2015 in music
This topic covers notable events and articles related to music in 2015.
Albums released
Awards
Bands formed
- 3776
- 1Punch
- 100 gecs
- Akishibu Project
- April
- Atarashii Gakko!
- Bad Omens
- The Band Camino
- Bastarz
- Beach Bunny
- Beach Weather
- Big Brain
- Billie Idle
- Bish
- Burning Witches
- Bursters
- Camellia Factory
- Camp Cope
- CLC
- Day6
- Dead & Company
- DIA
- Dogleg
- Drug Restaurant
- Earphones
- Ebisu Muscats
- Empath
- Fate Gear
- GFriend
- Glass Beach
- Her's
- Hollywood Vampires
- The Hoopers
- iamnot
- Idol Renaissance
- Iginari Tohoku San
- iKon
- Kolme
- King Gnu
- La PomPon
- Ladybaby
- The Lemon Twigs
- lol
- Magnolia Factory
- Mammoth
- MAP6
- Meet Me at the Altar
- MeloMance
- Mint Green
- Monsta X
- Mrs. Green Apple
- The Murder Capital
- MyB
- Myth & Roid
- N.Flying
- Official Hige Dandism
- Oh My Girl
- Okilly Dokilly
- OxT
- Pasocom Music Club
- The Peggies
- Pentagon
- Playback
- Pretty Brown
- POP
- Porridge Radio
- The Regrettes
- Romeo
- Rubber Soul
- Seventeen
- Slow Pulp
- Snail Mail
- Snuper
- Sora tob sakana
- Starcrawler
- Suchmos
- Tacoyaki Rainbow
- Tautumeitas
- Tokimeki Sendenbu
- TrySail
- Twice
- Unicorn
- UP10TION
- Vanishing Twin
- VAV
- VIXX LR
- Wednesday Campanella
- Whiteeeen
- Ziferblat
Soloist debuts
- Aimyon
- Alina Baraz
- Alessia Cara
- Alex Gonzaga
- Amber
- Anly
- Anne-Marie
- Aurora
- Baek Yerin
- Bea Miller
- Charlie Puth
- Choa
- Daoko
- Daya
- Dean
- Declan McKenna
- Dua Lipa
- Elo
- Elsie
- Halsey
- Horan
- Faouzia
- Ferlyn G
- G2
- Gaeko
- G.Soul
- Goo Hara
- Hailee Steinfeld
- Iñigo Pascual
- Jacob Benedicto
- Jang Hyun-seung
- Jeremy Zucker
- Julien Baker
- Jung Yong-hwa
- Junoflo
- Jonghyun
- Julian Trono
- Kehlani
- Kiiara
- Lee Hongki
- Lizzy
- Mabel
- Marlo Mortel
- Matteo Guidicelli
- Melanie Martinez
- Morissette
- Minah
- Miwoo
- Niel
- Park Jimin
- Patrick Brasca
- Poppy
- Post Malone
- Reol
- Reese Lansangan
- Rita De Guzman
- RM
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Sakura Fujiwara
- Shaun
- Taeyeon
- Wuno
- Lee Tae-il
- Ugly Duck
- Yassi Pressman
- Yezi
Bands reformed
- The 13th Floor Elevators
- The Academy Is...
- A-ha
- Aiden
- Alexisonfire
- Armor for Sleep
- As One
- At the Drive-In
- Bay City Rollers
- The Black Eyed Peas
- Black Grape
- The Bluetones
- Brooks & Dunn
- Busted
- The Corrs
- Daphne and Celeste
- Dashboard Confessional
- Digable Planets
- Disturbed
- Evanescence
- Faithless
- Good Charlotte
- LCD Soundsystem
- Lush
- Matchbook Romance
- The Matches
- Pist.On
- The Promise Ring
- Rainbow
- Royal Trux
- Savatage
- Simply Red
- The Starting Line
- Supertramp
- Symphony Number One
- Thrice
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Underoath
- Ween
Bands disbanded
- 3 Inches of Blood
- Avi Buffalo
- The Black Crowes
- Bloodhound Gang
- Burzum
- California Breed
- Cali Swag District
- CBS Orchestra
- Cobra Starship
- Device
- Eastern Conference Champions
- Erase Errata
- Flesh for Lulu
- Framing Hanley
- Funeral For a Friend
- Goodbye to Gravity
- G.R.L.
