2022 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
Indonesian music
Irish music
Italian music
Japanese music
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Malaysian music
Mongolian music
Nigerian music
Norwegian music
Philippine music
Polynesian music
Scandinavian music
South Korean music
Swedish music
Taiwanese music
Vietnamese music

Specific genres

Afrobeats
Classical
Country
Electronic
Jazz
Latin
Heavy Metal
Hip Hop
Progressive Rock
Rock
K-pop
J-pop

Bands formed

Returning Performers

Britney Spears

Soloist debuts

Bands reformed

Bands disbanded

Bands on hiatus

Deaths

January

1 – Mighty Bomber, 93, Trinidadian calypso singer2

* Ana Bejerano, 60, Spanish pop singer
* Kenny J, 69, Trinidadian calypso and soca singer
* Traxamillion, 42, American hip hop producer
* Jay Weaver, 42, American Christian rock bassist 3 – Lewis Jordan, 74, American pop guitarist and singer 4
* Jessie Daniels, 58, American R&B singer
* Andrzej Nowak, 63, Polish heavy metal guitarist 5
* Dale Clevenger, 81, American classical French hornist
* Neil Nongkynrih, 51, Indian classical pianist6
* Carlo Meliciani, 92, Italian opera singer
* Calvin Simon, 79, American funk singer
* Yoram Taharlev, 83, Israeli pop lyricist7
* Harpdog Brown, 59, Canadian blues singer and harmonica player
* Koady Chaisson, 37, Canadian folk banjoist
* Bobby Harrison, 82, British psychedelic rock drummer and singer
* Marc Dé Hugar, 52, Australian glam metal guitarist
* R. Dean Taylor, 82, Canadian pop singer-songwriter8
* Marilyn Bergman, 93, American pop lyricist
* Ramdas Kamat, 90, Indian Marathi theatre singer
* Michael Lang, 77, American tour promoter and producer9
* Maria Ewing, 71, American opera singer
* James Mtume, 76, American jazz and R&B multi-instrumentalist
* Desmond de Silva, 78, Sri Lankan pop and baila singer10
* Gerry Granahan, 89, American rock and roll and pop singer-songwriter
* Francis Jackson, 104, British classical organist and composer
* Khan Jamal, 75, American jazz vibraphonist
* Burke Shelley, 71, British heavy metal singer and bassist 11
* Bruce Anderson, 72, American experimental rock guitarist
* Martin Carrizo, 50, Argentine rock and heavy metal drummer
* Rosa Lee Hawkins, 76, American pop and R&B singer
* Jordi Sabatés, 73, Spanish sunshine pop and classical pianist 12
* Everett Lee, 105, American classical violinist and conductor
* Waiphot Phetsuphan, 79, Thai Luk Thung singer
* Ronnie Spector, 78, American R&B and pop singer 13
* CPO Boss Hogg, 52, American rapper
* Fred Parris, 85, American doo-wop singer and songwriter
* Sonny Turner, 82, American R&B singer
* Fred Van Hove, 84, Belgian free jazz pianist14
* Dallas Frazier, 82, American country singer-songwriter
* Greg Webster, 84, American funk drummer 15
* Ralph Emery, 88, American radio disc jockey
* Jon Lind, 73, American folk rock and pop singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Rachel Nagy, 48, American blues rock singer
* Beverly Ross, 87, American pop singer-songwriter 16 – Carmela Corren, 83, Israeli-Austrian pop singer17 – Armando Gama, 67, Portuguese pop singer18
* Dick Halligan, 78, American jazz rock multi-instrumentalist and film composer
* Freddie Hughes, 78, American gospel and soul singer
* Tito Matos, 53, American bomba percussionist 19 – Badal Roy, 82, Indian-American jazz fusion tabla player20
* Meat Loaf, 74, American rock singer
* Tom Smith, 65, American experimental rock multi-instrumentalist
* Elza Soares, 91, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer
* Karolos Trikolidis, 74, Austrian classical conductor21 – Terry Tolkin, 62, American music journalist and music executive, coined the term "alternative music"22
* Kirti Shiledar, 69, Indian classical singer
* Don Wilson, 88, American surf rock guitarist 23 – Beegie Adair, 84, American jazz pianist24
* Osvaldo Peredo, 91, Argentine tango singer
* Boris Pfeiffer, 53, German folk metal multi-instrumentalist 25
* Hardev Dilgir, 82, Indian folk lyricist
* Andy Ross, 66, British punk rock singer and guitarist and music executive
* Pat King, 77–78, Scottish progressive rock bassist 26 – Janet Mead, 84, Australian Christian music singer27
* Alain Bancquart, 87, French classical composer
* Diego Verdaguer, 70, Argentine-Mexican pop singer29 – Sam Lay, 86, American blues drummer 30
* Jon Appleton, 83, American electronic composer, co-inventor of the Synclavier
* Philip Paul, 96, American jazz, blues, and R&B drummer
* Hargus "Pig" Robbins, 84, American country and rock pianist
* Norma Waterson, 82, British folk singer 31
* Alejandro Alonso, 69, Mexican Christian rock guitarist
* Jimmy Johnson, 93, American blues guitarist
* Trey Johnson, 53, American rock singer and guitarist

