2018 in music

This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2018 in music.

Specific locations

• African
• American
• Asian
• Chinese
• Japanese
• Philippine
• South Korean
• Canadian
• European
• British
• Scandinavian
• Danish
• Finnish
• Icelandic
• Norwegian
• Swedish
• Latin

Specific genres

• Classical
• Country
• Heavy metal
• Hip hop
• Electronic
• Jazz
• Latin
• New Wave
• Opera
• Pop
• Punk
• Progressive Rock
• Rock
• R&B
• World music
• K-pop
• J-pop

Albums released

Awards

Bands formed

• AKB48 Team SH
• AKB48 Team TP
• Ateez
• Big Red Machine
• Black Country, New Road
• Black Smoke Trigger
• Boygenius
• The Carters
• Courting
• D-Crunch
• dps
• DreamNote
• The Driver Era
• Empire
• Error
• Fanatics - Flavor
• Fantastics from Exile Tribe
• Fievel Is Glauque
• First Place
• Forestella
• Fromis 9
• (G)I-dle
• Girlkind
• Gugudan SeMiNa
• GWSN
• Hachimitsu Rocket
• The Haunt
• Honey Popcorn
• Hotline TNT
• Iz*One
• JBJ95
• Kids See Ghosts
• King & Prince
• LA LOM
• The Linda Lindas
• Loona
• LSD
• Maverick City Music
• Maywish
• Mirror
• MNL48
• Nature
• NeonPunch
• NEX7
• Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets
• Nine Percent
• Noir
• NTB
• Oceanhoarse
• Oh!GG
• Pattern-Seeking Animals
• Pristin V
• Raise A Suilen
• Rocket Girls 101
• Saturday
• SGO48
• Silk City
• Spectrum
• Spira Spica
• Sprain
• STU48
• Target
• The Tubs
• Uijin
• UNB
• Uni.T
• W24
• We Girls
• WJMK
• Yoshimotozaka46

Soloist debuts

• AC Bonifacio
• Aina the End
• Aitch
• Aitana
• Akari Nanawo
• Alec Benjamin
• Alfred García
• Alfie Templeman
• Ali Gatie
• Amaia
• Ana Guerra
• Angelo Acosta
• Arlo Parks
• Ash Island
• Ashnikko
• Ava Max
• Beabadoobee
• Bibi
• Cheronna Ng
• Chiaki Ito
• Chiaki Satō
• Conan Gray
• Doja Cat
• Elkie
• Girl in Red
• Giveon
• Halca
• Haruka Yamazaki
• Haon
• Holland
• Hoya
• Hynn
• Janine Berdin
• Jennie
• Jen Ledger
• J-Hope
• Jin Longguo
• Jung Il-hoon
• Karencitta
• Kaori Ishihara
• Katie
• Keekihime
• Key
• The Kid Laroi
• Kiyoe Yoshioka
• Kim Dong-han
• King Princess
• Kira Chan
• Kyline Alcantara
• Lee Chang-sub
• Lele Pons
• Leo
• Lil Mosey
• Lizzy McAlpine
• Lola Indigo
• Loren Gray
• Mae Muller
• Mai Fuchigami
• Makoto Furukawa
• Mariah Angeliq
• Meimi Tamura
• Memphiis
• Minori Suzuki
• Mino
• Misako Uno
• Moonbyul
• Niki DeMar
• Onew
• Reona
• Rika Tachibana
• Rina Balaj
• Ryuji Imaichi
• Ryucheru
• Ryusei Yokohama
• Salem Ilese
• Shanti Dope
• Shigeru Joshima
• Shuta Sueyoshi
• Sohee
• Sori
• Son Dong-woon
• Sooyoung
• Taiki Yamazaki
• Tayna
• Tems
• Twlv
• Unique
• Vinxen
• Wheein
• Yoo Seon-ho
• Youra
• Yuka Ozaki
• Yuma Uchida
• Yubin
• Yuri

