2020 in music

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## Specific locations

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

## Specific genres

* Classical
* Country
* Electronic
* Jazz
* Latin
* Heavy metal
* Hip hop
* Rock

## Bands formed

* Aespa
* All at Once
* Arcana Project
* BAE173
* Blackswan
* BonBon Girls 303
* B.O.Y
* Botopass
* BtoB 4U
* Cignature
* Citi Zēni
* Cravity
* DKB
* Drippin
* E'Last
* Enhypen
* Ghost9
* Go to the Beds
* H&D
* JO1
* Lucy
* Lunarsolar
* MCND
* Morfonica
* Nemophila
* NiziU
* Orbit
* Paradises
* Piggs
* P1Harmony
* Redsquare
* Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi
* Refund Sisters
* Sakurazaka46
* Secret Number
* SixTones
* Snow Man
* SSAK3
* STAYC
* TO1
* Treasure
* UNVS
* Weeekly
* WEi
* Woo!ah!
* WJSN Chocome
* Zamb

## Soloist debuts

* Ado
* Ai Furihata
* Aina Suzuki
* Akane Kumada
* Amee
* Anson Kong
* Anson Lo
* Azumi Waki
* Bang Ye-dam
* Central Cee
* Curley Gao
* Dixie D'Amelio
* Denis Stoff
* Emma Heesters
* Emman
* Fujii Kaze
* Gakuto Kajiwara
* Han Seung-woo
* Haruka Kudō
* Hayley Williams
* Heo Chan-mi
* Hikaru
* Hoshimachi Suisei
* Ivana Alawi
* Jamie Miller
* Jer Lau
* Kai
* Keiko
* Ken
* Kim Nam-joo
* Kim Woo-seok
* Koutaro Nishiyama
* Lee Eun-sang
* Lee Su-hyun
* Liyuu
* Maine Mendoza
* Max
* Miki Satō
* Mimiyuuuh
* Mimi Webb
* Moon Jong-up
* Nanaka Suwa
* Nana Mori
* Natty
* Ong Seong-wu
* Reina Washio
* Riho Sayashi
* Ryota Katayose
* Ryu Su-jeong
* Sae Ōtsuka
* Seo Eun-kwang
* Serri
* Solar
* Suho
* Takuya Kimura
* Tomori Kusunoki
* Win Morisaki
* Wonho
* YooA
* Yook Sung-jae
* Yoon Doo-joon
* Yui Ninomiya
* Yuki Nakashima
* Yurina Hirate
* Zild

## Bands reformed

* The Format
* Genesis
* Linkin Park
* The Network
* Rage Against the Machine
* RBD
* Toto

## Bands on hiatus

* 100%
* AAA
* Anathema
* Arashi
* B.A.P
* Baroque
* College Cosmos
* DEL48
* Good Morning America
* Ladies' Code
* Ladybaby
* Masahiko Kondō
* Marius Yo
* Mrs. Green Apple
* Real Friends
* Teen Top
* Sleep
* Stone Sour
* Winner
* ZE:A

## Bands disbanded

* 1the9
* Babes in Toyland
* Badkiz
* Bay City Rollers
* Black Dresses
* Carry Loose
* Columbia University Marching Band
* Default
* E-girls
* Fairies
* Gang of Four
* Group Tamashii
* Gugudan
* Hachimitsu Rocket
* Hinapia
* Household Gods
* Joan of Arc
* Madvillain
* Magnolia Factory
* Masc
* Mission of Burma
* Nachtmystium
* NeonPunch
* Party Rockets GT
* PrizmaX
* Psychic TV
* She Wants Revenge
* Spectrum
* Sora tob sakana
* SudannaYuzuYully
* The Spencer Davis Group
* SSAK3
* Tegomass
* Uijin
* Van Halen
* X1

## Deaths

### January

* **1**
	+ Lexii Alijai, 21, American rapper
	+ Marty Grebb, 74, American rock keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist (The Buckinghams, Chicago)
	+ Tommy Hancock, 90, American country singer
* **2** – Lorraine Chandler, 73, American soul singer
* **3** – Bo Winberg, 80, Swedish rock guitarist (The Spotnicks)
* **4** – Emanuel Borok, 75, Russian-born American classical violinist
* **5** – Martin Griffin, British space rock drummer (Hawkwind, Hawklords)
* **7** – Neil Peart, 67, Canadian progressive rock drummer and lyricist (Rush)
* **8** – Edd Byrnes, 87, American actor and pop singer
* **9**
	+ Tom Alexander, 85, Scottish folk accordionist (The Alexander Brothers)
	+ Bobby Comstock, 78, American rock and roll singer
* **10** – Wolfgang Dauner, 84, German jazz pianist
* **13**
	+ Demetri Callas, 77, American rock guitarist and singer (The Four Seasons)
	+ Hylda Sims, 87, British skiffle guitarist
* **14**
	+ Steve Martin Caro, 71, American baroque pop singer (The Left Banke)
	+ Chamín Correa, 90, Mexican classical guitarist
	+ Guy Deplus, 95, French chamber music clarinetist
	+ Barry Mayger, 73, English pop bassist (Chicory Tip)
	+ Bruno Nettl, 89, Czech-born American ethnomusicologist and musicologist
* **15** – Chris Darrow, 75, American country and rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Kaleidoscope, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
* **18**
	+ Dennis Garcia, 67, Filipino pop rock bassist (Hotdog)
	+ David Olney, 71, American folk singer-songwriter
* **19**
	+ Dan Andrei Aldea, 69, Romanian progressive rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Sfinx)
	+ Jimmy Heath, 93, American jazz saxophonist (Heath Brothers)
	+ Robert Parker, 89, American R&B singer
	+ Sunanda Patnaik, 85, Indian classical singer
* **21** – Meritxell Negre, 48, Spanish pop singer (Peaches & Herb)
* **24**
	+ Joe Payne, 35, American metal bassist (Divine Heresy, Nile)
	+ Sean Reinert, 48, American metal drummer (Cynic, Death, Æon Spoke)
* **25**
	+ Bob Gullotti, 71, American free jazz drummer (Surrender to the Air)
	+ Vernon Sandusky, 80, American rock singer and guitarist (The Chartbusters)
* **26** – Bob Shane, 85, American folk singer and guitarist (The Kingston Trio)
* **27** – Reed Mullin, 53, American sludge metal drummer (Corrosion of Conformity)
* **28** – Bob Nave, 75, American bubblegum pop keyboardist (The Lemon Pipers)
* **30** – Lucien Barbarin, 63, American jazz trombonist (Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Harry Connick Jr.)

