2009

Part 9 of Sounds of the 21st Century, the year of the recession, Lady Gaga and the death of Michael Jackson.

Tracklisting:

– Jedward on X Factor
– Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers
– Christian Bale meltdown
– Barack Obama inauguration
– Lily Allen – The Fear
– UK is in recession
– La Roux – In for the Kill
– Woolworths closes down
– Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow
– Somali pirates hijack US ship, Captain Phillips praised
– Kesha – Tik Tok
– Josef Fritzl sentenced
– Susan Boyle audition on Britain’s Got Talent
– Fred ‘the Shred’ Goodwin’s pension, RBS losses
– MPs expenses scandal
– Lady Gaga – Poker Face
– Gurkhas granted UK settlements, Joanna Lumley celebrates
– Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
– Manchester United win Premiership, lose Champions League final
– Thierry Henry handball against Ireland
– Jenson Button wins F1
– Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick in Wimbledon final
– England win the Ashes
– Sir Bobby Robson dies
– Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
– Swine flu outbreak
– Go Compare, Compare the Meerkat ads
– Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
– Gaza ceasefire
– Jay Z and Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
– Pilot lands plane in Hudson River
– Red Dwarf returns
– Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift, Obama calls him a ‘jackass’
– Taylor Swift – Love Story
– Stephen Gately dies
– Jade Goody dies
– David Guetta and Kelly Rowland – When Love Takes Over
– Tiger Woods affair scandal
– Cheryl Cole – Fight for this Love
– Rihanna beaten by Chris Brown
– Alexandra Burke – Bad Boys
– Amanda Knox sentenced for Meredith Kercher murder
– Oasis split
– BNP’s Nick Griffin on Question Time
– Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
– Terry Wogan’s final breakfast show
– Michael Buble – Haven’t Met You Yet
– Harry Patch dies
– Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over
– UK soldiers in Afghanistan
– Avatar
– Michael Jackson dies
– Michael Jackson – This Is It
– Rage Against the X Factor
– Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name