2021 in music

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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
 * Italian 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

Bands formed

 * ≠Me
 * Alamat
 * ASP
 * Be First
 * BGYO
 * Bini
 * Billlie
 * Blitzers
 * BugAboo
 * Ciipher
 * Epex
 * Feeble Little Horse
 * Ho6la
 * Hot Issue
 * Ichillin'
 * INI
 * Ive
 * Just B
 * KAIA
 * Kingdom
 * The Last Dinner Party
 * Lightsum
 * Luminous
 * Lovejoy
 * Mirae
 * The Morris Springfield Project
 * Naniwa Danshi
 * NTX
 * Omega X
 * P1X3L
 * Pixy
 * Purple Kiss
 * Silk Sonic
 * The Smile
 * T1419
 * Tri.be
 * Xdinary Heroes
 * The Waeve
 * The Warning
 * WJSN The Black

Soloist debuts

 * Adora
 * Addison Rae
 * Ai Hashimoto
 * Aguri Ōnishi
 * Angela Ken
 * Angelina Jordan
 * Ansonbean
 * Ayuni D
 * BamBam
 * Bella Poarch
 * Belle Mariano
 * Blaster
 * Chlöe
 * Diarra Sylla
 * D.O.
 * Do Han-se
 * Edan Lui
 * Elaiza Ikeda
 * El Noba
 * Gayle
 * Gigi De Lana
 * Hiroki Moriuchi
 * Ice Spice
 * I.M
 * IShowSpeed
 * Jay B
 * Jinyoung
 * Jo Yu-ri
 * Joao Constancia
 * Joy
 * Kanako Momota
 * Kwon Eun-bi
 * L
 * Lee Seung-hyub
 * Leung Yip
 * Lili
 * Lisa
 * Luke Hemmings
 * Lyca Gairanod
 * Marika Kouno
 * Masato Hayakawa
 * MC Cheung Tin-fu
 * Miyu Honda
 * Nathan Evans
 * Nicholas Hamilton
 * Olivia Rodrigo
 * Park So-yeon
 * PinkPantheress
 * Reina Kondō
 * Rie Takahashi
 * Rosa Linn
 * Rosé
 * Sorn
 * Takanori Iwata
 * Takuya Eguchi
 * Tyla
 * Wendy
 * Winka Chan
 * Young K
 * Youngjae
 * Yugyeom
 * Yuqi

Bands reformed

 * Fugees


 * Big Time Rush
 * C AllStar
 * The Boo Radleys
 * Defleshed
 * Ellis, Beggs & Howard
 * Faces
 * Gang of Four
 * Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
 * New Radicals
 * Mudvayne
 * No Angels
 * Porcupine Tree
 * Shadows Fall
 * TO1

Bands on hiatus

 * ALI
 * Dogleg
 * Got7
 * Kariyushi58
 * Lovelyz
 * Silent Siren
 * Suchmos
 * Tokyo Performance Doll

Bands disbanded

 * 100%
 * 1Team
 * AŌP
 * Ayumikurikamaki
 * Beach Slang
 * Berry Good
 * Blackalicious
 * Blu-Billion
 * Brand X
 * Butterfly Child
 * Black Peaks
 * Cabaret Voltaire
 * Cellchrome
 * Los Chunguitos
 * Lotus Eater
 * Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
 * CY8ER
 * Chromatics
 * Daft Punk
 * Datblygu
 * Demons & Wizards
 * Desurabbits
 * Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
 * The Fat Boys
 * GFriend
 * Golden Earring
 * Hollywood Monsters
 * Iris
 * Iz*One
 * Maison Book Girl
 * MKTO
 * The Monkees
 * Omega
 * OnePixcel
 * Ought
 * Pink Cres.
 * The Posies
 * Poco
 * Potty Mouth
 * The Preatures
 * Rascal Flatts
 * Return to Forever
 * Sakura Gakuin
 * SGO48
 * Shine
 * Sly and Robbie
 * Stereo Total
 * sixx:A.M.
 * Tenth Avenue North
 * Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
 * V6
 * Yuck

January

 * 1
 * Carlos do Carmo, 81, Portuguese fado singer
 * Misty Morgan, 75, American country music singer (Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan)
 * Liam Reilly, 65, Irish folk rock singer and keyboardist (Bagatelle)
 * Jan Vering, 65, German gospel singer
 * 3
 * Gerry Marsden, 78, English rock singer and guitarist (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
 * Warren McLean, Australian rock drummer (Machinations, I'm Talking, Divinyls)
 * 4 – Alexi Laiho, 41, Finnish death metal singer and guitarist (Children of Bodom) (death announced on this date)
 * 5 – John Georgiadis, 81, British classical violinist and conductor
 * 6 – Paul de Leon, 52, American metal drummer (Las Cruces)
 * 7
 * Deezer D, 55, American rapper and actor
 * Genival Lacerda, 89, Brazilian forro singer
 * Jamie O'Hara, 70, American country music singer-songwriter (The O'Kanes)
 * 8
 * Ed Bruce, 81, American country music singer-songwriter
 * Michael Fonfara, 74, Canadian blues and rock keyboardist (The Electric Flag, Rhinoceros, Downchild Blues Band)
 * Uno Loop, 91, Estonian singer and guitarist
 * Elijah Moshinsky, 75, Australian opera director
 * 10 – Thorleif Torstensson, 71, Swedish dansband singer, guitarist and saxophonist (Thorleifs)
 * 11
 * Howard Johnson, 79, American jazz multi-instrumentalist
 * Mark Keds, 50, British pop punk singer (Senseless Things)
 * Don Miller, 80, American pop singer (The Vogues)
 * 12 – Ron Getman, 72, American country rock guitarist and singer (The Tractors)
 * 13
 * Tim Bogert, 76, American psychedelic rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice)
 * Duke Bootee, 69, American rapper, producer and songwriter
 * Sylvain Sylvain, 69, American glam rock guitarist (New York Dolls)
 * 14
 * Duranice Pace, 62, American gospel singer (The Anointed Pace Sisters)
 * Larry Willoughby, 73, American country music singer-songwriter
 * 16
 * Jason Cope, 43, American country guitarist (The Steel Woods)
 * Pave Maijanen, 70, Finnish rock keyboardist (Hurriganes, Dingo)
 * Claudia Montero, 58, Argentine classical composer
 * Phil Spector, 81, American record producer, pop musician (The Teddy Bears), and songwriter
 * 17
 * Ghulam Mustafa Khan, 89, Indian classical singer
 * Junior Mance, 92, American jazz pianist
 * Sammy Nestico, 96, American jazz composer and arranger
 * 18
 * Perry Botkin Jr., 87, American composer and arranger
 * Maria Koterbska, 96, Polish swing and jazz singer
 * Jimmie Rodgers, 87, American pop singer
 * 20 – Joe Jordan, 79, American pop singer and musician (The Jordan Brothers)
 * 21
 * Randy Parton, 67, American country music singer-songwriter
 * Marc Phillips, 66, American rock singer (Hotel) and record producer
 * 22
 * Narendra Chanchal, 80, Indian religious singer
 * Guem, 73, Algerian jazz singer
 * James Purify, 76, American R&B singer (James & Bobby Purify)
 * 23
 * Jonas Gwangwa, 83, South African jazz trombonist (The Jazz Epistles)
 * Gabriel Ruiz Díaz, 45, Argentine alternative rock bassist (Catupecu Machu)
 * 24 – Tom Stevens, 64, American alternative country bassist (The Long Ryders)
 * 25 – Iron, 29, South Korean rapper
 * 26
 * Cara O'Sullivan, 59, Irish opera singer
 * 6 Dogs, 21, American rapper
 * 27 – Trung Kiên, 81, Vietnamese classical singer
 * 28
 * César Isella, 82, Argentine folk singer and guitarist (Los Fronterizos)
 * Sibongile Khumalo, 63, South African jazz and classical singer
 * Singing Sandra, 63, Trinidadian calypso singer
 * Rick Shaw, 79, American folk singer and string guitarist (The Hillside Singers)
 * 29
 * Ahmed Achour, 75, Tunisian classical composer and conductor
 * Grady Gaines, 86, American blues saxophonist
 * Jeremy Lubbock, 89, English arranger and composer
 * Hilton Valentine, 77, English rock guitarist (The Animals)
 * 30
 * Double K, 43, American rapper (People Under the Stairs)
 * Sophie, 34, Scottish electronic singer-songwriter and producer
 * Alla Yoshpe, 83, Russian pop singer
 * 31 – Wambali Mkandawire, Malawian jazz singer

