2023 in music

This topic covers events and articles related to 2023 in music.

Specific locations

 * African music
 * American music
 * Asian music
 * Australian music
 * Brazilian music
 * British music
 * Canadian music
 * Caribbean music
 * Chinese music
 * Czech music
 * Danish music
 * European music
 * Finnish music
 * French music
 * German music
 * Icelandic 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
 * R&B
 * Rock
 * K-pop
 * J-pop

Classical music

 * Gavriil Popov – Symphony No. 4 (written 1948–49; premiere February 16)

Bands formed

 * 8Turn
 * BB Girls
 * BabyMonster
 * BoyNextDoor
 * DXTeen
 * Evnne
 * El7z Up
 * Fantasy Boys
 * Hori7on
 * IMP.
 * The Jet Boy Bangerz from Exile Tribe
 * Kiss Kiss
 * Kiss of Life
 * LimeLight
 * Loossemble
 * Lun8
 * Mave:
 * MiSaMo
 * NCT Tokyo
 * Primrose
 * Riize
 * TripleS
 * Xikers
 * Xodiac
 * Zerobaseone
 * Whom Gods Destroy
 * ¥$

Soloist debuts

 * Allie Sherlock
 * Ayaka Fukuhara
 * Chuu
 * Halle Bailey
 * Himika Akaneya
 * Hwang Min-hyun
 * Jang Ye-eun
 * Jeffrey Ngai
 * Jihyo
 * Jimin
 * Jinyoung
 * Jisoo
 * Joel Deleōn
 * Josh Cullen
 * Joohoney
 * Jungkook
 * Kaori Maeda
 * Lee Mi-joo
 * Marife Yau
 * Marco Ip
 * Mayu Mineda
 * Mayu Sagara
 * Nako Misaki
 * Nancy Kwai
 * Ren
 * Sica Ho
 * Shiori Tamai
 * Swan
 * Taeyong
 * V
 * Win Win Yeung

Bands reformed

 * 3 Inches of Blood
 * The Beatles (a one off recording)
 * Blessthefall
 * Bratmobile
 * The Buggles
 * Crimson Glory
 * The Dillinger Escape Plan
 * Blur
 * Creed
 * Dogstar
 * Fightstar
 * Frankie Goes to Hollywood
 * Girls Aloud
 * Heavenly
 * Love and Rockets
 * Mallory Knox
 * NSYNC
 * NX Zero
 * Power Trip
 * RBD
 * Restart
 * S Club
 * Silent Siren
 * Sublime
 * The Soup Dragons
 * Twisted Sister

Bands disbanded

 * The Agonist
 * ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
 * Anti-Flag
 * Astro – Jinjin & Rocky
 * Astro – Moonbin & Sanha
 * Bandage
 * Barnes & Barnes
 * Betraying the Martyrs
 * Bish
 * Bjesovi
 * Brave Girls
 * Boysgroup
 * B.O.L.T
 * Camp Cope
 * Candlebox
 * Chancho en Piedra
 * Clannad
 * CNCO
 * Coast Modern
 * The Comet Is Coming
 * D1ce
 * Dead & Company
 * Dawn Ray'd
 * Died Pretty
 * Dilly Dally
 * Egoist
 * Emerson String Quartet
 * For Tracy Hyde
 * GWSN
 * Helvetia
 * Injury Reserve
 * Kiss
 * Kix
 * Momoland
 * Muncie Girls
 * MS MR
 * Palisades
 * Palm
 * Panic! at the Disco
 * PRETTYMUCH
 * The Regrettes
 * Russkaja
 * Screaming Females
 * Skinny Puppy
 * Snuper
 * Sprain
 * Strange Ranger
 * VIXX LR
 * Westkust

Bands on hiatus

 * Blood Youth
 * Blur
 * DNCE
 * The Mamas
 * Walk the Moon

January

 * 1
 * Gangsta Boo, 43, American rapper (Three 6 Mafia)
 * Sebastian Marino, 57, American metal guitarist (Overkill, Anvil)
 * Fred White, 67, American funk drummer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
 * 2
 * Andrew Downes, 72, British classical composer
 * Kingsize Taylor, 83, British rock and roll singer and guitarist (Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes)
 * 3
 * Joseph Koo, 91, Hong Kong film composer
 * Notis Mavroudis, 77, Greek classical guitarist and composer
 * Alan Rankine, 64, Scottish post-punk keyboardist and guitarist (The Associates)
 * 4
 * Stan Hitchcock, 86, American country music singer and co-founder of CMT
 * Zoran Kalezić, 72, Serbian-Montenegrin folk singer
 * Beeyar Prasad, 61, Indian film lyricist
 * 5
 * Mark Capps, 54, American sound engineer
 * Gordy Harmon, 79, American R&B and soul singer (The Whispers)
 * 6
 * Jeff Blackburn, 77, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Blackburn & Snow, Moby Grape)
 * Danny Kaleikini, 85, American Hawaiian pop singer
 * 7 – Aleksandr Kharchikov, 73, Russian folk singer-songwriter
 * 8 – Slim Newton, 90, Australian country music singer-songwriter
 * 9
 * Séamus Begley, 73, Irish folk fiddler and accordionist
 * Dick Flood, 90, American country music singer-songwriter
 * Magnar Mangersnes, 84, Norwegian classical organist and choral conductor
 * Yoriaki Matsudaira, 91, Japanese classical composer
 * 10
 * Jeff Beck, 78, British rock guitarist (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert & Appice, The Honeydrippers)
 * Dennis Budimir, 84, American jazz and rock guitarist (The Wrecking Crew)
 * José Evangelista, 79, Spanish classical composer
 * 11 – Yukihiro Takahashi, 70, Japanese electronic and rock drummer and singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sadistic Mika Band, METAFIVE)
 * 12
 * Robbie Bachman, 69, Canadian rock drummer (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
 * Lisa Marie Presley, 54, American country rock singer-songwriter
 * Laylaw, American hip hop record producer.
 * 13
 * Keith Beaton, 72, American R&B singer (Blue Magic)
 * Ray Cordeiro, 98, Hong Kong disc jockey (RTHK Radio 3)
 * 14 – Matthias Carras, 58, German pop singer
 * 15
 * Doris, 75, Swedish pop singer
 * Bruce Gowers, 82, British music video director
 * C. J. Harris, 31, American country singer
 * Vakhtang Kikabidze, 84, Georgian singer
 * 16 – Johnny Powers, American rockabilly singer and guitarist
 * 17
 * Van Conner, 55, American alternative rock bassist (Screaming Trees)
 * Manana Doijashvili, 75, Georgian classical pianist
 * Leon Dubinsky, 81, Canadian folk composer
 * Renée Geyer, 69, Australian pop singer
 * Larry Morris, 75, New Zealand garage rock singer (Larry's Rebels)
 * Richard Oesterreicher, 90, Austrian jazz guitarist and conductor
 * 18
 * David Crosby, 81, American folk rock singer-songwriter (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
 * Victor Rasgado, 63, Mexican classical pianist and composer
 * Gary Smith, American record producer (death announced on this date)
 * Marcel Zanini, 99, Turkish-born French jazz clarinetist
 * 19 – Alex Napier, 75, English hard rock drummer (Uriah Heep)
 * 20
 * Stella Chiweshe, 76, Zimbabwean folk mbira player
 * Loïc Guguen, French opera singer
 * Nick Todd, 87, American pop singer
 * 21 – B.G., the Prince of Rap, 57, American rapper
 * 22
 * Easley Blackwood Jr., 89, American classical and electronic composer and pianist
 * Lin Brehmer, 68, American disc jockey and radio personality (WXRT)
 * Zhanna Pliyeva, 73, Georgian classical composer and pianist
 * 23
 * Carol Sloane, 85, American jazz singer
 * Top Topham, 75, English blues rock guitarist (The Yardbirds)
 * 26
 * Dean Daughtry, 76, American rock keyboardist (The Candymen, Classics IV, Atlanta Rhythm Section)
 * Peter McCann, 74, American songwriter and singer
 * 27 – Floyd Sneed, 80, Canadian rock drummer (Three Dog Night)
 * 28
 * Odd Børre, 83, Norwegian pop singer
 * David Challinor, Australian indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sounds Like Sunset)
 * Barrett Strong, 81, American R&B singer-songwriter
 * Tom Verlaine, 73, American art punk singer-songwriter and guitarist (Television)
 * 29
 * Heddy Lester, 72, Dutch pop singer
 * Gabriel Tacchino, 88, French classical pianist
 * 31
 * Donnie Marsico, 68, American rock singer (The Jaggerz)
 * Charlie Thomas, 85, American R&B singer (The Drifters)

