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Australian Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Aus ...
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Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...
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Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
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Philippine The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
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Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living outside Vietna ...
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Specific genres

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Country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. When referring to a specific polity, the term "country" may refer to a sovereign state, state with limited recognition, constituent country, ...
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Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...
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Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
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Hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...
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Rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wale ...
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Opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...
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Pop Pop or POP may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Pop music, a musical genre Artists * POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop! (British group), a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band Album ...
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Punk Punk or punks may refer to: Genres, subculture, and related aspects * Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres * Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...
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K-pop K-pop (; an abbreviation of "Korean popular music") is a form of popular music originating in South Korea. It emerged in the 1990s as a form of youth subculture, with Korean musicians taking influence from Western Electronic dance music, danc ...
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J-pop J-pop (often stylized in all caps; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in trad ...


Albums released


Awards


Bands formed

* =LOVE * 22/7 * 3RACHA * 7Senses * 14U * 22/7 * A.C.E * Adoy *
Bad Wolves Bad Wolves is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2017. Initially finding fame from their first single, a cover of the Cranberries' 1994 hit "Zombie (The Cranberries song)#Bad Wolves cover, Zombie ...
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Black Dresses Black Dresses was a Canadian noise pop duo consisting of Ada Rook and Devi McCallion, formed in 2017. Their debut album, ''Wasteisolation'', was released independently in 2018. The duo released three additional albums, ''Thank You'' (2019), ''Lo ...
* Bloodywood * Brats *
THE BOYZ Boyz or The Boyz may refer to: Music Bands *The Boyz (German band), a German boy band of the 1990s * The Boyz (American band), an American rock band , established in 1975 *The Boyz (South Korean band) The Boyz () is a South Korean boy band f ...
* Busters * Cellchrome * Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu *
CY8ER CY8ER (pronounced as "cyber") was a Japanese alternative idol girl group. Formed by Ichigo Rinahamu and Nicamoq as BPM15Q in 2015, the group expanded and had five members by the time of their dissolution in January 2021. Their music was chara ...
* Creepy Nuts * Cynhn * Dimlim *
Dreamcatcher In some Native Americans in the United States, Native American and First Nations in Canada, First Nations cultures, a dreamcatcher (, the Ojibwe language#Grammar, inanimate form of the word for 'spider') is a handmade willow hoop, on which is ...
* Duetto * Elris *
Faky Faky (stylized as ''FAKY'') was a five-person Japanese girl group that debuted in 2013 under Avex's Rhythm Zone record label. The group has gone through two reformations and disbanded in 2024. It consisted of Lil' Fang, Mikako, Hina, Akina, and ...
* FanxyRed *
Favorite A favourite was the intimate companion of a ruler or other important person. In post-classical and early-modern Europe, among other times and places, the term was used of individuals delegated significant political power by a ruler. It was es ...
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Fever 333 Fever 333 (or the Fever 333) is an American rock band formed in Inglewood, California, in July 2017. The band was founded by former Letlive vocalist Jason Aalon Butler, former the Chariot guitarist Stephen Harrison and Night Verses drummer A ...
* Fontaines D.C. *
Fromis 9 Fromis 9 (; stylized in snake case) is a South Korean girl group. The group consists of five members: Song Ha-young, Park Ji-won, Lee Chae-young, Lee Na-gyung, and Baek Ji-heon. Originally a nine-piece group, Jang Gyu-ri departed the group in J ...
* Ghost Light *
Giants in the Trees Giants in the Trees was an American rock band formed in Wahkiakum County, Washington, in 2017. The band was formed by former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, who created the band as a local musical project. Novoselic, Jillian Raye, Erik Friend, ...
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Gizmodrome Gizmodrome (sometimes known as Copeland, King, Cosma & Belew) is a British-Italian- American rock supergroup formed in Milan, Italy in 2017. The four-piece band consists of Police drummer Stewart Copeland, Level 42 bassist Mark King, Italian ...
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Grayscale In digital photography, computer-generated imagery, and colorimetry, a greyscale (more common in Commonwealth English) or grayscale (more common in American English) image is one in which the value of each pixel is a single sample (signal), s ...
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GreatGuys GreatGuys () was a South Korean boy band signed to DNA Entertainment. The group consisted of nine members: Jaei, Uiyeon, Horyeong, Daun, Baekgyeol, Donghwi, Hwalchan, Haneul, and Dongin. The nonet (music), nonet debuted on August 25, 2017, with ...
* Golden Child * Good Day * Hash Tag * Highlight *
Honeyst Honeyst () was a South Korean pop rock band formed by FNC Entertainment in 2017. The band consists of Oh Seung-seok (drummer), Kim Chul-min (main vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist), Seo Dong-sung (leader, vocalist, bassist), and Kim Hwan (guitaris ...
* Hyeongseop X Euiwoong * IN2IT * In Real Life * IZ * JBJ * Josh Todd and the Conflict * Last Idol * Lovebites * Leetspeak Monsters * Longguo & Shihyun *
Måneskin is an Italian Rock music, rock band formed in Rome in 2016. The band is composed of lead vocalist Damiano David, bassist Victoria De Angelis, guitarist Thomas Raggi, and drummer Ethan Torchio. Performing in the streets in their early days, Mån ...
* Mastersystem * Mellow Mellow * Mind U *
MVP MVP most commonly refers to: * Most valuable player, an award, typically for the best performing player in a sport or competition * Minimum viable product, a concept for feature estimating used in business and engineering MVP may also refer to: ...
* MXM * My Indigo * Myteen * NGT48 * Novelbright *
Now United Now United (sometimes abbreviated as NU) is a global pop group formed in West Hollywood, California, West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, USA, in 2017 by ''Idols (TV series), Idols'' creator Simon Fuller. Originally debuting with 14 members from ...
* NU'EST W * ONF *
Pale Waves Pale Waves are an English Rock music, rock band from Manchester, formed in 2014. Lead singer and guitarist Heather Baron-Gracie met drummer Ciara Doran while attending university in Manchester and they formed a band. Guitarist Hugo Silvani and ...
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Pink Babies was a 14-member Japanese idol, Japanese female idol group that was active from 2014 to 2017. Created by songwriter/producer Shunichi Tokura as part of his "Pan-Pacific Project", the group was a Tribute act, tribute to the 1970s J-pop duo Pink Lad ...
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Pink Cres. was a Japanese girl group formed by Up-Front Create in 2016. The group consisted of three members: Miyabi Natsuyaki, Hikaru Kobayashi, and Yūka Nihei. Pink Cres. debuted in 2017 with the album ''Crescendo''. They remained active until 2021, ...
* Polkadot Stingray * P.O.P * Pom Poko * Powerflo *
Pristin Pristin (; stylized in all caps, and pre-debut name Pledis Girlz) was a South Korean girl group formed by Pledis Entertainment in 2016. The group was composed of ten members: Nayoung, Roa, Yuha, Eunwoo, Rena, Kyulkyung, Yehana, Sungyeon, Xiyeo ...
* Qyoto * Rainz *
Rak-Su Rak-Su are an English R&B group, formed in Watford. In 2017, they won the fourteenth series of ''The X Factor'', becoming the first male group to do so. The group is made up of Ashley Fongho, Jamaal Shurland and Myles Stephenson; Mustafa Rahim ...
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The Rampage from Exile Tribe The Rampage from Exile Tribe ( Japanese: ザ・ランページ・フロム・エグザイル・トライブ, stylized as THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE and also known as The Rampage), is a J-pop vocal and dance group formed and managed by talent a ...
* The Rose * Roselia * The Sea Within * S.I.S * Seven O'Clock * Sons of Apollo * Squid (band), Squid * Stray Kids * SudannaYuzuYully * Superorganism (band), Superorganism * Top Secret (band), Top Secret * TRCNG * Triple H (band), Triple H * Tropical Fuck Storm * Ukka * Varsity (group), Varsity * Wanna One * Weki Meki * Vespera * YHBOYS * Yorushika


