2024 in music
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Specific locations
Specific genres
Albums released
Awards
| 66th Annual Grammy Awards (USA) |
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| Record of the Year: "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus • Album of the Year: Midnights by Taylor Swift • Song of the Year: "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish • Best New Artist: Victoria Monét |
| 2024 Billboard Music Awards (USA) |
| Top Artist: Taylor Swift • Top New Artist: Chappell Roan • Top Billboard 200 Album: The Tortured Poets Department by Taylor Swift • Top Hot 100 Song: "Lose Control" by Teddy Swims |
| 2024 Brit Awards (UK) |
| British Album of the Year: My 21st Century Blues by Raye • Song of the Year: "Escapism" by Raye featuring 070 Shake • British Artist of the Year: Raye • Best New Artist: Raye • British Group: Jungle |
| Juno Awards of 2024 (Canada) |
| Artist of the Year: Tate McRae • Group of the Year: The Beaches • Album of the Year: 99 Nights by Charlotte Cardin • Single of the Year: "Greedy" by Tate McRae |
| 2024 MAMA Awards |
| Artist of the Year: Seventeen • Album of the Year: Seventeenth Heaven by Seventeen • Song of the Year: "Supernova" by Aespa • Best Music Video: "Armageddon" by Aespa |
| 2024 MTV Video Music Awards Japan (Japan) |
| No ceremony held due to being rescheduled to 2025 |
| 2024 MTV Video Music Awards (USA) |
| Video of the Year: "Fortnight" by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone • Song of the Year: "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter • Best New Artist: Chappell Roan • Push Performance of the Year: Le Sserafim |
| 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards (Europe) |
| Best Song: "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter • Best Video: "Fortnight" by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone • Best Artist: Taylor Swift • Best New: Benson Boone |
| 2024 American Music Awards (USA) |
| No ceremony held due to 50th anniversary special airing in its place and rescheduled to 2025 |
| 38th Golden Disc Awards (South Korea) |
| Album of the Year: FML by Seventeen • Song of the Year: "Ditto" by NewJeans • Rookie Artist of the Year: Fifty Fifty, Zerobaseone |
| 66th Japan Record Awards (Japan) |
| Grand Prix winner: "Lilac" by Mrs. Green Apple |
| Pulitzer Prize for Music (USA) |
| Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith) by Tyshawn Sorey |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) |
| Performers: Mary J. Blige • Cher • Dave Matthews Band • Foreigner • Kool & The Gang • Ozzy Osbourne • A Tribe Called Quest Musical Influences: Alexis Korner • John Mayall • Big Mama Thornton Ahmet Ertegun Award (Non-performers): Suzanne de Passe Musical Excellence: Jimmy Buffett • MC5 • Dionne Warwick • Norman Whitfield |
| Mercury Prize (UK) |
| This Could Be Texas by English Teacher |
| Polar Music Prize (Sweden) |
| Nile Rodgers • Esa-Pekka Salonen |
| 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards (USA) |
| Song of the Year: "Kill Bill" by SZA • Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift • Best Music Video: "Seven" by Jungkook featuring Latto |
| Polaris Music Prize (Canada) |
| Motewolonuwok by Jeremy Dutcher |
| Eurovision Song Contest 2024 (Europe) |
| "The Code" by Nemo (Switzerland) |
| 33rd Seoul Music Awards (South Korea) |
| Grand Award: NCT Dream • Best Song Award: "OMG" by NewJeans • Best Album Award: FML by Seventeen • Rookie Artist Award: Riize, Zerobaseone |
| 21st Korean Music Awards (South Korea) |
| Album of the Year: Nowitzki by Beenzino • Song of the Year: "Ditto" by NewJeans • Musician of the Year: Silica Gel • Rookie of the Year: Kiss of Life |
| 16th Mirchi Music Awards (India) |
| Album of the Year: Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar by Arijit Singh, Charan, Divya Kumar, Jubin Nautiyal, Nikhita Gandhi, Shashwat Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal, Pritam, and Amitabh Bhattacharya • Song of the Year: "Besharam Rang" by Vishal–Shekhar, Shilpa Rao, Kumaar, and Caralisa Monteiro • Music Composer of The Year: Vishal–Shekhar[1] |
Bands formed
Soloist debuts
Bands disbanded
- Botch
- Boys World
- Burnside Project
- Cherry Bullet
- Cignature
- Fleetwood Mac
- The Greg Kihn Band
- Hall & Oates[2]
- Hey Violet
- Hot Hot Heat
- Issues[3]
- Jane's Addiction[4]
- Japandroids
- John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
- Magnum
- MC5
- Metz
- Mirae
- Mr. Big
- Nature
- NOFX
- Oxbow
- Pink Fantasy
- Porno for Pyros
- Rage Against the Machine
- Reagan Youth
- Sublime with Rome
- TFN
- Tokyo Police Club
- Vromance
- Weki Meki
- Zion & Lennox
Bands reformed
- 2NE1
- 3 Inches of Blood
- A*Teens
- Acid Bath[5]
- Cardiacs (as Cardiacs Family)[6]
- Cobra Starship
- Down With Webster
- Fairground Attraction
- fightstar
- Have Heart
- Linkin Park
- Machine Gun Fellatio
- Moose Blood
- Nachtmystium
- No Doubt
- Oasis
- Orange 9mm
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
- Rascal Flatts
- R.E.M. (One-off reunion)
- Sex Pistols
- Slayer
- Soul Coughing
- Tak Matsumoto Group
Bands on hiatus
Deaths
January
- 2 – Chris Karrer, 76, German progressive rock guitarist (Amon Düül II)[11]
- 3 – Tawl Ross, 75, American funk guitarist (Funkadelic)[12]
- 4
- Ruy Mingas, 84, Angolan folk singer-songwriter and anthem composer[13]
- Marie Nilsson Lind, 62, Swedish folk pop singer (Ainbusk)[14]
- David Soul, 80, American-British pop singer[15]
- Glynis Johns, 100, British musical theatre actress and singer[16]
- 5
- Larry Collins, 79, American rockabilly guitarist and songwriter (The Collins Kids)[17]
- Del Palmer, 71, English art rock singer-songwriter, bassist and sound engineer[18]
- 6
- Iasos, 76, Greek-born American new age keyboardist[19]
- Amparo Rubín, 68, Mexican folk singer-songwriter[20]
- 7
- Germana Caroli, 92, Italian pop singer[21]
- Tony Clarkin, 77, English hard rock guitarist and songwriter (Magnum)[22]
- 8
- Guy Bonnet, 78, French pop singer-songwriter[23]
- Serge Laprade, French-Canadian pop singer[24]
- Phill Niblock, 90, American avant garde composer[25]
- Gian Franco Reverberi, 89, Italian film composer[26] (death announced on this date)
- 9
- Diego Gallardo, 31, Ecuadorian folk singer-songwriter[27]
- Karel Janovický, 93, Czech-born British classical composer and pianist[28]
- Rashid Khan, 55, Indian Hindustani classical singer[29]
- James Kottak, 61, American hard rock drummer (Scorpions, Kingdom Come, Kottak)[30]
- 10