February

 * 1 – Temur Tsiklauri, 75, Georgian pop singer (VIA Iveria)
 * 2 – Aaron Wegelin, American indie rock drummer (Elf Power)
 * 3
 * Anne Feeney, 69, American folk singer-songwriter
 * Jim Weatherly, 77, American pop and country music singer-songwriter
 * 4
 * Stefan Cush, 60, British folk-punk singer and guitarist (The Men They Couldn't Hang)
 * Matt Harris, American power pop bassist (The Posies)
 * Jessie Smith, 79, American R&B singer (The Ikettes)
 * Nolan Porter, 71, American R&B singer-songwriter
 * Gil Saunders, American soul singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes)
 * 5
 * Abdoul Jabbar, 40, Guinean dance singer
 * Douglas Miller, 71, American gospel singer
 * Örs Siklósi, 29, Hungarian metalcore singer (AWS)
 * 7
 * Elliot Mazer, 79, American record producer and audio engineer
 * Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, 71, Italian opera director (Opéra Royal de Wallonie)
 * Ricardo Silva Elizondo, 67, Mexican pop singer
 * 8
 * Roza Akkuchukova, 70, Russian pop singer
 * Servando Cano Rodríguez, 78, Mexican Tejano singer-songwriter
 * Mary Wilson, 76, American R&B singer (The Supremes)
 * 9
 * Chick Corea, 79, American jazz fusion keyboardist and composer (Return to Forever, Chick Corea Elektric Band)
 * Cedrick Cotton, 46, American R&B singer (Ideal)
 * Ghédalia Tazartès, 73, French musique concrète multi-instrumentalist
 * 10
 * Jon Mark, 77, English pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mark-Almond)
 * Lee Sexton, 92, American bluegrass banjoist
 * 11 – Joel Pina, 100, Portuguese fado guitarist (Amália Rodrigues)
 * 12 – Milford Graves, 79, American jazz drummer (New York Art Quartet)
 * 13
 * Louis Clark, 73, British symphonic rock conductor and keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra, ELO Part II, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
 * Sydney Devine, 81, British country and skiffle singer
 * 14
 * Erriquez, 60, Italian folk rock singer and guitarist (Bandabardò)
 * Ari Gold, 47, American R&B singer
 * 15
 * Steuart Bedford, 81, British classical conductor and pianist
 * Lucien Gourong, 77, French cabaret singer
 * Andréa Guiot, 93, French opera singer
 * Raymond Lévesque, 92, French chanson singer
 * Johnny Pacheco, 85, Dominican salsa multi-instrumentalist (Fania All-Stars) and record producer
 * 16
 * Carman, 65, American contemporary Christian singer
 * Tonton David, 53, French reggae singer
 * 17
 * Françoise Cactus, 57, German indie rock singer and drummer (Stereo Total)
 * Ali Hossain, 80, Bangladeshi classical composer
 * U-Roy, 78, Jamaican reggae singer
 * 18
 * Prince Markie Dee, 52, American rapper (The Fat Boys)
 * Miles Seaton, 41, American indie rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Akron/Family)
 * 19
 * Đorđe Balašević, 67, Serbian rock singer (Rani Mraz)
 * James Burke, 70, American soul singer (Five Stairsteps)
 * Jerold Ottley, 86, American choral conductor (Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
 * 20
 * Joe Burke, 81, Irish folk accordionist
 * Richard Shephard, 71, British classical conductor
 * Gene Taylor, 68, American rock keyboardist (The Blasters, Canned Heat, The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
 * 21 – Hélène Martin, 92, French chanson singer
 * 22 – Yalchin Rzazadeh, 74, Azerbaijani pop singer
 * 23 – Sean Kennedy, 35, Australian metalcore bassist (I Killed The Prom Queen, Deez Nuts)
 * 24 – Sardool Sikander, 60, Indian folk singer
 * 26 – Bob James, 68, American hard rock singer (Montrose)
 * 27 – Danilo Rustici, 72, Italian progressive rock guitarist (Osanna)
 * 28
 * Anna Kast, 39, Russian EDM singer (Little Big)
 * Ian North, 68, American power pop singer and guitarist (Milk 'N' Cookies, Neo)
 * Jorge Oñate, 71, Colombian vallenato singer

