2018 in music

This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2018 in music.

Specific locations

 * African
 * American
 * Asian
 * Chinese
 * Japanese
 * Philippine
 * South Korean
 * Canadian
 * European
 * British
 * Scandinavian
 * Danish
 * Finnish
 * Icelandic
 * Norwegian
 * Swedish
 * Latin

Specific genres

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

Bands formed

 * Ateez
 * AKB48 Team SH
 * AKB48 Team TP
 * Big Red Machine
 * Black Country, New Road
 * Black Smoke Trigger
 * Boygenius
 * The Carters
 * Courting
 * D-Crunch
 * DreamNote
 * Day6
 * dps
 * The Driver Era
 * Empire
 * Error
 * Fanatics - Flavor
 * Fantastics from Exile Tribe
 * Fievel Is Glauque
 * First Place
 * Forestella
 * Fromis 9
 * Hachimitsu Rocket
 * Geese
 * (G)I-dle
 * Girlkind
 * Gugudan SeMiNa
 * GWSN
 * Honey Popcorn
 * Illuminati Hotties
 * Iz*One
 * JBJ95
 * Kids See Ghosts
 * King & Prince
 * The Linda Lindas
 * Loona
 * LSD
 * Maverick City Music
 * Maywish
 * Mirror
 * MNL48
 * Nature
 * NeonPunch
 * NEX7
 * Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets
 * Nine Percent
 * Noir
 * NTB
 * Oceanhoarse
 * Oh!GG
 * Pattern-Seeking Animals
 * Pristin V
 * Raise A Suilen
 * Rocket Girls 101
 * Saturday
 * SGO48
 * Silk City
 * Spectrum
 * Spira Spica
 * Sprain
 * STU48
 * Target
 * The Tubs
 * Uijin
 * UNB
 * Uni.T
 * W24
 * We Girls
 * WJMK
 * Yoshimotozaka46

Soloist debuts

 * AC Bonifacio
 * Aina the End
 * Aitch
 * Aitana
 * Akari Nanawo
 * Alec Benjamin
 * Alfred García
 * Alfie Templeman
 * Ali Gatie
 * Amaia
 * Ana Guerra
 * Angelo Acosta
 * Arlo Parks
 * Ash Island
 * Ashnikko
 * Ava Max
 * Beabadoobee
 * Bibi
 * Cheronna Ng
 * Chiaki Ito
 * Chiaki Satō
 * Doja Cat
 * Elkie
 * Girl in Red
 * Giveon
 * Halca
 * Haruka Yamazaki
 * Haon
 * Holland
 * Hoya
 * Hynn
 * Janine Berdin
 * Jennie
 * Jen Ledger
 * J-Hope
 * Jin Longguo
 * Jung Il-hoon
 * Karencitta
 * Kaori Ishihara
 * Katie
 * Key
 * The Kid Laroi
 * Kiyoe Yoshioka
 * Kim Dong-han
 * King Princess
 * Kyle Juliano
 * Kira Chan
 * Kyline Alcantara
 * Lee Chang-sub
 * Lele Pons
 * Leo
 * Lil Mosey
 * Lizzy McAlpine
 * Lola Indigo
 * Loren Gray
 * Mae Muller
 * Mai Fuchigami
 * Makoto Furukawa
 * Mariah Angeliq
 * Meimi Tamura
 * Memphiis
 * Minori Suzuki
 * Mino
 * Misako Uno
 * Moonbyul
 * Onew
 * Reona
 * Rika Tachibana
 * Rina Balaj
 * Ryuji Imaichi
 * Ryucheru
 * Ryusei Yokohama
 * Salem Ilese
 * Shanti Dope
 * Shigeru Joshima
 * Shuta Sueyoshi
 * Sohee
 * Sori
 * Son Dong-woon
 * Sooyoung
 * Taiki Yamazaki
 * Tayna
 * Tems
 * Twlv
 * Unique
 * Vinxen
 * Wheein
 * Yoo Seon-ho
 * Youra
 * Yuka Ozaki
 * Yuma Uchida
 * Yubin
 * Yuri

Bands reformed

 * B2K
 * BBMak
 * The Distillers
 * The Ghost inside
 * Hootie & The Blowfish
 * HotCha
 * Late of the Pier
 * The Kinks
 * Mötley Crüe
 * Pussycat Dolls
 * The Raconteurs
 * Soft Cell
 * Spice Girls
 * Static-X
 * Swedish House Mafia
 * Utopia
 * Westlife

Bands on hiatus

 * Charisma.com
 * The Color Morale
 * Dark Sermon
 * Devin Townsend Project
 * Fifth Harmony
 * Folks
 * fun.
 * Heart
 * Hedley
 * Katatonia
 * Karnataka
 * Moose Blood
 * One Direction
 * PWR BTTM
 * Rice
 * Sads
 * Slipknot
 * Sorority Noise

Bands disbanded

 * 7 Seconds
 * Alcazar
 * at17
 * At the Drive-In
 * Aqua Timez
 * Babyraids Japan
 * Balance and Composure
 * Bestie
 * Big Bang
 * Brand New
 * The Charm the Fury
 * Chatmonchy
 * Cheeky Parade
 * Chelsy
 * Ciao Bella Cinquetti
 * D12
 * Dirge Within
 * The Fall
 * Frightened Rabbit
 * GEM
 * GMS
 * Hedley
 * Idol Renaissance
 * La PomPon
 * LFO
 * Mastersystem
 * Minus the Bear
 * The Orwells
 * Owl John
 * Passpo
 * The Pizza Underground
 * Royal Headache
 * Runrig
 * Rush
 * Say Anything
 * Seventeen
 * Slaughterhouse
 * Sleeping Giant
 * Soundgarden
 * Splashh
 * The Strypes
 * Tackey & Tsubasa
 * Them Are Us Too
 * The Thermals
 * Ultimate Painting
 * Vattnet
 * Vallenfyre
 * Vanilla Beans
 * Wild Beasts
 * X21
 * Young and in the Way

January

 * 1
 * Jon Paul Steuer, 33, American punk singer and actor
 * Betty Willis, 76, American R&B singer
 * 2 – Rick Hall, 85, American record producer
 * 3 – Josiah Boyd, 32, American heavy metal bassist (A Hill to Die Upon)
 * 4 – Ray Thomas, 76, British progressive rock flautist (The Moody Blues)
 * 5 – Mikio Fujioka, 36, Japanese heavy metal guitarist (Babymetal)
 * 7
 * France Gall, 70, French pop singer
 * Buster Stiggs, 63, British-born New Zealand punk drummer (Suburban Reptiles, The Swingers, Models)
 * 8 – Denise LaSalle, 83, American blues and R&B singer-songwriter
 * 9 – Paul Antingnani, American heavy metal drummer (Sworn Enemy)
 * 10 – "Fast" Eddie Clarke, 67, British heavy metal guitarist (Motörhead, Fastway)
 * 12 – Pierre Pincemaille, 61, French classical organist
 * 13 – Tzimis Panousis, 63, Greek comedy singer
 * 15
 * Edwin Hawkins, 74, American gospel singer, songwriter and pianist
 * Dolores O'Riordan, 46, Irish alternative rock singer-songwriter (The Cranberries)
 * 16
 * Dave Holland, 69, English heavy metal drummer (Judas Priest, Trapeze)
 * Madalena Iglésias, 78, Portuguese classic pop singer
 * 17 – Ric Jacobs, 61, American pop-rock singer (Steel Breeze)
 * 18 – Steve Nisbett, 69, Nevisian-born British reggae drummer (Steel Pulse)
 * 19 – Fredo Santana, 27, American rapper
 * 20
 * Terry Evans, 70, American blues singer and guitarist
 * Mario Guccio, 64, Belgian rock singer (Machiavel)
 * Jim Rodford, 76, British rock bassist (Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies)
 * 22 – Preston Shannon, 70, American blues singer and guitarist
 * 23
 * Hugh Masekela, 78, South African jazz trumpeter
 * Lari White, 52, American country music singer
 * 24 – Mark E. Smith, 60, British post-punk singer-songwriter (The Fall)
 * 25
 * Tommy Banks, 81, Canadian jazz pianist
 * Steve Foster, Australian folk singer
 * Floyd Miles, 74, American blues singer and guitarist
 * 26
 * Buzz Clifford, 76, American pop singer
 * Igor Zhukov, 81, Russian classical pianist
 * 27 – Grant Fell, 56, New Zealand industrial rock bassist (Headless Chickens)
 * 28 – Neil Harris, 63, British punk guitarist (Sham 69)
 * 28
 * Eddie Shaw, 80, American blues saxophonist
 * Coco Schumann, 93, German jazz guitarist
 * 31
 * Del Delker, 93, American gospel singer
 * Leah LaBelle, 31, Canadian-born American R&B singer

February

 * – Rick Evans (75), American musician (Zager and Evans)
 * 1
 * Dennis Edwards, 74, American R&B singer (The Temptations)
 * Mowzey Radio, 33, Ugandan pop singer (Goodlyfe Crew)
 * 3 – Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, 65, American jazz and rock drummer
 * 5 – Zeno Roth, 51, German rock guitarist
 * 7
 * John Perry Barlow, 70, American rock songwriter (Grateful Dead)
 * Mickey Jones, 76, American country-rock drummer (Kenny Rogers and The First Edition)
 * Pat Torpey, 64, American hard rock drummer (Mr. Big)
 * 8
 * Algia Mae Hinton, 88, American blues singer
 * Lovebug Starski, 57, American rapper
 * Ebony Reigns, 20, Ghanaian dancehall singer
 * 9
 * Jóhann Jóhannsson, 48, Icelandic film composer
 * Craig MacGregor, 68, American rock bassist (Foghat)
 * 11
 * Vic Damone, 89, American pop singer
 * Tom Rapp, 70, American psychedelic rock singer (Pearls Before Swine)
 * 12
 * Daryle Singletary, 46, American country singer
 * Klaasje van der Wal, 69, Dutch hard rock bassist (Shocking Blue)
 * 13
 * Scott Boyer, 70, American rock singer and guitarist (Cowboy, The 31st of February)
 * Billy Johnson, American emo and noise rock drummer (Reggie and the Full Effect, Rocket Fuel Is The Key)
 * 14 – Nuray Hafiftaş, 53, Turkish folk singer
 * 16 – Barbara Alston, 74, American R&B singer (The Crystals)
 * 19
 * Johnny Mosby, 88, American country music singer (Johnny & Jonie Mosby)
 * Norm Rogers, 61, American alternative country drummer (The Jayhawks, Cows)
 * Stormin MC, 34, British grime rapper
 * 22 – Errol Buddle, 89, Australian jazz bassoonist and saxophonist
 * 23 – Eddy Amoo, 73, British soul singer (The Real Thing)
 * 24 – Bud Luckey, 83, American voice actor and singer

March

 * 1 – Bill Burkette, 75, American pop singer (The Vogues)
 * 2
 * Jesus Lopez Cobos, 78, Spanish classic music conductor
 * Brandon Jenkins, 48, American Red Dirt country singer-songwriter
 * Van McLain, 62, American rock guitarist and singer (Shooting Star)
 * 3
 * Patrick Doyle, 31, British indie rock drummer (Veronica Falls)
 * Kenneth Gärdestad, 69, Swedish pop songwriter
 * 7 – Jerzy Milian, 82, Polish jazz vibraphonist
 * 9 – Pyarelal Wadali, 75, Indian Sufi folk singer (Wadali Brothers)
 * 11 – Ken Dodd, 90, British comedian and pop singer
 * 12
 * Nokie Edwards, 82, American surf rock guitarist (The Ventures)
 * Craig Mack, 47, American rapper
 * 13
 * Claudia Fontaine, 57, British pop and ska singer (Afrodiziak)
 * Jimmy Wisner, 86, American pianist, arranger, songwriter
 * 14
 * Steve Mandell, 76, American bluegrass guitarist and banjoist
 * Liam O'Flynn, 72, Irish uilleann piper
 * Charlie Quintana, 56, American punk rock drummer (The Plugz, Cracker, Social Distortion, Agent Orange)
 * 16
 * Laurence Cleary, 60, Irish new wave guitarist (The Blades)
 * Buell Neidlinger, 82, American jazz bassist and cellist
 * 18 – Killjoy, 48, American death metal singer (Necrophagia, Viking Crown)
 * 20 – Peter "Mars" Cowling, 72, British blues rock bassist (Pat Travers Band, The Flying Hat Band, Gnidrolog)
 * 22 – Morgana King, 87, American jazz singer
 * 24 – Lys Assia, 94, Swiss pop singer
 * 25 – Seo Min-woo, 33, South Korean pop singer (100%)
 * 27 – Kenny O'Dell, 73, American country singer-songwriter
 * 28 – Caleb Scofield, 39, American alternative rock and sludge metal bassist and singer (Cave In, Zozobra, Old Man Gloom)
 * 30
 * Alias, 41, American rapper and producer
 * Sabahudin Kurt, 82, Bosnian folk singer
 * Major Short, 93, American double bass player (Somethin' Smith and the Redheads)
 * 31 – Frode Viken, 63, Norwegian rock guitarist (D.D.E.)

April

 * 1
 * Audrey Morris, 89, American jazz singer
 * Ron Shaw, 77, American folk singer, guitarist and banjoist (The Hillside Singers)
 * 3 – Lill-Babs, 80, Swedish pop singer
 * 4 – Don Cherry, 94, American pop singer
 * 5 – Cecil Taylor, 89, American jazz pianist
 * 6 – Jacques Higelin, 77, French chanson singer
 * 8 – Nathan Davis, 81, American jazz multi-instrumentalist
 * 9 – Timmy Matley, 36, Irish pop singer (The Overtones)
 * 10 – Yvonne Staples, 80, American soul singer (The Staple Singers)
 * 14 – Milan Škampa, 89, Czech classical violist (Smetana Quartet)
 * 16 – Dona Ivone Lara, 97, Brazilian samba singer
 * 17
 * Randy Scruggs, 64, American country guitarist and songwriter
 * Big Tom, 81, Irish country singer
 * 19
 * Stuart Colman, 73, English musician (Pinkerton's Assorted Colours, The Flying Machine), record producer (Shakin' Stevens), and broadcaster
 * Reginald McArthur, 63, American R&B singer (The Controllers)
 * 20
 * Avicii, 28, Swedish EDM DJ and producer
 * Brian Henry Hooper, 55, Australian alternative rock guitarist (Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists)
 * 23 – Bob Dorough, 94, American jazz singer and pianist
 * 24 – Paul Gray, 54, Australian new wave singer, songwriter and keyboardist (Wa Wa Nee)
 * 26 – Charles Neville, 79, American R&B saxophonist (The Neville Brothers)
 * 29
 * Ted Devoux, 55, American rapper (Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.)
 * Rose Laurens, 65, French pop singer-songwriter
 * 30 – Tim Calvert, 52, American heavy metal guitarist (Nevermore, Forbidden)

May

 * 1
 * John "Jabo" Starks, 80, American funk and R&B drummer (The J.B.'s)
 * Wanda Wiłkomirska, 89, Polish classical violinist
 * 2 – Tony Cucchiara, 80, Italian folk singer
 * 4
 * Steve Coy, 56, British new wave drummer (Dead or Alive)
 * Tony Kinman, American cowpunk singer and bassist (Rank and File, The Dils)
 * Abi Ofarim, 80, Israeli pop singer
 * 5 – Dick Williams, 91, American pop singer (The Williams Brothers)
 * 7 – Gayle Shepherd, 81, American pop singer (Shepherd Sisters)
 * 9
 * Sammy Allred, 84, American country music singer and mandolinist (The Geezinslaw Brothers)
 * Ben Graves, 46, American horror punk drummer (Murderdolls)
 * Carl Perkins, 59, New Zealand reggae singer (House of Shem)
 * Shirley Thomas, 74, American pop singer (The Dixiebelles)
 * 10 – Scott Hutchison, 36, British indie singer, songwriter and guitarist (Frightened Rabbit, The Fruit Tree Foundation, Mastersystem)
 * 11 – Matt Marks, 38, American contemporary classical multi-instrumentalist (Alarm Will Sound)
 * 13 – Glenn Branca, 69, American avant-garde composer and guitarist (Theoretical Girls)
 * 16 – Hideki Saijo, 63, Japanese pop singer
 * 17
 * Jürgen Marcus, 69, German schlager singer
 * Jon Sholle, 70, American jazz, roots music and blues multi-instrumentalist
 * 19
 * Reggie Lucas, 65, American multi-genre guitarist (Mtume), producer and songwriter
 * Patricia Morison, 103, American showtunes singer and actress
 * 25 – Piet Kee, 90, Dutch classical organist
 * 27 – Andy MacQueen, Australian punk guitarist (Exploding White Mice)
 * 28
 * Evio Di Marzo, 64, Venezuelan tropical singer and guitarist (Adrenalina Caribe)
 * Stewart Lupton, 43, American indie rock singer (Jonathan Fire*Eater)
 * Josh Martin, 46, American grindcore guitarist (Anal Cunt)
 * 31 – Demba Nabé, 46, German dancehall rapper (Seeed)

June

 * 1
 * Andrew Massey, 72, British classical conductor
 * Sinan Sakić, 61, Serbian turbo-folk singer (Južni Vetar)
 * 2 – Wayne Secrest, 68, American bassist (Confederate Railroad)
 * 3 – Clarence Fountain, 88, American gospel singer (The Blind Boys of Alabama)
 * 4 – Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, 73, American spoken word poet (The Last Poets)
 * 5
 * Jimmy Gonzalez, 67, American Tejano singer (Mazz)
 * Ralph Santolla, 51, American metal guitarist (Deicide, Obituary, Iced Earth)
 * 6 – Teddy Johnson, 98, British pop singer (Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson)
 * 7 – Al Capps, 79, American arranger, composer and record producer
 * 8 – Danny Kirwan, 68, British rock and blues guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
 * 9 – John McElrath, 77, American rock singer and keyboardist (The Swingin' Medallions)
 * 10
 * Neal E. Boyd, 42, American operatic pop singer
 * Ras Kimono, 60, Nigerian reggae singer
 * 11 – Wayne Dockery, 76, American jazz bassist
 * 12 – Jon Hiseman, 73, British jazz fusion and blues drummer (Colosseum, Colosseum II, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
 * 13 – D. J. Fontana, 87, American rock and roll drummer (The Blue Moon Boys)
 * 15
 * Delia Bell, 83, American bluegrass singer (Bill Grant and Delia Bell)
 * Nick Knox, 60, American psychobilly drummer (The Cramps, Electric Eels)
 * Matt Murphy, 88, American blues guitarist (The Blues Brothers)
 * 16 – Rebecca Parris, 66, American jazz singer
 * 18
 * Jimmy Wopo, 21, American rapper
 * XXXTentacion, 20, American rapper
 * 19
 * Bansi Quinteros, 41, Spanish psychedelic trance keyboardist (GMS)
 * Lowrell Simon, 75, American singer (The Lost Generation)
 * 21 – David Corcoran, 64, American rock drummer (Duke Jupiter)
 * 22
 * Geoffrey Oryema, 65, Ugandan afro-pop singer and guitarist
 * Vinnie Paul, 54, American metal drummer (Pantera, Damageplan, Hellyeah)
 * 24
 * George Cameron, 70, American baroque pop drummer (The Left Banke)
 * Dan Ingram, 83, radio DJ
 * 26
 * Fedor Frešo, 71, Slovak rock bassist (The Soulmen, Prúdy)
 * Ed Simons, 101, American classical music conductor
 * 27 – Steve Soto, 54, American punk rock bassist (Adolescents, Agent Orange, Manic Hispanic)
 * 29 – Eugene Pitt, 80, American doo wop singer (The Jive Five)
 * 30
 * Smoke Dawg, 21, Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter (Halal Gang)
 * Dean Webb, 81, American bluegrass mandolinist (The Dillards)

July

 * 2
 * Henry Butler, 69, American jazz pianist
 * Alan Longmuir, 70, Scottish pop bassist (Bay City Rollers)
 * Bill Watrous, 79, American jazz trombonist
 * 3 – Richard Swift, 41, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Shins, The Arcs, Starflyer 59)
 * 4 – Carmen Campagne, 58, Canadian folk singer
 * 6
 * Vlatko Ilievski, 33, Macedonian rock singer and guitarist
 * Vince Martin, 81, American folk singer
 * 7
 * Brett Hoffmann, 51, American death metal singer (Malevolent Creation)
 * Garry Lowe, 65, Jamaican-born Canadian reggae and blues rock musician (Big Sugar)
 * 8 – Tab Hunter, 86, American pop singer
 * 9 – Stefan Demert, 78, Swedish pop singer
 * 10 – Ye Lwin, 70, Burmese rock guitarist
 * 13 – K. Rani, 75, Indian playback singer
 * 15 – Theryl DeClouet, 66, American jazz-funk and R&B singer (Galactic)
 * 18 – Raivo Rätte, 48, Estonian alternative rock bassist (Kosmikud)
 * 25 – Patrick Williams, 79, American composer, arranger and conductor
 * 27 – Mark Shelton, 60, American heavy metal guitarist (Manilla Road)
 * 28 – Olga Jackowska, 67, Polish rock singer (Maanam)
 * 29
 * Sam Mehran, 31, British dance-punk singer and guitarist (Test Icicles)
 * Tomasz Stańko, 76, Polish jazz trumpeter and composer
 * 31 – Irvin Jarrett, 69, Jamaican reggae percussionist (Inner Circle, Third World)

August

 * 1
 * Ted LeGarde, 87, Australian country music singer and guitarist (The LeGarde Twins)
 * Celeste Rodrigues, 95, Portuguese fado singer
 * Umbayee, 67, Indian ghazal singer
 * 2 – Neil Argo, 71, American film and television composer
 * 3
 * Brad Daymond, 48, Canadian house DJ (Love Inc.)
 * Tommy Peoples, 70, Irish folk fiddler (The Bothy Band)
 * 4 – Lorrie Collins, 76, American rockabilly singer and guitarist (The Collins Kids)
 * 5
 * Majid Al-Majid, 52, Saudi folk singer
 * Ellen Joyce Loo, 32, Canadian-born Hong Kong folktronica singer and guitarist (at17)
 * 8 – Linda Mkhize, 37, South African rapper
 * 9 – Arthur Davies, 77, Welsh opera singer
 * 10 – Jason "J-Sin" Luttrell, 40, American nu-metal vocalist (Primer 55)
 * 14
 * Jill Janus, 42, American heavy metal singer (Huntress)
 * Valentina Levko, 92, Russian opera singer
 * Randy Rampage, 58, Canadian thrash metal and punk singer and bassist (Annihilator, D.O.A., Stress Factor 9)
 * 16
 * Aretha Franklin, 76, American R&B and soul singer
 * Count Prince Miller, 84, Jamaican-born British singer (Jimmy James and the Vagabonds)
 * 17
 * Claudio Lolli, 68, Italian pop singer
 * Danny Pearson, 65, American R&B singer
 * 20 – Eddie Willis, 82, American soul and R&B guitarist (The Funk Brothers)
 * 21 – Spencer P. Jones, 61, Australian punk singer and guitarist (The Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon)
 * 22
 * Ed King, 68, American rock guitarist (Strawberry Alarm Clock, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
 * Lazy Lester, 85, American blues singer and guitarist
 * 24 – DJ Ready Red, 53, American hip hop DJ (Geto Boys)
 * 25 – Kyle Pavone, 28, American metalcore singer (We Came as Romans)
 * 26 – Inge Borkh, 97, German opera singer
 * 29
 * Tony Camillo, 90, American record producer and arranger (Bazuka)
 * Ellie Mannette, 90, Trinidadian steelpan drummer
 * 30 – Joseph Kobzon, 80, Russian pop singer

September

 * 1 – Randy Weston, 92, American jazz pianist
 * 2 – Conway Savage, 58, Australian alternative rock keyboardist (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)
 * 4 – Don Gardner, 87, American R&B singer-songwriter
 * 7
 * Don McGuire, 86, American pop singer (The Hilltoppers)
 * Mac Miller, 26, American rapper
 * 8 – Chelsi Smith, 45, American pop singer
 * 10
 * Paul Curcio, 74, American rock guitarist (The Mojo Men) and record producer (Kill 'Em All)
 * Johnny Strike, 70, American punk singer and guitarist (Crime)
 * 12 – Rachid Taha, 59, Algerian rock singer (Carte de Séjour)
 * 14 – Max Bennett, 90, American jazz and pop bassist (L.A. Express, The Wrecking Crew)
 * 15 – Helen Clare, 101, British soprano singer
 * 16
 * Maartin Allcock, 61, British folk multi-instrumentalist (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull)
 * Big Jay McNeely, 91, American R&B saxophonist
 * 18 – Wesley Tinglin, 75, Jamaican reggae singer (The Viceroys)
 * 22 – Chas Hodges, 74, British folk singer and keyboardist (Chas & Dave)
 * 24 – Richard Parker, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Charms)
 * 25 – Paul Dillon, 75, American rock drummer (Earth Opera)
 * 27 – Marty Balin, 76, American psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, KBC Band)
 * 29
 * Otis Rush, 84, American blues singer and guitarist
 * Michael Weiley, 58, Australian ska guitarist (Spy vs. Spy)
 * 30 – Kim Larsen, 72, Danish rock singer and guitarist (Gasolin')

October

 * 1
 * Charles Aznavour, 94, French pop singer
 * Jerry González, 69, American Latin jazz trumpeter
 * 3
 * Hugo Raspoet, 77, Belgian folk singer
 * John Von Ohlen, 77, American jazz drummer (Blue Wisp Big Band)
 * 4 – Hamiet Bluiett, 78, American jazz saxophonist (World Saxophone Quartet)
 * 5 – Bernadette Carroll, 74, American pop singer (The Angels)
 * 6 – Montserrat Caballé, 85, Spanish opera singer
 * 7 – John Wicks, 65, British power pop singer and guitarist (The Records, The Kursaal Flyers)
 * 8 – Tim Chandler, 58, American Christian alternative rock bassist (Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies, The Choir)
 * 10 – Jane Walker, New Zealand new wave keyboardist (Toy Love)
 * 12 – Andy Goessling, 59, American progressive bluegrass multi-instrumentalist (Railroad Earth)
 * 14 – Saleem Abdul Majid, 57, Malaysian rock singer (Iklim)
 * 16 – Du Yuwei, 19, Chinese pop singer (GNZ48)
 * 17
 * Valters Frīdenbergs, 30, Latvian pop singer (Valters and Kaža)
 * Oli Herbert, 44, American metalcore guitarist (All That Remains)
 * 18
 * Ayub Bachchu, 56, Bangladeshi rock singer and guitarist (Souls, Love Runs Blind)
 * Sergey Bondarenko, 31, Ukrainian pop rock singer (Nensi)
 * Randolph Hokanson, 103, American classical pianist
 * 23 – Mighty Shadow, 77, Trinidadian calypsonian
 * 24
 * Hip Hop Pantsula, 38, South African rapper
 * Wah Wah Watson, 67, American R&B and funk guitarist (The Funk Brothers)
 * Tony Joe White, 75, American swamp rock singer, songwriter and guitarist
 * 25 – Sonny Fortune, 79, American jazz saxophonist
 * 26 – Baba Oje, 87, American rapper and musician (Arrested Development)
 * 27
 * Freddie Hart, 91, American country and gospel singer
 * Teddy Scott, 82, American R&B singer (The G-Clefs)
 * Todd Youth, 47, American punk rock guitarist (Murphy's Law, Danzig, The Chelsea Smiles)
 * 28 – Babs Beverley, 91, British pop singer (Beverley Sisters)
 * 29
 * Jimmy Farrar, 67, American southern rock singer (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country)
 * Young Greatness, 34, American rapper
 * 30
 * Hardy Fox, 73, American avant garde multi-instrumentalist and composer (The Residents)
 * Beverly McClellan, 49, American blues and folk singer
 * 31 – Kenny Marks, 67, American contemporary Christian singer

November

 * 1
 * Thomas Diaz, 32, American emo singer and musician (The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die)
 * Dave Rowland, 74, American country singer (Dave & Sugar)
 * 2
 * Josh Fauver, 39, American indie rock bassist (Deerhunter)
 * Roy Hargrove, 49, American jazz trumpeter
 * Glenn Schwartz, 78, American rock and blues guitarist (James Gang, Pacific Gas & Electric)
 * 3
 * Mark Fosson, American primitive guitarist
 * Maria Guinot, 73, Portuguese pop singer
 * 6 – Hugh McDowell, 65, British progressive rock cellist (Wizzard, Electric Light Orchestra)
 * 7
 * Scott Herrick, American pop singer (The Arbors)
 * Francis Lai, 86, French film composer
 * 13 – Lucho Gatica, 93, Chilean bolero singer
 * 15
 * Roy Clark, 85, American country singer
 * Ivan Smirnov, 63, Russian jazz fusion guitarist
 * 16
 * Al James, 72, British rock guitarist (Showaddywaddy)
 * Norris Weir, 72, Jamaican ska singer (The Jamaicans)
 * 17 – Cyril Pahinui, 68, American Hawaiian music guitarist
 * 20
 * Roy Bailey, 83, British folk singer, songwriter and guitarist
 * Trevor McNaughton, 77, Jamaican reggae singer (The Melodians)
 * 21 – Devin Lima, 41, American pop singer (LFO)
 * 22 – Imrat Khan, 83, Indian classical sitarist
 * 27 – Johnny Maddox, 91, American ragtime pianist
 * 28
 * Gary Haisman, 60, British hip house singer
 * Roger Neumann, 77, American jazz saxophonist
 * 29 – Erik Lindmark, 46, American technical death metal singer and guitarist (Deeds of Flesh)

December

 * 1
 * Calvin Newborn, 85, American jazz guitarist
 * Jody Williams, 83, American blues guitarist
 * 2 – Perry Robinson, 80, American jazz clarinetist
 * 6
 * Ace Cannon, 84, American pop saxophonist
 * Pete Shelley, 63, British punk singer, songwriter and guitarist (Buzzcocks)
 * 7
 * The Mascara Snake, 70, American avant-garde clarinetist (Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band)
 * Lucas Starr, 34, American metalcore and Christian rock bassist (Oh, Sleeper, Terminal, As Cities Burn)
 * 9 – Yigal Bashan, 68, Israeli pop singer
 * 10 – Fred Wieland, 75, Australian rock guitarist (The Strangers, The Mixtures)
 * 11 – Angelo Conti, 62, Italian punk singer (Banda Bassotti)
 * 13 – Nancy Wilson, 81, American jazz singer
 * 14
 * Vida Chenoweth, 90, American classical marimbist and ethnomusicologist
 * Joe Osborn, 81, American rock bassist (The Wrecking Crew)
 * 15
 * Arthur Maia, 56, Brazilian jazz and samba bassist and composer
 * Jerry Chesnut, 87, American country singer and songwriter
 * 17 – Galt MacDermot, 89, Canadian-American composer (Hair, Two Gentlemen of Verona) and pianist
 * 21 – Dipali Barthakur, 77, Indian folk singer
 * 22
 * Indonesian musicians, members of the pop rock band Seventeen
 * Windu Andi Darmawan, drummer
 * Muhammad Awal Purbani, bassist
 * Herman Sikumbang, guitarist
 * Jimmy Work, 94, American country singer-songwriter
 * 23 – Honey Lantree, 75, British pop drummer and singer (The Honeycombs)
 * 24
 * Jerry Riopelle, 77, American pop singer-songwriter and keyboardist (The Parade)
 * Jaime Torres, Argentine folk charango player
 * James Calvin Wilsey, 61, American rock guitarist (Avengers, Chris Isaak)
 * 25 – Guto Barros, 61, Brazilian rock guitarist (Blitz)
 * 26 – Theodore Antoniou, 83, Greek classical music composer and conductor
 * 27 – Miúcha, 81, Brazilian bossa nova singer
 * 28 – Christine McGuire, 92, American pop singer (The McGuire Sisters)
 * 29 – Aldo Parisot, 100, Brazilian-born American classical music cellist
 * 30 – Mike Taylor, Canadian indie pop keyboardist (Walk Off the Earth)
 * 31
 * Dean Ford, 72, Scottish pop and rock singer-songwriter (Marmalade, The Alan Parsons Project)
 * Ray Sawyer, 81, American rock singer and percussionist (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)