2017 in music

This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2017 in music.

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Specific genres

Awards

Record of the Year: "Hello" by Adele • Album of the Year: 25 by Adele • Song of the Year: "Hello" by Adele • Best New Artist: Chance the Rapper

18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards

Record of the Year: "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee • Album of the Year: Salsa Big Band by Rubén Blades and Roberto Delgado & Orquesta• Song of the Year: "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee • Best New Artist: Vicente García

2017 ARIA Music Awards

Album of the Year: Go Farther in Lightness by Gang of Youths • Song of the Year: "Stranger" by Peking Duk feat. Elliphant• Breakthrough Artist: Night Thinker by Amy Shark

2017 Billboard Music Awards

Artist of the Year: Drake • New Artist of the Year: Zayn • Top Hot 100 Song: "Closer" by the Chainsmokers feat. Halsey • Top Billboard 200 Album: Views by Drake

2017 Brit Awards

British Album of the Year: Blackstar by David Bowie • British Single of the Year: "Shout Out to My Ex" by Little Mix • British Breakthrough Act: Rag'n'Bone Man • British Video: "History" by One Direction

Eurovision Song Contest 2017

"Amar pelos dois" by Salvador Sobral

48th GMA Dove Awards

Song of the Year: "What a Beautiful Name" written by Brooke Ligertwood and Ben Fielding • Songwriter of the Year: Bart Millard • Songwriter of the Year : Bernie Herms • Artist of the Year: MercyMe • New Artist of the Year: Zach Williams • Producer of the Year:Bernie Herms

59th Japan Record Awards

Grand Prix: Influencer by Nogizaka46 • Best Song: several • Best New Artist: Tsubaki Factory

2017 Juno Awards

Artist of the Year: Leonard Cohen • Album of the Year: You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen • Single of the Year: "Spirits" by The Strumbellas • Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Ruth B

2017 Mercury Prize

Process by Sampha

2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards

Artist of the Year: BTS • Album of the Year: The War by Exo • Song of the Year: "Signal" by Twice • Best Music Video: Spring Day by BTS

2017 MTV Europe Music Awards

Video of the Year: "Humble" by Kendrick Lamar • Artist of the Year: Shawn Mendes • New Artist: Dua Lipa

2017 MTV Video Music Awards

Video of the Year: "Humble" by Kendrick Lamar • Artist of the Year: Ed Sheeran • New Artist: Khalid

2017 New Zealand Music Awards

Album of the Year: Melodrama by Lorde • Song of the Year: "Green Light" by Lorde • Breakthrough Artist: Aldous Harding

2017 NME Music Awards

Best Album: Wild World by Bastille • Best Track: "Tilted" by Christine and the Queens • Best New Artist: Dua Lipa • Best Live Band: The 1975 • Best Festival: Glastonbury Festival 2016

2017 Polaris Music Prize

La Papessa by Lido Pimienta

2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music

Angel's Bone by Du Yun

The 5th V Chart Awards

Top Male Artist : Lay with Lose Control • Top Female Artist : Li Yuchun with Sense of Presence • Top Group: TFBOYS with Protecting Home • Top New Artist: Xu Weizhou

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Inductees: Joan Baez • Electric Light Orchestra • Journey • Pearl Jam • Tupac Shakur • Yes

26th Seoul Music Awards

Grand Prize: Exo • Best Album: Wings by BTS • Best Song: "Cheer Up" by Twice • Best New Artist: Blackpink, NCT 127, I.O.I

Bands formed

Soloist debuts

Bands reformed

Bands on hiatus

Bands disbanded

Deaths

January

1 – Memo Morales, Venezuelan rumba singer2 – Auriel Andrew, Indigenous Australian country singer4 – Bade Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani classical music and Khyal singer6 – Sylvester Potts, American R&B singer 7 – Jerzy Kossela, Polish rock guitarist 8 – Peter Sarstedt, British folk pop singer10 – Buddy Greco, American jazz singer and pianist11 – Tommy Allsup, American rock and roll guitarist13