February

* Hiroshima, Japanese hardcore punk drummer
* Glenn Wheatley, 74, Australian rock bassist
* Leslie Parnas, 90, American classical cellist
* Jon Zazula, 59, American record executive 2
* Endo Anaconda, 66, Swiss pop singer-songwriter
* Joe Diorio, 85, American jazz guitarist
* Willie Leacox, 74, American folk rock drummer 3 – Donny Gerrard, 75, Canadian pop rock singer 4
* Kerry Chater, 76, Canadian rock bassist and songwriter
* Gianluca Floris, 57, Italian opera singer5
* Rubén Fuentes, 95, Mexican classical and mariachi violinist
* Damodar Hota, 86, Indian classical singer6
* George Crumb, 92, American classical composer
* Syl Johnson, 85, American blues guitarist
* Lata Mangeshkar, 92, Indian playback singer7 – Zbigniew Namysłowski, 82, Polish jazz multi-instrumentalist8 – Bruce Greig, 54, American death metal guitarist 9
* Betty Davis, 77, American funk singer
* Ian McDonald, 75, British progressive rock multi-instrumentalist
* Nora Nova, 93, Bulgarian pop singer10
* Walter Barylli, 100, Austrian classical violinist
* Brian Dunning, 71, Irish classical and Celtic flautist
* Roman Kostrzewski, 61, Polish thrash metal singer
* Owen Moran, 62, British new wave bassist
* Steve Salas, 70, American Latin musician 11 – Mike Rabon, 78, American rock singer and guitarist 12
* Miguel Vicens Danus, 78, Spanish pop-rock bassist
* Howard Grimes, 80, American soul drummer
* Bob DeMeo, 66, American jazz drummer 13 – King Louie Bankston, 49, American power pop and garage rock singer-songwriter and guitarist 14
* Ralf Bursy, 66, German pop singer
* Sandy Nelson, 83, American rock and roll drummer
* Roger Segal, 49, American punk rock bassist 15
* Bappi Lahiri, 69, Indian disco singer and composer
* Sandhya Mukherjee, 90, Indian playback singer
* Vivi l'internationale, 75, Beninese pop singer16 – Ramón Stagnaro, 67, Peruvian folk guitarist17
* Dallas Good, 48, Canadian rock singer and guitarist
* David Tyson, 62, American R&B singer 18
* Christopher Scicluna, 62, Maltese pop singer-songwriter
* Scotty Wray, 64, American country guitarist 19
* Gary Brooker, 76, British progressive rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist
* Nightbirde, 31, American pop singer20
* Sami Clark, 73, Lebanese pop singer
* Jamal Edwards, 31, British music entrepreneur and DJ
* Sam Henry, 65, American punk drummer
* Joni James, 91, American pop singer
* Nils Lindberg, 88, Swedish classical composer and pianist
* Teruhiko Saigō, 75, Japanese pop singer
* Setha Sirichaya, 77, Thai rock singer
* Martin Yeritsyan, 90, Armenian classical violinist21 – Bernardas Vasiliauskas, 83, Lithuanian classical organist22
* Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay, 92, Turkish jazz trumpeter
* Mark Lanegan, 57, American alternative rock singer-songwriter
* Josephine Veasey, 91, British opera singer23
* Carlos Barbosa-Lima, 77, Brazilian jazz and classical guitarist
* Jayananda Lama, 65, Nepali folk singer
* Jaakko Kuusisto, 48, Finnish classical violinist
* Riky Rick, 34, South African rapper
* Antonietta Stella, 92, Italian opera singer24 – Don Craine, 76, British R&B singer and guitarist 25
* Alibaba Mammadov, 93, Azerbaijani mugham singer
* MC Skibadee, 46, British rapper
* Nicky Tesco, 66, British punk rock singer 26 – Snootie Wild, 36, American rapper

