Show and the second highest debut for a female artist, behind Britney Spears' album Oops!... I Did It Again (2000).
• 28 – Live releases The Turn , their first studio album in eight years and also their only studio album to feature Chris Shinn on lead vocals.

November

• 1 – Just three days before his 49th birthday, Static-X frontman Wayne Static was found dead in his sleep.
• 10 – Taylor Swift released "Blank Space", the second single from her successful 1989 . "Blank Space" reached number one in November, ending the run of Swift's own "Shake It Off". In doing so, Swift became the first female artist in the history of the Hot 100, and tenth act overall, to replace herself at the top of the chart. With "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space", Swift was also the only artist to notch multiple number-ones in 2014.
• 23 – The American Music Awards took place in Los Angeles.

December

• 15 – TLC releases their first single in nine years called "Gift Wrapped Kiss".
• 16 – Craig Wayne Boyd is crowned winner of the 7th season of The Voice , with Matt McAndrew, Chris Jamison and Damien finishing runner-up, third place and fourth place respectively.

Bands formed

• Antemasque
• American Wrestlers
• Cafuné
• Cheat Codes
• FFS
• Hot Mulligan
• Maddie & Tae
• No Devotion
• Oso Oso
• Saint Asonia
• Sheer Mag
• Slaves
• Sofi Tukker
• Soul Glo
• The Walters
• You+Me ^[4]

Bands reformed

• American Football
• Atreyu
• Babes In Toyland
• Breaking Benjamin
• Copeland
• Deep Dish
• Design the Skyline
• Erase Errata
• Failure
• Haste the Day
• L7
• Luna
• The Matches
• Metro Station
• Midtown
• Mineral
• The Movielife
• Nickel Creek
• OutKast
• Ride
• Saosin
• Sleater-Kinney
• Trick Pony

Bands on hiatus

• As I Lay Dying
• Darkside
• Dredg
• Foxy Shazam
• Furthur
• The Wanted
• White Rabbits
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Bands disbanded

• Abandon All Ships
• The Allman Brothers Band
• Anberlin
• As Blood Runs Black
• Austrian Death Machine
• Beady Eye
• Beneath the Sky
• The Blackout
• Bleeding Through
• Bomb the Music Industry!
• Brown Bird
• Camp Freddy
• Chimaira
• The Civil Wars
• Clipse
• Company of Thieves
• Crystal Castles
• Danity Kane
• The Dangerous Summer
• Death Grips
• Eleventyseven
• For All Those Sleeping
• Guided by Voices
• The Knife
• Lestat
• LFO
• The Luchagors
• Morning Parade
• The Move
• Nachtmystium
• Pink Floyd
• The Rapture
• Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine
• Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
• Smith Westerns
• The Swellers
• Ten Second Epic
• There for Tomorrow
• Vista Chino
• Vivian Girls

Albums released

See also: List of 2014 albums

January

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
7	And I'll Scratch Yours	Various Artists	Progressive rock
	My Own Lane [5]	Kid Ink	Hip hop
	Wig Out at Jagbags	Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks	Indie rock alternative rock
14	The River & the Thread [6]	Rosanne Cash	Country
	The Crystal Method [7]	The Crystal Method	Electronica dubstep breakbeat
	Kidz Bop 25 [8]	Kidz Bop Kids	Children's pop
	That Girl [9]	Jennifer Nettles	Country
	Write You a Song [10]	Jon Pardi	Country
	Give the People What They Want [11]	Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings	Soul funk
	About Last Night	Sleeper Agent	Alternative rock
	High Hopes [12]	Bruce Springsteen	Rock alternative rock funk rock
	Angels + Animals [13]	Ryan Star	Rock indie rock
	Get the Hell	The Supersuckers	Rock
	Fading West [14]	Switchfoot	Alternative rock pop
21	Is There Anybody Out There? [15]	A Great Big World	Indie pop indie rock
	Transgender Dysphoria Blues [16]	Against Me!	Punk rock alternative rock
	Bad Things [17]	Bad Things	Indie pop alternative rock indie rock
	Goodnight Tender [18]	Amy Ray	Folk rock
	Beach House EP	Ty Dolla Sign	R&B hip hop
	Mind over Matter [19]	Young the Giant	Indie rock alternative rock
28	Golden Days	Dave Barnes	Rock
	Thrive [20]	Casting Crowns	Christian Christian rock worship
	Too True [21]	Dum Dum Girls	Indie pop
	Ready to Fly [22]	Jamie Grace	Christian Christian hip hop R&B
	Restoring Force	Of Mice & Men	Metalcore Nu metal
	Clear [23]	Periphery	Progressive metal alternative metal
	Neon Icon	Riff Raff	Hip hop

