The year in music summed up in 12 sentences!
- January: Adele releases "21" which would go on to became the biggest-selling album of the 21st century, overtaking Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black".
- February: The White Stripes announce that they are to break up whilst Adele is again in the spotlight as she steals the show at the BRIT Awards.
- March: Alice Cooper, Tom Waits and Neil Diamond are among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.
- April: LCD Soundsystem play last ever gig, their final song at Madison Square Gardens being "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down".
- May: Azerbaijan win the Eurovision Song Contest while Jedward and Blue finish 8th and 11th respectively.
- June: U2 and Coldplay headline Glastonbury with a surprise gig from a recently reformed Pulp but it's Beyonce who claims the festival with her Sunday night slot.
- July: Amy Winehouse dies at the age of 27
- August: "Video Games" is posted on Youtube.
- September: REM announced via its website that it was "calling it a day as a band" and PJ Harvey becomes the first artist to win the Mercury Prize twice.
- November: The Streets play last gig together but luckily Black Sabbath announce they will reform.
- December: Little Mix wins the X-Factor and sells more copies of their cover of Damien Rice's "Cannonball" in one week than Damien has since he wrote the song!