March

* Warner Mack, 86, American country singer-songwriter
* Richard Pratt, 69, American R&B singer 2 – Chuck Criss, 36, American indie folk multi-instrumentalist 3 – Denroy Morgan, Jamaican-American reggae singer4 – Jimbeau Hinson, 70, American country singer-songwriter5
* Patricio Renán, 77, Chilean pop rock singer
* Jeff Howell, 60, American rock bassist
* Lil Bo Weep, 22, American and Australian rapper6
* Mike Cross, 57, American alternative rock guitarist
* Pau Riba i Romeva, 73, Spanish folk rock guitarist8
* John Dean, 80, American blue-eyed soul singer
* Grandpa Elliott, 77, American soul and blues singer and harmonica player
* Ziggy Sigmund, Canadian punk and alternative rock guitarist
* Isao Suzuki, 89, Japanese jazz bassist9 – Richard Podolor, 86, American rock and roll guitarist and record producer10
* Bobbie Nelson, 91, American country pianist
* Gennadiy Pavlik, 52, Ukrainian classical and traditional folk singer
* Jessica Williams, 73, American jazz pianist11
* Guayo Cedeño, 48, Honduran rock singer
* Brad Martin, 48, American country singer
* Timmy Thomas, 77, American soul singer12
* Barry Bailey, 73, American rock guitarist
* Traci Braxton, 50, American R&B singer
* Kandikonda, 48, Indian film lyricist
* Pete St. John, 90, Irish folk singer-songwriter13
* Li Guangxi, 92, Chinese opera singer
* Mary Lee, 100, Scottish jazz singer14 – Eric Mercury, 77, Canadian R&B singer15
* Dennis González, 67, American free jazz trumpeter
* Barbara Maier Gustern, 82, American vocal coach and musical theater singer16
* Barbara Morrison, 72, American jazz singer
* Bobby Weinstein, 92, American pop songwriter18 – Bernabé Martí, 93, Spanish opera singer19 – Michail Jurowski, 76, Russian classical conductor21 – LaShun Pace, 60, American gospel singer22
* Eva Castillo, 52, Filipino pop singer
* Pierre Papadiamandis, 85, French pop pianist and singer23 – Zinaida Ignatyeva, 84, Russian classical pianist24
* Randy Cornor, 67, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
* John McLeod, 88, Scottish classical composer25
* Taylor Hawkins, 50, American alternative rock drummer
* Bobby Hendricks, 84, American R&B singer
* Philip Jeck, 69, British avant garde and electronic composer and turntablist
* Keith Martin, 55, American R&B singer26
* Jeff Carson, 58, American country singer
* Bang Jun-seok, 51, South Korean film composer
* Tina May, 60, British jazz singer
* Keaton Pierce, 31, American post-hardcore singer 28 – Mira Calix, South African electronic composer29
* Irini Konitopoulou-Legaki, 90, Greek folk singer
* Jun Lopito, 64, Filipino rock guitarist
* Donald "Tabby" Shaw, 66, Jamaican reggae singer 30
* Francisco González, 68, American Chicano rock mandolinist and harpist
* Tom Parker, 33, British pop singer
* Nathaniel Ian Wynter, 66, Jamaican reggae keyboardist 31 – Fred Johnson, 80, American doo-wop singer