March

 * 1 – Ralph Peterson Jr., 58, American jazz drummer (Out of the Blue, The Jazz Messengers)
 * 2
 * Chris Barber, 90, English jazz bandleader and trombonist
 * Mark Goffeney, 51, American rock bassist
 * Radim Pařízek, 67, Czech heavy metal drummer (Citron)
 * Bunny Wailer, 73, Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
 * 3
 * Medea Abrahamyan, 88, Armenian classical cellist
 * Duffy Jackson, 67, American jazz drummer
 * 4
 * Alan Cartwright, 75, English rock bassist (Procol Harum)
 * Barbara Ess, 72, American post-punk multi-instrumentalist (Y Pants, Disband)
 * Helmut Winschermann, 100, German classical oboist, and conductor (Deutsche Bachsolisten)
 * 5
 * Anna Shuttleworth, 93, British classical cellist
 * Michael Stanley, 72, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 6 – Carmel Quinn, 95, Irish-American pop singer
 * 7
 * Sanja Ilić, 69, Serbian folk rock keyboardist (San, Balkanika)
 * Josky Kiambukuta, 72, Congolese rumba singer (TPOK Jazz)
 * Lars-Göran Petrov, 49, Swedish heavy metal singer and drummer (Entombed, Entombed A.D., Morbid)
 * 9 – James Levine, 77, American classical conductor and pianist (Metropolitan Opera)
 * 8
 * Adrian Bărar, 61, Romanian heavy metal guitarist and composer (Cargo)
 * James Mac Gaw, French progressive rock guitarist (Magma)
 * 11
 * Ray Campi, 86, American rockabilly musician
 * Jewlia Eisenberg, 50, American avant-rock singer (Charming Hostess)
 * Florentín Giménez, 95, Paraguayan classical and folk pianist
 * 12 – Maximiliano Djerfy, 46, Argentine alternative rock guitarist (Callejeros)
 * 14
 * Eulalio Cervantes, 52, Mexican rock saxophonist (Maldita Vecindad)
 * Reggie Warren, 52, American R&B singer (Troop)
 * 15
 * Dragoljub Đuričić, 58, Serbian rock and jazz drummer (YU Grupa, Kerber, Leb i sol)
 * Doug Parkinson, 74, Australian pop and jazz singer (Fanny Adams, The Life Organisation)
 * 16 – Bill Irvine, 87, American rock and roll pianist (Chuck Alaimo Quartet)
 * 17
 * Matt Miller, 34, American indie rock keyboardist (Titus Andronicus)
 * Freddie Redd, 92, American jazz keyboardist
 * Corey Steger, 42, American metalcore guitarist (Underoath)
 * 18 – Paul Jackson, 73, American jazz fusion bassist (The Headhunters, Azteca)
 * 19
 * Cristián Cuturrufo, 48, Chilean jazz trumpeter
 * Gary Leib, 65, American new wave keyboardist (Rubber Rodeo)
 * 20
 * Constance Demby, 81, American new age keyboardist and dulcimer player
 * Taryn Fiebig, 49, Australian opera singer
 * Yevgeny Nesterenko, 83, Russian opera singer
 * Dan Sartain, 39, American garage rock and rockabilly singer-songwriter
 * 23
 * Don Heffington, 70, American roots rock drummer (Lone Justice, Watkins Family Hour)
 * Hana Hegerová, 89, Slovak chanson singer
 * Peter Viskinde, 67, Danish rock guitarist (Malurt, Big Fat Snake)
 * 25 – Tavish Maloney, 24, American emo guitarist (Oso Oso)
 * 26 – Brett Bradshaw, 50, American glam metal drummer (Faster Pussycat)
 * 28 – Malcolm Cecil, 84, British jazz bassist and synthesizer player (Tonto's Expanding Head Band, Blues Incorporated, The Jazz Couriers)
 * 29
 * Jerry Burgan, 76, American folk rock guitarist (We Five)
 * Hans Kinds, 74, Dutch blues rock guitarist (Cuby + Blizzards)
 * 30 – Willie Schofield, 81, American R&B singer-songwriter (The Falcons)
 * 31
 * Anzor Erkomaishvili, 80, Georgian folk singer
 * Jadwiga Wysoczanská, 93, Czech opera singer

April

 * 1 – Tony Pola, Australian blues-rock drummer (Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists)
 * 2
 * Shaukat Ali, 76, Pakistani folk singer
 * Morris "B.B." Dickerson, 71, American funk bassist and singer (War)
 * Gabi Luncă, 82, Romanian lăutărească singer
 * Nelu Ploieşteanu, 70, Romanian lăutărească singer
 * 3
 * Earl Bulinski, 72, American rock musician (The Electras)
 * Jill Corey, 85, American pop singer
 * 4 – Paul Humphrey, 60, Canadian new wave singer (Blue Peter)
 * 5
 * Haja El Hamdaouia, 91, Moroccan aita and chaabi singer
 * Krzysztof Krawczyk, 74, Polish pop singer and composer
 * 6 – Predrag Živković Tozovac, 85, Serbian folk singer
 * 9 – DMX, 50, American rapper
 * 10
 * Shay Healy, 78, Irish pop songwriter
 * Bob Petric, American indie rock guitarist (Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments)
 * Bosse Skoglund, 85, Swedish blues drummer
 * 11
 * Mita Haque, 58, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sagreet singer
 * Zoran Simjanović, 74, Serbian classical composer and rock keyboardist (Siluete, Elipse)
 * 13
 * Farid Ahmed, 66, Bangladeshi film composer
 * Leonid Bortkevich, 71, Belarusian folk rock singer (Pesniary)
 * Rocco Filippini, 77, Swiss classical cellist
 * 14
 * Michel Louvain, 83, Canadian pop singer
 * Rusty Young, 75, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco)
 * 15 – Barby Kelly, 45, Spanish-born German folk singer (The Kelly Family)
 * 16
 * Barry Mason, 85, British pop songwriter
 * Mike Mitchell, 77, American rock guitarist (The Kingsmen)
 * 17 – Black Rob, 52, American rapper
 * 18
 * Lew Lewis, British pub rock harmonica player (Eddie and the Hot Rods)
 * Paul Oscher, 71, American blues singer
 * Lars Ranzenberger, 53, German-born Spanish power metal bassist (Metalium)
 * 19 – Jim Steinman, 73, American rock lyricist, composer, pianist, and record producer
 * 20 – Les McKeown, 65, Scottish pop rock singer (Bay City Rollers)
 * 21
 * Lea Dali Lion, 47, Estonian pop singer
 * Joe Long, 88, American pop rock bassist (The Four Seasons)
 * 22 – Shock G, 57, American rapper (Digital Underground)
 * 23
 * Fredi, 78, Finnish novelty pop singer
 * Milva, 81, Italian pop singer
 * 25
 * Denny Freeman, 76, American blues guitarist
 * Rajan Mishra, 70, Indian khyal sarangi player (Rajan and Sajan Mishra)
 * 27 – Paul Couter, 72, Belgian rock guitarist (TC Matic)
 * 28
 * Toni Dalli, 87, Italian pop singer
 * Anita Lane, 61, Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
 * Liuwe Tamminga, 67, Dutch classical harpsichordist and organist
 * 29
 * Johnny Crawford, 75, American pop singer
 * John Hinch, 73, British heavy metal drummer (Judas Priest, Bakerloo)
 * Tony Markellis, 68, American jam band bassist (Trey Anastasio Band)
 * Will Mecum, 48, American stoner rock guitarist (Karma to Burn, Year Long Disaster)
 * 30
 * John Dee Holeman, 92, American blues guitarist
 * Anthony Payne, 84, British classical composer
 * Ray Reyes, 51, Puerto Rican pop singer (Menudo, El Reencuentro)

