[6] In 2009, Music Millennium was ranked ninth in Spin magazine's list of the fifteen best independent record stores in the country.

[7] A year later, The Oregonian described Music Millennium as an iconic Portland business and a "national leader in the music-selling industry".

[3] During a 1993 feud with Garth Brooks, Currier barbecued the country star's album In Pieces after removing Music Millennium's entire collection of his other CDs, cassettes, and LPs.

Dubbed "The Barbecue for Retail Freedom", the event was staged to protest Brooks's stance against used record stores selling his music.

Millennium Music operated two stores in South Carolina and Terry Currier believed it caused too much confusion and was concerned about "unwanted competition".