February

 * 1
 * Lucy Quintero, 74, Panamanian folk singer
 * George Zukerman, 95, Canadian classical bassoonist
 * 2
 * Butch Miles, 78, American jazz drummer
 * Tim Quy, 61, English post-punk percussionist and keyboardist (Cardiacs)
 * 3 – Paul Janovitz, 54, American alternative rock singer and guitarist (Cold Water Flat)
 * 4 – Vani Jairam, 77, Indian playback singer
 * 5
 * Phil Spalding, 65, English rock bassist (GTR, Original Mirrors, Toyah)
 * Lillian Walker, 78, American R&B singer (The Exciters)
 * 7
 * Mendelson Joe, 78, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
 * Steve Sostak, 49, American experimental rock singer and saxophonist (Sweep the Leg Johnny) (death announced on this date)
 * 8
 * Burt Bacharach, 94, American pop songwriter and composer
 * Dennis Lotis, 97, South African-born British swing singer
 * 10
 * AKA, 35, South African rapper
 * Joe Millar, 87, Northern Irish folk singer and musician (The Irish Rovers)
 * 11 – Tito Fernández, 80, Chilean folk singer-songwriter
 * 12 – David Jolicoeur, 54, American rapper (De La Soul)
 * 13
 * Tim Aymar, 59, American progressive metal singer (Pharaoh, Control Denied)
 * Guido Basso, 85, Canadian jazz trumpeter
 * Alain Goraguer, 91, French jazz pianist, arranger and composer
 * Huey "Piano" Smith, 89, American R&B pianist
 * Spencer Wiggins, 81, American soul singer
 * 14
 * Friedrich Cerha, 96, Austrian classical composter and conductor
 * Peter Renkens, 55, Belgian new beat singer (Confetti's) (death announced on this date)
 * Akira Tsuneoka, 51, Japanese pop punk drummer (Hi-Standard)
 * 15 – Raquel Welch, 82, American dance singer
 * 16
 * Chuck Jackson, 85, American R&B singer
 * Michael Kupper, 65, German heavy metal guitarist (Running Wild)
 * Maon Kurosaki, 35, Japanese pop singer
 * Marilú, 95, Mexican bolero singer
 * Tony Marshall, 85, German schlager and opera singer
 * Alberto Radius, 80, Italian pop rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (Formula 3)
 * 17
 * Otis Barthoulameu, American pop punk singer and guitarist (Fluf, Olivelawn) (death announced on this date)
 * Jerry Dodgion, 90, American jazz saxophonist and flautist
 * Gerald Fried, 95, American film and television composer
 * Kyle Jacobs, 49, American songwriter
 * Vijay Kichlu, 92, Indian classical singer
 * Hans Poulsen, 77, Australian soft rock singer-songwriter
 * Tom Whitlock, 68, American pop rock songwriter
 * 19 – Davis Causey, 74, American Southern rock guitarist (Sea Level)
 * 20
 * Bruce Barthol, 75, American psychedelic rock bassist (Country Joe and the Fish)
 * Victor Brox, 81, English blues singer
 * Lyubomyr Futorsky, 50, Ukrainian rock singer (Dead Rooster)
 * Tom Stephen, 68, Canadian blues rock drummer (The Jeff Healey Band)
 * 21
 * Ron Altbach, 76, American rock keyboardist (King Harvest, Celebration)
 * Jesse Gress, 67, American rock guitarist
 * 23
 * Slim Borgudd, 76, Swedish rock drummer (Lea Riders Group)
 * Junnosuke Kuroda, 34, Japanese rock guitarist (Sumika)
 * 25 – Walter Ferguson, 103, Panamanian-born Costa Rican calypso singer-songwriter
 * 27 – Ismaïla Touré, 73, Senegalese Mbalax singer and percussionist (Touré Kunda)

