# 2018 in American music

The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2018 in music in the United States.

## Notable events
### January

* 8 – Zac Brown Band performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" and Kendrick Lamar performed the halftime show at the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship in Atlanta.
* 19 – Phillip Phillips released his first album in four years, Collateral.
* 12 – Camila Cabello's debut solo album Camila made her the youngest artist to top the Billboard 200 with a debut set since her later-to-be boyfriend Shawn Mendes' 2015 debut Handwritten.
* 26 – In a legal settlement, the music publisher for "We Shall Overcome" agreed that the song is public domain.
* 28 – The 60th Annual Grammy Awards, hosted by James Corden, took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was the first time since 2003 that the show took place in New York City. Bruno Mars took home the most awards with six including Album of the Year with 24K Magic.

### February

* 2 – Justin Timberlake released his first album in five years, Man of the Woods.
* 4 – P!nk performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" and Justin Timberlake performed at halftime at Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
* 9 – MGMT released their first album in five years, Little Dark Age.
** Dashboard Confessional released Crooked Shadows, their first studio album in nearly nine years.

### March

* 2 – Joan Baez released her first album in ten years, Whistle Down the Wind
** The Breeders released All Nerve, their first studio album in ten years.
* 11 – The 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
* 16 – Scotty McCreery released his first album in five years, Seasons Change.
** Stone Temple Pilots released their second self-titled album, their first studio album in eight years, their first with current vocalist Jeff Gutt and their first since the departures and deaths of former vocalists Scott Weiland and Chester Bennington.

### April

* 6 – Thirty Seconds to Mars released their first album in five years, America.
* 11 – The Music Modernization Act, a bill that would reform how music rates are set & how songwriters and artists are paid, passes the United States House Committee on the Judiciary unanimously 32-0
* 13 – John Prine released his first album of original music in thirteen years.
* 15 – The 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Reba McEntire returned to host for the first time in six years.
** Cardi B's debut album Invasion of Privacy debuted atop the Billboard 200 setting multiple streaming records among female acts.
* 20 – A Perfect Circle released their first album in fourteen years, Eat the Elephant.
** J. Cole released KOD, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, as well as breaking the first day streaming record on Spotify, which was later broke by Post Malone's Beerbongs & Bentleys and Drake's Scorpion.
* 25 – The Music Modernization Act passes in the United States House of Representatives unanimously 415–0.
* 27 – Godsmack released their first album in four years, When Legends Rise.
* 27 – Janelle Monáe released her first album in five years, Dirty Computer.

### May

* 4 – Belly released Dove, their first studio album in 23 years.
* 9 - Taylor Swift began her record-breaking reputation stadium tour in Glendale Arizona.
* 20 – The Billboard Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas hosted by Kelly Clarkson. This was the first ceremony to air on NBC
* 21 – Maddie Poppe won the sixteenth season of American Idol. Caleb Lee Hutchinson is named runner up.
* 22 – Brynn Cartelli won the fourteenth season of The Voice. At age 15, Cartelli is the third youngest to ever win the show. Britton Buchanan was named runner up. Kyla Jade and Spensha Baker finished third and fourth place respectively.
* 25 – Korn frontman, Jonathan Davis released his debut solo album Black Labyrinth.

### June

* 2 – BTS scored a #1 album on the Billboard 200 with Love Yourself 轉 'Tear', making it the highest ranking Asian album on the chart and the first foreign language #1 album since 2006.
* 8 – Dave Matthews Band released their first album in six years, Come Tomorrow. The album became their seventh consecutive to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200.
** Sugarland released their first album in eight years, Bigger.
* 15 – Christina Aguilera released her first album in six years, Liberation.
* 18 - Rapper XXXTentacion is murdered in Florida.
* 29 – Guns N' Roses rereleased Appetite for Destruction with remastered songs.

### July

* 2 – Cardi B became the first female rapper to attain multiple number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
* 27 – Daughtry released their first album in five years, Cage to Rattle.

### August

* 10 – Jason Mraz released his first album in four years, Know.
** Nicki Minaj released her first album in four years, Queen.
* 16 – The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin died at her home in Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 76. The official cause of death was pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type.
* 20 – The MTV Video Music Awards took place from Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
* 24 – Alice in Chains released their first album in five years, Rainier Fog.

### September

* 7 – Lenny Kravitz released his first album in four years, Raise Vibration.
** Rapper Mac Miller died in his home at the age of 26. The official cause of death was a drug overdose.
* 8 – BTS scored their second #1 album on the Billboard 200 with Love Yourself 結 'Answer', making them the only Asian Act to do so.
* 14 – Carrie Underwood released Cry Pretty, which broke multiple records. She became the first female country artist ever to top the Billboard Artist 100.
** Tony Bennett released his first collaborative album in four years, Love is Here to Stay with Diana Krall
* 18 – A modified version of the Music Modernization Act passes the United States Senate unanimously, sending bill back to House.
* 19 - For their first and only collaboration, Columbia Records releases a single between both deceased rappers Lil Peep and XXXTentacion, Falling Down. This marks XXXTentacion's first single since his untimely murder in June 2018.
* 21 – Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators released their first album in four years, Living the Dream.
* 24 – Cardi B extends her record for having the most number-ones for a female rapper (total of 3 so far) with the collaboration Girls Like You with Maroon 5.
* 25 – Music Modernization Act passes the House unanimously again. Bill sent to President Donald Trump to be signed.
* 28 – Mudhoney released their first album in five years, Digital Garbage.
** After a four-year delay, Lil Wayne releases Tha Carter V, which is his first album since being released from Cash Money Records in June 2018.

### October

* 5 – Steve Perry released his first solo album in twenty-four years, Traces.
** Mario released his first album in nine years, Dancing Shadows.
* 9 – The American Music Awards took place at the Microsoft Theatre. The show shifted from Sunday to Tuesday, and moved up from November to October. Taylor Swift opened up the show performing "I Did Something Bad" and won four awards, making her the most awarded female artist in American Music Awards history surpassing Whitney Houston and the second most awarded overall artist, just behind Michael Jackson.
* 11 – President Trump signs the Music Modernization Act into law.
* 26 – The Black Eyed Peas released their first album in eight years, Masters of the Sun Vol. 1. This is their first album without Fergie since her departure from the band in early 2018, and their first album as a trio since their 2000 album Bridging the Gap.

