# 2023 in music

This topic covers events and articles related to 2023 in music.

## Specific locations

* African music
* American music
* Asian music
* Australian music
* Brazilian music
* British music
* Canadian music
* Caribbean music
* Chinese music
* Czech music
* Danish music
* European music
* Finnish music
* French music
* German music
* Icelandic music
* Indonesian music
* Irish music
* Italian music
* Japanese music
* Latin music
* Malaysian music
* Mongolian music
* Norwegian music
* Philippine music
* Polynesian music
* Scandinavian music
* South Korean music
* Swedish music
* Taiwanese music
* Vietnamese music

## Specific genres

* Classical
* Country
* Electronic
* Jazz
* Latin
* Heavy metal
* Hip hop
* R&B
* Rock
* K-pop
* J-pop

## Classical music

* Gavriil Popov – Symphony No. 4 (written 1948–49; premiere February 16)

## Awards

* 65th Annual Grammy Awards (USA)
* Record of the Year: "About Damn Time" by Lizzo • Album of the Year: Harry's House by Harry Styles • Song of the Year: "Just Like That" by Bonnie Raitt • Best New Artist: Samara Joy
* 2023 Billboard Music Awards (USA)
* Top Artist: Taylor Swift • Top New Artist: Zach Bryan • Top Billboard 200 Album: One Thing at a Time by Morgan Wallen • Top Hot 100 Song: "Last Night" by Morgan Wallen
* 2023 Brit Awards (UK)
* British Album of the Year: Harry's House by Harry Styles • Best British Song: "As It Was" by Harry Styles • British Artist of the Year: Harry Styles • Best New Artist: Wet Leg • British Group: Wet Leg
* 2023 Juno Awards (Canada)
* Artist of the Year: The Weeknd • Group of the Year: Arkells • Album of the Year: "Dawn FM" by The Weeknd • Single of the Year: "Sacrifice" by The Weeknd
* 2023 MAMA Awards (Asia)
* Artist of the Year: NewJeans • Album of the Year: FML by Seventeen • Song of the Year: "Ditto" by NewJeans • Best Music Video: "Flower" by Jisoo
* 2023 MTV Video Music Awards Japan (Japan)
* Video of the Year: "Que Sera Sera" by Mrs. Green Apple • Artist of the Year: Mrs. Green Apple • Song of the Year: "Idol" by Yoasobi • Album of the Year: Ima no Futari o Otagai ga Miteru by Aiko
* 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (USA)
* Video of the Year: "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift • Song of the Year: "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift • Best New Artist: Ice Spice • Push Performance of the Year: Tomorrow X Together
* 2023 MTV Europe Music Awards (Europe)
* Ceremony cancelled
* Best Song: "Seven" by Jungkook featuring Latto • Best Video: "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift • Best Artist: Taylor Swift • Best New: Peso Pluma
* 37th Golden Disc Awards (South Korea)
* Digital Daesang: "Love Dive" by Ive • Disc Daesang: Proof by BTS • Rookie Artist of the Year: Ive, Le Sserafim, NewJeans • Artist of the Year: Psy
* 65th Japan Record Awards (Japan)
* Grand Prix winner: "Que Sera Sera" by Mrs. Green Apple
* Pulitzer Prize for Music (USA)
* Omar by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels
* Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA)
* Performers: Kate Bush • Sheryl Crow • Missy Elliott • George Michael • Willie Nelson • Rage Against the Machine • The Spinners Musical Influences: DJ Kool Herc • Link Wray Ahmet Ertegun Award (Non-performers): Don Cornelius Musical Excellence: Chaka Khan • Bernie Taupin • Al Kooper
* Mercury Prize (UK)
* Where I'm Meant to Be by Ezra Collective
* Polar Music Prize (Sweden)
* Chris Blackwell • Angélique Kidjo • Arvo Pärt
* 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards (USA)
* Song of the Year: "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift • Artist of the Year: Harry Styles • Best Music Video: "Yet To Come" by BTS
* Polaris Music Prize (Canada)
* Good Luck by Debby Friday
* Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (Europe)
* "Tattoo" by Loreen (Sweden)
* 32nd Seoul Music Awards (South Korea)
* Grand Prize: NCT Dream • Best Album: BTS • Best Song: "After Like" by Ive • Best New Artist: The New Six, Le Sserafim, NewJeans

## Bands formed

* 8Turn
* BB Girls
* Ave Mujica
* BoyNextDoor
* Candy Tune
* DXTeen
* Evnne
* El7z Up
* Fantasy Boys
* Hori7on
* IMP.
* The Jet Boy Bangerz from Exile Tribe
* Kiss Kiss
* Kiss of Life
* LimeLight
* Loossemble
* Lun8
* Mave:
* MiSaMo
* NCT Tokyo
* Primrose
* Riize
* TripleS
* Xikers
* Xodiac
* Zerobaseone
* Whom Gods Destroy

## Soloist debuts

* Allie Sherlock
* Ayaka Fukuhara
* Chloe Stroll
* Chuu
* Halle Bailey
* Himika Akaneya
* Hwang Min-hyun
* Jang Ye-eun
* Jeffrey Ngai
* Jihyo
* Jimin
* Jinyoung
* Jisoo
* Joel Deleōn
* Josh Cullen
* Joohoney
* Jungkook
* Kaori Maeda
* Klavdia Petrivna
* Kylie Cantrall
* Lee Mi-joo
* Marife Yau
* Marco Ip
* Mayu Mineda
* Mayu Sagara
* Nako Misaki
* Nancy Kwai
* Ren
* Roksana Węgiel
* Sica Ho
* Shiori Tamai
* Swan
* Taeyong
* V
* Win Win Yeung

## Bands reformed

* 3 Inches of Blood
* The Beatles (a one off recording)
* Blessthefall
* Bloodhound Gang
* Blur
* Bratmobile
* The Buggles
* Creed
* Crimson Glory
* The Dillinger Escape Plan
* Dogstar
* Fightstar
* Frankie Goes to Hollywood
* Girls Aloud
* Heavenly
* Love and Rockets
* Mallory Knox
* NSYNC
* NX Zero
* Power Trip
* RBD
* Restart
* Savatage
* S Club
* Silent Siren
* Sublime
* The Soup Dragons
* Twisted Sister

## Bands disbanded

* The Agonist
* ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
* Anti-Flag
* Astro – Jinjin & Rocky
* Astro – Moonbin & Sanha
* Bandage
* Barnes & Barnes
* Betraying the Martyrs
* Bish
* Bjesovi
* Brave Girls
* Boysgroup
* B.O.L.T
* Camp Cope
* Candlebox
* Chancho en Piedra
* Clannad
* CNCO
* Coast Modern
* The Comet Is Coming
* D1ce
* Dawn Ray'd
* Died Pretty
* Dilly Dally
* Egoist
* Emerson String Quartet
* For Tracy Hyde
* GWSN
* Helvetia
* Injury Reserve
* Kiss
* Kix
* Momoland
* Muncie Girls
* MS MR
* Palisades
* Palm
* Panic! at the Disco
* PRETTYMUCH
* The Regrettes
* Russkaja
* Screaming Females
* Skinny Puppy
* Snuper
* Sprain
* Strange Ranger
* VIXX LR
* Westkust