March

 * 1
 * Wally Fawkes, 98, British-Canadian jazz clarinettist
 * Leon Hughes, 92, American R&B singer (The Coasters)
 * Neela Ramgopal, 87, Indian Carnatic singer
 * Irma Serrano, 89, Mexican ranchera and corrido singer
 * 2
 * Johnny Johnson, 80, American soul singer (Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon)
 * Steve Mackey, 56, British indie rock bassist (Pulp) and record producer
 * Wayne Shorter, 89, American jazz saxophonist (Miles Davis Quintet, Weather Report, The Jazz Messengers)
 * Gothart Stier, 84, German classical singer, organist and conductor
 * 3
 * David Lindley, 78, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Kaleidoscope)
 * Calvin Newton, 93, American gospel singer (The Oak Ridge Boys, Sons of Song)
 * 4
 * Sueli Costa, 79, Brazilian MPB composer and singer
 * Robert Haimer, 69, American comedy rock singer-songwriter (Barnes & Barnes)
 * Michael Rhodes, 69, American country bassist (The Notorious Cherry Bombs)
 * Spot, 72, American record producer and engineer
 * James "Owl" Walsh, 74, American rock singer and keyboardist (Gypsy)
 * 5
 * Arif Cooper, Jamaican reggae DJ and multi-instrumentalist
 * Gary Rossington, 71, American Southern rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins Band)
 * 6 – Eric Alan Livingston, 38, American experimental metal multi-instrumentalist
 * 7 – Michael Brimer, 89, South African-Australian classical organist and conductor
 * 8
 * Jim Durkin, 58, American thrash metal guitarist (Dark Angel)
 * Josua Madsen, 45, Danish thrash metal drummer (Artillery)
 * 9 – Robin Lumley, 74, British jazz keyboardist (Brand X)
 * 10
 * Junior English, 71–72, Jamaican reggae singer
 * Napoleon XIV, 84, American novelty singer-songwriter
 * 11 – Costa Titch, 27, South African rapper
 * 12 – Marek Kopelent, 90, Czech classical composer
 * 13
 * Simon Emmerson, 67, English jazz and worldbeat guitarist (Weekend, Working Week, Afro Celt Sound System)
 * Jim Gordon, 77, American rock drummer (Derek and the Dominos, The Wrecking Crew, Traffic) and songwriter
 * Canisso, 57, Brazilian rock bassist (Raimundos)
 * 14
 * Bobby Caldwell, 71, American singer-songwriter
 * Dix Denney, American punk guitarist (The Weirdos, Thelonious Monster) (death announced on this date)
 * 15 – Théo de Barros, 80, Brazilian jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer (Quarteto Novo)
 * 16 – Tony Coe, 88, English jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
 * 17
 * Fuzzy Haskins, 81, American R&B and funk singer (Parliament-Funkadelic, The Parliaments)
 * Fito Olivares, 75, Mexican cumbia saxophonist
 * Mick Slattery, 77, British space rock guitarist (Hawkwind)
 * 20 – Dmitry Nova, 34, Russian synthpop and house producer (Cream Soda)
 * 21
 * Oleksandr Kozarenko, 59, Ukrainian classical pianist and composer
 * Anita Thallaug, 85, Norwegian pop singer
 * 22
 * Tom Leadon, 70, American rock guitarist (Mudcrutch)
 * Wayne Swinny, 59, American nu metal guitarist (Saliva)
 * 23
 * Luca Bergia, 54, Italian alternative rock drummer (Marlene Kuntz)
 * Keith Reid, 76, English psychedelic rock lyricist and songwriter (Procol Harum)
 * Peter Shelley, 80, English pop singer-songwriter
 * 25
 * Juca Chaves, 84, Brazilian comedy pop singer
 * Nick Lloyd Webber, 43, English theatre and television composer
 * 26 – Ray Pillow, 85, American country singer
 * 27
 * James Bowman, 81, English opera singer
 * Daniel Chorzempa, 78, American classical organist and composer
 * Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, 99, Ethiopian classical pianist and composer
 * Howie Kane, 81, American pop singer (Jay and the Americans) (death announced on this date)
 * Jocelyn Morlock, 53, Canadian classical composer
 * Peggy Scott-Adams, 74, American blues and R&B singer
 * 28
 * Blas Durán, 73, Dominican bachata singer
 * Sanath Nandasiri, 81, Sri Lankan playback and pop singer
 * Ryuichi Sakamoto, 71, Japanese electronic keyboardist (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and composer
 * 29
 * Brian Gillis, 48, American pop singer (LFO)
 * Sweet Charles Sherrell, 80, American R&B and funk bassist (The J.B.'s)
 * 30
 * Alfio Cantarella, 81, Italian rock drummer (Equipe 84)
 * Mark Russell, 90, American musical comedy singer and pianist
 * Ray Shulman, 73, English progressive rock multi-instrumentalist (Gentle Giant), songwriter and record producer
 * Caroline "Care Failure" Kawa, 36, Canadian alternative rock singer (Die Mannequin)

April

 * 2
 * Pedro Lavirgen, 92, Spanish opera singer
 * Seymour Stein, 80, American music executive and founder of Sire Records
 * 3
 * Andrew Laing, British punk drummer (Cockney Rejects)
 * Rena Koumioti, 81, Greek new wave singer
 * Jack Vreeswijk, 59, Swedish folk singer and composer
 * 4 – Vivian Trimble, 59, American alternative rock keyboardist and singer (Luscious Jackson, Dusty Trails, Kostars)
 * 5 – Duško Gojković, 91, Serbian jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger
 * 6
 * Paul Cattermole, 46, English pop singer (S Club 7)
 * Nora Forster, 80, German music promoter
 * 7
 * Guy Bailey, British hard rock guitarist and songwriter (The Quireboys)
 * Ian Bairnson, 69, Scottish rock guitarist and saxophonist (The Alan Parsons Project, Pilot)
 * Kidd Jordan, 87, American jazz saxophonist
 * John Regan, 71, American hard rock bassist (Frehley's Comet)
 * Lasse Wellander, 70, Swedish pop guitarist (ABBA)
 * 8 – Bob Heatlie, 76, Scottish songwriter and record producer
 * 9
 * Karl Berger, 88, German jazz pianist
 * Valter Dešpalj, 75, Croatian classical cellist
 * Chuck Morris, 46, American jam band percussionist (Lotus) (body discovered on this date)
 * 11 – Cynara, 78, Brazilian bossa nova singer (Quarteto em Cy)
 * 12 – Jah Shaka, Jamaican dub and reggae sound system operator (death announced on this date)
 * 14
 * Cliff Fish, 73, English pop bassist (Paper Lace)
 * Mark Sheehan, 46, Irish pop rock guitarist (The Script)
 * 15 – Peter Badie, 97, American jazz bassist
 * 16 – Ahmad Jamal, 92, American jazz pianist
 * 17
 * Ivan Conti, 76, Brazilian jazz-funk drummer (Azymuth)
 * April Stevens, 93, American pop singer (Nino Tempo & April Stevens)
 * 18 – Otis Redding III, 59, American funk and soul singer and guitarist (The Reddings)
 * 19
 * Moonbin, 25, South Korean K-pop singer (Astro)
 * Ron "Patch" Hamilton, 72, American Christian pop singer-songwriter
 * Martin Petzold, 67, German classical singer (Thomanerchor)
 * Carlo Saba, 54, Indonesian jazz pop singer (Kahitna)
 * Federico Salvatore, 63, Italian pop singer-songwriter
 * 20 – Pamela Chopra, 75, Indian playback singer
 * 21 – Mark Stewart, 62, English post-punk singer-songwriter (The Pop Group)
 * 22 – Ron Cahute, 68, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and accordionist
 * 23
 * Keith Gattis, 52, American country singer-songwriter
 * Isaac Wiley Jr., 69, American funk drummer (Dazz Band)
 * 24 – Lilian Day Jackson, 63, American disco singer (Spargo)
 * 25
 * Harry Belafonte, 96, American calypso and pop singer
 * Ralph Humphrey, 79, American psychedelic rock drummer (The Mothers of Invention)
 * Manfred Weiss, 88, German classical composer
 * 26 – Billy "The Kid" Emerson, 97, American rock and roll singer-songwriter (death announced on this date)
 * 27 – Wee Willie Harris, 90, English rock and roll singer
 * 28
 * Tim Bachman, 71, Canadian rock guitarist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Brave Belt)
 * Helge Engelke, 61, German hard rock guitarist (Fair Warning)
 * Johnny Fean, 71, Irish Celtic rock guitarist (Horslips, Zen Alligators)
 * Claude Gray, 91, American country music singer
 * 29 – Don Sebesky, 85, American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and conductor
 * 30 – Broderick Smith, 75, Australian rock singer and harmonica player (Carson, The Dingoes)