April

* C. W. McCall, 93, American country singer
* Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson, 70, Jamaican reggae singer
* Roland White, 83, American bluegrass mandolinist 4 – Joe Messina, 93, American R&B guitarist5
* Bobby Rydell, 79, American rock and roll singer
* Paul Siebel, 84, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist6
* Helen Golden, 81, Dutch pop singer
* Wen Hsia, 93, Taiwanese pop singer7 – Birgit Nordin, 88, Swedish opera singer8
* Wade Buff, 87, American pop singer
* Con Cluskey, Irish pop musician
* Nagai Sriram, 41, Indian Carnatic violinist9
* Chris Bailey, 65, Kenyan-born Australian punk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
* John Rossi, American blues rock drummer 10 – Mario Martínez, Spanish new wave guitarist 12
* David Freel, 64, American indie rock singer and guitarist
* Charles E. McCormick, 75, American R&B singer 13
* Archie Eversole, 37, German-born American rapper
* Tim Feerick, American post-hardcore bassist
* Gloria Parker, 100, American jazz marimba and glass harp player14
* Orlando Julius, 79, Nigerian afrobeat saxophonist
* Trygve Thue, 71, Norwegian rock guitarist16 – Bill Bourne, 68, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter 17
* Roderick Clark, 49, American R&B singer
* Prafulla Kar, 83, Indian playback singer
* DJ Kay Slay, 55, American hip hop disc jockey
* Radu Lupu, 76, Romanian classical pianist
* Hollis Resnik, 67, American musical theater singer and actress18
* Nicholas Angelich, 51, American classical pianist
* Harrison Birtwistle, 87, British classical composer
* José Luis Cortés, 70, Cuban timba flutist
* Jerry Doucette, 70, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Andrzej Korzyński, 82, Polish classical composer
* Janez Matičič, 95, Slovenian classical composer20 – Guitar Shorty, 89, American blues guitarist22 – Jan Rot, 64, Dutch pop singer-songwriter23 – Arno, 72, Belgian rock singer 24
* Willi Resetarits, 73, Austrian cabaret singer
* Andrew Woolfolk, 71, American R&B saxophonist 25
* Susan Jacks, 73, Canadian pop singer-songwriter and record producer
* Henny Vrienten, 73, Dutch ska singer-songwriter and bassist
* Shane Yellowbird, 42, Canadian country singer26
* Julie Daraîche, 83, Canadian country singer
* Randy Rand, American hard rock bassist
* Klaus Schulze, 74, German electronic keyboardist and synthesizer player 27
* Judy Henske, 85, American folk singer-songwriter
* Walter Rossi, 74, Italian-Canadian rock singer and guitarist 29
* Allen Blairman, 81, American jazz drummer
* Roberto Lecaros, 77, Brazilian jazz multi-instrumentalist
* Tarsame Singh Saini, 54, British Asian fusion singer30
* Ray Fenwick, 75, British rock guitarist
* Naomi Judd, 76, American country singer
* Max Riebl, 30, Australian opera singer
* Gabe Serbian, American hardcore punk guitarist and drummer

May

* Ric Parnell, 70, British hard rock drummer
* Régine Zylberberg, 92, Belgian torch singer2 – María José Cantilo, 68, Argentine folk singer-songwriter4
* Richard Connolly, 94, Australian television and liturgical composer
* Albin Julius, 54, Austrian martial industrial multi-instrumentalist
* Howie Pyro, 61, American punk rock bassist 6 – Jewell, 53, American R&B singer7 – Mickey Gilley, 86, American country singer-songwriter9 – Minoru Nojima, 76, Japanese classical pianist10
* Richard Benson, 41, British progressive rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
* Doug Caldwell, 94, New Zealand jazz pianist
* Kjell Lönnå, 85, Swedish classical composer and choir leader
* Shivkumar Sharma, 84, Indian classical santoor player 11
* William Bennett, 86, British classical flautist
* Trevor Strnad, 41, American melodic death metal singer
* Alexander Toradze, 69, Georgian-born American classical pianist12
* Djalu Gurruwiwi, 86, Aboriginal Australian traditional yiḏaki player
* Ben Moore, 80, American soul and gospel singer 13
* Teresa Berganza, 89, Spanish opera singer
* Lil Keed, 24, American rapper
* Rosmarie Trapp, 93, Austrian-born American choral singer 14 – Robert Cogoi, 82, Belgian pop singer15
* Deborah Fraser, 56, South African gospel singer
* Ricky Gardiner, 73, Scottish rock guitarist 17
* Rick Price, 77, British rock bassist
* Vangelis, 79, Greek progressive rock and ambient keyboardist and film composer18
* Cathal Coughlan, 61, Irish indie rock singer-songwriter
* Bob Neuwirth, 82, American singer-songwriter19 – Bernard Wright, 58, American jazz and funk singer and keyboardist21 – Yam Bing-yee, 90, Chinese opera singer23 – Thom Bresh, 74, American country singer25 – Jean-Louis Chautemps, 90, French jazz saxophonist26
* Andy Fletcher, 60, British new wave and alternative rock keyboardist
* Alan White, 72, British progressive rock drummer 29
* Steve Broughton, 72, British psychedelic rock drummer
* Ronnie Hawkins, 87, American-Canadian rock and roll singer
* Sidhu Moose Wala, 28, Indian rapper and singer30 – Paul Vance, 92, American pop songwriter31
* KK, 53, Indian playback singer
* Ingram Marshall, 80, American classical composer
* Kelly Joe Phelps, 62, American blues singer-songwriter and slide guitarist
* Dave Smith, American sound engineer, founder of Sequential, and co-creator of the Prophet-5