May

 * 1
 * Debu Chaudhuri, 85, Indian classical sitarist
 * Wondress Hutchinson, 56, American dance singer (Mantronix)
 * 2 – Tommy West, 78, American music producer and pop singer-songwriter (Cashman & West)
 * 3
 * Phil Naro, 63, American hard rock singer (Talas)
 * Lloyd Price, 88, American R&B singer-songwriter
 * 4
 * Rodolfo García, 75, Argentine psychedelic rock drummer (Almendra, Aquelarre)
 * Nick Kamen, 59, English pop singer-songwriter
 * Genji Kuniyoshi, 90, Japanese folk singer
 * 6
 * Comagan, 48, Indian playback singer
 * Vanya Kostova, 64, Bulgarian pop singer (Tonika)
 * Prem Dhoj Pradhan, 82, Nepali pop singer and guitarist
 * Pervis Staples, 85, American gospel singer (The Staple Singers)
 * 7
 * G. Anand, 67, Indian playback singer
 * Vanraj Bhatia, 93, Indian film composer
 * Cassiano, 77, Brazilian funk and soul singer-songwriter
 * 8 – Curtis Fuller, 86, American jazz trombonist (The Jazz Messengers)
 * 10
 * Svante Thuresson, 68, Swedish jazz and schlager singer (Gals and Pals)
 * Pauline Tinsley, 93, British opera singer
 * 12 – Maran, 48, Indian gaana singer
 * 13
 * Norman Simmons, 91, American jazz pianist and arranger
 * Jack Terricloth, 50, American dark cabaret singer (The World/Inferno Friendship Society)
 * Bill Tsamis, 60, American metal guitarist (Warlord)
 * 14 – Ester Mägi, 99, Estonian classical composer
 * 15
 * Đorđe Marjanović, 89, Serbian schlager and pop singer
 * Mario Pavone, 80, American jazz bassist
 * 16
 * Patsy Bruce, 81, American country songwriter
 * MC Kevin, 23, Brazilian funk carioca singer
 * 17
 * Nicolas Ker, 50, French electronic singer (Poni Hoax)
 * Neal Ford, 78, American psychedelic rock singer (Neal Ford and the Fanatics)
 * Amarendra Mohanty, 63, Indian film composer and singer
 * 18 – Franco Battiato, 76, Italian progressive rock and new wave singer-songwriter
 * 19
 * Johnny Ashcroft, 94, Australian country and folk singer-songwriter
 * Alix Dobkin, 80, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * Martin Turnovský, 92, Czech classical conductor
 * 20 – Roger Hawkins, 75, American rock and soul drummer (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section)
 * 22 – Glenn Douglas Tubb, 85, American country singer-songwriter
 * 23
 * Dewayne Blackwell, 84, American country songwriter
 * Lorrae Desmond, 93, Australian cabaret singer and actress
 * 24
 * John Davis, 66, American dance pop singer (Milli Vanilli)
 * Samuel E. Wright, 74, American pop singer and actor
 * 25 – Søren Holm, 25, Danish indie pop singer (Liss)
 * 26
 * Tom Shannon, 82, American radio DJ, songwriter and musician (The Rebels)
 * Patrick Sky, 80, American folk singer-songwriter
 * 27
 * Tiit Haagma, 67, Estonian progressive rock bassist (Ruja)
 * Shantiraj Khosla, 54, Indian film composer and singer
 * Nelson Sargento, 96, Brazilian samba singer
 * 28
 * Zohra Abdullayeva, 68, Azerbaijani mugham singer
 * Jimi Bellmartin, 71, Indonesian-born Dutch funk singer
 * 29
 * B. J. Thomas, 78, American pop singer
 * Johnny Trudell, 82, American jazz trumpeter
 * 31 - Lil Loaded, 20, American rapper

