15 – Justin Timberlake's album, The 20/20 Experience, was released selling 968,000 copies in its first week. It became the best-selling album of the year in the U.S.
22 – My Chemical Romance break up after twelve years together. They end up reuniting six years later.[5]
18 — Cher make a historic return after eleven years of absence with "Woman's World", the lead single of her twenty-fifth studio album Closer to the Truth which is released three months later.
20 – Cher released her first studio album in twelve years, Closer to the Truth, debuting at number three on the Billboard 200 (making it Cher's first highest-peaking solo album on the chart).
29 – The teen pop rock band Jonas Brothers announced an indefinite hiatus following many disagreements. They announced a return in 2019.
November
5 – Eminem's album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, was released selling 792,000 copies in its first week, and was the second-best-selling album of the year in the U.S.
6 — Master P released his first studio album in twelve years, The Gift.
13 – Beyoncé released her surprise fifth studio album, Beyoncé, a 'visual album' containing 14 songs and an accompanying music video for each song. The album debuts at #1 based on 3 days of digital sales, making Beyoncé the first female artist, and second artist overall to debut at the top spot with her first five studio efforts.