## Bands on hiatus

* Blood Youth
* Blur
* DNCE
* The Mamas
* Walk the Moon

## Deaths
### January

* 1
** Gangsta Boo, 43, American rapper (Three 6 Mafia)
** Sebastian Marino, 57, American metal guitarist (Overkill, Anvil)
** Fred White, 67, American funk drummer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
* 2
** Andrew Downes, 72, British classical composer
** Kingsize Taylor, 83, British rock and roll singer and guitarist (Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes)
* 3
** Joseph Koo, 91, Hong Kong film composer
** Notis Mavroudis, 77, Greek classical guitarist and composer
** Alan Rankine, 64, Scottish post-punk keyboardist and guitarist (The Associates)
* 4
** Stan Hitchcock, 86, American country music singer and co-founder of CMT
** Zoran Kalezić, 72, Serbian-Montenegrin folk singer
** Beeyar Prasad, 61, Indian film lyricist
* 5
** Mark Capps, 54, American sound engineer
** Gordy Harmon, 79, American R&B and soul singer (The Whispers)
* 6
** Jeff Blackburn, 77, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Blackburn & Snow, Moby Grape)
** Danny Kaleikini, 85, American Hawaiian pop singer
* 7 – Aleksandr Kharchikov, 73, Russian folk singer-songwriter
* 8 – Slim Newton, 90, Australian country music singer-songwriter
* 9
** Séamus Begley, 73, Irish folk fiddler and accordionist
** Dick Flood, 90, American country music singer-songwriter
** Magnar Mangersnes, 84, Norwegian classical organist and choral conductor
** Yoriaki Matsudaira, 91, Japanese classical composer
* 10
** Jeff Beck, 78, British rock guitarist (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert & Appice, The Honeydrippers)
** Dennis Budimir, 84, American jazz and rock guitarist (The Wrecking Crew)
** José Evangelista, 79, Spanish classical composer
* 11 – Yukihiro Takahashi, 70, Japanese electronic and rock drummer and singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sadistic Mika Band, METAFIVE)
* 12
** Robbie Bachman, 69, Canadian rock drummer (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
** Lisa Marie Presley, 54, American country rock singer-songwriter
** Laylaw, American hip hop record producer.
* 13
** Keith Beaton, 72, American R&B singer (Blue Magic)
** Ray Cordeiro, 98, Hong Kong disc jockey (RTHK Radio 3)
* 14 – Matthias Carras, 58, German pop singer
* 15
** Doris, 75, Swedish pop singer
** Bruce Gowers, 82, British music video director
** C. J. Harris, 31, American country singer
** Vakhtang Kikabidze, 84, Georgian singer
* 16 – Johnny Powers, American rockabilly singer and guitarist
* 17
** Van Conner, 55, American alternative rock bassist (Screaming Trees)
** Manana Doijashvili, 75, Georgian classical pianist
** Leon Dubinsky, 81, Canadian folk composer
** Renée Geyer, 69, Australian pop singer
** Larry Morris, 75, New Zealand garage rock singer (Larry's Rebels)
** Richard Oesterreicher, 90, Austrian jazz guitarist and conductor
* 18
** David Crosby, 81, American folk rock singer-songwriter (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
** Victor Rasgado, 63, Mexican classical pianist and composer
** Gary Smith, American record producer (death announced on this date)
** Marcel Zanini, 99, Turkish-born French jazz clarinetist
* 19 – Alex Napier, 75, English hard rock drummer (Uriah Heep)
* 20
** Stella Chiweshe, 76, Zimbabwean folk mbira player
** Loïc Guguen, French opera singer
** Nick Todd, 87, American pop singer
* 21 – B.G., the Prince of Rap, 57, American rapper
* 22
** Easley Blackwood Jr., 89, American classical and electronic composer and pianist
** Lin Brehmer, 68, American disc jockey and radio personality (WXRT)
** Zhanna Pliyeva, 73, Georgian classical composer and pianist
* 23
** Carol Sloane, 85, American jazz singer
** Top Topham, 75, English blues rock guitarist (The Yardbirds)
* 26
** Dean Daughtry, 76, American rock keyboardist (The Candymen, Classics IV, Atlanta Rhythm Section)
** Peter McCann, 74, American songwriter and singer
* 27 – Floyd Sneed, 80, Canadian rock drummer (Three Dog Night)
* 28
** Odd Børre, 83, Norwegian pop singer
** David Challinor, Australian indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sounds Like Sunset)
** Barrett Strong, 81, American R&B singer-songwriter
** Tom Verlaine, 73, American art punk singer-songwriter and guitarist (Television)
* 29
** Heddy Lester, 72, Dutch pop singer
** Gabriel Tacchino, 88, French classical pianist
* 31
** Donnie Marsico, 68, American rock singer (The Jaggerz)
** Charlie Thomas, 85, American R&B singer (The Drifters)