Bands reformed

• B2K
• BBMak
• The Distillers
• The Ghost inside
• Hootie & The Blowfish
• HotCha
• Late of the Pier
• The Kinks
• Mötley Crüe
• Pussycat Dolls
• The Raconteurs
• Soft Cell
• Spice Girls
• Static-X
• Swedish House Mafia
• Utopia
• Westlife

Bands on hiatus

• Charisma.com
• The Color Morale
• Dark Sermon
• Devin Townsend Project
• Fifth Harmony
• Folks
• fun.
• Heart
• Hedley
• Katatonia
• Karnataka
• Moose Blood
• One Direction
• PWR BTTM
• Rice
• Sads
• Slipknot
• Sorority Noise

Bands disbanded

• 7 Seconds
• Alcazar
• at17
• At the Drive-In
• Aqua Timez
• Babyraids Japan
• Balance and Composure
• Bestie
• Big Bang
• Brand New
• The Charm the Fury
• Chatmonchy
• Cheeky Parade
• Chelsy
• Ciao Bella Cinquetti
• D12
• Dirge Within
• The Fall
• Frightened Rabbit
• GEM
• GMS
• Hedley
• Idol Renaissance
• La PomPon
• LFO
• Mastersystem
• Minus the Bear
• The Orwells
• Owl John
• Passpo
• The Pizza Underground
• Royal Headache
• Runrig
• Rush
• Say Anything
• Seventeen
• Slaughterhouse
• Sleeping Giant
• Soundgarden
• Splashh
• The Strypes
• Tackey & Tsubasa
• Them Are Us Too
• The Thermals
• Ultimate Painting
• Vattnet
• Vallenfyre
• Vanilla Beans
• Wild Beasts
• X21
• Young and in the Way

Deaths

January

• 1
• Jon Paul Steuer, 33, American punk singer and actor
• Betty Willis, 76, American R&B singer
• 2 – Rick Hall, 85, American record producer
• 3 – Josiah Boyd, 32, American heavy metal bassist (A Hill to Die Upon)
• 4 – Ray Thomas, 76, British progressive rock flautist (The Moody Blues)
• 5 – Mikio Fujioka, 36, Japanese heavy metal guitarist (Babymetal)
• 7
• France Gall, 70, French pop singer
• Buster Stiggs, 63, British-born New Zealand punk drummer (Suburban Reptiles, The Swingers, Models)
• 8 – Denise LaSalle, 83, American blues and R&B singer-songwriter
• 9 – Paul Antingnani, American heavy metal drummer (Sworn Enemy)
• 10 – "Fast" Eddie Clarke, 67, British heavy metal guitarist (Motörhead, Fastway)
• 12 – Pierre Pincemaille, 61, French classical organist
• 13 – Tzimis Panousis, 63, Greek comedy singer
• 15
• Edwin Hawkins, 74, American gospel singer, songwriter and pianist
• Dolores O'Riordan, 46, Irish alternative rock singer-songwriter (The Cranberries)
• MBrother, 36, Polish DJ and music producer
• 16
• Dave Holland, 69, English heavy metal drummer (Judas Priest, Trapeze)
• Madalena Iglésias, 78, Portuguese classic pop singer
• 17 – Ric Jacobs, 61, American pop-rock singer (Steel Breeze)
• 18 – Steve Nisbett, 69, Nevisian-born British reggae drummer (Steel Pulse)
• 19 – Fredo Santana, 27, American rapper
• 20
• Terry Evans, 70, American blues singer and guitarist
• Mario Guccio, 64, Belgian rock singer (Machiavel)
• Jim Rodford, 76, British rock bassist (Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies)
• 22 – Preston Shannon, 70, American blues singer and guitarist
• 23
• Hugh Masekela, 78, South African jazz trumpeter
• Lari White, 52, American country music singer
• 24 – Mark E. Smith, 60, British post-punk singer-songwriter (The Fall)
• 25
• Tommy Banks, 81, Canadian jazz pianist
• Steve Foster, Australian folk singer
• Floyd Miles, 74, American blues singer and guitarist
• 26
• Buzz Clifford, 76, American pop singer
• Igor Zhukov, 81, Russian classical pianist
• 27 – Grant Fell, 56, New Zealand industrial rock bassist (Headless Chickens)
• 28 – Neil Harris, 63, British punk guitarist (Sham 69)
• 28
• Eddie Shaw, 80, American blues saxophonist
• Coco Schumann, 93, German jazz guitarist
• 31
• Del Delker, 93, American gospel singer
• Leah LaBelle, 31, Canadian-born American R&B singer

