2021 in music

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African music
American music
Asian music
Australian music
Brazilian music
British music
Canadian music
Chinese music
Czech music
Danish music
European music
Finnish music
French music
German music
Icelandic music
Indian music
Indonesian music
Irish music
Italian music
Japanese music
Latin music
Malaysian music
Mongolian music
Norwegian music
Philippine music
Polynesian music
Scandinavian music
South Korean music
Swedish music
Taiwanese music
Vietnamese music

Specific genres

Bands formed

Soloist debuts

Bands reformed

Bands on hiatus

Bands disbanded

Deaths

January

* Carlos do Carmo, 81, Portuguese fado singer
* Misty Morgan, 75, American country music singer
* Liam Reilly, 65, Irish folk rock singer and keyboardist
* Jan Vering, 65, German gospel singer3
* Gerry Marsden, 78, English rock singer and guitarist
* Warren McLean, Australian rock drummer 4 – Alexi Laiho, 41, Finnish death metal singer and guitarist 5 – John Georgiadis, 81, British classical violinist and conductor6 – Paul de Leon, 52, American metal drummer 7
* Deezer D, 55, American rapper and actor
* Genival Lacerda, 89, Brazilian forro singer
* Jamie O'Hara, 70, American country music singer-songwriter 8
* Ed Bruce, 81, American country music singer-songwriter
* Michael Fonfara, 74, Canadian blues and rock keyboardist
* Uno Loop, 91, Estonian singer and guitarist
* Elijah Moshinsky, 75, Australian opera director10 – Thorleif Torstensson, 71, Swedish dansband singer, guitarist and saxophonist 11
* Howard Johnson, 79, American jazz multi-instrumentalist
* Mark Keds, 50, British pop punk singer
* Don Miller, 80, American pop singer 12 – Ron Getman, 72, American country rock guitarist and singer 13
* Tim Bogert, 76, American psychedelic rock bassist
* Duke Bootee, 69, American rapper, producer and songwriter
* Sylvain Sylvain, 69, American glam rock guitarist 14
* Duranice Pace, 62, American gospel singer
* Larry Willoughby, 73, American country music singer-songwriter16
* Jason Cope, 43, American country guitarist
* Pave Maijanen, 70, Finnish rock keyboardist
* Claudia Montero, 58, Argentine classical composer
* Phil Spector, 81, American record producer, pop musician, and songwriter17
* Ghulam Mustafa Khan, 89, Indian classical singer
* Junior Mance, 92, American jazz pianist
* Sammy Nestico, 96, American jazz composer and arranger18
* Perry Botkin Jr., 87, American composer and arranger
* Maria Koterbska, 96, Polish swing and jazz singer
* Jimmie Rodgers, 87, American pop singer20 – Joe Jordan, 79, American pop singer and musician 21
* Randy Parton, 67, American country music singer-songwriter
* Marc Phillips, 66, American rock singer and record producer22
* Narendra Chanchal, 80, Indian religious singer
* Guem, 73, Algerian jazz singer
* James Purify, 76, American R&B singer 23
* Jonas Gwangwa, 83, South African jazz trombonist
* Gabriel Ruiz Díaz, 45, Argentine alternative rock bassist 24 – Tom Stevens, 64, American alternative country bassist 25 – Iron, 29, South Korean rapper26
* Cara O'Sullivan, 59, Irish opera singer
* 6 Dogs, 21, American rapper27 – Trung Kiên, 81, Vietnamese classical singer28
* César Isella, 82, Argentine folk singer and guitarist
* Sibongile Khumalo, 63, South African jazz and classical singer
* Singing Sandra, 63, Trinidadian calypso singer
* Rick Shaw, 79, American folk singer and string guitarist 29
* Ahmed Achour, 75, Tunisian classical composer and conductor
* Grady Gaines, 86, American blues saxophonist
* Jeremy Lubbock, 89, English arranger and composer
* Hilton Valentine, 77, English rock guitarist 30
* Double K, 43, American rapper
* Sophie, 34, Scottish electronic singer-songwriter and producer
* Alla Yoshpe, 83, Russian pop singer31 – Wambali Mkandawire, Malawian jazz singer