February

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
4	Love, Marriage & Divorce [24]	Toni Braxton & Babyface	R&B pop soul
	After the Disco [25]	Broken Bells	Indie rock space rock alternative rock
	Fight the Silence [26]	For Today	Metalcore
	Junior Prom (EP)	Junior Prom	Indie pop alternative rock
	Kin (<-->) [27]	Pat Metheny Unity Group	Jazz
	Eric Paslay	Eric Paslay	Country
7	Make a Shadow (EP) [28]	Meg Myers	Pop rock
11	Sunshine & Whiskey	Frankie Ballard	Country
	The Outsiders [29]	Eric Church	Country Southern rock
	Love Death Immortality [30]	The Glitch Mob	Glitch
	Small Town Heroes [31]	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Folk indie rock
	I Was Going to Be an Astronaut [32]	Greg Laswell	Indie rock
	Benji	Sun Kil Moon	Folk rock
	In This Life	Elise Testone	Rock blues
14	Kudos to You!	The Presidents of the United States of America	Alternative rock
18	Cult	Bayside	Punk rock pop punk
	Distraction	Bear Hands	Experimental rock indie rock alternative rock
	Barefoot and Pregnant	The Dollyrots	Pop punk
	Peace Kehd	The Doppelgangaz	Hip hop
	Music Speaks [33]	Candice Glover	R&B soul
	Motivational Jumpsuit	Guided by Voices	Indie rock
	Issues [34]	Issues	Metalcore nu metal
	Voices [35]	Phantogram	Indie pop trip hop electronica
	Weird Kids [36]	We Are the In Crowd	Pop punk pop rock alternative rock
25	Morning Phase [37]	Beck	Alternative rock folk rock country rock
	Riser	Dierks Bentley	Country
	Love Songs, Werewolves, & Zombies	The Dollyrots	Acoustic punk rock
	Helios [38]	The Fray	Alternative rock pop rock
	Oxymoron	Schoolboy Q	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap
	Manhattan [39]	Skaters	Alternative rock
	St. Vincent	St. Vincent	Art rock indie rock

March

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
3	TV en Français	We Are Scientists	Indie rock
	Girl	Pharrell Williams	Neo soul soul funk
4	Oh, What a Life [40]	American Authors	Indie rock
	BraveHeart [41]	Ashanti	R&B
	10,000 Towns	Eli Young Band	Country
	Puppet Strings	Fuel	Hard rock
	Louder [42]	Lea Michele	Pop vocal
	I'm a Fire	David Nail	Country
	Mastermind [43]	Rick Ross	Hip hop
	Push Rewind [44]	Chris Wallace	Pop
11	Stereolithic	311	Alternative rock reggae rock rap rock funk metal
	Lift Your Spirit	Aloe Blacc	Pop R&B soul
	Slow Me Down	Sara Evans	Country
	The Truth [45]	Ledisi	R&B neo soul soul
	Young Money: Rise of an Empire	Young Money Entertainment	Hip hop
18	Supermodel	Foster the People	Indie pop alternative rock neo-phychedelia
	Piñata	Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	Hip hop
	Sex and Love [46]	Enrique Iglesias	Latin pop electropop
	Me	Jo Dee Messina	Country
	Summer #17	Ronnie Milsap	Country gospel
	Going to Hell	The Pretty Reckless	Alternative rock hard rock
	Happiness Is	Taking Back Sunday	Alternative rock
	My Krazy Life	YG	West Coast hip hop
	Recess	Skrillex	Electronica
24	Singles [47]	Future Islands	Alternative new wave, indie pop
25	Out Among the Stars [48]	Johnny Cash	Country
	The Colourist	The Colourist	Indie pop power pop
	Teeth Dreams	The Hold Steady	Indie rock
	Pulses [49]	Karmin	Pop dance-pop hip hop
	Unconditional	Memphis May Fire	Metalcore
	May Death Never Stop You	My Chemical Romance	Alternative rock
	About Last Night	Sleeper Agent	Alternative rock

