2017 in music

This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2017 in music.

Specific locations

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

Specific genres

 * Classical
 * Country
 * Electronic
 * Jazz
 * Latin
 * Heavy metal
 * Hip hop
 * Rock
 * R&B
 * New Wave
 * Opera
 * Pop
 * Punk
 * K-pop
 * J-pop

Bands formed

 * =LOVE
 * 22/7
 * 3RACHA
 * 7Senses
 * 14U
 * 22/7
 * A.C.E
 * Adoy
 * Bad Wolves
 * Be.A
 * Black Dresses
 * Bloodywood
 * Brats
 * THE BOYZ
 * Busters
 * Cellchrome
 * Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu
 * CY8ER
 * Cynhn
 * Dimlim
 * Dreamcatcher
 * Duetto
 * Elris
 * Faky
 * FanxyRed
 * Favorite
 * Fever 333
 * Fontaines D.C.
 * Fromis 9
 * Ghost Light
 * Giants in the Trees
 * Gizmodrome
 * Grayscale
 * GreatGuys
 * Golden Child
 * Good Day
 * Hash Tag
 * Highlight
 * Honeyst
 * Hyeongseop X Euiwoong
 * IN2IT
 * In Real Life
 * IZ
 * JBJ
 * Josh Todd and the Conflict
 * Last Idol
 * Lovebites
 * Leetspeak Monsters
 * Longguo & Shihyun
 * Måneskin
 * Mastersystem
 * Mellow Mellow
 * Mind U
 * MVP
 * MXM
 * My Indigo
 * Myteen
 * NGT48
 * Novelbright
 * Now United
 * NU'EST W
 * ONF
 * Pale Waves
 * Pink Babies
 * Pink Cres.
 * Polkadot Stingray
 * P.O.P
 * Pom Poko
 * Powerflo
 * Pristin
 * Qyoto
 * Rainz
 * Rak-Su
 * The Rampage from Exile Tribe
 * The Rose
 * Roselia
 * The Sea Within
 * S.I.S
 * Seven O'Clock
 * Sons of Apollo
 * Squid
 * Stray Kids
 * SudannaYuzuYully
 * Superorganism
 * Top Secret
 * TRCNG
 * Triple H
 * Tropical Fuck Storm
 * Ukka
 * Varsity
 * Wanna One
 * Weki Meki
 * Vespera
 * YHBOYS
 * Yorushika

Soloist debuts

 * Adieu
 * Aima Baig
 * Asca
 * Ashe
 * Au/Ra
 * Baby Ariel
 * Beverly
 * Blanks
 * Camila Cabello
 * Cavetown
 * Chelsea Cutler
 * Cherry Ngan
 * Clairo
 * Conan Gray
 * Curtismith
 * Diamante
 * Donny Pangilinan
 * DPR Live
 * Gabbi Garcia
 * Haru Nemuri
 * Harry Styles
 * Hatchie
 * Hiroomi Tosaka
 * Hoàng Yến Chibi
 * Huang Xiaoyun
 * I
 * I'll
 * Jang Han-byul
 * Jeong Se-woon
 * Jeon So-yeon
 * Joji
 * Julia Michaels
 * Kang Si-ra
 * Kevin Oh
 * Keina Suda
 * Kim Chung-ha
 * Kim Petras
 * Kim So-hee
 * Kriesha Chu
 * KSI
 * Lauren Jauregui
 * Lauv
 * Lee Hae-ri
 * Leellamarz
 * Leila Alcasid
 * Leony
 * Lewis Capaldi
 * Liam Payne
 * Little Simz
 * Luísa Sonza
 * Maan
 * Madison Beer
 * Maisie Peters
 * Masaki Suda
 * Malu Trevejo
 * Megan Thee Stallion
 * Minzy
 * Mxmtoon
 * Nao Tōyama
 * Nathy Peluso
 * Niki
 * Noa Kirel
 * One
 * Phoebe Bridgers
 * Punch
 * Queen Naija
 * Ravi
 * Rauw Alejandro
 * Rena Nōnen
 * Ruel
 * Sabrina Claudio
 * Sam Fender
 * Samuel
 * Saweetie
 * Sayumi Michishige
 * Sayuri
 * Shuta Sueyoshi
 * Seohyun
 * Skylar Stecker
 * Sōma Saitō
 * Sojung
 * Sophy Wong
 * Soyou
 * Suzy
 * Tao Tsuchiya
 * Violetta Zironi
 * Volts Vallejo
 * Woo Won-jae
 * Youngji
 * Yungblud