February

* Chuck Kaye, 80, American music industry executive
* Temur Tsiklauri, 75, Georgian pop singer 2 – Aaron Wegelin, American indie rock drummer 3
* Anne Feeney, 69, American folk singer-songwriter
* Jim Weatherly, 77, American pop and country music singer-songwriter4
* Stefan Cush, 60, British folk-punk singer and guitarist
* Matt Harris, American power pop bassist
* Jessie Smith, 79, American R&B singer
* Nolan Porter, 71, American R&B singer-songwriter
* Gil Saunders, American soul singer 5
* Abdoul Jabbar, 40, Guinean dance singer
* Douglas Miller, 71, American gospel singer
* Örs Siklósi, 29, Hungarian metalcore singer 7
* Elliot Mazer, 79, American record producer and audio engineer
* Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, 71, Italian opera director
* Ricardo Silva Elizondo, 67, Mexican pop singer8
* Roza Akkuchukova, 70, Russian pop singer
* Servando Cano Rodríguez, 78, Mexican Tejano singer-songwriter
* Mary Wilson, 76, American R&B singer 9
* Chick Corea, 79, American jazz fusion keyboardist and composer
* Cedrick Cotton, 46, American R&B singer
* Ghédalia Tazartès, 73, French musique concrète multi-instrumentalist10
* Jon Mark, 77, English pop singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Lee Sexton, 92, American bluegrass banjoist11 – Joel Pina, 100, Portuguese fado guitarist 12 – Milford Graves, 79, American jazz drummer 13
* Louis Clark, 73, British symphonic rock conductor and keyboardist
* Sydney Devine, 81, British country and skiffle singer14
* Erriquez, 60, Italian folk rock singer and guitarist
* Ari Gold, 47, American R&B singer15
* Steuart Bedford, 81, British classical conductor and pianist
* Lucien Gourong, 77, French cabaret singer
* Andréa Guiot, 93, French opera singer
* Raymond Lévesque, 92, French chanson singer
* Johnny Pacheco, 85, Dominican salsa multi-instrumentalist and record producer16
* Carman, 65, American contemporary Christian singer
* Tonton David, 53, French reggae singer17
* Françoise Cactus, 57, German indie rock singer and drummer
* Ali Hossain, 80, Bangladeshi classical composer
* U-Roy, 78, Jamaican reggae singer18
* Prince Markie Dee, 52, American rapper
* Miles Seaton, 41, American indie rock singer and multi-instrumentalist 19
* Đorđe Balašević, 67, Serbian rock singer
* James Burke, 70, American soul singer
* Jerold Ottley, 86, American choral conductor 20
* Joe Burke, 81, Irish folk accordionist
* Richard Shephard, 71, British classical conductor
* Gene Taylor, 68, American rock keyboardist 21 – Hélène Martin, 92, French chanson singer22 – Yalchin Rzazadeh, 74, Azerbaijani pop singer23 – Sean Kennedy, 35, Australian metalcore bassist 24 – Sardool Sikander, 60, Indian folk singer26 – Bob James, 68, American hard rock singer 27 – Danilo Rustici, 72, Italian progressive rock guitarist 28
* Anna Kast, 39, Russian EDM singer
* Ian North, 68, American power pop singer and guitarist
* Jorge Oñate, 71, Colombian vallenato singer

March

1 – Ralph Peterson Jr., 58, American jazz drummer 2

* Chris Barber, 90, English jazz bandleader and trombonist
* Mark Goffeney, 51, American rock bassist
* Radim Pařízek, 67, Czech heavy metal drummer
* Bunny Wailer, 73, Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter 3
* Medea Abrahamyan, 88, Armenian classical cellist
* Duffy Jackson, 67, American jazz drummer4
* Alan Cartwright, 75, English rock bassist
* Barbara Ess, 72, American post-punk multi-instrumentalist
* Helmut Winschermann, 100, German classical oboist, and conductor 5
* Anna Shuttleworth, 93, British classical cellist
* Michael Stanley, 72, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist6 – Carmel Quinn, 95, Irish-American pop singer7
* Sanja Ilić, 69, Serbian folk rock keyboardist
* Josky Kiambukuta, 72, Congolese rumba singer
* Lars-Göran Petrov, 49, Swedish heavy metal singer and drummer 9 – James Levine, 77, American classical conductor and pianist 8
* Adrian Bărar, 61, Romanian heavy metal guitarist and composer
* James Mac Gaw, French progressive rock guitarist 11
* Ray Campi, 86, American rockabilly musician
* Jewlia Eisenberg, 50, American avant-rock singer
* Florentín Giménez, 95, Paraguayan classical and folk pianist12 – Maximiliano Djerfy, 46, Argentine alternative rock guitarist 14
* Eulalio Cervantes, 52, Mexican rock saxophonist
* Reggie Warren, 52, American R&B singer 15
* Dragoljub Đuričić, 58, Serbian rock and jazz drummer
* Doug Parkinson, 74, Australian pop and jazz singer 16 – Bill Irvine, 87, American rock and roll pianist 17
* Matt Miller, 34, American indie rock keyboardist
* Freddie Redd, 92, American jazz keyboardist
* Corey Steger, 42, American metalcore guitarist 18 – Paul Jackson, 73, American jazz fusion bassist 19
* Cristián Cuturrufo, 48, Chilean jazz trumpeter
* Gary Leib, 65, American new wave keyboardist 20
* Constance Demby, 81, American new age keyboardist and dulcimer player
* Taryn Fiebig, 49, Australian opera singer
* Yevgeny Nesterenko, 83, Russian opera singer
* Dan Sartain, 39, American garage rock and rockabilly singer-songwriter23
* Don Heffington, 70, American roots rock drummer
* Hana Hegerová, 89, Slovak chanson singer
* Peter Viskinde, 67, Danish rock guitarist 25 – Tavish Maloney, 24, American emo guitarist 26 – Brett Bradshaw, 50, American glam metal drummer 28 – Malcolm Cecil, 84, British jazz bassist and synthesizer player 29
* Jerry Burgan, 76, American folk rock guitarist
* Hans Kinds, 74, Dutch blues rock guitarist 30 – Willie Schofield, 81, American R&B singer-songwriter 31
* Anzor Erkomaishvili, 80, Georgian folk singer
* Jadwiga Wysoczanská, 93, Czech opera singer