### February

* 1
** Lucy Quintero, 74, Panamanian folk singer
** George Zukerman, 95, Canadian classical bassoonist
* 2
** Butch Miles, 78, American jazz drummer
** Tim Quy, 61, English post-punk percussionist and keyboardist (Cardiacs)
* 3 – Paul Janovitz, 54, American alternative rock singer and guitarist (Cold Water Flat)
* 4 – Vani Jairam, 77, Indian playback singer
* 5
** Phil Spalding, 65, English rock bassist (GTR, Original Mirrors, Toyah)
** Lillian Walker, 78, American R&B singer (The Exciters)
* 7
** Mendelson Joe, 78, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
** Steve Sostak, 49, American experimental rock singer and saxophonist (Sweep the Leg Johnny) (death announced on this date)
* 8
** Burt Bacharach, 94, American pop songwriter and composer
** Dennis Lotis, 97, South African-born British swing singer
* 10
** AKA, 35, South African rapper
** Joe Millar, 87, Northern Irish folk singer and musician (The Irish Rovers)
* 11 – Tito Fernández, 80, Chilean folk singer-songwriter
* 12 – David Jolicoeur, 54, American rapper (De La Soul)
* 13
** Tim Aymar, 59, American progressive metal singer (Pharaoh, Control Denied)
** Guido Basso, 85, Canadian jazz trumpeter
** Alain Goraguer, 91, French jazz pianist, arranger and composer
** Huey "Piano" Smith, 89, American R&B pianist
** Spencer Wiggins, 81, American soul singer
* 14
** Friedrich Cerha, 96, Austrian classical composter and conductor
** Peter Renkens, 55, Belgian new beat singer (Confetti's) (death announced on this date)
** Akira Tsuneoka, 51, Japanese pop punk drummer (Hi-Standard)
* 15 – Raquel Welch, 82, American dance singer
* 16
** Chuck Jackson, 85, American R&B singer
** Michael Kupper, 65, German heavy metal guitarist (Running Wild)
** Maon Kurosaki, 35, Japanese pop singer
** Marilú, 95, Mexican bolero singer
** Tony Marshall, 85, German schlager and opera singer
** Alberto Radius, 80, Italian pop rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (Formula 3)
* 17
** Otis Barthoulameu, American pop punk singer and guitarist (Fluf, Olivelawn) (death announced on this date)
** Jerry Dodgion, 90, American jazz saxophonist and flautist
** Gerald Fried, 95, American film and television composer
** Kyle Jacobs, 49, American songwriter
** Vijay Kichlu, 92, Indian classical singer
** Hans Poulsen, 77, Australian soft rock singer-songwriter
** Tom Whitlock, 68, American pop rock songwriter
* 19 – Davis Causey, 74, American Southern rock guitarist (Sea Level)
* 20
** Bruce Barthol, 75, American psychedelic rock bassist (Country Joe and the Fish)
** Victor Brox, 81, English blues singer
** Lyubomyr Futorsky, 50, Ukrainian rock singer (Dead Rooster)
** Tom Stephen, 68, Canadian blues rock drummer (The Jeff Healey Band)
* 21
** Ron Altbach, 76, American rock keyboardist (King Harvest, Celebration)
** Jesse Gress, 67, American rock guitarist
* 23
** Slim Borgudd, 76, Swedish rock drummer (Lea Riders Group)
** Junnosuke Kuroda, 34, Japanese rock guitarist (Sumika)
* 25 – Walter Ferguson, 103, Panamanian-born Costa Rican calypso singer-songwriter
* 27 – Ismaïla Touré, 73, Senegalese Mbalax singer and percussionist (Touré Kunda)

### March

* 1
** Wally Fawkes, 98, British-Canadian jazz clarinettist
** Leon Hughes, 92, American R&B singer (The Coasters)
** Neela Ramgopal, 87, Indian Carnatic singer
** Irma Serrano, 89, Mexican ranchera and corrido singer
* 2
** Johnny Johnson, 80, American soul singer (Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon)
** Steve Mackey, 56, British indie rock bassist (Pulp) and record producer
** Wayne Shorter, 89, American jazz saxophonist (Miles Davis Quintet, Weather Report, The Jazz Messengers)
** Gothart Stier, 84, German classical singer, organist and conductor
* 3
** David Lindley, 78, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Kaleidoscope)
** Calvin Newton, 93, American gospel singer (The Oak Ridge Boys, Sons of Song)
* 4
** Sueli Costa, 79, Brazilian MPB composer and singer
** Robert Haimer, 69, American comedy rock singer-songwriter (Barnes & Barnes)
** Michael Rhodes, 69, American country bassist (The Notorious Cherry Bombs)
** Spot, 72, American record producer and engineer
** James "Owl" Walsh, 74, American rock singer and keyboardist (Gypsy)
* 5
** Arif Cooper, Jamaican reggae DJ and multi-instrumentalist
** Gary Rossington, 71, American Southern rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins Band)
* 6 – Eric Alan Livingston, 38, American experimental metal multi-instrumentalist
* 7 – Michael Brimer, 89, South African-Australian classical organist and conductor
* 8
** Jim Durkin, 58, American thrash metal guitarist (Dark Angel)
** Josua Madsen, 45, Danish thrash metal drummer (Artillery)
* 9 – Robin Lumley, 74, British jazz keyboardist (Brand X)
* 10
** Junior English, 71–72, Jamaican reggae singer
** Napoleon XIV, 84, American novelty singer-songwriter
* 11 – Costa Titch, 27, South African rapper
* 12 – Marek Kopelent, 90, Czech classical composer
* 13
** Simon Emmerson, 67, English jazz and worldbeat guitarist (Weekend, Working Week, Afro Celt Sound System)
** Jim Gordon, 77, American rock drummer (Derek and the Dominos, The Wrecking Crew, Traffic) and songwriter
** Canisso, 57, Brazilian rock bassist (Raimundos)
* 14
** Bobby Caldwell, 71, American singer-songwriter
** Dix Denney, American punk guitarist (The Weirdos, Thelonious Monster) (death announced on this date)
* 15 – Théo de Barros, 80, Brazilian jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer (Quarteto Novo)
* 16 – Tony Coe, 88, English jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
* 17
** Fuzzy Haskins, 81, American R&B and funk singer (Parliament-Funkadelic, The Parliaments)
** Fito Olivares, 75, Mexican cumbia saxophonist
** Mick Slattery, 77, British space rock guitarist (Hawkwind)
* 20 – Dmitry Nova, 34, Russian synthpop and house producer (Cream Soda)
* 21
** Oleksandr Kozarenko, 59, Ukrainian classical pianist and composer
** Anita Thallaug, 85, Norwegian pop singer
* 22
** Tom Leadon, 70, American rock guitarist (Mudcrutch)
** Wayne Swinny, 59, American nu metal guitarist (Saliva)
* 23
** Luca Bergia, 54, Italian alternative rock drummer (Marlene Kuntz)
** Keith Reid, 76, English psychedelic rock lyricist and songwriter (Procol Harum)
** Peter Shelley, 80, English pop singer-songwriter
* 25
** Juca Chaves, 84, Brazilian comedy pop singer
** Nick Lloyd Webber, 43, English theatre and television composer
* 26 – Ray Pillow, 85, American country singer
* 27
** James Bowman, 81, English opera singer
** Daniel Chorzempa, 78, American classical organist and composer
** Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, 99, Ethiopian classical pianist and composer
** Howie Kane, 81, American pop singer (Jay and the Americans) (death announced on this date)
** Jocelyn Morlock, 53, Canadian classical composer
** Peggy Scott-Adams, 74, American blues and R&B singer
* 28
** Blas Durán, 73, Dominican bachata singer
** Sanath Nandasiri, 81, Sri Lankan playback and pop singer
** Ryuichi Sakamoto, 71, Japanese electronic keyboardist (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and composer
* 29
** Brian Gillis, 48, American pop singer (LFO)
** Sweet Charles Sherrell, 80, American R&B and funk bassist (The J.B.'s)
* 30
** Alfio Cantarella, 81, Italian rock drummer (Equipe 84)
** Mark Russell, 90, American musical comedy singer and pianist
** Ray Shulman, 73, English progressive rock multi-instrumentalist (Gentle Giant), songwriter and record producer
** Caroline "Care Failure" Kawa, 36, Canadian alternative rock singer (Die Mannequin)

