# 2024 in music

This topic covers events and articles related to 2024 in music.

## Specific locations

* African music
* American music
* Asian music
* British music
* Canadian music
* Chinese music
* Japanese music
* Latin music
* Philippine music
* Scandinavian music
* South Korean music

## Specific genres

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

## Awards

* 66th Annual Grammy Awards (USA)
* Record of the Year: "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus • Album of the Year: Midnights by Taylor Swift • Song of the Year: "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish • Best New Artist: Victoria Monét
* 2024 Billboard Music Awards (USA)
* Top Artist: Taylor Swift • Top New Artist: Chappell Roan • Top Billboard 200 Album: The Tortured Poets Department by Taylor Swift • Top Hot 100 Song: "Lose Control" by Teddy Swims
* 2024 Brit Awards (UK)
* British Album of the Year: My 21st Century Blues by Raye • Song of the Year: "Escapism" by Raye featuring 070 Shake • British Artist of the Year: Raye • Best New Artist: Raye • British Group: Jungle
* Juno Awards of 2024 (Canada)
* Artist of the Year: Tate McRae • Group of the Year: The Beaches • Album of the Year: 99 Nights by Charlotte Cardin • Single of the Year: "Greedy" by Tate McRae
* 2024 MAMA Awards
* Artist of the Year: Seventeen • Album of the Year: Seventeenth Heaven by Seventeen • Song of the Year: "Supernova" by Aespa • Best Music Video: "Armageddon" by Aespa
* 2024 MTV Video Music Awards Japan (Japan)
* No ceremony held due to 50th anniversary special airing in its place
* 2024 MTV Video Music Awards (USA)
* Video of the Year: "Fortnight" by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone • Song of the Year: "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter • Best New Artist: Chappell Roan • Push Performance of the Year: Le Sserafim
* 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards (Europe)
* Best Song: "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter • Best Video: "Fortnight" by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone • Best Artist: Taylor Swift • Best New: Benson Boone
* 2024 American Music Awards (USA)
* No ceremony held due to 50th anniversary special airing in its place
* 38th Golden Disc Awards (South Korea)
* Album of the Year: FML by Seventeen • Song of the Year: "Ditto" by NewJeans • Rookie Artist of the Year: Fifty Fifty, Zerobaseone
* 66th Japan Record Awards (Japan)
* Album of the Year: FML by Seventeen • Song of the Year: "Ditto" by NewJeans • Rookie Artist of the Year: Fifty Fifty, Zerobaseone
* Pulitzer Prize for Music (USA)
* Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith) by Tyshawn Sorey
* Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA)
* Performers: Mary J. Blige • Cher • Dave Matthews Band • Foreigner • Kool & The Gang • Ozzy Osbourne • A Tribe Called Quest Musical Influences: Alexis Korner • John Mayall • Big Mama Thornton Ahmet Ertegun Award (Non-performers): Suzanne de Passe Musical Excellence: Jimmy Buffett • MC5 • Dionne Warwick • Norman Whitfield
* Mercury Prize (UK)
* This Could Be Texas by English Teacher
* Polar Music Prize (Sweden)
* Nile Rodgers • Esa-Pekka Salonen
* 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards (USA)
* Song of the Year: "Kill Bill" by SZA • Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift • Best Music Video: "Seven" by Jungkook featuring Latto
* Polaris Music Prize (Canada)
* Motewolonuwok by Jeremy Dutcher
* Eurovision Song Contest 2024 (Europe)
* "The Code" by Nemo (Switzerland)
* 33rd Seoul Music Awards (South Korea)
* Grand Award: NCT Dream • Best Song Award: "OMG" by NewJeans • Best Album Award: FML by Seventeen • Rookie Artist Award: Riize, Zerobaseone
* 21st Korean Music Awards (South Korea)
* Album of the Year: Nowitzki by Beenzino • Song of the Year: "Ditto" by NewJeans • Musician of the Year: Silica Gel • Rookie of the Year: Kiss of Life

## Bands formed

* Ae! group
* All(H)Ours
* ARrC
* Artms
* B.D.U
* Babymonster
* Badvillain
* Candy Shop
* Cutie Street
* Dragon Pony
* Dxmon
* Geenius
* Illit
* Izna
* Katseye
* Me:I
* Madein
* Meovv
* NOMAD
* Nowadays
* Number_i
* Rescene
* Say My Name
* Sweet Steady
* TIOT
* TWS
* Unis
* Waker
* Waterfire

## Soloist debuts

* Ayaka Nanase
* Cha Eun-woo
* Chanyeol
* Damiano David
* Doyoung
* George Au
* Hina Suguta
* Hina Tachibana
* Hui
* Ian
* Irene
* Jaehyun
* Jinho
* Koo Jun-hoe
* L
* Lay Zhang
* Lee Seung-hoon
* Lucas
* Naevis
* Seola
* Shōya Chiba
* Sungjin
* Timothée Chalamet
* Ten
* Tzuyu
* Victoria De Angelis
* Wooseok
* Yeonjun
* Yoon San-ha
* Yuqi
* Yves

## Bands disbanded

* Botch
* Boys World
* Burnside Project
* Cherry Bullet
* Cignature
* Fleetwood Mac
* The Greg Kihn Band
* Hall & Oates
* Hey Violet
* Hot Hot Heat
* Issues
* Jane's Addiction
* Japandroids
* John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
* Magnum
* MC5
* Metz
* Mirae
* Mr. Big
* Nature
* NOFX
* Oxbow
* Pink Fantasy
* Porno for Pyros
* Rage Against the Machine
* Reagan Youth
* Sublime with Rome
* TFN
* Tokyo Police Club
* Vromance
* Weki Meki
* Zion & Lennox

## Bands reformed

* 2NE1
* 3 Inches of Blood
* A*Teens
* Acid Bath
* Cardiacs (as Cardiacs Family)
* Cobra Starship
* Down With Webster
* Fairground Attraction
* Have Heart
* Linkin Park
* Machine Gun Fellatio
* Moose Blood
* Nachtmystium
* No Doubt
* Oasis
* Orange 9mm
* The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
* Rascal Flatts
* R.E.M. (One-off reunion)
* Sex Pistols
* Slayer
* Tak Matsumoto Group

## Bands on hiatus

* Black Midi
* Boygenius
* Foo Fighters
* Tenacious D
* Vcha
* Thank You, I'm Sorry

