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2009 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2009th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 9th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2000s decade.
Notable highlights of the 2009 Billboard Hot 100 issues include Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without You", which broke the record for the biggest leap to number one by jumping from number 97 to the number-one position. [10] Britney Spears's "3" became the only non-'American Idol' song to debut at number one in the 2000s (decade). [11]
Billboard magazine each year releases a Top Hot 100 songs of the year, counted from the first week of November to the final week in October. For 2009, the chart was published on December 11. [1] The 2009 list was dominated by The Black Eyed Peas and Lady Gaga, who shared the top four spots.
Sit down, relax, try to remember where you were back in, say, 2009 and what people were talking about, and This Word Of The Year Trivia Will Test If You Were Paying Attention For The Last 20 Years ...
Events from the year 2009 in the United States.. The inauguration of Barack Obama as the president, occurred on January 20.The nation, still recovering from the Great Recession, received various economic stimuli through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and similar legislation, which most notably gave Americans tax credits.
These are the US number one albums of 2009, per the Billboard 200. Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance. Fearless, the second studio album by American country singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, was the best selling album of 2009, and ended atop the Billboard 200 year-end chart of the year.
After a four-year hiatus, pop-punk band Blink-182 announced their reunion before giving the award for rock album of the year to alternative rock band Coldplay. LeRoi Moore, saxophonist for Dave Matthews Band, died on August 19, 2008. The video tribute to musicians who had died in the previous year excluded Moore, disappointing and angering fans.
The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, honoring the best music videos from the previous year between June 2008 to June 2009, were presented on September 13, 2009, at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and televised by MTV. The ceremony was hosted by Russell Brand for the 2nd consecutive year.