February

• – Rick Evans (75), American musician (Zager and Evans)
• 1
• Dennis Edwards, 74, American R&B singer (The Temptations)
• Mowzey Radio, 33, Ugandan pop singer (Goodlyfe Crew)
• 3 – Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, 65, American jazz and rock drummer
• 5 – Zeno Roth, 51, German rock guitarist
• 7
• John Perry Barlow, 70, American rock songwriter (Grateful Dead)
• Mickey Jones, 76, American country-rock drummer (Kenny Rogers and The First Edition)
• Pat Torpey, 64, American hard rock drummer (Mr. Big)
• 8
• Algia Mae Hinton, 88, American blues singer
• Lovebug Starski, 57, American rapper
• Ebony Reigns, 20, Ghanaian dancehall singer
• 9
• Jóhann Jóhannsson, 48, Icelandic film composer
• Craig MacGregor, 68, American rock bassist (Foghat)
• 11
• Vic Damone, 89, American pop singer
• Tom Rapp, 70, American psychedelic rock singer (Pearls Before Swine)
• 12
• Daryle Singletary, 46, American country singer
• Klaasje van der Wal, 69, Dutch hard rock bassist (Shocking Blue)
• 13
• Scott Boyer, 70, American rock singer and guitarist (Cowboy, The 31st of February)
• Billy Johnson, American emo and noise rock drummer (Reggie and the Full Effect, Rocket Fuel Is The Key)
• 14 – Nuray Hafiftaş, 53, Turkish folk singer
• 16 – Barbara Alston, 74, American R&B singer (The Crystals)
• 19
• Johnny Mosby, 88, American country music singer (Johnny & Jonie Mosby)
• Norm Rogers, 61, American alternative country drummer (The Jayhawks, Cows)
• Stormin MC, 34, British grime rapper
• 22 – Errol Buddle, 89, Australian jazz bassoonist and saxophonist
• 23 – Eddy Amoo, 73, British soul singer (The Real Thing)
• 24 – Bud Luckey, 83, American voice actor and singer

March

• 1 – Bill Burkette, 75, American pop singer (The Vogues)
• 2
• Jesus Lopez Cobos, 78, Spanish classic music conductor
• Brandon Jenkins, 48, American Red Dirt country singer-songwriter
• Van McLain, 62, American rock guitarist and singer (Shooting Star)
• 3
• Patrick Doyle, 31, British indie rock drummer (Veronica Falls)
• Kenneth Gärdestad, 69, Swedish pop songwriter
• 7 – Jerzy Milian, 82, Polish jazz vibraphonist
• 9 – Pyarelal Wadali, 75, Indian Sufi folk singer (Wadali Brothers)
• 11 – Ken Dodd, 90, British comedian and pop singer
• 12
• Nokie Edwards, 82, American surf rock guitarist (The Ventures)
• Craig Mack, 47, American rapper
• 13
• Claudia Fontaine, 57, British pop and ska singer (Afrodiziak)
• Jimmy Wisner, 86, American pianist, arranger, songwriter
• 14
• Steve Mandell, 76, American bluegrass guitarist and banjoist
• Liam O'Flynn, 72, Irish uilleann piper
• Charlie Quintana, 56, American punk rock drummer (The Plugz, Cracker, Social Distortion, Agent Orange)
• 16
• Laurence Cleary, 60, Irish new wave guitarist (The Blades)
• Buell Neidlinger, 82, American jazz bassist and cellist
• 18 – Killjoy, 48, American death metal singer (Necrophagia, Viking Crown)
• 20 – Peter "Mars" Cowling, 72, British blues rock bassist (Pat Travers Band, The Flying Hat Band, Gnidrolog)
• 22 – Morgana King, 87, American jazz singer
• 24 – Lys Assia, 94, Swiss pop singer
• 25 – Seo Min-woo, 33, South Korean pop singer (100%)
• 27 – Kenny O'Dell, 73, American country singer-songwriter
• 28 – Caleb Scofield, 39, American alternative rock and sludge metal bassist and singer (Cave In, Zozobra, Old Man Gloom)
• 30
• Alias, 41, American rapper and producer
• Sabahudin Kurt, 82, Bosnian folk singer
• Major Short, 93, American double bass player (Somethin' Smith and the Redheads)
• 31 – Frode Viken, 63, Norwegian rock guitarist (D.D.E.)