Bands reformed

 * As I Lay Dying
 * Audioslave
 * Big Dumb Face
 * Carnivore
 * Chimaira
 * Company of Thieves
 * Dreamcatcher
 * Eagles
 * Eighteen Visions
 * Elastica
 * Exhorder
 * Heavy Load
 * House vs. Hurricane
 * Jawbreaker
 * Jethro Tull
 * The KLF
 * Light This City
 * Lionheart
 * Madina Lake
 * Nachtmystium
 * NRG
 * Orbital
 * Pleymo
 * Sadus
 * Sleeper
 * Steps
 * The Streets
 * Stornoway
 * Sugarland
 * Tripping Daisy
 * Viva Brother
 * The Union Underground
 * Xscape

Bands on hiatus

 * Camera Obscura
 * Cyntia
 * Dark Sermon
 * Dave Matthews Band
 * Disclosure
 * Flumpool
 * fun.
 * Girls’ Generation
 * Ikimono-gakari
 * The Gaslight Anthem
 * Heart
 * The Jezabels
 * Katatonia
 * Karnataka
 * Linkin Park
 * Mejibray
 * Pinegrove
 * PWR BTTM
 * Slipknot
 * Soundgarden
 * Sphere
 * Tackey & Tsubasa
 * Tsubaki
 * Twenty One Pilots
 * Vamps
 * With Confidence

Bands disbanded

 * A Tribe Called Quest
 * Amoral
 * As One
 * Audioslave
 * Black Sabbath
 * Brontide
 * The Cab
 * Chairlift
 * Cibo Matto
 * Cinderella
 * Circus Devils
 * Coal Chamber
 * C-ute
 * The Crookes
 * The Dillinger Escape Plan
 * Doll Elements
 * Donovan Wolfington
 * Especia
 * Friendzone
 * Game Theory
 * HIM
 * Hail of Bullets
 * Heaven's Basement
 * Hilcrhyme
 * In Dying Arms
 * Letlive
 * Les B.B.
 * The Maccabees
 * Marionette
 * Mimi Meme Mimi
 * Mindless Behavior
 * Miss A
 * Mobb Deep
 * Mudcrutch
 * The Pagans
 * Plenty
 * The Poster Boy
 * Poured Out
 * Prizmmy
 * Reol
 * Rev. from DVL
 * The Roches
 * The Saturdays
 * Spawn of Possession
 * Staind
 * Sug
 * Textures
 * Those Who Fear
 * Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
 * The Tragically Hip
 * Trap Them
 * Vallenfyre
 * Vanna
 * Vant
 * We Are the Ocean
 * White Ash
 * White Miles
 * William Control
 * The Wonder Girls
 * Xerath
 * Yellowcard
 * Your Memorial