Soloist debuts

* Moka Kamishiraishi, Adieu * Aima Baig * Asca (singer), Asca * Ashe (singer), Ashe * Au/Ra * Baby Ariel * Beverly (singer), Beverly * Blanks (musician), Blanks * Camila Cabello * Cavetown * Chelsea Cutler * Cherry Ngan * Clairo * Conan Gray * Curtismith * Diamante (musician), Diamante * Donny Pangilinan * DPR Live * Gabbi Garcia * Haru Nemuri * Harry Styles * Hatchie * Hiroomi Tosaka * Hoàng Yến Chibi * Huang Xiaoyun * I (singer), I * I'll (singer), I'll * Jang Han-byul * Jeong Se-woon * Jeon So-yeon * Joji (musician), Joji * Julia Michaels * Kang Si-ra * Kevin Oh * Keina Suda * Kim Chung-ha * Kim Petras * Kim So-hee (singer, born 1995), Kim So-hee * Kriesha Chu * KSI * Lauren Jauregui * Lauv * Lee Hae-ri * Leellamarz * Leila Alcasid * Leony * Lewis Capaldi * Liam Payne * Little Simz * Luísa Sonza * Maan (singer), Maan * Madison Beer * Maisie Peters * Masaki Suda * Malu Trevejo * Megan Thee Stallion * Minzy * Mxmtoon * Nao Tōyama * Nathy Peluso * Niki (singer), Niki * Noa Kirel * One (rapper), One * Phoebe Bridgers * Punch (singer), Punch * Queen Naija * Ravi (rapper), Ravi * Rauw Alejandro * Rena Nōnen * Ruel (singer), Ruel * Sabrina Claudio * Sam Fender * Samuel (singer), Samuel * Saweetie * Sayumi Michishige * Sayuri (musician), Sayuri * Shuta Sueyoshi * Seohyun * Skylar Stecker * Sōma Saitō * Lee So-jung (singer), Sojung * Sophy Wong * Soyou * Bae Suzy, Suzy * Tao Tsuchiya * Violetta Zironi * Volts Vallejo * Woo Won-jae * Heo Young-ji, Youngji * Yungblud