- Audie Blaylock, 61, American bluegrass singer and guitarist[31]
- Tamara Milashkina, 89, Russian opera singer[32]
- 11
- Annie Nightingale, 83, English radio disk jockey[33]
- Sigi Schwab, 83, German jazz guitarist[34]
- 12
- Bill Hayes, 98, American folk singer[35]
- David Lumsdaine, 92, Australian classical composer[36]
- 13
- Prabha Atre, 91, Indian classical singer[37]
- Jo-El Sonnier, 77, American country singer-songwriter and accordionist[38]
- Romuald Twardowski, 93, Polish classical composer[39]
- 15 – K. J. Joy, 77, Indian film and classical composer[40]
- 16
- Peter Schickele, 88, American classical composer and musical satirist (P. D. Q. Bach)[41]
- Laurie Johnson, 96, English classical composer and swing bandleader[42]
- 17
- Serge Laprade, 83, Canadian pop singer[43]
- Gerd Uecker, 77, German opera director and music teacher[44]
- 18
- Katelele Ching'oma, 32, Malawian pop singer[45]
- Ivan Moody, 59, British classical composer and musicologist[46]
- Silent Servant, 46, Guatemalan-born American techno DJ[47]
- The Soft Moon, 44, American darkwave singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist[47]
- Yogesh Vaidya, 77, Nepalese folk singer[48]
- 19
- Georgi Kostov, 82, Bulgarian classical composer[49]
- Ewa Podleś, 71, Polish opera singer[50]
- Marlena Shaw, 81, American jazz and soul singer[51]
- Pluto Shervington, 73, Jamaican reggae singer[52]
- Mary Weiss, 75, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las)[53]
- 20
- Zoran Erić, 73, Serbian classical composer[54]
- Charis Kostopoulos, 59, Greek laiko singer-songwriter.[55]
- 22
- Neil Kulkarni, 51, British music journalist[56]
- Margo Smith, 84, American singer-songwriter[57]
- Sergei Yefremenko, 51, Russian ska singer and guitarist (Markscheider Kunst)[58]
- 23
- Melanie, 76, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist[59]
- Frank Farian, 82, German pop singer-songwriter and record producer (Boney M., Milli Vanilli, La Bouche, No Mercy)[60]
- Anders Sandberg, 55, Swedish Eurodance singer (Rednex).[61]
- 24 – Anders Lampe, 59, Danish pop rock guitarist (Bamses Venner)[62]
- 25
- Bruno Amstad, 59–60, Swiss jazz singer[63]
- Bhavatharini, 47, Indian playback singer and film music director[64]
- 26
- Dean Brown, 68, American jazz guitarist[65]
- Michel Hausser, 96, French jazz vibraphonist[66]
- Michael Watford, 80, American dance and house singer[67]
- 27 – Lillebjørn Nilsen, 73, Norwegian folk singer-songwriter[68]
- 28 – Albert Mayr, 80, Italian classical and experimental composer[69]
- 29
- Tony Cedras, 71, South African jazz multi-instrumentalist[70]
- Yuri Ilchenko, 72, Russian rock singer and guitarist (Mify, Zemlyane)[71]
- 30 – Chita Rivera, 91, American musical theater singer and actress[72]
February
- 2
- Steve Brown, 66, British classical composer[73]
- Wilhelmenia Fernandez, 75, American opera singer[74]
- Wayne Kramer, 75, American rock guitarist and songwriter (MC5)[75]
- 3 – Aston "Family Man" Barrett, 77, Jamaican reggae bassist (Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Upsetters)[76]
- 5 – Toby Keith, 62, American country singer-songwriter[77]
- 6
- Donald Kinsey, 70, American blues and reggae guitarist and singer (The Kinsey Report, The Wailers Band)[78]
- Seiji Ozawa, 88, Japanese classical conductor[79]
- 7
- Vaja Azarashvili, 87, Georgian classical composer[80]
- Henry Fambrough, 85, American R&B singer (The Spinners)[81]
- Mojo Nixon, 66, American psychobilly singer-songwriter[82]
- 8 – Yuri Borzov, 70, Russian blues rock drummer (Mashina Vremeni)[83]
- 9
- Nikša Gligo, 77, Croatian musicologist[84]
- Damo Suzuki, 74, Japanese Krautrock singer (Can)[85]
- Jimmy Van Eaton, 86, American rock and roll drummer[86]
- 11
- Ladislav Burlas, 96, Slovak classical composer and musicologist[87]
- Randy Sparks, 90, American folk singer-songwriter (The New Christy Minstrels, The Back Porch Majority)[88]
- Mihai Amihalachioaie, 62, Moldovan accordionist and conductor[89]
- 12
- Tamás Deák, 95, Hungarian classical composer and conductor[90]
- Rudolf Jansen, 84, Dutch classical pianist[91]
- Juris Kulakovs, 65, Latvian rock keyboardist (Pērkons)[92]
- Steve Wright, 69, English radio disk jockey[93]
- 13
- Eddie Cheeba, 67, American hip hop DJ[94]
- Jussi Raittinen, 80, Finnish Rautalanka singer and guitarist[95]
- 15 – Ian Amey, 79, English rock singer and guitarist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich)[96]
- 16
- Etterlene DeBarge, 88, American gospel singer[97]
- Fritz Hinz, 68, Canadian hard rock drummer (Helix)[98]
- Reuben Jackson, 67, American jazz historian[99]
- Ben Lanzarone, 85, American television composer[100]
- Dexter Romweber, 57, American rockabilly guitarist (Flat Duo Jets)[101]
- Cynthia Strother, 88, American pop singer (The Bell Sisters)[102]
- 18
- Davlatmand Kholov, 73, Tajik Shashmaqam multi-instrumentalist[103]
- Hasina Mumtaz, 78, Bangladeshi pop singer[104]
- 19
- Stewart Robertson, 75, Scottish classical conductor[105] (death announced on this date)
- Bobby Tench, 79, British blues rock singer and guitarist (Humble Pie, The Jeff Beck Group, Hummingbird, Streetwalkers, The Gass).[106] (death announced on this date)
- 20
- David Libert, 81, American sunshine pop singer and keyboardist (The Happenings)[107]
- Geoffrey Michaels, 79, Australian classical violinist and violist[108] (death announced on this date)
- 21 – Vitalij Kuprij, 49, Ukrainian-American symphonic metal keyboardist (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Ring of Fire)[109]
- 22
- John Lowe, 81, English skiffle pianist (The Quarrymen)[110]
- Roni Stoneman, 85, American bluegrass banjoist[111]
- 23
- Tina Rainford, 77, German pop singer[112]
- Shinsadong Tiger, 40, South Korean record producer[113]
- 24 – Juana Bacallao, 98, Cuban guaracha singer[114]
- 25
- Bigidagoe, 26, Dutch rapper[115]
- Peter "Peetah" Morgan, 46, Jamaican reggae singer (Morgan Heritage)[116]
- 26
- Bhakta Raj Acharya, 81, Nepali Bhajan singer and composer[117]
- Pankaj Udhas, 72, Indian ghazal singer[118]
- 28
- Cat Janice, 31, American electropop singer-songwriter[119]
- Eugen Indjic, 76, Yugoslav born French-American classical pianist[120]
- 29 – Eugen Šváb, 87, Slovak swing singer and percussionist[121]
March
- 1
- 2
- Jim Beard, 63, American jazz rock keyboardist (Steely Dan)[124]
- Blues Boy Willie, 77, American blues singer and guitarist[125]
- W. C. Clark, 84, American blues singer and guitarist[126]
- 3
- Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadian jazz singer[127]
- Emmanuëlle, 81, Canadian pop singer[128]