January

 * 1 – Memo Morales (79), Venezuelan rumba singer
 * 2 – Auriel Andrew (69), Indigenous Australian country singer
 * 4 – Bade Fateh Ali Khan (82), Pakistani classical music and Khyal singer
 * 6 – Sylvester Potts (78), American R&B singer (the Contours)
 * 7 – Jerzy Kossela (74), Polish rock guitarist (Czerwone Gitary)
 * 8 – Peter Sarstedt (75), British folk pop singer
 * 10 – Buddy Greco (90), American jazz singer and pianist
 * 11 – Tommy Allsup (83), American rock and roll guitarist
 * 13
 * Horacio Guarany (91), Argentine folklore singer
 * Richie Ingui (69), American soul singer (Soul Survivors)
 * 14 – John Boudreaux (80), American jazz and soul drummer
 * 15 – Greg Trooper (61), American alternative country singer and songwriter
 * 16
 * William Onyeabor (70), Nigerian funk singer-songwriter
 * Steve Wright (66), American power pop bassist and songwriter (The Greg Kihn Band)
 * 18 – Mike Kellie (69), British psychedelic rock and power pop drummer (Spooky Tooth, The Only Ones)
 * 19 – Loalwa Braz (63), Brazilian pop and lambada singer (Kaoma)
 * 20
 * Ronald "Bingo" Mundy (76), American singer (The Marcels)
 * Joey Powers (82), American pop singer
 * Tommy Tate (71), American soul singer
 * 21
 * Karl Hendricks (46), American alternative rock singer (The Karl Hendricks Trio)
 * Walter "Junie" Morrison (62), American funk keyboardist (The Ohio Players, Parliament-Funkadelic)
 * Maggie Roche (65), American folk singer (The Roches)
 * 22
 * Jaki Liebezeit (78), German experimental rock drummer (Can)
 * Pete Overend Watts (69), British glam rock bassist and singer (Mott the Hoople, British Lions)
 * 23 – Bobby Freeman (76), American pop and R&B singer
 * 24
 * Gil Ray (60), American power pop drummer (Game Theory, The Loud Family)
 * Butch Trucks (69), American rock drummer (The Allman Brothers Band, Les Brers)
 * 25 – Ronnie Davis (66), Jamaican reggae singer (The Tennors, The Itals)
 * 27 – Stan Boreson (91), American comedian, accordionist and singer
 * 28
 * Guitar Gable (79), American blues singer and guitarist
 * Geoff Nicholls (68), British rock musician and keyboardist (Black Sabbath, Quartz)
 * Alexander Tikhanovich (64), Belarusian pop singer (Verasy)
 * 29 – Elkin Ramírez (54), Colombian hard rock singer (Kraken)
 * 30 – James Laurence (27), American hip hop musician and producer (Friendzone) (death announced on this date)
 * 31
 * Deke Leonard (72), British progressive rock guitarist (Man)
 * John Wetton (67), British progressive rock singer, bassist, and songwriter (Asia, King Crimson)

February

 * 1 – Robert Dahlqvist (40), Swedish alternative rock guitarist and singer (The Hellacopters, Thunder Express, Dundertåget)
 * 4 – Steve Lang (67), Canadian rock bassist (April Wine)
 * 5
 * David Axelrod (85), American jazz musician and producer
 * Sonny Geraci (70), American pop and rock singer (Climax, The Outsiders)
 * 7 – Svend Asmussen (100), Danish jazz violinist
 * 8
 * Rina Matsuno (18), Japanese pop singer (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku)
 * Tony Särkkä (44), Swedish black metal multi-instrumentalist
 * 11 – Jarmila Šuláková (87), Czech folk singer
 * 12
 * Al Jarreau (76), American jazz singer
 * Damian (52), British pop singer
 * 13
 * Trish Doan (31), American heavy metal bassist (Kittie) (death announced on this date)
 * E-Dubble (34), American rapper
 * 16 – Pericoma Okoye (81), Nigerian traditional music singer
 * 17
 * Peter Skellern (69), English easy listening singer-songwriter and pianist
 * Dave Yorko (73), American rock and roll guitarist (Johnny and the Hurricanes)
 * 18 – Clyde Stubblefield (73), American funk and soul drummer (James Brown, The J.B.'s)
 * 19 – Larry Coryell (73), American jazz fusion guitarist
 * 20 – Huang Feili (99), Chinese classical music conductor
 * 23
 * Horace Parlan (86), American jazz pianist
 * Leon Ware (77), American funk singer and songwriter
 * 25
 * Rick Chavez, American progressive metal singer and guitarist (Drive)
 * Toshio Nakanishi (61), Japanese new wave guitarist (Plastics)
 * Bill Paxton (61), American new wave keyboardist (Martini Ranch) and actor