April

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	La Gárgola	Chevelle	Alternative metal
	Devil	Chiodos	Post-hardcore emo
	Here and Nowhere Else	Cloud Nothings	Indie rock garage rock
	Where It All Began	Dan + Shay	Country
	Cope	Manchester Orchestra	Indie rock alternative rock
	MKTO	MKTO	Teen pop pop rap
	The Infamous Mobb Deep	Mobb Deep	Hip hop
	Head or Heart	Christina Perri	Pop alternative rock indie rock
	Imaginary Enemy [50]	The Used	Alternative rock post-hardcore
2	Gonzo	Foxy Shazam	Progressive rock alternative rock
8	Celebrate [51]	James Durbin	Pop rock
	Everlasting	Martina McBride	Soul country pop
	Love & Hate	Joan Osborne	Rock
	SoMo [52]	SoMo	R&B
15	Savages	Breathe Carolina	Electropop
	Talk Dirty [ citation needed ]	Jason Derulo	R&B hip hop pop
	The Silence in Black and White Acoustic	Hawthorne Heights	Acoustic
	Quack	Duck Sauce	Disco house nu-disco house
	Lights Out	Ingrid Michaelson	Indie pop
	Rivers in the Wasteland	Needtobreathe	Alternative rock Christian rock folk rock indie rock southern rock
	Testimony	August Alsina	R&B hip hop
19	Demolicious [53]	Green Day	Pop punk alternative rock garage rock
	Indie Cindy	Pixies	Alternative rock
22	Rented World	The Menzingers	Punk rock indie rock
	Pop Psychology	Neon Trees	Pop pop rock new wave
	Ready Steady Go!	Drake Bell	Rockabilly rock and roll classic rock pop
	RetroHash	Asher Roth	Hip hop
	Modern Creation	The Whigs	Garage rock indie rock
27	Arcadia	Ramona Lisa	Electronic
28	Food [54]	Kelis	R&B soul
29	Midnight Sun	The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger	Folk psychedelic pop
	After Hours	Timeflies	R&B hip hop pop
	Shriek	Wye Oak	Indie pop indie rock

May

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
5	AEGEA	Billy Corgan	Experimental rock
	Nikki Nack	Tune-Yards	Art pop synth-pop
6	Southsiders	Atmosphere	Hip hop
	Storyline	Hunter Hayes	Country
	Supernova	Ray LaMontagne	Folk folk rock
	Natalie Merchant	Natalie Merchant	Folk alternative
	Corazón	Santana	Latin rock
	Strangeulation	Tech N9ne Collabos	Hip hop
12	Sylvan Esso	Sylvan Esso	Electropop indie pop indie rock
13	Unrepentant Geraldines	Tori Amos	Alternative rock baroque pop
	Turn Blue	The Black Keys	Blues rock garage rock indie rock soul
	Ghosts of Download	Blondie	Dance-pop pop disco electropop
	Are We Not Men? We Are Diva!	Me First and the Gimme Gimmes	Punk rock
	Blue Smoke	Dolly Parton	Country
	Rewind	Rascal Flatts	Country
	To Be Kind	Swans	Experimental rock art rock
	Ultima II Massage	TOBACCO	Electronic
19	Just as I Am	Brantley Gilbert	Country
	Cool Planet	Guided By Voices [55]
	Behind the Light	Phillip Phillips [56]	Pop rock folk rock
27	Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse	Mariah Carey	Pop R&B
	Xscape	Michael Jackson [57]	Pop
	The Secret	Austin Mahone	Pop R&B
	Big Skies	Nick Santino	Country rock indie pop
	Clouded	This Wild Life	Acoustic rock emo

June

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
3	Animal Ambition	50 Cent	Hip hop
	Road Between	Lucy Hale	Country
	Platinum	Miranda Lambert	Country
	Akeda	Matisyahu	Pop reggae
	Beauty & Ruin	Bob Mould	Alternative rock
	Till Death Do Us Party	Adore Delano	Dance
	Black Hours	Hamilton Leithauser	Chamber pop rock and roll
	Sing Pray Love, Vol. 1: Sing	Kelly Price	R&B
5	French Exit	TV Girl	Indie pop
10	Disgusting	Beartooth	Metalcore Hardcore punk
	Stockholm	Chrissie Hynde	Rock
	While You Were Sleeping	José James	Jazz hip hop
	The Rockville LP	O.A.R. [58]	Rock pop rock
	Hebrews	Say Anything	Indie rock alternative rock emo
	Lazaretto	Jack White	Blues rock folk rock blue-eyed soul
17	Ultraviolence	Lana Del Rey	Dream pop psychedelic rock desert rock
	The Hunting Party	Linkin Park	Rock alternative rock hard rock rap metal
	A.K.A.	Jennifer Lopez	Pop synthpop
24	Language & Perspective	Bad Suns	Alternative rock indie rock
	Fuego	Phish	Rock
	Phox	Phox	Indie pop
	Nothing More	Nothing More	Rock Alternative metal hard rock progressive metal
	Relief	Vacationer	Electropop dream pop