- Oscar Ghiglia, 85, Italian classical guitarist[129]
- Günther Leib, 96, German opera singer[130]
- Amjad Parvez, 78, Pakistani semi-classical singer[131]
- Presto, 31, German rapper[132]
- Bill Ramsay, 95, American jazz saxophonist[133]
- Félix Sabal Lecco, 64–65, Cameroonian makossa and rock drummer[134]
- Makoto Shinohara, 92, Japanese classical composer[135]
- Brit Turner, 57, American country rock drummer (Blackberry Smoke)[136]
- 4
- B. B. Seaton, 79, Jamaican ska and rocksteady singer (The Gaylads)[137]
- Amnon Weinstein, 84, Israeli violin luthier[138]
- 5
- Linda Balgord, 64, American musical theater actress and singer[139]
- Debra Byrd, 72, American soul singer and vocal coach[140]
- Brahim Fribgane, Moroccan jazz oud player and percussionist (La Mar Enfortuna)[141] (death announced on this date)
- 6 – Dimos Moutsis, 85, Greek Éntekhno singer-songwriter and composer[142]
- 7
- Pedro Altamiranda, 88, Panamanian salsa singer[143]
- Joe Cutajar, 83, Maltese pop singer (Helen and Joseph).[144] (death announced on this date)
- Françoise Garner, 90, French opera singer[145]
- Steve Lawrence, 88, American pop singer[146]
- 8
- Abdou Cherif, 52, Moroccan pop singer[147]
- Ernie Fields Jr., 89, American jazz saxophonist[148]
- George Newson, 91, English electronic and avant-garde composer and pianist[149]
- Ľubomír Stankovský, 72, Slovak pop rock singer and drummer (Modus)[150]
- 9
- Malcolm Holcombe, 68, American alternative country singer-songwriter[151]
- Vince Power, 76, Irish music festival promoter[152]
- Guy Touvron, 74, French classical trumpeter[153]
- 10
- Blake Harrison, 48, American grindcore sampler (Pig Destroyer, Hatebeak)[154]
- Paul Nelson, American blues guitarist[155]
- T. M. Stevens, 72, American rock bassist (The Pretenders, Vai)[156]
- Marc Tobaly, 74, Moroccan-born French rock guitarist (Les Variations)[157]
- Karl Wallinger, 66, Welsh alternative rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Waterboys, World Party)[158]
- 11
- Boss, 54, American rapper[159]
- Eric Carmen, 74, American power pop singer-songwriter (Raspberries)[160] (death announced on this date)
- Pete Rodriguez, 91, American Latin boogaloo pianist and bandleader[161]
- 12
- Michael Knott, American Christian rock singer-songwriter (Lifesavers Underground)[162]
- James Whitbourn, 60, British classical composer and conductor[163]
- Russ Wilson, 62, Canadian alternative rock bassist (Junkhouse)[164]
- 13
- Dick Allix, 78, British pop rock drummer (Vanity Fare)[165]
- John Blunt, British rock drummer (The Searchers)[166] (death announced on this date)
- Sylvain Luc, 58, French jazz guitarist[167]
- Sadi Mohammad, 70, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer and composer[168]
- Aribert Reimann, 88, German classical composer and pianist[169]
- 14
- Lamara Chkonia, 93, Georgian opera singer[170]
- Frank Darcel, 65, French post-punk guitarist (Marquis de Sade)[171]
- Byron Janis, 95, American classical pianist[172]
- Jean-Pierre Marty, 91, French classical pianist and conductor[173]
- Angela McCluskey, 64, Scottish alternative rock singer-songwriter (Wild Colonials)[174]
- 15 – Hans Blum, 95, German schlager singer-songwriter[175]
- 17
- Cola Boyy, 34, American disco multi-instrumentalist[176]
- Sandra Crouch, 81, American gospel singer[177]
- Steve Harley, 73, British glam rock singer-songwriter (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)[178]
- 18
- Jimmy Hastings, 85, British progressive rock multi-instrumentalist (Caravan, Soft Machine, Hatfield and the North)[179]
- Khalid, 60, Bangladeshi pop singer[180]
- Kevin Toney, 70, American jazz fusion pianist and composer (The Blackbyrds)[181]
- 19 – Greg Lee, 53, American ska and reggae singer (Hepcat)[182]
- 20
- Faramarz Aslani, 79, Iranian folk singer and guitarist [183]
- George Darko, 73, Ghanaian burger-highlife singer-songwriter and guitarist[184]
- Gene Elders, 80, American country fiddler (Ace in the Hole Band)[185]
- Cocky Mazzetti, 87, Italian pop singer[186]
- 21 – Laurens van Rooyen, 88, Dutch classical pianist and composer[187]
- 23
- Igor Ozim, 92, Slovenian classical violinist[188]
- Maurizio Pollini, 82, Italian classical pianist[189]
- 24
- 25
- Humphrey Campbell, 66, Surinamese-Dutch pop singer[193]
- Chris Cross, 71, English new wave bassist and keyboardist (Ultravox, Tiger Lily)[194]
- Maurice El Médiouni, 95, Algerian jazz pianist[195]
- 26
- Clare Elliott, New Zealand punk singer (Suburban Reptiles)[196]
- Chandra Kumara Kandanarachchi, 76, Sri Lankan playback singer[197]
- Slađana Milošević, 68, Serbian new wave singer-songwriter[198]
- George Nicolescu, 74, Romanian pop singer[199]
- 27 – La Castou, 75, Swiss pop singer[200]
- 28 – Marian Zazeela, 83, American experimental music singer and tanpura player[201]
- 29 – Gerry Conway, 76, English folk rock drummer and percussionist (Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention, Cat Stevens, Pentangle).[202]
- 30
- Mark Spiro, 66–67, American songwriter and record producer[203] (death announced on this date)
- Vanhlupuii, 77, Indian Mizo multi-genre singer[204]
- 31 – Casey Benjamin, 45, American jazz multi-instrumentalist (Robert Glasper Experiment)[205]
April
- 1
- Phil Delire, 67–68, Belgian music producer.[206]
- Michael Ward, 57, American alternative rock guitarist (The Wallflowers, School of Fish)[207]
- 2 – Jerry Abbott, 81, American country music songwriter and record producer[208]
- 3
- Joe Aitken, 79, Scottish bothy ballad singer[209]
- Albert Heath, 88, American jazz drummer (Heath Brothers)[210]
- Kalevi Kiviniemi, 65, Finnish classical organist[211]
- Muñequita Milly, 23, Peruvian huayno singer[212]
- Notker Wolf, 83, German Benedictine priest-monk and rock guitarist[213]
- 4
- Keith LeBlanc, 69, American multi-genre drummer (Little Axe, Tackhead)[214]
- Graeme Naysmith, 57, English shoegaze guitarist (Pale Saints)[215]
- 5
- Phil Nimmons, 100, Canadian jazz clarinetist.[216]
- Rocket Norton, 73, Canadian hard rock drummer (Prism)[217]
- C. J. Snare, 64, American glam metal singer-songwriter (FireHouse)[218]
- 6 – Dutty Dior, Norwegian rapper[219]
- 7
- Michael Boder, 65, German classical conductor[220]
- Clarence "Frogman" Henry, 87, American R&B singer and pianist[221]
- Antonette Mendes, 79, Indian tiatr singer[222]
- Joe Viera, 91, German jazz saxophonist[223]
- 8 – Jon Card, 63, German-born Canadian punk drummer (SNFU, D.O.A., Subhumans)[224]
- 9
- Bob Lanese, 82, American big band jazz trumpeter (James Last Orchestra)[225]
