You're the One
Oct 3 Warner Bros. Records releases "You're the One", the tenth solo studio album by singer-songwriter Paul Simon; Grammy nomination for Album of the Year makes Simon the first artist nominated in category in five consecutive decades (1960s-2000s)
Country Music Association Awards
Oct 4 34th Country Music Association Awards: Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw win
- Oct 8 Musical "Peter Pan" starring Cathy Rigby, and filmed before a live audience, premieres on A&E TV
Music History
Oct 18 Zack de la Rocha announces he is leaving rock band Rage Against the Machine
Kendrick Lamar
Eminem
XXXTentacion
Tupac Shakur
Nicki Minaj
Coolio