### April

* 2
** Pedro Lavirgen, 92, Spanish opera singer
** Seymour Stein, 80, American music executive and founder of Sire Records
* 3
** Andrew Laing, British punk drummer (Cockney Rejects)
** Rena Koumioti, 81, Greek new wave singer
** Jack Vreeswijk, 59, Swedish folk singer and composer
* 4 – Vivian Trimble, 59, American alternative rock keyboardist and singer (Luscious Jackson, Dusty Trails, Kostars)
* 5 – Duško Gojković, 91, Serbian jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger
* 6
** Paul Cattermole, 46, English pop singer (S Club 7)
** Nora Forster, 80, German music promoter
* 7
** Guy Bailey, British hard rock guitarist and songwriter (The Quireboys)
** Ian Bairnson, 69, Scottish rock guitarist and saxophonist (The Alan Parsons Project, Pilot)
** Kidd Jordan, 87, American jazz saxophonist
** John Regan, 71, American hard rock bassist (Frehley's Comet)
** Lasse Wellander, 70, Swedish pop guitarist (ABBA)
* 8 – Bob Heatlie, 76, Scottish songwriter and record producer
* 9
** Karl Berger, 88, German jazz pianist
** Valter Dešpalj, 75, Croatian classical cellist
** Chuck Morris, 46, American jam band percussionist (Lotus) (body discovered on this date)
* 11 – Cynara, 78, Brazilian bossa nova singer (Quarteto em Cy)
* 12 – Jah Shaka, Jamaican dub and reggae sound system operator (death announced on this date)
* 14
** Cliff Fish, 73, English pop bassist (Paper Lace)
** Mark Sheehan, 46, Irish pop rock guitarist (The Script)
* 15 – Peter Badie, 97, American jazz bassist
* 16 – Ahmad Jamal, 92, American jazz pianist
* 17
** Ivan Conti, 76, Brazilian jazz-funk drummer (Azymuth)
** April Stevens, 93, American pop singer (Nino Tempo & April Stevens)
* 18 – Otis Redding III, 59, American funk and soul singer and guitarist (The Reddings)
* 19
** Moonbin, 25, South Korean K-pop singer (Astro)
** Ron "Patch" Hamilton, 72, American Christian pop singer-songwriter
** Martin Petzold, 67, German classical singer (Thomanerchor)
** Carlo Saba, 54, Indonesian jazz pop singer (Kahitna)
** Federico Salvatore, 63, Italian pop singer-songwriter
* 20 – Pamela Chopra, 75, Indian playback singer
* 21 – Mark Stewart, 62, English post-punk singer-songwriter (The Pop Group)
* 22 – Ron Cahute, 68, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and accordionist
* 23
** Keith Gattis, 52, American country singer-songwriter
** Isaac Wiley Jr., 69, American funk drummer (Dazz Band)
* 24 – Lilian Day Jackson, 63, American disco singer (Spargo)
* 25
** Harry Belafonte, 96, American calypso and pop singer
** Ralph Humphrey, 79, American psychedelic rock drummer (The Mothers of Invention)
** Manfred Weiss, 88, German classical composer
* 26 – Billy "The Kid" Emerson, 97, American rock and roll singer-songwriter (death announced on this date)
* 27 – Wee Willie Harris, 90, English rock and roll singer
* 28
** Tim Bachman, 71, Canadian rock guitarist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Brave Belt)
** Helge Engelke, 61, German hard rock guitarist (Fair Warning)
** Johnny Fean, 71, Irish Celtic rock guitarist (Horslips, Zen Alligators)
** Claude Gray, 91, American country music singer
* 29 – Don Sebesky, 85, American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and conductor
* 30 – Broderick Smith, 75, Australian rock singer and harmonica player (Carson, The Dingoes)

### May

* 1
** Gordon Lightfoot, 84, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
** Pugh Rogefeldt, 76, Swedish psychedelic pop singer-songwriter
* 3
** Moulay Tahar Al Asbahani, 75, Moroccan funk and gnawa singer (Jil Jilala)
** John Albert, 53, American punk guitarist and drummer (Christian Death, Bad Religion)
** Linda Lewis, 72, English pop and soul singer-songwriter
* 4
** Rob Laakso, 44, American indie rock guitarist (Kurt Vile and the Violators, Swirlies)
** Karaikudi Mani, 77, Indian Carnatic mridangam player
** Jasmin Stavros, 68, Croatian pop singer
* 5
** Chris Strachwitz, 91, American record company founder and executive (Arhoolie Records)
** Jack Wilkins, 78, American jazz guitarist
* 6 – Menahem Pressler, 99, German-born Israeli-American classical pianist (Beaux Arts Trio)
* 7
** Grace Bumbry, 86, American opera singer
** Soňa Červená, 97, Czech opera singer
** Seán Keane, 76, Irish Celtic fiddler (The Chieftains)
* 8 – Rita Lee, 75, Brazilian Tropicália and psychedelic rock singer-songwriter (Os Mutantes)
* 9
** Liudmila Kovnatskaya, 82, Russian musicologist
** Jon Povey, 80, British rock drummer and keyboardist (Pretty Things, Bern Elliott and the Fenmen)
** Joaquin Romaguera, 90, American opera singer
** Günter Wewel, 88, German opera singer
* 10
** Rolf Harris, 93, Australian pop singer and multi-instrumentalist
** Stu James, 77, British rock singer (The Mojos)
* 11 – Francis Monkman, 73, English progressive rock guitarist, keyboardist and songwriter (Curved Air, Sky, Matching Mole)
* 12 – Dum-Dum, 54, Brazilian rapper (Facção Central)
* 13 – Arno Veimer|et, 50, Estonian hard rock guitarist and lyricist (Terminaator)
* 14
** John Giblin, 71, Scottish rock and jazz bassist (Brand X)
** Ingrid Haebler, 93, Austrian classical pianist
* 15 – Bernt Rosengren, 85, Swedish jazz saxophonist (death announced on this date)
* 16
** Richard Landis, 77, American country singer-songwriter and record producer
** Lester Sterling, 87, Jamaican ska saxophonist (The Skatalites, Byron Lee and the Dragonaires)
* 17 – Algy Ward, 63, English punk and heavy metal bassist (Tank, The Damned, The Saints)
* 19
** Pete Brown, 82, English rock singer and lyricist
** Andy Rourke, 59, English indie rock bassist (The Smiths)
* 20
** Paul Desenne, 63, Venezuelan classical cellist and composer
** Sven Nyhus, 90, Norwegian folk fiddler
* 21
** Ed Ames, 95, American pop singer (Ames Brothers)
** Thotakura Somaraju, 68, Indian film composer
* 22
** Kirk Arrington, 61, American heavy metal drummer (Metal Church)
** Ferus Mustafov, 72, Macedonian folk saxophonist
** Chas Newby, 81, British rock bassist (The Beatles)
* 23
** Mark Adams, 64, American doom metal bassist (Saint Vitus)
** Redd Holt, 91, American jazz drummer (The Ramsey Lewis Trio, Young-Holt Unlimited)
** Floyd Newman, 91, American R&B and soul saxophonist (The Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns)
** Sheldon Reynolds, 63, American funk and R&B guitarist (Sun, Commodores, Earth, Wind & Fire)
* 24
** Javier Álvarez, 67, Mexican classical composer
** Jack Martin Händler, 75, Slovak classical violinist and conductor
** Bill Lee, 94, American jazz bassist and film composer
** George Maharis, 94, American pop singer
** Tina Turner, 83, American-born Swiss rock and R&B singer (Ike & Tina Turner)
* 25
** Joy McKean, 93, Australian country singer-songwriter
** Jean-Louis Murat, 71, French pop singer-songwriter
* 26
** Jack Lee, 71, American power pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Nerves)
** Reuben Wilson, 88, American jazz organist
* 28 - George Cassidy, 86, Northern Irish jazz saxophonist and music teacher of Van Morrison
* 31 – Dickie Harrell, 82, American rock and roll drummer (Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps)