* Horacio Guarany, Argentine folklore singer
* Richie Ingui, American soul singer 14 – John Boudreaux, American jazz and soul drummer15 – Greg Trooper, American alternative country singer and songwriter16
* William Onyeabor, Nigerian funk singer-songwriter
* Steve Wright, American power pop bassist and songwriter 18 – Mike Kellie, British psychedelic rock and power pop drummer 19 – Loalwa Braz, Brazilian pop and lambada singer 20
* Ronald "Bingo" Mundy, American singer
* Joey Powers, American pop singer
* Tommy Tate, American soul singer21
* Karl Hendricks, American alternative rock singer
* Walter "Junie" Morrison, American funk keyboardist
* Maggie Roche, American folk singer 22
* Jaki Liebezeit, German experimental rock drummer
* Pete Overend Watts, British glam rock bassist and singer 23 – Bobby Freeman, American pop and R&B singer24
* Gil Ray, American power pop drummer
* Butch Trucks, American rock drummer 25 – Ronnie Davis, Jamaican reggae singer 27 – Stan Boreson, American comedian, accordionist and singer28
* Guitar Gable, American blues singer and guitarist
* Geoff Nicholls, British rock musician and keyboardist
* Alexander Tikhanovich, Belarusian pop singer 29 – Elkin Ramírez, Colombian hard rock singer 30 – James Laurence, American hip hop musician and producer 31
* Deke Leonard, British progressive rock guitarist
* John Wetton, British progressive rock singer, bassist, and songwriter

February

1 – Robert Dahlqvist, Swedish alternative rock guitarist and singer 4 – Steve Lang, Canadian rock bassist 5

* David Axelrod, American jazz musician and producer
* Sonny Geraci, American pop and rock singer 7 – Svend Asmussen, Danish jazz violinist8
* Rina Matsuno, Japanese pop singer
* Tony Särkkä, Swedish black metal multi-instrumentalist11 – Jarmila Šuláková, Czech folk singer12
* Al Jarreau, American jazz singer
* Damian, British pop singer13
* Trish Doan, American heavy metal bassist
* E-Dubble, American rapper16 – Pericoma Okoye, Nigerian traditional music singer17
* Peter Skellern, English easy listening singer-songwriter and pianist
* Dave Yorko, American rock and roll guitarist 18 – Clyde Stubblefield, American funk and soul drummer 19 – Larry Coryell, American jazz fusion guitarist20 – Huang Feili, Chinese classical music conductor23
* Horace Parlan, American jazz pianist
* Leon Ware, American funk singer and songwriter25
* Rick Chavez, American progressive metal singer and guitarist
* Toshio Nakanishi, Japanese new wave guitarist
* Bill Paxton, American new wave keyboardist and actor

March

1 – Hiroshi Kamayatsu, Japanese rock singer 2 – Gata Cattana, Spanish rapper3

* Jim Fuller, American surf rock guitarist
* Lyle Ritz, American rock bassist and ukuleleist
* Danny Spooner, British-born Australian folk singer4
* Valerie Carter, American rock singer and songwriter
* Edi Fitzroy, Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer
* Tommy Page, American pop singer6
* Ritchie Adams, American songwriter and singer
* Lars Diedricson, Swedish rock singer
* Alberto Zedda, Italian conductor and musicologist7 – Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya, Indian folk singer8
* Dave Valentin, American jazz flutist
* Wordsayer, American rapper 10 – Joni Sledge, American R&B and disco singer 11
* Evan Johns, American rockabilly guitarist
* Ángel Parra, Chilean folk singer
* Don Warden, American country slide guitarist12 – Joey Alves, American hard rock rhythm guitarist 13
* Robert "P-Nut" Johnson, American funk singer
* John Lever, British post-punk drummer 15
* Phil Garland, New Zealander folk singer
* Vicky, Colombian pop singer16 – James Cotton, American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter18 – Chuck Berry, American rock and roll guitarist, singer and songwriter20
* Buck Hill, American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist
* Tony Terran, American rock and pop trumpeter 21 – Gabriel "Negru" Mafa, black metal drummer 22
* Sib Hashian, American rock drummer
* Sven-Erik Magnusson, Swedish pop singer and guitarist 23 – Sebastián, Argentine cuarteto singer24
* Vincent Falcone, American pianist and conductor
* Pete Shotton, British skiffle percussionist and washboardist 25 – Edward Grimes, American post-rock drummer 26
* Alessandro Alessandroni, Italian film composer and classical guitarist
* Jimmy Dotson, American blues singer and songwriter27 – Clem Curtis, Trinidadian-British singer 28 – Terry Fischer, American pop singer 30 – Rosie Hamlin, American pop singer