April

1 – Tony Pola, Australian blues-rock drummer 2

* Shaukat Ali, 76, Pakistani folk singer
* Morris "B.B." Dickerson, 71, American funk bassist and singer
* Gabi Luncă, 82, Romanian lăutărească singer
* Nelu Ploieşteanu, 70, Romanian lăutărească singer3
* Earl Bulinski, 72, American rock musician
* Jill Corey, 85, American pop singer4 – Paul Humphrey, 60, Canadian new wave singer 5
* Haja El Hamdaouia, 91, Moroccan aita and chaabi singer
* Krzysztof Krawczyk, 74, Polish pop singer and composer6 – Predrag Živković Tozovac, 85, Serbian folk singer9 – DMX, 50, American rapper10
* Shay Healy, 78, Irish pop songwriter
* Bob Petric, American indie rock guitarist
* Bosse Skoglund, 85, Swedish blues drummer11
* Mita Haque, 58, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sagreet singer
* Zoran Simjanović, 74, Serbian classical composer and rock keyboardist 13
* Farid Ahmed, 66, Bangladeshi film composer
* Leonid Bortkevich, 71, Belarusian folk rock singer
* Rocco Filippini, 77, Swiss classical cellist14
* Michel Louvain, 83, Canadian pop singer
* Rusty Young, 75, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist 15 – Barby Kelly, 45, Spanish-born German folk singer 16
* Barry Mason, 85, British pop songwriter
* Mike Mitchell, 77, American rock guitarist 17 – Black Rob, 52, American rapper18
* Lew Lewis, British pub rock harmonica player
* Paul Oscher, 71, American blues singer
* Lars Ranzenberger, 53, German-born Spanish power metal bassist 19 – Jim Steinman, 73, American rock lyricist, composer, pianist, and record producer20 – Les McKeown, 65, Scottish pop rock singer 21
* Lea Dali Lion, 47, Estonian pop singer
* Joe Long, 88, American pop rock bassist 22 – Shock G, 57, American rapper 23
* Fredi, 78, Finnish novelty pop singer
* Milva, 81, Italian pop singer25
* Denny Freeman, 76, American blues guitarist
* Rajan Mishra, 70, Indian khyal sarangi player 27 – Paul Couter, 72, Belgian rock guitarist 28
* Toni Dalli, 87, Italian pop singer
* Anita Lane, 61, Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter
* Liuwe Tamminga, 67, Dutch classical harpsichordist and organist29
* Johnny Crawford, 75, American pop singer
* John Hinch, 73, British heavy metal drummer
* Tony Markellis, 68, American jam band bassist
* Will Mecum, 48, American stoner rock guitarist 30
* John Dee Holeman, 92, American blues guitarist
* Anthony Payne, 84, British classical composer
* Ray Reyes, 51, Puerto Rican pop singer

