2017 in American music

July

• 7 — Haim released their first album in four years, Something to Tell You.
• 15 — Dodger Stadium hosts the first night of the Classic West concert. This is the full first Eagles live performance after the death of January 2016 founding member Glenn Frey, his place has been taken by his son Deacon Frey and American Country artist Vince Gill with supporting acts The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan.
• 16 — Dodger Stadium also hosts the second night of the Classic West concert with Earth, Wind & Fire, Journey, and Fleetwood Mac.
• 20 — Linkin Park and former Stone Temple Pilots and Dead by Sunrise frontman Chester Bennington is found dead at his Los Angeles home from hanging himself. He was 41. Parallels were tied to the suicide even more, on what would have been Chris Cornell's 53rd birthday.
• 21 — Parmalee released their first album in four years, 27861.

August

• 4 — Randy Newman released his first studio new album in nine years, Dark Matter.
• Dan Wilson released his first solo album in ten years, Re-Covered.
• 8 — Legendary country music singer, songwriter Glen Campbell died after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for six years.
• 11 — Kesha released her first album in five years, Rainbow.
• 25 — Taylor Swift released "Look What You Made Me Do", the lead single from her sixth studio album Reputation. The music video gained 43.2 million views in 24 hours, which broke the 24-hour Vevo record previously held by Adele.
• 27 — The MTV Video Music Awards took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California.

September

• 8 — Living Colour released their first album in eight years, Shade.
• Jack Johnson released his first album in four years, All the Light Above It Too.
• Erin McCarley released her first album in five years, YUYĪ.
• Troy Gentry of the country music duo Montgomery Gentry was killed in a helicopter crash hours before a concert in New Jersey. He was 50 years old.
• 22 — Fergie released her first album in eleven years, Double Dutchess.
• The Killers released their first album in five years, Wonderful Wonderful.

October

• 1 — During Jason Aldean's set at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, a gunman opens fire, killing 60 people and injuring 869 others.
• 2 — Tom Petty dies of cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, California at the age of 66.
• 6 — L.A. Guns released their first album in five years, The Missing Piece.
• 13 — Jessie James Decker released her first studio album in nine years, Southern Girl City Lights.
• P!nk released her first album in five years, Beautiful Trauma.

November

• 8 — The 51st CMA Awards took place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. This marked the tenth year in a row that Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood have co-hosted the show.
• 10 — Taylor Swift released her sixth studio album Reputation. It went on to sell 1,238,000 units in the US, and 2,000,000 worldwide in its first week of release.
• 14 – Stone Temple Pilots hire former Dry Cell vocalist Jeff Gutt as their new official lead singer, replacing the late Chester Bennington after a two-year hiatus.
• 17 — Tim McGraw & Faith Hill released their first collaborative album, The Rest of Our Life. The album is Hill's first studio release in twelve years.
• 19 — The American Music Awards took place at the Microsoft Theater.

December

• 1 — Danielle Bradbery released her first album in four years, I Don't Believe We've Met.
• — Morbid Angel released their first album in six years, Kingdoms Disdained.
• — Glassjaw released Material Control, their first album in 15 years.
• 8 — Walker Hayes released his first album in six years, Boom.
• 19 — Chloe Kohanski won the thirteenth season of The Voice. Addison Agen was named runner-up. Brooke Simpson and Red Marlow finishing third and fourth place respectively.

Bands reformed

• The Ace of Cups
• As I Lay Dying
• Audioslave
• Company of Thieves
• The Dangerous Summer
• Eagles
• Eighteen Visions
• House vs. Hurricane
• Iron Monkey
• Jawbreaker
• Light This City
• Madina Lake
• My American Heart
• Nachtmystium
• The Shaggs
• Sugarland
• Tripping Daisy
• Xscape

Bands formed

• Dead Poet Society
• Home Is Where
• Illuminati Hotties
• Little Image
• Powerflo

