The following is a list of notable events and releases in
2009 in music.
Susan Boyle's album
I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks of release.
The death of American music icon Michael Jackson triggered a surge in posthumous sales making him the best selling artist of the year, with 35 million albums sold worldwide in the months following his death.