### November

* 2 – Pistol Annies released their first albums in five years, Interstate Gospel
** Tenacious D released their album in six years, Post Apocalypto.
* 9 – J Mascis released his first album in four years, Elastic Days.
** - Imagine Dragons released their fourth album, Origins
** Lil Peep released his posthumous album Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2.
* 14 – The 52nd CMA Awards took place live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood was hosting eleventh year in a row.
* 16 – Mariah Carey released her first album in four years, Caution.
** The Smashing Pumpkins released their first studio album in four years, Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.; it was also their first studio album to feature co-founder and guitarist James Iha since 2000's Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music. Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, who had left the band in 2009, also made his return on this album.
* 30 - Frank Loesser's popular 1949 song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is withdrawn from radio airwaves in Cleaveland, Ohio due to the sexually suggestive lyrics, which has been compromised for nearly 7 decades.

### December

* 3 – After a ten-year hiatus Hootie & the Blowfish appeared on the Today Show to announce that the band is back together, and will come out with a new album and tour in 2019.
* 7 – John Mellencamp released his fourth consecutive album in the last four years, Other Peoples Stuff
** – Ice Cube released his first album in eight years, Everythang's Corrupt.
* 14 – Bruce Springsteen released his first commercial live album in eleven years Springsteen On Broadway
* 18 – Chevel Shepherd won the fifteenth season of The Voice. Chris Kroeze was the runner-up. Kirk Jay and Kennedy Holmes finished third and fourth place respectively.
* 20 – The Recording Industry of America published the year's top certified songs and albums. Eleven albums were certified Platinum during the year, including three multi-Platinum.
* 21 – Reel Big Fish released their first album in six years, Life Suck's Let's Dance.

## Bands reformed

* Bleeding Through
* Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway
* The Distillers
* Framing Hanley
* The Gaslight Anthem
* Hootie & the Blowfish
* Hot Chelle Rae
* Mötley Crüe
* The Raconteurs
* Static-X

## Bands formed

* Gone West
* Kids See Ghosts
* Pattern-Seeking Animals
* Royal Coda

## Bands on hiatus

* At the Drive-In
* Fifth Harmony
* Hoops
* Say Anything

## Bands disbanded

* 7 Seconds
* Balance and Composure
* Brand New
* Company of Thieves
* Darkness Divided
* Dirge Within
* Iron Man
* A Lot Like Birds
* Minus the Bear
* The Orwells
* The Pizza Underground
* Sleeping Giant
* Soundgarden
* The Strypes
* The Thermals
* Vattnet
* Young and in the Way

## Albums released in 2018
### January

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre (s) |
| 1 | POST- | Jeff Rosenstock | Punk rockindie rockpower pop |
| 5 | Ephorize | Cupcakke | Hip hop |
| 12 | Wrong Creatures | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Rock |
| 12 | Vale | Black Veil Brides | Rock |
| 12 | Blue Madonna | Børns | Alternative rockindie poppsychedelic pop |
| 12 | Camila | Camila Cabello | Pop |
| 12 | Encore | Anderson East | Country |
| 12 | What Happens Next | Joe Satriani | Instrumental rock |
| 12 | it's not us | Umphrey's McGee | Rock |
| 19 | M A N I A | Fall Out Boy | Alternative rock |
| 19 | Let the Record Play | Moon Taxi | Indie popalternative rock |
| 19 | Defy | Of Mice & Men | Metalcorenu metal |
| 19 | Sweetzerland Manifesto | Joe Perry | Rock |
| 19 | Collateral | Phillip Phillips | Pop rock |
| 19 | The House | Porches | Synth-pop |
| 19 | Starcrawler | Starcrawler | Rock |
| 19 | I Like Fun | They Might Be Giants | |
| 19 | I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life | tUnE-yArDs | Art popindie popindie rock |
| 26 | The Dangerous Summer | The Dangerous Summer | Alternative rockemo |
| 26 | Culture II | Migos | Hip hoptrap |
| 26 | Snares Like a Haircut | No Age | Noise rockart punk |
| 26 | Freedom's Goblin | Ty Segall | Garage rockindie rockpsychedelic rock |
| 26 | Entertainment | Waterparks | Rock |

### February

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre (s) |
| 2 | Here Come the Runts | AWOLNATION | Alternative rock |
| 2 | Man of the Woods | Justin Timberlake | Pop |
| 9 | Coma Noir | The Atlas Moth | Post-metal |
| 9 | Crooked Shadows | Dashboard Confessional | Emoalternative rock |
| 9 | Sleepwalkers | Brian Fallon | Alternative rockfolk rockpunk rock |
| 9 | King Soon Come | Foxy Brown | Hip hop |
| 9 | Black Panther: The Album | Kendrick Lamarvarious | Hip hopsoundtrack |
| 9 | Little Dark Age | MGMT | Alternative rockindie rock |
| 16 | Twin Fantasy (Face to Face) | Car Seat Headrest | Indie rock |
| 16 | By the Way, I Forgive You | Brandi Carlile | Pop |
| 16 | Chromance | David Cook | Pop rockrock |
| 16 | Sir | Fischerspooner | Electroclash |
| 16 | Pop Evil | Pop Evil | Hard rock |
| 16 | If There Is Light, It Will Find You | Senses Fail | Emopop punk |
| 16 | What a Time to Be Alive | Superchunk | Indie rockpunk rock |
| 23 | Cry No More | Danielle Nicole | Soulblues |
| 23 | 41 | Reggie and the Full Effect | Alternative rockpop-punk |
| 23 | Loner | Caroline Rose | Indie popindie rock |
| 23 | All at Once | Screaming Females | Punk rockindie rock |
| 23 | Time & Space | Turnstile | Hardcore punk |
| 23 | The Lost Mile | Vertical Horizon | Alternative rock |

### March

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre (s) |
| 2 | You're Not Alone | Andrew W.K. | Hard rock |
| 2 | All Nerve | The Breeders | Alternative rock |
| 2 | Nudes | Lucius | Indie popindie rock |
| 2 | Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt | Moby | Electronica |
| 2 | A Productive Cough | Titus Andronicus | Punk rockindie rock |
| 3 | Clean | Soccer Mommy | Indie rock |
| 9 | Automata I | Between the Buried and Me | Progressive metal |
| 9 | Francis Trouble | Albert Hammond, Jr. | Indie rockindie pop |
| 9 | Year of the Tiger | Myles Kennedy | Americanabluescountryrock |
| 9 | Silver Lining | Jake Miller | Pop |
| 9 | Tearing at the Seams | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Rockfolk rockindie folksoul |
| 9 | The Neighbourhood | The Neighbourhood | Alternative rock |
| 9 | White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood | of Montreal | Indie rockelectropop |
| 9 | Get Your Fight On | Suicidal Tendencies | Rock |
| 16 | I'll Be Your Girl | The Decemberists | Indie rock |
| 16 | Seasons Change | Scotty McCreery | Country |
| 16 | Bible of Love | Snoop Dogg | GospelSoul |
| 16 | Stone Temple Pilots | Stone Temple Pilots | Alternative rockhard rock |
| 16 | ? | XXXTentacion | Trapalternative rockemo hip hop |
| 16 | There's A Riot Going On | Yo La Tengo | Indie rockexperimental rocknoise pop |
| 23 | Hard Feelings | Blessthefall | Metalcore |
| 23 | Space Gun | Guided by Voices | Lo-Fi |
| 23 | Pilot | Hot Mulligan | Emopop punk |
| 23 | Castles | Lissie | Rock |
| 23 | Beasts of Burgundy | Squirrel Nut Zippers | Jazzswing revival |
| 23 | Boarding House Reach | Jack White | Rock |
| 30 | Motel Bouquet | Caitlin Canty | Americana |
| 30 | Electric Café | En Vogue | R&Bpop |
| 30 | Off to the Races | Jukebox the Ghost | Power popindie popalternative rock |
| 30 | Expectations | Hayley Kiyoko | Dream pop |
| 30 | Golden Hour | Kacey Musgraves | Country pop |
| 30 | The Awakening | The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus | Post-hardcorealternative rockChristian rock |