Bands on hiatus

• Beach Weather
• Faith No More
• Linkin Park
• Sleepwave
• The Summer Set

Bands disbanded

• Alex & Sierra
• Audioslave
• Bad Seed Rising
• Chairlift
• Cheap Girls
• Cibo Matto
• Cinderella
• Coal Chamber
• The Dillinger Escape Plan
• Emblem3
• Friendzone
• Howler
• Letlive
• Metro Station
• Mindless Behavior
• Mobb Deep
• Montgomery Gentry
• Poured Out
• The Roches
• A Skylit Drive
• Spawn of Possession
• Those Who Fear
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Trap Them
• A Tribe Called Quest
• Vanna
• The Walters
• William Control
• Yellowcard
• Your Memorial

Albums released in 2017

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Top songs on record

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

• "Bad and Boujee" – Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert
• "Black Beatles" – Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane
• "Bodak Yellow" – Cardi B
• "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber
• "Humble" – Kendrick Lamar
• "I'm the One" – DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne
• "Look What You Made Me Do" – Taylor Swift
• "Perfect" – Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé
• "Rockstar" – Post Malone feat. 21 Savage
• "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran
• "Starboy" – The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk
• "That's What I Like" – Bruno Mars

Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.

Deaths

• January 6 – Sylvester Potts, 78, singer (The Contours)
• January 8 – Buddy Bregman, 86, arranger, producer, and composer
• January 9 – Crazy Toones, 45, hip-hop record producer and DJ (WC and the Maad Circle)
• January 10 – Buddy Greco, 90, jazz and pop singer and actor
• January 11 – Tommy Allsup, 85, rockabilly and swing musician
• January 13 –
• Dick Gautier, 85, actor and singer
• Richie Ingui, 69, singer (Soul Survivors)
• Alan Jabbour, 74, fiddler and folklorist
• January 15 – Greg Trooper, 61, singer-songwriter
• January 16 –
• Charles "Bobo" Shaw, 69, jazz drummer
• Steve Wright, bassist (The Greg Kihn Band)
• January 18 – Roberta Peters, 86, coloratura soprano
• January 20 –
• Ronald "Bingo" Mundy, 76, singer (The Marcels)
• Joey Powers, 82, singer-songwriter
• Tommy Tate, 71, singer-songwriter
• January 21 –
• Karl Hendricks, 46, singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Karl Hendricks Trio)
• Walter "Junie" Morrison, 62, keyboardist (Ohio Players)
• Maggie Roche, 65, singer-songwriter (The Roches)
• January 23 –
• Bobby Freeman, 76, singer
• Marvell Thomas, 75, keyboardist, record producer and arranger
• January 24 –
• Gil Ray, 60, drummer (Game Theory, The Loud Family)
• Butch Trucks, 69, drummer (The Allman Brothers Band)
• January 27 – Stan Boreson, 91, comedian, accordionist and singer
• January 28 – Guitar Gable, 79, blues guitarist and singer
• February 5
• David Axelrod, 85, arranger, composer and record producer (The Electric Prunes)
• Sonny Geraci, 70, singer (The Outsiders, Climax)
• February 12
• Barbara Carroll, 92, jazz pianist and singer
• Robert Fisher, 59, singer (Willard Grant Conspiracy)
• Al Jarreau, 76, singer
• February 17 – Dave Yorko, 73, guitarist (Johnny and the Hurricanes)
• February 18 – Clyde Stubblefield, 73, drummer
• February 19 – Larry Coryell, 73, jazz guitarist
• February 23 – Leon Ware, 77, singer-songwriter and record producer
• February 28 – Ric Marlow, 91, songwriter and actor
• March 3 – Jim Fuller, 69, guitarist (The Surfaris)
• March 4
• Valerie Carter, 64, singer-songwriter
• Tommy Page, 46, singer-songwriter
• March 6
