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2020 in music

January 01, 1970

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

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Albums released edit

Main article: List of 2020 albums

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62nd Annual Grammy Awards (USA)
Record of the Year: "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish • Album of the Year: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? by Billie Eilish • Song of the Year: "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish • Best New Artist: Billie Eilish
Billboard Music Awards (USA)
Top Artist: Post Malone • Top Male Artist: Post Malone • Top Female Artist: Billie Eilish • Top New Artist: Billie Eilish • Top Duo/Group: Jonas Brothers • Top Billboard 200 Album: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? by Billie Eilish • Top Hot 100 Song: "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
2020 Brit Awards (UK)
British Album of the Year: Psychodrama by Dave • Song of the Year: "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi • Best New Artist: Lewis Capaldi
2020 Juno Awards (Canada)
Artist of the Year: Shawn Mendes • Group of the Year: Loud Luxury • Album of the Year: The Pains of Growing by Alessia Cara • Single of the Year: "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello
2020 MTV Video Music Awards (USA)
Video of the Year: "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd • Best Push New Artist: Doja Cat • Artist of the Year: Lady Gaga
2020 MTV Europe Music Awards (Europe)
Best Song: "Dynamite" by BTS • Best Video: "Popstar" by DJ Khaled featuring Drake • Best Artist: Lady Gaga • Best New: Doja Cat
2020 American Music Awards (USA)
Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift • New Artist of the Year: Doja Cat • Collaboration of the Year: "10,000 Hours" by Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber
2020 Pulitzer Prize for Music (USA)
The Central Park Five by Anthony Davis
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA)
Inductees: The Doobie Brothers • Whitney Houston • Depeche Mode • T. Rex • The Notorious B.I.G. • Nine Inch Nails
Mercury Prize (UK)
Kiwanuka by Michael Kiwanuka
Polar Music Prize (Sweden)
Inductees: Anna Netrebko • Diane Warren
Polaris Music Prize (Canada)
God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him Out of It by Backxwash
Eurovision Song Contest (Europe)
Event cancelled as result of COVID-19 pandemic
29th Seoul Music Awards (South Korea)
Grand Award: BTS • Best Song: Taeyeon • Best Album: BTS • Best New Artist: Itzy, Tomorrow X Together, AB6IX

