History Highlight:

Today in 2015, Adele went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Hello", the lead track from her third album 25. "Hello" became the first song to sell more than a million digital copies in a single week and the third highest weekly sales total since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, "Hello" won three awards; Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance.

Also, Today In:

1956 - Police used tear gas to break up a riot that broke out during a Fats Domino concert in Fayetteville, N.C. Fats and three of his sidemen suffer minor injuries.

1963 - Peter Paul and Mary started a five-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with In The Wind.

1969 - Creedence Clearwater Revival released Willy and the Poor Boys, the third studio album the band released that year. The album features the songs "Down on the Corner," which the album title references, as well as the protest song, "Fortunate Son." The album was the last of three studio albums the band released that year, arriving just three months after Green River.

1971 - Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves by Cher is No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Chart.

1974 - Crosby Stills Nash & Young went to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with So Far, their third No. 1 album.

1985 - Stevie Wonder went to No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Part-time Lover," his ninth No. 1 single.

1996 - Counting Crows went to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with Recovering The Satellites.

1999 - Foo Fighters released their third studio album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose. It was the band's first album to feature current Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins - former drummer for Alanis Morissette on her "Jagged Little Pill" and "Can't Not" tours. Hawkins was voted "Best Rock Drummer" in 2005 by the UK drumming magazine Rhythm.

2004 - Queen Elizabeth II awarded guitarist Eric Clapton a CBE — Commander of the British Empire, an order of chivalry of British democracy — for his services to music.

2009 - Ronnie Wood was given an Outstanding Contribution award at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour ceremony in London, England. Who guitarist Pete Townshend presented the award to Wood, who joined The Rolling Stones full time in 1976.

2016 - Taylor Swift was the highest-paid woman in music, according to Forbes' annual list, having earned more than double her nearest competitor Adele. The 26-year-old pop star had amassed earnings of $170 million over the past year, mainly thanks to a world tour named after her recent 1989 album.

2018 - Glenn Schwartz, the original guitar player of the James Gang, died at the age of 78. He later joined the Los Angeles-based blues band Pacific Gas & Electric, and in 1970 scored a national top 20 hit with the song 'Are You Ready?'.

Birthday:

Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer was born today in 1944.

k.d. lang is 59.

Nelly is 46.

Chris Walla, former guitarist with Death Cab for Cutie, is 45.

Highlights for Today in Music History are gathered from This Day in Music, Paul Shaffer's Day in Rock, Song Facts and Wikipedia.