April

• 1
• Audrey Morris, 89, American jazz singer
• Ron Shaw, 77, American folk singer, guitarist and banjoist (The Hillside Singers)
• 3 – Lill-Babs, 80, Swedish pop singer
• 4 – Don Cherry, 94, American pop singer
• 5 – Cecil Taylor, 89, American jazz pianist
• 6 – Jacques Higelin, 77, French chanson singer
• 8 – Nathan Davis, 81, American jazz multi-instrumentalist
• 9 – Timmy Matley, 36, Irish pop singer (The Overtones)
• 10 – Yvonne Staples, 80, American soul singer (The Staple Singers)
• 14 – Milan Å kampa, 89, Czech classical violist (Smetana Quartet)
• 16 – Dona Ivone Lara, 97, Brazilian samba singer
• 17
• Randy Scruggs, 64, American country guitarist and songwriter
• Big Tom, 81, Irish country singer
• 19
• Stuart Colman, 73, English musician (Pinkerton's Assorted Colours, The Flying Machine), record producer (Shakin' Stevens), and broadcaster
• Reginald McArthur, 63, American R&B singer (The Controllers)
• 20
• Avicii, 28, Swedish EDM DJ and producer
• Brian Henry Hooper, 55, Australian alternative rock guitarist (Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists)
• 23 – Bob Dorough, 94, American jazz singer and pianist
• 24 – Paul Gray, 54, Australian new wave singer, songwriter and keyboardist (Wa Wa Nee)
• 26 – Charles Neville, 79, American R&B saxophonist (The Neville Brothers)
• 29
• Ted Devoux, 55, American rapper (Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.)
• Rose Laurens, 65, French pop singer-songwriter
• 30 – Tim Calvert, 52, American heavy metal guitarist (Nevermore, Forbidden)

May

• 1
• John "Jabo" Starks, 80, American funk and R&B drummer (The J.B.'s)
• Wanda Wiłkomirska, 89, Polish classical violinist
• 2 – Tony Cucchiara, 80, Italian folk singer
• 4
• Steve Coy, 56, British new wave drummer (Dead or Alive)
• Tony Kinman, American cowpunk singer and bassist (Rank and File, The Dils)
• Abi Ofarim, 80, Israeli pop singer
• 5 – Dick Williams, 91, American pop singer (The Williams Brothers)
• 7 – Gayle Shepherd, 81, American pop singer (Shepherd Sisters)
• 9
• Sammy Allred, 84, American country music singer and mandolinist (The Geezinslaw Brothers)
• Ben Graves, 46, American horror punk drummer (Murderdolls)
• Carl Perkins, 59, New Zealand reggae singer (House of Shem)
• Shirley Thomas, 74, American pop singer (The Dixiebelles)
• 10 – Scott Hutchison, 36, British indie singer, songwriter and guitarist (Frightened Rabbit, The Fruit Tree Foundation, Mastersystem)
• 11 – Matt Marks, 38, American contemporary classical multi-instrumentalist (Alarm Will Sound)
• 13 – Glenn Branca, 69, American avant-garde composer and guitarist (Theoretical Girls)
• 16 – Hideki Saijo, 63, Japanese pop singer
• 17
• Jürgen Marcus, 69, German schlager singer
• Jon Sholle, 70, American jazz, roots music and blues multi-instrumentalist
• 19
• Reggie Lucas, 65, American multi-genre guitarist (Mtume), producer and songwriter
• Patricia Morison, 103, American showtunes singer and actress
• 25 – Piet Kee, 90, Dutch classical organist
• 27 – Andy MacQueen, Australian punk guitarist (Exploding White Mice)
• 28
• Evio Di Marzo, 64, Venezuelan tropical singer and guitarist (Adrenalina Caribe)
• Stewart Lupton, 43, American indie rock singer (Jonathan Fire*Eater)
• Josh Martin, 46, American grindcore guitarist (Anal Cunt)
• 31 – Demba Nabé, 46, German dancehall rapper (Seeed)