Bands reformed

* As I Lay Dying (band), As I Lay Dying * Audioslave * Big Dumb Face * Carnivore (band), Carnivore * Chimaira (band), Chimaira * Company of Thieves (band), Company of Thieves * Dreamcatcher (group), Dreamcatcher * Eagles (band), Eagles * Eighteen Visions * Elastica * Exhorder * Heavy Load (band), Heavy Load * House vs. Hurricane * Jawbreaker (band), Jawbreaker * Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull * The KLF * Light This City * Lionheart (Hardcore punk band), Lionheart * Madina Lake * Nachtmystium * NRG (South Korean band), NRG * Orbital (band), Orbital * Pleymo * Sadus * Sleeper (band), Sleeper * Steps (group), Steps * The Streets * Stornoway (band), Stornoway * Sugarland * Tripping Daisy * Viva Brother * The Union Underground * Xscape (group), Xscape


Bands on hiatus

* Camera Obscura (band), Camera Obscura * Cyntia * Dark Sermon * Dave Matthews Band * Disclosure (band), Disclosure * Flumpool * Fun (band), fun. * Girls’ Generation * Ikimono-gakari * The Gaslight Anthem * Heart (band), Heart * The Jezabels * Katatonia * Karnataka (band), Karnataka * Linkin Park * Mejibray * Pinegrove (band), Pinegrove * PWR BTTM * Slipknot (band), Slipknot * Soundgarden * Sphere (Japanese band), Sphere * Tackey & Tsubasa * Tsubaki (band), Tsubaki * Twenty One Pilots * Vamps (band), Vamps * With Confidence


Bands disbanded

* A Tribe Called Quest * Amoral (band), Amoral * As One (Hong Kong band), As One * Audioslave * Black Sabbath * Brontide * The Cab * Chairlift (band), Chairlift * Cibo Matto * Cinderella (band), Cinderella * Circus Devils * Coal Chamber * Cute (Japanese idol group), C-ute * The Crookes * The Dillinger Escape Plan * Doll Elements * Donovan Wolfington * Especia * Friendzone (duo), Friendzone * Game Theory (band), Game Theory * HIM (Finnish band), HIM * Hail of Bullets * Heaven's Basement * Hilcrhyme * In Dying Arms * Letlive * Les B.B. * The Maccabees (band), The Maccabees * Marionette (band), Marionette * Mimi Meme Mimi * Mindless Behavior * Miss A * Mobb Deep * Mudcrutch * The Pagans * Plenty (band), Plenty * The Poster Boy * Poured Out * Prizmmy * Reol (band), Reol * Rev. from DVL * The Roches * The Saturdays * Spawn of Possession * Staind * Sug * Textures (band), Textures * Those Who Fear * Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers * The Tragically Hip * Trap Them * Vallenfyre * Vanna (band), Vanna * Vant (band), Vant * We Are the Ocean * White Ash (band), White Ash * White Miles * William Control * The Wonder Girls * Xerath * Yellowcard * Your Memorial


Deaths


January

* 1 – Memo Morales (79), Venezuelan rumba singer * 2 – Auriel Andrew (69), Indigenous Australian country singer * 4 – Bade Fateh Ali Khan (82), Pakistani classical music and Khyal singer * 6 – Sylvester Potts (78), American R&B singer (the Contours) * 7 – Jerzy Kossela (74), Polish rock guitarist (Czerwone Gitary) * 8 – Peter Sarstedt (75), British folk pop singer * 10 – Buddy Greco (90), American jazz singer and pianist * 11 – Tommy Allsup (83), American rock and roll guitarist * 13 ** Horacio Guarany (91), Argentine folklore singer ** Richie Ingui (69), American soul singer (Soul Survivors (band), Soul Survivors) * 14 – John Boudreaux (80), American jazz and soul drummer * 15 – Greg Trooper (61), American alternative country singer and songwriter * 16 ** William Onyeabor (70), Nigerian funk singer-songwriter ** Steve Wright (bassist), Steve Wright (66), American power pop bassist and songwriter (The Greg Kihn Band) * 18 – Mike Kellie (69), British psychedelic rock and power pop drummer (Spooky Tooth, The Only Ones) * 19 – Loalwa Braz (63), Brazilian pop and lambada singer (Kaoma) * 20 ** Ronald "Bingo" Mundy (76), American singer (The Marcels) ** Joey Powers (82), American pop singer ** Tommy Tate (musician), Tommy Tate (71), American soul singer * 21 ** Karl Hendricks (46), American alternative rock singer (The Karl Hendricks Trio) ** Walter "Junie" Morrison (62), American funk keyboardist (The Ohio Players, Parliament-Funkadelic) ** Maggie Roche (65), American folk singer (The Roches) * 22 ** Jaki Liebezeit (78), German experimental rock drummer (Can (band), Can) ** Pete Overend Watts (69), British glam rock bassist and singer (Mott the Hoople, British Lions (band), British Lions) * 23 – Bobby Freeman (76), American pop and R&B singer * 24 ** Gil Ray (60), American power pop drummer (Game Theory (band), Game Theory, The Loud Family) ** Butch Trucks (69), American rock drummer (The Allman Brothers Band, Les Brers) * 25 – Ronnie Davis (66), Jamaican reggae singer (The Tennors, The Itals) * 27 – Stan Boreson (91), American comedian, accordionist and singer * 28 ** Guitar Gable (79), American blues singer and guitarist ** Geoff Nicholls (68), British rock musician and keyboardist (Black Sabbath, Quartz (metal band), Quartz) ** Alexander Tikhanovich (64), Belarusian pop singer (Verasy) * 29 – Elkin Ramírez (54), Colombian hard rock singer (Kraken (band), Kraken) * 30 – James Laurence (27), American hip hop musician and producer (Friendzone (duo), Friendzone) (death announced on this date) * 31 ** Deke Leonard (72), British progressive rock guitarist (Man (band), Man) ** John Wetton (67), British progressive rock singer, bassist, and songwriter (Asia (band), Asia, King Crimson)