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September 10 10 October 10 11 November 10 12 December 11 See also 12 ReferencesSpecific locations editAfrican 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 musicSpecific genres editClassical Country Electronic Jazz Latin Heavy metal Hip hop Rock K pop J popAlbums released editMain article List of 2020 albumsAwards edit62nd Annual Grammy Awards USA Record of the Year Bad Guy by Billie Eilish Album of the Year When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go by Billie Eilish Song of the Year Bad Guy by Billie Eilish Best New Artist Billie Eilish Billboard Music Awards USA Top Artist Post Malone Top Male Artist Post Malone Top Female Artist Billie Eilish Top New Artist Billie Eilish Top Duo Group Jonas Brothers Top Billboard 200 Album When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go by Billie Eilish Top Hot 100 Song Old Town Road by Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 2020 Brit Awards UK British Album of the Year Psychodrama by Dave Song of the Year Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi Best New Artist Lewis Capaldi 2020 Juno Awards Canada Artist of the Year Shawn Mendes Group of the Year Loud Luxury Album of the Year The Pains of Growing by Alessia Cara Single of the Year Senorita by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello 2020 MTV Video Music Awards USA Video of the Year Blinding Lights by The Weeknd Best Push New Artist Doja Cat Artist of the Year Lady Gaga 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards Europe Best Song Dynamite by BTS Best Video Popstar by DJ Khaled featuring Drake Best Artist Lady Gaga Best New Doja Cat 2020 American Music Awards USA Artist of the Year Taylor Swift New Artist of the Year Doja Cat Collaboration of the Year 10 000 Hours by Dan Shay and Justin Bieber 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Music USA The Central Park Five by Anthony Davis Rock and Roll Hall of Fame USA Inductees The Doobie Brothers Whitney Houston Depeche Mode T Rex The Notorious B I G Nine Inch Nails Mercury Prize UK Kiwanuka by Michael Kiwanuka Polar Music Prize Sweden Inductees Anna Netrebko Diane Warren Polaris Music Prize Canada God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him Out of It by Backxwash Eurovision Song Contest Europe Event cancelled as result of COVID 19 pandemic 29th Seoul Music Awards South Korea Grand Award BTS Best Song Taeyeon Best Album BTS Best New Artist Itzy Tomorrow X Together AB6IXBands formed edit1st One Aespa All at Once Arcana Project BAE173 Blackswan BonBon Girls 303 B O Y Botopass BtoB 4U Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu Cignature Citi Zeni Cravity DKB Dolla Drippin E Last English Teacher Enhypen Ghost9 Go to the Beds H amp D JO1 The Lucid Lucy Lunarsolar MCND Militarie Gun Morfonica Nemophila NiziU Orbit Paradises 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Yuki Nakashima Yurina Hirate ZildBands reformed editattack attack Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows Faith No More The Format 1 Genesis 2 Linkin Park 3 The Network Rage Against the Machine 4 RBD Toto Billy Pilgrim 5 Bands on hiatus edit100 AAA Anathema 6 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 ABands disbanded edit1the9 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 X1Deaths editJanuary edit 1 Lexii Alijai 21 American rapper Marty Grebb 74 American rock keyboardist and multi instrumentalist The Buckinghams Chicago Tommy Hancock 90 American country singer 7 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 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 Chamin 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 9 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 amp B singer Sunanda Patnaik 85 Indian classical singer 21 Meritxell Negre 48 Spanish pop singer Peaches amp Herb 24 Joe Payne 35 American metal bassist Divine Heresy Nile Sean Reinert 48 American metal drummer Cynic Death AEon 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 10 February edit 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 Kral 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 Petrovic 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 11 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 amp 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 12 Sergei Dorensky 88 Russian classical pianist 27 Lillian Offitt 81 American blues and R amp 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 edit 2 Jan Vycital 77 Czech country singer Susan Weinert 54 German jazz fusion guitarist 13 Peter Wieland 89 German pop singer 14 3 Les Cauchi 77 American pop singer Johnny Maestro amp the Brooklyn Bridge Alf Cranner 83 Norwegian folk singer 4 Barbara Martin 76 American R amp 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 Selimovic 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 Pilarova 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 Thai Thanh 85 Vietnamese American pop singer 19 Aurlus Mabele 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 15 22 Gabi Delgado Lopez 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 Riachao 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 edit 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 amp Crew Raze 3 Helin Bolek 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 amp B singer songwriter Chynna Rogers 25 American rapper 9 Andy Gonzalez 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 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 Dusan Vancura 82 Czech folk singer and bassist Spiritual 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 Zecaj 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 16 17 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 amp 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 amp 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 amp the Queen oscar Chavez 85 Mexican pop singer Sam Lloyd 56 American a cappella singer The Blanks Date unknown edit Ceybil Jefferies American house and R amp B singer May edit 1 Richard Cole 72 American jazz saxophonist 18 Tavo Limongi 52 Mexican nu metal guitarist Resorte 19 2 Cady Groves 30 American country singer songwriter 20 Idir 70 Algerian folk singer songwriter 21 Jonathan Kelly 72 Irish folk rock singer songwriter 22 Erwin Prasetya 48 Indonesian alternative rock bassist Dewa 19 23 3 Rosalind Elias 90 