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This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2016 in music.

Specific locations

  • African music
  • American music
  • Asian music
  • Australian music
  • Brazilian music
  • British music
  • Canadian music
  • Chinese music
  • Danish music
  • European music (Continental Europe)
  • Finnish music
  • French music
  • German music
  • Icelandic music
  • Indian music
  • Irish music
  • Japanese music
  • Malaysian music
  • Mongolian music
  • North Korean music
  • Norwegian music
  • Philippine music
  • Polynesian music
  • Scandinavian music
  • South Korean music
  • Swedish music
  • Taiwanese music
  • Vietnamese music
  • World music

Specific genres

  • Classical
  • Country
  • Electronic
  • Jazz
  • Latin music
  • Heavy metal
  • Hip hop
  • Opera
  • Pop
  • Rock
  • K-pop
  • J-pop
  • R&B

Albums released

Significant performances

  • March 25 – British rock and roll band, The Rolling Stones become the first foreign rock band to perform in Cuba,[1] which was documented in their 2016 concert film, The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon.

Awards

58th Annual Grammy Awards
Record of the Year: "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars • Album of the Year: 1989 by Taylor Swift • Song of the Year: "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran • Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor
Billboard Music Awards
Artist of the Year: Adele • New Artist of the Year: Fetty Wap • Top Hot 100 Song: "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa • Top Billboard 200 Album: 25 by Adele
31st Golden Disc Awards
Song of the Year: "Cheer Up" by Twice • Album of the Year: Ex'Act by Exo • Rookie Artist of the Year: Blackpink, Bolbbalgan4, I.O.I, NCT 127
58th Japan Record Awards
Grand Prix: "Anata no Suki na Tokoro" (ja) by Kana Nishino • Best Singer: Masayuki Suzuki for "Melancholia" • Best New Artist: iKon • Best Song: several
Mnet Asian Music Awards
Artist of the Year: BTS • Album of the Year: Ex'Act by Exo • Song of the Year: "Cheer Up" by Twice • Best Music Video: "Whistle" by Blackpink
MTV Video Music Awards
Video of the Year: "Formation" by Beyoncé • Best Male Video: "This Is What You Came For" by Calvin Harris • Best Female Video: "Hold Up" by Beyoncé • New Artist: DNCE
MTV Europe Music Awards
Best Song: "Sorry" by Justin Bieber • Best Video: "Starboy" by the Weeknd • Best Female: Lady Gaga • Best Male: Shawn Mendes
The 4th V Chart Awards
Top Male Artist : Lu Han with Medals • Top Female Artist: Li Yuchun with "混蛋，我想你" (Idiot, I Miss You) • Top Group: TFBOYS with Adore • Top New Artist: Wang Qing & Feng Jianyu
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Inductees: Cheap Trick • Chicago • Deep Purple • N.W.A • Steve Miller
26th Seoul Music Awards
Grand Prize: Exo • Best Album: Wings by BTS • Best Song: "Cheer Up" by Twice • Best New Artist: NCT 127, I.O.I, Blackpink

Bands formed

  • 3B junior
  • The Aces
  • AOA Cream
  • Astro
  • The Band Camino
  • Batten Girls
  • BEJ48
  • Bis
  • Blackpink
  • Bolbbalgan4
  • BoybandPH
  • Boys Generally Asian
  • Chai
  • Chelmico
  • CocoSori
  • Cosmic Girls
  • Dreamcar
  • DYGL
  • The East Light
  • Exo-CBX
  • FEMM
  • FlowBack
  • Gang Parade
  • GNZ48
  • Gone Is Gone
  • Gugudan
  • Hanabie.
  • The Hu
  • Higher Power
  • Hiragana Keyakizaka46
  • I.B.I
  • I.O.I
  • I Dont Know How But They Found Me
  • Imfact
  • Japanese Breakfast
  • June's Diary
  • Kard
  • Keyakizaka46
  • KNK
  • Lovelytheband
  • Magdalena Bay
  • The Magpie Salute
  • Mamalarky
  • Måneskin
  • MASC
  • Midland
  • MOBB
  • Momoland
  • Musubizm
  • Nation of Language
  • National Youth Orchestra of China
  • NCT
  • NCT 127
  • Nightly
  • Nice As Fuck
  • Nine Muses A
  • Ocean Park Standoff
  • Off On Off
  • OnePixcel
  • Pentagon
  • PrettyMuch
  • Prophets of Rage
  • Poppin'Party
  • Pyxis
  • Reol
  • Rock A Japonica
  • SeeYouSpaceCowboy
  • ShuuKaRen
  • SF9
  • Sinsaenum
  • Sports Team
  • Tempalay
  • Terror Jr
  • The Sixth Lie
  • The World Standard
  • Unnies
  • Valley
  • Victon
  • VIMIC
  • Voisper
  • Vromance
  • Why Don't We
  • Yahyel
  • Zenbu Kimi no Sei da.