- Muluken Melesse, 70, Ethiopian tizita singer and drummer[226]
- Sturgis Nikides, 66, American blues rock and no wave guitarist (Low Society, Cool It Reba)[227]
- Dieter Rexroth, 83, German musicologist and dramaturge (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Young Euro Classic)[228]
- Max Werner, 70, Dutch progressive rock singer and drummer (Kayak)[229]
- 10 – Mister Cee, 57, American hip hop DJ and radio broadcaster[230] (death announced on this date)
- 11
- Park Bo-ram, 30, South Korean K-pop singer[231]
- Enrique Llácer Soler, 89, Spanish jazz percussionist and composer[232]
- 12
- Lucy Rimmer, British post-punk singer (The Fall)[233] (death announced on this date)
- Rico Wade, 52, American music producer and songwriter (Organized Noize)[234]
- 13
- Richard Horowitz, 75, American film composer[235]
- Lorenzo Palomo, 86, Spanish classical composer[236]
- 14 –
- Ben Eldridge, 85, American progressive bluegrass banjoist (The Seldom Scene)[237]
- Calvin Keys, 82, American jazz guitarist[238]
- 15
- Reita, 42, Japanese alternative metal bassist (The Gazette)[239]
- Eugene Wolfgramm, 57, American pop singer (The Jets, Boys Club)[240]
- 16
- Clorofila, 56, Mexican Nortec DJ (Nortec Collective)[241]
- K. G. Jayan, 89, Indian Carnatic singer[242]
- Gavin Webb, 77, Australian psychedelic rock bassist (The Masters Apprentices)[243]
- 17 – Pooch Tavares, 81, American R&B and disco singer (Tavares)[244] (death announced on this date)
- 18
- Dickey Betts, 80, American Southern rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band)[245]
- Steve Kille, American stoner rock bassist (Dead Meadow)[246]
- Mandisa, 47, American gospel singer[247]
- Larry Page, 86, English pop singer and record producer[248]
- 19
- 20
- Kaj Chydenius, 84, Finnish avant garde composer and folk songwriter[251]
- Tony Tuff, 69, Jamaican reggae singer (The African Brothers)[252]
- 21
- Jean-Marie Aerts, 72, Belgian rock guitarist (TC Matic)[253]
- MC Duke, 58, British rapper[254]
- Alex Hassilev, 91, American folk singer and banjoist (The Limeliters)[255]
- KODA, 45, Ghanaian gospel singer[256]
- 22 – Chan Romero, 82, American rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist[257] (death announced on this date)
- 23 – Fergie MacDonald, 86, Scottish cèilidh accordionist[258]
- 24 – Mike Pinder, 82, English progressive rock keyboardist and songwriter (The Moody Blues)[259]
- 26
- Robin George, 68, British rock singer and guitarist.[260]
- Anderson Leonardo, 51, Brazilian pagode singer (Molejo)[261]
- Frank Wakefield, American bluegrass mandolinist[262]
- 27 – Jean-Pierre Ferland, 89, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter[263]
- 28 – Norman Carol, 95, American classical violinist and concertmaster (Philadelphia Orchestra)[264]
- 30 – Duane Eddy, 86, American rock and roll guitarist[265]
May
- 1
- Hasna El-Bacharia, 74, Algerian diwan sintir player[266]
- Richard Maloof, 84, American pop and big band bassist and tuba player[267]
- Uma Ramanan, 69, Indian playback singer[268]
- Richard Tandy, 76, English rock keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move)[269]
- 2
- Gary Floyd, 71, American hardcore punk and alternative rock singer (Dicks, Sister Double Happiness)[270]
- John Pisano, 93, American jazz guitarist.[271]
- 3 – Jim Mills, 57, American bluegrass banjoist (Kentucky Thunder)[272]
- 4
- Miroslav Imrich, 71, Czech rock singer (Abraxas)[273]
- Ron Kavana, 73, Irish multi-genre singer-songwriter[274]
- 5
- Belgacem Bouguenna, 61, Tunisian mezwed singer[275]
- Kelath Aravindakshan Marar, 82, Indian Panchari melam chenda player.[276]
- 6
- Bill Holman, 96, American jazz and big band saxophonist, composer and arranger[277]
- Wayland Holyfield, 82, American country songwriter[278]
- Christiane Stefanski, 74, Belgian folk singer[279]
- 7
- Steve Albini, 61, American post-hardcore and noise rock singer and guitarist (Big Black, Shellac) and record producer[280]
- Ignatius Jones, 66–67, Australian-Filipino new wave and swing singer (Jimmy and the Boys, Pardon Me Boys)[281]
- Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, 88, Polish jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger[282]
- 8
- John Barbata, 79, American rock drummer (The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)[283]
- Conrad Kelly, 65, Jamaican-born British reggae drummer (Steel Pulse)[284]
- Giovanna Marini, 87, Italian folk singer-songwriter[285]
- Dennis Thompson, 75, American rock drummer (MC5)[286]
- 9 – Fred Noonan, Australian alternative rock drummer (Six Ft Hick)[287]
- 12 – David Sanborn, 78, American jazz saxophonist.[288]
- 13
- Christian Escoudé, 76, French Gypsy jazz guitarist[289]
- Luis María Serra, 82, Argentine film composer[290]
- 14 – Jimmy James, 83, Jamaican-British ska and disco singer[291]
- 15
- John Hawken, 84, English rock keyboardist (The Nashville Teens, Renaissance, Strawbs)[292]
- Ahmed Piro, 92, Moroccan Andalusi classical singer[293]
- 17
- Charlie Colin, 58, American pop rock bassist and guitarist (Train, The Side Deal)[294] (body discovered on this date)
- Missinho, 64, Brazilian Axé singer (Chiclete com Banana)[295]
- 18
- Palle Danielsson, 77, Swedish jazz bassist[296]
- Frank Ifield, 86, Australian country singer[297]
- John Koerner, 85, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (Koerner, Ray & Glover)[298]
- Jon Wysocki, 53, American post-grunge drummer (Staind)[299]
- 19 – Peggi Blu, 77, American R&B singer and vocal coach[300]
- 21 – Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, 71, Polish film composer[301]
- 22 – Toni Montano, 62, Serbian punk rock singer[302]
- 24 – Doug Ingle, 78, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Iron Butterfly)[303]
- 25 – Richard M. Sherman, 95, American film songwriter (Sherman Brothers)[304]
- 27
- Rodger Fox, 71, New Zealand jazz trombonist and bandleader.[305]
- Francesco Petrozzi, 62, Peruvian opera singer[306]
- 28 – Gustavo Mullem, 72, Brazilian punk rock guitarist (Camisa de Vênus)[307]
- 29
- Cayouche, 75, Canadian country singer-songwriter[308]
- Mansour Seck, 69, Senegalese worldbeat singer and Kora player.[309]
- 30 – Doug Dagger, 56, American punk rock singer (The Generators)[310]
- 31 – Ed Mann, 70, American rock drummer and keyboardist (Frank Zappa)[311]
June
- 1 – Harry van Hoof, 81, Dutch pop conductor, composer, and music arranger.[312]
- 2
- Emma Lou Diemer, 96, American classical composer[313]
- Colin Gibb, 70, British pop singer and guitarist (Black Lace)[314]
- 3 – Brother Marquis, 58, American rapper (2 Live Crew).[315]
