2021 in European music

This article covers events in 2021 in continental European music, arranged in geographical order.

Events

 * 1 January – The Vienna Philharmonic's annual Neujahrskonzert, conducted by Riccardo Muti, takes place without a live audience for the first time in the history of the concert, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 * 4 January – Dutch National Opera and Ballet announces that Stijn Schoonderwoerd will be its new general director (algemeen directeur), effective from 1 February.
 * 22 February – Daft Punk, the French electronic music duo, breaks up after nearly 30 years together.

Top hits

 * Danish number-one hits of 2021
 * Finnish number-one singles of 2021, Finnish number-one albums of 2021
 * Norwegian number-one songs in 2020
 * Swedish number-one singles and albums in 2021

Netherlands

 * Dutch number-one singles of 2021

Germany

 * German number-one hits of 2021

Switzerland and Austria

 * Swiss number-one hits of 2021

France

 * French number-one hits of 2021

Italy

 * Italian number-one hits of 2021

Eastern Europe/ Balkans

 * List of Polish number-one singles of 2021
 * Czech number-one songs of the 2020s
 * Hungarian number-one singles of the 2020s

Deaths

 * 1 January
 * Carlos do Carmo, 81, Portuguese fado singer
 * Jan Vering, 65, German gospel singer
 * 3 January – Tasso Adamopoulos, 76, Greek-French violist and pedagogue (from COVID-19)
 * 4 January – Alexi Laiho, 41, Finnish death metal singer and guitarist (Children of Bodom) (death announced on this date)
 * 10 January – Thorleif Torstensson, 71, Swedish dansband singer, guitarist and saxophonist (Thorleifs) (COVID-19)
 * 16 January – Pave Maijanen, 70, Finnish rock keyboardist (Hurriganes, Dingo)