May

 * 1
 * Gordon Lightfoot, 84, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
 * Pugh Rogefeldt, 76, Swedish psychedelic pop singer-songwriter
 * 3
 * Moulay Tahar Al Asbahani, 75, Moroccan funk and gnawa singer (Jil Jilala)
 * John Albert, 53, American punk guitarist and drummer (Christian Death, Bad Religion)
 * Linda Lewis, 72, English pop and soul singer-songwriter
 * 4
 * Rob Laakso, 44, American indie rock guitarist (Kurt Vile and the Violators, Swirlies)
 * Karaikudi Mani, 77, Indian Carnatic mridangam player
 * Jasmin Stavros, 68, Croatian pop singer
 * 5
 * Chris Strachwitz, 91, American record company founder and executive (Arhoolie Records)
 * Jack Wilkins, 78, American jazz guitarist
 * 6 – Menahem Pressler, 99, German-born Israeli-American classical pianist (Beaux Arts Trio)
 * 7
 * Grace Bumbry, 86, American opera singer
 * Soňa Červená, 97, Czech opera singer
 * Seán Keane, 76, Irish Celtic fiddler (The Chieftains)
 * 8 – Rita Lee, 75, Brazilian Tropicália and psychedelic rock singer-songwriter (Os Mutantes)
 * 9
 * Liudmila Kovnatskaya, 82, Russian musicologist
 * Jon Povey, 80, British rock drummer and keyboardist (Pretty Things, Bern Elliott and the Fenmen)
 * Joaquin Romaguera, 90, American opera singer
 * Günter Wewel, 88, German opera singer
 * 10
 * Rolf Harris, 93, Australian pop singer and multi-instrumentalist
 * Stu James, 77, British rock singer (The Mojos)
 * 11 – Francis Monkman, 73, English progressive rock guitarist, keyboardist and songwriter (Curved Air, Sky, Matching Mole)
 * 12 – Dum-Dum, 54, Brazilian rapper (Facção Central)
 * 13 – Arno Veimer|et, 50, Estonian hard rock guitarist and lyricist (Terminaator)
 * 14
 * John Giblin, 71, Scottish rock and jazz bassist (Brand X)
 * Ingrid Haebler, 93, Austrian classical pianist
 * 15 – Bernt Rosengren, 85, Swedish jazz saxophonist (death announced on this date)
 * 16
 * Richard Landis, 77, American country singer-songwriter and record producer
 * Lester Sterling, 87, Jamaican ska saxophonist (The Skatalites, Byron Lee and the Dragonaires)
 * 17 – Algy Ward, 63, English punk and heavy metal bassist (Tank, The Damned, The Saints)
 * 19
 * Pete Brown, 82, English rock singer and lyricist
 * Andy Rourke, 59, English indie rock bassist (The Smiths)
 * 20
 * Paul Desenne, 63, Venezuelan classical cellist and composer
 * Sven Nyhus, 90, Norwegian folk fiddler
 * 21
 * Ed Ames, 95, American pop singer (Ames Brothers)
 * Thotakura Somaraju, 68, Indian film composer
 * 22
 * Kirk Arrington, 61, American heavy metal drummer (Metal Church)
 * Ferus Mustafov, 72, Macedonian folk saxophonist
 * Chas Newby, 81, British rock bassist (The Beatles)
 * 23
 * Mark Adams, 64, American doom metal bassist (Saint Vitus)
 * Redd Holt, 91, American jazz drummer (The Ramsey Lewis Trio, Young-Holt Unlimited)
 * Floyd Newman, 91, American R&B and soul saxophonist (The Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns)
 * Sheldon Reynolds, 63, American funk and R&B guitarist (Sun, Commodores, Earth, Wind & Fire)
 * 24
 * Javier Álvarez, 67, Mexican classical composer
 * Jack Martin Händler, 75, Slovak classical violinist and conductor
 * Bill Lee, 94, American jazz bassist and film composer
 * George Maharis, 94, American pop singer
 * Tina Turner, 83, American-born Swiss rock and R&B singer (Ike & Tina Turner)
 * 25
 * Joy McKean, 93, Australian country singer-songwriter
 * Jean-Louis Murat, 71, French pop singer-songwriter
 * 26
 * Jack Lee, 71, American power pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Nerves)
 * Reuben Wilson, 88, American jazz organist
 * 31 – Dickie Harrell, 82, American rock and roll drummer (Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps)