- 4 – C.Gambino, 26, Swedish rapper[316]
- 5 – Ranch Sironi, American stoner rock bassist (Nebula)[317]
- 7
- Rose-Marie, 68, Northern Irish pop singer[318] (death announced on this date)
- Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, 90, German minimalist composer[319]
- 8
- Mark James, 83, American pop and country songwriter[320]
- Charlie Lennon, 85, Irish traditional folk fiddler and composer[321]
- 9
- William Carragan, 86, American musicologist and Bruckner expert[322]
- Alex Riel, 83, Danish jazz and rock drummer[323]
- 11
- Enchanting, 26, American rapper[324]
- Marcel Guilloux, 93, French kan ha diskan singer and storyteller.[325]
- Françoise Hardy, 80, French pop and yé-yé singer-songwriter[326]
- Gaps Hendrickson, 73, British ska singer (The Selecter)[327]
- Adam Lewis, 45, American pop punk bassist (Fenix TX)[328] (death announced on this date)
- Kevork Mardirossian, 70, American classical violinist[329]
- Rajeev Taranath, 91, Indian classical sarod player[330]
- 12 – Johnny Canales, 77, Mexican Tejano singer[331]
- 13
- Angela Bofill, 70, American R&B singer-songwriter[332]
- Skowa, 68, Brazilian samba rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Trio Mocotó)[333]
- 14 – Jeremy Tepper, 60, American radio executive and country singer, co-founder of Diesel Only Records[334]
- 16
- Buzz Cason, 84, American pop and country singer-songwriter[335]
- Jodie Devos, 35, Belgian opera singer[336]
- 17 – Paul Spencer, 53, English house DJ (Dario G)[337]
- 18 – James Chance, 71, American no wave singer and saxophonist (James Chance and the Contortions, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks)[338]
- 19
- Chrystian, 67, Brazilian sertanejo singer[339]
- Silvia Infantas, 101, Chilean folk singer[340]
- James Loughran, 92, Scottish classical conductor[341]
- 20 – Margarita Voites, 87, Estonian opera singer[342]
- 23
- Julio Foolio, 26, American rapper[343]
- Sakini Ramachandraih, 61, Indian folk singer and dhol player[344]
- David Tunley, 94, Australian musicologist.[345]
- 24
- Shifty Shellshock, 49, American rap rock singer-songwriter and rapper (Crazy Town)[346]
- Rob Stone, 55, American record producer[347]
- 25
- Jewel Brown, 86, American jazz and blues singer[348]
- Ray St. Germain, 83, Canadian country singer[349]
- 26 – Gary Grant, American jazz trumpeter[350]
- 27
- Kinky Friedman, 79, American country singer-songwriter[351]
- Alexander Knaifel, 80, Russian opera composer[352]
- Martin Mull, 80, American comedy music singer-songwriter[353]
- 28
- Lando Bartolini, 87, Italian opera singer[354]
- Kong Nay, 80, Cambodian traditional folk chapei dang veng player[355]
- Betty Veldpaus, 72, Dutch pop and country singer (Pussycat)[356]
- 29 – Martti Wallén, 75, Finnish opera singer[357]
- 30
- Lucius Banda, 53, Malawian reggae singer-songwriter[358]
- Peter Collins, 73, English record producer[359] (death announced on this date)
July
- 1
- Fausto Bordalo Dias, 75, Portuguese folk singer-songwriter[360]
- Nino Vella, 31, French classical and jazz composer[361]
- Cliff Waldron, 83, American bluegrass singer and guitarist[362]
- 2 – Tom Fowler, 73, American psychedelic rock bassist (The Mothers of Invention, It's a Beautiful Day, Air Pocket)[363]
- 3 – Mark Germino, 73, American folk rock singer-songwriter[364]
- 5 – Liana Isakadze, 77, Georgian classical violinist[365] (death announced on this date)
- 6
- Pino D'Angiò, 71, Italian Italo disco singer-songwriter[366]
- Joe Egan, 77, Scottish folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Stealers Wheel)[367]
- 8
- Adrián Olivares, 48, Mexican pop singer (Menudo).[368]
- Pavol Zelenay, 96, Slovak swing composer[369]
- 9 – Joe Bonsall, 76, American country and gospel singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)[370]
- 10 – Dave Loggins, 76, American pop and country singer-songwriter[371]
- 11 – Tommy Drennan, 82–83, Irish classical and showband singer[372]
- 13
- Ruth Hesse, 87, German opera singer[373]
- Claudio Reyes, 64, Chilean pop singer[374]
- 14 – R. P. S. Lanrue, 74, German rock guitarist (Ton Steine Scherben)[375]
- 15
- Wieteke van Dort, 81, Dutch pop singer[376]
- Édith Lejet, 82, French classical composer[377]
- Tomcraft, 49, German progressive trance DJ and producer[378]
- 16
- Ulf Dageby, 80, Swedish rock guitarist (Nationalteatern)[379]
- Bernice Johnson Reagon, 81, American gospel a capella singer (The Freedom Singers, Sweet Honey in the Rock)[380]
- Irène Schweizer, 83, Swiss free jazz pianist.[381]
- 17
- Pinche Peach, 57, American death metal singer (Brujeria)[382]
- Happy Traum, 86, American folk singer and guitarist[383]
- Heather Wood, 79, English folk singer (The Young Tradition)[384] (death announced on this date)
- 18 – Jerry Fuller, 85, American rockabilly and pop singer-songwriter and producer[385]
- 19 – Toumani Diabaté, 58, Malian mande kora player[386]
- 20
- Jerry Miller, 81, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Moby Grape, The Rhythm Dukes)[387]
- Sandy Posey, 80, American pop and country singer[388]
- Eugene Sârbu, 73, Romanian classical violinist.[389]
- 21
- Kim Min-ki, 73, South Korean folk rock singer-songwriter[390]
- Evelyn Thomas, 70, American Hi-NRG singer[391]
- 22
- Jerzy Artysz, 93, Polish opera singer[392]
- Klara Berkovich, 96, Soviet-born American classical violinist[393]
- Duke Fakir, 88, American R&B singer (Four Tops)[394]
- Elena Mauti Nunziata, 77, Italian opera singer[395]
- John Mayall, 90, English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist[396]
- 23 – Ekaterina Shklyaeva, 86, Russian folk pop singer (Buranovskiye Babushki)[397] (death announced on this date)
- 24
- Shafin Ahmed, 63, Bangladeshi rock singer-songwriter and bassist (Miles)[398]
- Antonio Cabán Vale, 81, Puerto Rican folk singer-songwriter and guitarist[399]
- Bill Crook, Canadian alternative metal and pop punk bassist (Spiritbox, Living With Lions).[400] (death announced on this date)
- 25
- Pascal Danel, 80, French pop singer-songwriter[401]
- Benjamin Luxon, 87, British opera singer[402]
- Tadashi Yabe, 59, Japanese acid jazz DJ and music producer (United Future Organization).[403]
- 26
- Jason Clark, American gospel singer (The Nelons).[404]
- Sd Laika, American deconstructed club producer and DJ[405] (death announced on this date)
- Kelly Nelon Clark, 64, American gospel singer (The Nelons)[404]
- Amber Nelon Thompson, American gospel singer (The Nelons)[404]
- Tomáš Vendl, 52, Czech black metal bassist (Master's Hammer)[406]
- 27