March

 * 1 – Hiroshi Kamayatsu (78), Japanese rock singer (The Spiders, Vodka Collins)
 * 2 – Gata Cattana (26), Spanish rapper
 * 3
 * Jim Fuller (69), American surf rock guitarist (The Surfaris)
 * Lyle Ritz (87), American rock bassist and ukuleleist (The Wrecking Crew)
 * Danny Spooner (80), British-born Australian folk singer
 * 4
 * Valerie Carter (64), American rock singer and songwriter
 * Edi Fitzroy (61), Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer
 * Tommy Page (46), American pop singer
 * 6
 * Ritchie Adams (78), American songwriter and singer (The Fireflies)
 * Lars Diedricson (66), Swedish rock singer (Snowstorm)
 * Alberto Zedda (89), Italian conductor and musicologist
 * 7 – Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya (46), Indian folk singer
 * 8
 * Dave Valentin (64), American jazz flutist
 * Wordsayer (47), American rapper (Source of Labor)
 * 10 – Joni Sledge (60), American R&B and disco singer (Sister Sledge)
 * 11
 * Evan Johns (60), American rockabilly guitarist (The LeRoi Brothers)
 * Ángel Parra (73), Chilean folk singer
 * Don Warden (87), American country slide guitarist
 * 12 – Joey Alves (63), American hard rock rhythm guitarist (Y&T)
 * 13
 * Robert "P-Nut" Johnson, American funk singer (Parliament-Funkadelic)
 * John Lever (55), British post-punk drummer (The Chameleons)
 * 15
 * Phil Garland (75), New Zealander folk singer
 * Vicky (69), Colombian pop singer
 * 16 – James Cotton (81), American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
 * 18 – Chuck Berry (90), American rock and roll guitarist, singer and songwriter
 * 20
 * Buck Hill (90), American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist
 * Tony Terran (90), American rock and pop trumpeter (The Wrecking Crew)
 * 21 – Gabriel "Negru" Mafa (42), black metal drummer (Negură Bunget)
 * 22
 * Sib Hashian (67), American rock drummer (Boston)
 * Sven-Erik Magnusson (74), Swedish pop singer and guitarist (Sven-Ingvars)
 * 23 – Sebastián (63), Argentine cuarteto singer
 * 24
 * Vincent Falcone (78), American pianist (Frank Sinatra) and conductor
 * Pete Shotton (75), British skiffle percussionist and washboardist (The Quarrymen)
 * 25 – Edward Grimes (43), American post-rock drummer (Rachel's)
 * 26
 * Alessandro Alessandroni (92), Italian film composer and classical guitarist
 * Jimmy Dotson (83), American blues singer and songwriter
 * 27 – Clem Curtis (76), Trinidadian-British singer (The Foundations)
 * 28 – Terry Fischer (70), American pop singer (The Murmaids)
 * 30 – Rosie Hamlin (71), American pop singer (Rosie and the Originals)

April

 * 1
 * Lonnie Brooks (83), American blues singer and guitarist
 * Ikutaro Kakehashi (87), Japanese engineer, founder of Roland Corporation, manufacturer of electronic musical instruments
 * Wycliffe Noble (91), British gospel singer (The Joystrings) and architect
 * 3 – Brenda Jones (62), American singer (The Jones Girls)
 * 5 – Paul O'Neill (61), American progressive metal composer, lyricist, producer, and songwriter (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Savatage)
 * 6 – David Peel (74), American folk singer and songwriter
 * 7 – Ben Speer (86), American gospel singer (Speer Family)
 * 8 – Keni Richards (60), American rock drummer (Autograph)
 * 9
 * Alan Henderson (72), Northern Irish rock bassist (Them)
 * Bob Wootton (75), American country guitarist (The Tennessee Three)
 * 10 – Banner Thomas (62), American hard rock bassist (Molly Hatchet)
 * 11
 * J. Geils (71), American blues, rock and jazz guitarist (The J. Geils Band)
 * Scotty Miller (65), American drummer (Instant Funk)
 * Toby Smith (46), English acid jazz keyboardist, songwriter and producer (Jamiroquai)
 * 12 – Barry "Frosty" Smith (71), American rock drummer (Sweathog, Soulhat)
 * 14 – Bruce Langhorne (78), American folk singer
 * 15
 * Tim Goshorn, 62, American country rock guitarist and singer (Pure Prairie League)
 * Allan Holdsworth (70), British jazz fusion guitarist (Gong, Soft Machine, U.K.)
 * Matt Holt (39), American heavy metal singer (Nothingface)
 * Sylvia Moy (78), American songwriter
 * 19 – Dick Contino (87), American accordionist and singer
 * 20 – Cuba Gooding Sr. (72), American soul and R&B singer (The Main Ingredient)
 * 23 – Jerry Adriani (70), Brazilian rock singer
 * 27
 * Jeff Decker, Canadian heavy metal guitarist (Thor)
 * John Shifflett (64), American jazz bassist
 * 28 – Joanna Brouk (68), American electronic music composer