June

• 1
• Andrew Massey, 72, British classical conductor
• Sinan Sakić, 61, Serbian turbo-folk singer (Južni Vetar)
• 2 – Wayne Secrest, 68, American bassist (Confederate Railroad)
• 3 – Clarence Fountain, 88, American gospel singer (The Blind Boys of Alabama)
• 4 – Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, 73, American spoken word poet (The Last Poets)
• 5
• Jimmy Gonzalez, 67, American Tejano singer (Mazz)
• Ralph Santolla, 51, American metal guitarist (Deicide, Obituary, Iced Earth)
• 6 – Teddy Johnson, 98, British pop singer (Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson)
• 7 – Al Capps, 79, American arranger, composer and record producer
• 8 – Danny Kirwan, 68, British rock and blues guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
• 9 – John McElrath, 77, American rock singer and keyboardist (The Swingin' Medallions)
• 10
• Neal E. Boyd, 42, American operatic pop singer
• Ras Kimono, 60, Nigerian reggae singer
• 11 – Wayne Dockery, 76, American jazz bassist
• 12 – Jon Hiseman, 73, British jazz fusion and blues drummer (Colosseum, Colosseum II, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
• 13 – D. J. Fontana, 87, American rock and roll drummer (The Blue Moon Boys)
• 15
• Delia Bell, 83, American bluegrass singer (Bill Grant and Delia Bell)
• Nick Knox, 60, American psychobilly drummer (The Cramps, Electric Eels)
• Matt Murphy, 88, American blues guitarist (The Blues Brothers)
• 16 – Rebecca Parris, 66, American jazz singer
• 18
• Jimmy Wopo, 21, American rapper
• XXXTentacion, 20, American rapper
• 19
• Bansi Quinteros, 41, Spanish psychedelic trance keyboardist (GMS)
• Lowrell Simon, 75, American singer (The Lost Generation)
• 21 – David Corcoran, 64, American rock drummer (Duke Jupiter)
• 22
• Geoffrey Oryema, 65, Ugandan afro-pop singer and guitarist
• Vinnie Paul, 54, American metal drummer (Pantera, Damageplan, Hellyeah)
• 24
• George Cameron, 70, American baroque pop drummer (The Left Banke)
• Dan Ingram, 83, radio DJ
• 26
• Fedor FreÅ¡o, 71, Slovak rock bassist (The Soulmen, Prúdy)
• Ed Simons, 101, American classical music conductor
• 27 – Steve Soto, 54, American punk rock bassist (Adolescents, Agent Orange, Manic Hispanic)
• 29 – Eugene Pitt, 80, American doo wop singer (The Jive Five)
• 30
• Smoke Dawg, 21, Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter (Halal Gang)
• Dean Webb, 81, American bluegrass mandolinist (The Dillards)