## Deaths
### January

* 2 – Chris Karrer, 76, German progressive rock guitarist (Amon Düül II)
* 3 – Tawl Ross, 75, American funk guitarist (Funkadelic)
* 4
** Ruy Mingas, 84, Angolan folk singer-songwriter and anthem composer
** Marie Nilsson Lind, 62, Swedish folk pop singer (Ainbusk)
** David Soul, 80, American-British pop singer
** Glynis Johns, 100, British musical theatre actress and singer
* 5
** Larry Collins, 79, American rockabilly guitarist and songwriter (The Collins Kids)
** Del Palmer, 71, English art rock singer-songwriter, bassist and sound engineer
* 6
** Iasos, 76, Greek-born American new age keyboardist
** Amparo Rubín, 68, Mexican folk singer-songwriter
* 7
** Germana Caroli, 92, Italian pop singer
** Tony Clarkin, 77, English hard rock guitarist and songwriter (Magnum)
* 8
** Guy Bonnet, 78, French pop singer-songwriter
** Serge Laprade, French-Canadian pop singer
** Phill Niblock, 90, American avant garde composer
** Gian Franco Reverberi, 89, Italian film composer (death announced on this date)
* 9
** Diego Gallardo, 31, Ecuadorian folk singer-songwriter
** Karel Janovický, 93, Czech-born British classical composer and pianist
** Rashid Khan, 55, Indian Hindustani classical singer
** James Kottak, 61, American hard rock drummer (Scorpions, Kingdom Come, Kottak)
* 10
** Audie Blaylock, 61, American bluegrass singer and guitarist
** Tamara Milashkina, 89, Russian opera singer
* 11
** Annie Nightingale, 83, English radio disk jockey
** Sigi Schwab, 83, German jazz guitarist
* 12
** Bill Hayes, 98, American folk singer
** David Lumsdaine, 92, Australian classical composer
* 13
** Prabha Atre, 91, Indian classical singer
** Jo-El Sonnier, 77, American country singer-songwriter and accordionist
** Romuald Twardowski, 93, Polish classical composer
* 15 – K. J. Joy, 77, Indian film and classical composer
* 16
** Peter Schickele, 88, American classical composer and musical satirist (P. D. Q. Bach)
** Laurie Johnson, 96, English classical composer and swing bandleader
* 17
** Serge Laprade, 83, Canadian pop singer
** Gerd Uecker, 77, German opera director and music teacher
* 18
** Katelele Ching'oma, 32, Malawian pop singer
** Ivan Moody, 59, British classical composer and musicologist
** Silent Servant, 46, Guatemalan-born American techno DJ
** The Soft Moon, 44, American darkwave singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
** Yogesh Vaidya, 77, Nepalese folk singer
* 19
** Georgi Kostov, 82, Bulgarian classical composer
** Ewa Podleś, 71, Polish opera singer
** Marlena Shaw, 81, American jazz and soul singer
** Pluto Shervington, 73, Jamaican reggae singer
** Mary Weiss, 75, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las)
* 20
** Zoran Erić, 73, Serbian classical composer
** Charis Kostopoulos, 59, Greek laiko singer-songwriter.
* 22
** Neil Kulkarni, 51, British music journalist
** Margo Smith, 84, American singer-songwriter
** Sergei Yefremenko, 51, Russian ska singer and guitarist (Markscheider Kunst)
* 23
** Melanie, 76, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
** Frank Farian, 82, German pop singer-songwriter and record producer (Boney M., Milli Vanilli, La Bouche, No Mercy)
** Anders Sandberg, 55, Swedish Eurodance singer (Rednex).
* 24 – Anders Lampe, 59, Danish pop rock guitarist (Bamses Venner)
* 25
** Bruno Amstad, 59–60, Swiss jazz singer
** Bhavatharini, 47, Indian playback singer and film music director
* 26
** Dean Brown, 68, American jazz guitarist
** Michel Hausser, 96, French jazz vibraphonist
** Michael Watford, 80, American dance and house singer
* 27 – Lillebjørn Nilsen, 73, Norwegian folk singer-songwriter
* 28 – Albert Mayr, 80, Italian classical and experimental composer
* 29
** Tony Cedras, 71, South African jazz multi-instrumentalist
** Yuri Ilchenko, 72, Russian rock singer and guitarist (Mify, Zemlyane)
* 30 – Chita Rivera, 91, American musical theater singer and actress

### February

* 2
** Steve Brown, 66, British classical composer
** Wilhelmenia Fernandez, 75, American opera singer
** Wayne Kramer, 75, American rock guitarist and songwriter (MC5)
* 3 – Aston "Family Man" Barrett, 77, Jamaican reggae bassist (Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Upsetters)
* 5 – Toby Keith, 62, American country singer-songwriter
* 6
** Donald Kinsey, 70, American blues and reggae guitarist and singer (The Kinsey Report, The Wailers Band)
** Seiji Ozawa, 88, Japanese classical conductor
* 7
** Vaja Azarashvili, 87, Georgian classical composer
** Henry Fambrough, 85, American R&B singer (The Spinners)
** Mojo Nixon, 66, American psychobilly singer-songwriter
* 8 – Yuri Borzov, 70, Russian blues rock drummer (Mashina Vremeni)
* 9
** Nikša Gligo, 77, Croatian musicologist
** Damo Suzuki, 74, Japanese Krautrock singer (Can)
** Jimmy Van Eaton, 86, American rock and roll drummer
* 11
** Ladislav Burlas, 96, Slovak classical composer and musicologist
** Randy Sparks, 90, American folk singer-songwriter (The New Christy Minstrels, The Back Porch Majority)
** Mihai Amihalachioaie, 62, Moldovan accordionist and conductor
* 12
** Tamás Deák, 95, Hungarian classical composer and conductor
** Rudolf Jansen, 84, Dutch classical pianist
** Juris Kulakovs, 65, Latvian rock keyboardist (Pērkons)
** Steve Wright, 69, English radio disk jockey
* 13
** Eddie Cheeba, 67, American hip hop DJ
** Jussi Raittinen, 80, Finnish Rautalanka singer and guitarist
* 15 – Ian Amey, 79, English rock singer and guitarist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich)
* 16
** Etterlene DeBarge, 88, American gospel singer
** Fritz Hinz, 68, Canadian hard rock drummer (Helix)
** Reuben Jackson, 67, American jazz historian
** Ben Lanzarone, 85, American television composer
** Dexter Romweber, 57, American rockabilly guitarist (Flat Duo Jets)
** Cynthia Strother, 88, American pop singer (The Bell Sisters)
* 18
** Davlatmand Kholov, 73, Tajik Shashmaqam multi-instrumentalist
** Hasina Mumtaz, 78, Bangladeshi pop singer
* 19
** Stewart Robertson, 75, Scottish classical conductor (death announced on this date)
** Bobby Tench, 79, British blues rock singer and guitarist (Humble Pie, The Jeff Beck Group, Hummingbird, Streetwalkers, The Gass). (death announced on this date)
* 20
** David Libert, 81, American sunshine pop singer and keyboardist (The Happenings)
** Geoffrey Michaels, 79, Australian classical violinist and violist (death announced on this date)
* 21 – Vitalij Kuprij, 49, Ukrainian-American symphonic metal keyboardist (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Ring of Fire)
* 22
** John Lowe, 81, English skiffle pianist (The Quarrymen)
** Roni Stoneman, 85, American bluegrass banjoist
* 23
** Tina Rainford, 77, German pop singer
** Shinsadong Tiger, 40, South Korean record producer
* 24 – Juana Bacallao, 98, Cuban guaracha singer
* 25
** Bigidagoe, 26, Dutch rapper
** Peter "Peetah" Morgan, 46, Jamaican reggae singer (Morgan Heritage)
* 26
** Bhakta Raj Acharya, 81, Nepali Bhajan singer and composer
** Pankaj Udhas, 72, Indian ghazal singer
* 28
** Cat Janice, 31, American electropop singer-songwriter
** Eugen Indjic, 76, Yugoslav born French-American classical pianist
* 29 – Eugen Šváb, 87, Slovak swing singer and percussionist