July

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Careers	Beverly	Indie rock indie pop
	Thanks for Listening	Colt Ford	Country rap
	Paula	Robin Thicke [59]	R&B
	Trigga	Trey Songz [60]	R&B
4	Chicago XXXVI: Now	Chicago	Rock
	4	The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus	Alternative rock Christian rock post-hardcore pop punk
8	Feathers & Bones	The Clarks	Rock
	Sound of Change	Dirty Heads	Reggae rock hip hop
	Fall for You	Leela James	R&B soul
	TIME	Mr.Kitty	Synth-pop New wave music
15	Strange Desire	Bleachers	Alternative rock
	Yes!	Jason Mraz	Pop rock
	The Black Market	Rise Against [61]	Punk rock melodic hardcore
	Mandatory Fun	"Weird Al" Yankovic [62]	Comedy parody
22	Lowborn	Anberlin	Alternative rock Christian alternative rock
	Nobody Smiling	Common	Hip hop
	Do You Wanna Start a War	Fozzy	Heavy metal hard rock
	I Remember	Kaskade	Dance progressive house
	In Technicolor	Jesse McCartney	Pop
	Maybe This Place Is the Same and We're Just Changing	Real Friends	Pop punk emo
29	A Life Worth Living	Marc Broussard	R&B Pop rock
	Please Return the Evening — the Cherry Poppin' Daddies Salute the Music of the Rat Pack	Cherry Poppin' Daddies	Swing traditional pop
	Lese Majesty	Shabazz Palaces	Experimental hip hop
	Hypnotic Eye	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Rock

August

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
5	Time Is Over One Day Old	Bear in Heaven	Electronic rock indie rock
	The Empty Hearts	The Empty Hearts	Garage rock rock and roll
	1000hp	Godsmack	Alternative metal hard rock
	Magazines or Novels [63]	Andy Grammer	Pop rock
	The Interrupters	The Interrupters	Ska punk punk rock
	Summer Nationals (EP)	The Offspring	Punk rock
	Worlds	Porter Robinson	Synthpop indietronica alternative dance
	They Want My Soul	Spoon	Indie rock art rock alternative rock
	Provoked	Sunny Sweeney	Country
12	Horizons	Kris Allen	Pop rock
	Testify	Caleb Johnson	Rock
	Stronger	Tank	R&B
	Rockabilly Riot!: All Original	Brian Setzer	Rockabilly
19	Anchor	Colton Dixon	CCM alternative rock
	Get Hurt	The Gaslight Anthem	Rock alternative rock
	Blacc Hollywood	Wiz Khalifa	Hip hop
	Ignite the Night	Chase Rice	Country
	I Will Not Be Afraid	Caroline Rose	Indie pop indie rock
25	L.O.R.D.	ASAP Mob	Hip hop
	Stomachaches	frnkiero and the cellabration	Alternative rock post-hardcore
	My Everything	Ariana Grande	Pop R&B
	Lost in Alphaville	The Rentals	New wave
	Manipulator	Ty Segall	Psychedelic rock garage rock glam rock
26	Moonshine in the Trunk	Brad Paisley	Country

September

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
2	Seen It All: The Autobiography	Jeezy	Hip hop
	The Turn	Amber Pacific	Pop punk
	Hold On Pain Ends	The Color Morale [64]	Metalcore post-hardcore
	Somewhere Under Wonderland	Counting Crows	Alternative rock roots rock
	V	Maroon 5 [65]	Pop rock pop Electro
5	Goddess	Banks	Electronica alternative R&B
8	El Pintor	Interpol	Alternative rock indie rock
9	Blood & Lemonade	American Hi-Fi	Pop punk pop rock
	All Together Now	Better Than Ezra	Alternative rock
	I Don't Dance	Lee Brice	Country
	Souled Out	Jhené Aiko	PBR&B
	Kids These Days	Judah & the Lion	Alternative rock folk rock
	Where It's At	Dustin Lynch	Country
	Title	Meghan Trainor	Pop R&B
	Journey To Freedom	Michelle Williams	Contemporary gospel R&B
16	Just Enough Hip to Be Woman	Broncho	Indie rock
	X	Chris Brown	Contemporary R&B hip hop
	Between the Stars	Flyleaf	Post-grunge hard rock pop rock emo-metal alternative metal
	Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong.	For King & Country	CCM alternative rock indie rock pop rock
	Hope	Manchester Orchestra	Acoustic indie rock
	Sundown Heaven Town	Tim McGraw	Country
	You Haunt Me	Sir Sly	Indie pop indie rock
	Broken Compass	Sleepwave	Industrial metal alternative rock post-hardcore
	Bulletproof Picasso	Train	Rock pop rock
23	Cheek to Cheek	Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga [66]	Jazz
	The Big Revival	Kenny Chesney	Country
	Encyclopedia	The Drums	Indie pop indie rock
	Awakening	Jackie Evancho	Classical crossover
	JHUD	Jennifer Hudson	R&B
	Luke James	Luke James [67]	R&B
	Strut	Lenny Kravitz	Rock
	Plain Spoken	John Mellencamp	Americana folk rock roots heartland rock
	PTX	Pentatonix [68]	A cappella pop
	Sukierae	Tweedy	Rock
29	Hesitant Alien	Gerard Way	Alternative rock Britpop
30	Collide	Boyz II Men	R&B
	Gypsy Heart	Colbie Caillat	Pop folk R&B
	Back to Oblivion	Finch	Alternative rock post-hardcore
	747	Lady Antebellum [69]	Country country rock
	Holiday for Swing	Seth MacFarlane	Christmas traditional pop swing big band
	Art Official Age	Prince	R&B and soul electro-funk
	Bringing Back the Sunshine	Blake Shelton	Country