### June

* 1
** Pacho El Antifeka, 42, Puerto Rican rapper
** Roy Taylor, Irish pop rock singer and bassist (Jump the Gun)
** Cynthia Weil, 82, American pop songwriter
** Kurt Widmer, 82, Swiss classical singer (death announced on this date)
* 2 – Kaija Saariaho, 70, Finnish classical composer
* 4
** Dora María, 89, Mexican folk singer
** George Winston, 74, American new age and R&B pianist
* 5 – Astrud Gilberto, 83, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer
* 6 – Tony McPhee, 79, English blues rock guitarist (The Groundhogs)
* 7 – Banani Ghosh, Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer
* 8 – Peter Belli, 79, Danish pop singer
* 9 – Niel Immelman, 78, South African classical pianist (death announced on this date)
* 10 – Yannis Markopoulos, 84, Greek classical and film composer
* 11 – Suna Kan, 86, Turkish classical violinist
* 13
** Christy Dignam, 63, Irish rock singer (Aslan)
** Blackie Onassis, 57, American alternative rock drummer (Urge Overkill)
* 14 – Sharda, 85, Indian playback singer
* 15
** Sergey Kolchin, 45, Russian rock guitarist (Zemlyane)
** Dan Lardner, American indie rock singer and guitarist (QTY) (death announced on this date)
** Luiz Schiavon, 64, Brazilian keyboardist (RPM)
* 16 – Peter Dickinson, 88, English classical composer and musicologist
* 17 – Dave Maclean, 78, Brazilian pop rock singer-songwriter
* 18
** Big Pokey, 48, American rapper (Screwed Up Click)
** Nasrollah Nasehpour, 82, Iranian radif singer
** Krzysztof Olesiński, 70, Polish rock bassist (Maanam)
** Cornel Țăranu, 88, Romanian classical composer
** Teresa Taylor, 60, American alternative rock drummer (Butthole Surfers)
* 19
** Max Morath, 96, American ragtime pianist
** Gabriele Schnaut, 72, German opera singer
** Ryan Siew, 26, Australian metalcore guitarist (Polaris)
* 20
** Choi Sung-bong, 33, South Korean singer
** Vyacheslav Nagovitsin, 83, Russian classical composer
** John Waddington, 63, English post-punk guitarist (The Pop Group, Maximum Joy, Perfume)
** Paolo Zavallone, 90, Italian disco singer
* 22
** Robert Black, 67, American classical bassist (Bang on a Can All Stars)
** Peter Brötzmann, 82, German jazz saxophonist
* 23
** Sheldon Harnick, 99, American musical theater lyricist and songwriter
** Jesse McReynolds, 93, American bluegrass mandolinist, singer and songwriter (Jim & Jesse)
** Lee Rauch, 58, American metal drummer (Megadeth, Dark Angel)
* 24
** Claude Barzotti, 69, Belgian pop singer
** Rachel Yakar, 87, French opera singer
* 25 – Tapas Das, 68, Indian rock singer-songwriter (Moheener Ghoraguli)
* 27 – Bobby Osborne, 91, American bluegrass mandolinist and singer (Osborne Brothers)
* 30
** Lord Creator, 87, Trinidad-born Jamaican calypso and ska singer-songwriter
** Monte Cazazza, American industrial composer and singer (death announced on this date)
** Rick Froberg, 55, American post-hardcore singer and guitarist (Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Obits, Pitchfork)

### July

* 2 – Margaret Nisbett, 94, Australian opera singer
* 3
** Vicki Anderson, 83, American soul singer (death announced on this date)
** Mo Foster, 78, English rock and pop multi-instrumentalist (Affinity, Fancy, RMS)
** Sudakshina Sarma, 88, Indian borgeet singer
* 4
** Jenő Jandó, 71, Hungarian classical pianist
** Canelita Medina, 84, Venezuelan salsa singer
** Robin Tamang, 60, Nepalese hard rock singer
* 5
** Rob Agerbeek, 85, Indonesian-born Dutch jazz pianist
** Anthony Gilbert, 88, British classical composer
** Coco Lee, 48, Hong Kong-American pop singer-songwriter
** Ralph Lundsten, 86, Swedish classical composer
** Martin Stevens, 69, Canadian pop singer
** George Tickner, 76, American rock guitarist (Journey, Frumious Bandersnatch) (death announced on this date)
* 6
** Graham Clark, 81, English opera singer
** Peter Nero, 89, American pop and classical pianist and conductor (Philly Pops)
** Caleb Southern, 53, American record producer
* 8
** Victor Pikayzen, 90, Russian classical violinist
** Özkan Uğur, 69, Turkish rock bassist (MFÖ)
* 10
** Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, 89, German jazz multi-instrumentalist
** Bob Segarini, 77, American-Canadian rock singer-songwriter (The Wackers)
* 11
** Toni Carbone, 62, Italian new wave bassist (Denovo)
** Sam Cutler, 80, English tour manager (The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead)
** Yuzo Toyama, 92, Japanese classical composer
* 12 – André Watts, 77, American classical pianist
* 14 – Anthony Meo, American hardcore punk drummer (Biohazard) (death announced on this date)
* 15 – Chen Mao-shuen, 87, Taiwanese classical composer
* 16 – Jane Birkin, 76, English-French pop singer
* 17
** DJ Deeon, 56, American house DJ and producer
** João Donato, 88, Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist
** Walt Groller, 92, American polka accordionist
** Marc Herrand, 98, French pop and chanson singer (Les Compagnons de la chanson)
* 19 – Mark Thomas, 67, British film composer
* 21
** Hafiz Abdelrahman, Sudanese traditional and classical flautist
** Tony Bennett, 96, American pop singer
** Neal Langford, 50, American indie rock bassist (The Shins) (death announced on this date)
** Chollathee Tharnthong, 85, Thai luk thung composer and singer
* 22
** Peter Austin, 78, Jamaican ska singer (The Clarendonians)
** Vince Hill, 89, English pop singer
** Knut Riisnæs, 77, Norwegian jazz saxophonist and flautist
* 23 – Raymond Froggatt, 81, English pop singer and songwriter
* 24
** Leny Andrade, 80, Brazilian jazz singer
** Brad Houser, 62, American alternative rock bassist (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Critters Buggin)
** Dóris Monteiro, 88, Brazilian pop singer
** Cecilia Pantoja, 79, Chilean bolero singer-songwriter
* 25 – Andreas Tsoukalas, 60, Greek pop singer-songwriter
* 26
** Randy Meisner, 77, American country rock singer-songwriter and bassist (Eagles, Poco)
** Sinéad O'Connor, 56, Irish alternative rock singer-songwriter
** Surinder Shinda, 70, Indian Punjabi singer
* 27 – Ruth W. Greenfield, 99, American classical pianist
* 28
** Jim Parker, 88, British classical composer
** Tommi Stumpff, 65, German EBM singer and multi-instrumentalist
* 29 – Manolo Miralles, 71, Spanish folk singer (Al Tall)
* 31 – Anders Stenmo, 67, Swedish-Austrian pop drummer (Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung) (death announced on this date)