June

 * 3 – Karla Burns, 66, American opera singer
 * 6 – Michele Merlo, 28, Italian pop singer-songwriter
 * 7 – David C. Lewis, American soft rock and new age keyboardist (Ambrosia, Shadowfax)
 * 8
 * Farhad Humayun, 42, Pakistani psychedelic rock drummer and singer (Overload)
 * Dean Parrish, 78, American soul singer
 * 9 – Juan Nelson, 62, American blues rock bassist (Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals)
 * 10 – Fran McKendree, 74, American folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (McKendree Spring)
 * 11
 * Heribert Beissel, 88, German classical composer
 * Jon Lukas, 72, Maltese pop singer
 * 14 – Selçuk Tekay, 68, Turkish classical composer and violinist
 * 16 – Novica Zdravković, 73, Serbian folk singer
 * 17 – Fane Flaws, 70, New Zealand rock guitarist (The Crocodiles, The Spats, Blerta)
 * 18
 * Gift of Gab, 50, American rapper (Blackalicious)
 * Takeshi Terauchi, 82, Japanese surf rock guitarist
 * 20
 * Jeanne Lamon, 71, American-Canadian classical violinist and conductor
 * Lionel Leroy, 65, French pop singer
 * Gianna Rolandi, 68, American opera singer
 * 21
 * Nobuo Hara, 94, Japanese jazz saxophonist
 * Mamady Keïta, 70, Guinean djembe player
 * Pat Lupo, 66, American rock bassist (John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band)
 * 22 – Parassala B. Ponnammal, 96, Indian Carnatic singer
 * 23
 * David Edwards, 56, Welsh post-punk singer (Datblygu)
 * Ellen McIlwaine, 75, American-Canadian psychedelic rock and blues singer and slide guitarist (Fear Itself)
 * Peter Zinovieff, 88, British electronic composer and founder of Electronic Music Studios
 * 25
 * Rinaldo Rafanelli, 71, Argentine psychedelic rock singer (Color Humano, Sui Generis)
 * Wes, 57, Cameroonian world music singer
 * 26
 * Jon Hassell, 84, American jazz trumpeter
 * Frederic Rzewski, 83, American classical pianist and composer
 * Johnny Solinger, 55, American hard rock singer (Skid Row)
 * 27
 * Willy Crook, 55, Argentine new wave saxophonist (Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota)
 * Peps Persson, 74, Swedish blues and reggae singer
 * 28
 * Burton Greene, 84, American free jazz pianist
 * Paul Koulak, 78, French television composer
 * 29
 * John Lawton, 74, British rock singer (Uriah Heep, Lucifer's Friend, Les Humphries Singers)
 * Bryan St. Pere, 53, American alternative rock drummer (Hum)

July

 * 1
 * Louis Andriessen, 82, Dutch classical composer
 * Steve Kekana, 62, South African soul and Mbaqanga singer
 * 4
 * Sanford Clark, 85, American rockabilly singer
 * Rick Laird, 80, Irish jazz fusion bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Brian Auger and the Trinity)
 * 5 – Raffaella Carrà, 78, Italian pop singer
 * 6 – David King, American alternative rock guitarist (Mary's Danish)
 * 9 – Andy Williams, 49, American Christian rock drummer (Casting Crowns)
 * 10
 * Barbara Allbut, 80, American pop singer (The Angels)
 * Byron Berline, 77, American bluegrass fiddler
 * Chris Hutka, American post-hardcore singer (The Bunny the Bear)
 * 11
 * Juini Booth, 73, American jazz bassist (The Sun Ra Arkestra)
 * Sound Sultan, 44, Nigerian rapper
 * 13 – Brother Resistance, 67, Trinidadian rhythm poet
 * 14
 * Gary Corbett, American blues rock keyboardist (Cinderella)
 * Jeff LaBar, 58, American glam metal and blues rock guitarist (Cinderella)
 * 15
 * Joe Cassidy, Irish indie pop singer-songwriter (Butterfly Child)
 * Boris Goryachev, 49, Russian a capella singer (Turetsky Choir Art Group)
 * Pyotr Mamonov, 70, Russian alternative rock singer-songwriter (Zvuki Mu)
 * Tsepo Tshola, 67, Mosotho afro-jazz singer (Sankomota)
 * 16 – Biz Markie, 57, American rapper
 * 17
 * Dolores Claman, 94, Canadian television composer and pianist
 * Robby Steinhardt, 71, American progressive rock singer and violinist (Kansas)
 * Graham Vick, 67, English opera director
 * 19
 * Tolis Voskopoulos, 80, Greek laïko singer
 * Chuck E. Weiss, 76, American blues rock singer-songwriter
 * 20 – Jerry Granelli, 80, American-born Canadian jazz drummer
 * 21
 * Tõnu Aare, 67, Estonian rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Apelsin)
 * Clarence McDonald, 76, American pianist, composer, arranger, and producer
 * 22
 * Pavel Pelc, 71, Czech art rock bassist and singer (Progres 2)
 * Peter Rehberg, 53, Austrian-British electronic musician (KTL) and founder of Mego
 * 23
 * Fakir Alamgir, 71, Bangladeshi folk singer
 * Wally Gonzales, 71, Filipino blues rock guitarist (Juan de la Cruz Band)
 * 25 – Count M'Butu, 75-76, American blues-rock percussionist (The Derek Trucks Band) (death announced on this date)
 * 26
 * Mike Howe, 55, American heavy metal singer (Metal Church, Heretic)
 * Joey Jordison, 46, American heavy metal drummer and guitarist (Slipknot, Murderdolls, Scar the Martyr, Sinsaenum)
 * 27
 * Dusty Hill, 72, American blues rock bassist and singer (ZZ Top)
 * Willie Winfield, 91, American doo-wop singer (The Harptones)
 * 28
 * Giuseppe Giacomini, 80, Italian opera singer
 * Shahram Kashani, 47, Iranian pop singer
 * Johnny Ventura, 81, Dominican salsa and merengue singer
 * 29 – Gonzoe, 45, American rapper (Kausion)
 * 30
 * Jacob Desvarieux, 65, Guadeloupean-French zouk singer
 * Tom LeGarde, 90, Australian country music singer and guitarist (The LeGarde Twins)
 * 31 – Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, 93, Polish jazz saxophonist

