2010 in music

This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2010 in music.

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;January8 – Otmar Suitner, Austrian conductor10 – Dick Johnson, American big band clarinetist13

* Teddy Pendergrass, American R&B singer
* Jay Reatard, American indie rock singer18 – Kate McGarrigle, Canadian folk singer 26 – Dag Frøland, Norwegian comedian, singer and variety artist

;February6 – John Dankworth, English jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer13 – Dale Hawkins, American rockabilly singer14 – Doug Fieger, American power pop singer and guitarist 23 – Chilly B, American electro rapper 27 – Larry Cassidy, British post-punk singer and guitarist
;March4 – Amalie Christie, Norwegian pianist6 – Mark Linkous, American alternative rock singer 7 – Tony Campise, American jazz saxophonist17 – Alex Chilton, American power pop singer 23 – Marva Wright, American blues and jazz singer28 – Herb Ellis, American jazz guitarist
;April8 – Malcolm McLaren, British new wave musician and rock manager13 – Steve Reid, American jazz drummer14 – Peter Steele, American heavy metal singer 18 – Devon Clifford, Canadian indie rock drummer 19 – Guru, American rapper 21 – Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian folk singer and entertainer in Knutsen & Ludvigsen 29 – Johannes Fritsch, German composer and violist
;May5 – Alfons Kontarsky, German pianist9 – Lena Horne, American jazz singer16

* Ronnie James Dio, American heavy metal singer
* Hank Jones, American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer
23 – Billy Francis, American rock keyboardist
24 – Paul Gray, bassist for Slipknot30 – Kristian Bergheim, Norwegian jazz saxophonist

;June5 – Arne Nordheim, Norwegian composer6 – Marvin Isley, American R&B bassist 7 – Stuart Cable, British alternative rock drummer 16 – Garry Shider, American funk guitarist 21

;July10 – Sugar Minott, Jamaican reggae singer12 – Tuli Kupferberg, American psychedelic musician and poet 15 – Knut Stensholm, Norwegian drummer 19 – Andy Hummel, American power pop bassist 23 – Willy Bakken, Norwegian guitarist and popular culture writer26 – Al Goodman, American R&B singer
;August3 – Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter and musician6

* Catfish Collins, American funk guitarist
* Chris Dedrick, American sunshine pop singer, guitarist and arranger 14 – Abbey Lincoln, American jazz singer19 – Michael Been, American alternative rock singer and bassist

;September3 – Mike Edwards, American rock cellist 13 – Jarosław Kukulski, Polish composer
;October5 – Jack Berntsen, Norwegian philologist, songwriter and folk singer10 – Solomon Burke, American R&B singer16 – Eyedea, American rapper 20 – Ari Up, British post-punk singer 25 – Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican reggae singer
;November25 – Peter Christopherson, British industrial musician
;December9 – James Moody, American jazz saxophonist17 – Captain Beefheart, American blues singer26 – Teena Marie, American R&B singer and bassist.28 – Billy Taylor, American jazz pianist30 – Bobby Farrell, Aruban singer

Date	Song	Artist
January 18	Baby	Justin Bieber
January 18	If We Ever Meet Again	Timbaland featuring Katy Perry
February 19	Blah Blah Blah	Kesha featuring 3OH!3
February 27	We No Speak Americano	Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP
March 9	Watagatapitusberry	Pitbull featuring Sensato del Patio, Black Point, Lil Jon and El Cata
March 22	OMG	Usher featuring will.i.am
April 13	Like a G6	Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs and Dev
April 29	Not Afraid	Eminem
May 7	California Gurls	Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg
May 11	If I Had You	Adam Lambert
May 14	Your Love Is My Drug	Kesha
May 30	Dynamite	Taio Cruz
June 25	DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love	Usher featuring Pitbull
June 25	Love the Way You Lie	Eminem and Rihanna
June 28	Club Can't Handle Me	Flo Rida featuring David Guetta
July 13	Take It Off	Kesha
July 23	Teenage Dream	Katy Perry
August 23	Dynamite	Taio Cruz
September 14	Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)	Pitbull featuring T-Pain
September 14	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People
October 5	Raise Your Glass	Pink
October 22	We R Who We R	Kesha
October 25	No Love	Eminem featuring Lil Wayne
October 25	Yeah 3x	Chris Brown
October 26	Firework	Katy Perry
October 26	The Show Goes On	Lupe Fiasco
October 26	Whip My Hair	Willow Smith
October 29	Rocketeer	Far East Movement featuring Ryan Tedder
November 5	The Time (Dirty Bit)	The Black Eyed Peas
November 29	Rolling in the Deep	Adele