• Ritchie Adams, 78, songwriter and singer (The Fireflies)
• Robbie Hoddinott, 62, guitarist (Kingfish)
• March 8 – Dave Valentin, 64, jazz flutist
• March 10 – Joni Sledge, 60, singer (Sister Sledge)
• March 11 –
• Evan Johns, 60, guitarist (The LeRoi Brothers)
• Don Warden, 87, country musician and manager
• March 12 –
• Joey Alves, 63, guitarist (Y&T)
• Robert "P-Nut" Johnson, 69, singer (Bootsy's Rubber Band, Sweat Band)
• March 13 – Tommy LiPuma, 80, music producer
• March 16 – James Cotton, 81, blues harmonica player
• March 18 – Chuck Berry, 90, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• March 20 –
• Tony Terran, 90, trumpeter, and session musician
• Buck Hill, 90, jazz saxophonist
• March 22 – Sib Hashian, 67, drummer (Boston)
• March 24 – Avo Uvezian, 91, Armenian-American jazz pianist, and cigar manufacturer
• March 26 – Jimmy Dotson, 83, blues musician
• March 27 – Arthur Blythe, 76, jazz alto saxophonist, and composer
• March 28 – Terry Fischer, 70, singer (The Murmaids)
• March 30 – Rosie Hamlin, 71, singer (Rosie and the Originals)
• April 1 –
• Lonnie Brooks, 83, blues singer and guitarist
• Bob Cunningham, 82, jazz bassist
• April 3 – Brenda Jones, 62, singer (The Jones Girls)
• April 5 – Paul O'Neill, 61, producer, composer and songwriter (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
• April 6 – David Peel, 74, musician and political activist
• April 8 – Keni Richards, 60, drummer (Autograph)
• April 9 – Bob Wootton, 75, guitarist (The Tennessee Three)
• April 10 –
• Linda Hopkins, 92, actress and blues and gospel singer
• Banner Thomas, 62, bassist (Molly Hatchet)
• April 11 –
• J. Geils, 71, guitarist (The J. Geils Band)
• Scotty Miller, 65, drummer (Instant Funk)
• April 12 –
• Tom Coyne, 62, Grammy award-winning mastering engineer (21, 25)
• Barry "Frosty" Smith, 71, drummer (Sweathog, Soulhat)
• April 14 – Bruce Langhorne, 78, folk musician
• April 15 –
• Matt Holt, 39, singer (Nothingface)
• Sylvia Moy, 78, songwriter
• April 19 – Dick Contino, 87, accordionist
• April 20 – Cuba Gooding Sr., 72, singer (The Main Ingredient)
• May 2 – Kevin Garcia, 41, bassist (Grandaddy)
• May 9 – Michael Parks, 77, actor and singer
• May 10 – Pierre DeMudd, 64, trumpeter and singer (Dazz Band)
• May 14 – Keith Mitchell, drummer (Mazzy Star)
• May 17 – Chris Cornell, 52, singer-songwriter and musician (Soundgarden, Audioslave)
• May 21
• Kenny Cordray, 62, guitarist and songwriter
• Jimmy LaFave, 61, folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Curtis Womack, 74, singer (The Valentinos)
• May 22 – Mickey Roker, 84, jazz drummer
• May 27 – Gregg Allman, 69, singer-songwriter and musician (The Allman Brothers Band)
• May 29 – Arleen Lanzotti, 73, pop singer (The Delicates)
• May 31 – Bern Nix, 69, jazz guitarist (worked with Ornette Coleman)
• June 8 – Norro Wilson, 79, singer-songwriter and record producer
• June 20
• Prodigy, 42, rapper (Mobb Deep)
• Bo Wagner, 72, marimba player (Starbuck)
• June 22 – Jimmy Nalls, 66, guitarist (Sea Level)
• June 28 – Gary DeCarlo, 75, singer-songwriter (Steam)
• July 9 – Erik Cartwright, 66, guitarist (Foghat)
• July 13 – Chris Wong Won, 53, rapper (2 Live Crew)
• July 14 – David Zablidowsky, 38, bass guitarist
• July 20 – Chester Bennington, 41, singer, songwriter, musician (Linkin Park)
• July 25 – Michael Johnson, 72, singer-songwriter
• July 27 – Billy Joe Walker Jr., 64, record producer
• July 28 – D.L. Menard, 85, Cajun singer
• July 31 – Chuck Loeb, 61, drummer (Fourplay)
• August 8 – Glen Campbell, 81, country singer, songwriter, actor
• August 20 – Jerry Lewis, 91, actor and singer