- Pat Collier, 72, English punk rock bassist (The Vibrators) and record producer[407]
- Danny Clarke, 71–72, Jamaican reggae singer (The Meditations)[408]
- DJ Polo, American hip hop DJ (Juice Crew) and record producer[409]
- Oldřich Janota, 74, Czech folk singer-songwriter[410]
- Mísia, 69, Portuguese fado singer[411]
- Wolfgang Rihm, 72, German classical composer[412]
- 28
- Chino XL, 50, American rapper[413]
- Martin Phillipps, 61, New Zealand indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Chills)[414] (death announced on this date)
- Mick Underwood, 78, English rock drummer (Quatermass, Strapps, Gillan)[415]
- 30 – Onyeka Onwenu, 72, Nigerian pop and gospel singer-songwriter[416]
- 31
- DJ Randall, 54, British jungle and drum and bass DJ[417]
- Arthur Miles, 74, American R&B and jazz singer[418]
- Carmen Pateña, 83, Filipino pop singer[419]
August
- 1 – Jürgen Ahrend, 94, German pipe organ builder[420]
- 2 – Nicu Covaci, 77, Romanian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Transsylvania Phoenix)[421]
- 3
- Shaun Martin, 45, American jazz fusion and gospel multi-instrumentalist (Snarky Puppy)[422]
- Antônio Meneses, 66, Brazilian classical cellist (Beaux Arts Trio)[423]
- Phloen Phromdaen, 85, Thai luk thung singer[424]
- 4 – Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, 74, Spanish classical conductor and composer[425]
- 5 – Maurice Williams, 86, American doo-wop singer-songwriter (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs)[426]
- 7 – Jack Russell, 63, American glam metal singer (Great White)[427]
- 9
- Carl Bevan, 51, Welsh Britpop drummer (60 Ft. Dolls)[428] (death announced on this date)
- Maryvonne Le Dizès, 84, French classical violinist[429]
- Charles R. Cross, 67, American music journalist[430]
- Dave Sweetapple, 58, American indie rock and stoner metal bassist (Sweet Apple, Witch).[431]
- Carl Weathersby, 71, American blues guitarist[432]
- 10 – Celestina Casapietra, 85, Italian opera singer[433]
- 11
- Gökçe Akçelik, 47, Turkish psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (Replikas)[434]
- Haniya Aslam, 46, Pakistani pop rock singer and guitarist (Zeb and Haniya)[435]
- Steve Davislim, 57, Malaysian-born Australian opera singer[436] (death announced on this day)
- Talos, 37, Irish indie electronic singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist[437]
- Chon Travis, American punk singer (Love Equals Death)[438]
- 12
- Christof Nel, 80, German theatre and opera director[439]
- Zdeněk Pololáník, 88, Czech classical composer, conductor and organist.[440]
- 13 – Greg Kihn, 75, American power pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Greg Kihn Band)[441]
- 14 – Dean Roberts, 49, New Zealand electroacoustic multi-instrumentalist and composer[442] (death announced on this date)
- 15
- Joe Chambers, 81, American psychedelic soul singer-songwriter (The Chambers Brothers)[443]
- Peter Marshall, 98, American pop singer and musical theater actor[444]
- 16
- Charles Blackwell, 84, English pop arranger, record producer, film composer and songwriter[445] (death announced on this date)
- Bobby Hicks, 91, American bluegrass fiddler[446]
- Luther Kent, 76, American blues singer[447]
- Rajko Maksimović, 89, Serbian classical composer[448]
- Tore Ylwizaker, 54, Norwegian experimental rock keyboardist (Ulver)[449]
- 17
- Johnny "Dandy" Rodríguez, 78, American Afro-Cuban jazz and salsa bongo player (Típica 73).[450]
- Bert Susanka, 62, American surf rock and cowpunk singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Ziggens)[451]
- 20
- Erik Barrett, 48, American metalcore bassist (100 Demons)[452] (death announced on this date)
- Maryvonne Le Dizès, 84, French classical violinist[453] (death announced on this date)
- Manju Mehta, 79, Indian classical sitar player.[454]
- Charin Nantanakorn, 91, Thai pop singer[455]
- 21
- 22 – Justin Chearno, 54, American indie rock guitarist (Pitchblende, Turing Machine, Unrest, Panthers)[458]
- 23
- Daron Beck, 48, American synth-doom singer and keyboardist (Pinkish Black)[459]
- Russell Malone, 60, America jazz guitarist[460]
- Catherine Ribeiro, 82, French psychedelic rock singer (Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes)[461]
- 26 – Paul Dwayne, 60, Canadian country singer-songwriter[462]
- 27
- Richard Macphail, 73, English rock singer (Anon) and road manager (Genesis)[463]
- Makaya Ntshoko, 84, South African jazz drummer[464]
- 30
- Fatman Scoop, 53, American rapper[465]
- Danielle Moore, 52, English downtempo singer (Crazy P)[466]
- Cunnie Williams, 61, American R&B singer[467] (death announced on this date)
- 31 – Jessica Mbangeni, 47, South African gospel singer[468]
September
- 1
- Mike Billard, 60, Canadian jazz drummer (Jeff Johnston Trio).[469]
- Teresa Bright, 64, American hapa haole guitarist and ukulele player.[470]
- 2
- 3 – Göran Fristorp, 76, Swedish schlager singer-songwriter (Malta)[474]
- 4
- Oswald d'Andréa, 90, French classical pianist and film composer[475]
- Bora Đorđević, 71, Serbian hard rock singer-songwriter (Riblja Čorba).[476]
- 5
- Roy Cape, 82, Trinidadian calypso saxophonist[477] (death announced on this date)
- Herbie Flowers, 86, English rock bassist (Blue Mink, T. Rex, Sky).[478]
- Martin France, 60, British jazz drummer[479]
- Sérgio Mendes, 83, Brazilian bossa nova pianist and composer[480]
- Rich Homie Quan, 34, American rapper[481]
- Władysław Słowiński, 94, Polish classical composer and conductor.[482]
- 6
- Will Jennings, 80, American pop lyricist[483]
- Mark Moffatt, 74, Australian pop guitarist (The Monitors) and record producer[484]
- Screamin' Scott Simon, 75, Americanrock and roll pianist and singer (Sha Na Na)[485]
- 7
- Jimmy Gilmer, 83, American rock and roll singer (The Fireballs)[486]
- Dan Morgenstern, 94, German-born American music journalist and archivist[487]
- 8
- Viktor Lyadov, 58, Russian classical pianist[488]
- Zoot Money, 82, English blues rock singer and keyboardist (Eric Burdon and The Animals, Zoot Money's Big Roll Band)[489]
- Ben Thapa, 42, English operatic pop singer (G4)[490]
- Caterina Valente, 93, French-Italian pop singer and guitarist[491]
- 10
- Frankie Beverly, 77, American R&B and funk singer-songwriter (Maze)[492]
- Doug Hood, 70, New Zealand record producer[493]
- 12
- Robin Guy, 54, British punk and alternative rock drummer (Sham 69, All About Eve)[494]
- Papa Kojak, 68, Jamaican reggae singer[495]
- 13
- Moisés Canelo, 74, Honduran pop singer-songwriter[496]
- Tommy Cash, 84, American country singer[497]