May

* Debu Chaudhuri, 85, Indian classical sitarist
* Wondress Hutchinson, 56, American dance singer 2 – Tommy West, 78, American music producer and pop singer-songwriter 3
* Phil Naro, 63, American hard rock singer
* Lloyd Price, 88, American R&B singer-songwriter4
* Rodolfo García, 75, Argentine psychedelic rock drummer
* Nick Kamen, 59, English pop singer-songwriter
* Genji Kuniyoshi, 90, Japanese folk singer6
* Comagan, 48, Indian playback singer
* Vanya Kostova, 64, Bulgarian pop singer
* Prem Dhoj Pradhan, 82, Nepali pop singer and guitarist
* Pervis Staples, 85, American gospel singer 7
* G. Anand, 67, Indian playback singer
* Vanraj Bhatia, 93, Indian film composer
* Cassiano, 77, Brazilian funk and soul singer-songwriter8 – Curtis Fuller, 86, American jazz trombonist 10
* Svante Thuresson, 68, Swedish jazz and schlager singer
* Pauline Tinsley, 93, British opera singer12 – Maran, 48, Indian gaana singer13
* Norman Simmons, 91, American jazz pianist and arranger
* Jack Terricloth, 50, American dark cabaret singer
* Bill Tsamis, 60, American metal guitarist 14 – Ester Mägi, 99, Estonian classical composer15
* Đorđe Marjanović, 89, Serbian schlager and pop singer
* Mario Pavone, 80, American jazz bassist16
* Patsy Bruce, 81, American country songwriter
* MC Kevin, 23, Brazilian funk carioca singer17
* Nicolas Ker, 50, French electronic singer
* Neal Ford, 78, American psychedelic rock singer
* Amarendra Mohanty, 63, Indian film composer and singer18 – Franco Battiato, 76, Italian progressive rock and new wave singer-songwriter19
* Johnny Ashcroft, 94, Australian country and folk singer-songwriter
* Alix Dobkin, 80, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Martin Turnovský, 92, Czech classical conductor20 – Roger Hawkins, 75, American rock and soul drummer 22 – Glenn Douglas Tubb, 85, American country singer-songwriter23
* Dewayne Blackwell, 84, American country songwriter
* Lorrae Desmond, 93, Australian cabaret singer and actress24
* John Davis, 66, American dance pop singer
* Samuel E. Wright, 74, American pop singer and actor25 – Søren Holm, 25, Danish indie pop singer 26
* Tom Shannon, 82, American radio DJ, songwriter and musician
* Patrick Sky, 80, American folk singer-songwriter27
* Tiit Haagma, 67, Estonian progressive rock bassist
* Shantiraj Khosla, 54, Indian film composer and singer
* Nelson Sargento, 96, Brazilian samba singer28
* Zohra Abdullayeva, 68, Azerbaijani mugham singer
* Jimi Bellmartin, 71, Indonesian-born Dutch funk singer29
* B. J. Thomas, 78, American pop singer
* Johnny Trudell, 82, American jazz trumpeter31 - Lil Loaded, 20, American rapper

June

3 – Karla Burns, 66, American opera singer6 – Michele Merlo, 28, Italian pop singer-songwriter7 – David C. Lewis, American soft rock and new age keyboardist 8

* Farhad Humayun, 42, Pakistani psychedelic rock drummer and singer
* Dean Parrish, 78, American soul singer9 – Juan Nelson, 62, American blues rock bassist 10 – Fran McKendree, 74, American folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist 11
* Heribert Beissel, 88, German classical composer
* Jon Lukas, 72, Maltese pop singer14 – Selçuk Tekay, 68, Turkish classical composer and violinist16 – Novica Zdravković, 73, Serbian folk singer17 – Fane Flaws, 70, New Zealand rock guitarist 18
* Gift of Gab, 50, American rapper
* Takeshi Terauchi, 82, Japanese surf rock guitarist20
* Jeanne Lamon, 71, American-Canadian classical violinist and conductor
* Lionel Leroy, 65, French pop singer
* Gianna Rolandi, 68, American opera singer21
* Nobuo Hara, 94, Japanese jazz saxophonist
* Mamady Keïta, 70, Guinean djembe player
* Pat Lupo, 66, American rock bassist 22 – Parassala B. Ponnammal, 96, Indian Carnatic singer23
* David Edwards, 56, Welsh post-punk singer
* Ellen McIlwaine, 75, American-Canadian psychedelic rock and blues singer and slide guitarist
* Peter Zinovieff, 88, British electronic composer and founder of Electronic Music Studios25
* Rinaldo Rafanelli, 71, Argentine psychedelic rock singer
* Wes, 57, Cameroonian world music singer26
* Jon Hassell, 84, American jazz trumpeter
* Frederic Rzewski, 83, American classical pianist and composer
* Johnny Solinger, 55, American hard rock singer 27
* Willy Crook, 55, Argentine new wave saxophonist
* Peps Persson, 74, Swedish blues and reggae singer 28
* Burton Greene, 84, American free jazz pianist
* Paul Koulak, 78, French television composer29
* John Lawton, 74, British rock singer
* Bryan St. Pere, 53, American alternative rock drummer