• August 21 – Sonny Burgess, 88, rockabilly singer
• August 22 – John Abercrombie, 73, jazz guitarist
• August 29 – Larry Elgart, 95, jazz bandleader and alto saxophonist
• September 2 – Dave Hlubek, 66, guitarist (Molly Hatchet)
• September 3 – Walter Becker, 67, jazz guitarist, songwriter, record producer (Steely Dan)
• September 8 –
• Troy Gentry, 50, country singer (Montgomery Gentry)
• Don Williams, 78, singer
• September 13 – Grant Hart, 56, drummer and songwriter (Hüsker Dü)
• September 22
• Eric Eycke, 41 heavy metal singer (Corrosion of Conformity)
• Ammon Tharp, 75, drummer (Bill Deal and the Rhondels)
• September 23 – Charles Bradley, 68, soul singer
• September 27 – CeDell Davis, 91, blues guitarist
• September 30 – Tom Paley, 89, folk guitarist and banjoist
• October 2 – Tom Petty, 66, rock singer and songwriter
• October 4 – Janis Hansen, 74, singer (Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66, The Carnival)
• October 5 – Alvin DeGuzman, 42, hardcore guitarist
• October 6 – Bunny Sigler, 76, singer songwriter and record producer
• October 7 – Jimmy Beaumont, 76, doo-wop singer (The Skyliners)
• October 8 – Grady Tate, 85, jazz drummer and singer
• October 22
• Al Hurricane, 81, folk singer and songwriter
• Scott Putesky, 49, guitarist (Marilyn Manson)
• October 24
• Fats Domino, 89, soul singer
• Larry Raye, 63, guitarist
• October 27 –
• Mike Hudson, 61, punk rock singer
• Dick Noel, 90, big band singer
• October 28 – Bruce Black, 56, heavy metal drummer (Meliah Rage)
• October 29
• Billy Mize, 88, steel guitarist, band leader and singer-songwriter
• Keith Wilder, 65, funk singer (Heatwave)
• November 1
• Katie Lee, 98, folk singer
• Scott Wily, singer
• November 5
• Danny Anaya, 52, heavy metal drummer (MX Machine)
• Robert Knight, 72, singer-songwriter
• November 9
• Fred Cole, 69, garage singer and guitarist
• Chuck Mosley, 57, singer-songwriter (Faith No More)
• November 12 – Chad Hanks, 46, bassist (American Head Charge)
• November 15 – Lil Peep, 21, Swedish-American rapper and singer
• November 18 – Ben Riley, 84, jazz drummer
• November 19
• Warren "Pete" Moore, 79, singer-songwriter (The Miracles)
• Della Reese, 86, singer and actress
• Mel Tillis, 85, country singer
• November 21
• David Cassidy, 67, singer and actor
• Wayne Cochran, 78, singer-songwriter
• November 22 – Tommy Keene, 59, singer-songwriter
• November 23 –
• John Coates Jr., 79, jazz pianist
• Jon Hendricks, 96, jazz singer
• November 24 – Mitch Margo, 70, singer-songwriter (The Tokens)
• November 27 – Robert Popwell, 66, jazz and rock bassist
• November 29 – Robert Walker, 80, blues guitarist
• November 30 – Jim Nabors, 87, actor and singer
• December 2 – Mundell Lowe, 95, guitarist
• December 8 – Gloria Ann Taylor, 73, soul singer
• December 12 – Pat DiNizio, 62, singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Smithereens)
• December 13
• Dave Christenson, 54, singer (Stabilizers)
• Willie Pickens, 86 jazz pianist
• Warrel Dane, 56 heavy metal singer
• December 16
• Ralph Carney, 61 Rock and jazz saxophonist and clarinetest
• Richard Dobson, 75 country singer and songwriter
• Keely Smith, 89 Jazz Singer
• December 17 – Kevin Mahogany, 59 jazz singer
• December 19
• Jim Forrester, 43 American hard rock guitarist
• Leo Welch, 85 American gospel blues singer and guitarist
• December 21
• Roswell Rudd, 82 American jazz trombonist
• Marylin Tyler, 91 American opera singer
• December 22 – Pam the Funkstress, American hip hop DJ
• December 28 – Curly Seckler, 98 American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist

See also

• 2010s in music

References