October

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Recklessly (EP)	Hot Chelle Rae	Pop rock
7	Old Boots, New Dirt	Jason Aldean	Country
	You're Dead!	Flying Lotus	Electronic trip hop
	It's About Us	Alex & Sierra	Pop indie pop
	Point of No Return	Keyshia Cole	R&B hip hop soul
	The Way	Macy Gray	R&B soul
	Resurrection	New Found Glory	Pop punk
	Taiga	Zola Jesus [70]	Synth-pop
	Aquarius	Tinashe [71]	R&B
	Everything Will Be Alright in the End	Weezer	Alternative rock power pop
	Phantom Pop	Wild Party	Pop-rock
	Lift a Sail	Yellowcard	Alternative rock pop rock
14	Anything Goes	Florida Georgia Line	Country
	Heart on My Sleeve	Mary Lambert	R&B pop
	Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness	Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness	Pop rock soft rock
	Holiday Wishes	Idina Menzel	Christmas
	Hungry Ghosts	OK Go	Alternative rock
	Ride Out	Bob Seger	Rock heartland rock
	Duality	Set It Off	Pop punk pop rock alternative rock
	Rose. Ave.	You+Me	Folk pop
21	Under Pressure	Logic	Hip hop
	Finest Hour: The Best of Gavin DeGraw	Gavin DeGraw	Blue-eyed soul rock pop rock
	Jukebox the Ghost	Jukebox the Ghost	Power pop indie pop
	Pain Killer	Little Big Town	Country
	That's Christmas to Me	Pentatonix	Christmas A cappella
	Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble	Primus	Experimental rock
	.5: The Gray Chapter	Slipknot	Metal
	Paperwork: The Motion Picture	T.I.	Hip hop
27	...And We Explode	Black Map	Alternative metal
	1989	Taylor Swift	Pop
	Love Ran Red	Chris Tomlin	CCM worship
	Undefeated	Secondhand Serenade	Alternative rock pop rock
28	The Turn	Live	Alternative rock
	Classics	She & Him	Indie pop
	Feels So Good	Dionne Warwick	R&B

November

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
6	Broke with Expensive Taste	Azealia Banks	Hip hop dance-pop
10	Antemasque	Antemasque	Alternative rock punk rock
	Sonic Highways	Foo Fighters	Post-grunge hard rock alternative rock
	Nick Jonas	Nick Jonas	Pop
	Non Fiction	Ne-Yo	R&B
11	Knives to the Future	Project 86	Christian rock post-hardcore
12	Weathered	Angie Miller [72]	Pop
14	Milking the Stars: A Re-Imagining Of Last Patrol	Monster Magnet	Stoner rock psychedelic rock
17	Coming Home	Kristin Chenoweth	Country pop vocal pop disco
	Jersey	Bella Thorne	Pop
	Black Widow	In This Moment	Gothic metal alternative metal electronic rock industrial metal
18	Seeds	TV on the Radio	Indie rock alternative rock
	The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty	Tyga	Hip hop
24	Man Against Machine	Garth Brooks	Country
	Descensus	Circa Survive	Progressive rock post-hardcore
	Shady XV	Various Shady Records artists	Hip hop
	For You	Selena Gomez	Pop dance electropop
	Globalization [73]	Pitbull	Hip hop
	Hood Billionaire	Rick Ross	Hip hop
28	Songs for Dads (EP)	The Walters	Indie pop

December

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
2	Sex Playlist	Omarion	R&B
	Talking Is Hard	Walk the Moon	Pop rock alternative rock indie pop
4	Shadows to Light (EP)	Shoshana Bean	Pop-soul
8	2014 Forest Hills Drive	J. Cole	Hip hop
9	The Dream Walker	Angels & Airwaves	Alternative rock
	Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart	K. Michelle	R&B
	Monuments to an Elegy	The Smashing Pumpkins	Alternative rock
	Greatest Hits: Decade Number 1	Carrie Underwood	Country
15	Black Messiah	D'Angelo	Neo soul
	The Pinkprint	Nicki Minaj	Hip hop
16	Player Select	Starbomb	Comedy hip hop synthpop nerdcore
23	Redefine	Inspection 12	Pop punk punk rock

Top songs on record

See also: List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2014, List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2014, and Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2014

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

• "All About That Bass" – Meghan Trainor (8 weeks)
• "All of Me" – John Legend (3 weeks)
• "Blank Space" – Taylor Swift (5 weeks)
• "Dark Horse" – Katy Perry feat. Juicy J (4 weeks)
• "Fancy" – Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX (7 weeks)
• "Happy" – Pharrell Williams (10 weeks)
• "Rude" – MAGIC! (6 weeks)
• "Shake It Off" – Taylor Swift (4 weeks)
• "The Monster" – Eminem feat. Rihanna (2 weeks in 2014, 2 weeks in 2013)
• "Timber" – Pitbull feat. Kesha (3 weeks)

Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.