### February

* **1**
	+ Harold Beane, 73, American funk guitarist (Funkadelic)
	+ Andy Gill, 64, British post-punk guitarist (Gang of Four)
	+ Peter Serkin, 72, American classical pianist
* **2**
	+ Kofi B, Ghanaian highlife singer
	+ Ivan Král, 71, Czech-American rock bassist and songwriter (The Patti Smith Group)
* **4**
	+ Andrew Brough, New Zealand indie rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Straitjacket Fits)
	+ Buddy Cage, 73, Canadian folk pedal steel guitarist (New Riders of the Purple Sage, Great Speckled Bird)
	+ Ljiljana Petrović, 80, Serbian pop singer
* **6**
	+ Lynn Evans, 95, American pop singer (The Chordettes)
	+ Diego Farias, 27, American progressive metalcore guitarist (Volumes)
	+ Nello Santi, 88, Italian classical conductor
* **7**
	+ Nexhmije Pagarusha, 86, Albanian-Kosovan pop singer
	+ Steve Weber, 76, American folk singer and guitarist (The Holy Modal Rounders)
* **8** – Robert Conrad, 84, American actor and singer
* **9** – Sergei Slonimsky, 87, Russian classical composer
* **10** – Lyle Mays, 66, American jazz fusion keyboardist (Pat Metheny Group)
* **11** – Joseph Shabalala, 78, South African isicathamiya and mbube singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
* **12**
	+ Paul English, 87, American country drummer
	+ Victor Olaiya, 89, Nigerian highlife trumpeter
* **13**
	+ Buzzy Linhart, 76, American folk rock singer-songwriter
	+ Jacob Thiele, 40, American indie rock keyboardist (The Faint)
* **14**
	+ Reinbert de Leeuw, 81, Dutch classical pianist and conductor
	+ Sonam Sherpa, 48, Indian blues rock guitarist (Parikrama)
* **15** – Cavan Grogan, 70, Welsh rock and roll singer (Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers)
* **16**
	+ Pearl Carr, 98, British pop singer (Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson)
	+ Graeme Allwright, 93, New Zealand-French folk and jazz singer-songwriter
* **17**
	+ Kizito Mihigo, 38, Rwandan gospel singer
	+ Andrew Weatherall, 56, British electronic musician (Two Lone Swordsmen, The Sabres of Paradise) and record producer
* **18** – Jon Christensen, 78, Norwegian jazz drummer
* **19**
	+ Bob Cobert, 95, American composer
	+ Pop Smoke, 20, American rapper
* **24**
	+ David Roback, 61, American alternative rock and dream pop guitarist (Mazzy Star, Rain Parade, Opal)
	+ Jahn Teigen, 70, Norwegian pop and progressive rock singer (Popol Ace, Prima Vera)
* **26**
	+ Hans Deinzer, 86, German classical clarinetist
	+ Sergei Dorensky, 88, Russian classical pianist
* **27** – Lillian Offitt, 81, American blues and R&B singer
* **28** – Mike Somerville, 67, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Head East)
* **29**
	+ Odile Pierre, 87, French classical organist and composer
	+ Bill Smith, 93, American classical and jazz clarinetist