April

* Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist
* Ikutaro Kakehashi, Japanese engineer, founder of Roland Corporation, manufacturer of electronic musical instruments
* Wycliffe Noble, British gospel singer and architect3 – Brenda Jones, American singer 5 – Paul O'Neill, American progressive metal composer, lyricist, producer, and songwriter 6 – David Peel, American folk singer and songwriter7 – Ben Speer, American gospel singer 8 – Keni Richards, American rock drummer 9
* Alan Henderson, Northern Irish rock bassist
* Bob Wootton, American country guitarist 10 – Banner Thomas, American hard rock bassist 11
* J. Geils, American blues, rock and jazz guitarist
* Scotty Miller, American drummer
* Toby Smith, English acid jazz keyboardist, songwriter and producer 12 – Barry "Frosty" Smith, American rock drummer 14 – Bruce Langhorne, American folk singer15
* Tim Goshorn, 62, American country rock guitarist and singer
* Allan Holdsworth, British jazz fusion guitarist
* Matt Holt, American heavy metal singer
* Sylvia Moy, American songwriter19 – Dick Contino, American accordionist and singer20 – Cuba Gooding Sr., American soul and R&B singer 23 – Jerry Adriani, Brazilian rock singer27
* Jeff Decker, Canadian heavy metal guitarist
* John Shifflett, American jazz bassist28 – Joanna Brouk, American electronic music composer

May

* Bruce Hampton, American rock and jazz fusion singer and guitarist
* Erkki Kurenniemi, Finnish electronic music composer2 – Kevin Garcia, American indie rock bassist 3
* Casey Jones, American blues drummer
* C'el Revuelta, American punk rock bassist
* Saxa, Jamaican ska saxophonist 4 – Katy Bødtger, Danish singer 5 – Clive Brooks, British progressive rock drummer 9
* Michael Parks, American country singer and actor
* Robert Miles, Swiss-born Italian electronic dance record producer, composer and DJ10
* Bonaldo "Burt" Bonaldi, American pop singer
* Pierre DeMudd, American trumpeter and singer 11 – İbrahim Erkal, Turkish folk singer12 – Bill Dowdy, American jazz drummer 13 – Jimmy Copley, British rock drummer14 – Keith Mitchell, American dream pop drummer 17 – Chris Cornell, American alternative rock singer and songwriter 18 – Frankie Paul, Jamaican dancehall singer20
* Jimmy Dale, British-Canadian film and television composer
* Ace Still, American doom metal singer 21
* Kenny Cordray, American rock guitarist and songwriter
* Jimmy LaFave, American folk singer and songwriter
* Tulsa Pittaway, South African indie rock drummer 22
* Rosa Speer, American gospel singer
* Zbigniew Wodecki, Polish pop singer and violinist25 – Saucy Sylvia, Canadian-born American comedy music singer and pianist27
* Gregg Allman, American rock singer, songwriter and keyboardist
* Guillermo Sanchez, Argentinian heavy metal bassist 29 – Arleen Lanzotti, American pop singer 31 – Bern Nix, American jazz guitarist

June

2 – Aamir Zaki, Pakistani psychedelic rock guitarist6

* Sandra Reemer, Dutch pop singer
* Vin Garbutt, British folk singer and songwriter8 – Norro Wilson, American country music singer, songwriter and record producer11 – Rosalie Sorrels, American folk singer and songwriter12 – Geri Allen, American jazz pianist16 – Eliza Clívia, Brazilian forro singer17 – Thara Memory, American jazz trumpeter18 – Chris Murrell, American gospel and jazz singer20
* Prodigy, American rapper
* Bo Wagner, American marimba player 21 – Belton Richard, American Cajun accordionist22 – Jimmy Nalls, American blues rock guitarist 25 – Dave Evans, American bluegrass singer and banjoist28
* Gary DeCarlo, American pop singer and songwriter
* Nic Ritter, American thrash metal drummer
* Dave Rosser, American alternative rock guitarist 30 – Don Rea, American pop singer

