# 2018 in music

This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2018 in music.

## Specific locations

* African
* American
* Asian
** Chinese
** Japanese
** Philippine
** South Korean
* Canadian
* European
** British
** Scandinavian
*** Danish
*** Finnish
*** Icelandic
*** Norwegian
*** Swedish
* Latin

## Specific genres

* Classical
* Country
* Heavy metal
* Hip hop
* Electronic
* Jazz
* Latin
* New Wave
* Opera
* Pop
* Punk
* Rock
* R&B
* World music
* K-pop
* J-pop

## Awards

* 60th Annual Grammy Awards
* Record of the Year: 24K Magic by Bruno Mars • Album of the Year: 24K Magic by Bruno Mars • Song of the Year: "That's What I Like" by Bruno Mars • Best New Artist: Alessia Cara
* 2018 Billboard Music Awards
* Top Artist: Ed Sheeran • Top Male Artist: Ed Sheeran • Top Female Artist: Taylor Swift • Top Duo/Group: Imagine Dragons • Top New Artist: Khalid • Top Billboard 200 Album: DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar • Top Hot 100 Song: "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
* 2018 ARIA Music Awards
* Album of the Year: Love Monster by Amy Shark • Song of the Year: "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer • Breakthrough Artist: Dazed & Confused by Ruel
* 2018 Brit Awards
* British Album of the Year: Gang Signs & Prayer by Stormzy • British Single of the Year: "Human" by Rag'n'Bone Man • British Breakthrough Act: Dua Lipa • British Video: "Sign of the Times" by Harry Styles
* Eurovision Song Contest 2018
* "Toy" by Netta (Israel)
* 2018 Juno Awards
* Artist of the Year: Gord Downie • Group of the Year: A Tribe Called Red • Album of the Year: Everything Now by Arcade Fire • Single of the Year: "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" by Shawn Mendes
* 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards
* Artist of the Year: BTS • Album of the Year: Love Yourself: Tear by BTS • Song of the Year: "What Is Love" by Twice • Best Music Video: "Idol" by BTS
* 2018 MTV Video Music Awards
* Video of the Year: "Havana" by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug • Song of the Year: Rockstar by Post Malone (featuring 21 Savage) • Artist of the Year: Camila Cabello • Best New Artist: Cardi B • Best Collaboration: Dinero by Jennifer Lopez (featuring DJ Khaled and Cardi B)
* 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards
* Best Song: "Havana" by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug • Best Video: "Havana" by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug) • Best Artist: Camila Cabello • Best Group: BTS • Best New: Cardi B
* American Music Awards of 2018 (USA)
* Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift • New Artist of the Year: Camila Cabello • Collaboration of the Year: "Havana" by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug • Tour of the Year: Reputation Stadium Tour by Taylor Swift
* Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
* Inductees: Bon Jovi • The Cars • Dire Straits • The Moody Blues • Nina Simone
* 27th Seoul Music Awards (South Korea)
* Grand Prize: BTS • Best Song: "Like It" by Yoon Jong-shin • Best Album: Palette by IU • Best New Artist: Pristin, Chungha, Wanna One

## Bands formed

* Ateez
* AKB48 Team SH
* AKB48 Team TP
* Amyl and the Sniffers
* Ateez
* Big Red Machine
* Black Country, New Road
* Black Smoke Trigger
* Boygenius
* The Carters
* Courting
* D-Crunch
* DreamNote
* Day6
* dps
* The Driver Era
* Empire
* Error
* Fanatics - Flavor
* Fantastics from Exile Tribe
* Fievel Is Glauque
* First Place
* Forestella
* Fromis 9
* Hachimitsu Rocket
* Geese
* (G)I-dle
* Girlkind
* Gugudan SeMiNa
* GWSN
* The Haunt
* Honey Popcorn
* Illuminati Hotties
* Iz*One
* JBJ95
* Kids See Ghosts
* King & Prince
* The Linda Lindas
* Loona
* LSD
* Maverick City Music
* Maywish
* Mirror
* MNL48
* Nature
* NeonPunch
* NEX7
* Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets
* Nine Percent
* Noir
* NTB
* Oceanhoarse
* Oh!GG
* Pattern-Seeking Animals
* Pristin V
* Raise A Suilen
* Rocket Girls 101
* Saturday
* SGO48
* Silk City
* Spectrum
* Spira Spica
* Sprain
* STU48
* Target
* The Tubs
* Uijin
* UNB
* Uni.T
* W24
* We Girls
* WJMK
* Yoshimotozaka46