### March

* **2**
	+ Jan Vyčítal, 77, Czech country singer
	+ Susan Weinert, 54, German jazz fusion guitarist
	+ Peter Wieland, 89, German pop singer
* **3**
	+ Les Cauchi, 77, American pop singer (Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge)
	+ Alf Cranner, 83, Norwegian folk singer
* **4** – Barbara Martin, 76, American R&B singer (The Supremes)
* **6**
	+ McCoy Tyner, 81, American jazz pianist
	+ Elinor Ross, 93, American opera soprano
* **7**
	+ Jim Owen, 78, American country singer-songwriter
	+ Laura Smith, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
* **9**
	+ Keith Olsen, 74, American psychedelic rock bassist (The Music Machine) and record producer
	+ Eric Taylor, 70, American folk singer-songwriter
* **10**
	+ Marcelo Peralta, 59, Argentine jazz saxophonist
	+ Beba Selimović, 80, Bosnian folk singer
* **11** – Charles Wuorinen, 81, American classical composer
* **12** – Don Burrows, 91, Australian jazz multi-instrumentalist
* **14**
	+ Phil Phillips, 94, American pop singer-songwriter
	+ Eva Pilarová, 80, Czech jazz singer
	+ Genesis P-Orridge, 70, British industrial singer, songwriter and bassist (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Thee Majesty)
	+ Diane Ray, 74, American pop singer
* **16**
	+ Sergio Bassi, 69, Italian folk rock singer-songwriter
	+ Ted Cahill, 72, American garage rock guitarist (The Magic Mushrooms)
	+ Jason Rainey, 53, American thrash metal guitarist (Sacred Reich)
* **17** – Thái Thanh, 85, Vietnamese-American pop singer
* **19** – Aurlus Mabélé, 66, Congolese soukous singer
* **20**
	+ Kenny Rogers, 81, American country and pop singer-songwriter
	+ Jerry Slick, 80, American psychedelic rock drummer (The Great Society)
* **21** – Hellmut Stern, 91, German classical violinist
* **22**
	+ Gabi Delgado-López, 61, Spanish-born German electronic singer (Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft)
	+ Julie Felix, 81, American-British folk singer
	+ Mike Longo, 83, American jazz pianist
	+ Peter Stapleton, 65, New Zealand alternative rock drummer (The Terminals, Dadamah, Flies Inside the Sun)
	+ Eric Weissberg, 80, American country and bluegrass banjoist
* **23** – Tres Warren, 41, American psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (Psychic Ills)
* **24**
	+ Manu Dibango, 86, Cameroonian makossa and jazz saxophonist
	+ Bill Rieflin, 59, American rock drummer (The Blackouts, Ministry, Revolting Cocks, KMFDM, King Crimson)
* **25** – Detto Mariano, 82, Italian rock keyboardist (I Ribelli) and film composer
* **26**
	+ Olle Holmquist, 83, Swedish big band trombonist (James Last Orchestra)
	+ Bill Martin, 81, British pop songwriter
* **27**
	+ Bob Andy, 75, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter (The Paragons, Bob and Marcia)
	+ Don Burch, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Slades)
	+ Mirna Doris, 79, Italian canzone Napoletana singer
	+ Delroy Washington, 67, Jamaican-born British reggae singer
* **28** – Jan Howard, 91, American country singer-songwriter
* **29**
	+ Joe Diffie, 61, American country singer and songwriter
	+ Alan Merrill, 69, American pop rock singer and bassist (Arrows)
	+ Paravai Muniyamma, 82, Indian folk singer
	+ Krzysztof Penderecki, 86, Polish classical composer and conductor
* **30**
	+ Riachão, 98, Brazilian samba singer
	+ Bill Withers, 81, American soul singer-songwriter
* **31**
	+ Cristina, 61, American new wave singer
	+ Wallace Roney, 59, American jazz trumpeter

### April

* **1**
	+ Ellis Marsalis Jr., 85, American jazz pianist
	+ Bucky Pizzarelli, 94, American jazz guitarist
	+ Harold Rubin, 87, South African-born Israeli free jazz clarinetist
	+ Adam Schlesinger, 52, American power pop singer, songwriter and bassist (Fountains of Wayne, Ivy, Tinted Windows)
* **2** – Vaughan Mason, 69, American funk and electronic multi-instrumentalist (Vaughan Mason & Crew, Raze)
* **3** – Helin Bölek, 28, Turkish folk rock singer (Grup Yorum)
* **4**
	+ Timothy Brown, 82, American pop and soul singer
	+ Patrick Gibson, French eurodisco drummer (Gibson Brothers)
	+ Alex Harvey, 73, American country singer-songwriter
* **5** – Barry Allen, 74, Canadian rock musician and record producer (Painter) (death announced on this date)
* **6**
	+ M. K. Arjunan, 84, Indian film composer
	+ Black the Ripper, 32, British grime rapper
* **7**
	+ Betty Bennett, 98, American jazz and big band singer
	+ Hutch Davie, 89, American pianist, arranger and composer
	+ Steve Farmer, 71, American rock guitarist and songwriter (The Amboy Dukes)
	+ Travis Nelsen, American indie rock drummer (Okkervil River)
	+ John Prine, 73, American folk singer-songwriter
	+ Hal Willner, 64, American record producer
	+ Xudeydi, 91, Somali folk oud player
* **8**
	+ Carl Dobkins, Jr., 79, American singer and songwriter
	+ Glenn Fredly, 44, Indonesian R&B singer-songwriter
	+ Chynna Rogers, 25, American rapper
* **9**
	+ Andy González, 69, American Latin jazz bassist
	+ Dmitri Smirnov, 71, Russian-British classical composer
* **10**
	+ Big George Brock, 87, American blues harmonicist
	+ Shanti Hiranand, 86, Indian classical singer
	+ Jymie Merritt, 92, American jazz bassist (The Jazz Messengers)
* **11** – Liu Dehai, 82, Chinese classical pipa player
* **12**
	+ Jerry Hludzik, American pop rock guitarist and bassist (The Buoys)
	+ Louis van Dijk, 78, Dutch jazz pianist
* **13**
	+ Ryo Kawasaki, 73, Japanese jazz fusion guitarist
	+ Moraes Moreira, 72, Brazilian MPB singer and guitarist (Novos Baianos)
* **14**
	+ Akin Euba, 84, Nigerian folk pianist, composer, and musicologist
	+ Kassongo Wa Kanema, 73, Congolese soukous singer (Orchestra Super Mazembe)
	+ Kerstin Meyer, 92, Swedish opera singer
* **15**
	+ Henry Grimes, 84, American jazz bassist
	+ Lee Konitz, 92, American jazz saxophonist
	+ Gary McSpadden, 77, American gospel singer (The Imperials, Gaither Vocal Band, The Oak Ridge Boys)
* **16**
	+ Christophe, 74, French singer-songwriter
	+ Dušan Vančura, 82, Czech folk singer and bassist (Spirituál kvintet)
* **17**
	+ Giuseppi Logan, 84, American jazz multi-instrumentalist
	+ Matthew Seligman, 62, British new wave bassist (Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club, The Soft Boys, Thompson Twins)
* **19**
	+ Alexander Vustin, 76, Russian composer
	+ Ian Whitcomb, 78, British pop singer-songwriter
	+ Emina Zečaj, 91, Bosnian sevdalinka singer
* **21**
	+ Derek Jones, 35, American metalcore guitarist (Falling in Reverse)
	+ Jacques Pellen, 63, French jazz guitarist
	+ Florian Schneider, 73, German krautrock and electronic multi-instrumentalist (Kraftwerk, Organisation)
* **22**
	+ Bootsie Barnes, 82, American jazz saxophonist
	+ Marcos Mundstock, 77, Argentine comedy music singer and multi-instrumentalist (Les Luthiers)
* **23**
	+ Fred the Godson, 35, American rapper
	+ Kamit Sanbayev, 78, Kazakh rock singer (Dos Mukasan)
* **24**
	+ Hamilton Bohannon, 78, American R&B and disco percussionist and music producer
	+ Phil Broadhurst, 70, New Zealand jazz pianist
	+ Harold Reid, 80, American country singer-songwriter (The Statler Brothers)
* **25** – Alan Abel, 91, American classical percussionist
* **26** – Big Al Carson, 66, American blues singer
* **27**
	+ Lynn Harrell, 79, American classical cellist
	+ Troy Sneed, 52, American gospel singer
	+ Scott Taylor, British new wave guitarist (Then Jerico)
* **28** – Bobby Lewis, 95, American R&B singer
* **29**
	+ Martin Lovett, 93, British classical cellist (Amadeus Quartet)
	+ Stezo, 52, American rapper
* **30**
	+ Tony Allen, 79, Nigerian afrobeat and rock drummer (Fela Kuti and Afrika '70, The Good, the Bad & the Queen)
	+ Óscar Chávez, 85, Mexican pop singer
	+ Sam Lloyd, 56, American a cappella singer (The Blanks)