July

* Louis Andriessen, 82, Dutch classical composer
* Steve Kekana, 62, South African soul and Mbaqanga singer4
* Sanford Clark, 85, American rockabilly singer
* Rick Laird, 80, Irish jazz fusion bassist 5 – Raffaella Carrà, 78, Italian pop singer6 – David King, American alternative rock guitarist 9 – Andy Williams, 49, American Christian rock drummer 10
* Barbara Allbut, 80, American pop singer
* Byron Berline, 77, American bluegrass fiddler
* Chris Hutka, American post-hardcore singer 11
* Juini Booth, 73, American jazz bassist
* Sound Sultan, 44, Nigerian rapper13 – Brother Resistance, 67, Trinidadian rhythm poet14
* Gary Corbett, American blues rock keyboardist
* Jeff LaBar, 58, American glam metal and blues rock guitarist 15
* Joe Cassidy, Irish indie pop singer-songwriter
* Boris Goryachev, 49, Russian a capella singer
* Pyotr Mamonov, 70, Russian alternative rock singer-songwriter
* Tsepo Tshola, 67, Mosotho afro-jazz singer 16 – Biz Markie, 57, American rapper17
* Dolores Claman, 94, Canadian television composer and pianist
* Robby Steinhardt, 71, American progressive rock singer and violinist
* Graham Vick, 67, English opera director19
* Tolis Voskopoulos, 80, Greek laïko singer
* Chuck E. Weiss, 76, American blues rock singer-songwriter20 – Jerry Granelli, 80, American-born Canadian jazz drummer21
*Tõnu Aare, 67, Estonian rock singer and multi-instrumentalist
*Clarence McDonald, 76, American pianist, composer, arranger, and producer22
* Pavel Pelc, 71, Czech art rock bassist and singer
* Peter Rehberg, 53, Austrian-British electronic musician and founder of Mego23
* Fakir Alamgir, 71, Bangladeshi folk singer
* Wally Gonzales, 71, Filipino blues rock guitarist 25 – Count M'Butu, 75-76, American blues-rock percussionist '26
* Mike Howe, 55, American heavy metal singer
* Joey Jordison, 46, American heavy metal drummer and guitarist 27
* Dusty Hill, 72, American blues rock bassist and singer
* Willie Winfield, 91, American doo-wop singer 28
* Giuseppe Giacomini, 80, Italian opera singer
* Shahram Kashani, 47, Iranian pop singer
* Johnny Ventura, 81, Dominican salsa and merengue singer29 – Gonzoe, 45, American rapper 30
* Jacob Desvarieux, 65, Guadeloupean-French zouk singer
* Tom LeGarde, 90, Australian country music singer and guitarist 31''' – Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, 93, Polish jazz saxophonist

August

* Paul Cotton, 78, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Kazimierz Kowalski, 70, Polish opera singer3
* Kelli Hand, 56, American techno DJ
* Allan Stephenson, 71, British classical cellist and composer4
* Razzy Bailey, 82, American country singer
* Jean "Binta" Breeze, 65, Jamaican dub poet
* Paul Johnson, 50, American house DJ
* Stan Lark, 81, American rock and roll bassist
* Anders Pettersson, 69, Swedish dansband keyboardist 6
* Les Vandyke, 90, British pop songwriter
* Wang Wenjuan, 94, Chinese yue opera singer7 – Dennis Thomas, 70, American funk saxophonist 9
* Joey Ambrose, 87, American rock and roll saxophonist
* Killer Kau, 23, South African rapper
* Mpura, 26, South African rapper
* Chucky Thompson, 53, American record producer11
* Mike Finnigan, 76, American rock and jazz keyboardist
* Roy Gaines, 83, American electric blues guitarist
* Caroline Peyton, 69, American folk singer-songwriter12 – Ronnell Bright, 91, American jazz pianist13
* Baba Zumbi, 49, American rapper
* Nanci Griffith, 68, American folk singer-songwriter
* Pil Trafa, 62, Argentine punk rock singer 14 – R. Murray Schafer, 88, Canadian avant-garde classical composer15 – Jagjit Kaur, 91, Indian playback singer16 – Hormoz Farhat, 93, Iranian-American classical composer17 – Squeak, 26, American hip hop producer 20
* Tom T. Hall, 85, American country singer-songwriter
* Larry Harlow, 82, American salsa keyboardist
* Peter Ind, 93, British jazz bassist
* Michael Morgan, 64, American classical conductor21
* Bill Emerson, 83, American bluegrass banjoist
* Don Everly, 84, American country-rock and roll singer and songwriter 22
* Charles Burles, 85, French opera singer
* Bob Fish, 72, British doo-wop singer
* Brian Travers, 62, British pop and reggae saxophonist and songwriter
* Eric Wagner, 62, American doom metal singer 23
* Fritz McIntyre, 62, British pop keyboardist
* Olli Wisdom, 63, British goth rock singer and Goa trance producer24
* Pierre Dutot, 75, French classical trumpeter
* Charlie Watts, 80, English rock drummer 25 – Dave Harper, British indie rock drummer 26 – Kenny Malone, 83, American country drummer27 – Siegfried Matthus, 87, German composer and conductor29
* Ron Bushy, 79, American psychedelic rock drummer
* John Drake, 74, American rock singer
* Lee "Scratch" Perry, 85, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter and producer30 – Lee Williams, 75, American gospel singer 31 – Nobesuthu Mbadu, 76, South African mbaqanga singer