### August

* 1
** Alexander Kolker, 90, Russian film composer
** Dom Minasi, 80, American jazz guitarist
* 3 – Carl Davis, 86, American-born British film composer and conductor
* 4 – John Gosling, 75, British rock keyboardist (The Kinks)
* 5 – Tristan Honsinger, 73, American free jazz cellist
* 6 – David LaFlamme, 82, American psychedelic rock singer and violinist (It's a Beautiful Day)
* 7
** Gillian Bibby, 77, New Zealand classical composer and pianist
** DJ Casper, 58, American dance DJ and songwriter
** Erkin Koray, 82, Turkish Anatolian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
** Toussaint McCall, 89, American R&B singer
* 8 – Sixto Rodriguez, 81, American psychedelic folk singer-songwriter
* 9
** Peppino Gagliardi, 83, Italian pop singer
** Robbie Robertson, 80, Canadian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Band)
* 10 – Brad Thomson, American mathcore guitarist (The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza) (death announced on this date)
* 11
** Ron Peno, 68, Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter (Died Pretty)
** Carlos Camacho, 73, Puerto Rican pop singer (Los Hispanos)
** Shoji Tabuchi, 79, Japanese-American country fiddler
* 12
** Vilayil Faseela, 63, Indian Mappila songs singer
** Berit Lindholm, 88, Swedish opera singer
* 13
** Clarence Avant, 92, American music executive
** Magoo, 50, American rapper and songwriter (Timbaland & Magoo)
* 14 – Jessica Cash, 84, British opera singer
* 15 – Arnold Östman, 83, Swedish classical conductor
* 16
** Jerry Moss, 88, American recording executive
** Renata Scotto, 89, Italian opera singer
* 17
** Bobby Eli, 77, American soul and funk guitarist (MFSB), songwriter, and record producer
** Gary Young, 70, American indie rock drummer (Pavement)
* 18 – Ray Hildebrand, 82, American pop singer-songwriter (Paul & Paula)
* 19
** Gloria Coates, 89, American-born German classical composer
** Václav Patejdl, 68, Slovak pop rock singer and keyboardist (Elán)
* 20 – Luc Smets, 76, Belgian rock singer and keyboardist (The Pebbles)
* 21 – Denis LePage, 74, Canadian disco singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Lime)
* 22
** Toto Cutugno, 80, Italian pop singer-songwriter
** Vaccine, 43, American dubstep producer
* 23 – Bob Feldman, 83, American pop singer (The Strangeloves), songwriter, and record producer
* 24
** Bernie Marsden, 72, English hard rock guitarist (Whitesnake) and songwriter
** Sakevi Yokoyama, Japanese hardcore punk singer (GISM)
* 25 – Carlos Gonzaga, 99, Brazilian rock singer
* 26
** Bosse Broberg, 85, Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer
** John Kezdy, 64, American punk singer (The Effigies)
* 27
** Robert Hale, 90, American opera singer (death announced on this date)
** Brian McBride, 53, American ambient multi-instrumentalist (Stars of the Lid, Bell Gardens) (death announced on this date)
** Denyse Plummer, 69, Trinidadian calypso and gospel singer
* 28
** August 08, 31, American R&B singer-songwriter
** James Casey, 40, American jam band saxophonist (Trey Anastasio Band)
* 29 – Peter King, 84, Nigerian Afrobeat and jazz multi-instrumentalist
* 30 – Jack Sonni, 68, American rock guitarist (Dire Straits)