### April

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre (s) |
| 6 | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B | Hip hop |
| 6 | The Deconstruction | Eels | Rock |
| 6 | Bark Your Head Off, Dog | Hop Along | Indie rock |
| 6 | Isolation | Kali Uchis | R&B |
| 6 | How to: Friend, Love, Freefall | Rainbow Kitten Surprise | Indie rockalternative rock |
| 6 | America | Thirty Seconds to Mars | Alternative |
| 6 | Erase Me | Underoath | Alternative rockhard rock |
| 6 | The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs | Wye Oak | Indie rock |
| 13 | Rearview Town | Jason Aldean | Country |
| 13 | Ember | Breaking Benjamin | Alternative metalpost-grunge |
| 13 | Love Rush | Rachael Cantu | Indie popindie rock |
| 13 | Ruiner | Nothing,Nowhere | Emo rapindie rock |
| 13 | Treehouse | Sofi Tukker | EDMdance-popalternative dance |
| 13 | Joyride | Tinashe | R&BHip hop |
| 13 | Quinceañera | Vendetta Red | Alternative rock |
| 20 | Family Tree | Black Stone Cherry | Hard rockSouthern rockalternative rock |
| 20 | Kingdom Come | Kottonmouth Kings | Hip hoprap rockalternative hip hop |
| 20 | Vide Noir | Lord Huron | Indie rockindie folk |
| 20 | Pinkus Abortion Technician | Melvins | Experimental rock |
| 20 | Volunteer | Old Crow Medicine Show | Americana |
| 20 | Never Gonna Die | Pennywise | Punk rock |
| 20 | Eat the Elephant | A Perfect Circle | Alternative rockalternative metalart rock |
| 20 | The Sciences | Sleep | Doom metal |
| 27 | Critical Equation | Dr. Dog | Rock |
| 27 | When Legends Rise | Godsmack | Hard rockheavy metal |
| 27 | Bad Frequencies | Hawthorne Heights | Alternative rockpost-hardcore |
| 27 | Dirty Computer | Janelle Monáe | PopHip hopR&B |
| 27 | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | Hip hop |
| 27 | Twerp Verse | Speedy Ortiz | Indie rocknoise pop |
| 27 | Megaplex | We Are Scientists | Indie rock |

### May

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre (s) |
| 3 | Thirteen (EP) | William Ryan Key | Indie pop |
| 4 | Dove | Belly | Alternative rockjangle pop |
| 4 | All These Hellos | Louise Goffin | Pop |
| 4 | The Horizon Just Laughed | Damien Jurado | Indie rockindie folk |
| 4 | Almost Everyday | Matt and Kim | Indie pop |
| 4 | Attention Attention | Shinedown | Rock |
| 4 | The Make It All Show | Skating Polly | Alternative rock |
| 11 | 7 | Beach House | Dream pop |
| 11 | Kiss Yr Frenemies | Illuminati Hotties | Indie popindie rock |
| 11 | Floating Features | La Luz | Surf music |
| 11 | Unusual | Marian Hill | Electronicsynth-pop |
| 11 | Voicenotes | Charlie Puth | Pop |
| 11 | All I See Is War | Sevendust | Alternative metal |
| 18 | Goodbye Sunshine, Hello Nighttime | Family of the Year | Indie popindie folk |
| 18 | And Justice For None | Five Finger Death Punch | Hard rock |
| 18 | Saved | Now, Now | Indie popdream pop |
| 18 | Wide Awake! | Parquet Courts | Rockindie rock |
| 18 | Sparkle Hard | Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | Indie rock |
| 18 | Only For You | Nedelle Torrisi | Indie rock |
| 25 | Black Labyrinth | Jonathan Davis | Hard rockrock |
| 25 | Push Pull | Hoobastank | Alternative rock |

### June

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre (s) |
| 1 | God's Favorite Customer | Father John Misty | Indie rockindie folk |
| 1 | Cinematic | Owl City | Electronicpop |
| 1 | The Future And The Past | Natalie Prass | Popindie pop |
| 1 | Nightstand | Tancred | Indie rockindie pop |
| 1 | Ye | Kanye West | Hip hop |
| 8 | The Mountain | Dierks Bentley | Country |
| 8 | I Hope You're Happy | Blue October | Rockalternative rock |
| 8 | Madly in Love at the End of the World | The Clarks | Rockalternative country |
| 8 | Artificial Selection | Dance Gavin Dance | Post-hardcoreexperimental rock |
| 8 | Come Tomorrow | Dave Matthews Band | Rock |
| 8 | Kids See Ghosts | Kids See Ghosts | Hip hop |
| 8 | Lush | Snail Mail | Indie rock |
| 8 | Bigger | Sugarland | Country |
| 15 | Liberation | Christina Aguilera | Popdance |
| 15 | Mixed Reality | Gin Blossoms | Alternative rock |
| 15 | Sunnyland | Mayday Parade | Pop punk |
| 15 | While We're at It | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | Ska punk |
| 15 | Nasir | Nas | Hip hop |
| 15 | Post Traumatic | Mike Shinoda | Pop rockelectronichip hop |
| 15 | Living Proof | State Champs | Pop punkpop rock |
| 16 | Everything Is Love | The Carters | Hip hop |
| 22 | Dan + Shay | Dan + Shay | Country |
| 22 | Soldier On | Mona | Alternative rock |
| 22 | Bad Witch | Nine Inch Nails | Industrial rock |
| 22 | Pray for the Wicked | Panic! at the Disco | Pop rock |
| 22 | Expectations | Bebe Rexha | Popdance |
| 22 | K.T.S.E. | Teyana Taylor | R&B |
| 22 | Petaluma | This Wild Life | Emoacoustic |
| 22 | Mindset | Vacationer | Electropopdream pop |
| 22 | Kids in the Night | Weathers | Alternative rockindie rock |
| 29 | The Gift of Gab | E-40 | Hip hop |
| 29 | Fight the Good Fight | The Interrupters | Ska punkpop punk |
| 29 | Uniform Distortion | Jim James | Rock |
| 29 | Scorpion | Drake | Hip hopR&Bpop |