February

* 1 – Robert Dahlqvist (40), Swedish alternative rock guitarist and singer (The Hellacopters, Thunder Express, Dundertåget) * 4 – Steve Lang (67), Canadian rock bassist (April Wine) * 5 ** David Axelrod (musician), David Axelrod (85), American jazz musician and producer ** Sonny Geraci (70), American pop and rock singer (Climax (band), Climax, The Outsiders (American band), The Outsiders) * 7 – Svend Asmussen (100), Danish jazz violinist * 8 ** Rina Matsuno (18), Japanese pop singer (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku) ** Tony Särkkä (44), Swedish black metal multi-instrumentalist * 11 – Jarmila Šuláková (87), Czech folk singer * 12 ** Al Jarreau (76), American jazz singer ** Damian (musician), Damian (52), British pop singer * 13 ** Trish Doan (31), American heavy metal bassist (Kittie) (death announced on this date) ** E-Dubble (34), American rapper * 16 – Pericoma Okoye (81), Nigerian traditional music singer * 17 ** Peter Skellern (69), English easy listening singer-songwriter and pianist ** Dave Yorko (73), American rock and roll guitarist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) * 18 – Clyde Stubblefield (73), American funk and soul drummer (James Brown, The J.B.'s) * 19 – Larry Coryell (73), American jazz fusion guitarist * 20 – Huang Feili (99), Chinese classical music conductor * 23 ** Horace Parlan (86), American jazz pianist ** Leon Ware (77), American funk singer and songwriter * 25 ** Rick Chavez, American progressive metal singer and guitarist (Drive (band), Drive) ** Toshio Nakanishi (61), Japanese new wave guitarist (Plastics (band), Plastics) ** Bill Paxton (61), American new wave keyboardist (Martini Ranch) and actor


March

* 1 – Hiroshi Kamayatsu (78), Japanese rock singer (The Spiders (Japanese band), The Spiders, Vodka Collins (band), Vodka Collins) * 2 – Gata Cattana (26), Spanish rapper * 3 ** Jim Fuller (musician), Jim Fuller (69), American surf rock guitarist (The Surfaris) ** Lyle Ritz (87), American rock bassist and ukuleleist (The Wrecking Crew (music), The Wrecking Crew) ** Danny Spooner (80), British-born Australian folk singer * 4 ** Valerie Carter (64), American rock singer and songwriter ** Edi Fitzroy (61), Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer ** Tommy Page (46), American pop singer * 6 ** Ritchie Adams (78), American songwriter and singer (The Fireflies) ** Lars Diedricson (66), Swedish rock singer (Snowstorm (band), Snowstorm) ** Alberto Zedda (89), Italian conductor and musicologist * 7 – Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya (46), Indian folk singer * 8 ** Dave Valentin (64), American jazz flutist ** Jonathan Moore (musician), Wordsayer (47), American rapper (Source of Labor) * 10 – Joni Sledge (60), American R&B and disco singer (Sister Sledge) * 11 ** Evan Johns (60), American rockabilly guitarist (The LeRoi Brothers) ** Ángel Parra (singer-songwriter), Ángel Parra (73), Chilean folk singer ** Don Warden (87), American country slide guitarist * 12 – Joey Alves (63), American hard rock rhythm guitarist (Y&T) * 13 ** Robert "P-Nut" Johnson, American funk singer (Parliament-Funkadelic) ** John Lever (55), British post-punk drummer (The Chameleons) * 15 ** Phil Garland (75), New Zealander folk singer ** :es:Vicky (cantante), Vicky (69), Colombian pop singer * 16 – James Cotton (81), American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter * 18 – Chuck Berry (90), American rock and roll guitarist, singer and songwriter * 20 ** Buck Hill (musician), Buck Hill (90), American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist ** Tony Terran (90), American rock and pop trumpeter (The Wrecking Crew (music), The Wrecking Crew) * 21 – Gabriel "Negru" Mafa (42), black metal drummer (Negură Bunget) * 22 ** Sib Hashian (67), American rock drummer (Boston (band), Boston) ** Sven-Erik Magnusson (74), Swedish pop singer and guitarist (Sven-Ingvars) * 23 – :es:Sebastián (músico), Sebastián (63), Argentine cuarteto singer * 24 ** Vincent Falcone (78), American pianist (Frank Sinatra) and conductor ** Pete Shotton (75), British skiffle percussionist and washboardist (The Quarrymen) * 25 – Edward Grimes (43), American post-rock drummer (Rachel's) * 26 ** Alessandro Alessandroni (92), Italian film composer and classical guitarist ** Jimmy Dotson (83), American blues singer and songwriter * 27 – Clem Curtis (76), Trinidadian-British singer (The Foundations) * 28 – Terry Fischer (70), American pop singer (The Murmaids) * 30 – Rosie Hamlin (71), American pop singer (Rosie and the Originals)