June

 * 1
 * Pacho El Antifeka, 42, Puerto Rican rapper
 * Roy Taylor, Irish pop rock singer and bassist (Jump the Gun)
 * Cynthia Weil, 82, American pop songwriter
 * Kurt Widmer, 82, Swiss classical singer (death announced on this date)
 * 2 – Kaija Saariaho, 70, Finnish classical composer
 * 4
 * Dora María, 89, Mexican folk singer
 * George Winston, 74, American new age and R&B pianist
 * 5 – Astrud Gilberto, 83, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer
 * 6 – Tony McPhee, 79, English blues rock guitarist (The Groundhogs)
 * 7 – Banani Ghosh, Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer
 * 8 – Peter Belli, 79, Danish pop singer
 * 9 – Niel Immelman, 78, South African classical pianist (death announced on this date)
 * 10 – Yannis Markopoulos, 84, Greek classical and film composer
 * 11 – Suna Kan, 86, Turkish classical violinist
 * 13
 * Christy Dignam, 63, Irish rock singer (Aslan)
 * Blackie Onassis, 57, American alternative rock drummer (Urge Overkill)
 * 14 – Sharda, 85, Indian playback singer
 * 15
 * Sergey Kolchin, 45, Russian rock guitarist (Zemlyane)
 * Dan Lardner, American indie rock singer and guitarist (QTY) (death announced on this date)
 * Luiz Schiavon, 64, Brazilian keyboardist (RPM)
 * 16 – Peter Dickinson, 88, English classical composer and musicologist
 * 17 – Dave Maclean, 78, Brazilian pop rock singer-songwriter
 * 18
 * Big Pokey, 48, American rapper (Screwed Up Click)
 * Nasrollah Nasehpour, 82, Iranian radif singer
 * Krzysztof Olesiński, 70, Polish rock bassist (Maanam)
 * Cornel Țăranu, 88, Romanian classical composer
 * Teresa Taylor, 60, American alternative rock drummer (Butthole Surfers)
 * 19
 * Max Morath, 96, American ragtime pianist
 * Gabriele Schnaut, 72, German opera singer
 * Ryan Siew, 26, Australian metalcore guitarist (Polaris)
 * 20
 * Choi Sung-bong, 33, South Korean singer
 * Vyacheslav Nagovitsin, 83, Russian classical composer
 * John Waddington, 63, English post-punk guitarist (The Pop Group, Maximum Joy, Perfume)
 * Paolo Zavallone, 90, Italian disco singer
 * 22
 * Robert Black, 67, American classical bassist (Bang on a Can All Stars)
 * Peter Brötzmann, 82, German jazz saxophonist
 * 23
 * Sheldon Harnick, 99, American musical theater lyricist and songwriter
 * Jesse McReynolds, 93, American bluegrass mandolinist, singer and songwriter (Jim & Jesse)
 * Lee Rauch, 58, American metal drummer (Megadeth, Dark Angel)
 * 24
 * Claude Barzotti, 69, Belgian pop singer
 * Rachel Yakar, 87, French opera singer
 * 25 – Tapas Das, 68, Indian rock singer-songwriter (Moheener Ghoraguli)
 * 27 – Bobby Osborne, 91, American bluegrass mandolinist and singer (Osborne Brothers)
 * 30
 * Lord Creator, 87, Trinidad-born Jamaican calypso and ska singer-songwriter
 * Monte Cazazza, American industrial composer and singer (death announced on this date)
 * Rick Froberg, 55, American post-hardcore singer and guitarist (Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Obits, Pitchfork)

July

 * 2 – Margaret Nisbett, 94, Australian opera singer
 * 3
 * Vicki Anderson, 83, American soul singer (death announced on this date)
 * Mo Foster, 78, English rock and pop multi-instrumentalist (Affinity, Fancy, RMS)
 * Sudakshina Sarma, 88, Indian borgeet singer
 * 4
 * Jenő Jandó, 71, Hungarian classical pianist
 * Canelita Medina, 84, Venezuelan salsa singer
 * Robin Tamang, 60, Nepalese hard rock singer
 * 5
 * Rob Agerbeek, 85, Indonesian-born Dutch jazz pianist
 * Anthony Gilbert, 88, British classical composer
 * Coco Lee, 48, Hong Kong-American pop singer-songwriter
 * Ralph Lundsten, 86, Swedish classical composer
 * Martin Stevens, 69, Canadian pop singer
 * George Tickner, 76, American rock guitarist (Journey, Frumious Bandersnatch) (death announced on this date)
 * 6
 * Graham Clark, 81, English opera singer
 * Peter Nero, 89, American pop and classical pianist and conductor (Philly Pops)
 * Caleb Southern, 53, American record producer
 * 8
 * Victor Pikayzen, 90, Russian classical violinist
 * Özkan Uğur, 69, Turkish rock bassist (MFÖ)
 * 10
 * Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, 89, German jazz multi-instrumentalist
 * Bob Segarini, 77, American-Canadian rock singer-songwriter (The Wackers)
 * 11
 * Toni Carbone, 62, Italian new wave bassist (Denovo)
 * Sam Cutler, 80, English tour manager (The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead)
 * Yuzo Toyama, 92, Japanese classical composer
 * 12 – André Watts, 77, American classical pianist
 * 14 – Anthony Meo, American hardcore punk drummer (Biohazard) (death announced on this date)
 * 15 – Chen Mao-shuen, 87, Taiwanese classical composer
 * 16 – Jane Birkin, 76, English-French pop singer
 * 17
 * DJ Deeon, 56, American house DJ and producer
 * João Donato, 88, Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist
 * Walt Groller, 92, American polka accordionist
 * Marc Herrand, 98, French pop and chanson singer (Les Compagnons de la chanson)
 * 19 – Mark Thomas, 67, British film composer
 * 21
 * Hafiz Abdelrahman, Sudanese traditional and classical flautist
 * Tony Bennett, 96, American pop singer
 * Neal Langford, 50, American indie rock bassist (The Shins) (death announced on this date)
 * Chollathee Tharnthong, 85, Thai luk thung composer and singer
 * 22
 * Peter Austin, 78, Jamaican ska singer (The Clarendonians)
 * Vince Hill, 89, English pop singer
 * Knut Riisnæs, 77, Norwegian jazz saxophonist and flautist
 * 23 – Raymond Froggatt, 81, English pop singer and songwriter
 * 24
 * Leny Andrade, 80, Brazilian jazz singer
 * Brad Houser, 62, American alternative rock bassist (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Critters Buggin)
 * Dóris Monteiro, 88, Brazilian pop singer
 * Cecilia Pantoja, 79, Chilean bolero singer-songwriter
 * 25 – Andreas Tsoukalas, 60, Greek pop singer-songwriter
 * 26
 * Randy Meisner, 77, American country rock singer-songwriter and bassist (Eagles, Poco)
 * Sinéad O'Connor, 56, Irish alternative rock singer-songwriter
 * Surinder Shinda, 70, Indian Punjabi singer
 * 27 – Ruth W. Greenfield, 99, American classical pianist
 * 28
 * Jim Parker, 88, British classical composer
 * Tommi Stumpff, 65, German EBM singer and multi-instrumentalist
 * 29 – Manolo Miralles, 71, Spanish folk singer (Al Tall)
 * 31 – Anders Stenmo, 67, Swedish-Austrian pop drummer (Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung) (death announced on this date)