May

 * 1
 * Bruce Hampton (70), American rock and jazz fusion singer and guitarist (Hampton Grease Band, Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit)
 * Erkki Kurenniemi (75), Finnish electronic music composer
 * 2 – Kevin Garcia (41), American indie rock bassist (Grandaddy)
 * 3
 * Casey Jones (77), American blues drummer (Johnny Winter)
 * C'el Revuelta, American punk rock bassist (Black Flag)
 * Saxa (83), Jamaican ska saxophonist (The Beat)
 * 4 – Katy Bødtger (84), Danish singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1960)
 * 5 – Clive Brooks (67), British progressive rock drummer (Egg)
 * 9
 * Michael Parks (77), American country singer and actor
 * Robert Miles (47), Swiss-born Italian electronic dance record producer, composer and DJ
 * 10
 * Bonaldo "Burt" Bonaldi (90), American pop singer (The Gaylords)
 * Pierre DeMudd (64), American trumpeter and singer (Dazz Band)
 * 11 – İbrahim Erkal (50), Turkish folk singer
 * 12 – Bill Dowdy (84), American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds)
 * 13 – Jimmy Copley (63), British rock drummer
 * 14 – Keith Mitchell, American dream pop drummer (Mazzy Star)
 * 17 – Chris Cornell (52), American alternative rock singer and songwriter (Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog)
 * 18 – Frankie Paul (51), Jamaican dancehall singer
 * 20
 * Jimmy Dale (81), British-Canadian film and television composer
 * Ace Still, American doom metal singer (Goatlord)
 * 21
 * Kenny Cordray (62), American rock guitarist and songwriter
 * Jimmy LaFave (61), American folk singer and songwriter
 * Tulsa Pittaway (42), South African indie rock drummer (Watershed, Evolver One)
 * 22
 * Rosa Speer (94), American gospel singer (Speer Family)
 * Zbigniew Wodecki (67), Polish pop singer and violinist
 * 25 – Saucy Sylvia (96), Canadian-born American comedy music singer and pianist
 * 27
 * Gregg Allman (69), American rock singer, songwriter and keyboardist (The Allman Brothers Band)
 * Guillermo Sanchez, Argentinian heavy metal bassist (Rata Blanca)
 * 29 – Arleen Lanzotti (73), American pop singer (The Delicates)
 * 31 – Bern Nix (69), American jazz guitarist

June

 * 2 – Aamir Zaki (49), Pakistani psychedelic rock guitarist
 * 6
 * Sandra Reemer (66), Dutch pop singer
 * Vin Garbutt (68), British folk singer and songwriter
 * 8 – Norro Wilson (79), American country music singer, songwriter and record producer
 * 11 – Rosalie Sorrels (83), American folk singer and songwriter
 * 12 – Geri Allen (60), American jazz pianist
 * 16 – Eliza Clívia (37), Brazilian forro singer
 * 17 – Thara Memory (68), American jazz trumpeter
 * 18 – Chris Murrell (60), American gospel and jazz singer
 * 20
 * Prodigy (42), American rapper (Mobb Deep)
 * Bo Wagner (72), American marimba player (Starbuck)
 * 21 – Belton Richard (77), American Cajun accordionist
 * 22 – Jimmy Nalls (66), American blues rock guitarist (Sea Level)
 * 25 – Dave Evans (66), American bluegrass singer and banjoist
 * 28
 * Gary DeCarlo (75), American pop singer and songwriter (Steam)
 * Nic Ritter (37), American thrash metal drummer (Warbringer)
 * Dave Rosser (50), American alternative rock guitarist (The Afghan Whigs)
 * 30 – Don Rea (88), American pop singer (The Gaylords)