- I, the Breather
- James Last Orchestra
- Kill Hannah
- Klaxons
- Maybeshewill
- Mean Creek
- MellowHype
- Mötley Crüe
- Motörhead
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- Noah and the Whale
- Obits
- Odd Future
- The Replacements
- Rise to Remain
- The Rosso Sisters
- Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts
- Sleeper Agent
- Stereo Kicks
- Texas in July
- The Weakerthans
Deaths
January
1 – Matthew Cogley, British musician and songwriter.6 – Lance Percival, British actor and singer.13- *Ronnie Ronalde, British siffleur and yodeller.
- *Trevor Ward-Davies, English bassist 19 – Ward Swingle, American jazz singer.22 – Joan Hinde, British trumpet player25 – Demis Roussos, Greek singer and musician27 – Margot Moir, Scottish-born Australian singer.29 – Danny McCulloch, British bassist.
February
12 – Steve Strange, British musician. 16 – Lesley Gore, American singer21 – Clark Terry, American jazz trumpeter.22 – Erik Amundsen, Norwegian jazz upright-bassist.23 – Ron Edgar, American rock drummerMarch
21 – Jørgen Ingmann,, Danish guitarist.April
1- *Dave Ball, British musician.
- *Sandy Mason, American country music singer-songwriter3 – Andrew Porter, British organist, music critic, and opera director10 – Ronald Hambleton, English-born Canadian broadcaster and music critic.13 – Ronnie Carroll, Northern Irish singer14 – Percy Sledge, American soul, gospel and R&B singer17 – Brian Couzens, British music industry executive.18 – Ben E. King, American soul and R&B singer
May
6- *Errol Brown, British-Jamaican singer
- *Dottie Dillard, American pop singer 14 – B.B. King, American blues guitarist.20 – Bob Belden, American jazz saxophonist.23 – Marcus Belgrave, American jazz trumpeter.31 – Slim Richey, American jazz guitarist.
June
11 – Ornette Coleman, American jazz saxophonist.12 – Monica Lewis, American singer and actress.21 – Gunther Schuller, American composer, conductor, and horn player.27 – Joe Bennett, American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitaristJuly
1- *Val Doonican, Irish-born singer.
- *Edward Greenfield, British music critic and broadcaster.13 – Eric Wrixon, British musician from Belfast, Northern Ireland.22
- *Daron Norwood, American country music singer
- *Eddie Hardin, British singer-songwriter and pianist.30 – Lynn Anderson, American country singer31 – Pamela Brandt, American country-rock bassist, singer and songwriter
August
1 – Cilla Black, British singer and presenter.12 – John Scott, British organist and choirmaster.14 – Jazz Summers, British music manager, 20 – Laurent Rossi, French singer, songwriter, and record producerSeptember
4 – Hal Willis, Canadian country music singer13 – Gary Richrath, American guitarist 29 – Phil Woods, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composerOctober
8 – Jim Diamond, Scottish singer 9 – Larry Rosen, American drummer, entrepreneur, and music producer.10 – Steve Mackay American Saxophonist 11 – Carey Lander, Scottish keyboardist 20 – Cory Wells, American singer 22 – Mark Murphy, American singer.28 – Diane Charlemagne, English dance singerNovember
5 – Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer.25 – Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer.December
3 – Scott Weiland, American musician, singer and songwriter 28- * Guru Josh, acid house DJ
- * Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, English musician, singer and songwriter 30 – Zjef Vanuytsel, Belgian folk singer. 31 – Natalie Cole, American singer, songwriter, and actress.