September

* Adalberto Álvarez, 72, Cuban son pianist
* Carol Fran, 87, American soul blues singer and pianist
* Marty Fried, 77, American rock drummer
* Aleksandr Khrabunov, 61, Russian rock guitarist 2
* Alemayehu Eshete, 80, Ethiopian jazz singer
* MadClip, 34, Greek-American rapper
* Mikis Theodorakis, 96, Greek classical and film composer4
* Billy Cafaro, 84, Argentine rock singer
* Gerhard Erber, 86, German classical pianist5
* Rickie Lee Reynolds, 72, American rock guitarist
* Sarah Harding, 39, British pop singer 6
* Sunil Perera, 68, Sri Lankan pop and baila singer
* Bennie Pete, 45, American jazz and funk sousaphonist 7 – Warren Storm, 84, American swamp pop singer and drummer8
* Susan Anway, 70, American indie rock singer
* Uno Loop, 91, Estonian estrada, pop and jazz singer, guitarist and music educator
* Pulamaipithan, 85, Indian film lyricist9 – Amanda Holden, 73, British classical librettist10
* Michael Chapman, 80, British folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Rick Newell, 73, British psychedelic rock bassist
* Rick Yancey, 73, American pop-rock singer and guitarist 11 – María Mendiola, 69, Spanish pop singer 12 – Don Maddox, 90, American country singer 13 – George Wein, 95, American jazz pianist and co-founder of the Newport Jazz Festival and Newport Folk Festival14 – Vicente Zarzo Pitarch, 83, Spanish classical French horn player15
* Norman Bailey, 88, British opera singer
* Leonard Gibbs, 73, American jazz percussionist16
* Jane Powell, 92, American pop singer
* George Mraz, 77, Czech-born American jazz bassist and saxophonist 17 – Dottie Dodgion, 91, American jazz drummer19
* Sylvano Bussotti, 89, Italian classical composer
* András Ligeti, 68, Hungarian classical violinist
* Mats Paulson, 83, Swedish pop singer-songwriter
* Marina Tucaković, 67, Serbian folk and pop lyricist20
* Colin Bailey, 87, British-American jazz drummer
* Sarah Dash, 76, American R&B and funk singer
* Claude Lombard, 76, Belgian pop singer
* Julz Sale, British post-punk singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Warner Williams, 91, American blues guitarist 21
* Richard H. Kirk, 65, British electronic and industrial multi-instrumentalist
* La Prieta Linda, 88, Mexican pop singer22
* Bob Moore, 88, American country bassist
* Jan Stanienda, 68, Polish classical violinist23 – Sue Thompson, 96, American pop and country singer24 – Pee Wee Ellis, 80, American jazz and soul saxophonist25 – Patricio Manns, 84, Chilean folk singer-songwriter26
* George "Commander Cody" Frayne IV, 77, American country rock singer and keyboardist
* Alan Lancaster, 72, British rock bassist 27
* Darrell Bath, British punk guitarist
* Chris Ho, Singaporean new wave singer
* Andrea Martin, 49, American R&B singer-songwriter
* Teymur Mirzoyev, 85, Azerbaijani jazz singer 28
* Nana Ampadu, 76, Ghanaian highlife singer and guitarist
* Karan Armstrong, 79, American opera soprano
* Pete Fullerton, 75, American folk rock bassist and singer
* Phi Nhung, 49, Vietnamese-American Vọng cổ singer
* Barry Ryan, 72, British pop singer
* Lonnie Smith, 79, American jazz organist29
* Hayko, 48, Armenian pop singer
* Olivier Libaux, 57, French new wave and lounge guitarist
* Mike Renzi, 80, American jazz pianist and composer30
* Lennart Åberg, 79, Swedish jazz fusion saxophonist
* Carlisle Floyd, 95, American opera composer
* Greg Gilbert, 44, British indie rock singer and guitarist