- Chalmers Davis, 73, American country keyboardist (The Shooters)[498]
- 15
- David Davis, 63, American bluegrass mandolinist[499]
- Tito Jackson, 70, American pop and R&B singer and guitarist (The Jackson 5)[500]
- Roli Mosimann, 68, Swiss-born American experimental rock drummer (Swans, Wiseblood) and record producer[501]
- 16 – Billy Edd Wheeler, 91, American country singer-songwriter[502]
- 17
- Evin Agassi, 78, Iranian-born American pop singer.[503]
- Kenny Hyslop, 73, Scottish new wave drummer (Slik, Zones, Simple Minds, Set the Tone)[504] (death announced on this date)
- Rise Kagona, 62, Zimbabwean jit guitarist (Bhundu Boys)[505]
- JD Souther, 78, American country rock singer-songwriter[506]
- 18
- Juan Brujo, 61, American death metal singer (Brujeria)[507]
- Dick Diamonde, 76, Dutch-born Australian rock bassist (The Easybeats)[508]
- Nick Gravenites, 85, American blues singer and guitarist (The Electric Flag, Big Brother and the Holding Company)[509]
- Zulya Kamalova, 55, Russian-born Australian folk singer[510]
- 19 – Florence Warner, 77, American pop and commercial jingle singer[511]
- 20
- Richard Dyer, 82, American music critic[512]
- Srirangam Kannan, 72, Indian classical morsing player[513]
- Kim Richmond, 84, American jazz saxophonist and composer[514]
- Sayuri, 28, Japanese pop singer-songwriter[515]
- 21
- Paul Cripple, American anarcho-punk guitarist (Reagan Youth)[516]
- Benny Golson, 95, American jazz saxophonist and composer[517]
- Eddie Low, 81, New Zealand country singer[518]
- Roger Palm, 75, Swedish pop drummer (ABBA)[519]
- Juan Carlos Salazar, 59, Venezuelan folk singer and cuatro player[520]
- 23 – Freddie Salem, 70, American Southern rock guitarist (Outlaws)[521] (death announced on this date)
- 24 – Cat Glover, 60, American funk singer and rapper[522]
- 27
- John McNeil, 76, American jazz trumpeter[523]
- Pit Passarell, 56, Argentine-born Brazilian heavy metal singer and bassist (Viper)[524]
- 28 – Kris Kristofferson, 88, American country singer-songwriter[525]
- 29
- Rohan de Saram, 85, British-born classical Sri Lankan cellist[526]
- Martin Lee, 77, English pop singer-songwriter (Brotherhood of Man)[527]
- Stoika Milanova, 79, Bulgarian classical violinist[528] (death announced on this date)
- 30
October
- 1
- Vyacheslav Dobrynin, 78, Russian pop rock singer and composer (Samotsvety)[531]
- Fritz Escovão, 81, Brazilian samba rock singer and guitarist (Trio Mocotó)[532]
- 2
- Arbogaste Mbella Ntone, 82, Cameroonian gospel singer[533]
- Ken Tobias, 79, Canadian folk singer-songwriter[534]
- 3
- Terje Bjørklund, 79, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer[535]
- Jack Colwell, 34, Australian indie rock singer-songwriter.[536]
- Jerry Miller, American ska singer (The Untouchables)[537]
- 5 – Mimis Plessas, 99, Greek film composer and classical pianist[538]
- 6 – Johnny Neel, 70, American Southern rock singer and keyboardist (The Allman Brothers Band)[539]
- 7
- Hans van Hemert, 79, Dutch music producer and songwriter[540]
- Cissy Houston, 91, American gospel and R&B singer (The Sweet Inspirations)[541]
- Jack Ponti, 66, American songwriter and record producer[542]
- 8 – Jorge Arriagada, 81, Chilean-French film composer[543]
- 9
- Michel Boyibanda, 84, Congolese rumba and soukous singer (TPOK Jazz).[544]
- Bruno Pochesci, 54, Italian-born French singer-songwriter[545]
- Leif Segerstam, 80, Finnish classical conductor, composer and multi-instrumentalist[546]
- 10
- Adam Abeshouse, 63, American recording engineer, music producer and classical violinist[547]
- El Taiger, 37, Cuban reggaeton singer[548]
- 11
- Kiril Marichkov, 79, Bulgarian progressive rock singer and bassist (Shturcite)[549]
- Aminollah Rashidi, 99, Iranian classical singer and composer[550]
- 12
- Jackmaster, 38, Scottish house DJ[551]
- Ka, 52, American rapper[552]
- 13 – Libby Titus, 77, American pop singer-songwriter[553]
- 15 – Ollie Olsen, 66, Australian post-punk multi-instrumentalist (No, Whirlywirld, Max Q, Orchestra of Skin and Bone, Taipan Tiger Girls) and film composer[554]
- 16
- Inger Lorre, 61, American alternative rock singer-songwriter (Nymphs)[555]
- Alan Mansfield, 72, American-New Zealand rock keyboardist (Dragon), songwriter, and record producer[556]
- Liam Payne, 31, English pop singer (One Direction)[557]
- 18 – Shujeo Shyam, 78, Bangladeshi music director[558]
- 20
- Barbara Dane, 97, American jazz, blues, and folk singer[559]
- Janusz Olejniczak, 72, Polish classical pianist[560]
- 21
- Egidio Cuadrado, 71, Colombian vallenato accordionist[561]
- Paul Di'Anno, 66, English heavy metal singer (Iron Maiden)[562]
- Mimi Hines, 91, Canadian pop singer and musical theater actress[563]
- Barbara Kolb, 85, American classical composer[564]
- 22
- Claire Daly, 66, American jazz saxophonist and composer[565]
- Edd Griles, 78, American music video director[566]
- Ferenc Sánta Jr., 79, Hungarian classical and Romani folk violinist[567]
- 23
- Jack Jones, 86, American pop singer[568]
- Linda LaFlamme, 85, American psychedelic rock keyboardist and songwriter (It's a Beautiful Day)[569]
- 24
- DJ Clark Kent, 57, Panamanian–American hip hop DJ and record producer[570]
- Marco Paulo, 79, Portuguese pop singer[571]
- Hans Rotmo, 76, Norwegian folk rock singer-songwriter[572]
- 25 – Phil Lesh, 84, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and bassist (Grateful Dead)[573]
- 26 – Ustad Tafu, 79, Pakistani classical tabla player and film score composer[574]
- 28
- Bill Beach, 92, American rockabilly singer and guitarist[575] (death announced on this date)
- Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, 91, Cuban guajira trumpeter (Buena Vista Social Club)[576]
- 30
- Richard Andrew, 58, Australian indie rock drummer (Underground Lovers, Crow, Black Cab)[577]
- Arthur Moreira Lima, 84, Brazilian classical pianist[578]
- 31 – Candy Devine, 85, Australian radio broadcaster and pop singer[579] (death announced on this date)
November
- 3
- Quincy Jones, 91, American record producer, songwriter, arranger, and jazz trumpeter[580]
- Andy Leek, 66, English new wave keyboardist (Dexys Midnight Runners).[581]
- 4
- Johnny Madsen, 73, Danish rock singer-songwriter[582]
- Tyka Nelson, 64, American R&B singer[583]
- Renato Serio, 78, Italian film composer[584]
- 5 – Sharda Sinha, 72, Indian folk and classical singer[585]
- 8
- Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, 94, Indian folk drummer[586]
- George Bohanon, 87, American jazz trombonist[587]
- 9
- Lou Donaldson, 98, American jazz saxophonist[588]