April

* 1 ** Lonnie Brooks (83), American blues singer and guitarist ** Ikutaro Kakehashi (87), Japanese engineer, founder of Roland Corporation, manufacturer of electronic musical instruments ** Wycliffe Noble (91), British gospel singer (The Joystrings) and architect * 3 – Brenda Jones (62), American singer (The Jones Girls) * 5 – Paul O'Neill (producer), Paul O'Neill (61), American progressive metal composer, lyricist, producer, and songwriter (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Savatage) * 6 – David Peel (musician), David Peel (74), American folk singer and songwriter * 7 – Ben Speer (86), American gospel singer (Speer Family) * 8 – Keni Richards (60), American rock drummer (Autograph (American band), Autograph) * 9 ** Alan Henderson (72), Northern Irish rock bassist (Them (band), Them) ** Bob Wootton (75), American country guitarist (The Tennessee Three) * 10 – Banner Thomas (62), American hard rock bassist (Molly Hatchet) * 11 ** J. Geils (71), American blues, rock and jazz guitarist (The J. Geils Band) ** Scotty Miller (65), American drummer (Instant Funk) ** Toby Smith (46), English acid jazz keyboardist, songwriter and producer (Jamiroquai) * 12 – Barry "Frosty" Smith (71), American rock drummer (Sweathog, Soulhat) * 14 – Bruce Langhorne (78), American folk singer * 15 ** Tim Goshorn, 62, American country rock guitarist and singer (Pure Prairie League) ** Allan Holdsworth (70), British jazz fusion guitarist (Gong (band), Gong, Soft Machine, U.K. (band), U.K.) ** Matt Holt (39), American heavy metal singer (Nothingface (band), Nothingface) ** Sylvia Moy (78), American songwriter * 19 – Dick Contino (87), American accordionist and singer * 20 – Cuba Gooding Sr. (72), American soul and R&B singer (The Main Ingredient (band), The Main Ingredient) * 23 – Jerry Adriani (70), Brazilian rock singer * 27 ** Jeff Decker, Canadian heavy metal guitarist (Thor (band), Thor) ** John Shifflett (64), American jazz bassist * 28 – Joanna Brouk (68), American electronic music composer


May

* 1 ** Bruce Hampton (70), American rock and jazz fusion singer and guitarist (Hampton Grease Band, Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit) ** Erkki Kurenniemi (75), Finnish electronic music composer * 2 – Kevin Garcia (41), American indie rock bassist (Grandaddy) * 3 ** Casey Jones (musician), Casey Jones (77), American blues drummer (Johnny Winter) ** C'el Revuelta, American punk rock bassist (Black Flag (band), Black Flag) ** Saxa (musician), Saxa (83), Jamaican ska saxophonist (The Beat (British band), The Beat) * 4 – Katy Bødtger (84), Danish singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1960) * 5 – Clive Brooks (67), British progressive rock drummer (Egg (band), Egg) * 9 ** Michael Parks (77), American country singer and actor ** Robert Miles (47), Swiss-born Italian electronic dance record producer, composer and DJ * 10 ** Bonaldo "Burt" Bonaldi (90), American pop singer (The Gaylords (American vocal group), The Gaylords) ** Pierre DeMudd (64), American trumpeter and singer (Dazz Band) * 11 – İbrahim Erkal (50), Turkish folk singer * 12 – Bill Dowdy (84), American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds) * 13 – Jimmy Copley (63), British rock drummer * 14 – Keith Mitchell, American dream pop drummer (Mazzy Star) * 17 – Chris Cornell (52), American alternative rock singer and songwriter (Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog) * 18 – Frankie Paul (51), Jamaican dancehall singer * 20 ** Jimmy Dale (musician), Jimmy Dale (81), British-Canadian film and television composer ** Ace Still, American doom metal singer (Goatlord (band), Goatlord) * 21 ** Kenny Cordray (62), American rock guitarist and songwriter ** Jimmy LaFave (61), American folk singer and songwriter ** Tulsa Pittaway (42), South African indie rock drummer (Watershed (South African band), Watershed, Evolver One) * 22 ** Rosa Speer (94), American gospel singer (Speer Family) ** Zbigniew Wodecki (67), Polish pop singer and violinist * 25 – Saucy Sylvia (96), Canadian-born American comedy music singer and pianist * 27 ** Gregg Allman (69), American rock singer, songwriter and keyboardist (The Allman Brothers Band) ** Guillermo Sanchez, Argentinian heavy metal bassist (Rata Blanca) * 29 – Arleen Lanzotti (73), American pop singer (The Delicates) * 31 – Bern Nix (69), American jazz guitarist


