2015 in music

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

Specific locations
• 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

• Irish music

• Japanese music

• Malaysian music

• Mongolian music

• North Korean music

• Norwegian music

• Philippine music

• Polynesian music

• South Korean music

• Swedish music

• Taiwanese music

• Vietnamese music

• World music

Specific genres
• Classical

• Country

• Electronic

• Heavy metal

• Hip hop

• House

• Jazz

• Latin

• Opera

• Pop

• Rock

• K-pop

• J-pop

Albums released

 * List of 2015 albums

Bands formed

 * 3776
 * 1Punch
 * Akishibu Project
 * April
 * Atarashii Gakko!
 * Bastarz
 * Big Brain
 * Billie Idle
 * Bish
 * Bursters
 * Camellia Factory
 * CLC
 * Day6
 * DIA
 * Earphones
 * Ebisu Muscats
 * Fate Gear
 * GFriend
 * The Hoopers
 * iamnot
 * Idol Renaissance
 * Iginari Tohoku San
 * iKon
 * JJY Band
 * Kolme
 * La PomPon
 * Ladybaby
 * lol
 * Magnolia Factory
 * MAP6
 * Meet Me at the Altar
 * MeloMance
 * Monsta X
 * Mrs. Green Apple
 * MyB
 * Myth & Roid
 * N.Flying
 * Official Hige Dandism
 * Oh My Girl
 * OxT
 * Pasocom Music Club
 * The Peggies
 * Pentagon
 * Playback
 * Pretty Brown
 * POP
 * Romeo
 * Rubber Soul
 * Seventeen
 * Snuper
 * Srv.Vinci
 * Sora tob sakana
 * Suchmos
 * Tacoyaki Rainbow
 * Tokimeki Sendenbu
 * TrySail
 * Twice
 * Unicorn
 * UP10TION
 * VAV
 * VIXX LR
 * Wednesday Campanella
 * Whiteeeen

Soloist debuts

 * Aimyon
 * Alina Baraz
 * Alessia Cara
 * Alex Gonzaga
 * Amber
 * Anly
 * Anne-Marie
 * Aurora
 * Baek Yerin
 * Bea Miller
 * Charlie Puth
 * Choa
 * Daoko
 * Daya
 * Dean
 * Declan McKenna
 * Dua Lipa
 * Elo
 * Elsie
 * Halsey
 * Horan
 * Faouzia
 * Ferlyn G
 * G2
 * Gaeko
 * G.Soul
 * Goo Hara
 * Hailee Steinfeld
 * Iñigo Pascual
 * Jacob Benedicto
 * Jang Hyun-seung
 * Jeremy Zucker
 * Julien Baker
 * Jung Yong-hwa
 * Junoflo
 * Jonghyun
 * Julian Trono
 * Kehlani
 * Kiiara
 * Lee Hongki
 * Lizzy
 * Mabel
 * Marlo Mortel
 * Matteo Guidicelli
 * Morissette
 * Minah
 * Miwoo
 * Niel
 * Park Jimin
 * Patrick Brasca
 * Poppy
 * Post Malone
 * Reol
 * Reese Lansangan
 * Rita De Guzman
 * RM
 * Sakura Fujiwara
 * Shaun
 * Taeyeon
 * Wuno
 * Lee Tae-il
 * Ugly Duck
 * Yassi Pressman
 * Yezi

Bands reformed

 * 13th Floor Elevators
 * The Academy Is...
 * A-ha
 * Aiden
 * Alexisonfire
 * Armor for Sleep
 * As One
 * At the Drive-In
 * Bay City Rollers
 * The Black Eyed Peas
 * Black Grape
 * The Bluetones
 * Brooks & Dunn
 * Busted
 * The Corrs
 * Daphne and Celeste
 * Dashboard Confessional
 * Digable Planets
 * Disturbed
 * Evanescence
 * Faithless
 * Good Charlotte
 * LCD Soundsystem
 * Lush
 * The Matches
 * Pist.On
 * The Promise Ring
 * Rainbow
 * Royal Trux
 * Savatage
 * Simply Red
 * The Starting Line
 * Supertramp
 * Symphony Number One
 * Thrice
 * A Tribe Called Quest
 * Underoath
 * Ween

