2012 in music


This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2012 in music. This year was the peak of music downloads sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Classical music

Opera

Singles

Deaths

;January3 – Daniel Peil, American rock singer 4 – Totti Bergh, Norwegian jazz saxophonist
;February
;March1 – Lucio Dalla, Italian jazz singer, clarinetist and actor3 – Frank Marocco, American jazz piano-accordionist, arranger and composer6 – Robert B. Sherman, 86, American songwriter, brother of Richard M. Sherman 15 – Edvard Hagerup Bull, Norwegian composer.
;April19 – Greg Ham, Australian musician Men at Work
;May4 – Adam Yauch, American rapper 10 – Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese jazz pianist and composer13 – Trond Bråthen alias "Trondr Nefas", Norwegian singer and guitarist of black metal band Urgehal14 – Belita Woods, American R&B singer 17
;June8 – Wilf Doyle, Canadian accordionist17 – Brian Hibbard, 26 – Harry W. Kvebæk, Norwegian classical trumpeter and academic
;July7 – Alf Pearson, British singer and variety performer 27 – Darryl Cotton, Australian pop-rock singer-songwriter 31 - Tony Sly, Singer, guitarist for punk rock band No Use For a Name
;August11 – Von Freeman, American jazz saxophonist18 – Scott McKenzie, American singer
;September25 – Andy Williams, American singer26 – Marty Fortson, American rock and roll singer 29 – Johnny Sanders, American rock guitarist
;October8 – John Tchicai, Danish jazz saxophonist and composer26 – Louis Nunley, American pop singer
;November3
;December5 – Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist and composer

Births