• "23" – Mike Will Made It feat. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J (#14 in 2014, #11 in 2013)
• "7/11" – Beyoncé (#13)
• "A Sky Full of Stars" – Coldplay (#10)
• "Ain't It Fun" – Paramore (#10)
• "All About That Bass" – Meghan Trainor (#1)
• "All of Me" – John Legend (#1)
• "Am I Wrong" – Nico & Vinz (#4)
• "Amnesia" – 5 Seconds of Summer (#16)
• "Anaconda" – Nicki Minaj (#2)
• "Animals" – Maroon 5 (#3)
• "Bailando" – Enrique Iglesias feat. Sean Paul, Gente de Zona and Descemer Bueno (#12)
• "Bang Bang" – Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj (#3)
• "Best Day of My Life" – American Authors (#11)
• "Billie Jean" – Michael Jackson (#14 in 2014, #1 in 1983)
• "Birthday" – Katy Perry (#17)
• "Black Widow" – Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora (#3)
• "Blame" – Calvin Harris feat. John Newman (#19)
• "Blank Space" – Taylor Swift (#1)
• "Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell (#19 in 2014, #1 in 2013)
• "Boom Clap" – Charli XCX (#8)
• "Booty" – Jennifer Lopez feat. Iggy Azalea or Pitbull (#18)
• "Bottoms Up" – Brantley Gilbert (#20)
• "Break Free" – Ariana Grande feat. Zedd (#4)
• "Burn" – Ellie Goulding (#13)
• "Burnin' It Down" – Jason Aldean (#12)
• "Can't Remember to Forget You" – Shakira feat. Rihanna (#15)
• "Chandelier" – Sia (#8)
• "Classic" – MKTO (#14)
• "Cool Kids" – Echosmith (#13)
• "Counting Stars" – OneRepublic (#2)
• "Dark Horse" – Katy Perry feat. Juicy J (#1)
• "Demons" – Imagine Dragons (#6)
• "Dirt" – Florida Georgia Line (#11)
• "Do What U Want" – Lady Gaga feat. R. Kelly (#16 in 2014, #13 in 2013)
• "Don't" – Ed Sheeran (#9)
• "Don't Tell 'Em" – Jeremih feat. YG (#6)
• "Drunk in Love" – Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z (#2)
• "Fancy" – Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX (#1)
• "Habits (Stay High)" – Tove Lo (#3)
• "Happy" – Pharrell Williams (#1)
• "Hey Brother" – Avicii (#16)
• "Hold On, We're Going Home" – Drake feat. Majid Jordan (#13 in 2014, #4 in 2013)
• "Hot Nigga" – Bobby Shmurda (#6)
• "I Don't Fuck with You" – Big Sean feat. E-40 (#11)
• "I'm Not the Only One" – Sam Smith (#5)
• "Jealous" – Nick Jonas (#8)
• "La La La" – Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith (#19)
• "Latch" – Disclosure feat. Sam Smith (#7)
• "Let Her Go" – Passenger (#5)
• "Let It Go" – Idina Menzel (#5)
• "Lifestyle" – Rich Gang feat. Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan (#16)
• "Lips Are Movin" – Meghan Trainor (#4)
• "Love Me Harder" – Ariana Grande and The Weeknd (#7)
• "Love Never Felt So Good" – Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake (#9)
• "Love Runs Out" – OneRepublic (#15)
• "Loyal" – Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne and French Montana, Too Short or Tyga (#9)
• "Magic" – Coldplay (#14)
• "Maps" – Maroon 5 (#6)
• "Me and My Broken Heart" – Rixton (#14)
• "My Nigga" – YG feat. Jeezy and Rich Homie Quan (#19)
• "No Type" – Rae Sremmurd (#16)
• "Not a Bad Thing" – Justin Timberlake (#8)
• "Only" – Nicki Minaj feat. Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown (#12)
• "Out of the Woods" – Taylor Swift (#18)
• "Play It Again" – Luke Bryan (#14)
• "Pompeii" – Bastille (#5)
• "Problem" – Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea (#2)
• "Radioactive" – Imagine Dragons (#13 in 2014, #3 in 2013)
• "Rather Be" – Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne (#10)
• "Roar" – Katy Perry (#8 in 2014, #1 in 2013)
• "Royals" – Lorde (#4 in 2014, #1 in 2013)
• "Rude" – MAGIC! (#1)
• "Say Something" – A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera (#4)
• "#SELFIE" – The Chainsmokers (#16)
• "Shake It Off" – Taylor Swift (#1)
• "Show Me" – Kid Ink feat. Chris Brown (#13)
• "Shower" – Becky G (#16)
• "Sing" – Ed Sheeran (#13)
• "Somethin' Bad" – Miranda Lambert feat. Carrie Underwood (#19)
• "Stay the Night" – Zedd feat. Hayley Williams (#18)
• "Stay with Me" – Sam Smith (#2)
• "Steal My Girl" – One Direction (#13)
• "Story of My Life" – One Direction (#9 in 2014, #6 in 2013)
• "Summer" – Calvin Harris (#7)
• "Sweater Weather" – The Neighbourhood (#16 in 2014, #14 in 2013)
• "Take Me to Church" – Hozier (#2)
• "Talk Dirty" – Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz (#3)
• "Team" – Lorde (#6)
• "The Hanging Tree" – James Newton Howard feat. Jennifer Lawrence (#12)
• "The Heart Wants What It Wants" – Selena Gomez (#6)
• "The Man" – Aloe Blacc (#8)
• "The Monster" – Eminem feat. Rihanna (#1)
• "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran (#6)
• "This Is How We Roll" – Florida Georgia Line feat. Luke Bryan (#15)
• "Timber" – Pitbull feat. Kesha (#1)
• "Trumpets" – Jason Derulo (#14)
• "Tuesday" – ILoveMakonnen feat. Drake (#12)
• "Turn Down for What" – DJ Snake and Lil Jon (#4)
• "Unconditionally" – Katy Perry (#20 in 2014, #14 in 2013)
• "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars (#3)
• "Wake Me Up!" – Avicii (#8 in 2014, #4 in 2013)
• "Wasted Love" - Matt McAndrew (#14)
• "Waves" – Mr Probz (#14)
• "We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow" – Soko (#9)
• "West Coast" – Lana Del Rey (#17)
• "White Walls" – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. ScHoolboy Q and Hollis (#18 in 2014, #15 in 2013)
• "Wiggle" – Jason Derulo feat. Snoop Dogg (#5)
• "Wrecking Ball" – Miley Cyrus (#9 in 2014, #1 in 2013)