#### Date unknown

* Ceybil Jefferies, American house and R&B singer

### May

* **1**
	+ Richard Cole, 72, American jazz saxophonist
	+ Tavo Limongi, 52, Mexican nu metal guitarist (Resorte)
	+ Will Theunissen, 65, Dutch jazz rock guitarist
* **2**
	+ Cady Groves, 30, American country singer-songwriter
	+ Idir, 70, Algerian folk singer-songwriter
	+ Jonathan Kelly, 72, Irish folk rock singer-songwriter
	+ Erwin Prasetya, 48, Indonesian alternative rock bassist (Dewa 19)
* **3**
	+ Rosalind Elias, 90, American opera singer
	+ Dave Greenfield, 71, British punk and new wave keyboardist (The Stranglers)
	+ Bob Lander, 78, Swedish rock singer and guitarist (The Spotnicks)
	+ Lorne Munroe, 95, Canadian-born American classical cellist
* **4**
	+ John Erhardt, American indie rock musician (Wussy, Ass Ponys)
	+ Frederick C. Tillis, 90, American jazz saxophonist
	+ Dragan Vučić, 65, Macedonian pop singer
* **5**
	+ Sweet Pea Atkinson, 74, American dance-rock singer (Was (Not Was))
	+ Sonny Cox, 82, American jazz saxophonist
	+ Didi Kempot, 53, Indonesian campursari singer
	+ Ciro Pessoa, 62, Brazilian post-punk singer-songwriter and guitarist (Titãs, Cabine C)
	+ Kiing Shooter, 24, American rapper
	+ Millie Small, 73, Jamaican ska and reggae singer-songwriter
* **6**
	+ Norbert Balatsch, 92, Austrian choral conductor
	+ Brian Howe, 66, British rock singer-songwriter (Bad Company)
* **7**
	+ İbrahim Gökçek, 41, Turkish folk rock bassist (Grup Yorum)
	+ Andre Harrell, 59, American record producer, songwriter, rapper (Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde), and founder of Uptown Records
	+ Ty, 47, British rapper
* **8** – Mark Barkan, 85, American songwriter, record producer, and musical director for *The Banana Splits Adventure Hour*
* **9**
	+ Joe Hupp, 78, American rock musician (The Smoke Ring)
	+ Little Richard, 87, American rock and roll singer and pianist
* **10**
	+ David Corrêa, 82, Brazilian samba singer
	+ Betty Wright, 66, American soul and R&B singer and songwriter
* **11** – Moon Martin, 74, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist
* **12** – Takami Asano, Japanese psychedelic rock guitarist (Godiego)
* **13**
	+ Gabriel Bacquier, 95, French opera singer
	+ Yoshio, 60, Mexican pop singer
* **14** – Jorge Santana, 68, Mexican rock guitarist (Malo, Santana)
* **15**
	+ Denny DeMarchi, 57, Canadian rock keyboardist (Alias, The Cranberries)
	+ Sergio Denis, 71, Argentine pop singer
	+ Phil May, 75, British rock singer-songwriter (Pretty Things)
* **17**
	+ Lucky Peterson, 55, American blues guitarist
	+ Peter Thomas, 94, German film composer
* **19** – Willie K, 59, American folk ukuleleist
* **21**
	+ Berith Bohm, 87, Swedish opera singer
	+ Bobby Digital, 59, Jamaican dancehall producer
	+ Neil Howlett, 85, British opera singer
* **22**
	+ Steve Hanford, 50, American punk rock drummer (Poison Idea)
	+ Mory Kanté, 70, Guinean folk singer and kora player
	+ KJ Balla, 23, American rapper
	+ Klaus Selmke, 70, German rock drummer (City)
* **24**
	+ Jimmy Cobb, 91, American jazz drummer (Miles Davis Quintet)
	+ Lily Lian, 103, French pop singer
	+ Al Rex, 91, American rock and roll bassist (Bill Haley & His Comets)
* **25** – Bucky Baxter, 65, American folk and rock guitarist
* **26**
	+ Brendan Bowyer, 81, Irish rock and roll singer
	+ Charlie Monttana, 58, Mexican rock singer
	+ Lennie Niehaus, 90, American jazz saxophonist and film composer
* **27** – Evaldo Gouveia, 91, Brazilian MPB singer
* **28** – Bob Kulick, 70, American hard rock guitarist (Balance, Kiss, W.A.S.P.)
* **30**
	+ Mady Mesplé, 89, French opera singer
	+ John Nzenze, 79–80, Kenyan rock and jazz guitarist
* **31**
	+ Bob Northern, 86, American jazz French hornist
	+ Kjeld Wennick, 76, Danish banjoist and singer (Jan & Kjeld)