June

1 – Deborah McCrary, 67, American gospel singer 2

* Hal Bynum, 87, American country songwriter
* Gracia Montes, 86, Spanish cobla singer
* Bhajan Sopori, Indian classical santoor player3
* El Noba, 25, Argentine cumbia singer
* Grachan Moncur III, 85, American jazz trombonist4
* Alec John Such, 70, American hard rock bassist
* Trouble, 34, American rapper6 – Jim Seals, 79, American soft rock singer-songwriter 9
* Commander Tom, 59, German house and trance disc jockey
* Julee Cruise, 65, American dream pop singer-songwriter11 – Amb Osayomore Joseph, 69, Nigerian highlife singer-songwriter12
* Gabe Baltazar, 92, American jazz saxophonist
* Roman Bunka, 70, German jazz fusion guitarist and oud player14 – Joel Whitburn, 82, American Billboard charts historian16
* Big Rude Jake, 57, Canadian neo-swing singer-songwriter and bandleader
* Ivonne Haza, 83, Dominican opera singer
* Rino Vernizzi, 75, Italian jazz and classical bassoonist18 – Adibah Noor, 51, Malaysian pop singer19
* Jim Schwall, 79, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Brett Tuggle, American rock keyboardist 20 – Dennis Cahill, 68, American Irish folk guitarist 21 – Lewis Elliott, 84, American bassist 22 – Patrick Adams, 72, American disco arranger and producer 23
* Massimo Morante, 70, Italian progressive rock guitarist
* Yuri Shatunov, 48, Russian pop rock singer
* Leluț Vasilescu, 66, Romanian rock drummer

July

1 – Irene Fargo, 59, Italian pop and theater singer2 – Tristan Goodall, 48, Australian blues guitarist 3

* Miu Chu, 40, Taiwanese pop singer
* Antonio Cripezzi, 76, Italian pop singer and keyboardist 4 – Alan Blaikley, 82, British pop songwriter5 – Manny Charlton, 80, Scottish hard rock guitarist 7 – Adam Wade, 87, American pop singer8 – Alam Khan, 78, Bangladeshi film composer9 – Barbara Thompson, 77, British jazz saxophonist 10
* Andrew Ball, 72, British classical pianist
* Chantal Gallia, 65, Algerian-born French pop singer and humorist11 – Monty Norman, 92, British film composer12
* Bramwell Tovey, 69, British classical conductor and composer
* Jan Wijn, 88, Dutch classical pianist13
* A. B. Crentsil, 72, Ghanaian highlife guitarist
* Rubina Qureshi, 81, Pakistani classical singer14 – William Hart, 77, American R&B singer 15 – Paul Ryder, 58, English alternative dance bassist 16 – Idris Phillips, 64, American jazz and folk pianist and guitarist17 – César Pedroso, 75, Cuban songo and timba pianist 18
* Vincent DeRosa, 101, American classical French hornist
* Povl Dissing, 84, Danish pop singer and guitarist
* Bhupinder Singh, 82, Indian ghazal and playback singer19
* Michael Henderson, 71, American jazz fusion bassist and R&B singer
* Q Lazzarus, 59, American new wave singer
* Richard Seal, 86, British classical organist and conductor20
* Alice Harnoncourt, 91, Austrian classical violinist
* Richard Harvey, Australian rock drummer
* Frederick Waite Jr., 55, English reggae drummer 22
* Núria Feliu, 80, Spanish jazz and folk singer
* Kenichi Ōkuma, 56, Japanese video game music composer23
* Mike Pela, 72, British record producer and mixing engineer
* Zayar Thaw, 41, Burmese rapper 24
* Vittorio De Scalzi, 72, Italian progressive rock singer and guitarist
* Bob Heathcote, 58, American crossover thrash bassist 25
* Martin How, 90, British classical organist and composer
* Sandy Roberton, British record producer26 – Darío Gómez, 71, Colombian pop and ranchera singer27
* JayDaYoungan, 24, American rapper
* Mick Moloney, 77, Irish-American folk singer and folklorist
* Tom Springfield, 88, British folk pop singer-songwriter 28 – Bernard Cribbins, 93, English pop singer and actor29 – Jim Sohns, 75, American rock singer 30
* Archie Roach, 66, Australian folk singer-songwriter
* Raymond Raposa, American psychedelic folk singer-songwriter 31
* Nirmala Mishra, 83, Indian playback singer
* Mo Ostin, 95, American record executive