Deaths

• January 2 – Jay Traynor, 70, singer (Jay and the Americans)
• January 3 – Phil Everly, 74, rock singer (The Everly Brothers)
• January 7 – Maureen Gray, 65, songwriter and doo-wop singer
• January 9 – Roy Campbell, Jr., 61, trumpet player
• January 18 – Dennis Frederiksen, 62, rock singer (Toto, LeRoux, Angel)
• January 25 – Arthur Doyle, 69, singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and flute player
• January 26 – Rusty York, 78, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• January 27 – Pete Seeger, 94, folk singer
• January 28
  • John Cacavas, 83, composer and conductor
  • Dwight Gustafson, 83, composer and conductor
  • Stevie Woods, 62, R&B singer and musician
• January 29 – Johnny Allen, 96, pianist and arranger
• January 30 – The Mighty Hannibal, 74, singer-songwriter and producer
• February 5 – Richard Hayman, 93, harmonica player, composer, and conductor
• February 8 – Dick Berk, 74, drummer and bandleader
• February 12 – Maggie Estep, 50, spoken word artist, poet and writer
• February 16 – Raymond Louis Kennedy, 67, singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer
• February 17 – Bob Casale, 61, new wave guitarist (Devo)
• February 22 – Trebor Jay Tichenor, 74, pianist and composer
• February 23
  • Chip Damiani, 68, drummer (The Remains)
  • Penny DeHaven, 65, country music and gospel singer
• February 24
  • Franny Beecher, 92, rock guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets)
  • Kelly Holland, 52, singer (Cry of Love)
• February 26
  • Frank Reed, 59, singer (The Chi-Lites)
  • Frankie Sardo, 77, rock and roll singer, actor and film producer
  • Tim Wilson, 52, country music artist and stand-up comedian
• March 6
  • Charles Love, 68, singer and guitarist (Bloodstone)
  • Speaker Knockerz, 19, rapper and record producer
• March 8
  • Jerry Corbitt, 71, guitarist (The Youngbloods)
  • Buren Fowler, 54, guitarist (Drivin' n' Cryin')
• March 14 – Gary Burger, 72, garage rock singer and guitarist (The Monks)
• March 15 – Scott Asheton, 64, rock drummer (The Stooges)
• March 18 – Joe Lala, 66, percussionist and musician (Blues Image)
• March 23 – Dave Brockie, 50, metal vocalist (Gwar)
• March 25 – Eddie Lawrence, 95, monologist, actor, singer, lyricist
• March 28 – Joe Frazier, 77, singer (Chad Mitchell Trio)
• March 31 – Frankie Knuckles, 59, house disk jockey and producer
• April 1 – Joe "Speedo" Frazier, 70, singer (The Impalas)
• April 3
  • Paul Salamunovich, 86, conductor and educator
  • Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, 93, musician and songwriter
• April 5
  • Wayne Henderson,74, trombonist and record producer (The Jazz Crusaders)
  • Jason McCash, 38, metal bassist (The Gates of Slumber)
• April 6 – David Lamb, folk singer and guitarist (Brown Bird)
• April 11 – Jesse Winchester, 69, musician and songwriter
• April 15 – Little Joe Cook, 91, singer and songwriter (Little Joe & The Thrillers)
• April 18 – Deon Jackson, 68, soul singer and songwriter
• April 19 – Kevin Sharp, 43, country music singer
• April 21 – Mundo Earwood, 61, country singer-songwriter ^[74]
• April 26 – DJ Rashad, 34, electronic and hip hop disk jockey
• April 27 – DJ EZ Rock, 46, hip-hop DJ (Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock)
• April 29 – Paul Goddard, 68, bassist (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
• April 30 – Larry Ramos, 72, singer and musician (The Association)
• May 2 – Jessica Cleaves, 65, singer and songwriter (The Friends of Distinction)
• May 3 – Bobby Gregg, 78, musician, drummer, and record producer
• May 9 – Joe Wilder, 92, trumpet player, composer, and bandleader
• May 11 – Ed Gagliardi, 62, bass player (Foreigner)
• May 18 – Jerry Vale, 83, singer and actor
• May 25 – Herb Jeffries, 100, popular music and jazz singer
• June 2
  • Ramona Brooks, 63, singer
  • Weldon Myrick, 76, steel guitar player (The Nashville A-Team, Area Code 615)
• June 15 – Casey Kasem, 82, co-creator and original host of American Top 40, DJ, music historian
• June 18 – Johnny Mann, 85, arranger, composer and recording artist
• June 19 – Gerry Goffin, 75, lyricist
• June 22 – Teenie Hodges, 68, guitarist and songwriter (Hi Rhythm Section)
• June 24 – Lee McBee, 63, singer and harmonica player
• June 27 – Bobby Womack, 70, R&B singer, songwriter
• July 1 – Betty Cody, 92, country singer
• July 3 – Jesse Anderson, 73, blues singer-songwriter and musician
• July 7 – Lois Johnson, 72, country singer
• July 11
  • Charlie Haden, 76, bassist and composer (Old and New Dreams)
  • Tommy Ramone, 65, producer and founding Ramones drummer
• July 16 – Johnny Winter, 70, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
• July 18 – James Govan, 64, singer-songwriter
• July 19 – Lionel Ferbos, trumpet player
• July 23 – Norman Leyden, composer and conductor, 96
• July 26 – Johnny Winter, 70, blues guitarist, singer, songwriter
• July 29 – Idris Muhammad, 74, jazz drummer
• July 30 – Dick Wagner, 71, guitarist and songwriter (The Frost, Alice Cooper)
• August 1 – Michael Johns, 35, singer and American Idol season 7 finalist ^[75]
• August 2 – Rosetta Hightower, 70, singer (The Orlons)
• August 24 – Talmadge "Tommy" Gough, 74, singer (The Crests)
• August 31 – Jimi Jamison, 63, vocalist (Survivor)
• September 5 – Simone Battle, 25, pop singer (G.R.L.)
• September 11 – Bob Crewe, 83, songwriter and record producer
• September 12 – Joe Sample, 75, pianist, keyboard player, and composer (The Jazz Crusaders)
• September 17 – George Hamilton IV, 77, country singer
• September 20 – Polly Bergen, 84, actress and singer
• September 24 – Priscilla Mitchell, 73, country music singer
• October 4 – Paul Revere, 76, keyboardist and musician (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
• October 7 – Iva Withers, 97, Canadian-American actress and singer
• October 14 – Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, 38, keyboardist (The Mars Volta, Jack White)
• October 16 – Tim Hauser, 72, singer (The Manhattan Transfer)
• October 18 – Paul Craft, 76, singer-songwriter
• October 23 – Jeanne Black, 76, country music singer
• October 24 – Marcia Strassman, 66, actress and singer
• November 1 – Wayne Static, 48, metal vocalist (Static-X)
• November 9 – Jonathan Athon, 32, metal bassist (Black Tusk)
• November 17 – Jimmy Ruffin, 78, soul singer
• November 18 – Dave Appell, 92, musician, arranger and record producer (The Applejacks)
• December 3 – Edward "Sonny" Bivins, 78, R&B singer (The Manhattans)
• December 9 – Winfred "Blue" Lovett, 78, R&B singer (The Manhattans)
• December 11 – Dawn Sears, 53, singer-songwriter ^[76]
• December 16 – Wendy Rene, 67, soul singer and songwriter
• December 18 – Larry Henley, 77, singer and songwriter (The Newbeats)
• December 22 – Joe Cocker, 70, singer
• December 23 – Jo Jo Benson, 76, R&B and soul singer

See also

• 2010s in music
• 2014 in music

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