August

 * 1
 * Alexander Kolker, 90, Russian film composer
 * Dom Minasi, 80, American jazz guitarist
 * 3 – Carl Davis, 86, American-born British film composer and conductor
 * 4 – John Gosling, 75, British rock keyboardist (The Kinks)
 * 5 – Tristan Honsinger, 73, American free jazz cellist
 * 6 – David LaFlamme, 82, American psychedelic rock singer and violinist (It's a Beautiful Day)
 * 7
 * Gillian Bibby, 77, New Zealand classical composer and pianist
 * DJ Casper, 58, American dance DJ and songwriter
 * Erkin Koray, 82, Turkish Anatolian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * Toussaint McCall, 89, American R&B singer
 * 8 – Sixto Rodriguez, 81, American psychedelic folk singer-songwriter
 * 9
 * Peppino Gagliardi, 83, Italian pop singer
 * Robbie Robertson, 80, Canadian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Band)
 * 10 – Brad Thomson, American mathcore guitarist (The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza) (death announced on this date)
 * 11
 * Ron Peno, 68, Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter (Died Pretty)
 * Carlos Camacho, 73, Puerto Rican pop singer (Los Hispanos)
 * Shoji Tabuchi, 79, Japanese-American country fiddler
 * 12
 * Vilayil Faseela, 63, Indian Mappila songs singer
 * Berit Lindholm, 88, Swedish opera singer
 * 13
 * Clarence Avant, 92, American music executive
 * Magoo, 50, American rapper and songwriter (Timbaland & Magoo)
 * 14 – Jessica Cash, 84, British opera singer
 * 15 – Arnold Östman, 83, Swedish classical conductor
 * 16
 * Jerry Moss, 88, American recording executive
 * Renata Scotto, 89, Italian opera singer
 * 17
 * Bobby Eli, 77, American soul and funk guitarist (MFSB), songwriter, and record producer
 * Gary Young, 70, American indie rock drummer (Pavement)
 * 18 – Ray Hildebrand, 82, American pop singer-songwriter (Paul & Paula)
 * 19
 * Gloria Coates, 89, American-born German classical composer
 * Václav Patejdl, 68, Slovak pop rock singer and keyboardist (Elán)
 * 20 – Luc Smets, 76, Belgian rock singer and keyboardist (The Pebbles)
 * 21 – Denis LePage, 74, Canadian disco singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Lime)
 * 22
 * Toto Cutugno, 80, Italian pop singer-songwriter
 * Vaccine, 43, American dubstep producer
 * 23 – Bob Feldman, 83, American pop singer (The Strangeloves), songwriter, and record producer
 * 24
 * Bernie Marsden, 72, English hard rock guitarist (Whitesnake) and songwriter
 * Sakevi Yokoyama, Japanese hardcore punk singer (GISM)
 * 25 – Carlos Gonzaga, 99, Brazilian rock singer
 * 26
 * Bosse Broberg, 85, Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer
 * John Kezdy, 64, American punk singer (The Effigies)
 * 27
 * Robert Hale, 90, American opera singer (death announced on this date)
 * Brian McBride, 53, American ambient multi-instrumentalist (Stars of the Lid, Bell Gardens) (death announced on this date)
 * Denyse Plummer, 69, Trinidadian calypso and gospel singer
 * 28
 * August 08, 31, American R&B singer-songwriter
 * James Casey, 40, American jam band saxophonist (Trey Anastasio Band)
 * 29 – Peter King, 84, Nigerian Afrobeat and jazz multi-instrumentalist
 * 30 – Jack Sonni, 68, American rock guitarist (Dire Straits)

September

 * 1
 * Robert Becerra, 64, American punk guitarist (Stains)
 * Jimmy Buffett, 76, American country rock singer-songwriter
 * Milka Stojanović, 86, Serbian opera singer
 * 2 – Walter Arlen, 103, Austrian-American classical composer and music critic
 * 3 – José Sébéloué, 74, French pop guitarist and singer (La Compagnie Créole)
 * 4
 * Teté Caturla, 85, Cuban pop singer (Cuarteto d'Aida)
 * Steve Harwell, 56, American alternative rock singer (Smash Mouth)
 * Sherali Joʻrayev, 76, Uzbek folk singer
 * Tail Dragger Jones, 82, American blues singer
 * Gary Wright, 80, American rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Spooky Tooth)
 * 5
 * Tom Davies, 48, British-American stoner rock bassist (Nebula)
 * Joe Fagin, 83, British pop singer (death announced on this date)
 * Bruce Guthro, 62, Canadian folk and country singer-songwriter (Runrig)
 * Richard Laviolette, 41, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter
 * Anatol Ugorski, 80, Russian-born German classical pianist
 * 6
 * Larry Chance, 82, American doo-wop singer (The Earls)
 * Richard Davis, 93, American jazz bassist
 * Malini Rajurkar, 82, Indian classical singer
 * Steve Roden, 59, American lowercase composer and synthesizer player
 * 7
 * Charles Gayle, 84, American jazz saxophonist and pianist
 * María Jiménez, 73, Spanish bolero and ranchera singer
 * Margherita Rinaldi, 88, Italian opera singer
 * 8 – Mylon LeFevre, 78, American Christian rock singer
 * 10
 * Evgeny Brazhnik, 78, Russian classical conductor
 * Brendan Croker, 70, English country rock guitarist (The Notting Hillbillies)
 * Charlie Robison, 59, American country singer-songwriter
 * Matthew Stewart, 41, American ska punk trumpeter (Streetlight Manifesto)
 * 11 – Dedi Graucher, 62, Israeli religious singer
 * 12
 * Beytocan, 67, Turkish-born Swedish Kurdish folk singer
 * MohBad, 27, Nigerian Afrobeats rapper and singer-songwriter
 * 13
 * Manik Bhide, 88, Indian Hindustani classical singer
 * Roger Whittaker, 87, British folk singer-songwriter
 * 14 – Fred Lewis, 72, American funk percussionist (Lakeside)
 * 15
 * Franco Migliacci, 92, Italian pop lyricist
 * Suzanne Sarroca, 96, French opera singer
 * Paul Woseen, 56, Australian hard rock bassist and songwriter (The Screaming Jets)
 * 16
 * Nikolai Dobronravov, 94, Russian pop and estrada lyricist
 * Irish Grinstead, 43, American R&B singer (702)
 * Milo Hrnić, 73, Croatian pop singer
 * John Marshall, 82, English jazz fusion and progressive rock drummer (Nucleus, Soft Machine, Centipede)
 * 17 – Lies Adji Rachman, 78, Indonesian pop singer (Dara Puspita)
 * 19
 * Lou Deprijck, 77, Belgian pop singer-songwriter and record producer
 * Stephen Gould, 61, American opera singer
 * 20
 * Katherine Anderson, 79, American R&B singer (The Marvelettes)
 * Yaacov Bergman, 78, Israeli classical conductor
 * Kent Stax, American hardcore punk drummer (Scream)
 * 21 – Robert W. Smith, 64, American classical trumpeter and composer
 * 22
 * Mike Henderson, 70, American country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The SteelDrivers)
 * Peter Horton, 82, Austrian pop guitarist and singer (death announced on this date)
 * Stan Klees, 91, Canadian businessman (RPM) and record executive
 * Alejandro Meerapfel, 54, Argentine opera singer
 * Dieter Schneider, 86, German schlager lyricist
 * 23
 * François Glorieux, 91, Belgian classical conductor and composer
 * Terry Kirkman, 83, American sunshine pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Association)
 * 24
 * Felix Ayo, 90, Spanish-born Italian baroque and chamber violinist (I Musici)
 * Barry Olivier, 87, American folk guitarist, guitar teacher and founder of the Berkeley Folk Music Festival
 * 25 – David McCallum, 90, Scottish easy listening composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist
 * 27 – Dom Famularo, 70, American jazz drummer
 * 28 – Stephen Ackles, 57, Norwegian rock and roll singer and pianist
 * 29
 * Jon Fausty, 74, American sound and recording engineer
 * Ron Howden, 78, English progressive rock drummer (Nektar)
 * 30
 * Russell Batiste Jr., 57, American funk and jazz fusion drummer (The Meters, Vida Blue, Papa Grows Funk)
 * Russell Sherman, 93, American classical pianist