October

* Raymond Gniewek, 89, American classical violinist
* Robin Morton, 81, Irish folk singer and bodhran player
* Ewert Ljusberg, 76, Swedish folk singer2
* John Rossall, 75, English glam rock saxophonist and trombonist
* Sebastião Tapajós, 78, Brazilian folk guitarist3 – Anouman Brou Félix, 86, Ivorian attie multi-instrumentalist5 – Pat Fish, 64, British indie pop singer and guitarist 8
* Everett Morton, 71, Kittian-British ska drummer
* Jim Pembroke, 65, British-Finnish progressive rock singer
* Jem Targal, 74, American psychedelic rock bassist 9 – Dee Pop, 65, American post-punk drummer 10 – Luis de Pablo, 91, Spanish classical composer11
* Misko Barbara, 49, Ukrainian rock singer
* Deon Estus, 65, American R&B bassist and singer12 – Paddy Moloney, 83, Irish Celtic folk multi-instrumentalist 13 – Andrea Haugen, 45, German heavy metal singer14
* Emani 22, 22, American R&B singer
* Phil Leadbetter, 59, American bluegrass resonator guitarist
* Tom Morey, 86, American jazz drummer15 – Regi Hargis, 70, American funk guitarist and singer 16
* Tom Gray, 70, American new wave and blues rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist
* Ron Tutt, 83, American rock drummer 17 – Bruce Gaston, 74, American Thai classical multi-instrumentalist18
* Franco Cerri, 95, Italian jazz guitarist and bassist
* Edita Gruberová, 74, Slovak opera singer19 – Leslie Bricusse, 90, British film and theater composer and lyricist21
* Tommy DeBarge, 64, American R&B-funk bassist and singer
* Dmitriy Galitsky, 65, Russian pop singer and keyboardist
* Bernard Haitink, 92, Dutch classical conductor and violinist
* Sergei Krinitzin, 65, Russian progressive rock drummer
* Robin McNamara, 74, American pop rock singer-songwriter
* Allan Wilmot, 96, Jamaican-born British pop singer 22
* Jay Black, 82, American pop-rock singer
* Udo Zimmermann, 78, German opera and classical composer and conductor24
* Willie Cobbs, 89, American blues singer and harmonica player
* Sonny Osborne, 83, American bluegrass banjoist 25 – Alfredo Diez Nieto, 103, Cuban classical composer and conductor26 – Rose Lee Maphis, 98, American country singer27
* Letieres Leite, 61, Brazilian afro-jazz composer and conductor
* William Shelby, 65, American funk keyboardist
* Benjamin Vallé, 47, Swedish post-punk guitarist 28 – Raša Đelmaš, 71, Serbian progressive rock drummer 30 – Fan Tsai, 26, Taiwanese indie rock drummer

November

* Emmett Chapman, 85, American jazz guitarist and inventor of the Chapman Stick
* Nelson Freire, 77, Brazilian classical pianist
* Gilberto Grácio, 85, Portuguese luthier
* Pat Martino, 77, American jazz guitarist2
* Sabah Fakhri, 88, Syrian Muwashshah and Qudud Halabiya singer
* Declan Mulligan, 83, Irish-born American rock guitarist and bassist
* Ernest Wilson, 69, Jamaican reggae singer
* Ronnie Wilson, 73, American funk multi-instrumentalist 3 – Georgie Dann, 81, French pop singer4 – Mario Lavista, 78, Mexican film composer5 – Marília Mendonça, 26, Brazilian sertanejo singer-songwriter6
* Astro, 64, British reggae singer and percussionist
* Andy Barker, 53, British acid house keyboardist and bassist
* Barry Coope, English folk singer
* Marinko Rokvić, 67, Bosnian folk singer7
* Clifford Grant, 91, Australian opera singer
* Bopol Mansiamina, 72, Congolese soukous guitarist 8 – Margo Guryan, 84, American pop singer-songwriter10
* Mike “Bones” Gersema, American hard drummer
* John Kinsella, 81, Irish classical composer
* Miroslav Žbirka, 69, Slovak rock singer 11
* Graeme Edge, 80, British progressive rock drummer
* Mark Gillespie, Australian pop singer-songwriter
* John Goodsall, 68, American-British progressive rock and jazz fusion guitarist 13 – Philip Margo, 79, American doo-wop singer 15 – Heber Bartolome, 73, Filipino folk singer16 – Belinda Sykes, 55, British medieval folk singer and multi-instrumentalist 17
* Keith Allison, 79, American garage rock bassist
* Dave Frishberg, 88, American jazz pianist and songwriter
* Theuns Jordaan, 50, South African blues singer-songwriter
* Young Dolph, 36, American rapper18
* Slide Hampton, 89, American jazz trombonist
* Ack van Rooyen, 91, Dutch jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist19
* Hank von Hell, 49, Norwegian punk singer
* David Longdon, 56, British progressive rock singer and multi-instrumentalist 20
* Jim Gallagher, 78, American surf rock drummer
* Billy Hinsche, 70, American pop singer, guitarist and keyboardist
* Merima Njegomir, 68, Serbian sevdah singer21
* Yul Anderson, 63, American blues and gospel singer, guitarist and pianist
* Gurmeet Bawa, 77, Indian folk singer
* Gordon Crosse, 83, British classical composer22
* Joanne Shenandoah, 63, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Asya Sultanova, 98, Azerbaijani classical composer23 – Tatyana Chudova, 77, Russian classical composer24
* Mārtiņš Brauns, 70, Latvian pop and theater composer and multi-instrumentalist
* Marilyn McLeod, 82, American R&B singer-songwriter
* Gared O'Donnell, 44, American post-hardcore singer and guitarist 25 – Betty Jean Robinson, 88, American country music singer-songwriter26 – Stephen Sondheim, 91, American film and theater composer and lyricist28
* Alexander Gradsky, 72, Russian rock singer and composer
* Laila Halme, 87, Finnish pop singer
* Meñique, 87, Panamanian salsa singer
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* Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, 66, Indian film and theatre lyricist and singer
* Martin Wright, British alternative rock guitarist