### July

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre (s) |
| 6 | Strings and Bling | Nasty C | Hip hoptrapemo rap |
| 6 | Sun on The Square | The Innocence Mission | Alternative rockindie pop |
| 6 | I'll tell You What! | RP Boo | Electronic |
| 6 | Six | We the Kings | Pop rockpop punk |
| 13 | Automata II | Between the Buried and Me | Progressive metal |
| 13 | Ordinary Corrupt Human Love | Deafheaven | Black metalheavy metal |
| 13 | Lamp Lit Prose | Dirty Projectors | Alternative R&BIndie pop |
| 13 | Composure | Real Friends | Pop punkemo |
| 13 | Everyday Life, Everyday People | Slightly Stoopid | Psychedelic rockreggae rock |
| 20 | Dictator | Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway | Rockalternative metal |
| 20 | Hive Mind | The Internet | SoulR&B |
| 20 | Take Me to the Disco | Meg Myers | Pop rockindie rock |
| 25 | MxPx | MxPx | Punk rock |
| 27 | Songs For The Saints | Kenny Chesney | Country |
| 27 | Cage to Rattle | Daughtry | Rockpop rock |
| 27 | Lifers | Cody Jinks | Country |
| 31 | Mutations | The Pink Spiders | Garage rock |

### August

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre (s) |
| 3 | Golden Age | Houndmouth | Alternative countryindie rockindie pop |
| 3 | Finding It Hard to Smile | lovelytheband | Pop rockindie pop |
| 3 | Gutters | Middle Class Rut | Indie rockalternative rock |
| 3 | Swimming | Mac Miller | Hip hop |
| 3 | To The Sunset | Amanda Shires | Americanafolkcountry folk |
| 3 | Astroworld | Travis Scott | Hip hoppsychedelic rap |
| 10 | Solarize | Capital Cities | Indie pop |
| 10 | Shooter | Shooter Jennings | Country rocksouthern rock |
| 10 | Meet Me At The River | Dawn Landes | FolkPop |
| 10 | Queen | Nicki Minaj | Hip hop |
| 10 | Know. | Jason Mraz | Poppop rock |
| 10 | Jake Shears | Jake Shears | Pop |
| 10 | Life's a Trip | Trippie Redd | Hip hop |
| 17 | Belmont | Belmont | Pop-punkalternative rock |
| 17 | Thank You for Today | Death Cab for Cutie | Indie rockalternative rock |
| 17 | Sweetener | Ariana Grande | PopR&Btrap |
| 17 | Be the Cowboy | Mitski | Indie rock |
| 17 | Cool Patrol | Ninja Sex Party | Comedy rock |
| 17 | Smote Reverser | Oh Sees | Garage rockpunk rock |
| 17 | All of It | Cole Swindell | Country |
| 24 | Rainier Fog | Alice in Chains | Heavy metaldoom metalsludge metalgrunge |
| 24 | Marauder | Interpol | Indie rock |
| 24 | Performance | White Denim | Indie rock |
| 24 | Parallel Universe | Plain White T's | Pop punkpop rock |
| 24 | Sun Machine | Rubblebucket | Indie pop |
| 31 | Is This Thing Cursed? | Alkaline Trio | Punk rockpop punk |
| 31 | Return of the Trill | Bun B | Hip hop |
| 31 | Kamikaze | Eminem | Hip hop |
| 31 | Weed Kitchen | Iron & Wine | Folkfolk rock |
| 31 | Magus | Thou | Doom metal |

### September

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre (s) |
| 7 | Book of Bad Decisions | Clutch | Hard rockstoner rockblues rock |
| 7 | Whitey Ford's House of Pain | Everlast | |
| 7 | Magick Songs | JEFF the Brotherhood | Rockindie rock |
| 7 | Raise Vibration | Lenny Kravitz | Rockfunk rockhard rock |
| 7 | Adult Contemporary | Milo Greene | Indie pop |
| 14 | Bright to Death | Film School | Indie rock |
| 14 | Generation Rx | Good Charlotte | Pop punkalternative rock |
| 14 | Hiding Place | Tori Kelly | Gospelpop |
| 14 | Palms | Thrice | Post-hardcore |
| 14 | Cry Pretty | Carrie Underwood | Country |
| 21 | Coordinates (EP) | The Band Perry | Pop |
| 21 | They Are The Shield | Toby Driver | Avant Gardepop |
| 21 | Mission Bell | William Fitzsimmons | Indie folk |
| 21 | Bridges | Josh Groban | Classical crossoverpop |
| 21 | Subject to Flooding | Jagwar Twin | Alternative rockindie rock |
| 21 | Living the Dream | Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators | Hard rockheavy metal |
| 21 | Proper Dose | The Story So Far | Pop punk |
| 21 | Suck It | The Supersuckers | Rock |
| 27 | Make Room | Destroy Boys | Punk rock |
| 28 | Detonate | Ballyhoo! | Alternative rockpunk rock |
| 28 | Dancing Queen | Cher | Pop |
| 28 | The Trip Home | The Crystal Method | Electronica |
| 28 | Fuzzybrain | Dayglow | Indie popalternative rock |
| 28 | New York Narcotic | The Knocks | Electronic |
| 28 | Digital Garbage | Mudhoney | Alternative rockpunk rock |
| 28 | For My Crimes | Marissa Nadler | Folk rockindie rockdream pop |
| 28 | Boom Boom Room (Side B) | Palaye Royale | Art rockglam rock |
| 28 | Tha Carter V | Lil Wayne | Southern hip hopHip hop |