August

1 – Rosa de Castilla, 90, Mexican ranchera singer3 – Nicky Moore, 75, British heavy metal singer 4

* Sam Gooden, 87, American soul singer
* Ray Major, 73, British rock guitarist 5
* Judith Durham, 79, Australian pop-folk singer
* Michael Lang, 80, American jazz and classical pianist6
* Daniel Lévi, 60, French pop singer-songwriter
* David Muse, 73, American country rock flautist, keyboardist and saxophonist
* Torgny Söderberg, 77, Swedish schlanger songwriter7
* Ernesto Cavour, 82, Bolivian folk singer
* Gord Lewis, 65, Canadian punk rock guitarist 8
* Lamont Dozier, 81, American songwriter and record producer and singer
* Darryl Hunt, 72, English folk punk bassist
* Olivia Newton-John, 73, Australian pop and country singer-songwriter9 – Jussi Hakulinen, 57, Finnish pop rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist 10 – Abdul Wadud, 75, American jazz and classical cellist11
* Darius Campbell Danesh, 41, Scottish pop singer
* Mohamed Huzam, 52, Maldivian playback singer
* Bill Pitman, 102, American jazz, pop, and rock guitarist
* Shimoga Subbanna, 83, Indian playback singer12 – Ebrahim Ghanbari Mehr, 94, Iranian musical instrument maker14 – Svika Pick, 72, Israeli songwriter15
* Steve Grimmett, 62, English heavy metal singer.
* Hans Magnusson, 73, Swedish dansband saxophonist
* Tokollo Tshabalala, 45, South African kwaito singer-songwriter 16
* Kal David, 79, American blues singer and guitarist
* Matti Lehtinen, 100, Finnish opera singer18 – Rolf Kühn, 92, German jazz clarinetist and saxophonist19 – Ted Kirkpatrick, 62, American Christian thrash metal drummer and songwriter 20
* Helen Grayco, 97, American pop singer
* Nayyara Noor, 71, Pakistani playback and ghazal singer
* Paul Tesluk, 82, American rock and roll organist 21 – Monnette Sudler, 70, American jazz guitarist22
* Jerry Allison, 82, American rock and roll drummer and songwriter, and singer
* Stuart Anstis, 48, British extreme metal guitarist
* Jaimie Branch, 39, American free jazz trumpeter and composer
* Fredy Studer, 72, Swizz jazz fusion drummer
* Piotr Szkudelski, 66, Polish rock drummer
* Margaret Urlich, 57, New Zealand pop singer23 – Creed Taylor, 93, American jazz trumpeter, record producer and music executive25
* Joey DeFrancesco, 51, American jazz organist, saxophonist and trumpeter
* Mable John, 91, American R&B singer 26 – Hana Zagorová, 75, Czech pop singer27
* Georges Al Rassi, 42, Lebanese Khaliji singer
* Manolo Sanlúcar, 78, Spanish flamenco guitarist29
* Luke Bell, 32, American country singer
* John P. Varkey, 52, Indian alternative rock guitarist and film composer31 – Mark Shreeve, 65, British electronic composer and synthesizer player

September

1 – Bamba Bakya, 49, Indian playback singer2

* Jordi Cervelló, 86, Spanish classical composer
* Drummie Zeb, 62, British reggae drummer and singer 4
* Wes Freed, 58, American artist and album cover designer
* Edward Hulewicz, 84, Polish pop singer
* John Till, 76, Canadian blues rock guitarist 5 – Lars Vogt, 51, German classical composer7
* Jimbo Doares, 78, American rock and roll guitarist
*Dave Sherman, 55, American doom metal bassist and singer 8
* Marciano Cantero, 62, Argentine rock singer and bassist
* Sonny West, 85, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist9
* Carol Arnauld, 61, French pop singer
* Herschel Sizemore, 87, American bluegrass mandolinist
* Trevor Tomkins, 81, British jazz fusion drummer 10
* Paulino Bernal, 83, American Tex-Mex accordionist
* Jorja Fleezanis, 70, American classical violinist
* Choichi Terukina, 90, Japanese Ryukyuan sanshin player12
* Dennis East, 73, South African hard rock singer-songwriter
* Ramsey Lewis, 87, American jazz pianist and composer
* PnB Rock, 30, American rapper13
* Kornelije Kovač, 80, Serbian progressive rock keyboardist and classical composer
* Jesse Powell, 51, American R&B singer14
* David Andersson, 47, Swedish heavy metal guitarist
* Jim Post, 82, American folk singer-songwriter
* Paul Sartin, 51, British folk singer and multi-instrumentalist 16 – Marva Hicks, 66, American soul singer18 – Diane Guérin, 74, Canadian pop singer21
* Ray Edenton, 95, American country and rock guitarist
* Anton Fier, 66, American alternative rock drummer 22
* Stu Allan, 60, British eurodance DJ
* John Hartman, 72, American rock drummer 24
* Sue Mingus, 92, American record producer
* Pharoah Sanders, 81, American jazz saxophonist26 – Joe Bussard, 86, American record collector27
*Boris Moiseev, 68, Russian pop singer
* Christian Hummer, 32, Austrian indie rock keyboardist 28 – Coolio, 59, American rapper29 – Prins Póló, 45, Icelandic indie rock singer-songwriter30 — Walkie T, 27, Russian rapper