July

 * 3 – Rudy Rotta (66), Italian blues rock guitarist
 * 4 – John Blackwell, Jr. (43), American funk and R&B drummer (D'Angelo, The New Power Generation)
 * 5 – Pierre Henry (89), French musique concrète composer
 * 6
 * Mick Bund, British post-punk bassist (Felt)
 * Melvyn "Deacon" Jones (73), American soul keyboardist (Baby Huey & the Babysitters)
 * 9 – Erik Cartwright (66), American blues rock guitarist (Foghat)
 * 12
 * Marc 'Blaash' Michaelson, American black metal drummer (Bahimiron)
 * Tamara Miansarova (86), Russian pop singer
 * Ray Phiri (70), South African jazz fusion singer and guitarist
 * 13
 * Simon Holmes (54), Australian jangle pop guitarist (The Hummingbirds)
 * Egil Kapstad (76), Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
 * Chris Wong Won (53), American rapper (2 Live Crew)
 * 14
 * Mahi Beamer (88), American-Native Hawaiian folk singer and pianist
 * David Zablidowsky (38), American hard rock bassist (Adrenaline Mob, Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
 * 16 – Wilfried (67), Austrian pop singer
 * 17 – Peter Principle (63), American post-punk bassist (Tuxedomoon)
 * 19
 * Barbara Weldens (35), French pop singer and songwriter
 * Graham Wood (45), Australian jazz pianist
 * 20
 * Chester Bennington (41), American hard rock singer and songwriter (Linkin Park, Stone Temple Pilots, Dead by Sunrise)
 * Andrea Jürgens (50), German schlager singer
 * 21
 * Errol Dyers (65), South African jazz guitarist
 * Geoff Mack (94), Australian country singer and songwriter
 * Kenny Shields (69), Canadian hard rock singer (Streetheart)
 * Paapa Yankson (73), Ghanaian highlife singer
 * 22
 * Polo Hofer (72), Swiss pop singer
 * Bobby Taylor (83), American soul singer (Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers)
 * 25
 * Michael Johnson (72), American country singer and songwriter
 * Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (46), Indigenous Australian folk singer and guitarist
 * 27 – Billy Joe Walker Jr. (64), American country music record producer
 * 28 – D.L. Menard (85), American Cajun music singer
 * 31 – Chuck Loeb (61), American jazz guitarist (Fourplay)

August

 * 1 – Goldy McJohn (72), Canadian hard rock keyboardist (Steppenwolf)
 * 2 – Daniel Licht (60), American film and television composer
 * 4
 * Luiz Melodia (66), Brazilian MPB singer
 * Joe Romano 67, American bassist (The Fun and Games)
 * 8 – Glen Campbell (81), American country music singer and songwriter
 * 11 – Segun Bucknor (71), Nigerian soul and funk keyboardist and guitarist
 * 19 – Bea Wain (100), American big band singer (Larry Clinton and His Orchestra)
 * 20 – Jerry Lewis (91), American actor and pop singer
 * 21 – Sonny Burgess (88), American rockabilly singer
 * 22 – John Abercrombie (73), American jazz fusion guitarist
 * 24
 * Pete Kuykendall (79), American bluegrass banjoist
 * Larry Marshall (75), Jamaican reggae singer
 * 26 – Wilson das Neves (81), Brazilian bossa nova singer and percussionist
 * 28 – Melissa Bell (53), British R&B and soul singer (Soul II Soul)
 * 29 – Larry Elgart (95), American jazz bandleader and alto saxophonist
 * 30 – Skip Prokop (73), Canadian rock and jazz fusion drummer (Lighthouse, The Paupers)