### October

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre (s) |
| 5 | Mi Vida Local | Atmosphere | Hip hop |
| 5 | Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures | Coheed and Cambria | Progressive rock |
| 5 | Gold Rush | Max Frost | Indie popalternative rock |
| 5 | S'Only Natural | Hellogoodbye | Indie pop |
| 5 | Possible Dust Clouds | Kristin Hersh | Folkpop |
| 5 | A Star Is Born | Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper | Countryrockpop |
| 5 | Malibu Nights | LANY | Indie electronicelectropopdream pop |
| 5 | Drip Harder | Lil Baby & Gunna | Hip hoptrap |
| 5 | Dancing Shadows | Mario | R&Bpoptrapelectronicexperimental |
| 5 | Dime Trap | T.I. | Hip Hop, Rap |
| 5 | Mercury Retrograde | Tantric | Post-grungealternative metal |
| 5 | Trench | Twenty One Pilots | Alternative hip hoppop rockalternative rock |
| 12 | In Our Wake | Atreyu | Metalcorealternative metal |
| 12 | Bad Behavior | Broncho | Indie rockindie pop |
| 12 | Bunny | Matthew Dear | Electropop |
| 12 | Love Is Magic | John Grant | Folk rockindie rockalternative rock |
| 12 | The Atlas Underground | Tom Morello | Alternative rockrockfolk |
| 12 | In the Drink | Justin Courtney Pierre | Indie rock |
| 12 | Mirror Master | Young the Giant | Indie rockalternative rock |
| 19 | Last Building Burning | Cloud Nothings | Indie rock |
| 19 | Evolution | Disturbed | Hard rockheavy metal |
| 19 | Anthem of the Peaceful Army | Greta Van Fleet | Hard rockblues rock |
| 19 | Shake the Spirit | Elle King | Americanapop rockindie pop |
| 19 | Fair Enough (EP) | Minus the Bear | Indie rock |
| 19 | 10 Lives | Saliva | Nu metal |
| 19 | C O M A | Sunflower Dead | Hard rockheavy metal |
| 19 | Live from the Ryman | Jason Isbell | Americanaalternative countrysouthern rock |
| 26 | Masters of the Sun Vol. 1 | The Black Eyed Peas | Political hip hop |
| 26 | Southern Ground Sessions (EP) | Blackberry Smoke | Hard rockcountry rocksouthern rock |
| 26 | Goners | Laura Gibson | Folkindie rock |
| 26 | A Legendary Christmas | John Legend | Christmas |
| 26 | Loverboy/Dog Days | Miserable | Rock |
| 26 | Christmas Is Here! | Pentatonix | A capellaChristmas |
| 26 | 9 | Saves the Day | Pop punkemo |

### November

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre (s) |
| 1 | White Bronco | Action Bronson | Hip hop |
| 2 | Winter in the Air | David Archuleta | Christmas |
| 2 | Cheer | Drug Church | Punk rockgrunge |
| 2 | Fame | Mikky Ekko | Indie popalternative rock |
| 2 | Interstate Gospel | Pistol Annies | Country |
| 2 | This Is My Dinner | Sun Kil Moon | Folk rockindie rockalternative rock |
| 2 | Poison | Swizz Beatz | Hip Hop |
| 2 | Post-Apocalypto | Tenacious D | Alternative rockhard rockcomedy rock |
| 2 | Not All Heroes Wear Capes | Metro Boomin | Hip hoptrap |
| 9 | Neon Future III | Steve Aoki | Electro house |
| 9 | Experiment | Kane Brown | Country |
| 9 | Singular | Sabrina Carpenter | Pop |
| 9 | The Capitol Studios Sessions | Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra | Jazz |
| 9 | Bought to Rot | Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers | Punk rockindie rock |
| 9 | String Theory | Hanson | Orchestral pop |
| 9 | Origins | Imagine Dragons | Rock |
| 9 | Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River | La Dispute | Punk rockindie rockacoustic |
| 9 | Elastic Days | J Mascis | Alternative rockhardcore punkstoner rock |
| 9 | The Messenger | Rhett Miller | Alternative countryrock |
| 9 | Take Good Care | The Revivalists | Rockalternative rock |
| 9 | Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 | Lil Peep | Hip hop |
| 9 | The Pimp Tape | Too Short | Hip hop |
| 16 | Upside Down Flowers | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Alternative rockpop rock |
| 16 | Caution | Mariah Carey | PopR&BHip hop |
| 16 | In the Future Your Body Will Be the Furthest Thing from Your Mind | Failure | Alternative rockpost-grunge |
| 16 | Faithful Fairy Harmony | Josephine Foster | Folkart songpsychedelic rock |
| 16 | Broken | Memphis May Fire | Nu metalhard rock |
| 16 | Acoustic Live Vol 1 | Needtobreathe | Southern rockcountry rockindie rock |
| 16 | Circles | P.O.D. | Christian metalrap metalnu metal |
| 16 | Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. | The Smashing Pumpkins | Alternative rockrock |
| 23 | Solo Anthology The best of Lindsey Buckingham | Lindsey Buckingham | Rockpop |
| 23 | The Black Light 20th Anniversary | Calexico | Americanaindie rocklatin rock |
| 23 | Origins | Dan Reed Network | Hard rockfunk rock |
| 23 | A Million And One | My Brightest Diamond | Indie rockbaroque pop |
| 30 | Virtue (EP) | William Ryan Key | Indie pop |
| 30 | Afterlife | Light Years | Pop punk |
| 30 | Multisensory Aesthetic Experience | Mae | Emopop punk |
| 30 | Baker's Dozen Live At MSG | Phish | Rockfunk |
| 30 | Whole New Life | Reverend Horton Heat | Rockabillycountry |
| 30 | WARM | Jeff Tweedy | Alternative rock |

### December

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre (s) |
| 7 | Superfecta | 7horse | Rock |
| 7 | Persona Non Grata | Authority Zero | Ska punkpunk rockreggae rock |
| 7 | This Will All Blow Over In Time | Cold War Kids | Indie rockblues rock |
| 7 | Everythang's Corrupt | Ice Cube | Hip hop |
| 7 | Other Peoples Stuff | John Mellencamp | Poprock |
| 7 | Damned If You Do | Metal Church | Hard rockheavy metal |
| 7 | Ticket to L.A. | Brett Young | Country |
| 10 | My Murdered Remains | They Might Be Giants | Alternative rock |
| 10 | The Escape Team | They Might Be Giants | Alternative rock |
| 14 | Icy Colors Change | Azealia Banks | R&Bhip hopdance |
| 14 | The Lost Tapes | Valerie Carter | Soulcountry rock |
| 14 | Dying To Live | Kodak Black | R&Bhip hop |
| 14 | Meet You In The Shadows | Outrageous Cherry | Poprock |
| 14 | Springsteen On Broadway | Bruce Springsteen | Poprock |
| 14 | Telling All My Secrets | Mitchell Tenpenny | Country |
| 21 | I Am > I Was | 21 Savage | Hip hop |
| 21 | Hoodie SZN | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | Hip hop |
| 21 | Championships | Meek Mill | Hip hop |
| 21 | Am I a Girl? | Poppy | Dancepop |
| 21 | Life Sucks...Let's Dance! | Reel Big Fish | Ska punk |
| 21 | Bunker Studio Sessions | Vérité | Indie pop, Electropop |
| 24 | X 100pre | Bad Bunny | Latin traphip hopreggaetón |
| 28 | Go Dej Go Vol 1 | Dej Loaf | Hip hop |
| 28 | Apalachain | Glasses Malone | Hip hop |
| 28 | Erase The Pain | Palisades | Post hardcoreelectronicore |
| 28 | Sweat | Swizz Beatz | Hip hop |
| 28 | Tresures from the Temple | Thievery Corporation | Chill outelectronica |
| 28 | Call Me - Jazz from the Penthouse | Jack Wilson | Jazz |