### March

* 1
** Ernest Berger, 73, Czech-born British funk and disco drummer (Heatwave)
** Don Wise, 81, American R&B saxophonist
* 2
** Jim Beard, 63, American jazz rock keyboardist (Steely Dan)
** Blues Boy Willie, 77, American blues singer and guitarist
** W. C. Clark, 84, American blues singer and guitarist
* 3
** Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadian jazz singer
** Emmanuëlle, 81, Canadian pop singer
** Oscar Ghiglia, 85, Italian classical guitarist
** Günther Leib, 96, German opera singer
** Amjad Parvez, 78, Pakistani semi-classical singer
** Presto, 31, German rapper
** Bill Ramsay, 95, American jazz saxophonist
** Félix Sabal Lecco, 64–65, Cameroonian makossa and rock drummer
** Makoto Shinohara, 92, Japanese classical composer
** Brit Turner, 57, American country rock drummer (Blackberry Smoke)
* 4
** B. B. Seaton, 79, Jamaican ska and rocksteady singer (The Gaylads)
** Amnon Weinstein, 84, Israeli violin luthier
* 5
** Linda Balgord, 64, American musical theater actress and singer
** Debra Byrd, 72, American soul singer and vocal coach
** Brahim Fribgane, Moroccan jazz oud player and percussionist (La Mar Enfortuna) (death announced on this date)
* 6 – Dimos Moutsis, 85, Greek Éntekhno singer-songwriter and composer
* 7
** Pedro Altamiranda, 88, Panamanian salsa singer
** Joe Cutajar, 83, Maltese pop singer (Helen and Joseph). (death announced on this date)
** Françoise Garner, 90, French opera singer
** Steve Lawrence, 88, American pop singer
* 8
** Abdou Cherif, 52, Moroccan pop singer
** Ernie Fields Jr., 89, American jazz saxophonist
** George Newson, 91, English electronic and avant-garde composer and pianist
** Ľubomír Stankovský, 72, Slovak pop rock singer and drummer (Modus)
* 9
** Malcolm Holcombe, 68, American alternative country singer-songwriter
** Vince Power, 76, Irish music festival promoter
** Guy Touvron, 74, French classical trumpeter
* 10
** Blake Harrison, 48, American grindcore sampler (Pig Destroyer, Hatebeak)
** Paul Nelson, American blues guitarist
** T. M. Stevens, 72, American rock bassist (The Pretenders, Vai)
** Marc Tobaly, 74, Moroccan-born French rock guitarist (Les Variations)
** Karl Wallinger, 66, Welsh alternative rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Waterboys, World Party)
* 11
** Boss, 54, American rapper
** Eric Carmen, 74, American power pop singer-songwriter (Raspberries) (death announced on this date)
** Pete Rodriguez, 91, American Latin boogaloo pianist and bandleader
* 12
** Michael Knott, American Christian rock singer-songwriter (Lifesavers Underground)
** James Whitbourn, 60, British classical composer and conductor
** Russ Wilson, 62, Canadian alternative rock bassist (Junkhouse)
* 13
** Dick Allix, 78, British pop rock drummer (Vanity Fare)
** John Blunt, British rock drummer (The Searchers) (death announced on this date)
** Sylvain Luc, 58, French jazz guitarist
** Sadi Mohammad, 70, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer and composer
** Aribert Reimann, 88, German classical composer and pianist
* 14
** Lamara Chkonia, 93, Georgian opera singer
** Frank Darcel, 65, French post-punk guitarist (Marquis de Sade)
** Byron Janis, 95, American classical pianist
** Jean-Pierre Marty, 91, French classical pianist and conductor
** Angela McCluskey, 64, Scottish alternative rock singer-songwriter (Wild Colonials)
* 15 – Hans Blum, 95, German schlager singer-songwriter
* 17
** Cola Boyy, 34, American disco multi-instrumentalist
** Sandra Crouch, 81, American gospel singer
** Steve Harley, 73, British glam rock singer-songwriter (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)
* 18
** Jimmy Hastings, 85, British progressive rock multi-instrumentalist (Caravan, Soft Machine, Hatfield and the North)
** Khalid, 60, Bangladeshi pop singer
** Kevin Toney, 70, American jazz fusion pianist and composer (The Blackbyrds)
* 19 – Greg Lee, 53, American ska and reggae singer (Hepcat)
* 20
** Faramarz Aslani, 79, Iranian folk singer and guitarist
** George Darko, 73, Ghanaian burger-highlife singer-songwriter and guitarist
** Gene Elders, 80, American country fiddler (Ace in the Hole Band)
** Cocky Mazzetti, 87, Italian pop singer
* 21 – Laurens van Rooyen, 88, Dutch classical pianist and composer
* 23
** Igor Ozim, 92, Slovenian classical violinist
** Maurizio Pollini, 82, Italian classical pianist
* 24
** Vincent Bonham, 67, American funk singer (Raydio) (death announced on this date)
** Def Rhymz, 53, Surinamese-Dutch rapper
** Péter Eötvös, 80, Hungarian opera composer
* 25
** Humphrey Campbell, 66, Surinamese-Dutch pop singer
** Chris Cross, 71, English new wave bassist and keyboardist (Ultravox, Tiger Lily)
** Maurice El Médiouni, 95, Algerian jazz pianist
* 26
** Clare Elliott, New Zealand punk singer (Suburban Reptiles)
** Chandra Kumara Kandanarachchi, 76, Sri Lankan playback singer
** Slađana Milošević, 68, Serbian new wave singer-songwriter
** George Nicolescu, 74, Romanian pop singer
* 27 – La Castou, 75, Swiss pop singer
* 28 – Marian Zazeela, 83, American experimental music singer and tanpura player
* 29 – Gerry Conway, 76, English folk rock drummer and percussionist (Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention, Cat Stevens, Pentangle).
* 30
** Mark Spiro, 66–67, American songwriter and record producer (death announced on this date)
** Vanhlupuii, 77, Indian Mizo multi-genre singer
* 31 – Casey Benjamin, 45, American jazz multi-instrumentalist (Robert Glasper Experiment)

### April

* 1
** Phil Delire, 67–68, Belgian music producer.
** Michael Ward, 57, American alternative rock guitarist (The Wallflowers, School of Fish)
* 2 – Jerry Abbott, 81, American country music songwriter and record producer
* 3
** Joe Aitken, 79, Scottish bothy ballad singer
** Albert Heath, 88, American jazz drummer (Heath Brothers)
** Kalevi Kiviniemi, 65, Finnish classical organist
** Muñequita Milly, 23, Peruvian huayno singer
** Notker Wolf, 83, German Benedictine priest-monk and rock guitarist
* 4
** Keith LeBlanc, 69, American multi-genre drummer (Little Axe, Tackhead)
** Graeme Naysmith, 57, English shoegaze guitarist (Pale Saints)
* 5
** Phil Nimmons, 100, Canadian jazz clarinetist.
** Rocket Norton, 73, Canadian hard rock drummer (Prism)
** C. J. Snare, 64, American glam metal singer-songwriter (FireHouse)
* 6 – Dutty Dior, Norwegian rapper
* 7
** Michael Boder, 65, German classical conductor
** Clarence "Frogman" Henry, 87, American R&B singer and pianist
** Antonette Mendes, 79, Indian tiatr singer
** Joe Viera, 91, German jazz saxophonist
* 8 – Jon Card, 63, German-born Canadian punk drummer (SNFU, D.O.A., Subhumans)
* 9
** Bob Lanese, 82, American big band jazz trumpeter (James Last Orchestra)
** Muluken Melesse, 70, Ethiopian tizita singer and drummer
** Sturgis Nikides, 66, American blues rock and no wave guitarist (Low Society, Cool It Reba)
** Dieter Rexroth, 83, German musicologist and dramaturge (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Young Euro Classic)
** Max Werner, 70, Dutch progressive rock singer and drummer (Kayak)
* 10 – Mister Cee, 57, American hip hop DJ and radio broadcaster (death announced on this date)
* 11
** Park Bo-ram, 30, South Korean K-pop singer
** Enrique Llácer Soler, 89, Spanish jazz percussionist and composer
* 12
** Lucy Rimmer, British post-punk singer (The Fall) (death announced on this date)
** Rico Wade, 52, American music producer and songwriter (Organized Noize)
* 13
** Richard Horowitz, 75, American film composer
** Lorenzo Palomo, 86, Spanish classical composer
* 14 –
** Ben Eldridge, 85, American progressive bluegrass banjoist (The Seldom Scene)
** Calvin Keys, 82, American jazz guitarist
* 15
** Reita, 42, Japanese alternative metal bassist (The Gazette)
** Eugene Wolfgramm, 57, American pop singer (The Jets, Boys Club)
* 16
** Clorofila, 56, Mexican Nortec DJ (Nortec Collective)
** K. G. Jayan, 89, Indian Carnatic singer
** Gavin Webb, 77, Australian psychedelic rock bassist (The Masters Apprentices)
* 17 – Pooch Tavares, 81, American R&B and disco singer (Tavares) (death announced on this date)
* 18
** Dickey Betts, 80, American Southern rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band)
** Steve Kille, American stoner rock bassist (Dead Meadow)
** Mandisa, 47, American gospel singer
** Larry Page, 86, English pop singer and record producer
* 19
** Naomy, 46, Romanian pop singer
** Eddie Sutton, 59, American crossover thrash singer (Leeway)
* 20
** Kaj Chydenius, 84, Finnish avant garde composer and folk songwriter
** Tony Tuff, 69, Jamaican reggae singer (The African Brothers)
* 21
** Jean-Marie Aerts, 72, Belgian rock guitarist (TC Matic)
** MC Duke, 58, British rapper
** Alex Hassilev, 91, American folk singer and banjoist (The Limeliters)
** KODA, 45, Ghanaian gospel singer
* 22 – Chan Romero, 82, American rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist (death announced on this date)
* 23 – Fergie MacDonald, 86, Scottish cèilidh accordionist
* 24 – Mike Pinder, 82, English progressive rock keyboardist and songwriter (The Moody Blues)
* 26
** Robin George, 68, British rock singer and guitarist.
** Anderson Leonardo, 51, Brazilian pagode singer (Molejo)
** Frank Wakefield, American bluegrass mandolinist
* 27 – Jean-Pierre Ferland, 89, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter
* 28 – Norman Carol, 95, American classical violinist and concertmaster (Philadelphia Orchestra)
* 30 – Duane Eddy, 86, American rock and roll guitarist

### May

* 1
** Hasna El-Bacharia, 74, Algerian diwan sintir player
** Richard Maloof, 84, American pop and big band bassist and tuba player
** Uma Ramanan, 69, Indian playback singer
** Richard Tandy, 76, English rock keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move)
* 2
** Gary Floyd, 71, American hardcore punk and alternative rock singer (Dicks, Sister Double Happiness)
** John Pisano, 93, American jazz guitarist.
* 3 – Jim Mills, 57, American bluegrass banjoist (Kentucky Thunder)
* 4
** Miroslav Imrich, 71, Czech rock singer (Abraxas)
** Ron Kavana, 73, Irish multi-genre singer-songwriter
* 5
** Belgacem Bouguenna, 61, Tunisian mezwed singer
** Kelath Aravindakshan Marar, 82, Indian Panchari melam chenda player.
* 6
** Bill Holman, 96, American jazz and big band saxophonist, composer and arranger
** Wayland Holyfield, 82, American country songwriter
** Christiane Stefanski, 74, Belgian folk singer
* 7
** Steve Albini, 61, American post-hardcore and noise rock singer and guitarist (Big Black, Shellac) and record producer
** Ignatius Jones, 66–67, Australian-Filipino new wave and swing singer (Jimmy and the Boys, Pardon Me Boys)
** Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, 88, Polish jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger
* 8
** John Barbata, 79, American rock drummer (The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)
** Conrad Kelly, 65, Jamaican-born British reggae drummer (Steel Pulse)
** Giovanna Marini, 87, Italian folk singer-songwriter
** Dennis Thompson, 75, American rock drummer (MC5)
* 9 – Fred Noonan, Australian alternative rock drummer (Six Ft Hick)
* 12 – David Sanborn, 78, American jazz saxophonist.
* 13
** Christian Escoudé, 76, French Gypsy jazz guitarist
** Luis María Serra, 82, Argentine film composer
* 14 – Jimmy James, 83, Jamaican-British ska and disco singer
* 15
** John Hawken, 84, English rock keyboardist (The Nashville Teens, Renaissance, Strawbs)
** Ahmed Piro, 92, Moroccan Andalusi classical singer
* 17
** Charlie Colin, 58, American pop rock bassist and guitarist (Train, The Side Deal) (body discovered on this date)
** Missinho, 64, Brazilian Axé singer (Chiclete com Banana)
* 18
** Palle Danielsson, 77, Swedish jazz bassist
** Frank Ifield, 86, Australian country singer
** John Koerner, 85, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (Koerner, Ray & Glover)
** Jon Wysocki, 53, American post-grunge drummer (Staind)
* 19 – Peggi Blu, 77, American R&B singer and vocal coach
* 21 – Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, 71, Polish film composer
* 22 – Toni Montano, 62, Serbian punk rock singer
* 24 – Doug Ingle, 78, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Iron Butterfly)
* 25 – Richard M. Sherman, 95, American film songwriter (Sherman Brothers)
* 27
** Rodger Fox, 71, New Zealand jazz trombonist and bandleader.
** Francesco Petrozzi, 62, Peruvian opera singer
* 28 – Gustavo Mullem, 72, Brazilian punk rock guitarist (Camisa de Vênus)
* 29
** Cayouche, 75, Canadian country singer-songwriter
** Mansour Seck, 69, Senegalese worldbeat singer and Kora player.
* 30 – Doug Dagger, 56, American punk rock singer (The Generators)
* 31 – Ed Mann, 70, American rock drummer and keyboardist (Frank Zappa)

### June

* 1 – Harry van Hoof, 81, Dutch pop conductor, composer, and music arranger.
* 2
** Emma Lou Diemer, 96, American classical composer
** Colin Gibb, 70, British pop singer and guitarist (Black Lace)
* 3 – Brother Marquis, 58, American rapper (2 Live Crew).
* 4 – C.Gambino, 26, Swedish rapper
* 5 – Ranch Sironi, American stoner rock bassist (Nebula)
* 7
** Rose-Marie, 68, Northern Irish pop singer (death announced on this date)
** Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, 90, German minimalist composer
* 8
** Mark James, 83, American pop and country songwriter
** Charlie Lennon, 85, Irish traditional folk fiddler and composer
* 9
** William Carragan, 86, American musicologist and Bruckner expert
** Alex Riel, 83, Danish jazz and rock drummer
* 11
** Enchanting, 26, American rapper
** Marcel Guilloux, 93, French kan ha diskan singer and storyteller.
** Françoise Hardy, 80, French pop and yé-yé singer-songwriter
** Gaps Hendrickson, 73, British ska singer (The Selecter)
** Adam Lewis, 45, American pop punk bassist (Fenix TX) (death announced on this date)
** Kevork Mardirossian, 70, American classical violinist
** Rajeev Taranath, 91, Indian classical sarod player
* 12 – Johnny Canales, 77, Mexican Tejano singer
* 13
** Angela Bofill, 70, American R&B singer-songwriter
** Skowa, 68, Brazilian samba rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Trio Mocotó)
* 14 – Jeremy Tepper, 60, American radio executive and country singer, co-founder of Diesel Only Records
* 16
** Buzz Cason, 84, American pop and country singer-songwriter
** Jodie Devos, 35, Belgian opera singer
* 17 – Paul Spencer, 53, English house DJ (Dario G)
* 18 – James Chance, 71, American no wave singer and saxophonist (James Chance and the Contortions, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks)
* 19
** Chrystian, 67, Brazilian sertanejo singer
** Silvia Infantas, 101, Chilean folk singer
** James Loughran, 92, Scottish classical conductor
* 20 – Margarita Voites, 87, Estonian opera singer
* 23
** Julio Foolio, 26, American rapper
** Sakini Ramachandraih, 61, Indian folk singer and dhol player
** David Tunley, 94, Australian musicologist.
* 24
** Shifty Shellshock, 49, American rap rock singer-songwriter and rapper (Crazy Town)
** Rob Stone, 55, American record producer
* 25
** Jewel Brown, 86, American jazz and blues singer
** Ray St. Germain, 83, Canadian country singer
* 26 – Gary Grant, American jazz trumpeter
* 27
** Kinky Friedman, 79, American country singer-songwriter
** Alexander Knaifel, 80, Russian opera composer
** Martin Mull, 80, American comedy music singer-songwriter
* 28
** Lando Bartolini, 87, Italian opera singer
** Kong Nay, 80, Cambodian traditional folk chapei dang veng player
** Betty Veldpaus, 72, Dutch pop and country singer (Pussycat)
* 29 – Martti Wallén, 75, Finnish opera singer
* 30
** Lucius Banda, 53, Malawian reggae singer-songwriter
** Peter Collins, 73, English record producer (death announced on this date)

### July

* 1
** Fausto Bordalo Dias, 75, Portuguese folk singer-songwriter
** Nino Vella, 31, French classical and jazz composer
** Cliff Waldron, 83, American bluegrass singer and guitarist
* 2 – Tom Fowler, 73, American psychedelic rock bassist (The Mothers of Invention, It's a Beautiful Day, Air Pocket)
* 3 – Mark Germino, 73, American folk rock singer-songwriter
* 5 – Liana Isakadze, 77, Georgian classical violinist (death announced on this date)
* 6
** Pino D'Angiò, 71, Italian Italo disco singer-songwriter
** Joe Egan, 77, Scottish folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Stealers Wheel)
* 8
** Adrián Olivares, 48, Mexican pop singer (Menudo).
** Pavol Zelenay, 96, Slovak swing composer
* 9 – Joe Bonsall, 76, American country and gospel singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
* 10 – Dave Loggins, 76, American pop and country singer-songwriter
* 11 – Tommy Drennan, 82–83, Irish classical and showband singer
* 13
** Ruth Hesse, 87, German opera singer
** Claudio Reyes, 64, Chilean pop singer
* 14 – R. P. S. Lanrue, 74, German rock guitarist (Ton Steine Scherben)
* 15
** Wieteke van Dort, 81, Dutch pop singer
** Édith Lejet, 82, French classical composer
** Tomcraft, 49, German progressive trance DJ and producer
* 16
** Ulf Dageby, 80, Swedish rock guitarist (Nationalteatern)
** Bernice Johnson Reagon, 81, American gospel a capella singer (The Freedom Singers, Sweet Honey in the Rock)
** Irène Schweizer, 83, Swiss free jazz pianist.
* 17
** Pinche Peach, 57, American death metal singer (Brujeria)
** Happy Traum, 86, American folk singer and guitarist
** Heather Wood, 79, English folk singer (The Young Tradition) (death announced on this date)
* 18 – Jerry Fuller, 85, American rockabilly and pop singer-songwriter and producer
* 19 – Toumani Diabaté, 58, Malian mande kora player
* 20
** Jerry Miller, 81, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Moby Grape, The Rhythm Dukes)
** Sandy Posey, 80, American pop and country singer
** Eugene Sârbu, 73, Romanian classical violinist.
* 21
** Kim Min-ki, 73, South Korean folk rock singer-songwriter
** Evelyn Thomas, 70, American Hi-NRG singer
* 22
** Jerzy Artysz, 93, Polish opera singer
** Klara Berkovich, 96, Soviet-born American classical violinist
** Duke Fakir, 88, American R&B singer (Four Tops)
** Elena Mauti Nunziata, 77, Italian opera singer
** John Mayall, 90, English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 23 – Ekaterina Shklyaeva, 86, Russian folk pop singer (Buranovskiye Babushki) (death announced on this date)
* 24
** Shafin Ahmed, 63, Bangladeshi rock singer-songwriter and bassist (Miles)
** Antonio Cabán Vale, 81, Puerto Rican folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
** Bill Crook, Canadian alternative metal and pop punk bassist (Spiritbox, Living With Lions). (death announced on this date)
* 25
** Pascal Danel, 80, French pop singer-songwriter
** Benjamin Luxon, 87, British opera singer
** Tadashi Yabe, 59, Japanese acid jazz DJ and music producer (United Future Organization).
* 26
** Jason Clark, American gospel singer (The Nelons).
** Sd Laika, American deconstructed club producer and DJ (death announced on this date)
** Kelly Nelon Clark, 64, American gospel singer (The Nelons)
** Amber Nelon Thompson, American gospel singer (The Nelons)
** Tomáš Vendl, 52, Czech black metal bassist (Master's Hammer)
* 27
** Pat Collier, 72, English punk rock bassist (The Vibrators) and record producer
** Danny Clarke, 71–72, Jamaican reggae singer (The Meditations)
** DJ Polo, American hip hop DJ (Juice Crew) and record producer
** Oldřich Janota, 74, Czech folk singer-songwriter
** Mísia, 69, Portuguese fado singer
** Wolfgang Rihm, 72, German classical composer
* 28
** Chino XL, 50, American rapper
** Martin Phillipps, 61, New Zealand indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Chills) (death announced on this date)
** Mick Underwood, 78, English rock drummer (Quatermass, Strapps, Gillan)
* 30 – Onyeka Onwenu, 72, Nigerian pop and gospel singer-songwriter
* 31
** DJ Randall, 54, British jungle and drum and bass DJ
** Arthur Miles, 74, American R&B and jazz singer
** Carmen Pateña, 83, Filipino pop singer

### August

* 1 – Jürgen Ahrend, 94, German pipe organ builder
* 2 – Nicu Covaci, 77, Romanian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Transsylvania Phoenix)
* 3
** Shaun Martin, 45, American jazz fusion and gospel multi-instrumentalist (Snarky Puppy)
** Antônio Meneses, 66, Brazilian classical cellist (Beaux Arts Trio)
** Phloen Phromdaen, 85, Thai luk thung singer
* 4 – Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, 74, Spanish classical conductor and composer
* 5 – Maurice Williams, 86, American doo-wop singer-songwriter (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs)
* 7 – Jack Russell, 63, American glam metal singer (Great White)
* 9
** Carl Bevan, 51, Welsh Britpop drummer (60 Ft. Dolls) (death announced on this date)
** Maryvonne Le Dizès, 84, French classical violinist
** Charles R. Cross, 67, American music journalist
** Dave Sweetapple, 58, American indie rock and stoner metal bassist (Sweet Apple, Witch).
** Carl Weathersby, 71, American blues guitarist
* 10 – Celestina Casapietra, 85, Italian opera singer
* 11
** Gökçe Akçelik, 47, Turkish psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (Replikas)
** Haniya Aslam, 46, Pakistani pop rock singer and guitarist (Zeb and Haniya)
** Steve Davislim, 57, Malaysian-born Australian opera singer (death announced on this day)
** Talos, 37, Irish indie electronic singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
** Chon Travis, American punk singer (Love Equals Death)
* 12
** Christof Nel, 80, German theatre and opera director
** Zdeněk Pololáník, 88, Czech classical composer, conductor and organist.
* 13 – Greg Kihn, 75, American power pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Greg Kihn Band)
* 14 – Dean Roberts, 49, New Zealand electroacoustic multi-instrumentalist and composer (death announced on this date)
* 15
** Joe Chambers, 81, American psychedelic soul singer-songwriter (The Chambers Brothers)
** Peter Marshall, 98, American pop singer and musical theater actor
* 16
** Charles Blackwell, 84, English pop arranger, record producer, film composer and songwriter (death announced on this date)
** Bobby Hicks, 91, American bluegrass fiddler
** Luther Kent, 76, American blues singer
** Rajko Maksimović, 89, Serbian classical composer
** Tore Ylwizaker, 54, Norwegian experimental rock keyboardist (Ulver)
* 17
** Johnny "Dandy" Rodríguez, 78, American Afro-Cuban jazz and salsa bongo player (Típica 73).
** Bert Susanka, 62, American surf rock and cowpunk singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Ziggens)
* 20
** Erik Barrett, 48, American metalcore bassist (100 Demons) (death announced on this date)
** Maryvonne Le Dizès, 84, French classical violinist (death announced on this date)
** Manju Mehta, 79, Indian classical sitar player.
** Charin Nantanakorn, 91, Thai pop singer
* 21
** Diana, 76, Brazilian pop singer
** Russell Stone, 77–78, English singer (R&J Stone)
* 22 – Justin Chearno, 54, American indie rock guitarist (Pitchblende, Turing Machine, Unrest, Panthers)
* 23
** Daron Beck, 48, American synth-doom singer and keyboardist (Pinkish Black)
** Russell Malone, 60, America jazz guitarist
** Catherine Ribeiro, 82, French psychedelic rock singer (Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes)
* 26 – Paul Dwayne, 60, Canadian country singer-songwriter
* 27
** Richard Macphail, 73, English rock singer (Anon) and road manager (Genesis)
** Makaya Ntshoko, 84, South African jazz drummer
* 30
** Fatman Scoop, 53, American rapper
** Danielle Moore, 52, English downtempo singer (Crazy P)
** Cunnie Williams, 61, American R&B singer (death announced on this date)
* 31 – Jessica Mbangeni, 47, South African gospel singer

