2013 in music

This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2013 in music.

Specific locations
• African music

• American music

• Australian music

• British music

• Canadian music

• Chinese music

• Danish music

• European music (Continental Europe)

• Finnish music

• French music

• German music

• Indian music

• Irish music

• Japanese music

• Malaysian music

• Mongolian music

• North Korean music

• Norwegian music

• Philippine music

• Polynesian music

• South Korean music

• Swedish music

• Vietnamese music

Specific genres
• Alternative

• Classical

• Country

• Electronic

• Heavy Metal

• Hip Hop

• Jazz

• Latin

• Opera

• Rock

• K-pop

• J-pop

Bands formed

 * Band-Maid
 * Beach Slang
 * Big Data
 * Blossoms
 * Brothers Osborne
 * BTS
 * Bully
 * The Cadillac Three
 * Cherry Glazerr
 * Childbirth
 * Crying
 * Fight or Flight
 * From Ashes to New
 * Great Good Fine Ok
 * G.R.L.
 * I Prevail
 * Japanese Breakfast
 * Joe Russo's Almost Dead
 * Julian Casablancas+The Voidz
 * Let's Eat Grandma
 * Little Big
 * Lisa Prank
 * Mrs. Green Apple
 * The Pizza Underground
 * PUP
 * The Rails
 * Rae Sremmurd
 * Rainbow Kitten Surprise
 * Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
 * Royal Blood
 * Run the Jewels
 * Sorority Noise
 * Sunflower Bean
 * Sylvan Esso
 * Trampolene
 * Viola Beach
 * You Are Number Six
 * Zeal & Ardor

Bands reformed

 * All Saints
 * Black Flag
 * The Calling
 * Danity Kane
 * Daughters
 * Failure
 * The Fall of Troy
 * Fall Out Boy
 * Jurassic 5
 * King Crimson
 * Medicine
 * Neutral Milk Hotel
 * Nine Inch Nails
 * The Postal Service
 * Rocket from the Crypt
 * Story of the Year
 * TLC
 * Violent Femmes

Bands disbanded

 * A Life Once Lost
 * A Tribe Called Quest
 * Allstar Weekend
 * A Rocket to the Moon
 * Asobi Seksu
 * Attack Attack!
 * Azari & III
 * The Calling
 * The Chariot
 * Charlie Brown Jr.
 * Churchill
 * The Click Five
 * Comadre
 * Dolly Rockers
 * Dr. Acula
 * E for Explosion
 * Gifts From Enola
 * Girls Aloud
 * Go Radio
 * God Forbid
 * Great Big Sea
 * Honor Society
 * Jonas Brothers
 * Kid Dynamite
 * Klymaxx
 * Lostprophets
 * Madina Lake
 * The Mars Volta
 * My Chemical Romance
 * New Boyz
 * The New Power Generation
 * The Postal Service
 * S.C.U.M
 * Sharks
 * Static-X
 * Sunny Day Real Estate
 * Supercute!
 * Swedish House Mafia
 * Tribes
 * Underoath
 * Weapon
 * Wild Flag
 * Woe, Is Me

January

 * 1 – Patti Page (85), American pop and country music singer
 * 4 – Sammy Johns (66), American country music singer-songwriter
 * 11 – John Wilkinson, 67, American guitarist (Elvis Presley's TCB Band) and singer
 * 19 – Steve Knight (77), American musician (Mountain)
 * 21 – Bob Dawdy (70), American rock and roll guitarist (The Velaires)
 * 25 – Cecil Womack (65), American singer (Womack & Womack)
 * 26 – Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (69), American funk singer and guitarist (Ohio Players)
 * 30 – Patty Andrews (94), American singer (The Andrews Sisters)

February

 * 4 – Reg Presley (71), British singer and songwriter (The Troggs)
 * 6 – Mo-Do (46), Italian musician
 * 11
 * Rick Huxley (72), English musician (The Dave Clark Five)
 * Kevin Peek (66), Australian musician (Sky)
 * 16
 * Stanley Knight (64), American guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)
 * Tony Sheridan (72), English rock and roll singer, early collaborator with The Beatles
 * 18
 * Kevin Ayers (68), English psychedelic rock songwriter and musician (Soft Machine)
 * Damon Harris (62), American soul and R&B singer (The Temptations)
 * 27 – Van Cliburn (78), American pianist

March

 * 1 – Jewel Akens (79), American R&B singer
 * 3 – Bobby Rogers (73), American soul singer and songwriter (The Miracles)
 * 6 – Alvin Lee (68), English blues-rock guitarist (Ten Years After)
 * 7
 * Kenny Ball (82), English jazz trumpeter
 * Peter Banks (65), English rock guitarist (Yes, Flash)
 * Claude King (90), American country music singer
 * 16 – Jason Molina (39), American musician, singer and songwriter (Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co.)