Soloist debuts

  • 645AR
  • Agust D
  • Alex the Astronaut
  • Asaka
  • Ayaka Sasaki
  • Billie Eilish
  • Bobby
  • Celeste
  • Danna Paola
  • Danny Worsnop
  • Dean
  • Dermot Kennedy
  • Derrick Monasterio
  • Dodie
  • Ella Mai
  • Elo
  • Enisa Nikaj
  • Era Istrefi
  • Eunji
  • Fei
  • Finneas
  • Gemma
  • Grandson
  • Gretta Ray
  • Gun
  • Hash Swan
  • Hòa Minzy
  • Hyoyeon
  • Jang Dongwoo
  • JC de Vera
  • Jessica Jung
  • Jessie Reyez
  • Jenyer
  • Jimin
  • Jorja Smith
  • Joy Crookes
  • Jungah
  • Jung Seung-hwan
  • Justhis
  • Jvcki Wai
  • Kanna Hashimoto
  • Kiana Ledé
  • Kim Sejeong
  • Kwak Jin-eon
  • Kwon Jin-ah
  • Laura Marano
  • Lee Hyun-woo
  • Liza Soberano
  • Lolo Zouaï
  • Louis Tomlinson
  • Luna
  • Mino
  • Mint
  • Momoka Ariyasu
  • Mone Kamishiraishi
  • Nana Ou-yang
  • Niall Horan
  • Noah Cyrus
  • Olivia O'Brien
  • PH-1
  • Punchnello
  • Raye
  • Raveena Aurora
  • Ricky Montgomery
  • Ryeowook
  • Sam Kim
  • Sandeul
  • Shenseea
  • Sofia Carson
  • Suga
  • Subin
  • Tini
  • Taichi Mukai
  • Tessa Violet
  • Thunder
  • Tiffany
  • Tom Grennan
  • Uru
  • Yesung
  • Yezi
  • Ylona Garcia
  • Yoochun
  • Woohyun
  • Zayn

Bands reformed

  • ABBA
  • At the Drive-In
  • Abandon All Ships
  • The Anniversary
  • Arab Strap
  • Bash & Pop
  • Belly
  • Blake Babies
  • A Different Breed of Killer
  • Eric B. & Rakim
  • Galactic Cowboys
  • Game Theory
  • G.R.L
  • Guided by Voices[2]
  • Jet
  • Le Tigre
  • Letters to Cleo
  • Misfits (featuring Glenn Danzig)[3]
  • Nasty Savage
  • The Number Twelve Looks Like You
  • Pendulum
  • Piebald
  • P.S. Eliot
  • Rainbow
  • Sechs Kies
  • A Thorn for Every Heart
  • The Revolution
  • The Righteous Brothers
  • Spice Girls – GEM
  • Super Furry Animals
  • Temple of the Dog
  • A Thorn for Every Heart
  • Thursday
  • Tickle Me Pink
  • The Union Underground
  • The Vapors
  • Wolf Parade
  • The Zutons

Bands on hiatus

  • Camera Obscura
  • Chiodos
  • Coal Chamber
  • Man Overboard
  • Middle Class Rut
  • One Direction
  • We Are the In Crowd
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Bands disbanded