### September

* 1
** Robert Becerra, 64, American punk guitarist (Stains)
** Jimmy Buffett, 76, American country rock singer-songwriter
** Milka Stojanović, 86, Serbian opera singer
* 2 – Walter Arlen, 103, Austrian-American classical composer and music critic
* 3 – José Sébéloué, 74, French pop guitarist and singer (La Compagnie Créole)
* 4
** Teté Caturla, 85, Cuban pop singer (Cuarteto d'Aida)
** Steve Harwell, 56, American alternative rock singer (Smash Mouth)
** Sherali Joʻrayev, 76, Uzbek folk singer
** Tail Dragger Jones, 82, American blues singer
** Gary Wright, 80, American rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Spooky Tooth)
* 5
** Tom Davies, 48, British-American stoner rock bassist (Nebula)
** Joe Fagin, 83, British pop singer (death announced on this date)
** Bruce Guthro, 62, Canadian folk and country singer-songwriter (Runrig)
** Richard Laviolette, 41, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter
** Anatol Ugorski, 80, Russian-born German classical pianist
* 6
** Larry Chance, 82, American doo-wop singer (The Earls)
** Richard Davis, 93, American jazz bassist
** Malini Rajurkar, 82, Indian classical singer
** Steve Roden, 59, American lowercase composer and synthesizer player
* 7
** Charles Gayle, 84, American jazz saxophonist and pianist
** María Jiménez, 73, Spanish bolero and ranchera singer
** Margherita Rinaldi, 88, Italian opera singer
* 8 – Mylon LeFevre, 78, American Christian rock singer
* 10
** Evgeny Brazhnik, 78, Russian classical conductor
** Brendan Croker, 70, English country rock guitarist (The Notting Hillbillies)
** Charlie Robison, 59, American country singer-songwriter
** Matthew Stewart, 41, American ska punk trumpeter (Streetlight Manifesto)
* 11 – Dedi Graucher, 62, Israeli religious singer
* 12
** Beytocan, 67, Turkish-born Swedish Kurdish folk singer
** MohBad, 27, Nigerian Afrobeats rapper and singer-songwriter
* 13
** Manik Bhide, 88, Indian Hindustani classical singer
** Roger Whittaker, 87, British folk singer-songwriter
* 14 – Fred Lewis, 72, American funk percussionist (Lakeside)
* 15
** Franco Migliacci, 92, Italian pop lyricist
** Suzanne Sarroca, 96, French opera singer
** Paul Woseen, 56, Australian hard rock bassist and songwriter (The Screaming Jets)
* 16
** Nikolai Dobronravov, 94, Russian pop and estrada lyricist
** Irish Grinstead, 43, American R&B singer (702)
** Milo Hrnić, 73, Croatian pop singer
** John Marshall, 82, English jazz fusion and progressive rock drummer (Nucleus, Soft Machine, Centipede)
* 17 – Lies Adji Rachman, 78, Indonesian pop singer (Dara Puspita)
* 19
** Lou Deprijck, 77, Belgian pop singer-songwriter and record producer
** Stephen Gould, 61, American opera singer
* 20
** Katherine Anderson, 79, American R&B singer (The Marvelettes)
** Yaacov Bergman, 78, Israeli classical conductor
** Kent Stax, American hardcore punk drummer (Scream)
* 21 – Robert W. Smith, 64, American classical trumpeter and composer
* 22
** Mike Henderson, 70, American country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The SteelDrivers)
** Peter Horton, 82, Austrian pop guitarist and singer (death announced on this date)
** Stan Klees, 91, Canadian businessman (RPM) and record executive
** Alejandro Meerapfel, 54, Argentine opera singer
** Dieter Schneider, 86, German schlager lyricist
* 23
** François Glorieux, 91, Belgian classical conductor and composer
** Terry Kirkman, 83, American sunshine pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Association)
* 24
** Felix Ayo, 90, Spanish-born Italian baroque and chamber violinist (I Musici)
** Barry Olivier, 87, American folk guitarist, guitar teacher and founder of the Berkeley Folk Music Festival
* 25 – David McCallum, 90, Scottish easy listening composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist
* 27 – Dom Famularo, 70, American jazz drummer
* 28 – Stephen Ackles, 57, Norwegian rock and roll singer and pianist
* 29
** Jon Fausty, 74, American sound and recording engineer
** Ron Howden, 78, English progressive rock drummer (Nektar)
* 30
** Russell Batiste Jr., 57, American funk and jazz fusion drummer (The Meters, Vida Blue, Papa Grows Funk)
** Russell Sherman, 93, American classical pianist

### October

* 1
** Julian Bahula, 85, South African jazz drummer (Jabula)
** Patricia Janečková, 25, Slovak opera singer
** Joy Webb, 91, British gospel singer (The Joystrings)
** Ricky Wolff, 78, South African pop singer (White Plains)
* 2
** Herbert Handt, 97, American opera singer and conductor
** Lefteris Hapsiadis, 69, Greek laïko and rebetiko lyricist
* 3
** Jacqueline Dark, 55, Australian opera singer
** Lena McLin, 95, American classical and religious composer and music teacher
* 5 – Bruno Filippini, 78, Italian pop singer
* 6 – Maurice Bourgue, 83, French classical oboist, composer, and conductor
* 7 – Reiner Goldberg, 83, German opera singer
* 8 – Ritchie Routledge, 73, British rock singer and guitarist (The Cryin' Shames)
* 9
** Hugh Friel, 71, Irish new wave drummer (The Atrix)
** Steven Lutvak, 64, American musical theater composer
** Buck Trent, 85, American country multi-instrumentalist
* 11 – Rudolph Isley, 84, American R&B singer-songwriter (The Isley Brothers)
* 12
** Michael Cooper, 71, Jamaican reggae keyboardist (Inner Circle, Third World)
** Aérea Negrot, 43, Venezuelan house DJ and singer (Hercules and Love Affair)
* 13 – Garry Mapanzure, 25, Zimbabwean Afropop singer
* 14 – Gary Nuñez, 71, Puerto Rican plena and bomba bassist (Plena Libre)
* 16 – Gennady Gladkov, 88, Russian film composer
* 17 – Carla Bley, 87, American jazz composer and pianist
* 18 – Dwight Twilley, 72, American power pop singer-songwriter
* 19
** The 45 King, 62, American hip hop record producer and DJ
** Lasse Berghagen, 78, Swedish schlager singer
** Atsushi Sakurai, 57 Japanese alternative rock singer-songwriter (Buck-Tick)
* 22 – Gregg Sutton, 74, American country rock bassist (Lone Justice) and songwriter
* 23
** Chronis Aidonidis, 95, Greek folk singer
** Angelo Bruschini, 62, English alternative rock and trip-hop guitarist (The Blue Aeroplanes, Massive Attack)
** István Láng, 90, Hungarian classical composer
** Mervin Shiner, 102, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 24
** Lily Afshar, 63, Iranian classical guitarist
** Ricardo Iorio, 61, Argentine heavy metal singer and bassist (Almafuerte, Hermética, V8)
** Steve Riley, 67, American hard rock drummer (Keel, W.A.S.P., L.A. Guns)
* 25 – Zdeněk Mácal, 87, Czech classical conductor
* 26
** Goa Gil, 72, American psytrance and goa trance DJ
** Rigo Star, 68, Congolese soukous guitarist and composer
* 27 – Axali Doëseb, 69, Namibian anthem composer
* 29 – Heath, 55, Japanese visual kei bassist (X Japan)