### June

* **1**
	+ Majek Fashek, 57, Nigerian reggae singer and songwriter
	+ Joey Image, 63, American punk rock drummer (Misfits)
* **2** – Chris Trousdale, 34, American pop singer (Dream Street)
* **4**
	+ Marcello Abbado, 93, Italian classical pianist and composer
	+ Rupert Hine, 72, British jazz-rock singer and keyboardist (Quantum Jump)
	+ Steve Priest, 72, British glam rock guitarist (The Sweet)
* **5** – Marjan, 72, Iranian pop singer
* **7**
	+ Frank Bey, 74, American blues singer
	+ Floyd Lee, 86, American blues singer and guitarist
* **8**
	+ James Hand, 67, American country singer
	+ Bonnie Pointer, 69, American R&B singer (The Pointer Sisters)
* **9**
	+ Paul Chapman, 66, Welsh hard rock guitarist (UFO, Lone Star)
	+ Pau Donés, 53, Spanish pop rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jarabe de Palo)
* **12**
	+ Dodo Doris, 71, Congolese soukous drummer (Orchestra Super Mazembe)
	+ Ricky Valance, 84, Welsh pop singer
* **14**
	+ Keith Tippett, 72, British free jazz and progressive rock pianist (King Crimson, Centipede)
* **15**
	+ Rocky Isaac, 73, American pop-rock drummer (The Cherry People)
	+ Nana Tuffour, 66, Ghanaian highlife singer
* **16** – Yohan, 28, South Korean K-pop singer (TST)
* **17** – Hugh Fraser, 67, Canadian jazz pianist and trombonist
* **18**
	+ Hux Brown, 75, Jamaican reggae guitarist (Toots and the Maytals)
	+ Vera Lynn, 103, British pop singer
* **19** – A. L. Raghavan, 86, Indian playback singer
* **20** – Aaron Tokona, 45, New Zealand alternative rock guitarist (Weta, Cairo Knife Fight, Fly My Pretties)
* **21**
	+ Jeet Singh Negi, 95, Indian folk singer-songwriter
	+ Joan Pau Verdier, 73, French nòva cançon singer
* **23** – Margarita Pracatan, 89, Cuban novelty singer
* **24**
	+ Michael Hawley, 58, American classical pianist and academic
	+ Claude Le Péron, 72, French rock bassist
* **25**
	+ Huey, 32, American rapper
	+ Graeme Williamson, Canadian new wave singer and guitarist (Pukka Orchestra)
* **26** – Tami Lynn, 81, American soul singer
* **27**
	+ Pete Carr, 70, American rock, pop and soul guitarist (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Hour Glass, LeBlanc & Carr)
	+ Freddy Cole, 88, American jazz singer and pianist
	+ Tom Finn, 71, American baroque pop guitarist (The Left Banke)
	+ Mats Rådberg, 72, Swedish country singer and guitarist
* **28** – Simon H. Fell, 61, British jazz bassist
* **29**
	+ Steppa J. Groggs, 32, American rapper (Injury Reserve)
	+ Johnny Mandel, 94, American jazz and film composer
	+ Benny Mardones, 73, American soft rock singer-songwriter
	+ Willie Wright, 80, American soul singer

### July

* **1** – Max Crook, 83, American pop rock keyboardist
* **3** – J. Marvin Brown, 66, American soul singer (The Softones)
* **5**
	+ Cleveland Eaton, 80, American jazz bassist
	+ John Marascalco, 89, American songwriter and record producer
* **6**
	+ Charlie Daniels, 83, American country singer-songwriter and fiddler
	+ Andrew Kishore, 64, Bangladeshi playback singer
	+ Ennio Morricone, 91, Italian film composer
* **8** – Naya Rivera, 33, American pop singer and actress
* **10** – Eddie Gale, 78, American jazz trumpeter (Sun Ra's Arkestra)
* **11** – Gabriella Tucci, 90, Italian opera singer
* **12**
	+ Rod Bernard, 79, American swamp pop singer
	+ Judy Dyble, 71, British folk singer-songwriter and autoharpist (Fairport Convention, Trader Horne)
	+ Eleanor Sokoloff, 106, American classical pianist
* **14**
	+ J. J. Lionel, 72, Belgian pop singer
	+ Raúl Pagano, Argentine rock keyboardist (Bersuit Vergarabat)
* **16**
	+ Ken Chinn, 57, Canadian punk rock singer (SNFU)
	+ Jamie Oldaker, 68, American country drummer (The Tractors)
	+ Víctor Víctor, 71, Dominican folk singer and guitarist
* **18** – Haruma Miura, 30, Japanese pop singer and actor
* **19** – Emitt Rhodes, 70, American pop rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Merry-Go-Round, The Palace Guard)
* **21**
	+ Dobby Dobson, 77, Jamaican reggae singer
	+ Annie Ross, 89, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross)
	+ Mieko Hirota, 73, Japanese kayokyoku singer
* **22** – Tim Smith, 59, British progressive rock singer and guitarist (Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs, Spratleys Japs)
* **24** – Regis Philbin, 88, American television personality and singer
* **25**
	+ Peter Green, 73, English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
	+ CP Lee, 70, British comedy rock singer and guitarist (Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias)
* **27**
	+ Denise Johnson, 56, British alternative rock singer (Primal Scream)
	+ Miss Mercy, 71, American psychedelic rock singer (The GTOs)
* **28**
	+ Pepe Cardona, 72, American pop-rock singer (Alive 'N Kickin')
	+ Bent Fabric, 95, Danish classical pianist and composer
* **29**
	+ Balla Sidibé, 79, Senegalese son cubano singer and timbalero (Orchestra Baobab)
	+ Malik B., 47, American rapper (The Roots)
* **30**
	+ Randy Barlow, 77, American country singer
	+ Sonam Tshering Lepcha, 92, Indian folk singer
* **31** – Bill Mack, 88, American country singer-songwriter