July

• 2
• Henry Butler, 69, American jazz pianist
• Alan Longmuir, 70, Scottish pop bassist (Bay City Rollers)
• Bill Watrous, 79, American jazz trombonist
• 3 – Richard Swift, 41, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Shins, The Arcs, Starflyer 59)
• 4 – Carmen Campagne, 58, Canadian folk singer
• 6
• Vlatko Ilievski, 33, Macedonian rock singer and guitarist
• Vince Martin, 81, American folk singer
• 7
• Brett Hoffmann, 51, American death metal singer (Malevolent Creation)
• Garry Lowe, 65, Jamaican-born Canadian reggae and blues rock musician (Big Sugar)
• 8 – Tab Hunter, 86, American pop singer
• 9 – Stefan Demert, 78, Swedish pop singer
• 10 – Ye Lwin, 70, Burmese rock guitarist
• 13 – K. Rani, 75, Indian playback singer
• 15 – Theryl DeClouet, 66, American jazz-funk and R&B singer (Galactic)
• 18 – Raivo Rätte, 48, Estonian alternative rock bassist (Kosmikud)
• 25 – Patrick Williams, 79, American composer, arranger and conductor
• 27 – Mark Shelton, 60, American heavy metal guitarist (Manilla Road)
• 28 – Olga Jackowska, 67, Polish rock singer (Maanam)
• 29
• Sam Mehran, 31, British dance-punk singer and guitarist (Test Icicles)
• Tomasz Stańko, 76, Polish jazz trumpeter and composer
• 31 – Irvin Jarrett, 69, Jamaican reggae percussionist (Inner Circle, Third World)

August

• 1
• Ted LeGarde, 87, Australian country music singer and guitarist (The LeGarde Twins)
• Celeste Rodrigues, 95, Portuguese fado singer
• Umbayee, 67, Indian ghazal singer
• 2 – Neil Argo, 71, American film and television composer
• 3
• Brad Daymond, 48, Canadian house DJ (Love Inc.)
• Tommy Peoples, 70, Irish folk fiddler (The Bothy Band)
• 4 – Lorrie Collins, 76, American rockabilly singer and guitarist (The Collins Kids)
• 5
• Majid Al-Majid, 52, Saudi folk singer
• Ellen Joyce Loo, 32, Canadian-born Hong Kong folktronica singer and guitarist (at17)
• 8 – Linda Mkhize, 37, South African rapper
• 9 – Arthur Davies, 77, Welsh opera singer
• 10 – Jason "J-Sin" Luttrell, 40, American nu-metal vocalist (Primer 55)
• 14
• Jill Janus, 42, American heavy metal singer (Huntress)
• Valentina Levko, 92, Russian opera singer
• Randy Rampage, 58, Canadian thrash metal and punk singer and bassist (Annihilator, D.O.A., Stress Factor 9)
• 16
• Aretha Franklin, 76, American R&B and soul singer
• Count Prince Miller, 84, Jamaican-born British singer (Jimmy James and the Vagabonds)
• 17
• Claudio Lolli, 68, Italian pop singer
• Danny Pearson, 65, American R&B singer
• 20 – Eddie Willis, 82, American soul and R&B guitarist (The Funk Brothers)
• 21 – Spencer P. Jones, 61, Australian punk singer and guitarist (The Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon)
• 22
• Ed King, 68, American rock guitarist (Strawberry Alarm Clock, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• Lazy Lester, 85, American blues singer and guitarist
• 24 – DJ Ready Red, 53, American hip hop DJ (Geto Boys)
• 25 – Kyle Pavone, 28, American metalcore singer (We Came as Romans)
• 26 – Inge Borkh, 97, German opera singer
• 29
• Tony Camillo, 90, American record producer and arranger (Bazuka)
• Ellie Mannette, 90, Trinidadian steelpan drummer
• 30 – Joseph Kobzon, 80, Russian pop singer