August

 * 1
 * Paul Cotton, 78, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco, Illinois Speed Press)
 * Kazimierz Kowalski, 70, Polish opera singer
 * 3
 * Kelli Hand, 56, American techno DJ
 * Allan Stephenson, 71, British classical cellist and composer
 * 4
 * Razzy Bailey, 82, American country singer
 * Jean "Binta" Breeze, 65, Jamaican dub poet
 * Paul Johnson, 50, American house DJ
 * Stan Lark, 81, American rock and roll bassist (The Fireballs)
 * Anders Pettersson, 69, Swedish dansband keyboardist (Lasse Stefanz)
 * 6
 * Les Vandyke, 90, British pop songwriter
 * Wang Wenjuan, 94, Chinese yue opera singer
 * 7 – Dennis Thomas, 70, American funk saxophonist (Kool & The Gang)
 * 9
 * Joey Ambrose, 87, American rock and roll saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets)
 * Killer Kau, 23, South African rapper
 * Mpura, 26, South African rapper
 * Chucky Thompson, 53, American record producer
 * 11
 * Mike Finnigan, 76, American rock and jazz keyboardist
 * Roy Gaines, 83, American electric blues guitarist
 * Caroline Peyton, 69, American folk singer-songwriter
 * 12 – Ronnell Bright, 91, American jazz pianist
 * 13
 * Baba Zumbi, 49, American rapper (Zion I)
 * Nanci Griffith, 68, American folk singer-songwriter
 * Pil Trafa, 62, Argentine punk rock singer (Los Violadores)
 * 14 – R. Murray Schafer, 88, Canadian avant-garde classical composer
 * 15 – Jagjit Kaur, 91, Indian playback singer
 * 16 – Hormoz Farhat, 93, Iranian-American classical composer
 * 17 – Squeak, 26, American hip hop producer (Pivot Gang)
 * 20
 * Tom T. Hall, 85, American country singer-songwriter
 * Larry Harlow, 82, American salsa keyboardist (Fania All-Stars)
 * Peter Ind, 93, British jazz bassist
 * Michael Morgan, 64, American classical conductor
 * 21
 * Bill Emerson, 83, American bluegrass banjoist
 * Don Everly, 84, American country-rock and roll singer and songwriter (The Everly Brothers)
 * 22
 * Charles Burles, 85, French opera singer
 * Bob Fish, 72, British doo-wop singer (Darts)
 * Brian Travers, 62, British pop and reggae saxophonist and songwriter (UB40)
 * Eric Wagner, 62, American doom metal singer (Trouble, The Skull)
 * 23
 * Fritz McIntyre, 62, British pop keyboardist (Simply Red)
 * Olli Wisdom, 63, British goth rock singer (Specimen) and Goa trance producer
 * 24
 * Pierre Dutot, 75, French classical trumpeter
 * Charlie Watts, 80, English rock drummer (The Rolling Stones)
 * 25 – Dave Harper, British indie rock drummer (Frankie & The Heartstrings)
 * 26 – Kenny Malone, 83, American country drummer
 * 27 – Siegfried Matthus, 87, German composer and conductor
 * 29
 * Ron Bushy, 79, American psychedelic rock drummer (Iron Butterfly)
 * John Drake, 74, American rock singer (The Amboy Dukes)
 * Lee "Scratch" Perry, 85, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter and producer
 * 30 – Lee Williams, 75, American gospel singer (Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC's)
 * 31 – Nobesuthu Mbadu, 76, South African mbaqanga singer (Mahotella Queens)

September

 * 1
 * Adalberto Álvarez, 72, Cuban son pianist (Son 14, Adalberto Álvarez y su Son)
 * Carol Fran, 87, American soul blues singer and pianist
 * Marty Fried, 77, American rock drummer (The Cyrkle)
 * Aleksandr Khrabunov, 61, Russian rock guitarist (Zoopark)
 * 2
 * Alemayehu Eshete, 80, Ethiopian jazz singer
 * MadClip, 34, Greek-American rapper
 * Mikis Theodorakis, 96, Greek classical and film composer
 * 4
 * Billy Cafaro, 84, Argentine rock singer
 * Gerhard Erber, 86, German classical pianist
 * 5
 * Rickie Lee Reynolds, 72, American rock guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)
 * Sarah Harding, 39, British pop singer (Girls Aloud)
 * 6
 * Sunil Perera, 68, Sri Lankan pop and baila singer (The Gypsies)
 * Bennie Pete, 45, American jazz and funk sousaphonist (Hot 8 Brass Band)
 * 7 – Warren Storm, 84, American swamp pop singer and drummer
 * 8
 * Susan Anway, 70, American indie rock singer (The Magnetic Fields)
 * Uno Loop, 91, Estonian estrada, pop and jazz singer, guitarist and music educator
 * Pulamaipithan, 85, Indian film lyricist
 * 9 – Amanda Holden, 73, British classical librettist
 * 10
 * Michael Chapman, 80, British folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * Rick Newell, 73, British psychedelic rock bassist (Rainbow Ffolly)
 * Rick Yancey, 73, American pop-rock singer and guitarist (Cymarron, The Remingtons)
 * 11 – María Mendiola, 69, Spanish pop singer (Baccara)
 * 12 – Don Maddox, 90, American country singer (Maddox Brothers and Rose)
 * 13 – George Wein, 95, American jazz pianist and co-founder of the Newport Jazz Festival and Newport Folk Festival
 * 14 – Vicente Zarzo Pitarch, 83, Spanish classical French horn player
 * 15
 * Norman Bailey, 88, British opera singer
 * Leonard Gibbs, 73, American jazz percussionist
 * 16
 * Jane Powell, 92, American pop singer
 * George Mraz, 77, Czech-born American jazz bassist and saxophonist (Quest, New York Jazz Quartet, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra)
 * 17 – Dottie Dodgion, 91, American jazz drummer
 * 19
 * Sylvano Bussotti, 89, Italian classical composer
 * András Ligeti, 68, Hungarian classical violinist
 * Mats Paulson, 83, Swedish pop singer-songwriter
 * Marina Tucaković, 67, Serbian folk and pop lyricist
 * 20
 * Colin Bailey, 87, British-American jazz drummer
 * Sarah Dash, 76, American R&B and funk singer (Labelle)
 * Claude Lombard, 76, Belgian pop singer
 * Julz Sale, British post-punk singer-songwriter and guitarist (Delta 5)
 * Warner Williams, 91, American blues guitarist (Little Bit A Blues)
 * 21
 * Richard H. Kirk, 65, British electronic and industrial multi-instrumentalist (Cabaret Voltaire, Sweet Exorcist)
 * La Prieta Linda, 88, Mexican pop singer
 * 22
 * Bob Moore, 88, American country bassist
 * Jan Stanienda, 68, Polish classical violinist
 * 23 – Sue Thompson, 96, American pop and country singer
 * 24 – Pee Wee Ellis, 80, American jazz and soul saxophonist
 * 25 – Patricio Manns, 84, Chilean folk singer-songwriter
 * 26
 * George "Commander Cody" Frayne IV, 77, American country rock singer and keyboardist (Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen)
 * Alan Lancaster, 72, British rock bassist (Status Quo, The Party Boys)
 * 27
 * Darrell Bath, British punk guitarist (The Vibrators, The Dogs D'Amour)
 * Chris Ho, Singaporean new wave singer (Zircon Lounge)
 * Andrea Martin, 49, American R&B singer-songwriter
 * Teymur Mirzoyev, 85, Azerbaijani jazz singer (Gaya Quartet)
 * 28
 * Nana Ampadu, 76, Ghanaian highlife singer and guitarist
 * Karan Armstrong, 79, American opera soprano
 * Pete Fullerton, 75, American folk rock bassist and singer (We Five)
 * Phi Nhung, 49, Vietnamese-American Vọng cổ singer
 * Barry Ryan, 72, British pop singer
 * Lonnie Smith, 79, American jazz organist
 * 29
 * Hayko, 48, Armenian pop singer
 * Olivier Libaux, 57, French new wave and lounge guitarist (Nouvelle Vague)
 * Mike Renzi, 80, American jazz pianist and composer
 * 30
 * Lennart Åberg, 79, Swedish jazz fusion saxophonist
 * Carlisle Floyd, 95, American opera composer
 * Greg Gilbert, 44, British indie rock singer and guitarist (Delays)