June

* 2 – Aamir Zaki (49), Pakistani psychedelic rock guitarist * 6 ** Sandra Reemer (66), Dutch pop singer ** Vin Garbutt (68), British folk singer and songwriter * 8 – Norro Wilson (79), American country music singer, songwriter and record producer * 11 – Rosalie Sorrels (83), American folk singer and songwriter * 12 – Geri Allen (60), American jazz pianist * 16 – Eliza Clívia (37), Brazilian forro singer * 17 – Thara Memory (68), American jazz trumpeter * 18 – Chris Murrell (60), American gospel and jazz singer * 20 ** Prodigy (rapper), Prodigy (42), American rapper (Mobb Deep) ** Bo Wagner (72), American marimba player (Starbuck (band), Starbuck) * 21 – Belton Richard (77), American Cajun accordionist * 22 – Jimmy Nalls (66), American blues rock guitarist (Sea Level (band), Sea Level) * 25 – Dave Evans (bluegrass), Dave Evans (66), American bluegrass singer and banjoist * 28 ** Gary DeCarlo (75), American pop singer and songwriter (Steam (band), Steam) ** Nic Ritter (37), American thrash metal drummer (Warbringer) ** Dave Rosser (50), American alternative rock guitarist (The Afghan Whigs) * 30 – Don Rea (88), American pop singer (The Gaylords (American vocal group), The Gaylords)


July

* 3 – Rudy Rotta (66), Italian blues rock guitarist * 4 – John Blackwell (musician), John Blackwell, Jr. (43), American funk and R&B drummer (D'Angelo, The New Power Generation) * 5 – Pierre Henry (89), French musique concrète composer * 6 ** Mick Bund, British post-punk bassist (Felt (band), Felt) ** Melvyn "Deacon" Jones (73), American soul keyboardist (Baby Huey & the Babysitters) * 9 – Erik Cartwright (66), American blues rock guitarist (Foghat) * 12 ** Marc 'Blaash' Michaelson, American black metal drummer (Bahimiron) ** Tamara Miansarova (86), Russian pop singer ** Ray Phiri (70), South African jazz fusion singer and guitarist * 13 ** Simon Holmes (guitarist), Simon Holmes (54), Australian jangle pop guitarist (The Hummingbirds) ** Egil Kapstad (76), Norwegian jazz pianist and composer ** Chris Wong Won (53), American rapper (2 Live Crew) * 14 ** Mahi Beamer (88), American-Native Hawaiian folk singer and pianist ** David Zablidowsky (38), American hard rock bassist (Adrenaline Mob, Trans-Siberian Orchestra) * 16 – Wilfried (singer), Wilfried (67), Austrian pop singer * 17 – Peter Principle (63), American post-punk bassist (Tuxedomoon) * 19 ** Barbara Weldens (35), French pop singer and songwriter ** Graham Wood (musician), Graham Wood (45), Australian jazz pianist * 20 ** Chester Bennington (41), American hard rock singer and songwriter (Linkin Park, Stone Temple Pilots, Dead by Sunrise) ** Andrea Jürgens (50), German schlager singer * 21 ** Errol Dyers (65), South African jazz guitarist ** Geoff Mack (94), Australian country singer and songwriter ** Kenny Shields (69), Canadian hard rock singer (Streetheart (band), Streetheart) ** Paapa Yankson (73), Ghanaian highlife singer * 22 ** Polo Hofer (72), Swiss pop singer ** Bobby Taylor (83), American soul singer (Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers) * 25 ** Michael Johnson (singer), Michael Johnson (72), American country singer and songwriter ** Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (46), Indigenous Australian folk singer and guitarist * 27 – Billy Joe Walker Jr. (64), American country music record producer * 28 – D.L. Menard (85), American Cajun music singer * 31 – Chuck Loeb (61), American jazz guitarist (Fourplay)


