2019 in European music
2019 in continental European music in geographical order.
Events
- May 18 – The finale of the 64th Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is won by Duncan Laurence, representing the Netherlands with the song "Arcade". It is the Netherlands' first win since 1975.
Scandinavia
Top hits
- Danish #1s
- Finnish #1 singles 2019, Finnish #1 albums
- Norway charts
- ''Swedish #1 singles and albums''
Netherlands
- ''Dutch #1 singles''
Ireland
UK
Germany
- 15 February - Tobias Sammet's Avantasia releases Moonglow, featuring collaborations with artists such as Ronnie Atkins of Pretty Maids, Jørn Lande and Hansi Kürsch.
- ''See also German number ones''
Switzerland and Austria
- ''Swiss #1s''
France
- ''French #1s''
Italy
Eastern Europe/ Balkans
- List of Polish #1 singles
- Czech #1 singles
- ''Hungarian #1 singles''
Musical films
Deaths
- 1 January
- *Feis Ecktuh, 32, Dutch rapper
- *Joan Guinjoan, 87, Spanish composer and pianist
- 19 January – Mario Bertoncini, 86, Italian composer, pianist, and music educator
- 21 January – Marcel Azzola, 91, French accordionist
- 26 January – Michel Legrand, 86, French composer, conductor and jazz pianist, Oscar winner.
- 17 February – Šaban Šaulić, 67, Serbian singer
- 20 February
- *, 71, Dutch musician
- *Ekkehard Wlaschiha, 80, German operatic baritone
- 21 February – Jean-Christophe Benoît, 93, French baritone
- 5 March – Jacques Loussier, 84, French jazz/classical pianist and composer
- 8 March – Michael Gielen, 91, Austrian conductor
- 12 March – Věra Bílá, 64, Czech singer
- 16 March
- *Yann-Fañch Kemener, 61, French singer
- *Yulia Nachalova, 38, Russian singer, actress and television presenter, cerebral edema.
- 1 April – Caravelli, 88, French conductor and composer
- 7 April –, 89, Italian jazz musician, musicologist and semiologist
- 12 April – Dina, 62, Portuguese singer
- 16 April – Jörg Demus, 90, Austrian pianist
- 24 April – Dick Rivers, 74, French rock and roll singer
- 21 May – Nilda Fernández, 61, Spanish-born French chanson singer
- 31 May – Đelo Jusić, 80, Croatian composer and guitarist
- 11 June – Enrico Nascimbeni, 59, Italian singer, journalist and poet
- 3 August – Henri Belolo, 82, French music producer and songwriter.
- 2 September – Laurent Sinclair, 58, French keyboardist and composer
- 23 October – Hansheinz Schneeberger, 93, Swiss violinist.
- 28 October
- *Zoltán Jeney, 76, Hungarian composer.
- *, 41, Czech singer and violinist, cancer.
- 31 October – Giannis Spanos, 85, Greek composer.
- 2 November
- *Leo Iorga, 54, Romanian rock singer and guitarist, cancer.
- *Marie Laforêt, 80, French-Swiss singer and actress.
- 8 November – Fred Bongusto, 84, Italian singer, songwriter and film composer
- 16 November – Éric Morena, 68, French singer
- 19 November
- *José Mário Branco, 77, Portuguese singer-songwriter and record producer
- *Rémy Stricker, 83, French pianist and musicologist
- 11 December – Jiří Jirmal, 94, Czech classical guitarist
- 17 December – Jacques Grimbert, 90, French conductor
- 18 December – Alain Barrière, 84, French singer and Eurovision contestant