Editing 2001 in music (section)

===August===
*[[August 3]] – [[Whitney Houston]] signs the largest contract in music history with [[Arista Records]], a six-album deal worth over $100 million.<ref name="houston">{{cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/whitney-a-100-million-woman-20010803 |title=Whitney a $100 million woman |author=Christina Saraceno |date=August 3, 2001 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=November 5, 2012}}</ref>
*[[August 6]] – [[Death Row Records]] founder [[Suge Knight]] is released from prison after serving five years of a nine-year sentence for a parole violation.
*[[August 7]] – [[Aaron Carter]] comes back with his third studio album (second under Jive Records) ''[[Oh Aaron]]''.
*[[August 13]] – Two weeks before its official release, [[Spider One]] of [[Powerman 5000]] pulls ''[[Anyone for Doomsday?]]'' off the market because it sounds too much like their previous release ''[[Tonight the Stars Revolt!]]''. Later he releases the album on their website. Two months later, Al 3 & Dorian 27 leave the band.
*[[August 15]] – [[Wilco]] signs a buy-out deal with [[Reprise Records]] after the label rejects the ''[[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]]'' album and the band refuses to make any changes. Wilco leaves with the rights to the album in their possession.<ref name="wilco">{{cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/wilco-trot-off-reprise-20010815 |title=Wilco Trot Off Reprise |author=Colin Devenish |date=August 15, 2001 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=November 5, 2012}}</ref>
*[[August 22]] - Longtime guitarist [[Roland Grapow]] and drummer [[Uli Kusch]] are fired from German power metal band [[Helloween]].
*[[August 25]] – A [[Cessna 402]] carrying 9 people, including R&B singer [[Aaliyah]], crashes in the Bahamas, killing all aboard.