August

* 1 – Goldy McJohn (72), Canadian hard rock keyboardist (Steppenwolf (band), Steppenwolf) * 2 – Daniel Licht (60), American film and television composer * 4 ** Luiz Melodia (66), Brazilian MPB singer ** Joe Romano 67, American bassist (The Fun and Games) * 8 – Glen Campbell (81), American country music singer and songwriter * 11 – Segun Bucknor (71), Nigerian soul and funk keyboardist and guitarist * 19 – Bea Wain (100), American big band singer (Larry Clinton, Larry Clinton and His Orchestra) * 20 – Jerry Lewis (91), American actor and pop singer * 21 – Sonny Burgess (88), American rockabilly singer * 22 – John Abercrombie (guitarist), John Abercrombie (73), American jazz fusion guitarist * 24 ** Pete Kuykendall (79), American bluegrass banjoist ** Larry Marshall (singer), Larry Marshall (75), Jamaican reggae singer * 26 – Wilson das Neves (81), Brazilian bossa nova singer and percussionist * 28 – Melissa Bell (singer), Melissa Bell (53), British R&B and soul singer (Soul II Soul) * 29 – Larry Elgart (95), American jazz bandleader and alto saxophonist * 30 – Skip Prokop (73), Canadian rock and jazz fusion drummer (Lighthouse (band), Lighthouse, The Paupers)


September

* 1 – Mick Softley (77), British folk singer and songwriter * 2 – Dave Hlubek (66), American rock guitarist and songwriter (Molly Hatchet) * 3 – Walter Becker (67), American jazz rock guitarist, bassist and songwriter (Steely Dan) * 4 – Earl Lindo (64), Jamaican reggae keyboardist (Bob Marley and the Wailers) * 5 – Rick Stevens (77), American R&B singer (Tower of Power) * 6 – Holger Czukay (79), German experimental rock bassist (Can (band), Can) * 8 ** Troy Gentry (50), American country singer (Montgomery Gentry) ** Don Williams (78), American country singer * 11 – Virgil Howe (41), British alternative rock drummer (Little Barrie) * 12 ** Riem de Wolff (74), Dutch-Indonesian rock and roll singer (The Blue Diamonds (duo), The Blue Diamonds) ** Josh Schwartz (45), American alternative country guitarist (Beachwood Sparks) ** Jessi Zazu (28), American garage rock singer and songwriter (Those Darlins) * 13 – Grant Hart (56), American alternative rock singer, songwriter and drummer (Hüsker Dü) * 17 – Laudir de Oliveira (77), Brazilian rock and jazz percussionist (Chicago (band), Chicago) * 18 – Mark Selby (musician), Mark Selby (56), American blues rock singer and guitarist * 21 – Cees Bergman (65), Dutch glam rock singer (Catapult (band), Catapult) * 22 ** Ammon Tharp (75), American soul singer and drummer (Bill Deal and the Rhondels) ** Eric Eycke (41), American heavy metal singer (Corrosion of Conformity) * 23 – Charles Bradley (singer), Charles Bradley (68), American soul singer * 27 ** CeDell Davis (91), American blues guitarist ** Joy Fleming (72), German pop singer ** Hiromi Hayakawa (34), Japanese-born Mexican pop singer * 30 – Tom Paley (89), American folk guitarist and banjoist (New Lost City Ramblers)


October

* 2 – Tom Petty (66), American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys, Mudcrutch) * 4 – Janis Hansen (singer), Janis Hansen (74), American pop and bossa nova singer (Sérgio Mendes, Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66, The Carnival (band), The Carnival) * 5 ** Alvin DeGuzman, American post-hardcore guitarist (The Icarus Line) ** Rodrigo BVevino (42), British heavy metal singer (Avenger (British band), Avenger) * 6 – Bunny Sigler (76), American soul singer, songwriter and record producer * 7 – Jimmy Beaumont (76), American doo-wop singer (The Skyliners) * 8 – Grady Tate (85), American jazz drummer and singer * 16 ** Augustin Mawangu Mingiedi (56), Congolese afro-pop Mbira, lkembist () ** Iain Shedden (60), Australian punk rock drummer (The Saints (Australian band), The Saints) * 17 ** Gord Downie (53), Canadian rock singer and songwriter (The Tragically Hip) * 18 – Eamonn Campbell (70), Irish folk singer and guitarist (The Dubliners) * 21 – Martin Eric Ain (50), American-Swiss heavy metal bassist (Celtic Frost) * 22 ** Al Hurricane (81), American folk singer and songwriter ** Scott Putesky (49), American heavy metal guitarist (Marilyn Manson (band), Marilyn Manson) ** George Young (rock musician), George Young (70), British-born Australian rock guitarist and songwriter (The Easybeats, Flash and the Pan) * 24 ** Fats Domino (89), American rock and roll singer and pianist ** Larry Ray (63), American power pop guitarist (Outrageous Cherry) * 27 ** Mike Hudson (61), American punk rock singer (The Pagans) ** Dick Noel (90), American big band singer * 28 **Bruce Black, American power metal drummer (Meliah Rage) **Daichi Shimoda, Japanese deathcore vocalist (Victim of Deception) * 29 ** Muhal Richard Abrams (87), American free jazz pianist ** Billy Mize (88), American country singer and steel guitarist ** Keith Wilder (65), American funk singer (Heatwave (band), Heatwave)