October

 * 1
 * Raymond Gniewek, 89, American classical violinist
 * Robin Morton, 81, Irish folk singer and bodhran player (The Boys of the Lough)
 * Ewert Ljusberg, 76, Swedish folk singer
 * 2
 * John Rossall, 75, English glam rock saxophonist and trombonist (The Glitter Band)
 * Sebastião Tapajós, 78, Brazilian folk guitarist
 * 3 – Anouman Brou Félix, 86, Ivorian attie multi-instrumentalist
 * 5 – Pat Fish, 64, British indie pop singer and guitarist (The Jazz Butcher)
 * 8
 * Everett Morton, 71, Kittian-British ska drummer (The Beat)
 * Jim Pembroke, 65, British-Finnish progressive rock singer (Wigwam, Blues Section)
 * Jem Targal, 74, American psychedelic rock bassist (Third Power)
 * 9 – Dee Pop, 65, American post-punk drummer (Bush Tetras, The Gun Club)
 * 10 – Luis de Pablo, 91, Spanish classical composer
 * 11
 * Misko Barbara, 49, Ukrainian rock singer (Dead Rooster)
 * Deon Estus, 65, American R&B bassist and singer
 * 12 – Paddy Moloney, 83, Irish Celtic folk multi-instrumentalist (The Chieftains, Ceoltóirí Chualann)
 * 13 – Andrea Haugen, 45, German heavy metal singer
 * 14
 * Emani 22, 22, American R&B singer
 * Phil Leadbetter, 59, American bluegrass resonator guitarist
 * Tom Morey, 86, American jazz drummer
 * 15 – Regi Hargis, 70, American funk guitarist and singer (Brick)
 * 16
 * Tom Gray, 70, American new wave and blues rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (The Brains, Delta Moon)
 * Ron Tutt, 83, American rock drummer (TCB Band, Jerry Garcia Band)
 * 17 – Bruce Gaston, 74, American Thai classical multi-instrumentalist
 * 18
 * Franco Cerri, 95, Italian jazz guitarist and bassist
 * Edita Gruberová, 74, Slovak opera singer
 * 19 – Leslie Bricusse, 90, British film and theater composer and lyricist
 * 21
 * Tommy DeBarge, 64, American R&B-funk bassist and singer (Switch)
 * Dmitriy Galitsky, 65, Russian pop singer and keyboardist (Sinyaya Ptitsa)
 * Bernard Haitink, 92, Dutch classical conductor and violinist
 * Sergei Krinitzin, 65, Russian progressive rock drummer (Autograph)
 * Robin McNamara, 74, American pop rock singer-songwriter
 * Allan Wilmot, 96, Jamaican-born British pop singer (The Southlanders)
 * 22
 * Jay Black, 82, American pop-rock singer (Jay and the Americans)
 * Udo Zimmermann, 78, German opera and classical composer and conductor
 * 24
 * Willie Cobbs, 89, American blues singer and harmonica player
 * Sonny Osborne, 83, American bluegrass banjoist (Osborne Brothers)
 * 25 – Alfredo Diez Nieto, 103, Cuban classical composer and conductor
 * 26 – Rose Lee Maphis, 98, American country singer
 * 27
 * Letieres Leite, 61, Brazilian afro-jazz composer and conductor (Orkestra Rumpilezz)
 * William Shelby, 65, American funk keyboardist (Lakeside, Dynasty)
 * Benjamin Vallé, 47, Swedish post-punk guitarist (Viagra Boys)
 * 28 – Raša Đelmaš, 71, Serbian progressive rock drummer (YU Grupa, Zebra, Pop Mašina)
 * 30 – Fan Tsai, 26, Taiwanese indie rock drummer (No Party for Cao Dong)