October

* Stamatis Kokotas, 88, Greek folk singer
* Kevin Locke, 68, American traditional folk flautist
* Bin Valencia, 61, Argentine heavy metal drummer 2 – Mary McCaslin, 75, American folk singer-songwriter3 – Mon Legaspi, 54, Filipino hard rock bassist 4
* Jean Gallois, 93, French musicologist and classical violinist
* Loretta Lynn, 90, American country singer-songwriter5
* Lenny Lipton, 82, American folk lyricist
* Ann-Christine Nyström, 76, Swedish pop singer6
* Adriana Breukink, Dutch classical recorder player and instrument maker
* Fred Catero, 89, American record producer and engineer
* Ivy Jo Hunter, 82, American R&B songwriter
* Jody Miller, 80, American country singer
* Judy Tenuta, 65, American comedy music singer-songwriter7
* Ronnie Cuber, 80, American jazz saxophonist
* Toshi Ichiyanagi, 89, Japanese classical pianist
* Art Laboe, 97, American radio disk jockey
* Jure Robežnik, 89, Slovenian jazz pianist8 – Charlie Brown, 80, American radio disk jockey9
* Andres Cuervo, 34, Colombian pop singer-songwriter
* Chuck Deardorf, 68, American jazz bassist
* Josep Soler i Sardà, 87, Spanish classical and opera composer10
* Anita Kerr, 94, American country and pop singer and arranger
* Leon Schidlowsky, 91, Chilean-Israeli classical composer11
* Angela Lansbury, 96, British-American theater singer and actress
* Willie Spence, 23, American R&B singer12
* Monsta O, 56, American rapper
* Yurii Kerpatenko, 46, Ukrainian conductor, orchestrator and accordionist13
* Fuzzy, 83, Danish multi-genre composer
* Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta, 78, Congolese rumba saxophonist
* Susanna Mildonian, 82, Italian-born Belgian classical harpist
* Christina Moser, 70, Swiss new wave singer-songwriter
* Steve Roberts, 68, British punk drummer
* Mike Schank, 56, American film composer and guitarist
* Joyce Sims, 63, American R&B-dance singer-songwriter14 – Mariana Nicolesco, 73, Romanian opera singer15
* Noel Duggan, 73, Irish folk singer and guitarist
* Mikaben, 41, Haitian compas and dancehall singer-songwriter
* Marty Sammon, 45, American blues and ragtime keyboardist17 – Michael Ponti, 84, German classical pianist18
* Franco Gatti, 80, Italian pop singer
* Robert Gordon, 75, American rockabilly singer19
* Geoff Nuttall, 56, Canadian chamber music violinist
* Joanna Simon, 84, American opera singer20
* Atarah Ben-Tovim, 82, British classical flautist
* Bettye Crutcher, 83, American R&B singer
* Lucy Simon, 82, American composer and folk singer
* Tsin Ting, 88, Taiwanese film singer21 – Robert Gordy, 91, American music publishing executive and recording artist22 – Luiz Galvão, 87, Brazilian psychedelic rock and MPB songwriter 23
* Don Edwards, 86, American Western singer
* Libor Pešek, 89, Czech classical conductor
* Galina Pisarenko, 88, Russian opera singer24
* Christine Farnon, 97, American music executive
* Gregg Philbin, American rock bassist 25
* Branislav Hronec, 81, Slovak classical pianist and conductor
* Paul Stoddard, American metalcore singer 26
* Lia Origoni, 103, Italian opera and musical theater singer
* Agustín Ramírez, 70, Mexican Grupera singer-songwriter 27 – Geraldine Hunt, 77, American R&B singer28
* Jerry Lee Lewis, 87, American rock and roll singer and pianist
* D. H. Peligro, 63, American punk rock drummer 29
* Ryan Karazija, 40, American-Icelandic indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Robin Sylvester, British jam band bassist 30
* John McGale, 66, Canadian blues rock singer and multi-instrumentalist
* Anthony Ortega, 94, American jazz clarinetist31
* Michal Ambrož, 68, Czech rock singer and guitarist
* Patrick Haggerty, 78, American country singer-songwriter
* Danny Javier, 75, Filipino pop and OPM singer