December

* Grand Jojo, 85, Belgian pop singer
* Alvin Lucier, 90, American experimental composer and sound artist2 – Abdel Karim al Kabli, 89, Sudanese folk singer and oud player4
* Thoppil Anto, 81, Indian playback singer
* Stonewall Jackson, 89, American country music singer5
* John Miles, 72, British progressive rock singer-songwriter
* Toni Santagata, 85, Italian folk singer
* Bill Staines, 74, American folk singer-songwriter6 – János Kóbor, 78, Hungarian progressive rock singer 7
* Steve Bronski, 61, Scottish new wave keyboardist
* DJ Scholar, British grime rapper
* Greg Tate, 63, American multi-genre guitarist and music critic8
* Gil Bridges, 80, American rock saxophonist
* Barry Harris, 91, American jazz pianist
* Chandidas Mal, 92, Indian classical singer
* Robbie Shakespeare, 68, Jamaican reggae bassist and record producer
* Ralph Tavares, 79, American R&B singer 9 – David Lasley, 74, American pop and R&B singer10
* Les Emmerson, 77, Canadian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Mensi, British punk rock singer
* Michael Nesmith, 78, American rock and country singer, songwriter and guitarist 11 – Garth Dennis, 72, Jamaican reggae singer 12 – Vicente Fernández, 81, Mexican ranchera singer13
* Joe Simon, 85, American R&B and soul singer
* Toby Slater, 42, British indie pop singer-songwriter 14 – Phil Chen, 81, Jamaican rock and reggae bassist 15
* Francisco Kröpfl, 90, Argentine classical composer
* Wanda Young, 78, American R&B singer 16
* Hub, 62, American hip hop bassist
* Terry Uttley, 70, British rock bassist
* Ian Worang, 47, Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist 17
* John Morgan, 80, English Scrumpy and Western drummer
* Weerasak Sunthornsri, 71, Thai folk rock guitarist
* Lindsay Tebbutt, Australian pub rock drummer 18
* Custom, 54, Canadian alternative rock singer-songwriter
* Tam Harvey, Scottish folk guitarist
* Kangol Kid, 55, American rapper
* Renée Martel, 74, Canadian country singer19
* Billy Conway, 66, American blues rock and alternative rock drummer
* Drakeo the Ruler, 28, American rapper
* Carlos Marín, 53, Spanish classical crossover singer 20 – Paul Mitchell, American R&B singer 21 – Anthony Williams, 90, Trinidadian steelband steel pan player23
* Robin Le Mesurier, 68, British rock guitarist
* Emil Ramsauer, 103, Swiss pop bassist 24
* J. D. Crowe, 84, American bluegrass banjo player
* Marco Mathieu, 57, Italian hardcore punk bassist
* Meor Aziddin Yusof, 54, Malaysian folk singer-songwriter25 – Tiffini Hale, 46, American pop singer 27 – Victor Socaciu, 68, Romanian folk singer and composer29
* Paolo Giordano, 59, Italian classical guitarist
* Peter Klatzow, 76, German classical composer and pianist30 – Stephen J. Lawrence, 82, American television composer31
* Juraj Filas, 66, Serbian classical composer
* Ivan Mozgovenko, 97, Russian classical clarinetist

Musical films

''Anita''