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    • Jul 17, 2001
    Sony sues The Dixie Chicks in New York, attempting to bind the group to a deal it signed in 1999. The Chicks had terminated the contract a week earlier, claiming Sony had not fully paid royalties owed the band. Sony claims it will lose $100 million
    Aug 27, 2001
    The Dixie Chicks file a countersuit against Sony in New York to terminate their recording contract, saying the label's "fraudulent accounting gimmicks" shortchanged them more than $4 million
    Oct 2, 2001
    Sony releases banjo player Bela Fleck's album "Perpetual Motion." Produced by Edgar Meyer, it boasts music written by such classical composers as J.S. Bach and Claude Debussy, with a lineup of musicians that includes Nickel Creek's Chris Thile
    Oct 16, 2001
    Sony releases the "Riding In Cars With Boys" soundtrack, featuring Billy Joe Royal's "Down In The Boondocks," Skeeter Davis' "The End Of The World," The Everly Brothers' "All I Have To Do Is Dream" and Janis Joplin's "Piece Of My Heart"
    Feb 26, 2002
    Sony releases the soundtrack to "We Were Soldiers," with a collaboration between Johnny Cash and Dave Matthews, plus a duet of Jamie O'Neal and Michael McDonald. Also featured: Tammy Cochran, Montgomery Gentry, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Rascal Flatts
    Mar 21, 2002
    Sony announces it's added Pam Tillis to the Lucky Dog roster. Her first project for the label: an album featuring her version of songs written by her father, Mel Tillis
    Jun 14, 2002
    The Dixie Chicks patch up with Sony, signing a deal that brings them a $20 million advance, a 20% royalty, and their own label, Wide Open Records. The deal comes 11 months after they terminated their contract with Sony's Monument subsidiary
    Sep 5, 2002
    CMT.com reports Joe Diffie, Ty Herndon, Deryl Dodd and Jack Ingram have all departed Sony Music
    Sep 30, 2002
    The five biggest record distribution companies settle a price-fixing suit with 41 states, agreeing to pay $143 million, though they do not admit any wrongdoing. The companies include BMG, EMI, Warner-Elektra-Atlantic, Sony and Universal
    Dec 10, 2002
    Sony releases a three-CD album, "Freedom: Songs From The Heart Of America." It includes The Carter Family's "Can The Circle Be Unbroken," plus tracks by Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Gene Autry, Marty Robbins, Louise Massey and Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers
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