Bands disbanded

 * 3 Inches of Blood
 * Avi Buffalo
 * The Black Crowes
 * Bloodhound Gang
 * Burzum
 * California Breed
 * Cali Swag District
 * CBS Orchestra
 * Cobra Starship
 * Device
 * Eastern Conference Champions
 * Erase Errata
 * Flesh for Lulu
 * Framing Hanley
 * Funeral For a Friend
 * Goodbye to Gravity
 * G.R.L.
 * I, the Breather
 * James Last Orchestra
 * Kill Hannah
 * Klaxons
 * Maybeshewill
 * Mean Creek
 * MellowHype
 * Mötley Crüe
 * Motörhead
 * Neutral Milk Hotel
 * Noah and the Whale
 * Obits
 * Odd Future
 * The Replacements
 * Rise to Remain
 * The Rosso Sisters
 * Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts
 * Sleeper Agent
 * Stereo Kicks
 * Texas in July
 * The Weakerthans

January

 * 1 – Matthew Cogley (30), British musician and songwriter (Failsafe).
 * 6 – Lance Percival (81), British actor and singer.
 * 13
 * Ronnie Ronalde (91), British siffleur and yodeller.
 * Trevor Ward-Davies (70), English bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich)
 * 19 – Ward Swingle (87), American jazz singer (The Swingle Singers).
 * 22 – Joan Hinde (81), British trumpet player
 * 25 – Demis Roussos (68), Greek singer and musician
 * 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).
 * 16 – Lesley Gore (68), American singer
 * 21 – Clark Terry (94), American jazz trumpeter.
 * 22 – Erik Amundsen (78), Norwegian jazz upright-bassist.
 * 23 – Ron Edgar (68), American rock drummer (The Music Machine)

March

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

April

 * 1
 * Dave Ball (65), British musician (Procol Harum).
 * Sandy Mason (75), American country music singer-songwriter
 * 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
 * 14 – Percy Sledge (74), American soul, gospel and R&B singer
 * 17 – Brian Couzens (86), British music industry executive (Chandos Records).
 * 18 – Ben E. King (76), American soul and R&B singer

May

 * 6
 * Errol Brown (71), British-Jamaican singer (Hot Chocolate)
 * Dottie Dillard (91), American pop singer (The Anita Kerr Quartet)
 * 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.
 * 27 – Joe Bennett (75), American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones)

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
 * Daron Norwood (49), American country music singer
 * Eddie Hardin (66), British singer-songwriter and pianist (The Spencer Davis Group and Axis Point).
 * 30 – Lynn Anderson (67), American country singer
 * 31 – Pamela Brandt (68), American country-rock bassist, singer and songwriter (The Deadly Nightshade)

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)
 * 20 – Laurent Rossi (67), French singer, songwriter, and record producer (Bimbo Jet)

September

 * 4 – Hal Willis (82), Canadian country music singer
 * 13 – Gary Richrath (65), American guitarist (REO Speedwagon)
 * 29 – Phil Woods (83), American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer

October

 * 8 – Jim Diamond, Scottish singer (Ph.D.)
 * 9 – Larry Rosen (75), American drummer, entrepreneur, and music producer.
 * 20 – Cory Wells (74), American singer (Three Dog Night)
 * 22 – Mark Murphy (83), American singer.
 * 28 – Diane Charlemagne (51), English dance singer (52nd Stree, Urban Cookie Collective)

November

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

December

 * 3 – Scott Weiland (48), American musician, singer and songwriter (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver and Art of Anarchy)
 * 28
 * Guru Josh (51), acid house DJ
 * Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister (70), English musician, singer and songwriter (Motörhead, Hawkwind, The Rockin' Vickers)
 * 30 – Zjef Vanuytsel (70), Belgian folk singer.
 * 31 – Natalie Cole (65), American singer, songwriter, and actress (congestive heart failure).