American opera singer 24 Dave Greenfield 71 British punk and new wave keyboardist The Stranglers 25 Bob Lander 78 Swedish rock singer and guitarist The Spotnicks 26 Lorne Munroe 95 Canadian born American classical cellist 27 4 John Erhardt American indie rock musician Wussy Ass Ponys 28 Frederick C Tillis 90 American jazz saxophonist 29 Dragan Vucic 65 Macedonian pop singer 30 5 Sweet Pea Atkinson 74 American dance rock singer Was Not Was 31 Sonny Cox 82 American jazz saxophonist 32 Didi Kempot 53 Indonesian campursari singer 33 Ciro Pessoa 62 Brazilian post punk singer songwriter and guitarist Titas Cabine C 34 Kiing Shooter 24 American rapper 35 Millie Small 73 Jamaican ska and reggae singer songwriter 36 6 Norbert Balatsch 92 Austrian choral conductor 37 Brian Howe 66 British rock singer songwriter Bad Company 38 7 Ibrahim Gokcek 41 Turkish folk rock bassist Grup Yorum 39 Andre Harrell 59 American record producer songwriter rapper Dr Jeckyll amp Mr Hyde and founder of Uptown Records 40 Ty 47 British rapper 41 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 42 10 David Correa 82 Brazilian samba singer 43 Betty Wright 66 American soul and R amp B singer and songwriter 44 11 Moon Martin 74 American rockabilly singer songwriter and guitarist 45 12 Takami Asano Japanese psychedelic rock guitarist Godiego 46 13 Gabriel Bacquier 95 French opera singer 47 Yoshio 60 Mexican pop singer 48 14 Jorge Santana 68 Mexican rock guitarist Malo Santana 49 15 Denny DeMarchi 57 Canadian rock keyboardist Alias The Cranberries 50 Sergio Denis 71 Argentine pop singer 51 Phil May 75 British rock singer songwriter Pretty Things 52 17 Lucky Peterson 55 American blues singer guitarist and organist 53 Peter Thomas 94 German film composer 54 19 Willie K 59 American folk ukuleleist 55 21 Berith Bohm 87 Swedish opera singer 56 Bobby Digital 59 Jamaican dancehall producer 57 Neil Howlett 85 British opera singer 58 22 Steve Hanford 50 American punk rock drummer Poison Idea 59 Mory Kante 70 Guinean folk singer and kora player 60 KJ Balla 23 American rapper 61 Klaus Selmke 70 German rock drummer City 62 24 Jimmy Cobb 91 American jazz drummer Miles Davis Quintet 63 Lily Lian 103 French pop singer 64 Al Rex 91 American rock and roll bassist Bill Haley amp His Comets 65 25 Bucky Baxter 65 American folk and rock guitarist 66 26 Brendan Bowyer 81 Irish rock and roll singer 67 Charlie Monttana 58 Mexican rock singer 68 Lennie Niehaus 90 American jazz saxophonist and film composer 69 27 Evaldo Gouveia 91 Brazilian MPB singer 70 28 Bob Kulick 70 American hard rock guitarist Balance Kiss W A S P 71 30 Mady Mesple 89 French opera singer 72 John Nzenze 79 80 Kenyan rock and jazz guitarist 73 31 Bob Northern 86 American jazz French hornist 74 Kjeld Wennick 76 Danish banjoist and singer Jan amp Kjeld 75 June edit 1 Majek Fashek 57 Nigerian reggae singer and songwriter 76 Joey Image 63 American punk rock drummer Misfits 77 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 78 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 amp B singer The Pointer Sisters 9 Paul Chapman 66 Welsh hard rock guitarist UFO Lone Star Pau Dones 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 nova cancon singer 23 Margarita Pracatan 89 Cuban novelty singer 24 Michael Hawley 58 American classical pianist and academic Claude Le Peron 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 amp Carr Freddy Cole 88 American jazz singer and pianist Tom Finn 71 American baroque pop guitarist The Left Banke Mats Radberg 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 edit 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 Raul Pagano Argentine rock keyboardist Bersuit Vergarabat 16 Ken Chinn 57 Canadian punk rock singer SNFU Jamie Oldaker 68 American country drummer The Tractors Victor Victor 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 amp 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 Sidibe 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 edit 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 edit 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 amp 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 amp 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 amp The Maytals Reggie Johnson 79 American jazz bassist 12 Edna Wright 76 American R amp B singer Honey Cone 14 Al Kasha 83 American pop songwriter Peter Starkie 72 Australian rock guitarist Skyhooks Jo Jo Zep amp The Falcons 79 16 Roy C 81 American soul singer 18 Georgia Dobbins 78 American R amp B singer The Marvelettes and songwriter Pamela Hutchinson 62 American R amp 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 Greco 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 amp 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 edit 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 Naama 84 Tunisian pop singer Jose 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 Bozidar 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 edit 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 Selcuk 74 Turkish pop singer and pianist 7 Candido 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 Leftover Crack 11 Adrian Cionco 48 Argentine rock bassist La Mosca Tse Tse MO3 28 American rapper Andrew White 78 American jazz saxophonist 12 Jim Tucker 74 American pop rock guitarist The Turtles 13 Kico 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 Laszlo Benko 77 Hungarian progressive rock keyboardist Omega Dominic Grant 71 British pop singer Guys n Dolls Tony Hooper 81 British folk rock guitarist Strawbs 21 Tamas Mihaly 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 Misa Aleksic 67 Serbian hard rock bassist Riblja Corba 30 Jack Wray 81 American doo wop singer The Earls December edit 1 Dan Morrison Australian ska punk drummer Area 7 2 Volodymyr Huba 81 Ukrainian film composer Ron Mathewson 76 British jazz bassist 3 Andre Gagnon 84 Canadian pianist composer and arranger 4 Kenny Jeremiah 78 American garage rock singer Soul Survivors 6 Dzej Ramadanovski 56 Serbian folk pop singer 7 LD Beghtol 55 American experimental rock singer and multi instrumentalist LD amp 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 80 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 amp 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 81 Mojmir Sepe 90 Slovenian classical composer and conductor 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