October

 * 1
 * Julian Bahula, 85, South African jazz drummer (Jabula)
 * Patricia Janečková, 25, Slovak opera singer
 * Joy Webb, 91, British gospel singer (The Joystrings)
 * Ricky Wolff, 78, South African pop singer (White Plains)
 * 2
 * Herbert Handt, 97, American opera singer and conductor
 * Lefteris Hapsiadis, 69, Greek laïko and rebetiko lyricist
 * 3
 * Jacqueline Dark, 55, Australian opera singer
 * Lena McLin, 95, American classical and religious composer and music teacher
 * 5 – Bruno Filippini, 78, Italian pop singer
 * 6 – Maurice Bourgue, 83, French classical oboist, composer, and conductor
 * 7 – Reiner Goldberg, 83, German opera singer
 * 8 – Ritchie Routledge, 73, British rock singer and guitarist (The Cryin' Shames)
 * 9
 * Hugh Friel, 71, Irish new wave drummer (The Atrix)
 * Steven Lutvak, 64, American musical theater composer
 * Buck Trent, 85, American country multi-instrumentalist
 * 11 – Rudolph Isley, 84, American R&B singer-songwriter (The Isley Brothers)
 * 12
 * Michael Cooper, 71, Jamaican reggae keyboardist (Inner Circle, Third World)
 * Aérea Negrot, 43, Venezuelan house DJ and singer (Hercules and Love Affair)
 * 13 – Garry Mapanzure, 25, Zimbabwean Afropop singer
 * 14 – Gary Nuñez, 71, Puerto Rican plena and bomba bassist (Plena Libre)
 * 16 – Gennady Gladkov, 88, Russian film composer
 * 17 – Carla Bley, 87, American jazz composer and pianist
 * 18 – Dwight Twilley, 72, American power pop singer-songwriter
 * 19
 * The 45 King, 62, American hip hop record producer and DJ
 * Lasse Berghagen, 78, Swedish schlager singer
 * Atsushi Sakurai, 57 Japanese alternative rock singer-songwriter (Buck-Tick)
 * 22 – Gregg Sutton, 74, American country rock bassist (Lone Justice) and songwriter
 * 23
 * Chronis Aidonidis, 95, Greek folk singer
 * Angelo Bruschini, 62, English alternative rock and trip-hop guitarist (The Blue Aeroplanes, Massive Attack)
 * István Láng, 90, Hungarian classical composer
 * Mervin Shiner, 102, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 24
 * Lily Afshar, 63, Iranian classical guitarist
 * Ricardo Iorio, 61, Argentine heavy metal singer and bassist (Almafuerte, Hermética, V8)
 * Steve Riley, 67, American hard rock drummer (Keel, W.A.S.P., L.A. Guns)
 * 25 – Zdeněk Mácal, 87, Czech classical conductor
 * 26
 * Goa Gil, 72, American psytrance and goa trance DJ
 * Rigo Star, 68, Congolese soukous guitarist and composer
 * 27 – Axali Doëseb, 69, Namibian anthem composer
 * 29 – Heath, 55, Japanese visual kei bassist (X Japan)

November

 * 1
 * Pierre Dutour, 91, French classical and jazz trumpeter, composer, and conductor
 * Leela Omchery, 94, Indian classical singer and musicologist
 * Vladimir Urbanovich, 85, Russian opera singer
 * Vic Vergeat, 72, Italian rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
 * 2
 * Michel Pilz, 78, German jazz clarinetist
 * Evgeniy Shiryaev, 80, Russian classical composer
 * Yuri Temirkanov, 84, Russian classical conductor
 * 3 – Pete Garner, 61, British alternative rock bassist (The Stone Roses) (death announced on this date)
 * 5
 * Ryland Davies, 80, Welsh opera singer
 * Lolita Rodrigues, 94, Brazilian pop singer
 * 6
 * Nadira Begum, Bangladeshi folk singer
 * Sean Martin, 26, English indie pop singer and guitarist (The Night Café) (death announced on this date)
 * 7 – C-Knight, 52, American rapper (The Dove Shack)
 * 9
 * R.L. Boyce, 68, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * Junko Ohashi, 73, Japanese pop singer
 * 10 – Johnny Ruffo, 35, Australian dance pop singer
 * 11
 * Luis Carlos Gil, 72, Spanish pop singer (Trigo Limpio)
 * Conny Van Dyke, 78, American pop singer
 * Angelita Vargas, 77, Spanish flamenco singer
 * 12 – Mohammed al Amin, 80, Sudanese folk singer-songwriter and oud player
 * 13 – Ivo Kuusk, 86, Estonian opera singer
 * 14 – Buzy, 66, French pop singer
 * 15
 * P. K. Narayanan Nambiar, 96, Indian traditional mizhavu player
 * Karl Tremblay, 47, Canadian folk singer (Les Cowboys Fringants) (death announced on this date)
 * 16
 * George "Funky" Brown, 74, American funk drummer and songwriter (Kool & the Gang)
 * Thành Được, 89, Vietnamese cải lương singer
 * 17
 * Christiane Bervoets, 75, Belgian pop singer
 * Seóirse Bodley, 90, Irish classical composer
 * Charlie Dominici, 72, American progressive metal singer (Dream Theater, Dominici) (death announced on this date)
 * Claude Kahn, 88, French classical pianist
 * 18 – David Del Tredici, 86, American classical composer
 * 19
 * Ninie Doniah, 56, Malagasy salegy singer and composer
 * Catherine Christer Hennix, 75, Swedish minimalist and drone multi-instrumentalist and composer
 * Sara Tavares, 45, Portuguese pop and jazz singer
 * 20 – Mars Williams, 68, American new wave and jazz fusion saxophonist (The Waitresses, The Psychedelic Furs, Liquid Soul)
 * 21
 * Chad Allan, 80, Canadian rock singer, guitarist and keyboardist (The Guess Who, Brave Belt)
 * Horacio Malvicino, 94, Argentine jazz and tango guitarist and composer
 * 22
 * Jean Knight, 80, American soul and funk singer (death announced on this date)
 * Phil Quartararo, 67, American music industry executive
 * 24 – Jukka Haavisto, 93, Finnish swing accordionist and vibraphonist
 * 25
 * Julio Anderson, 74, Chilean folk rock bassist (Los Jaivas)
 * Les Maguire, 81, English pop rock keyboardist and saxophonist (Gerry and the Pacemakers).
 * Akzhol Meirbekov, 73, Kazakh rock singer (Dos Mukasan)
 * Yngvar Numme, 79, Norwegian pop singer (Dizzie Tunes)
 * B. Sasikumar, 74, Indian carnatic violinist
 * 26
 * Brian Godding, 78, Welsh jazz rock guitarist (Blossom Toes, Centipede).
 * Geordie Walker, 64, English post-punk guitarist and songwriter (Killing Joke, The Damage Manual)
 * 28
 * Queenzy Cheng, 37, Malaysian pop singer
 * John Colianni, 61, American jazz pianist
 * 29 – Scott Kempner, 69, American rock guitarist (The Dictators, The Del-Lords)
 * 30 – Shane MacGowan, 65, Irish Celtic punk singer-songwriter (The Pogues).

