Mateus Honrado's Blog

Music 2010 – Robbie Williams rejoins Take That; Deaths of Teddy Pendergrass, Malcolm McLaren, Peter Steele, Lena Horne, Ronnie James Dio, Captain Beefheart and Teena Marie 2011 – Debut of The Voice USA on NBC; Death of Amy Winehouse 2012 – Psy's "Gangnam Style" becomes the most watched video on YouTube and becomes the first UK/US Top 40 hit by a K-pop artist; Deaths of Whitney Houston and Davy Jones 2013 – Battle of the Top 40 singles chart between Katy Perry and Lady Gaga as the lead singles of their respective albums come out on the same week; Deaths of Annette Funicello, Chi Cheng, Chrissy Amphlett, George Jones, Jeff Hanneman, Ray Manzarek, Cory Monteith and Lou Reed 2014 – The Marvin Gaye estate sues Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams for plagiarism as it's revealed that Thicke's "Blurred Lines" copied Gaye's "Got to Give It Up"; Deaths of Phil Everly, Pete Seeger, Casey Kasem, Bobby Womack, Tommy Ramone, Johnny Winter, Sim

Music 2000 – Metallica sues Napster for copyright infringement; Releases of NSYNC's No Strings Attached, Britney Spears' Oops... I Did It Again!, Kylie Minogue's Light Years, Spice Girls' Forever, U2's All That You Can Leave Behind, Madonna's Music, Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP, The Smashing Pumpkins' Machina/The Machines of God, Backstreet Boys' Black and Blue, Westlife's Coast to Coast and Jay-Z's The Dynasty: Roc La Familia 2001 – Releases of Jennifer Lopez' J.Lo, Michael Jackson's Invincible, Janet Jackson's All for You, Utada Hikaru's Distance, Ayumi Hamasaki's A Best, Mariah Carey's Glitter, NSYNC's Celebrity, Aaliyah's self titled third album, Nickelback's Silver Side Up and Britney Spears' Britney; Deaths of Aaliyah and George Harrison 2002 – Releases of Celine Dion's A New Day Has Come, Eminem's The Eminem Show, Red Hot Chili Peppers' By the Way and Christina Aguilera

Music 1990 – MCA acquires Geffen Records; Milli Vanilli revealed to have lip-synched all of their songs and that the vocals are not theirs 1991 – Deaths of Freddie Mercury and Eric Carr; Releases of Nirvana's Nevermind, Pearl Jam's Ten and Michael Jackson's Dangerous 1992 – Mariah Carey performs at MTV Unplugged; John Frusciante leaves the Red Hot Chili Peppers 1993 – Prince announces that he would be changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol as a protest against his record label Warner Bros. Records; Nirvana performs at MTV Unplugged 1994 – Death of Kurt Cobain; Madonna says the f-word fourteen times during her appearance on Late Show with David Letterman, causing a lot of controversy 1995 – Deaths of Selena and Jerry Garcia; Releases of No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom, Garbage's self titled debut, Michael Jackson's History, Oasis' (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and Queen'

Music 1980 – Deaths of John Lennon, Ian Curtis, Bon Scott, Darby Crash and John Bonham; Sony Walkman becomes available in the States 1981 – Launch of MTV; Ozzy Osbourne bites the head of a dove at a CBS Records gathering 1982 – Release of Thriller by Michael Jackson; Ozzy Osbourne bites the head of a bat while performing 1983 – CDs go on sale in the States; Kiss begins their makeup free period, starting with the release of their eleventh album Lick It Up 1984 – Release of Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution; Joe Perry and Brad Whitford rejoin Aerosmith 1985 – Live Aid; First Rock in Rio held 1986 – Queen's Live at Wembley; Death of Cliff Burton 1987 – Sony buys CBS Records; Launch of MTV Europe 1988 – Billboard introduces the Hot Modern Rock Tracks; Death of Roy Orbison 1989 – Madonna causes controversy among Catholics with "Like a Prayer" music video, thus prompting Pepsi to pull their sponsorship deal with their singer; Ice Cube quits NWA F