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- Kasabian reached No. 1 on the UK album chart with their fourth studio album, “Velociraptor!”.
- Lady Antebellum reached No. 1 on the US album chart with “Own the Night”.
- Meat Loaf performed during the Australian Football League AFL final in Melbourne between Collingwood and Geelong. Because of bleeding vocal cords, he had difficulty completing the twelve-minute set and subsequently faced criticism in the media.
- Mandolinist Chris Thile, known from Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers, received a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant. He learned about the award by telephone and initially thought it was an automated political call.
- David Gilmour reached No. 1 on the UK album chart with his fourth solo studio album, “Rattle That Lock”; the album topped the charts in ten other countries.
- An original recording of The Beatles performing at the Cavern Club in 1962 was discovered in Liverpool. The recording included the song “Some Other Guy” and had remained forgotten in a desk drawer for almost 50 years.
- Jason Aldean reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 with his seventh studio album, “They Don’t Know”.
- During Jason Aldean’s performance at the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas, a gunman opened fire from a suite in the nearby Mandalay Bay hotel. The incident left 58 people dead and more than 500 injured.
- French singer, songwriter, lyricist, actor, activist, and diplomat Charles Aznavour died at the age of 94. According to the source variants, he was found dead in the bathtub of his home in Mouriès. He became known for songs including “She”, which reached No. 1 on the UK chart in 1974, while his songwriting credits included “Yesterday, When I Was Young” and “If You Go Away”. During his career, he sold more than 180 million recordings and recorded more than 1,200 songs.
- American blues guitarist Beverly Watkins died at the age of 80. During her career, she worked with artists including James Brown, B. B. King, Ray Charles, and Dr. Feelgood.
- Published accounts showed that Ed Sheeran Ltd made a gross profit of £23,770,262 in 2018, equivalent to approximately £65,124 per day. He paid £4,506,139 in taxes.
- Pop Smoke reached No. 1 on the UK album chart with his posthumously released debut album, “Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon”.
- Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga released their collaborative album “Love for Sale”.