September

 * 1 – Mick Softley (77), British folk singer and songwriter
 * 2 – Dave Hlubek (66), American rock guitarist and songwriter (Molly Hatchet)
 * 3 – Walter Becker (67), American jazz rock guitarist, bassist and songwriter (Steely Dan)
 * 4 – Earl Lindo (64), Jamaican reggae keyboardist (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
 * 5 – Rick Stevens (77), American R&B singer (Tower of Power)
 * 6 – Holger Czukay (79), German experimental rock bassist (Can)
 * 8
 * Troy Gentry (50), American country singer (Montgomery Gentry)
 * Don Williams (78), American country singer
 * 11 – Virgil Howe (41), British alternative rock drummer (Little Barrie)
 * 12
 * Riem de Wolff (74), Dutch-Indonesian rock and roll singer (The Blue Diamonds)
 * Josh Schwartz (45), American alternative country guitarist (Beachwood Sparks)
 * Jessi Zazu (28), American garage rock singer and songwriter (Those Darlins)
 * 13 – Grant Hart (56), American alternative rock singer, songwriter and drummer (Hüsker Dü)
 * 17 – Laudir de Oliveira (77), Brazilian rock and jazz percussionist (Chicago)
 * 18 – Mark Selby (56), American blues rock singer and guitarist
 * 21 – Cees Bergman (65), Dutch glam rock singer (Catapult)
 * 22
 * Ammon Tharp (75), American soul singer and drummer (Bill Deal and the Rhondels)
 * Eric Eycke (41), American heavy metal singer (Corrosion of Conformity)
 * 23 – Charles Bradley (68), American soul singer
 * 27
 * CeDell Davis (91), American blues guitarist
 * Joy Fleming (72), German pop singer
 * Hiromi Hayakawa (34), Japanese-born Mexican pop singer
 * 30 – Tom Paley (89), American folk guitarist and banjoist (New Lost City Ramblers)

October

 * 2 – Tom Petty (66), American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys, Mudcrutch)
 * 4 – Janis Hansen (74), American pop and bossa nova singer (Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66, The Carnival)
 * 5
 * Alvin DeGuzman, American post-hardcore guitarist (The Icarus Line)
 * Rodrigo BVevino (42), British heavy metal singer (Avenger)
 * 6 – Bunny Sigler (76), American soul singer, songwriter and record producer
 * 7 – Jimmy Beaumont (76), American doo-wop singer (The Skyliners)
 * 8 – Grady Tate (85), American jazz drummer and singer
 * 16
 * Augustin Mawangu Mingiedi (56), Congolese afro-pop lkembist
 * Iain Shedden (60), Australian punk rock drummer (The Saints)
 * 17
 * Gord Downie (53), Canadian rock singer and songwriter (The Tragically Hip)
 * 18 – Eamonn Campbell (70), Irish folk singer and guitarist (The Dubliners)
 * 21 – Martin Eric Ain (50), American-Swiss heavy metal bassist (Celtic Frost)
 * 22
 * Al Hurricane (81), American folk singer and songwriter
 * Scott Putesky (49), American heavy metal guitarist (Marilyn Manson)
 * George Young (70), British-born Australian rock guitarist and songwriter (The Easybeats, Flash and the Pan)
 * 24
 * Fats Domino (89), American rock and roll singer and pianist
 * Larry Ray (63), American power pop guitarist (Outrageous Cherry)
 * 27
 * Mike Hudson (61), American punk rock singer (The Pagans)
 * Dick Noel (90), American big band singer
 * 28
 * Bruce Black, American power metal drummer (Meliah Rage)
 * Daichi Shimoda, Japanese deathcore vocalist (Victim of Deception)
 * 29
 * Muhal Richard Abrams (87), American free jazz pianist
 * Billy Mize (88), American country singer and steel guitarist
 * Keith Wilder (65), American funk singer (Heatwave)