September

• 1 – Randy Weston, 92, American jazz pianist
• 2 – Conway Savage, 58, Australian alternative rock keyboardist (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)
• 4 – Don Gardner, 87, American R&B singer-songwriter
• 7
• Don McGuire, 86, American pop singer (The Hilltoppers)
• Mac Miller, 26, American rapper
• 8 – Chelsi Smith, 45, American pop singer
• 10
• Paul Curcio, 74, American rock guitarist (The Mojo Men) and record producer (Kill 'Em All)
• Johnny Strike, 70, American punk singer and guitarist (Crime)
• 12 – Rachid Taha, 59, Algerian rock singer (Carte de Séjour)
• 14 – Max Bennett, 90, American jazz and pop bassist (L.A. Express, The Wrecking Crew)
• 15 – Helen Clare, 101, British soprano singer
• 16
• Maartin Allcock, 61, British folk multi-instrumentalist (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull)
• Big Jay McNeely, 91, American R&B saxophonist
• 18 – Wesley Tinglin, 75, Jamaican reggae singer (The Viceroys)
• 22 – Chas Hodges, 74, British folk singer and keyboardist (Chas & Dave)
• 24 – Richard Parker, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Charms)
• 25 – Paul Dillon, 75, American rock drummer (Earth Opera)
• 27 – Marty Balin, 76, American psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, KBC Band)
• 29
• Otis Rush, 84, American blues singer and guitarist
• Michael Weiley, 58, Australian ska guitarist (Spy vs. Spy)
• 30 – Kim Larsen, 72, Danish rock singer and guitarist (Gasolin')

October

• 1
• Charles Aznavour, 94, French pop singer
• Jerry González, 69, American Latin jazz trumpeter
• 3
• Hugo Raspoet, 77, Belgian folk singer
• John Von Ohlen, 77, American jazz drummer (Blue Wisp Big Band)
• 4 – Hamiet Bluiett, 78, American jazz saxophonist (World Saxophone Quartet)
• 5 – Bernadette Carroll, 74, American pop singer (The Angels)
• 6 – Montserrat Caballé, 85, Spanish opera singer
• 7 – John Wicks, 65, British power pop singer and guitarist (The Records, The Kursaal Flyers)
• 8 – Tim Chandler, 58, American Christian alternative rock bassist (Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies, The Choir)
• 10 – Jane Walker, New Zealand new wave keyboardist (Toy Love)
• 12 – Andy Goessling, 59, American progressive bluegrass multi-instrumentalist (Railroad Earth)
• 14 – Saleem Abdul Majid, 57, Malaysian rock singer (Iklim)
• 16 – Du Yuwei, 19, Chinese pop singer (GNZ48)
• 17
• Valters FrÄ«denbergs, 30, Latvian pop singer (Valters and Kaža)
• Oli Herbert, 44, American metalcore guitarist (All That Remains)
• 18
• Ayub Bachchu, 56, Bangladeshi rock singer and guitarist (Souls, Love Runs Blind)
• Sergey Bondarenko, 31, Ukrainian pop rock singer (Nensi)
• Randolph Hokanson, 103, American classical pianist
• 23 – Mighty Shadow, 77, Trinidadian calypsonian
• 24
• Hip Hop Pantsula, 38, South African rapper
• Wah Wah Watson, 67, American R&B and funk guitarist (The Funk Brothers)
• Tony Joe White, 75, American swamp rock singer, songwriter and guitarist
• 25 – Sonny Fortune, 79, American jazz saxophonist
• 26 – Baba Oje, 87, American rapper and musician (Arrested Development)
• 27
• Freddie Hart, 91, American country and gospel singer
• Teddy Scott, 82, American R&B singer (The G-Clefs)
• Todd Youth, 47, American punk rock guitarist (Murphy's Law, Danzig, The Chelsea Smiles)
• 28 – Babs Beverley, 91, British pop singer (Beverley Sisters)
• 29
• Jimmy Farrar, 67, American southern rock singer (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country)
• Young Greatness, 34, American rapper
• 30
• Hardy Fox, 73, American avant garde multi-instrumentalist and composer (The Residents)
• Beverly McClellan, 49, American blues and folk singer
• 31 – Kenny Marks, 67, American contemporary Christian singer