  • 2NE1
  • 3rdeyegirl
  • 4Minute
  • Agalloch
  • Allo Darlin'
  • Aiden
  • Bane
  • Blood on the Dance Floor
  • Bolt Thrower
  • Boom Boom Satellites
  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young[4]
  • Dead or Alive
  • Dream
  • Eagles
  • Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
  • The Enemy
  • Fearless Vampire Killers
  • Finch
  • For Today
  • Funeral for a Friend
  • FVK
  • Giant Sand
  • Girugamesh
  • G.L.O.S.S.
  • Gnashing of Teeth
  • Gossip
  • Graveyard
  • I, the Breather
  • Jack Ü
  • Joey + Rory
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
  • La Ley
  • A Lighter Shade of Brown
  • Lionheart
  • Lush
  • Majical Cloudz
  • Marion
  • Matchbook Romance
  • Maybeshewill
  • Mischief Brew
  • Motion City Soundtrack
  • Mudvayne
  • Nektar
  • Nomeansno
  • P.M. Dawn
  • The Presidents of the United States of America
  • Rainbow
  • Sally Shapiro
  • Thee Satisfaction
  • School of Seven Bells
  • SMAP
  • Sockweb
  • Sorry About Dresden
  • Spirit of the West
  • The Stooges
  • Suicide
  • Trailer Choir
  • Transit
  • Twisted Sister
  • Viola Beach
  • Wodensthrone
  • You, Me, and Everyone We Know
  • Youth Lagoon

Deaths

January

  • 1
    • Gilbert Kaplan, (74), American conductor and businessman, cancer.[5]
    • Mark B, (45), British hip-hop record producer.[6]
    • Gilberto Mendes, (93), Brazilian composer.[7]
  • 2 – Rino Salviati, (93), Italian singer, guitarist and actor.[8]
  • 3
    • Paul Bley (83), Canadian jazz pianist.[9]
    • Jason Mackenroth (46), American rock drummer (Rollins Band, Mother Superior), prostate cancer.[10]
  • 4
    • Long John Hunter, (84), American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.[11]
    • Achim Mentzel, (69), German musician and television presenter.[12]
  • 5
    • Pierre Boulez, (90), French composer and conductor.[13]
    • Nicholas Caldwell, (71), American R&B singer (The Whispers).[14]
    • Hanna-Marie Weydahl, (93), Norwegian pianist.[15]
  • 7
    • Kitty Kallen, (94), American singer ("Little Things Mean a Lot").[16]
    • Troy Shondell, (76), American singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.[17]
  • 8
    • Otis Clay, (73), American R&B and soul singer ("Tryin' to Live My Life Without You", "The Only Way Is Up"), heart attack.[18]
    • Red Simpson, (81), American country singer-songwriter ("I'm a Truck"), complications from a heart attack.[19]
    • Brett Smiley, (60), American singer-songwriter.[20]
  • 10 – David Bowie, (69), English songwriter and artist.[21]
  • 14 – Jane Stuart Smith, (90), American operatic soprano, hymnologist, and author.[22]
  • 17
    • Carina Jaarnek (53), Swedish singer and Dansband artist (cerebral haemorrhage).[23]
    • Dale Griffin (67), British rock drummer (Mott the Hoople, Mott, British Lions).
  • 18 – Glenn Frey (67), American guitarist and vocalist (The Eagles).[24]
  • 25 – Leif Solberg (101), Norwegian composer and organist.[25]
  • 26
    • T.J. Tindall (65), American guitarist (MFSB)[26]
    • Black (53), Pop/new wave singer-songwriter, Traffic accident
  • 28
    • Signe Toly Anderson (74), American vocalist (Jefferson Airplane).[27]
    • Paul Kantner (74), American guitarist and vocalist (Jefferson Airplane).[28]