### August

* **2**
	+ Leon Fleisher, 92, American classical pianist
	+ Steve Holland, 66, American Southern rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country)
	+ Larry Novak, 87, American jazz pianist
* **4**
	+ Tony Costanza, 52, American heavy metal drummer (Machine Head, Crowbar)
* **5**
	+ Agathonas Iakovidis, 65, Greek folk singer
	+ Jan Savage, 77, American garage rock guitarist (The Seeds)
* **6**
	+ Wayne Fontana, 74, British pop singer (The Mindbenders)
	+ Vern Rumsey, 47, American post-hardcore and indie rock bassist (Unwound, Blonde Redhead, Household Gods)
* **7** – Mark Wirtz, 76, French pop singer
* **9**
	+ Salome Bey, 80, American-born Canadian soul singer
	+ Martin Birch, 71, British music producer and recording engineer
* **10** – Don Martin, New Zealand new wave bassist (Mi-Sex)
* **11**
	+ Belle du Berry, 54, French chanson singer (Paris Combo)
	+ Pat Fairley, 76, Scottish pop rock singer and bassist (Marmalade)
	+ Trini Lopez, 83, American pop singer
* **13** – Steve Grossman, 69, American jazz fusion saxophonist
* **14**
	+ Julian Bream, 87, British classical guitarist
	+ Ewa Demarczyk, 79, Polish cabaret singer and poet
	+ Valentina Legkostupova, 54, Russian pop singer
	+ Pete Way, 69, English rock bassist (UFO, Waysted, Fastway)
* **16** – Emman, 21, Filipino pop singer
* **17** – Jasraj, 90, Indian classical singer
* **18**
	+ Ron Heathman, American rock guitarist (Supersuckers)
	+ Sean Pentecost, Australian alternative metal drummer (Superheist)
	+ Hal Singer, 100, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader
* **19**
	+ Randall Craig Fleischer, 61, American classical conductor
	+ Todd Nance, 57, American jam band drummer (Widespread Panic)
* **20**
	+ Frankie Banali, 68, American hard rock drummer (Quiet Riot, W.A.S.P.)
	+ Justin Townes Earle, 38, American folk singer-songwriter
	+ Mike Kirkland, 82, American folk musician (The Brothers Four)
	+ Jack Sherman, 64, American funk rock guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
	+ Piotr Szczepanik, 78, Polish pop singer
* **22**
	+ Walter Lure, 71, American punk rock guitarist (The Heartbreakers)
	+ D. J. Rogers, 72, American soul singer
* **23**
	+ Peter King, 80, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
	+ Charlie Persip, 91, American jazz drummer
* **24** – Riley Gale, 34, American thrash metal singer (Power Trip)
* **25**
	+ Georges Bœuf, 82, French opera composer and saxophonist
	+ Mick Hart, Australian folk singer
	+ Gerry McGhee, 58, British-Canadian hard rock singer (Brighton Rock)
* **27**
	+ Archana Mahanta, 71, Indian folk singer
	+ Mike Noga, 43, Australian alternative rock drummer (The Drones, Legends of Motorsport)

### September

* **1**
	+ John Meyer, 67, Australian rock slide guitarist (Rose Tattoo, Chain)
	+ Ian Mitchell, 62, British pop rock bassist (Bay City Rollers)
	+ Erick Morillo, 49, Colombian-American house and eurodance DJ (Reel 2 Real)
* **2** – Alexander Priko, 46, Russian pop rock keyboardist (Laskovyi Mai)
* **3** – Bill Pursell, 94, American easy listening composer
* **4**
	+ Gary Peacock, 85, American jazz double-bassist
	+ Lucille Starr, 82, Canadian country singer
* **6** – Bruce Williamson, 49, American R&B singer (The Temptations)
* **7** – Xavier Ortiz, 48, Mexican pop singer (Garibaldi)
* **8**
	+ Simeon Coxe, 82, American electronic rock singer and synthesizer player (Silver Apples)
	+ Vexi Salmi, 77, Finnish pop rock lyricist
* **9**
	+ Ronald Bell, 68, American funk saxophonist (Kool & The Gang)
	+ Sid McCray, American punk rock singer (Bad Brains)
* **10** – Danny Webster, 61, American funk singer and guitarist (Slave)
* **11**
	+ Toots Hibbert, 77, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter (Toots & The Maytals)
	+ Reggie Johnson, 79, American jazz bassist
* **12** – Edna Wright, 76, American R&B singer (Honey Cone)
* **14**
	+ Al Kasha, 83, American pop songwriter
	+ Peter Starkie, 72, Australian rock guitarist (Skyhooks, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons)
* **16** – Roy C, 81, American soul singer
* **18**
	+ Georgia Dobbins, 78, American R&B singer (The Marvelettes) and songwriter
	+ Pamela Hutchinson, 62, American R&B singer (The Emotions)
* **19**
	+ Lee Kerslake, 73, British hard rock drummer (Uriah Heep, Ozzy Osbourne, Toe Fat)
	+ Dave Kusworth, 60, British indie rock singer (Jacobites)
* **21**
	+ Hamdi Benani, 77, Algerian pop singer and violinist
	+ Tommy DeVito, 92, American pop singer and guitarist (The Four Seasons)
	+ Roy Head, 79, American country singer-songwriter
	+ Ira Sullivan, 89, American jazz trumpeter
* **23**
	+ Juliette Gréco, 93, French chanson singer
	+ W. S. Holland, 85, American country drummer (The Tennessee Three, The Great Eighties Eight)
* **24** – Max Merritt, 79, New Zealand soul singer-songwriter and guitarist
* **25** – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, 74, Indian playback singer
* **26**
	+ Masayoshi Kabe, 70, Japanese rock guitarist and bassist (The Golden Cups, Speed, Glue & Shinki, Vodka Collins)
	+ Mark Stone, American hard rock bassist (Van Halen)
	+ Jimmy Winston, 75, British rock keyboardist (Small Faces)
* **28** – Jackie Dennis, 77, Scottish pop singer
* **29**
	+ Mac Davis, 78, American country singer-songwriter
	+ Rocco Prestia, 69, American funk bassist (Tower of Power)
	+ Helen Reddy, 78, Australian-American pop singer

