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This topic covers notable events and articles related to **2015 in music**.

## Specific locations

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* African music
* American music
* Australian music
* Brazilian music
* British music
* Canadian music
* Chinese music
* Danish music
* European music (Continental Europe)
* Finnish music
* French music
* German music
* Icelandic music
* Indian music
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* Japanese music
* Malaysian music
* Mongolian music
* North Korean music
* Norwegian music
* Philippine music
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* Swedish music
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* Vietnamese music
* World music

## Specific genres

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* Alternative rock
* Classical
* Country
* Electronic
* Hard rock
* Heavy metal
* Hip hop
* House
* Jazz
* Latin
* Opera
* Pop

## Album releases

1. To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
2. Carrie & Lowell Sufjan Stevens
3. Rituals Other Lives

## Single releases

1. King Kunta Kendrick Lamar
2. Shutdown Skepta
3. Lean On Major Lazer x DJ Snake featuring MØ
4. Everyday ASAP Rocky
5. 679 Fetty Wap, Montana Bucks, P-Dice and Remy Boyz

## Deaths

### January

* **1** – Matthew Cogley (30), British musician and songwriter (Failsafe).
* **6** – Lance Percival (81), British actor and singer.
* **22** – Joan Hinde (81), British trumpet player.
* **27** – Margot Moir (55), Scottish-born Australian singer (The Moir Sisters).
* **29** – Danny McCulloch (69), British bassist (Eric Burdon & The Animals).

### February

* **12** - Steve Strange (55), British musician (Visage).
* **21** – Clark Terry (94), American jazz trumpeter.
* **22** – Erik Amundsen (78), Norwegian jazz upright-bassist.

### March

* **21** – Jørgen Ingmann, (89), Danish guitarist.

### April

* **1** – Dave Ball (65), British musician (Procol Harum).
* **3** – Andrew Porter (86), British organist, music critic, and opera director
* **10** – Ronald Hambleton (97), English-born Canadian broadcaster and music critic (*Toronto Star*).
* **13** – Ronnie Carroll (80), Northern Irish singer.
* **17** – Brian Couzens (86), British music industry executive (Chandos Records).

### May

* **14** – B.B. King (89), American blues guitarist.
* **20** – Bob Belden (58), American jazz saxophonist.
* **23** – Marcus Belgrave (78), American jazz trumpeter.
* **31** – Slim Richey (77), American jazz guitarist.

### June

* **11** – Ornette Coleman (85), American jazz saxophonist.
* **12** – Monica Lewis (93), American singer and actress.
* **21** – Gunther Schuller (89), American composer, conductor, and horn player.

### July

* **1**
	+ Val Doonican (88), Irish-born singer.
	+ Edward Greenfield (86), British music critic and broadcaster.
* **13** – Eric Wrixon (68), British musician from Belfast, Northern Ireland (Them, Thin Lizzy).
* **22** – Eddie Hardin (66), British singer-songwriter and pianist (The Spencer Davis Group and Axis Point).

### August

* **1** – Cilla Black (72), British singer and presenter.
* **12** – John Scott (59), British organist and choirmaster.
* **14** – Jazz Summers (71), British music manager (Scissor Sisters, The Verve, Snow Patrol), (lung cancer)

### September

* **29** – Phil Woods (83), American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer.

### October

* **9** – Larry Rosen (75), American drummer, entrepreneur, and music producer.
* **22** – Mark Murphy (83), American singer.

### November

* **5** – Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (92).
* **25** – Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer (74).

### December

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* **3** - Scott Weiland (48), American musician, singer and songwriter (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver and Art of Anarchy)
* **28** - Ian Kilmister (Lemmy) (70), English musician, singer and songwriter (Motörhead, Hawkwind, The Rockin' Vickers and Headcat)
* **30** - Zjef Vanuytsel (70), Belgian folk singer.
* **31** – Natalie Cole (65), American singer, songwriter, and actress (congestive heart failure).

## References

1. ↑ "Matthew Cogley dead: The Inbetweeners musician passes away on New Year's Day", *Mirror*, 3 January 2015
2. ↑ "PERCIVAL - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements".
3. ↑ "R.I.P Margot Moir Of The Moir Sisters 1959-2015 - Noise11.com".
4. ↑ "New Romantic pioneer Steve Strange dies". *The Guardian*. 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
5. ↑ Keepnews, Peter (2015-02-22). "Clark Terry, Master of Jazz Trumpet, Dies at 94". *New York Times*. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
6. ↑ Stendahl, Bjørn (2015-03-04). "Nekrolog: Erik Amundsen". *Aftenposten* (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-26.
7. ↑ Escudero, Victor M. (2015-03-22). "Eurovision winner Jørgen Ingmann died". *Eurovision*. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
8. ↑ "Dave Ball passed away".
9. ↑ "Multifaceted Music Critic Andrew Porter Dies At 86".
10. ↑ "Veteran writer Ronald Hambleton dies at 97 - Toronto Star".
11. ↑ "Brian Couzens: Businessman who founded the Chandos record label and". 26 April 2015.
12. ↑ Leopold, Todd (2015-05-16). "Blues legend B.B. King dies at age 89". *CNN*. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
13. ↑ Stutz, Colin (2015-05-20). "Bob Belden, Jazz Saxophonist & Renaissance Man, Dead at 58". *Billboard*. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
14. ↑ Stedman, Alex (2015-05-24). "Marcus Belgrave, Famed Detroit Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 78". *Variety*. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
15. ↑ Curtin, Kevin (2015-06-01). "Slim Richey 1938-2015: Austin's jazz maverick peaces out". *CNN*. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
16. ↑ Ratliff, Ben (2015-06-11). "Ornette Coleman, Saxophonist Who Rewrote the Language of Jazz, Dies at 85". *New York Times*. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
17. ↑ "Monica Lewis, Actress Who Sang in Chiquita Banana Cartoons, Dies at 93". *Variety*. 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
18. ↑ Kozinn, Allan (2015-06-21). "Gunther Schuller Dies at 89; Composer Synthesized Classical and Jazz". *The New York Times*. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
19. ↑ McKie, David; Bowen, Meirion (2 July 2015). "Edward Greenfield obituary" – via The Guardian.
20. ↑ "RIP Eric Wrixon - Music - News - Hot Press".
21. ↑ "News - About - Saint Thomas Church".
22. ↑ "Music industry manager Jazz Summers dies". 15 August 2015.
23. ↑ La Rosa, David (2015-09-29). "Alto Sax Legend Phil Woods Has Died At 83". *TheJazzLine.com*. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
24. ↑ Gans, Charles J. (2015-10-10). "Larry Rosen, music producer and label founder, dies at 75". *The Washington Post*. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
25. ↑ Tamarkin, Jeff (2015-10-23). "Vocalist Mark Murphy dies at 83". *JazzTimes*. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
26. ↑ Hustad, Helge Voll (2015-11-06). "Norwegians mourn Brockstedt's death". *NewsInEnglish.no*. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
27. ↑ Andersen, Arild; Stendahl, Bjørn (2015-03-04). "Nekrolog: Svein Christiansen". *Aftenposten* (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-26.
28. ↑ Cohen, Sandy; Fekadu, Mesfin (2016-01-01). "Natalie Cole, Grammy winning singer, has died". *Associated Press*. Retrieved 2016-03-15.