- Ella Jenkins, 100, American folk singer-songwriter[589]
- Ram Narayan, 96, Indian classical sarangi player[590]
- 10
- Pepe Justicia, 64, Spanish flamenco guitarist[591]
- Emre Tukur, 55, Turkish pop keyboardist (Klips ve Onlar)[592] (death announced on this date)
- 11 – Papa Noël Nedule, 83, Congolese soukous guitarist.[593]
- 12
- Johnny Duhan, 74, Irish folk singer-songwriter[594]
- Roy Haynes, 99, American jazz drummer[595]
- 13
- Edgard Brito, 50, Brazilian folk metal keyboardist (Tuatha de Danann)[596]
- Shel Talmy, 87, American record producer[597]
- 14
- Tommy Alverson, American country singer-songwriter[598]
- Dennis Bryon, 75, Welsh rock drummer (Amen Corner, Bee Gees)[599]
- Vic Flick, 87, English session guitarist[600]
- Peter Sinfield, 80, English progressive rock lyricist (King Crimson) and record producer[601]
- 15 – Aashish Khan, 84, Indian classical sarod player[602]
- 16
- S. Atan, 75, Singaporean-born Malaysian songwriter[603]
- Dejan Despić, 94, Serbian classical composer[604]
- Gerry Weil, 85, Austrian-born Venezuelan jazz pianist[605]
- 17 – Vladimir Lyovkin, 57, Russian pop singer (Na Na)[606]
- 18
- Paulo Alexandre, 93, Portuguese pop singer[607]
- Jordi Bonell, 66, Spanish jazz guitarist[608]
- Charles Dumont, 95, French cabaret and chanson singer-songwriter[609]
- J. Saul Kane, 55, English trip hop and breakbeat hardcore DJ[610] (death announced on this date)
- Bjørn Müller, 64, Norwegian rock singer (Backstreet Girls)[611]
- György Pauk, 88, Hungarian classical violinist[612]
- Colin Petersen, 78, Australian pop rock drummer (Bee Gees, Humpy Bong)[613]
- 19
- Cesare Bonizzi, 78, Italian heavy metal singer[614]
- Odile Bailleux, 84, French classical harpsichordist and organist[615]
- Diva Gray, 72, American disco singer (Change, Chic)[616]
- Saafir, 54, American rapper[617]
- Graciela Susana, 71, Argentine tango singer[618]
- 20
- Ita Beausang, 88, Irish musicologist[619]
- Andy Paley, 72, American power pop multi-instrumentalist (The Paley Brothers, The Modern Lovers), songwriter, record producer, and composer[620]
- Mike Pinera, 76, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Blues Image, Iron Butterfly, Ramatam)[621]
- 21 – Willy Quiroga, 84, Argentine rock bassist (Vox Dei)[622]
- 22
- Toni Price, 63, American country blues singer[623]
- Harry Williams, 80, American R&B singer (Bloodstone)[624]
- 23
- Marius Bațu, 65, Romanian folk singer (Pasărea Colibri[625]
- Gabriel Cotabiță, 69, Romanian pop singer[626]
- Pavel Karmanov, 54, Russian classical composer[627]
- Chuck Woolery, 83, American psychedelic pop singer (The Avant-Garde).[628]
- 24
- Ahmad Nawab, 92, Malaysian jazz saxophonist and composer[629]
- Siegfried Thiele, 90, German classical composer[630]
- 25 – Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha, 79, Czech folk singer-songwriter[631]
- 26
- Bob Bryar, 44, American alternative rock drummer (My Chemical Romance)[632] (body discovered on this date)
- Leah Kunkel, 76, American folk and pop rock singer (The Coyote Sisters)[633]
- 27
- Artt Frank, 91, American jazz drummer[634]
- Leonor González Mina, 90, Colombian cumbia singer[635]
- 29
- Will Cullen Hart, 53, American indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System), co-founder of Elephant 6.[636]
- Bert De Coninck, 75, Belgian rock singer and guitarist[637]
- 30 – Steve Alaimo, 84, American pop singer and record producer[638]
December
- 1
- Jacques Barsamian, 81, French rock singer and music journalist[639]
- Samantha Lawrence, 55, British hip hop and reggae singer (Wee Papa Girl Rappers)[640]
- 2
- Liu Chia-chang, 81 or 84, Taiwanese songwriter[641]
- Marlos Nobre, 85, Brazilian classical composer and pianist[642]
- 3 – Huang Zhun, 98, Chinese classical composer and singer[643]
- 5 – Mario Tessuto, 81, Italian pop singer[644]
- 6
- Angela Alvarez, 97, Cuban-born American folk-pop singer[645]
- Miho Nakayama, 54, Japanese pop singer[646]
- Dickie Rock, 88, Irish pop rock singer (The Miami Showband)[647]
- 7 – Steady Bongo, 58, Sierra Leonean afropop singer[648]
- 9 – Thomas Hertel, 73, German classical composer[649]
- 10 – Lennie De Ice, 54, British jungle DJ[650] (death announced on this date)
- 11
- Corinne Allal, 69, Tunisian-born Israeli rock singer and guitarist[651]
- Michio Mamiya, 95, Japanese opera composer[652]
- 12
- Papia Sarwar, 72, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer[653]
- Martial Solal, 97, French jazz pianist[654]
- 13
- Koko Ateba, Cameroonian bikutsi singer and guitarist[655]
- Bill Kelly, 74, American rock singer and guitarist (The Buoys, Dakota)[656]
- Jon Camp, 75, British progressive rock singer and bassist (Renaissance)[657]
- 15
- Zakir Hussain, 73, Indian classical and jazz fusion tabla player (Shakti)[658]
- Ankaralı Turgut, 61, Turkish folk singer[659]
- 16
- Naa Amanua, 75–76, Ghanaian folk singer (Wulomei)[660]
- Anita Bryant, 84, American pop singer[661]
- Steve Lewinson, 60, British soul bassist (Simply Red)[662]
- Ruth McArdle, Belgian acid house singer (Lords of Acid)[663] (death announced on this date)
- 17
- Alfa Anderson, 78, American disco singer (Chic)[664]
- Mike Brewer, 80, American folk rock singer-songwriter (Brewer & Shipley)[665]
- David Mallett, 73, American folk singer-songwriter[666]
- 18
- Slim Dunlap, 73, American alternative rock guitarist (The Replacements)[667]
- Sigrid Kehl, 95, German opera singer[668]
- Heikki Silvennoinen, 70, Finnish progressive rock guitarist (Tabula Rasa)[669]
- 19
- Stanley Booth, 82, American music journalist[670]
- Gaboro, 23, Swedish rapper[671]
- 20 – Sugar Pie DeSanto, 89, American R&B singer[672]
- 21 – Casey Chaos, 59, American punk and metal singer (Amen, Christian Death)[673]
- 23 – Gerardo Guevara, 94, Ecuadorian classical composer[674]
- 24
- Richard Perry, 82, American record producer[675]
- Priya Suriyasena, 80, Sri Lankan pop singer[676]
- 25 – Dulce, 69, Mexican pop singer[677]
- 26 – OG Maco, 32, American rapper[678]
- 28
- Selami Karaibrahimgil, 80, Turkish rock singer (Modern Folk Üçlüsü)[679]
- Lars Martin Myhre, 68, Norwegian folk singer-songwriter and guitarist[680]
- Barre Phillips, 90, American jazz bassist[681]
- 29
- Eric Carlson, 66, American heavy metal guitarist (Mentors)[682]
- Linda Lavin, 87, American pop singer[683]
- 30 – Joe Grech, 90, Maltese pop singer[684]
- 31
- Tom Johnson, 85, American minimalist composer[685]
- Don Nix, 83, American soul singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Mar-Keys)[686]
- Johnnie Walker, 79, English radio disc jockey[687]