February

  • 3 – Maurice White (74), founder of Earth, Wind and Fire.[29]
  • 4
    • Bobby Caldwell (68), American rock keyboardist (Terry Knight and the Pack)
    • Ulf Söderblom (85), Finnish conductor.[30]
  • 13
    • Viola Beach, English indie rock band, car accident.
    • Kristian "Kris" Leonard (20), Guitar and vocals.
    • River Reeves (19), Guitar.
    • Tomas Lowe (27), Bass.
    • Jack Dakin (19), Drums.
    • Craig Tarry (32), Band manager.
  • 15 – Joyce Paul (78), American country music singer
  • 19 – Harald Devold (51), Norwegian saxophonist (cancer).[31]
  • 20 – Ove Verner Hansen (85), Danish actor and opera singer (cardiac arrest).[32]
  • 22 – Sonny James (87), American country music singer-songwriter.[33]
  • 24 – Lennie Baker (69), American rock and roll saxophonist and singer (Sha Na Na)
  • 29 – Josefin Nilsson (46), Swedish singer.[34]

March

  • 3 – Gavin Christopher, 66, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer[35]
  • 5 – Jimmy Henderson, 61, American guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)
  • 8 – George Martin, (90), English producer.[36]
  • 9
    • Ray Griff (75), Canadian country singer-songwriter, (aspiration pneumonia).[37]
    • Naná Vasconcelos (71), Brazilian percussionist.[38]
  • 10
    • Keith Emerson (71), English pianist and keyboardist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer).[39]
    • Ernestine Anderson (87), American jazz and blues singer
  • 12
    • Tommy Brown (84), American R&B singer
    • Jimmie Snell, 69, American soul and pop singer (Limmie & Family Cookin')
  • 13 – Sidney Mear, (97), American trumpeter.[40]
  • 14 – Peter Maxwell Davies, (81), English composer and conductor
  • 18 – Ned Miller (90), American singer-songwriter
  • 22 – Phife Dawg, (45), American rap musician (A Tribe Called Quest), complications from diabetes.[41]
  • 23 – James Jamerson, Jr., 58, American bass player (Chanson)
  • 24 – Peter Anders, 74, American singer-songwriter (The Trade Winds) and record producer
  • 26 – David Baker, 84, American symphonic jazz composer

April

  • 2 – Gato Barbieri, (83), Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.[42]
  • 3 – Bill Henderson, (90), American jazz vocalist and actor (Clue, City Slickers, White Men Can't Jump), cancer.[43]
  • 6 – Merle Haggard, (79), American singer-songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn"), Grammy winner (1984, 1998, 1999), complications from pneumonia.[44]
  • 13 – Mariano Mores, (98), Argentine tango composer and pianist.[45]
  • 21
    • Prince, (57), American musician.[46]
    • Lonnie Mack, (74), American rock, blues, and country singer-songwriter guitarist, natural causes.[47]
  • 24
    • Billy Paul, (81), American soul singer.
    • Papa Wemba, (66), Congolese singer and musician.
    • Jan Henrik Kayser, (81), Norwegian pianist.

May

  • 1 – Sydney Onayemi (78), Nigerian-born Swedish DJ.[48]
  • 4 – Olle Ljungström (54), Swedish singer and guitarist.[49]
  • 6 – Candye Kane, (54), American blues singer and entertainer
  • 9
    • Jim Manolides (76), American rock and roll bassist (The Frantics)
    • Riki Sorsa (63), Finnish singer.[50]
  • 14 – Lasse Mårtenson (81), Finnish singer[51]
  • 16 – Fredrik Norén (75), Swedish jazz drummer[52] (death announced on this date)
  • 17 – Guy Clark, (74), American folk and country music singer-songwriter
  • 19 – John Berry, (52), American guitarist (Beastie Boys)
  • 21 – Nick Menza, (51), American instrumentalist, former drummer for the band Megadeth[53]
  • 30 – Thomas Fekete, (27), American guitarist (Surfer Blood)