November

 * 1
 * Emmett Chapman, 85, American jazz guitarist and inventor of the Chapman Stick
 * Nelson Freire, 77, Brazilian classical pianist
 * Gilberto Grácio, 85, Portuguese luthier
 * Pat Martino, 77, American jazz guitarist
 * 2
 * Sabah Fakhri, 88, Syrian Muwashshah and Qudud Halabiya singer
 * Declan Mulligan, 83, Irish-born American rock guitarist and bassist (The Beau Brummels)
 * Ernest Wilson, 69, Jamaican reggae singer (The Clarendonians)
 * Ronnie Wilson, 73, American funk multi-instrumentalist (The Gap Band)
 * 3 – Georgie Dann, 81, French pop singer
 * 4 – Mario Lavista, 78, Mexican film composer
 * 5 – Marília Mendonça, 26, Brazilian sertanejo singer-songwriter
 * 6
 * Astro, 64, British reggae singer and percussionist (UB40)
 * Andy Barker, 53, British acid house keyboardist and bassist (808 State)
 * Barry Coope, English folk singer (Coope Boyes and Simpson)
 * Marinko Rokvić, 67, Bosnian folk singer
 * 7
 * Clifford Grant, 91, Australian opera singer
 * Bopol Mansiamina, 72, Congolese soukous guitarist (Les Quatre Étoiles)
 * 8 – Margo Guryan, 84, American pop singer-songwriter
 * 10
 * Mike “Bones” Gersema, American hard drummer (L.A. Guns)
 * John Kinsella, 81, Irish classical composer
 * Miroslav Žbirka, 69, Slovak rock singer (Modus)
 * 11
 * Graeme Edge, 80, British progressive rock drummer (The Moody Blues)
 * Mark Gillespie, Australian pop singer-songwriter
 * John Goodsall, 68, American-British progressive rock and jazz fusion guitarist (Brand X, Atomic Rooster)
 * 13 – Philip Margo, 79, American doo-wop singer (The Tokens)
 * 15 – Heber Bartolome, 73, Filipino folk singer
 * 16 – Belinda Sykes, 55, British medieval folk singer and multi-instrumentalist (Joglaresa)
 * 17
 * Keith Allison, 79, American garage rock bassist (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
 * Dave Frishberg, 88, American jazz pianist and songwriter
 * Theuns Jordaan, 50, South African blues singer-songwriter
 * Young Dolph, 36, American rapper
 * 18
 * Slide Hampton, 89, American jazz trombonist
 * Ack van Rooyen, 91, Dutch jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
 * 19
 * Hank von Hell, 49, Norwegian punk singer (Turbonegro)
 * David Longdon, 56, British progressive rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Big Big Train)
 * 20
 * Jim Gallagher, 78, American surf rock drummer (The Astronauts)
 * Billy Hinsche, 70, American pop singer, guitarist and keyboardist (Dino, Desi & Billy)
 * Merima Njegomir, 68, Serbian sevdah singer
 * 21
 * Yul Anderson, 63, American blues and gospel singer, guitarist and pianist
 * Gurmeet Bawa, 77, Indian folk singer
 * Gordon Crosse, 83, British classical composer
 * 22
 * Joanne Shenandoah, 63, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * Asya Sultanova, 98, Azerbaijani classical composer
 * 23 – Tatyana Chudova, 77, Russian classical composer
 * 24
 * Mārtiņš Brauns, 70, Latvian pop and theater composer and multi-instrumentalist
 * Marilyn McLeod, 82, American R&B singer-songwriter
 * Gared O'Donnell, 44, American post-hardcore singer and guitarist (Planes Mistaken for Stars)
 * 25 – Betty Jean Robinson, 88, American country music singer-songwriter
 * 26 – Stephen Sondheim, 91, American film and theater composer and lyricist
 * 28
 * Alexander Gradsky, 72, Russian rock singer and composer
 * Laila Halme, 87, Finnish pop singer
 * Meñique, 87, Panamanian salsa singer
 * 30
 * Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, 66, Indian film and theatre lyricist and singer
 * Martin Wright, British alternative rock guitarist (Intastella)

December

 * 1
 * Grand Jojo, 85, Belgian pop singer
 * Alvin Lucier, 90, American experimental composer and sound artist
 * 2 – Abdel Karim al Kabli, 89, Sudanese folk singer and oud player
 * 4
 * Thoppil Anto, 81, Indian playback singer
 * Stonewall Jackson, 89, American country music singer
 * 5
 * John Miles, 72, British progressive rock singer-songwriter
 * Toni Santagata, 85, Italian folk singer
 * Bill Staines, 74, American folk singer-songwriter
 * 6 – János Kóbor, 78, Hungarian progressive rock singer (Omega)
 * 7
 * Steve Bronski, 61, Scottish new wave keyboardist (Bronski Beat)
 * DJ Scholar, British grime rapper (Ruff Sqwad)
 * Greg Tate, 63, American multi-genre guitarist (Burnt Sugar) and music critic
 * 8
 * Gil Bridges, 80, American rock saxophonist (Rare Earth)
 * Barry Harris, 91, American jazz pianist
 * Chandidas Mal, 92, Indian classical singer
 * Robbie Shakespeare, 68, Jamaican reggae bassist (Sly and Robbie) and record producer
 * Ralph Tavares, 79, American R&B singer (Tavares)
 * 9 – David Lasley, 74, American pop and R&B singer
 * 10
 * Les Emmerson, 77, Canadian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Five Man Electrical Band)
 * Mensi, British punk rock singer (Angelic Upstarts)
 * Michael Nesmith, 78, American rock and country singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Monkees, The First National Band)
 * 11 – Garth Dennis, 72, Jamaican reggae singer (Black Uhuru, The Wailing Souls)
 * 12 – Vicente Fernández, 81, Mexican ranchera singer
 * 13
 * Joe Simon, 85, American R&B and soul singer
 * Toby Slater, 42, British indie pop singer-songwriter (Catch)
 * 14 – Phil Chen, 81, Jamaican rock and reggae bassist (Manzarek–Krieger, Butts Band)
 * 15
 * Francisco Kröpfl, 90, Argentine classical composer
 * Wanda Young, 78, American R&B singer (The Marvelettes)
 * 16
 * Hub, 62, American hip hop bassist (The Roots)
 * Terry Uttley, 70, British rock bassist (Smokie)
 * Ian Worang, 47, Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist (Uncut)
 * 17
 * John Morgan, 80, English Scrumpy and Western drummer (The Wurzels)
 * Weerasak Sunthornsri, 71, Thai folk rock guitarist (Caravan)
 * Lindsay Tebbutt, Australian pub rock drummer (The Choirboys)
 * 18
 * Custom, 54, Canadian alternative rock singer-songwriter
 * Tam Harvey, Scottish folk guitarist (The Humblebums)
 * Kangol Kid, 55, American rapper (UTFO)
 * Renée Martel, 74, Canadian country singer
 * 19
 * Billy Conway, 66, American blues rock and alternative rock drummer (Morphine, Treat Her Right)
 * Drakeo the Ruler, 28, American rapper
 * Carlos Marín, 53, Spanish classical crossover singer (Il Divo)
 * 20 – Paul Mitchell, American R&B singer (The Floaters)
 * 21 – Anthony Williams, 90, Trinidadian steelband steel pan player
 * 23
 * Robin Le Mesurier, 68, British rock guitarist
 * Emil Ramsauer, 103, Swiss pop bassist (Takasa)
 * 24
 * J. D. Crowe, 84, American bluegrass banjo player (New South)
 * Marco Mathieu, 57, Italian hardcore punk bassist (Negazione)
 * Meor Aziddin Yusof, 54, Malaysian folk singer-songwriter
 * 25 – Tiffini Hale, 46, American pop singer (The Party)
 * 27 – Victor Socaciu, 68, Romanian folk singer and composer
 * 29
 * Paolo Giordano, 59, Italian classical guitarist
 * Peter Klatzow, 76, German classical composer and pianist
 * 30 – Stephen J. Lawrence, 82, American television composer
 * 31
 * Juraj Filas, 66, Serbian classical composer
 * Ivan Mozgovenko, 97, Russian classical clarinetist

Musical films

 * Anita