November

* 1 ** Katie Lee (singer), Katie Lee (98), American folk singer ** Scott Wily, American death metal singer (Vital Remains) * 2 – María Martha Serra Lima (72), Argentinean bolero singer * 3 ** Gaetano Bardini (91), Italian opera singer ** Naomi Sego (86), American gospel singer (The Sego Brothers and Naomi) * 5 ** Robert Knight (musician), Robert Knight (72), American soul singer ** Louis Roney (96), American opera tenor * 7 ** Paul Buckmaster (71), British rock and orchestral arranger and conductor ** Robert De Cormier (95), American folk arranger ** Pentti Glan (71), Finnish rock drummer (Mandala (band), Mandala, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper) * 9 – Fred Cole (musician), Fred Cole (69), American garage rock singer and guitarist (The Lollipop Shoppe, Dead Moon) * 10 – Chuck Mosley (57), American alternative rock singer (Faith No More) * 11 – Chiquito de la Calzada (85), Spanish flamenco singer * 12 – Chad Hanks (46), American metal bassist (American Head Charge) * 15 ** Bonnie Flower (63), American sunshine pop singer (Wendy and Bonnie) ** Lil Peep (21), American rapper * 16 – Michael "Dik Mik" Davies (73), British space rock keyboardist (Hawkwind) * 17 – Rikard Wolff (59), Finnish pop singer and actor * 18 ** Ben Riley (84), American jazz drummer ** Malcolm Young (64), Australian hard rock guitarist (AC/DC) * 19 ** Ronnie Butler (80), Bahamanian calypso singer ** Warren "Pete" Moore (79), American R&B singer (The Miracles) ** Della Reese (86), American gospel singer ** Mel Tillis (85), American country singer * 20 – Laila Sari (82), Indonesian children's music singer * 21 ** David Cassidy (67), American pop singer and actor ** Wayne Cochran (78), American soul singer and songwriter * 22 – Tommy Keene (59), American power pop singer and songwriter * 23 ** John Coates Jr. (79), American jazz pianist ** Jon Hendricks (96), American jazz singer ** Dmitri Hvorostovsky (55), Russian opera singer * 24 ** Mitch Margo (70), American doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Tokens) ** Clotilde Rosa (87), Portuguese classical harpist ** Bari Siddiqui (63), Bangladeshi folk singer and flautist * 26 – Patrick Bourgeois (54), Canadian rock singer and guitarist (Les B.B.) * 27 – Robert Popwell (66), American rock and jazz bassist (The Young Rascals, The Crusaders (Houston group), The Crusaders) * 28 – Shadia (86), Egyptian pop singer * 29 – Robert Walker (musician), Robert Walker (80), American blues guitarist * 30 ** Jim Nabors (87), American actor and singer ** Zé Pedro (61), Portuguese new wave guitarist (Xutos & Pontapés)


December

* 2 ** Norihiko Hashida (72), Japanese folk singer and songwriter (The Folk Crusaders) ** Mundell Lowe (95), American jazz guitarist * 5 – Johnny Hallyday (74), French rock singer *7 – Sunny Murray (81), American free jazz drummer * 8 – Gloria Ann Taylor (73), American soul singer * 12 ** Pat DiNizio (62), American power pop singer and guitarist (The Smithereens) ** Willie Pickens (86), American jazz pianist * 13 **Dave Christenson (54), American new wave singer (Stabilizers (band), Stabilizers) ** Warrel Dane (56), American heavy metal singer (Sanctuary (band), Sanctuary, Nevermore) ** Rory O'Donoghue (68), Australian rock and pop guitarist * 16 ** Ralph Carney (61), American rock and jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (Tin Huey) ** Richard Dobson (75), American country singer and songwriter ** Michael Prophet (60), Jamaican reggae singer ** Keely Smith (89), American jazz singer * 17 – Kevin Mahogany (59), American jazz singer * 18 – Kim Jong-hyun (singer), Kim Jong-hyun (27), South Korean K-pop singer and songwriter (Shinee) * 19 ** Jim Forrester (43), American hard rock bassist (Sixty Watt Shaman) ** Leo Welch (85), American gospel blues singer and guitarist * 21 ** Roswell Rudd (82), American free jazz trombonist ** Marilyn Tyler (91), American opera singer * 22 – Pam the Funkstress, American hip hop DJ (The Coup) *25 – Nao (56), Japanese heavy metal vocalist (United (band), United) * 28 ** Rose Marie (94), American actress, singer and comedienne ** Curly Seckler (98), American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist (Foggy Mountain Boys, Nashville Grass) * 31 – Maurice Peress (87), American conductor and music educator


Musical films

*''What We Started''


See also

* Timeline of musical events * Women in music


References

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