### October

* **2** – Lisa Schouw, Australian pop singer (Girl Overboard)
* **3**
	+ Karel Fiala, 95, Czech opera singer
	+ Anthony Galindo, 41, Venezuelan pop singer (Menudo, MDO)
* **6**
	+ Johnny Nash, 80, American pop and reggae singer-songwriter
	+ Eddie Van Halen, 65, Dutch-born American hard rock guitarist and keyboardist (Van Halen)
* **7** – Ray Pennington, 86, American country singer-songwriter
* **8**
	+ Brian Locking, 81, British rock and roll bassist (The Shadows)
	+ Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, 80, Iranian classical singer
* **9**
	+ David Refael ben Ami, 70, Israeli religious singer
	+ Pierre Kezdy, 58, American punk rock bassist (Naked Raygun, Pegboy, Strike Under)
* **11**
	+ Harold Betters, 92, American jazz trombonist
	+ Rajan, 87, Indian film composer (Rajan–Nagendra)
* **12**
	+ Jon Gibson, 80, American minimalist multi-instrumentalist (Philip Glass Ensemble)
	+ Kim Massie, 62, American blues and soul singer
* **13** – Saint Dog, 44, American rapper (Kottonmouth Kings)
* **14** – Paul Matters, Australian hard rock bassist (AC/DC)
* **15** – Dave Munden, 76, British rock and roll drummer (The Tremeloes)
* **16**
	+ Johnny Bush, 85, American country singer-songwriter
	+ Gordon Haskell, 74, British progressive rock and jazz singer and bassist (King Crimson, The Fleur de Lys)
	+ P. S. Narayanaswamy, 86, Indian Carnatic singer
* **17** – Toshinori Kondo, 71, Japanese jazz trumpeter
* **18**
	+ Alfredo Cerruti, 78, Italian comedy rock musician and producer (Squallor)
	+ Naâma, 84, Tunisian pop singer
	+ José Padilla, 64, Spanish ambient DJ and producer
	+ Maisa Tsuno, 29, Japanese indie rock guitarist (Akai Ko-en)
	+ Chet "JR" White, 40, American indie rock bassist (Girls)
* **19**
	+ Spencer Davis, 81, Welsh rock guitarist (The Spencer Davis Group)
	+ Tony Lewis, 62, British pop rock singer and guitarist (The Outfield)
* **21**
	+ Zero Babu, 80, Indian playback and Carnatic singer
	+ Viola Smith, 107, American swing and classical drummer
* **22**
	+ Margie Bowes, 79, American country singer
	+ K. Deep, 79, Burmese folk singer
* **23** – Jerry Jeff Walker, 78, American country singer-songwriter
* **25**
	+ Dolores Abril, 81, Spanish copla singer
	+ Jan Boerman, 97, Dutch electronic composer
	+ Rosanna Carteri, 89, Italian opera singer
	+ Mahesh Kanodia, 83, Indian Gujarati film singer
* **26** – Stan Kesler, 92, American rock and roll guitarist and songwriter
* **28**
	+ Cano Estremera, 62, Puerto Rican salsa singer
	+ Billy Joe Shaver, 81, American country singer-songwriter
* **30** – Božidar Tanaskovic, Serbian alternative rock bassist (Bjesovi)
* **31**
	+ Rance Allen, 71, American gospel singer, guitarist and keyboardist (The Rance Allen Group)
	+ Marc Fosset, 71, French jazz guitarist
	+ MF Doom, 49, British-American rapper (KMD, Madvillain)