June

  • 2 – Freddie Wadling (64), Swedish singer and songwriter.[54]
  • 3 – Dave Swarbrick, (75), British folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention), emphysema.[55]
  • 4 – Bobby Curtola, (73), Canadian singer.[56]
  • 5 – Phyllis Curtin, (94), American soprano.[57]
  • 6 – Rolf Schweizer, (80), German composer.[58]
  • 8
    • Vladislav Yankovsky, (64), Russian musician (Novosibirsk Youth Symphony Orchestra).[59]
    • Terje Fjærn (73), Norwegian orchestra conductor ("La det swinge").[60]
  • 9 – J. Reilly Lewis, (71), American choral conductor and Baroque music specialist, heart attack.[61]
  • 10
    • Habib, (63), Iranian singer, heart attack.[62]
    • Christina Grimmie, (22), American singer-songwriter (Find Me) and talent show participant (The Voice), gunshot wound.[63]
  • 13 – Chips Moman, (79), American producer, songwriter, guitarist.[64]
  • 17 – Attrell Cordes, (46), American musician, producer and rapper, co-founder of P.M. Dawn.[65]
  • 18 – Alejandro Jano Fuentes (45), Mexican singer and talent show participant (La Voz... México), gunshot wound.
  • 21 – Wayne Jackson (74), American soul and R&B musician (The Mar-Keys), congestive heart failure.
  • 22
    • Amjad Sabri (39), Pakistani Qawwali singer, gunshot wound.[66]
    • Jim Boyd (60), Native American singer-songwriter and actor
  • 24 – Bernie Worrell, (72), American keyboardist and composer (Parliament-Funkadelic).
  • 27 – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (83), Danish composer.[67]
  • 28 – Scotty Moore (84), American guitarist (Elvis Presley).
  • 29 – Rob Wasserman (64), American composer and bass player (RatDog, Lou Reed).

July

  • 1 – Jimmy Arthur Ordge (80), Canadian country music singer
  • 16
    • Alan Vega (78), American vocalist and visual artist (Suicide).
    • Bonnie Brown (77) American country music singer, member of The Browns.
  • 18 – Karina Jensen, Danish singer (Cartoons) (cancer).[68]
  • 19 – Tamás Somló (73), Hungarian musician, singer, artist and composer (Locomotiv GT), cancer.
  • 26
    • Sandy Pearlman (72), American producer (Blue Öyster Cult, The Clash), songwriter, educator, complications from cerebral hemorrhage.[69]
    • Roye Albrighton (67), German musician (Nektar), unspecified illness.[70]
  • 27
    • Pat Upton (75), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Spiral Starecase).[71]
    • Einojuhani Rautavaara (87), Finnish composer.[72]
  • 31 – Mike Mohede (32), Indonesian singer and talent show participant (Indonesian Idol), heart attack.

August

  • 3 – Ricci Martin (62), American musician.[73]
  • 4
    • Patrice Munsel (91), American coloratura soprano.[74]
    • Snaffu Rigor (69), Filipino singer and songwriter, lung cancer.[75]
  • 5
    • Richard Fagan (69), American songwriter and musician, liver cancer.[76]
    • Vander Lee (50), Brazilian singer-songwriter.[77]
  • 6 – Guillermo Anderson (54), Honduran singer, thyroid cancer.[78]
  • 7
    • B. E. Taylor (65), American musician ("Vitamin L"), brain cancer.[79]
    • Dolores Vargas (80), Spanish singer, complications of leukemia.[80]
    • Ruby Winters (74), American soul singer ("Make Love to Me", "I Will").[81]
  • 9
    • Pádraig Duggan (67), Irish musician (Clannad, The Duggans).
    • Jimmy Levine (61/62), American R&B musician and record producer.[82]
  • 11 – Glenn Yarbrough (86), American folk singer ("Baby the Rain Must Fall", "It's Gonna Be Fine", "San Francisco Bay Blues").[83]
  • 12 – Ruby Wilson (68), American blues, soul and gospel singer, heart attack.[84]
  • 13 – Connie Crothers (75), American jazz pianist, cancer.[85]
  • 14 – James Woolley (49), American keyboard and synthesizer player (Nine Inch Nails, 2wo).
  • 15 – Bobby Hutcherson (75), Jazz vibraphonist, emphysema.
  • 19 – Horacio Salgán (100), Argentine tango musician.
  • 20
    • Matt Roberts (38), American rock guitarist (3 Doors Down), drug overdose.[86]
    • Tom Searle (28), British rock guitarist (Architects), cancer.[87]
  • 22
    • Toots Thielemans (94), Belgian jazz musician.[88]
    • Gilli Smyth (83), English musician (Gong).
  • 28 – Juan Gabriel (66), Mexican singer and songwriter, heart attack.