## Top songs on record
### Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

* "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B (7 weeks)
* "God's Plan" – Drake (11 weeks)
* "Havana" – Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug (1 week)
* "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin (1 week)
* "In My Feelings" – Drake (10 weeks)
* "Nice for What" – Drake (8 weeks)
* "Perfect" – Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé (2 weeks in 2017, 4 weeks in 2018)
* "Psycho" – Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla Sign (1 week)
* "Sad!" – XXXTentacion (1 week)
* "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott (1 week)
* "Thank U, Next" – Ariana Grande (6 weeks)
* "This Is America" – Childish Gambino (2 weeks)

### Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.
* "1985" – J. Cole (#20)
* "A Holly Jolly Christmas" – Burl Ives (#12)
* "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (#6)
* "All Mine" – Kanye West (#11)
* "All the Stars" – Kendrick Lamar and SZA (#7)
* "Apeshit" – The Carters (#13)
* "ATM" – J. Cole (#6)
* "Back to You" – Selena Gomez (#18)
* "Bad!" – XXXTentacion (#16)
* "Bad at Love" – Halsey (#5)
* "Ball for Me" – Post Malone feat. Nicki Minaj (#16)
* "Barbie Dreams" – Nicki Minaj (#18)
* "Bartier Cardi" – Cardi B feat. 21 Savage (#14)
* "Be Careful" – Cardi B (#11)
* "Believer" – Imagine Dragons (#4 in 2017, #16 in 2018)
* "Better Now" – Post Malone (#3)
* "Big Bank" – YG feat. 2 Chainz, Big Sean and Nicki Minaj (#16)
* "Bodak Yellow" – Cardi B (#1 in 2017, #10 in 2018)
* "Boo'd Up" – Ella Mai (#5)
* "Breathin" – Ariana Grande (#12)
* "Call Out My Name" – The Weeknd (#4)
* "Can't Be Broken" – Lil Wayne (#17)
* "Can't Take a Joke" – Drake (#18)
* "Changes" – XXXTentacion (#18)
* "Chun-Li" – Nicki Minaj (#10)
* "Dedicate" – Lil Wayne (#14)
* "Delicate" – Taylor Swift (#12)
* "Diplomatic Immunity" – Drake (#7)
* "Don't Cry" – Lil Wayne feat. XXXTentacion (#5)
* "Don't Matter to Me" – Drake feat. Michael Jackson (#9)
* "Drip Too Hard" – Lil Baby and Gunna (#4)
* "Eastside" – Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid (#16)
* "Elevate" – Drake (#14)
* "Emotionless" – Drake (#8)
* "End Game" – Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran and Future (#18)
* "Fake Love" – BTS (#10)
* "Fall" – Eminem (#12)
* "Falling Down" – Lil Peep and XXXTentacion (#13)
* "Feel It Still" – Portugal. The Man (#4 in 2017, #12 in 2018)
* "Fefe" – 6ix9ine, Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz (#3)
* "Filthy" – Justin Timberlake (#9)
* "Finesse" – Bruno Mars and Cardi B (#3)
* "Freaky Friday" – Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown (#8)
* "Friends" – Marshmello and Anne-Marie (#11)
* "Ghost Town" – Kanye West (#16)
* "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B (#1)
* "God Is a Woman" – Ariana Grande (#8)
* "God's Plan" – Drake (#1)
* "Going Bad" – Meek Mill feat. Drake (#6)
* "Gucci Gang" – Lil Pump (#3 in 2017, #4 in 2018)
* "Gummo" – 6ix9ine (#12 in 2017, #13 in 2018)
* "Happier" – Marshmello and Bastille (#3)
* "Havana" – Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug (#1)
* "Heaven" – Kane Brown (#15)
* "High Hopes" – Panic! at the Disco (#5)
* "Him & I" – G-Eazy and Halsey (#14)
* "I Fall Apart" – Post Malone (#16)
* "I Get the Bag" – Gucci Mane feat. Migos (#11 in 2017, #19 in 2018)
* "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin (#1)
* "I Love It" – Kanye West and Lil Pump (#6)
* "I'm Upset" – Drake (#7)
* "Idol" – BTS feat. Nicki Minaj (#11)
* "In My Blood" – Shawn Mendes (#11)
* "In My Feelings" – Drake (#1)
* "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" – Andy Williams (#10)
* "Jingle Bell Rock" – Bobby Helms (#13)
* "Jocelyn Flores" – XXXTentacion (#19)
* "Kamikaze" – Eminem (#16)
* "Kevin's Heart" – J. Cole (#8)
* "Killshot" – Eminem (#3)
* "KOD" – J. Cole (#10)
* "Let It Fly" – Lil Wayne feat. Travis Scott (#10)
* "Let You Down" – NF (#12)
* "Lights Down Low" – MAX feat. Gnash (#20)
* "Look Alive" – BlocBoy JB feat. Drake (#5)
* "Love" – Kendrick Lamar feat. Zacari (#11)
* "Love Lies" – Khalid and Normani (#9)
* "Lucid Dreams" – Juice WRLD (#2)
* "Lucky You" – Eminem feat. Joyner Lucas (#6)
* "Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line (#2)
* "Mia" – Bad Bunny feat. Drake (#5)
* "Mine" – Bazzi (#11)
* "Mo Bamba" – Sheck Wes (#6)
* "Mob Ties" – Drake (#13)
* "Mona Lisa" – Lil Wayne feat. Kendrick Lamar (#2)
* "Money" – Cardi B (#13)
* "Moonlight" – XXXTentacion (#13)
* "Motiv8" – J. Cole (#15)
* "MotorSport" – Migos, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B (#6 in 2017, #7 in 2018)
* "Natural" – Imagine Dragons (#13)
* "Never Be the Same" – Camila Cabello (#6)
* "Never Recover" – Lil Baby and Gunna feat. Drake (#15)
* "New Rules" – Dua Lipa (#6)
* "Nice for What" – Drake (#1)
* "No Brainer" – DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo (#5)
* "No Limit" – G-Eazy feat. ASAP Rocky and Cardi B (#4)
* "No Tears Left to Cry" – Ariana Grande (#3)
* "Nonstop" – Drake (#2)
* "Paranoid" – Post Malone (#11)
* "Perfect" – Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé (#1)
* "Photograph" – J. Cole (#14)
* "Plug Walk" – Rich the Kid (#13)
* "Pray for Me" – The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar (#7)
* "Psycho" – Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla Sign (#1)
* "Rap Devil" – Machine Gun Kelly (#13)
* "Ric Flair Drip" – Offset and Metro Boomin (#13)
* "Rich & Sad" – Post Malone (#14)
* "River" – Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran (#11)
* "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – Brenda Lee (#11)
* "Rockstar" – Post Malone feat. 21 Savage (#1 in 2017, #2 in 2018)
* "Sad!" – XXXTentacion (#1)
* "Same Bitches" – Post Malone feat. G-Eazy and YG (#20)
* "Say Something" – Justin Timberlake feat. Chris Stapleton (#9)
* "Shallow" – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (#5)
* "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran (#1 in 2017, #13 in 2018)
* "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott (#1)
* "Sorry Not Sorry" – Demi Lovato (#6 in 2017, #15 in 2018)
* "Spoil My Night" – Post Malone feat. Swae Lee (#15)
* "Stargazing" – Travis Scott (#8)
* "Stay" – Post Malone (#17)
* "Stir Fry" – Migos (#8)
* "Sunflower" – Post Malone and Swae Lee (#4)
* "Survival" – Drake (#17)
* "Taki Taki" – DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B (#11)
* "Talk Up" – Drake feat. Jay-Z (#20)
* "Taste" – Tyga feat. Offset (#8)
* "Thank U, Next" – Ariana Grande (#1)
* "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" – Nat King Cole (#17)
* "The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey (#5)
* "The Ringer" – Eminem (#8)
* "This Is America" – Childish Gambino (#1)
* "Thunder" – Imagine Dragons (#4)
* "Too Good at Goodbyes" – Sam Smith (#4 in 2017, #7 in 2018)
* "Trip" – Ella Mai (#11)
* "Uproar" – Lil Wayne (#7)
* "Wake Up in the Sky" – Gucci Mane, Bruno Mars and Kodak Black (#11)
* "Walk It Talk It" – Migos feat. Drake (#10)
* "Watch" – Travis Scott feat. Lil Uzi Vert and Kanye West (#16)
* "What Lovers Do" – Maroon 5 feat. SZA (#9 in 2017, #17 in 2018)
* "What's Free" – Meek Mill feat. Rick Ross and Jay-Z (#20)
* "Whatever It Takes" – Imagine Dragons (#12)
* "Without Me" – Halsey (#2)
* "Yes Indeed" – Lil Baby and Drake (#6)
* "Yikes" – Kanye West (#8)
* "Young Dumb & Broke" – Khalid (#18)
* "Youngblood" – 5 Seconds of Summer (#7)
* "Zeze" – Kodak Black feat. Travis Scott and Offset (#2)