April

 * 3 – Chris Bailey (62), Australian bass guitarist (The Angels)
 * 8 – Annette Funicello (70), American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club) and singer
 * 9 – Emilio Pericoli (85), Italian singer
 * 14 – Sir Colin Davis, British conductor, 85
 * 17 – Sita Chan (26), Hong Kong Cantopop singer
 * 21 – Chrissy Amphlett (53), Australian singer (Divinyls)
 * 22
 * Richie Havens (72), American folk singer and guitarist
 * Nathaniel Romerson (75), American R&B singer (The Ballads)
 * 26 – George Jones (81), American country music singer and songwriter

May

 * 1 – Chris Kelly (34), American rap artist (Kris Kross)
 * 7
 * Peter Rauhofer (48), Austrian DJ, remixer and record producer
 * Romanthony (45), American DJ, record producer and singer
 * 17 – Alan O'Day (72), American singer-songwriter
 * 18 – Marek Jackowski (66), Polish rock musician (Maanam)
 * 20
 * Ray Manzarek (74), American rock musician (The Doors)
 * Zach Sobiech (18), American pop singer and viral video performer
 * 21 – Trevor Bolder (62), British musician (David Bowie, Uriah Heep)
 * 24 – Lorene Mann (76), American country music singer and songwriter
 * 25 – Tyrone Brunson (57), American musician

June

 * 1 - Richard Raines (48), American guitarist (Perfect Stranger)
 * 4 – Joey Covington (67), American musician (Jefferson Airplane)
 * 5 – Don Bowman (75), American comedian, country singer and songwriter
 * 14 – Tom Tall (75), American rockabilly singer
 * 15 – Robert Morris "B.J." Jones (70), American rock guitarist (Sweathog)
 * 19 – Slim Whitman (90), American country singer-songwriter
 * 21 – Mary Love (69), American soul and gospel singer
 * 23 – Bobby Bland (83), American blues and soul singer
 * 24
 * Sammy Hall, 67, American garage rock singer (The Birdwatchers)
 * Puff Johnson (40), American pop singer and songwriter
 * Alan Myers (58), American rock drummer (Devo)

July

 * 4 – Bernie Nolan (52), Irish singer (The Nolans) and actress
 * 13 – Cory Monteith (31), Canadian actor (Glee) and singer
 * 21 – WanBi Tuấn Anh (26), Vietnamese singer, musician, actor and model
 * 26 – J.J. Cale (74), American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
 * 30 – Nick Nixon (74), American country music singer-songwriter

August

 * 5 – George Duke (67), American jazz fusion keyboardist
 * 8 – Jack Clement (82), American record and film producer, songwriter and singer
 * 10 – Eydie Gormé (84), American singer
 * 13
 * Jon Brookes (44), English rock drummer (The Charlatans)
 * Tompall Glaser (79), American country music singer
 * 14 – Allen Lanier (67), American rock keyboardist and guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult)

September

 * 9 – Forrest (60), American singer
 * 11 – Jimmy Fontana (78), Italian singer-songwriter
 * 12 – Joan Regan (85), British traditional pop singer
 * 15 – Jackie Lomax (69), English guitarist and singer-songwriter
 * 16 – Mac Curtis (74), American rockabilly singer
 * 17 – Marvin Rainwater (88), American country and rockabilly singer
 * 25 – Billy Mure (97), American guitarist

October

 * 8
 * Larry Verne (77), American singer
 * Philip Chevron (56), Irish musician (The Pogues)
 * 10
 * Jan Kuehnemund (51), American musician (Vixen)
 * Cal Smith (81), American country music singer
 * 19 – Noel Harrison (79), British singer and actor
 * 20 – Leon Ashley (77), American country music singer
 * 26 – Al Johnson (65), American soul singer (The Unifics)
 * 27 – Lou Reed (71), American rock musician and songwriter (The Velvet Underground)
 * 30 – Pete Haycock (62), English guitarist (Climax Blues Band)
 * 31 – Bobby Parker (76), American blues-rock guitarist

November

 * 2 – Jack Alexander (77), Scottish folk singer and pianist (The Alexander Brothers)
 * 6 – Clyde Stacy (77), American rockabilly singer and guitarist
 * 11 – Bob Beckham (86), American music publisher and country singer
 * 29
 * Dick Dodd (68), American musician (The Bel-Airs, The Standells)
 * Oliver Cheatham (65), American R&B singer

December

 * 2 – Junior Murvin (67), Jamaican reggae singer
 * 8 – Hung Sin Nui (88), Cantonese opera singer
 * 16 – Ray Price (87), American country music singer
 * 23 – Yusef Lateef (93), American saxophonist

Musical films

 * Begin Again