September

  • 1
    • Fred Hellerman, (89), American folk singer (The Weavers), guitarist, producer and songwriter.[89]
    • Kacey Jones, (66), American singer-songwriter ("I'm the One Mama Warned You About"), producer and humorist, cancer.[90]
  • 2
    • Jerry Heller, (75), American music manager (N.W.A.).[91]
    • Gary D., (52), German trance producer and DJ, pulmonary embolism.[92]
  • 3
    • Fred McFarlane, (55), American songwriter ("Show Me Love", "Don't Wanna Go Home"), record producer and musician.[93]
    • Johnny Rebel, (77), American country singer.[94]
  • 7
    • Clifford Curry, (79), American beach music and R&B singer ("She Shot a Hole in My Soul").[95]
    • Farhang Sharif, (85), Iranian musician and tar player.
    • Graham Wiggins, (53), American musician.[96]
  • 8 – Prince Buster, (78), Jamaican ska musician ("One Step Beyond", "Al Capone").[97]
  • 10 – Chris Stone, (81), American recording studio owner (Record Plant) and entrepreneur, heart attack and stroke.[98]
  • 12 – Hidayat Inayat Khan, (99), English-French composer and conductor.[99]
  • 16
    • Jerry Corbetta, (68), American musician (Sugarloaf), Pick's disease.[100]
    • Trisco Pearson, (53), American R&B singer (Force MDs), cancer.[101]
    • Qiao Renliang, (28), Chinese singer and actor, suicide.[102]
  • 19 – Bobby Breen, (88), Canadian-born American actor and singer, natural causes.[103]
  • 20 – Micki Marlo, (88), American singer and model.[104]
  • 21
    • Shawty Lo, (40), American hip-hop musician (D4L), traffic collision.[105]
    • John D. Loudermilk, (82), American singer and songwriter ("Tobacco Road", "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye", "Indian Reservation"), bone cancer.[106]
  • 24 – Buckwheat Zydeco, (68), American accordionist and zydeco musician
  • 25
    • Kashif, (59), American musician (B.T. Express) and record producer.[107]
    • Hagen Liebing, (55), German musician (Die Ärzte).[108]
    • Jean Shepard, (82), American honky tonk singer-songwriter ("A Dear John Letter", "Slippin' Away"), Parkinson's disease.[109]
  • 26
    • Joe Clay, (78), American rockabilly musician.[110]
    • Ioan Gyuri Pascu, (55), Romanian singer, producer, actor and comedian, heart attack.[111]
  • 27
    • Aurelian Preda, (46), Romanian folk singer, cancer.[112]
    • Märta Schéle, (80), Swedish singer.[113]
  • 29
    • Lecresia Campbell (53), American gospel singer, pulmonary embolism.[114]
    • Nora Dean (72), Jamaican singer.[115]
    • Royal Torrence (82), American soul music singer (Little Royal and The Swingmasters).[116]
  • 30
    • Oscar Brand (96), Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter, author and radio broadcaster (WNYC).[117]
    • Michael Casswell (53), English guitarist.[118]
    • Lilleba Lund Kvandal (76), Norwegian opera singer.[119]