## Deaths

* January 1 – Betty Willis, 76, R&B singer
* January 2 – Rick Hall, 86, music producer
* January 3 – Josiah Boyd, 32, heavy metal bassist (A Hill to Die Upon)
* January 9 – Denise LaSalle, 78, R&B singer
* January 12 – Danny Woods, 73, soul singer (Chairmen of the Board)
* January 15 – Edwin Hawkins, 74, gospel singer
* January 20 – Fredo Santana, 27, rapper
* January 23 – Lari White, 53, country singer
* January 26 – Buzz Clifford, 76, pop singer
* January 28 – Eddie Shaw, 80, blues saxophonist
* January 30 – Mark Salling, 35, pop singer and actor
* January 31 –
** Del Delker, 93, gospel singer
** Leah LaBelle, 31, American Idol contestant
* February 2 – Dennis Edwards, 74, R&B singer
* February 3 – Leon Chancler, 65, rock and jazz singer
* February 7 – Pat Torpey, 64, hard rock drummer and singer
* February 8 –
** John Perry Barlow, 70, songwriter
** Algia Mae Hinton, 88, blues singer
* February 9 – Craig MacGregor, 68, rock bassist
* February 11 – Tom Rapp, 70, rock singer
* February 12 –
** Vic Damone, 89, singer
** Daryle Singletary, 46, country singer and songwriter
* February 13 –
** Scott Boyer, 70, rock singer and guitarist
** Billy Johnson, 42, emo and noise rock drummer (Reggie and the Full Effect)
* February 16 – Barbara Alston, 74, R&B singer (The Crystals)
* February 19 – Norm Rogers, 69, drummer (The Jayhawks, Cows)
* February 24 – Bud Luckey, 83, voice actor and singer
* March 1 – Bill Burkette, 75, pop singer (The Vogues)
* March 2 – Brandon Jenkins, 48, red dirt country singer, songwriter
* March 12 –
** Nokie Edwards, 82, guitarist
** Craig Mack, 46, rapper
* March 13 – Charlie Quintana, 56, rock drummer
* March 14 – Steve Mandell, 76, bluegrass guitarist and banjoist
* March 16 – Buell Neidlinger, 82, jazz cellist and bassist
* March 18 – Killjoy, 48, death metal singer
* March 19 – Hazel Smith, 83, country singer, songwriter, and journalist
* March 27 –
** Bert Nievera, 81, singer (Society of Seven)
** Kenny O'Dell, 73, country singer and songwriter
* March 28 – Caleb Scofield, 39, bassist (Cave In, Old Man Gloom and Zozobra)
* March 30 – Alias, 41, rapper and producer
* April 1 – Audrey Morris, 89, jazz singer
* April 4 – Don Cherry, 94, pop singer
* April 5 – Cecil Taylor, 89, jazz musician
* April 10 – Yvonne Staples, 80, soul singer (The Staple Singers)
* April 17 – Randy Scruggs, 64, songwriter
* April 20 – Avicii, 28, Swedish electronic musician, DJ, and songwriter
* April 23 – Bob Dorough, 94, jazz singer and pianist
* April 26 – Charles Neville, 79, R&B and jazz saxophonist
* April 30 – Tim Calvert, 52, heavy metal guitarist (Forbidden, Nevermore)
* May 1 – Jabo Starks, 79, funk and R&B drummer
* May 4 – Tony Kinman, cowpunk singer and bassist (The Dils, Rank and File, Blackbird)
* May 5 – Dick Williams, 91, pop singer
* May 7 – Gayle Shepard, 81, pop singer (Shepherd Sisters)
* May 10 – Ben Graves, 46, horror punk drummer (Murderdolls, Dope)
* May 11 – Matt Marks, 38, classical keyboardist (Alarm Will Sound)
* May 13 – Glenn Branca, 69, composer and guitarist
* May 19 –
** Reggie Lucas, 65, jazz guitarist and pop songwriter
** Patricia Morison, 103, actress and show tunes singer
* May 28 – Josh Martin, 46, grindcore guitarist (Anal Cunt)
* June 2 – Wayne Secrest (68), bassist (Confederate Railroad)
* June 3 – Clarence Fountain, 88, gospel singer (The Blind Boys of Alabama)
* June 4 – Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, 73, spoken word poet
* June 5 –
** Jimmy Gonzalez, 67, Tejano singer (Mazz)
** Ralph Santolla, 51, heavy metal guitarist
* June 7 – Al Capps, 79, arranger, composer and record producer
* June 10 – Neal E. Boyd, 42, opera singer
* June 11 – Wayne Dockery, 76, jazz bassist
* June 13 – D.J. Fontana, 87, rock and roll drummer
* June 15 –
** Nick Knox, 60, drummer
** Matt Murphy, 88, blues guitarist
* June 16 – Rebecca Parris, 66, jazz singer
* June 18 –
** XXXTentacion, 20, rapper, singer, songwriter
** Jimmy Wopo, 21, rapper
* June 19 – Lowrell Simon, 75, singer
* June 21 – David Corcoran, 64, rock drummer (Duke Jupiter)
* June 22 – Vinnie Paul, 54, heavy metal drummer (Hellyeah, Pantera, Damageplan)
* June 24 – George Cameron, 70, drummer (The Left Banke)
* June 26 – Ed Simmons, 101, classical conductor
* June 27 – Steve Soto, 54, punk rock guitarist