### September

* 1
** Mike Billard, 60, Canadian jazz drummer (Jeff Johnston Trio).
** Teresa Bright, 64, American hapa haole guitarist and ukulele player.
* 2
** James Darren, 88, American pop singer
** Peter Kubik, 49, Austrian black metal guitarist (Abigor) (death announced on this date)
** Pat Lewis, 76, American soul singer (death announced on this date)
* 3 – Göran Fristorp, 76, Swedish schlager singer-songwriter (Malta)
* 4
** Oswald d'Andréa, 90, French classical pianist and film composer
** Bora Đorđević, 71, Serbian hard rock singer-songwriter (Riblja Čorba).
* 5
** Roy Cape, 82, Trinidadian calypso saxophonist (death announced on this date)
** Herbie Flowers, 86, English rock bassist (Blue Mink, T. Rex, Sky).
** Martin France, 60, British jazz drummer
** Sérgio Mendes, 83, Brazilian bossa nova pianist and composer
** Rich Homie Quan, 34, American rapper
** Władysław Słowiński, 94, Polish classical composer and conductor.
* 6
** Will Jennings, 80, American pop lyricist
** Mark Moffatt, 74, Australian pop guitarist (The Monitors) and record producer
** Screamin' Scott Simon, 75, Americanrock and roll pianist and singer (Sha Na Na)
* 7
** Jimmy Gilmer, 83, American rock and roll singer (The Fireballs)
** Dan Morgenstern, 94, German-born American music journalist and archivist
* 8
** Viktor Lyadov, 58, Russian classical pianist
** Zoot Money, 82, English blues rock singer and keyboardist (Eric Burdon and The Animals, Zoot Money's Big Roll Band)
** Ben Thapa, 42, English operatic pop singer (G4)
** Caterina Valente, 93, French-Italian pop singer and guitarist
* 10
** Frankie Beverly, 77, American R&B and funk singer-songwriter (Maze)
** Doug Hood, 70, New Zealand record producer
* 12
** Robin Guy, 54, British punk and alternative rock drummer (Sham 69, All About Eve)
** Papa Kojak, 68, Jamaican reggae singer
* 13
** Moisés Canelo, 74, Honduran pop singer-songwriter
** Tommy Cash, 84, American country singer
** Chalmers Davis, 73, American country keyboardist (The Shooters)
* 15
** David Davis, 63, American bluegrass mandolinist
** Tito Jackson, 70, American pop and R&B singer and guitarist (The Jackson 5)
** Roli Mosimann, 68, Swiss-born American experimental rock drummer (Swans, Wiseblood) and record producer
* 16 – Billy Edd Wheeler, 91, American country singer-songwriter
* 17
** Evin Agassi, 78, Iranian-born American pop singer.
** Kenny Hyslop, 73, Scottish new wave drummer (Slik, Zones, Simple Minds, Set the Tone) (death announced on this date)
** Rise Kagona, 62, Zimbabwean jit guitarist (Bhundu Boys)
** JD Souther, 78, American country rock singer-songwriter
* 18
** Juan Brujo, 61, American death metal singer (Brujeria)
** Dick Diamonde, 76, Dutch-born Australian rock bassist (The Easybeats)
** Nick Gravenites, 85, American blues singer and guitarist (The Electric Flag, Big Brother and the Holding Company)
** Zulya Kamalova, 55, Russian-born Australian folk singer
* 19 – Florence Warner, 77, American pop and commercial jingle singer
* 20
** Richard Dyer, 82, American music critic
** Srirangam Kannan, 72, Indian classical morsing player
** Kim Richmond, 84, American jazz saxophonist and composer
** Sayuri, 28, Japanese pop singer-songwriter
* 21
** Paul Cripple, American anarcho-punk guitarist (Reagan Youth)
** Benny Golson, 95, American jazz saxophonist and composer
** Eddie Low, 81, New Zealand country singer
** Roger Palm, 75, Swedish pop drummer (ABBA)
** Juan Carlos Salazar, 59, Venezuelan folk singer and cuatro player
* 23 – Freddie Salem, 70, American Southern rock guitarist (Outlaws) (death announced on this date)
* 24 – Cat Glover, 60, American funk singer and rapper
* 27
** John McNeil, 76, American jazz trumpeter
** Pit Passarell, 56, Argentine-born Brazilian heavy metal singer and bassist (Viper)
* 28 – Kris Kristofferson, 88, American country singer-songwriter
* 29
** Rohan de Saram, 85, British-born classical Sri Lankan cellist
** Martin Lee, 77, English pop singer-songwriter (Brotherhood of Man)
** Stoika Milanova, 79, Bulgarian classical violinist (death announced on this date)
* 30
** Dave Allison, 68, Canadian heavy metal guitarist (Anvil)
** Fayo, 46, Canadian folk singer-songwriter

### October

* 1
** Vyacheslav Dobrynin, 78, Russian pop rock singer and composer (Samotsvety)
** Fritz Escovão, 81, Brazilian samba rock singer and guitarist (Trio Mocotó)
* 2
** Arbogaste Mbella Ntone, 82, Cameroonian gospel singer
** Ken Tobias, 79, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
* 3
** Terje Bjørklund, 79, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
** Jack Colwell, 34, Australian indie rock singer-songwriter.
** Jerry Miller, American ska singer (The Untouchables)
* 5 – Mimis Plessas, 99, Greek film composer and classical pianist
* 6 – Johnny Neel, 70, American Southern rock singer and keyboardist (The Allman Brothers Band)
* 7
** Hans van Hemert, 79, Dutch music producer and songwriter
** Cissy Houston, 91, American gospel and R&B singer (The Sweet Inspirations)
** Jack Ponti, 66, American songwriter and record producer
* 8 – Jorge Arriagada, 81, Chilean-French film composer
* 9
** Michel Boyibanda, 84, Congolese rumba and soukous singer (TPOK Jazz).
** Bruno Pochesci, 54, Italian-born French singer-songwriter
** Leif Segerstam, 80, Finnish classical conductor, composer and multi-instrumentalist
* 10
** Adam Abeshouse, 63, American recording engineer, music producer and classical violinist
** El Taiger, 37, Cuban reggaeton singer
* 11
** Kiril Marichkov, 79, Bulgarian progressive rock singer and bassist (Shturcite)
** Aminollah Rashidi, 99, Iranian classical singer and composer
* 12
** Jackmaster, 38, Scottish house DJ
** Ka, 52, American rapper
* 13 – Libby Titus, 77, American pop singer-songwriter
* 15 – Ollie Olsen, 66, Australian post-punk multi-instrumentalist (No, Whirlywirld, Max Q, Orchestra of Skin and Bone, Taipan Tiger Girls) and film composer
* 16
** Inger Lorre, 61, American alternative rock singer-songwriter (Nymphs)
** Alan Mansfield, 72, American-New Zealand rock keyboardist (Dragon), songwriter, and record producer
** Liam Payne, 31, English pop singer (One Direction)
* 18 – Shujeo Shyam, 78, Bangladeshi music director
* 20
** Barbara Dane, 97, American jazz, blues, and folk singer
** Janusz Olejniczak, 72, Polish classical pianist
* 21
** Egidio Cuadrado, 71, Colombian vallenato accordionist
** Paul Di'Anno, 66, English heavy metal singer (Iron Maiden)
** Mimi Hines, 91, Canadian pop singer and musical theater actress
** Barbara Kolb, 85, American classical composer
* 22
** Claire Daly, 66, American jazz saxophonist and composer
** Edd Griles, 78, American music video director
** Ferenc Sánta Jr., 79, Hungarian classical and Romani folk violinist
* 23
** Jack Jones, 86, American pop singer
** Linda LaFlamme, 85, American psychedelic rock keyboardist and songwriter (It's a Beautiful Day)
* 24
** DJ Clark Kent, 57, Panamanian–American hip hop DJ and record producer
** Marco Paulo, 79, Portuguese pop singer
** Hans Rotmo, 76, Norwegian folk rock singer-songwriter
* 25 – Phil Lesh, 84, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and bassist (Grateful Dead)
* 26 – Ustad Tafu, 79, Pakistani classical tabla player and film score composer
* 28
** Bill Beach, 92, American rockabilly singer and guitarist (death announced on this date)
** Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, 91, Cuban guajira trumpeter (Buena Vista Social Club)
* 30
** Richard Andrew, 58, Australian indie rock drummer (Underground Lovers, Crow, Black Cab)
** Arthur Moreira Lima, 84, Brazilian classical pianist
* 31 – Candy Devine, 85, Australian radio broadcaster and pop singer (death announced on this date)