December

 * 1 – Badar uz Zaman, 83, Pakistani classical singer
 * 2 – Medea Amiranashvili, 93, Georgian opera singer.
 * 3
 * Thanga Darlong, 103, Indian folk singer
 * Myles Goodwyn, 75, Canadian hard rock singer and guitarist (April Wine)
 * 4
 * John Hyatt, British post-punk singer (The Three Johns)
 * Vlado Pravdić, 73, Bosnian hard rock keyboardist (Bijelo Dugme)
 * 5
 * Mama Diabaté, 63, Guinean folk singer and multi-instrumentalist
 * Denny Laine, 79, English rock guitarist and songwriter (Wings, The Moody Blues)
 * 6 – Michel Sardaby, 88, French jazz pianist
 * 7
 * Ramón Ayala, 96, Argentine folk singer-songwriter
 * Terry Baucom, 71, American bluegrass singer and banjoist (Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out)
 * Lola Dee, 95, American pop singer
 * 8 – Nidra Beard, 71, American soul and funk singer (Dynasty) (death announced on this date)
 * 10 – Cayle Sain, 31, American metal drummer (Twitching Tongues). (death announced on this date)
 * 11
 * Jeffrey Foskett, 67, American pop rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beach Boys)
 * Richard Kerr, 78, English singer-songwriter (death announced on this date)
 * Essra Mohawk, 75, American jazz rock singer-songwriter
 * Zahara, 36, South African Afro-soul singer
 * 12
 * Roderick McLeod, Australian psychedelic rock singer (The Pineapples from the Dawn of Time)
 * Ole Paus, 76, Norwegian ballad singer-songwriter
 * 13 – Travis Dopp, American post-hardcore guitarist (Small Brown Bike)
 * 14 – Giorgos Tolios, 58, Greek post-punk drummer (Trypes)
 * 15
 * Anup Ghoshal, 78, Indian playback singer and film composer
 * Bob Johnson, 79, British folk rock singer and guitarist (Steeleye Span)
 * 16
 * Óscar Agudelo, 91, Colombian bolero singer
 * Colin Burgess, 77, Australian rock drummer (AC/DC, The Masters Apprentices) (death announced on this date)
 * Carlos Lyra, 90, Brazilian bossa nova singer and composer
 * Tim Norell, 68, Swedish pop songwriter (Norell Oson Bard).
 * 17
 * Amp Fiddler, 65, American funk singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Enchantment, Parliament, Funkadelic)
 * Jim Ladd, 75, American disc jockey and radio personality (KMET, KLOS, Sirius XM),
 * Mike Maxfield, 79, English pop rock guitarist and songwriter (The Dakotas). (death announced on this date)
 * 18
 * Ronnie Caryl, 70, English rock guitarist (Flaming Youth)
 * Susanna Parigi, 62, Italian pop singer-songwriter and pianist
 * 19
 * Gunther Emmerlich, 79, German opera singer and jazz banjoist
 * Russell Hunter, 76, British psychedelic rock drummer (Pink Fairies, The Deviants)
 * Bram Inscore, 41, American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist (Electrocute), producer and songwriter
 * 20 – Eric Moyo, 41, Zimbabwean gospel singer
 * 22
 * Laura Lynch, 65, American country singer and bassist (The Dixie Chicks)
 * Heike Matthiesen, 59, German classical guitarist
 * 23
 * Murad Kajlayev, 92, Russian classical composer and conductor
 * Lisandro Meza, 86, Colombian cumbia singer and accordionist
 * 24
 * Vasilis Karras, 70, Greek laïko singer
 * Alice Parker, 98, American choral composer and conductor
 * Willie Ruff, 92, American jazz bassist and French hornist
 * 25 – Thanh Điền, 56, Vietnamese Đờn ca tài tử guitarist
 * 26
 * Tony Oxley, 85, English avant-garde jazz drummer
 * Tom Smothers, 86, American comedy and folk singer and guitarist (Smothers Brothers)
 * 27 – Michael Gibbons Jr, American crossover thrash guitarist (Leeway)
 * 28
 * Francis Dhomont, 97, French electroacoustic composer
 * Pedro Suárez-Vértiz, 54, Peruvian rock singer-songwriter (Arena Hash)
 * Tommy Talton, 74, American rock guitarist (We the People, Cowboy)
 * 29 – Les McCann, 88, American jazz pianist
 * 30 – Bhavani Shankar, 66–67, Indian Hindustani classical pakhawaj drummer
 * 31
 * Shmulik Bilu, 71, Israeli pop singer (Milk and Honey)
 * O. S. Thyagarajan, 76, Indian Carnatic singer

Musical films

 * Wonka