July

3 – Rudy Rotta, Italian blues rock guitarist4 – John Blackwell, Jr., American funk and R&B drummer 5 – Pierre Henry, French musique concrète composer6

* Mick Bund, British post-punk bassist
* Melvyn "Deacon" Jones, American soul keyboardist 9 – Erik Cartwright, American blues rock guitarist 12
* Marc 'Blaash' Michaelson, American black metal drummer
* Tamara Miansarova, Russian pop singer
* Ray Phiri, South African jazz fusion singer and guitarist13
* Simon Holmes, Australian jangle pop guitarist
* Egil Kapstad, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
* Chris Wong Won, American rapper 14
* Mahi Beamer, American-Native Hawaiian folk singer and pianist
* David Zablidowsky, American hard rock bassist 16 – Wilfried, Austrian pop singer17 – Peter Principle, American post-punk bassist 19
* Barbara Weldens, French pop singer and songwriter
* Graham Wood, Australian jazz pianist20
* Chester Bennington, American hard rock singer and songwriter
* Andrea Jürgens, German schlager singer21
* Errol Dyers, South African jazz guitarist
* Geoff Mack, Australian country singer and songwriter
* Kenny Shields, Canadian hard rock singer
* Paapa Yankson, Ghanaian highlife singer22
* Polo Hofer, Swiss pop singer
* Bobby Taylor, American soul singer 25
* Michael Johnson, American country singer and songwriter
* Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Indigenous Australian folk singer and guitarist 27 – Billy Joe Walker Jr., American country music record producer28 – D.L. Menard, American Cajun music singer31 – Chuck Loeb, American jazz guitarist

August

1 – Goldy McJohn, Canadian hard rock keyboardist 2 – Daniel Licht, American film and television composer4

* Luiz Melodia, Brazilian MPB singer
* Joe Romano 67, American bassist 8 – Glen Campbell, American country music singer and songwriter11 – Segun Bucknor, Nigerian soul and funk keyboardist and guitarist19 – Bea Wain, American big band singer 20 – Jerry Lewis, American actor and pop singer21 – Sonny Burgess, American rockabilly singer22 – John Abercrombie, American jazz fusion guitarist24
* Pete Kuykendall, American bluegrass banjoist
* Larry Marshall, Jamaican reggae singer26 – Wilson das Neves, Brazilian bossa nova singer and percussionist28 – Melissa Bell, British R&B and soul singer 29 – Larry Elgart, American jazz bandleader and alto saxophonist30 – Skip Prokop, Canadian rock and jazz fusion drummer

September

1 – Mick Softley, British folk singer and songwriter2 – Dave Hlubek, American rock guitarist and songwriter 3 – Walter Becker, American jazz rock guitarist, bassist and songwriter 4 – Earl Lindo, Jamaican reggae keyboardist 5 – Rick Stevens, American R&B singer 6 – Holger Czukay, German experimental rock bassist 8

* Troy Gentry, American country singer
* Don Williams, American country singer11 – Virgil Howe, British alternative rock drummer 12
* Riem de Wolff, Dutch-Indonesian rock and roll singer
* Josh Schwartz, American alternative country guitarist
* Jessi Zazu, American garage rock singer and songwriter 13 – Grant Hart, American alternative rock singer, songwriter and drummer 17 – Laudir de Oliveira, Brazilian rock and jazz percussionist 18 – Mark Selby, American blues rock singer and guitarist21 – Cees Bergman, Dutch glam rock singer 22
* Ammon Tharp, American soul singer and drummer
* Eric Eycke, American heavy metal singer 23 – Charles Bradley, American soul singer27
* CeDell Davis, American blues guitarist
* Joy Fleming, German pop singer
* Hiromi Hayakawa, Japanese-born Mexican pop singer30 – Tom Paley, American folk guitarist and banjoist

October

2 – Tom Petty, American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist 4 – Janis Hansen, American pop and bossa nova singer 5