### November

* 1
** Pierre Dutour, 91, French classical and jazz trumpeter, composer, and conductor
** Leela Omchery, 94, Indian classical singer and musicologist
** Vladimir Urbanovich, 85, Russian opera singer
** Vic Vergeat, 72, Italian rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
* 2
** Michel Pilz, 78, German jazz clarinetist
** Evgeniy Shiryaev, 80, Russian classical composer
** Yuri Temirkanov, 84, Russian classical conductor
* 3 – Pete Garner, 61, British alternative rock bassist (The Stone Roses) (death announced on this date)
* 5
** Ryland Davies, 80, Welsh opera singer
** Lolita Rodrigues, 94, Brazilian pop singer
* 6
** Nadira Begum, Bangladeshi folk singer
** Sean Martin, 26, English indie pop singer and guitarist (The Night Café) (death announced on this date)
* 7 – C-Knight, 52, American rapper (The Dove Shack)
* 9
** R.L. Boyce, 68, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
** Junko Ohashi, 73, Japanese pop singer
* 10 – Johnny Ruffo, 35, Australian dance pop singer
* 11
** Luis Carlos Gil, 72, Spanish pop singer (Trigo Limpio)
** Conny Van Dyke, 78, American pop singer
** Angelita Vargas, 77, Spanish flamenco singer
* 12 – Mohammed al Amin, 80, Sudanese folk singer-songwriter and oud player
* 13 – Ivo Kuusk, 86, Estonian opera singer
* 14 – Buzy, 66, French pop singer
* 15
** P. K. Narayanan Nambiar, 96, Indian traditional mizhavu player
** Karl Tremblay, 47, Canadian folk singer (Les Cowboys Fringants) (death announced on this date)
* 16
** George "Funky" Brown, 74, American funk drummer and songwriter (Kool & the Gang)
** Thành Được, 89, Vietnamese cải lương singer
* 17
** Christiane Bervoets, 75, Belgian pop singer
** Seóirse Bodley, 90, Irish classical composer
** Charlie Dominici, 72, American progressive metal singer (Dream Theater, Dominici) (death announced on this date)
** Claude Kahn, 88, French classical pianist
* 18 – David Del Tredici, 86, American classical composer
* 19
** Ninie Doniah, 56, Malagasy salegy singer and composer
** Catherine Christer Hennix, 75, Swedish minimalist and drone multi-instrumentalist and composer
** Sara Tavares, 45, Portuguese pop and jazz singer
* 20 – Mars Williams, 68, American new wave and jazz fusion saxophonist (The Waitresses, The Psychedelic Furs, Liquid Soul)
* 21
** Chad Allan, 80, Canadian rock singer, guitarist and keyboardist (The Guess Who, Brave Belt)
** Horacio Malvicino, 94, Argentine jazz and tango guitarist and composer
* 22
** Jean Knight, 80, American soul and funk singer (death announced on this date)
** Phil Quartararo, 67, American music industry executive
* 24 – Jukka Haavisto, 93, Finnish swing accordionist and vibraphonist
* 25
** Julio Anderson, 74, Chilean folk rock bassist (Los Jaivas)
** Les Maguire, 81, English pop rock keyboardist and saxophonist (Gerry and the Pacemakers).
** Akzhol Meirbekov, 73, Kazakh rock singer (Dos Mukasan)
** Yngvar Numme, 79, Norwegian pop singer (Dizzie Tunes)
** B. Sasikumar, 74, Indian carnatic violinist
* 26
** Brian Godding, 78, Welsh jazz rock guitarist (Blossom Toes, Centipede).
** Geordie Walker, 64, English post-punk guitarist and songwriter (Killing Joke, The Damage Manual)
* 28
** Queenzy Cheng, 37, Malaysian pop singer
** John Colianni, 61, American jazz pianist
* 29 – Scott Kempner, 69, American rock guitarist (The Dictators, The Del-Lords)
* 30 – Shane MacGowan, 65, Irish Celtic punk singer-songwriter (The Pogues).

### December

* 1 – Badar uz Zaman, 83, Pakistani classical singer
* 2 – Medea Amiranashvili, 93, Georgian opera singer.
* 3
** Thanga Darlong, 103, Indian folk singer
** Myles Goodwyn, 75, Canadian hard rock singer and guitarist (April Wine)
* 4
** John Hyatt, British post-punk singer (The Three Johns)
** Vlado Pravdić, 73, Bosnian hard rock keyboardist (Bijelo Dugme)
* 5
** Mama Diabaté, 63, Guinean folk singer and multi-instrumentalist
** Denny Laine, 79, English rock guitarist and songwriter (Wings, The Moody Blues)
* 6 – Michel Sardaby, 88, French jazz pianist
* 7
** Ramón Ayala, 96, Argentine folk singer-songwriter
** Terry Baucom, 71, American bluegrass singer and banjoist (Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out)
** Lola Dee, 95, American pop singer
* 8 – Nidra Beard, 71, American soul and funk singer (Dynasty) (death announced on this date)
* 10 – Cayle Sain, 31, American metal drummer (Twitching Tongues). (death announced on this date)
* 11
** Jeffrey Foskett, 67, American pop rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beach Boys)
** Richard Kerr, 78, English singer-songwriter (death announced on this date)
** Essra Mohawk, 75, American jazz rock singer-songwriter
** Zahara, 36, South African Afro-soul singer
* 12
** Roderick McLeod, Australian psychedelic rock singer (The Pineapples from the Dawn of Time)
** Ole Paus, 76, Norwegian ballad singer-songwriter
* 13 – Travis Dopp, American post-hardcore guitarist (Small Brown Bike)
* 14 – Giorgos Tolios, 58, Greek post-punk drummer (Trypes)
* 15
** Anup Ghoshal, 78, Indian playback singer and film composer
** Bob Johnson, 79, British folk rock singer and guitarist (Steeleye Span)
* 16
** Óscar Agudelo, 91, Colombian bolero singer
** Colin Burgess, 77, Australian rock drummer (AC/DC, The Masters Apprentices) (death announced on this date)
** Carlos Lyra, 90, Brazilian bossa nova singer and composer
** Tim Norell, 68, Swedish pop songwriter (Norell Oson Bard).
* 17
** Amp Fiddler, 65, American funk singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Enchantment, Parliament, Funkadelic)
** Jim Ladd, 75, American disc jockey and radio personality (KMET, KLOS, Sirius XM),
** Mike Maxfield, 79, English pop rock guitarist and songwriter (The Dakotas). (death announced on this date)
* 18
** Ronnie Caryl, 70, English rock guitarist (Flaming Youth)
** Susanna Parigi, 62, Italian pop singer-songwriter and pianist
* 19
** Gunther Emmerlich, 79, German opera singer and jazz banjoist
** Russell Hunter, 76, British psychedelic rock drummer (Pink Fairies, The Deviants)
** Bram Inscore, 41, American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist (Electrocute), producer and songwriter
* 20 – Eric Moyo, 41, Zimbabwean gospel singer
* 22
** Laura Lynch, 65, American country singer and bassist (The Dixie Chicks)
** Heike Matthiesen, 59, German classical guitarist
* 23
** Murad Kajlayev, 92, Russian classical composer and conductor
** Lisandro Meza, 86, Colombian cumbia singer and accordionist
* 24
** Vasilis Karras, 70, Greek laïko singer
** Alice Parker, 98, American choral composer and conductor
** Willie Ruff, 92, American jazz bassist and French hornist
* 25 – Thanh Điền, 56, Vietnamese Đờn ca tài tử guitarist
* 26
** Tony Oxley, 85, English avant-garde jazz drummer
** Tom Smothers, 86, American comedy and folk singer and guitarist (Smothers Brothers)
* 27
** Michael Gibbons Jr, American crossover thrash guitarist (Leeway)
** Mbongeni Ngema, 68, South African lyricist and composer
* 28
** Francis Dhomont, 97, French electroacoustic composer
** Pedro Suárez-Vértiz, 54, Peruvian rock singer-songwriter (Arena Hash)
** Tommy Talton, 74, American rock guitarist (We the People, Cowboy)
* 29 – Les McCann, 88, American jazz pianist
* 30 – Bhavani Shankar, 66–67, Indian Hindustani classical pakhawaj drummer
* 31
** Shmulik Bilu, 71, Israeli pop singer (Milk and Honey)
** O. S. Thyagarajan, 76, Indian Carnatic singer

## Musical films

* Wonka