* June 29 – Eugene Pitt, 80, doo-wop singer (The Jive Five)
* June 30 – Dean Webb, 81, mandolinist (The Dillards)
* July 2 –
** Henry Butler, 68, jazz pianist
** Bill Watrous, 79, jazz trombonist
* July 3 – Richard Swift, 41, singer songwriter
* July 6 – Vince Martin, 81, folk singer
* July 7 – Brett Hoffman, 51, heavy metal singer
* July 8 – Tab Hunter, 86, actor and pop singer
* July 15 – Theryl DeClouet, 66, jazz funk and R&B singer
* July 27 – Mark Shelton, 60, heavy metal guitarist (Manilla Road)
* August 2 – Neil Argo, 71, film and television composer
* August 4 — Lorrie Collins, 76, singer and guitarist (The Collins Kids)
* August 14 – Jill Janus, 42, heavy metal singer
* August 16 – Aretha Franklin, 76, R&B/soul singer, and songwriter
* August 17 – Danny Pearson, 65, soul singer
* August 20 – Eddie Willis, 82, R&B/soul guitarist (The Funk Brothers)
* August 22 –
** Ed King, 68, guitarist, bassist (Strawberry Alarm Clock, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
** Lazy Lester, 85, blues singer and guitarist
* August 24 – DJ Ready Red, hip hop DJ (Geto Boys)
* August 25 – Kyle Pavone, 28, heavy metal singer (We Came as Romans)
* August 29 – Tony Camillo, 90, record producer and arranger (Bazuka)
* September 1 – Randy Weston, 92, jazz pianist
* September 4 – Don Gardner, 87, R&B Singer-Songwriter
* September 5 – Nasty Savage, 50 thrash metal bass player
* September 7 – Mac Miller, 26, rapper and singer
* September 8 – Chelsi Smith, 43, beauty pageant winner and singer
* September 10 – Johnny Strike, 70, punk singer and guitarist (Crime)
* September 14 – Max Bennett, 90, jazz and pop bassist
* September 16 – Big Jay McNeely, 91, saxophonist
* September 28 – Marty Balin, 76, founder of Jefferson Starship and solo artist
* September 29 – Otis Rush, 84, blues singer and guitarist
* October 1 – Jerry Gonzalez, 69 Latin jazz trumpeter
* October 3 – John Von Ohlen, 77, jazz drummer
* October 4 – Hamiet Bluiett, 78, jazz saxophonist
* October 5 – Bernadette Carol, 74, pop singer (The Angels)
* October 8 – Tim Chandler, 48, bass guitarist
* October 12 – Andrew Goessling, 59, progressive bluegrass musician (Railroad Earth)
* October 17 – Oil Herbert, 48, metalcore guitarist (All That Remains)
* October 18 – Randolph Hokanson, 103, classical pianist
* October 24 –
** Wah Wah Watson, 67, R&B funk guitarist
** Tony Joe White, 75, swamp rock singer songwriter and guitarist
* October 25 – Sonny Fortune, 79, jazz saxophonist
* October 26 – Baba Oje, 87, rapper and musician (Arrested Development)
* October 27 –
** Freddie Hart, 91, country singer
** Teddy Scott, 82, R&B singer (The G-Clefs)
** Todd Youth, 47, rock guitarist
* October 29 –
** Jimmy Farrar, 67, southern rock singer
** Young Greatness, 34, rapper
* October 30 –
** Hardy Fox, 73, avant-garde composer (The Residents)
** Beverly McClellan, 49, blues and folk singer
* October 31 – Kenny Marks, 67, gospel singer
* November 1 – Dave Rowland, 74, country singer (Dave & Sugar)
* November 2 – Roy Hargrove, 49, jazz trumpeter
* November 3 –
** Thomas Diaz, 32, emo singer (The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die)
** Glenn Schwartz, 77, R&B guitarist
* November 4 – Josh Fauver, 39, indie rock bassist
* November 7 – Scott Herrick, pop singer (The Arbors)
* November 15 – Roy Clark, 85, country singer, songwriter, host of Hee Haw
* November 17 – Cyril Pahinui, 68, Hawaiian guitarist
* November 21 – Devin Lima, 41, pop singer (LFO)
* November 27 – Johnny Maddox, 91, Pianist
* November 28 – Roger Neumann, 77, jazz saxophonist
* November 29 – Erik Lindmark, 46, death metal singer and guitarist (Deeds of Flesh)
* December 1 –
** Jody Williams, 83, blues musician
** Calvin Newborn, 85, jazz guitarist
* December 2 – Perry Robinson, 80, jazz musician
* December 6 – Ace Cannon, 84, saxophonist
* December 7 –
** The Mascara Snake, 70, avant-garde clarinetist
** Lucas Starr, 34, metalcore and Christian guitarist
* December 13 – Nancy Wilson, 81, jazz singer
* December 14 – Joe Osborn, 81, bass guitarist
* December 15 – Jerry Chesnut, 87, songwriter
* December 22 – Jimmy Work, 94, country singer-songwriter
* December 24 –
** James Calvin Wilsey, 61, rock guitarist
** Jerry Riopelle, 77, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer