2020 in music

This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2020 in music.

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
 * K-pop
 * J-pop

Bands formed

 * 1st.One
 * Aespa
 * All at Once
 * Arcana Project
 * BAE173
 * Blackswan
 * BonBon Girls 303
 * B.O.Y
 * Botopass
 * BtoB 4U
 * Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu
 * Cignature
 * Citi Zēni
 * Cravity
 * DKB
 * Dolla
 * Drippin
 * E'Last
 * English Teacher
 * Enhypen
 * Ghost9
 * Go to the Beds
 * H&D
 * JO1
 * The Lucid
 * Lucy
 * Lunarsolar
 * MCND
 * Militarie Gun
 * Morfonica
 * Nemophila
 * NewDad
 * NiziU
 * Orbit
 * Paradises
 * Piggs
 * P1Harmony
 * Porij
 * Redsquare
 * Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi
 * Refund Sisters
 * Sakurazaka46
 * Secret Number
 * SixTones
 * Snow Man
 * Softcult
 * SSAK3
 * STAYC
 * TO1
 * Treasure
 * UNVS
 * Weeekly
 * WEi
 * Woo!ah!
 * WJSN Chocome
 * Zamb

Soloist debuts

 * Ado
 * Ai Furihata
 * Aina Suzuki
 * Akane Kumada
 * Alexa Ilacad
 * Amee
 * Anson Kong
 * Anson Lo
 * April Lawlor
 * Ashton Irwin
 * Azumi Waki
 * Bang Ye-dam
 * Central Cee
 * Curley Gao
 * Dixie
 * Denis Stoff
 * Elio
 * Emma Heesters
 * Emman
 * Fujii Kaze
 * Gakuto Kajiwara
 * Han Seung-woo
 * Haruka Kudō
 * Hayley Williams
 * Heo Chan-mi
 * Hikaru
 * Holly Humberstone
 * Hoshimachi Suisei
 * Ivana Alawi
 * Jamie Miller
 * Jer Lau
 * Jxdn
 * Kai
 * Karin Miyamoto
 * Keiko
 * Ken
 * Kim Nam-joo
 * Kim Woo-seok
 * Koutaro Nishiyama
 * Laufey
 * Lee Eun-sang
 * Lee Su-hyun
 * Liyuu
 * Maine Mendoza
 * Max
 * Miki Satō
 * Mimiyuuuh
 * Mimi Webb
 * MindaRyn
 * Moon Jong-up
 * Nanaka Suwa
 * Nana Mori
 * Natty
 * Nessa Barrett
 * Ong Seong-wu
 * Reina Washio
 * Riho Sayashi
 * Ryota Katayose
 * Ryu Su-jeong
 * Rubi Rose
 * Sae Ōtsuka
 * Sangiovanni
 * 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

 * attack attack!
 * Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows
 * Faith No More
 * The Format
 * Genesis
 * Linkin Park
 * The Network
 * Rage Against the Machine
 * RBD
 * Toto
 * Billy Pilgrim

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
 * obey the brave
 * Party Rockets GT
 * PrizmaX
 * Psychic TV
 * Red Sun Rising
 * She Wants Revenge
 * Spectrum
 * Sora tob sakana
 * SudannaYuzuYully
 * The Spencer Davis Group
 * SSAK3
 * SHVPES
 * Tegomass
 * Uijin
 * Van Halen
 * X1

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
 * 11 – Maceo Woods, 87, American gospel musician
 * 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
 * Dries Holten, 84, Dutch pop singer-songwriter (Rosy & Andres)
 * 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
 * Ronald Frangipane, 75, American session keyboardist (The Archies)
 * 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)
 * 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 singer, guitarist and organist
 * 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
 * Joe Penny, 92, American country music singer
 * 3 – J. Marvin Brown, 66, American soul singer (The Softones)
 * 5
 * Cleveland Eaton, 80, American jazz bassist (Ramsey Lewis Trio)
 * 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
 * Rich Priske, 52, Canadian rock bassist (Matthew Good Band)
 * 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
 * 29 – Denise Ferri, 76, American pop singer (The Delicates)
 * 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 (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
 * 27 – Richard Lewis Spencer, 78, American funk and soul singer and saxophonist (The Winstons)
 * 28
 * Paul-Heinz Dittrich, 90, German composer
 * Armando Manzanero, 85, Mexican Mayan musician
 * 29
 * Claude Bolling, 90, French jazz pianist and composer
 * Hugh X. Lewis, 90, American country music singer-songwriter
 * 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)