* Alvin DeGuzman, American post-hardcore guitarist
* Rodrigo BVevino, British heavy metal singer 6 – Bunny Sigler, American soul singer, songwriter and record producer7 – Jimmy Beaumont, American doo-wop singer 8 – Grady Tate, American jazz drummer and singer16
* Augustin Mawangu Mingiedi, Congolese afro-pop lkembist
* Iain Shedden, Australian punk rock drummer 17
* Gord Downie, Canadian rock singer and songwriter 18 – Eamonn Campbell, Irish folk singer and guitarist 21 – Martin Eric Ain, American-Swiss heavy metal bassist 22
* Al Hurricane, American folk singer and songwriter
* Scott Putesky, American heavy metal guitarist
* George Young, British-born Australian rock guitarist and songwriter 24
* Fats Domino, American rock and roll singer and pianist
* Larry Ray, American power pop guitarist 27
* Mike Hudson, American punk rock singer
* Dick Noel, American big band singer28
*Bruce Black, American power metal drummer
*Daichi Shimoda, Japanese deathcore vocalist 29
* Muhal Richard Abrams, American free jazz pianist
* Billy Mize, American country singer and steel guitarist
* Keith Wilder, American funk singer

November

* Katie Lee, American folk singer
* Scott Wily, American death metal singer 2 – María Martha Serra Lima, Argentinean bolero singer3
* Gaetano Bardini, Italian opera singer
* Naomi Sego, American gospel singer 5
* Robert Knight, American soul singer
* Louis Roney, American opera tenor7
* Paul Buckmaster, British rock and orchestral arranger and conductor
* Robert De Cormier, American folk arranger
* Pentti Glan, Finnish rock drummer 9 – Fred Cole, American garage rock singer and guitarist 10 – Chuck Mosley, American alternative rock singer 11 – Chiquito de la Calzada, Spanish flamenco singer12 – Chad Hanks, American metal bassist 15
* Bonnie Flower, American sunshine pop singer
* Lil Peep, American rapper16 – Michael "Dik Mik" Davies, British space rock keyboardist 17 – Rikard Wolff, Finnish pop singer and actor18
* Ben Riley, American jazz drummer
* Malcolm Young, Australian hard rock guitarist 19
* Ronnie Butler, Bahamanian calypso singer
* Warren "Pete" Moore, American R&B singer
* Della Reese, American gospel singer
* Mel Tillis, American country singer20 – Laila Sari, Indonesian children's music singer21
* David Cassidy, American pop singer and actor
* Wayne Cochran, American soul singer and songwriter22 – Tommy Keene, American power pop singer and songwriter23
* John Coates Jr., American jazz pianist
* Jon Hendricks, American jazz singer
* Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian opera singer24
* Mitch Margo, American doo-wop singer and songwriter
* Clotilde Rosa, Portuguese classical harpist
* Bari Siddiqui, Bangladeshi folk singer and flautist26 – Patrick Bourgeois, Canadian rock singer and guitarist 27 – Robert Popwell, American rock and jazz bassist 28 – Shadia, Egyptian pop singer29 – Robert Walker, American blues guitarist30
* Jim Nabors, American actor and singer
* Zé Pedro, Portuguese new wave guitarist

December

* Norihiko Hashida, Japanese folk singer and songwriter
* Mundell Lowe, American jazz guitarist5 – Johnny Hallyday, French rock singer
7 – Sunny Murray, American free jazz drummer8 – Gloria Ann Taylor, American soul singer12
* Pat DiNizio, American power pop singer and guitarist
* Willie Pickens, American jazz pianist13
*Dave Christenson, American new wave singer
* Warrel Dane, American heavy metal singer
* Rory O'Donoghue, Australian rock and pop guitarist16
* Ralph Carney, American rock and jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
* Richard Dobson, American country singer and songwriter
* Michael Prophet, Jamaican reggae singer
* Keely Smith, American jazz singer17 – Kevin Mahogany, American jazz singer18 – Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean K-pop singer and songwriter 19
* Jim Forrester, American hard rock bassist
* Leo Welch, American gospel blues singer and guitarist21
* Roswell Rudd, American free jazz trombonist
* Marilyn Tyler, American opera singer22 – Pam the Funkstress, American hip hop DJ
25 – Nao, Japanese heavy metal vocalist 28
* Rose Marie, American actress, singer and comedienne
* Curly Seckler, American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist 31 – Maurice Peress, American conductor and music educator

Musical films

''What We Started''