November

 * 1
 * Katie Lee (98), American folk singer
 * Scott Wily, American death metal singer (Vital Remains)
 * 2 – María Martha Serra Lima (72), Argentinean bolero singer
 * 3
 * Gaetano Bardini (91), Italian opera singer
 * Naomi Sego (86), American gospel singer (The Sego Brothers and Naomi)
 * 5
 * Robert Knight (72), American soul singer
 * Louis Roney (96), American opera tenor
 * 7
 * Paul Buckmaster (71), British rock and orchestral arranger and conductor
 * Robert De Cormier (95), American folk arranger
 * Pentti Glan (71), Finnish rock drummer (Mandala, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper)
 * 9 – Fred Cole (69), American garage rock singer and guitarist (The Lollipop Shoppe, Dead Moon)
 * 10 – Chuck Mosley (57), American alternative rock singer (Faith No More)
 * 11 – Chiquito de la Calzada (85), Spanish flamenco singer
 * 12 – Chad Hanks (46), American metal bassist (American Head Charge)
 * 15
 * Bonnie Flower (63), American sunshine pop singer (Wendy and Bonnie)
 * Lil Peep (21), American rapper
 * 16 – Michael "Dik Mik" Davies (73), British space rock keyboardist (Hawkwind)
 * 17 – Rikard Wolff (59), Finnish pop singer and actor
 * 18
 * Ben Riley (84), American jazz drummer
 * Malcolm Young (64), Australian hard rock guitarist (AC/DC)
 * 19
 * Ronnie Butler (80), Bahamanian calypso singer
 * Warren "Pete" Moore (79), American R&B singer (The Miracles)
 * Della Reese (86), American gospel singer
 * Mel Tillis (85), American country singer
 * 20 – Laila Sari (82), Indonesian children's music singer
 * 21
 * David Cassidy (67), American pop singer and actor
 * Wayne Cochran (78), American soul singer and songwriter
 * 22 – Tommy Keene (59), American power pop singer and songwriter
 * 23
 * John Coates Jr. (79), American jazz pianist
 * Jon Hendricks (96), American jazz singer
 * Dmitri Hvorostovsky (55), Russian opera singer
 * 24
 * Mitch Margo (70), American doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Tokens)
 * Clotilde Rosa (87), Portuguese classical harpist
 * Bari Siddiqui (63), Bangladeshi folk singer and flautist
 * 26 – Patrick Bourgeois (54), Canadian rock singer and guitarist (Les B.B.)
 * 27 – Robert Popwell (66), American rock and jazz bassist (The Young Rascals, The Crusaders)
 * 28 – Shadia (86), Egyptian pop singer
 * 29 – Robert Walker (80), American blues guitarist
 * 30
 * Jim Nabors (87), American actor and singer
 * Zé Pedro (61), Portuguese new wave guitarist (Xutos & Pontapés)

December

 * 2
 * Norihiko Hashida (72), Japanese folk singer and songwriter (The Folk Crusaders)
 * Mundell Lowe (95), American jazz guitarist
 * 5 – Johnny Hallyday (74), French rock singer
 * 7 – Sunny Murray (81), American free jazz drummer
 * 8 – Gloria Ann Taylor (73), American soul singer
 * 12
 * Pat DiNizio (62), American power pop singer and guitarist (The Smithereens)
 * Willie Pickens (86), American jazz pianist
 * 13
 * Dave Christenson (54), American new wave singer (Stabilizers)
 * Warrel Dane (56), American heavy metal singer (Sanctuary, Nevermore)
 * Rory O'Donoghue (68), Australian rock and pop guitarist
 * 16
 * Ralph Carney (61), American rock and jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (Tin Huey)
 * Richard Dobson (75), American country singer and songwriter
 * Michael Prophet (60), Jamaican reggae singer
 * Keely Smith (89), American jazz singer
 * 17 – Kevin Mahogany (59), American jazz singer
 * 18 – Kim Jong-hyun (27), South Korean K-pop singer and songwriter (Shinee)
 * 19
 * Jim Forrester (43), American hard rock bassist (Sixty Watt Shaman)
 * Leo Welch (85), American gospel blues singer and guitarist
 * 21
 * Roswell Rudd (82), American free jazz trombonist
 * Marilyn Tyler (91), American opera singer
 * 22 – Pam the Funkstress, American hip hop DJ (The Coup)
 * 25 – Nao (56), Japanese heavy metal vocalist (United)
 * 28
 * Rose Marie (94), American actress, singer and comedienne
 * Curly Seckler (98), American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist (Foggy Mountain Boys, Nashville Grass)
 * 31 – Maurice Peress (87), American conductor and music educator

Musical films

 * What We Started