The year 2005 will go down musically as yet another year in which album sales continued to decrease and Internet downloading skyrocketed, Canadian band the Arcade Fire boomed internationally, Mariah Carey made an unbelievable comeback, controversial rapper 50 Cent dominated sales charts while diversifying into movies, books, and video games, and U2 had the biggest tour of the year.
Robert Plant, Oasis, the Rolling Stones, Paul Weller and Depeche Mode all produced some of their best-reviewed albums in years, while Coldplay didn't disappoint with third disc X&Y [pictured] and one of the hottest tours of 2005. The Stones set up shop in Toronto this summer to rehearse and performed a club show at the Phoenix before wowing fans at Rogers Centre later in the year.
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