November

• 1
• Thomas Diaz, 32, American emo singer and musician (The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die)
• Dave Rowland, 74, American country singer (Dave & Sugar)
• 2
• Josh Fauver, 39, American indie rock bassist (Deerhunter)
• Roy Hargrove, 49, American jazz trumpeter
• Glenn Schwartz, 78, American rock and blues guitarist (James Gang, Pacific Gas & Electric)
• 3
• Mark Fosson, American primitive guitarist
• Maria Guinot, 73, Portuguese pop singer
• 6 – Hugh McDowell, 65, British progressive rock cellist (Wizzard, Electric Light Orchestra)
• 7
• Scott Herrick, American pop singer (The Arbors)
• Francis Lai, 86, French film composer
• 13 – Lucho Gatica, 93, Chilean bolero singer
• 15
• Roy Clark, 85, American country singer
• Ivan Smirnov, 63, Russian jazz fusion guitarist
• 16
• Al James, 72, British rock guitarist (Showaddywaddy)
• Norris Weir, 72, Jamaican ska singer (The Jamaicans)
• 17 – Cyril Pahinui, 68, American Hawaiian music guitarist
• 20
• Roy Bailey, 83, British folk singer, songwriter and guitarist
• Trevor McNaughton, 77, Jamaican reggae singer (The Melodians)
• 21 – Devin Lima, 41, American pop singer (LFO)
• 22 – Imrat Khan, 83, Indian classical sitarist
• 27 – Johnny Maddox, 91, American ragtime pianist
• 28
• Gary Haisman, 60, British hip house singer
• Roger Neumann, 77, American jazz saxophonist
• 29 – Erik Lindmark, 46, American technical death metal singer and guitarist (Deeds of Flesh)

December

• 1
• Calvin Newborn, 85, American jazz guitarist
• Jody Williams, 83, American blues guitarist
• 2 – Perry Robinson, 80, American jazz clarinetist
• 6
• Ace Cannon, 84, American pop saxophonist
• Pete Shelley, 63, British punk singer, songwriter and guitarist (Buzzcocks)
• 7
• The Mascara Snake, 70, American avant-garde clarinetist (Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band)
• Lucas Starr, 34, American metalcore and Christian rock bassist (Oh, Sleeper, Terminal, As Cities Burn)
• 9 – Yigal Bashan, 68, Israeli pop singer
• 10 – Fred Wieland, 75, Australian rock guitarist (The Strangers, The Mixtures)
• 11 – Angelo Conti, 62, Italian punk singer (Banda Bassotti)
• 13 – Nancy Wilson, 81, American jazz singer
• 14
• Vida Chenoweth, 90, American classical marimbist and ethnomusicologist
• Joe Osborn, 81, American rock bassist (The Wrecking Crew)
• 15
• Arthur Maia, 56, Brazilian jazz and samba bassist and composer
• Jerry Chesnut, 87, American country singer and songwriter
• 17 – Galt MacDermot, 89, Canadian-American composer (Hair, Two Gentlemen of Verona) and pianist
• 21 – Dipali Barthakur, 77, Indian folk singer
• 22
• Indonesian musicians, members of the pop rock band Seventeen
• Windu Andi Darmawan, drummer
• Muhammad Awal Purbani, bassist
• Herman Sikumbang, guitarist
• Jimmy Work, 94, American country singer-songwriter
• 23 – Honey Lantree, 75, British pop drummer and singer (The Honeycombs)
• 24
• Jerry Riopelle, 77, American pop singer-songwriter and keyboardist (The Parade)
• Jaime Torres, Argentine folk charango player
• James Calvin Wilsey, 61, American rock guitarist (Avengers, Chris Isaak)
• 25 – Guto Barros, 61, Brazilian rock guitarist (Blitz)
• 26 – Theodore Antoniou, 83, Greek classical music composer and conductor
• 27 – Miúcha, 81, Brazilian bossa nova singer
• 28 – Christine McGuire, 92, American pop singer (The McGuire Sisters)
• 29 – Aldo Parisot, 100, Brazilian-born American classical music cellist
• 30 – Mike Taylor, Canadian indie pop keyboardist (Walk Off the Earth)
• 31
• Dean Ford, 72, Scottish pop and rock singer-songwriter (Marmalade, The Alan Parsons Project)
• Ray Sawyer, 81, American rock singer and percussionist (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)

See also

• Timeline of musical events
• Women in music

References