Events in Music History in February 2024

  • Feb 1 Auction of British musician Mark Knopfler's guitar collection auction of realizes $11.27 M USD (8.8M GBP). with 25% earmarked for his favorite charities at Christies Auction House in London, England

Grammy Awards

Feb 5 66th Grammy Awards: Taylor Swift wins record 4th Best Album with "Midnights", Best Record Miley Cyrus "Flowers", Best Song Billie Eilish “What I Was Made For”, Killer Mike led away in handcuffs [1]

Music History

Feb 5 Meghan Thee Stallion's achieves her first solo No.1 with diss single "Hiss" amid a feud with fellow rapper Nicki Minaj [1]

Sports History

Feb 11 Usher performs the halftime show at Super Bowl LVIII with guests Alicia Keys, will.i.am, Lil Jon, H.E.R. and Ludacris [1]

Music History

Feb 20 Beyoncé’ is the first Black female artist to top Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart, with her country single “Texas Hold ’Em” [1]

Marian Anderson Hall

Feb 27 The Philadelphia Orchestra announces renaming of their concert home as Marian Anderson Hall, in honor of the noted 20th century contralto who was from the city [1]