October

  • 1 – Toni Williams (77), Cook Islands-born New Zealand singer.[120]
  • 2
    • Steve Byrd (61), English guitarist (Gillan, Kim Wilde), heart attack.[121]
    • Sir Neville Marriner (92), English conductor and violinist
    • Thomas Round (100), British opera singer.[122]
  • 3
    • Ljupka Dimitrovska, (70), Macedonian-born Croatian singer.[123]
    • K. David van Hoesen (90), American bassoonist.[124]
    • Joan Marie Johnson (72), American singer (The Dixie Cups), heart failure.[125]
  • 4 – Caroline Crawley (53), British singer and musician (Shelleyan Orphan, This Mortal Coil).[126]
  • 5 – Pompeiu Hărășteanu (81), Romanian opera singer.[127]
  • 7 – Anne Pashley (80), British athlete and opera singer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).[128]
  • 8 – Don Ciccone (70), American singer-songwriter and musician (The Critters, The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells).[129]
  • 9
    • Bored Nothing (26), Australian musician, suicide.[130]
    • Michiyuki Kawashima (47), Japanese musician (Boom Boom Satellites), brain tumor.[131]
    • Quique Lucca (103), Puerto Rican musician, founder of La Sonora Ponceña.[132]
    • Guy Nadon, (82), Canadian jazz drummer.[133]
    • Marin Petrache Pechea (71), Romanian jazz musician, cancer.[134]
  • 10 – Issa Bagayogo,= (54), Malian musician.[135]
  • 11 – Peter Reynolds, (58), Welsh composer.[136]
  • 12
    • Robert Bateman, (80), American songwriter and record producer ("Please Mr. Postman"), heart attack.[137]
    • Sonny Sanders (77), American songwriter, arranger and record producer.[138]
  • 15
    • Danny Champagne (65), Jamaican music producer, complications from stroke.[139]
    • Robert Edwards (74), American singer (The Intruders), heart attack.[140]
  • 20
    • Achieng Abura, Kenyan musician.[141]
    • Brian Edwards (72), Canadian rock bassist and singer (Mashmakhan)
    • Mieke Telkamp (82), Dutch singer.[142]
  • 23 – Pete Burns, (57), British singer (Dead or Alive)[143]
  • 24 – Bobby Vee (73) American pop singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s
  • 30 – Curly Putman, (85), American singer-songwriter. D-I-V-O-R-C-E, Green, Green Grass of Home and the subject of Paul McCartney & Wings song Junior's Farm.

November

  • 1
    • Nico Carstens (90), South African accordionist and songwriter[144]
    • Pocho La Pantera (65), Argentine cumbia singer
  • 3
  • Kay Starr (94), American pop and jazz singer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
  • W.D. Amaradeva (88), Sinhala light music pioneer, old age.
  • 4
    • Eddie Harsch, 59, Canadian keyboardist (The Black Crowes)
    • Jean-Jacques Perrey, 87, French electronic music producer
  • 7 – Leonard Cohen (82), Canadian singer-songwriter[145]
  • 11
    • Victor Bailey (56), American jazz bass guitarist
    • Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska, (73), Macedonian vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian of Romani ethnicity.
  • 12 – Jacques Werup (71), Swedish musician and writer.[146]
  • 13 – Leon Russell (74), American musician and songwriter
  • 15
    • Holly Dunn (59), American country singer-songwriter
    • Mose Allison (89), American pianist and singer.[147]
  • 18 – Sharon Jones (60), American soul and funk singer
  • 24
    • Colonel Abrams (67), American musician and singer-songwriter
    • Pauline Oliveros (84), American composer
  • 29 – Allan Zavod (71), Australian keyboardist and composer
  • 30 – Ivar Thomassen (62), Norwegian folk singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.[148]

December

  • 2
    • Cash Askew (22), guitarist (Them Are Us Too)
    • Mark Gray (64), American singer-songwriter (Exile)
  • 4 – Ralph Johnson (67), American singer (The Impressions)
  • 7 – Brian Bennett (65), American garage-rock keyboardist (The Cherry Slush)
  • 8
    • Greg Lake (69), English progressive-rock vocalist and multi-instrumentalist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)[149]
    • Junaid Jamshed (52), Pakistani singer-songwriter (Vital Signs), flight collision[150]
  • 11 – Joe Ligon (80), American gospel singer (Mighty Clouds of Joy)
  • 24 – Rick Parfitt (68), English musician and songwriter (Status Quo)[151]
  • 25
    • George Michael (53), English singer-songwriter (Wham!) [152]
    • 64 members of Alexandrov Ensemble (Red Army Choir), 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash[153]

Musical films

  • Florence Foster Jenkins
  • La La Land
  • Oasis: Supersonic
  • Sing Street
  • The Beatles: Eight Days a Week

See also

  • Timeline of musical events
  • Women in music

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