### November

* **1**
	+ Pedro Iturralde, 91, Spanish jazz saxophonist
	+ Phil K, 51, Australian electronic DJ (Lostep)
	+ Nikki McKibbin, 42, American pop rock singer
	+ Ronnie Peel, Australian rock guitarist (The La De Da's, Thunderclap Newman)
	+ Esteban Santos, 69, Spanish pop singer (Bravo)
* **2** – T. N. Krishnan, 92, Indian Carnatic violinist
* **4** – Ken Hensley, 75, British rock singer, keyboardist and guitarist (Uriah Heep, Toe Fat, The Gods)
* **5**
	+ Len Barry, 78, American soul singer
	+ Reynaert, 65, Belgian pop singer
	+ Ossi Runne, 93, Belgian pop trumpeter and conductor
* **6**
	+ Stefano D'Orazio, 72, Italian pop drummer (Pooh)
	+ King Von, 26, American rapper
	+ Jim Radford, 92, British folk singer-songwriter
	+ Timur Selçuk, 74, Turkish pop singer and pianist
* **7**
	+ Cándido Camero, 99, Cuban jazz percussionist
	+ Bones Hillman, 62, New Zealand alternative rock bassist (Midnight Oil, The Swingers, Suburban Reptiles)
* **8** – Oscar Benton, 71, Dutch blues singer
* **10** – Alec Baillie, American punk rock bassist (Choking Victim, Leftöver Crack)
* **11**
	+ Adrian Cionco, 48, Argentine rock bassist (La Mosca Tsé - Tsé)
	+ MO3, 28, American rapper
	+ Andrew White, 78, American jazz saxophonist
* **12** – Jim Tucker, 74, American pop rock guitarist (The Turtles)
* **13**
	+ Kićo Slabinac, 76, Croatian folk singer
	+ Doug Supernaw, 60, American country singer
* **14**
	+ Des O'Connor, 88, English comedian and pop singer
	+ Eugenia Ratti, 87, Italian opera singer
* **16** – Bruce Swedien, 86, American recording engineer
* **18**
	+ László Benkő, 77, Hungarian progressive rock keyboardist (Omega)
	+ Dominic Grant, 71, British pop singer (Guys 'n' Dolls)
	+ Tony Hooper, 81, British folk rock guitarist (Strawbs)
* **21** – Tamás Mihály, 73, Hungarian progressive rock bassist (Omega)
* **23** – Hal Ketchum, 67, American country singer-songwriter
* **25**
	+ Duris Maxwell, 74, Canadian rock drummer
	+ Flor Silvestre, 90, Mexican ranchera and huapango singer and actress
	+ Camilla Wicks, 92, American classical violinist
* **26**
	+ Allan Botschinsky, 80, Danish jazz trumpeter
	+ Cecilia Fusco, 87, Italian opera singer
	+ Jamir Garcia, 42, Filipino nu metal singer (Slapshock)
* **28** – Piotr Strojnowski, 62, Polish reggae singer and guitarist (Daab)
* **29** – Miša Aleksić, 67, Serbian hard rock bassist (Riblja Čorba)
* **30** – Jack Wray, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Earls)

### December

* **1** – Dan Morrison, Australian ska punk drummer (Area-7)
* **2**
	+ Volodymyr Huba, 81, Ukrainian film composer
	+ Ron Mathewson, 76, British jazz bassist
* **3** – André Gagnon, 84, Canadian pianist, composer, and arranger
* **4** – Kenny Jeremiah, 78, American garage-rock singer (Soul Survivors)
* **6** – Džej Ramadanovski, 56, Serbian folk pop singer
* **7**
	+ LD Beghtol, 55, American experimental rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (LD & the New Criticism, Flare Acoustic Arts League, The Magnetic Fields)
	+ Howard Wales, 77, American jazz and rock keyboardist
* **8** – Harold Budd, 84, American avant-garde composer and poet
* **9**
	+ Sean Malone, 50, American progressive rock bassist (Gordian Knot, Cynic)
	+ Jason Slater, 49, American alternative rock bassist (Third Eye Blind, Snake River Conspiracy, Brougham)
* **10** – Kenneth Alwyn, 95, British classical composer and conductor
* **11** – Ubirany, 80, Brazilian samba hand-repique player (Fundo de Quintal)
* **12** – Charley Pride, 86, American country singer
* **13** – Andrey Sapunov, 64, Russian rock guitarist and bassist (Voskreseniye)
* **14** – Paulinho, 68, Brazilian soft rock singer (Roupa Nova)
* **15**
	+ Albert Griffiths, 74, Jamaican reggae singer and guitarist (The Gladiators)
	+ Corlynn Hanney, 75, American pop-soul singer (The Groop)
	+ Sam Jayne, 46, American indie rock singer and guitarist (Love as Laughter, Lync)
* **16** – Carl Mann, 78, American rockabilly singer
* **17**
	+ Jeff Clayton, 66, American jazz saxophonist
	+ Stanley Cowell, 79, American jazz pianist (The Heath Brothers)
* **19**
	+ Pelle Alsing, 60, Swedish pop rock drummer (Roxette)
	+ Clay Anthony, 61, American hard rock bassist (Junkyard)
	+ Pepe Salvaderi, Italian rock guitarist (Dik Dik)
* **20** – Chad Stuart, 79, British folk-pop singer and guitarist (Chad & Jeremy)
* **21** – K. T. Oslin, 78, American country singer-songwriter
* **23**
	+ John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, 56, American rapper (Whodini)
	+ Leslie West, 75, American hard rock singer and guitarist (Mountain, West, Bruce and Laing, The Vagrants)
* **24**
	+ Ivry Gitlis, 98, Israeli classical violinist
	+ Mojmir Sepe, 90, Slovenian classical composer and conductor
	+ Geoff Stephens, 86, English songwriter and record producer, founder of The New Vaudeville Band
* **25** – Tony Rice, 69, American bluegrass guitarist (New South)
* **26** – Tito Rojas, 65, Puerto Rican salsa singer
* **28**
	+ Paul-Heinz Dittrich, 90, German composer
	+ Armando Manzanero, 85, Mexican Mayan musician
* **29**
	+ Claude Bolling, 90, French jazz pianist and composer
	+ Phyllis McGuire, 89, American pop singer (The McGuire Sisters)
	+ Rudy Salas, 72, American R&B and soul guitarist (El Chicano, Tierra)
* **30**
	+ Frank Kimbrough, 64, American jazz pianist
	+ Alto Reed, 72, American rock saxophonist (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band)
	+ Eugene Wright, 97, American jazz bassist (Dave Brubeck Quartet)

## See also

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* Timeline of musical events
* Women in music
* Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industry

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