## Soloist debuts

* AC Bonifacio
* Aina the End
* Aitch
* Aitana
* Akari Nanawo
* Alec Benjamin
* Alfred García
* Alfie Templeman
* Ali Gatie
* Amaia
* Ana Guerra
* Angelo Acosta
* Arlo Parks
* Ash Island
* Ashnikko
* Ava Max
* Beabadoobee
* Bibi
* Cheronna Ng
* Chiaki Ito
* Chiaki Satō
* Conan Gray
* Doja Cat
* Elkie
* Girl in Red
* Giveon
* Halca
* Haruka Yamazaki
* Haon
* Holland
* Hoya
* Hynn
* Janine Berdin
* Jennie
* Jen Ledger
* J-Hope
* Jin Longguo
* Jung Il-hoon
* Karencitta
* Kaori Ishihara
* Katie
* Keekihime
* Key
* The Kid Laroi
* Kiyoe Yoshioka
* Kim Dong-han
* King Princess
* Kyle Juliano
* Kira Chan
* Kyline Alcantara
* Lee Chang-sub
* Lele Pons
* Leo
* Lil Mosey
* Lizzy McAlpine
* Lola Indigo
* Loren Gray
* Mae Muller
* Mai Fuchigami
* Makoto Furukawa
* Mariah Angeliq
* Meimi Tamura
* Memphiis
* Minori Suzuki
* Mino
* Misako Uno
* Moonbyul
* Niki DeMar
* Onew
* Reona
* Rika Tachibana
* Rina Balaj
* Ryuji Imaichi
* Ryucheru
* Ryusei Yokohama
* Salem Ilese
* Shanti Dope
* Shigeru Joshima
* Shuta Sueyoshi
* Sohee
* Sori
* Son Dong-woon
* Sooyoung
* Taiki Yamazaki
* Tayna
* Tems
* Twlv
* Unique
* Vinxen
* Wheein
* Yoo Seon-ho
* Youra
* Yuka Ozaki
* Yuma Uchida
* Yubin
* Yuri

## Bands reformed

* B2K
* BBMak
* The Distillers
* The Ghost inside
* Hootie & The Blowfish
* HotCha
* Late of the Pier
* The Kinks
* Mötley Crüe
* Pussycat Dolls
* The Raconteurs
* Soft Cell
* Spice Girls
* Static-X
* Swedish House Mafia
* Utopia
* Westlife

## Bands on hiatus

* Charisma.com
* The Color Morale
* Dark Sermon
* Devin Townsend Project
* Fifth Harmony
* Folks
* fun.
* Heart
* Hedley
* Katatonia
* Karnataka
* Moose Blood
* One Direction
* PWR BTTM
* Rice
* Sads
* Slipknot
* Sorority Noise

## Bands disbanded

* 7 Seconds
* Alcazar
* at17
* At the Drive-In
* Aqua Timez
* Babyraids Japan
* Balance and Composure
* Bestie
* Big Bang
* Brand New
* The Charm the Fury
* Chatmonchy
* Cheeky Parade
* Chelsy
* Ciao Bella Cinquetti
* D12
* Dirge Within
* The Fall
* Frightened Rabbit
* GEM
* GMS
* Hedley
* Idol Renaissance
* La PomPon
* LFO
* Mastersystem
* Minus the Bear
* The Orwells
* Owl John
* Passpo
* The Pizza Underground
* Royal Headache
* Runrig
* Rush
* Say Anything
* Seventeen
* Slaughterhouse
* Sleeping Giant
* Soundgarden
* Splashh
* The Strypes
* Tackey & Tsubasa
* Them Are Us Too
* The Thermals
* Ultimate Painting
* Vattnet
* Vallenfyre
* Vanilla Beans
* Wild Beasts
* X21
* Young and in the Way

## Deaths
### January

* 1
** Jon Paul Steuer, 33, American punk singer and actor
** Betty Willis, 76, American R&B singer
* 2 – Rick Hall, 85, American record producer
* 3 – Josiah Boyd, 32, American heavy metal bassist (A Hill to Die Upon)
* 4 – Ray Thomas, 76, British progressive rock flautist (The Moody Blues)
* 5 – Mikio Fujioka, 36, Japanese heavy metal guitarist (Babymetal)
* 7
** France Gall, 70, French pop singer
** Buster Stiggs, 63, British-born New Zealand punk drummer (Suburban Reptiles, The Swingers, Models)
* 8 – Denise LaSalle, 83, American blues and R&B singer-songwriter
* 9 – Paul Antingnani, American heavy metal drummer (Sworn Enemy)
* 10 – "Fast" Eddie Clarke, 67, British heavy metal guitarist (Motörhead, Fastway)
* 12 – Pierre Pincemaille, 61, French classical organist
* 13 – Tzimis Panousis, 63, Greek comedy singer
* 15
** Edwin Hawkins, 74, American gospel singer, songwriter and pianist
** Dolores O'Riordan, 46, Irish alternative rock singer-songwriter (The Cranberries)
* 16
** Dave Holland, 69, English heavy metal drummer (Judas Priest, Trapeze)
** Madalena Iglésias, 78, Portuguese classic pop singer
* 17 – Ric Jacobs, 61, American pop-rock singer (Steel Breeze)
* 18 – Steve Nisbett, 69, Nevisian-born British reggae drummer (Steel Pulse)
* 19 – Fredo Santana, 27, American rapper
* 20
** Terry Evans, 70, American blues singer and guitarist
** Mario Guccio, 64, Belgian rock singer (Machiavel)
** Jim Rodford, 76, British rock bassist (Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies)
* 22 – Preston Shannon, 70, American blues singer and guitarist
* 23
** Hugh Masekela, 78, South African jazz trumpeter
** Lari White, 52, American country music singer
* 24 – Mark E. Smith, 60, British post-punk singer-songwriter (The Fall)
* 25
** Tommy Banks, 81, Canadian jazz pianist
** Steve Foster, Australian folk singer
** Floyd Miles, 74, American blues singer and guitarist
* 26
** Buzz Clifford, 76, American pop singer
** Igor Zhukov, 81, Russian classical pianist
* 27 – Grant Fell, 56, New Zealand industrial rock bassist (Headless Chickens)
* 28 – Neil Harris, 63, British punk guitarist (Sham 69)
* 28
** Eddie Shaw, 80, American blues saxophonist
** Coco Schumann, 93, German jazz guitarist
* 31
** Del Delker, 93, American gospel singer
** Leah LaBelle, 31, Canadian-born American R&B singer

### February

* – Rick Evans (75), American musician (Zager and Evans)
* 1
** Dennis Edwards, 74, American R&B singer (The Temptations)
** Mowzey Radio, 33, Ugandan pop singer (Goodlyfe Crew)
* 3 – Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, 65, American jazz and rock drummer
* 5 – Zeno Roth, 51, German rock guitarist
* 7
** John Perry Barlow, 70, American rock songwriter (Grateful Dead)
** Mickey Jones, 76, American country-rock drummer (Kenny Rogers and The First Edition)
** Pat Torpey, 64, American hard rock drummer (Mr. Big)
* 8
** Algia Mae Hinton, 88, American blues singer
** Lovebug Starski, 57, American rapper
** Ebony Reigns, 20, Ghanaian dancehall singer
* 9
** Jóhann Jóhannsson, 48, Icelandic film composer
** Craig MacGregor, 68, American rock bassist (Foghat)
* 11
** Vic Damone, 89, American pop singer
** Tom Rapp, 70, American psychedelic rock singer (Pearls Before Swine)
* 12
** Daryle Singletary, 46, American country singer
** Klaasje van der Wal, 69, Dutch hard rock bassist (Shocking Blue)
* 13
** Scott Boyer, 70, American rock singer and guitarist (Cowboy, The 31st of February)
** Billy Johnson, American emo and noise rock drummer (Reggie and the Full Effect, Rocket Fuel Is The Key)
* 14 – Nuray Hafiftaş, 53, Turkish folk singer
* 16 – Barbara Alston, 74, American R&B singer (The Crystals)
* 19
** Johnny Mosby, 88, American country music singer (Johnny & Jonie Mosby)
** Norm Rogers, 61, American alternative country drummer (The Jayhawks, Cows)
** Stormin MC, 34, British grime rapper
* 22 – Errol Buddle, 89, Australian jazz bassoonist and saxophonist
* 23 – Eddy Amoo, 73, British soul singer (The Real Thing)
* 24 – Bud Luckey, 83, American voice actor and singer

### March

* 1 – Bill Burkette, 75, American pop singer (The Vogues)
* 2
** Jesus Lopez Cobos, 78, Spanish classic music conductor
** Brandon Jenkins, 48, American Red Dirt country singer-songwriter
** Van McLain, 62, American rock guitarist and singer (Shooting Star)
* 3
** Patrick Doyle, 31, British indie rock drummer (Veronica Falls)
** Kenneth Gärdestad, 69, Swedish pop songwriter
* 7 – Jerzy Milian, 82, Polish jazz vibraphonist
* 9 – Pyarelal Wadali, 75, Indian Sufi folk singer (Wadali Brothers)
* 11 – Ken Dodd, 90, British comedian and pop singer
* 12
** Nokie Edwards, 82, American surf rock guitarist (The Ventures)
** Craig Mack, 47, American rapper
* 13
** Claudia Fontaine, 57, British pop and ska singer (Afrodiziak)
** Jimmy Wisner, 86, American pianist, arranger, songwriter
* 14
** Steve Mandell, 76, American bluegrass guitarist and banjoist
** Liam O'Flynn, 72, Irish uilleann piper
** Charlie Quintana, 56, American punk rock drummer (The Plugz, Cracker, Social Distortion, Agent Orange)
* 16
** Laurence Cleary, 60, Irish new wave guitarist (The Blades)
** Buell Neidlinger, 82, American jazz bassist and cellist
* 18 – Killjoy, 48, American death metal singer (Necrophagia, Viking Crown)
* 20 – Peter "Mars" Cowling, 72, British blues rock bassist (Pat Travers Band, The Flying Hat Band, Gnidrolog)
* 22 – Morgana King, 87, American jazz singer
* 24 – Lys Assia, 94, Swiss pop singer
* 25 – Seo Min-woo, 33, South Korean pop singer (100%)
* 27 – Kenny O'Dell, 73, American country singer-songwriter
* 28 – Caleb Scofield, 39, American alternative rock and sludge metal bassist and singer (Cave In, Zozobra, Old Man Gloom)
* 30
** Alias, 41, American rapper and producer
** Sabahudin Kurt, 82, Bosnian folk singer
** Major Short, 93, American double bass player (Somethin' Smith and the Redheads)
* 31 – Frode Viken, 63, Norwegian rock guitarist (D.D.E.)

### April

* 1
** Audrey Morris, 89, American jazz singer
** Ron Shaw, 77, American folk singer, guitarist and banjoist (The Hillside Singers)
* 3 – Lill-Babs, 80, Swedish pop singer
* 4 – Don Cherry, 94, American pop singer
* 5 – Cecil Taylor, 89, American jazz pianist
* 6 – Jacques Higelin, 77, French chanson singer
* 8 – Nathan Davis, 81, American jazz multi-instrumentalist
* 9 – Timmy Matley, 36, Irish pop singer (The Overtones)
* 10 – Yvonne Staples, 80, American soul singer (The Staple Singers)
* 14 – Milan Škampa, 89, Czech classical violist (Smetana Quartet)
* 16 – Dona Ivone Lara, 97, Brazilian samba singer
* 17
** Randy Scruggs, 64, American country guitarist and songwriter
** Big Tom, 81, Irish country singer
* 19
** Stuart Colman, 73, English musician (Pinkerton's Assorted Colours, The Flying Machine), record producer (Shakin' Stevens), and broadcaster
** Reginald McArthur, 63, American R&B singer (The Controllers)
* 20
** Avicii, 28, Swedish EDM DJ and producer
** Brian Henry Hooper, 55, Australian alternative rock guitarist (Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists)
* 23 – Bob Dorough, 94, American jazz singer and pianist
* 24 – Paul Gray, 54, Australian new wave singer, songwriter and keyboardist (Wa Wa Nee)
* 26 – Charles Neville, 79, American R&B saxophonist (The Neville Brothers)
* 29
** Ted Devoux, 55, American rapper (Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.)
** Rose Laurens, 65, French pop singer-songwriter
* 30 – Tim Calvert, 52, American heavy metal guitarist (Nevermore, Forbidden)

### May

* 1
** John "Jabo" Starks, 80, American funk and R&B drummer (The J.B.'s)
** Wanda Wiłkomirska, 89, Polish classical violinist
* 2 – Tony Cucchiara, 80, Italian folk singer
* 4
** Steve Coy, 56, British new wave drummer (Dead or Alive)
** Tony Kinman, American cowpunk singer and bassist (Rank and File, The Dils)
** Abi Ofarim, 80, Israeli pop singer
* 5 – Dick Williams, 91, American pop singer (The Williams Brothers)
* 7 – Gayle Shepherd, 81, American pop singer (Shepherd Sisters)
* 9
** Sammy Allred, 84, American country music singer and mandolinist (The Geezinslaw Brothers)
** Ben Graves, 46, American horror punk drummer (Murderdolls)
** Carl Perkins, 59, New Zealand reggae singer (House of Shem)
** Shirley Thomas, 74, American pop singer (The Dixiebelles)
* 10 – Scott Hutchison, 36, British indie singer, songwriter and guitarist (Frightened Rabbit, The Fruit Tree Foundation, Mastersystem)
* 11 – Matt Marks, 38, American contemporary classical multi-instrumentalist (Alarm Will Sound)
* 13 – Glenn Branca, 69, American avant-garde composer and guitarist (Theoretical Girls)
* 16 – Hideki Saijo, 63, Japanese pop singer
* 17
** Jürgen Marcus, 69, German schlager singer
** Jon Sholle, 70, American jazz, roots music and blues multi-instrumentalist
* 19
** Reggie Lucas, 65, American multi-genre guitarist (Mtume), producer and songwriter
** Patricia Morison, 103, American showtunes singer and actress
* 25 – Piet Kee, 90, Dutch classical organist
* 27 – Andy MacQueen, Australian punk guitarist (Exploding White Mice)
* 28
** Evio Di Marzo, 64, Venezuelan tropical singer and guitarist (Adrenalina Caribe)
** Stewart Lupton, 43, American indie rock singer (Jonathan Fire*Eater)
** Josh Martin, 46, American grindcore guitarist (Anal Cunt)
* 31 – Demba Nabé, 46, German dancehall rapper (Seeed)

### June

* 1
** Andrew Massey, 72, British classical conductor
** Sinan Sakić, 61, Serbian turbo-folk singer (Južni Vetar)
* 2 – Wayne Secrest, 68, American bassist (Confederate Railroad)
* 3 – Clarence Fountain, 88, American gospel singer (The Blind Boys of Alabama)
* 4 – Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, 73, American spoken word poet (The Last Poets)
* 5
** Jimmy Gonzalez, 67, American Tejano singer (Mazz)
** Ralph Santolla, 51, American metal guitarist (Deicide, Obituary, Iced Earth)
* 6 – Teddy Johnson, 98, British pop singer (Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson)
* 7 – Al Capps, 79, American arranger, composer and record producer
* 8 – Danny Kirwan, 68, British rock and blues guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
* 9 – John McElrath, 77, American rock singer and keyboardist (The Swingin' Medallions)
* 10
** Neal E. Boyd, 42, American operatic pop singer
** Ras Kimono, 60, Nigerian reggae singer
* 11 – Wayne Dockery, 76, American jazz bassist
* 12 – Jon Hiseman, 73, British jazz fusion and blues drummer (Colosseum, Colosseum II, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
* 13 – D. J. Fontana, 87, American rock and roll drummer (The Blue Moon Boys)
* 15
** Delia Bell, 83, American bluegrass singer (Bill Grant and Delia Bell)
** Nick Knox, 60, American psychobilly drummer (The Cramps, Electric Eels)
** Matt Murphy, 88, American blues guitarist (The Blues Brothers)
* 16 – Rebecca Parris, 66, American jazz singer
* 18
** Jimmy Wopo, 21, American rapper
** XXXTentacion, 20, American rapper
* 19
** Bansi Quinteros, 41, Spanish psychedelic trance keyboardist (GMS)
** Lowrell Simon, 75, American singer (The Lost Generation)
* 21 – David Corcoran, 64, American rock drummer (Duke Jupiter)
* 22
** Geoffrey Oryema, 65, Ugandan afro-pop singer and guitarist
** Vinnie Paul, 54, American metal drummer (Pantera, Damageplan, Hellyeah)
* 24
** George Cameron, 70, American baroque pop drummer (The Left Banke)
** Dan Ingram, 83, radio DJ
* 26
** Fedor Frešo, 71, Slovak rock bassist (The Soulmen, Prúdy)
** Ed Simons, 101, American classical music conductor
* 27 – Steve Soto, 54, American punk rock bassist (Adolescents, Agent Orange, Manic Hispanic)
* 29 – Eugene Pitt, 80, American doo wop singer (The Jive Five)
* 30
** Smoke Dawg, 21, Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter (Halal Gang)
** Dean Webb, 81, American bluegrass mandolinist (The Dillards)

### July

* 2
** Henry Butler, 69, American jazz pianist
** Alan Longmuir, 70, Scottish pop bassist (Bay City Rollers)
** Bill Watrous, 79, American jazz trombonist
* 3 – Richard Swift, 41, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Shins, The Arcs, Starflyer 59)
* 4 – Carmen Campagne, 58, Canadian folk singer
* 6
** Vlatko Ilievski, 33, Macedonian rock singer and guitarist
** Vince Martin, 81, American folk singer
* 7
** Brett Hoffmann, 51, American death metal singer (Malevolent Creation)
** Garry Lowe, 65, Jamaican-born Canadian reggae and blues rock musician (Big Sugar)
* 8 – Tab Hunter, 86, American pop singer
* 9 – Stefan Demert, 78, Swedish pop singer
* 10 – Ye Lwin, 70, Burmese rock guitarist
* 13 – K. Rani, 75, Indian playback singer
* 15 – Theryl DeClouet, 66, American jazz-funk and R&B singer (Galactic)
* 18 – Raivo Rätte, 48, Estonian alternative rock bassist (Kosmikud)
* 25 – Patrick Williams, 79, American composer, arranger and conductor
* 27 – Mark Shelton, 60, American heavy metal guitarist (Manilla Road)
* 28 – Olga Jackowska, 67, Polish rock singer (Maanam)
* 29
** Sam Mehran, 31, British dance-punk singer and guitarist (Test Icicles)
** Tomasz Stańko, 76, Polish jazz trumpeter and composer
* 31 – Irvin Jarrett, 69, Jamaican reggae percussionist (Inner Circle, Third World)

### August

* 1
** Ted LeGarde, 87, Australian country music singer and guitarist (The LeGarde Twins)
** Celeste Rodrigues, 95, Portuguese fado singer
** Umbayee, 67, Indian ghazal singer
* 2 – Neil Argo, 71, American film and television composer
* 3
** Brad Daymond, 48, Canadian house DJ (Love Inc.)
** Tommy Peoples, 70, Irish folk fiddler (The Bothy Band)
* 4 – Lorrie Collins, 76, American rockabilly singer and guitarist (The Collins Kids)
* 5
** Majid Al-Majid, 52, Saudi folk singer
** Ellen Joyce Loo, 32, Canadian-born Hong Kong folktronica singer and guitarist (at17)
* 8 – Linda Mkhize, 37, South African rapper
* 9 – Arthur Davies, 77, Welsh opera singer
* 10 – Jason "J-Sin" Luttrell, 40, American nu-metal vocalist (Primer 55)
* 14
** Jill Janus, 42, American heavy metal singer (Huntress)
** Valentina Levko, 92, Russian opera singer
** Randy Rampage, 58, Canadian thrash metal and punk singer and bassist (Annihilator, D.O.A., Stress Factor 9)
* 16
** Aretha Franklin, 76, American R&B and soul singer
** Count Prince Miller, 84, Jamaican-born British singer (Jimmy James and the Vagabonds)
* 17
** Claudio Lolli, 68, Italian pop singer
** Danny Pearson, 65, American R&B singer
* 20 – Eddie Willis, 82, American soul and R&B guitarist (The Funk Brothers)
* 21 – Spencer P. Jones, 61, Australian punk singer and guitarist (The Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon)
* 22
** Ed King, 68, American rock guitarist (Strawberry Alarm Clock, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
** Lazy Lester, 85, American blues singer and guitarist
* 24 – DJ Ready Red, 53, American hip hop DJ (Geto Boys)
* 25 – Kyle Pavone, 28, American metalcore singer (We Came as Romans)
* 26 – Inge Borkh, 97, German opera singer
* 29
** Tony Camillo, 90, American record producer and arranger (Bazuka)
** Ellie Mannette, 90, Trinidadian steelpan drummer
* 30 – Joseph Kobzon, 80, Russian pop singer

### September

* 1 – Randy Weston, 92, American jazz pianist
* 2 – Conway Savage, 58, Australian alternative rock keyboardist (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)
* 4 – Don Gardner, 87, American R&B singer-songwriter
* 7
** Don McGuire, 86, American pop singer (The Hilltoppers)
** Mac Miller, 26, American rapper
* 8 – Chelsi Smith, 45, American pop singer
* 10
** Paul Curcio, 74, American rock guitarist (The Mojo Men) and record producer (Kill 'Em All)
** Johnny Strike, 70, American punk singer and guitarist (Crime)
* 12 – Rachid Taha, 59, Algerian rock singer (Carte de Séjour)
* 14 – Max Bennett, 90, American jazz and pop bassist (L.A. Express, The Wrecking Crew)
* 15 – Helen Clare, 101, British soprano singer
* 16
** Maartin Allcock, 61, British folk multi-instrumentalist (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull)
** Big Jay McNeely, 91, American R&B saxophonist
* 18 – Wesley Tinglin, 75, Jamaican reggae singer (The Viceroys)
* 22 – Chas Hodges, 74, British folk singer and keyboardist (Chas & Dave)
* 24 – Richard Parker, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Charms)
* 25 – Paul Dillon, 75, American rock drummer (Earth Opera)
* 27 – Marty Balin, 76, American psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, KBC Band)
* 29
** Otis Rush, 84, American blues singer and guitarist
** Michael Weiley, 58, Australian ska guitarist (Spy vs. Spy)
* 30 – Kim Larsen, 72, Danish rock singer and guitarist (Gasolin')

### October

* 1
** Charles Aznavour, 94, French pop singer
** Jerry González, 69, American Latin jazz trumpeter
* 3
** Hugo Raspoet, 77, Belgian folk singer
** John Von Ohlen, 77, American jazz drummer (Blue Wisp Big Band)
* 4 – Hamiet Bluiett, 78, American jazz saxophonist (World Saxophone Quartet)
* 5 – Bernadette Carroll, 74, American pop singer (The Angels)
* 6 – Montserrat Caballé, 85, Spanish opera singer
* 7 – John Wicks, 65, British power pop singer and guitarist (The Records, The Kursaal Flyers)
* 8 – Tim Chandler, 58, American Christian alternative rock bassist (Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies, The Choir)
* 10 – Jane Walker, New Zealand new wave keyboardist (Toy Love)
* 12 – Andy Goessling, 59, American progressive bluegrass multi-instrumentalist (Railroad Earth)
* 14 – Saleem Abdul Majid, 57, Malaysian rock singer (Iklim)
* 16 – Du Yuwei, 19, Chinese pop singer (GNZ48)
* 17
** Valters Frīdenbergs, 30, Latvian pop singer (Valters and Kaža)
** Oli Herbert, 44, American metalcore guitarist (All That Remains)
* 18
** Ayub Bachchu, 56, Bangladeshi rock singer and guitarist (Souls, Love Runs Blind)
** Sergey Bondarenko, 31, Ukrainian pop rock singer (Nensi)
** Randolph Hokanson, 103, American classical pianist
* 23 – Mighty Shadow, 77, Trinidadian calypsonian
* 24
** Hip Hop Pantsula, 38, South African rapper
** Wah Wah Watson, 67, American R&B and funk guitarist (The Funk Brothers)
** Tony Joe White, 75, American swamp rock singer, songwriter and guitarist
* 25 – Sonny Fortune, 79, American jazz saxophonist
* 26 – Baba Oje, 87, American rapper and musician (Arrested Development)
* 27
** Freddie Hart, 91, American country and gospel singer
** Teddy Scott, 82, American R&B singer (The G-Clefs)
** Todd Youth, 47, American punk rock guitarist (Murphy's Law, Danzig, The Chelsea Smiles)
* 28 – Babs Beverley, 91, British pop singer (Beverley Sisters)
* 29
** Jimmy Farrar, 67, American southern rock singer (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country)
** Young Greatness, 34, American rapper
* 30
** Hardy Fox, 73, American avant garde multi-instrumentalist and composer (The Residents)
** Beverly McClellan, 49, American blues and folk singer
* 31 – Kenny Marks, 67, American contemporary Christian singer

### November

* 1
** Thomas Diaz, 32, American emo singer and musician (The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die)
** Dave Rowland, 74, American country singer (Dave & Sugar)
* 2
** Josh Fauver, 39, American indie rock bassist (Deerhunter)
** Roy Hargrove, 49, American jazz trumpeter
** Glenn Schwartz, 78, American rock and blues guitarist (James Gang, Pacific Gas & Electric)
* 3
** Mark Fosson, American primitive guitarist
** Maria Guinot, 73, Portuguese pop singer
* 6 – Hugh McDowell, 65, British progressive rock cellist (Wizzard, Electric Light Orchestra)
* 7
** Scott Herrick, American pop singer (The Arbors)
** Francis Lai, 86, French film composer
* 13 – Lucho Gatica, 93, Chilean bolero singer
* 15
** Roy Clark, 85, American country singer
** Ivan Smirnov, 63, Russian jazz fusion guitarist
* 16
** Al James, 72, British rock guitarist (Showaddywaddy)
** Norris Weir, 72, Jamaican ska singer (The Jamaicans)
* 17 – Cyril Pahinui, 68, American Hawaiian music guitarist
* 20
** Roy Bailey, 83, British folk singer, songwriter and guitarist
** Trevor McNaughton, 77, Jamaican reggae singer (The Melodians)
* 21 – Devin Lima, 41, American pop singer (LFO)
* 22 – Imrat Khan, 83, Indian classical sitarist
* 27 – Johnny Maddox, 91, American ragtime pianist
* 28
** Gary Haisman, 60, British hip house singer
** Roger Neumann, 77, American jazz saxophonist
* 29 – Erik Lindmark, 46, American technical death metal singer and guitarist (Deeds of Flesh)

### December

* 1
** Calvin Newborn, 85, American jazz guitarist
** Jody Williams, 83, American blues guitarist
* 2 – Perry Robinson, 80, American jazz clarinetist
* 6
** Ace Cannon, 84, American pop saxophonist
** Pete Shelley, 63, British punk singer, songwriter and guitarist (Buzzcocks)
* 7
** The Mascara Snake, 70, American avant-garde clarinetist (Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band)
** Lucas Starr, 34, American metalcore and Christian rock bassist (Oh, Sleeper, Terminal, As Cities Burn)
* 9 – Yigal Bashan, 68, Israeli pop singer
* 10 – Fred Wieland, 75, Australian rock guitarist (The Strangers, The Mixtures)
* 11 – Angelo Conti, 62, Italian punk singer (Banda Bassotti)
* 13 – Nancy Wilson, 81, American jazz singer
* 14
** Vida Chenoweth, 90, American classical marimbist and ethnomusicologist
** Joe Osborn, 81, American rock bassist (The Wrecking Crew)
* 15
** Arthur Maia, 56, Brazilian jazz and samba bassist and composer
** Jerry Chesnut, 87, American country singer and songwriter
* 17 – Galt MacDermot, 89, Canadian-American composer (Hair, Two Gentlemen of Verona) and pianist
* 21 – Dipali Barthakur, 77, Indian folk singer
* 22
** Indonesian musicians, members of the pop rock band Seventeen
*** Windu Andi Darmawan, drummer
*** Muhammad Awal Purbani, bassist
*** Herman Sikumbang, guitarist
** Jimmy Work, 94, American country singer-songwriter
* 23 – Honey Lantree, 75, British pop drummer and singer (The Honeycombs)
* 24
** Jerry Riopelle, 77, American pop singer-songwriter and keyboardist (The Parade)
** Jaime Torres, Argentine folk charango player
** James Calvin Wilsey, 61, American rock guitarist (Avengers, Chris Isaak)
* 25 – Guto Barros, 61, Brazilian rock guitarist (Blitz)
* 26 – Theodore Antoniou, 83, Greek classical music composer and conductor
* 27 – Miúcha, 81, Brazilian bossa nova singer
* 28 – Christine McGuire, 92, American pop singer (The McGuire Sisters)
* 29 – Aldo Parisot, 100, Brazilian-born American classical music cellist
* 30 – Mike Taylor, Canadian indie pop keyboardist (Walk Off the Earth)
* 31
** Dean Ford, 72, Scottish pop and rock singer-songwriter (Marmalade, The Alan Parsons Project)
** Ray Sawyer, 81, American rock singer and percussionist (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)