12 Biggest Stories in 2009

• January 2009: Barack Obama becomes the 44th US President and the first African American to do so.
• February 2009: Rihanna and her boyfriend Chris Brown having an argument while driving to the Grammy Awards, but doesn't show up because Chris bit Rihanna's face resulting him an arrest.
• March 2009: Michael Jackson announces 50 dates at the O2 and said it will be his last tour.
• April 2009: Susan Boyle, a contestant in Britain's Got Talent becomes a Internet phenomenon in YouTube.
• May 2009: Kris Allen wins against Adam Lambert in American Idol.
• June 2009: Michael Jackson dies at 50 of a cardiac arrest.
• July 2009: The now-famous Apollo 11 moon landing celebrates its 40th anniversary.
• August 2009: Whitney Houston comes back at the music scene releasing her comeback album I Look to You.
• September 2009: The Beatles' back catalogue is remastered.
• October 2009: Oasis splits up after a row between the Gallagher brothers but later becomes Oasis 2.0 until January 2010.
• November 2009: Cheryl Cole goes solo after Girls Aloud start their hiatus.
• December 2009: Rage Against The Machine beats The X Factor series 6 winner Joe McElderry in the Christmas UK No.1 as a part of a successful Facebook campaign.