### November

* 3
** Quincy Jones, 91, American record producer, songwriter, arranger, and jazz trumpeter
** Andy Leek, 66, English new wave keyboardist (Dexys Midnight Runners).
* 4
** Johnny Madsen, 73, Danish rock singer-songwriter
** Tyka Nelson, 64, American R&B singer
** Renato Serio, 78, Italian film composer
* 5 – Sharda Sinha, 72, Indian folk and classical singer
* 8
** Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, 94, Indian folk drummer
** George Bohanon, 87, American jazz trombonist
* 9
** Lou Donaldson, 98, American jazz saxophonist
** Ella Jenkins, 100, American folk singer-songwriter
** Ram Narayan, 96, Indian classical sarangi player
* 10
** Pepe Justicia, 64, Spanish flamenco guitarist
** Emre Tukur, 55, Turkish pop keyboardist (Klips ve Onlar) (death announced on this date)
* 11 – Papa Noël Nedule, 83, Congolese soukous guitarist.
* 12
** Johnny Duhan, 74, Irish folk singer-songwriter
** Roy Haynes, 99, American jazz drummer
* 13
** Edgard Brito, 50, Brazilian folk metal keyboardist (Tuatha de Danann)
** Shel Talmy, 87, American record producer
* 14
** Tommy Alverson, American country singer-songwriter
** Dennis Bryon, 75, Welsh rock drummer (Amen Corner, Bee Gees)
** Vic Flick, 87, English session guitarist
** Peter Sinfield, 80, English progressive rock lyricist (King Crimson) and record producer
* 15 – Aashish Khan, 84, Indian classical sarod player
* 16
** S. Atan, 75, Singaporean-born Malaysian songwriter
** Dejan Despić, 94, Serbian classical composer
** Gerry Weil, 85, Austrian-born Venezuelan jazz pianist
* 17 – Vladimir Lyovkin, 57, Russian pop singer (Na Na)
* 18
** Paulo Alexandre, 93, Portuguese pop singer
** Jordi Bonell, 66, Spanish jazz guitarist
** Charles Dumont, 95, French cabaret and chanson singer-songwriter
** J. Saul Kane, 55, English trip hop and breakbeat hardcore DJ (death announced on this date)
** Bjørn Müller, 64, Norwegian rock singer (Backstreet Girls)
** György Pauk, 88, Hungarian classical violinist
** Colin Petersen, 78, Australian pop rock drummer (Bee Gees, Humpy Bong)
* 19
** Cesare Bonizzi, 78, Italian heavy metal singer
** Odile Bailleux, 84, French classical harpsichordist and organist
** Diva Gray, 72, American disco singer (Change, Chic)
** Saafir, 54, American rapper
** Graciela Susana, 71, Argentine tango singer
* 20
** Ita Beausang, 88, Irish musicologist
** Andy Paley, 72, American power pop multi-instrumentalist (The Paley Brothers, The Modern Lovers), songwriter, record producer, and composer
** Mike Pinera, 76, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Blues Image, Iron Butterfly, Ramatam)
* 21 – Willy Quiroga, 84, Argentine rock bassist (Vox Dei)
* 22
** Toni Price, 63, American country blues singer
** Harry Williams, 80, American R&B singer (Bloodstone)
* 23
** Marius Bațu, 65, Romanian folk singer (Pasărea Colibri
** Gabriel Cotabiță, 69, Romanian pop singer
** Pavel Karmanov, 54, Russian classical composer
** Chuck Woolery, 83, American psychedelic pop singer (The Avant-Garde).
* 24
** Ahmad Nawab, 92, Malaysian jazz saxophonist and composer
** Siegfried Thiele, 90, German classical composer
* 25 – Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha, 79, Czech folk singer-songwriter
* 26
** Bob Bryar, 44, American alternative rock drummer (My Chemical Romance) (body discovered on this date)
** Leah Kunkel, 76, American folk and pop rock singer (The Coyote Sisters)
* 27
** Artt Frank, 91, American jazz drummer
** Leonor González Mina, 90, Colombian cumbia singer
* 29
** Will Cullen Hart, 53, American indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System), co-founder of Elephant 6.
** Bert De Coninck, 75, Belgian rock singer and guitarist
* 30 – Steve Alaimo, 84, American pop singer and record producer

### December

* 1
** Jacques Barsamian, 81, French rock singer and music journalist
** Samantha Lawrence, 55, British hip hop and reggae singer (Wee Papa Girl Rappers)
* 2
** Liu Chia-chang, 81 or 84, Taiwanese songwriter
** Marlos Nobre, 85, Brazilian classical composer and pianist
* 3 – Huang Zhun, 98, Chinese classical composer and singer
* 5 – Mario Tessuto, 81, Italian pop singer
* 6
** Angela Alvarez, 97, Cuban-born American folk-pop singer
** Miho Nakayama, 54, Japanese pop singer
** Dickie Rock, 88, Irish pop rock singer (The Miami Showband)
* 7 – Steady Bongo, 58, Sierra Leonean afropop singer
* 9 – Thomas Hertel, 73, German classical composer
* 10 – Lennie De Ice, 54, British jungle DJ (death announced on this date)
* 11
** Corinne Allal, 69, Tunisian-born Israeli rock singer and guitarist
** Michio Mamiya, 95, Japanese opera composer
* 12
** Papia Sarwar, 72, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer
** Martial Solal, 97, French jazz pianist
* 13
** Koko Ateba, Cameroonian bikutsi singer and guitarist
** Bill Kelly, 74, American rock singer and guitarist (The Buoys, Dakota)
** Jon Camp, 75, British progressive rock singer and bassist (Renaissance)
* 15
** Zakir Hussain, 73, Indian classical and jazz fusion tabla player (Shakti)
** Ankaralı Turgut, 61, Turkish folk singer
* 16
** Naa Amanua, 75–76, Ghanaian folk singer (Wulomei)
** Anita Bryant, 84, American pop singer
** Steve Lewinson, 60, British soul bassist (Simply Red)
** Ruth McArdle, Belgian acid house singer (Lords of Acid) (death announced on this date)
* 17
** Alfa Anderson, 78, American disco singer (Chic)
** Mike Brewer, 80, American folk rock singer-songwriter (Brewer & Shipley)
** David Mallett, 73, American folk singer-songwriter
* 18
** Slim Dunlap, 73, American alternative rock guitarist (The Replacements)
** Sigrid Kehl, 95, German opera singer
** Heikki Silvennoinen, 70, Finnish progressive rock guitarist (Tabula Rasa)
* 19
** Stanley Booth, 82, American music journalist
** Gaboro, 23, Swedish rapper
* 20 – Sugar Pie DeSanto, 89, American R&B singer
* 21 – Casey Chaos, 59, American punk and metal singer (Amen, Christian Death)
* 23 – Gerardo Guevara, 94, Ecuadorian classical composer
* 24
** Richard Perry, 82, American record producer
** Priya Suriyasena, 80, Sri Lankan pop singer
* 25 – Dulce, 69, Mexican pop singer
* 26 – OG Maco, 32, American rapper
* 28
** Selami Karaibrahimgil, 80, Turkish rock singer (Modern Folk Üçlüsü)
** Lars Martin Myhre, 68, Norwegian folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
** Barre Phillips, 90, American jazz bassist
* 29
** Eric Carlson, 66, American heavy metal guitarist (Mentors)
** Linda Lavin, 87, American pop singer
* 30 – Joe Grech, 90, Maltese pop singer
* 31
** Tom Johnson, 85, American minimalist composer
** Don Nix, 83, American soul singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Mar-Keys)
** Johnnie Walker, 79, English radio disc jockey