November

* Tsuneo Fukuhara, 89, Japanese classical composer
* Takeoff, 28, American rapper
* Joseph Tarsia, 88, American recording engineer and studio owner 2 – Atilio Stampone, 96, Argentine tango pianist and composer3
* Gerd Dudek, 84, German jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist
* Noel McKoy, 62, British soul singer4 – Nicole Josy, 76, Belgian pop singer 5
* Daniele Barioni, 92, Italian opera singer
* Aaron Carter, 34, American pop singer and rapper
* Tyrone Downie, 66, Jamaican reggae keyboardist
* Carmelo La Bionda, 73, Italian disco producer and songwriter
* Mimi Parker, 55, American indie rock singer and drummer 6
* Ali Birra, 72, Ethiopian folk singer
* Hurricane G, 52, American rapper
* Tame One, 52, American rapper 7
* Sergey Kuznetsov, 58, Russian pop rock keyboardist and songwriter
* Jeff Cook, 73, American country guitarist 8
* Will Ferdy, 95, Belgian pop singer
* Claes-Göran Hederström, 77, Swedish schlager singer
* Pierre Kartner, 87, Dutch schlager singer-songwriter
* Dan McCafferty, 76, Scottish hard rock singer-songwriter 9
* Gal Costa, 77, Brazilian Tropicália singer
* Mattis Hætta, 63, Norwegian pop singer
* Garry Roberts, 72, Irish new wave guitarist 10
* Chris Koerts, 74, Dutch pop rock guitarist
* Nik Turner, 82, British space rock flautist and saxophonist 11
* Keith Levene, 65, British post-punk guitarist
* Rab Noakes, 75, Scottish folk singer-songwriter and guitarist 12 – Gene Cipriano, 94, American jazz and pop multi-instrumentalist 14 – Jerzy Połomski. 89, Polish folk and pop singer15
* John Rex Reeves, 86, American country singer-songwriter
* Jin Tielin, 82, Chinese vocal coach16 – Mick Goodrick, 77, American jazz guitarist17
* Azio Corghi, 85, Italian classical composer
* Ken Mansfield, 85, American record producer
* B. Smyth, 30, American R&B singer18 – Ned Rorem, 99, American classical composer19
* Nico Fidenco, 89, Italian pop singer
* Danny Kalb, 80, American blues rock guitarist 20
* Joyce Bryant, 95, American pop singer
* Riho Sibul, 64, Estonian rock singer and guitarist 21 – Wilko Johnson, 75, British pub rock guitarist and songwriter 22
* Erasmo Carlos, 81, Brazilian MPB singer-songwriter
* Pablo Milanés, 79, Cuban nueva trova singer-songwriter23
* Hugo Helmig, 24, Danish pop singer
* Shel Macrae, 77, British pop rock singer and guitarist 25
* Irene Cara, 63, American pop singer-songwriter and actress
* Charles Koppelman, 82, American music executive and pop singer
* Don Newkirk, 56, American film composer and record producer
* Sammie Okposo, 51, Nigerian gospel singer26 – Louise Tobin, 104, American jazz singer27 – Jake Flint, 37, American Red Dirt country singer30
* Christine McVie, 79, British rock and blues singer-songwriter and keyboardist
* Steve Smith, British punk singer

December

* Haralds Sīmanis, 71, Latvian pop singer
* Tord Sjöman, 82, Swedish dansband organist
* Andrew Speight, 58, Australian jazz saxophonist2
* Jo Carol Pierce, 78, American folk rock singer-songwriter
* Laila Storch, 101, American classical oboist 3
* Jess Barr, 46, American alternative country guitarist
* Jamie Freeman, 57, British folk singer-songwriter
* Svenne Hedlund, 77, Swedish pop and schlager singer
* Volodymyr Kozhukhar, 81, Ukrainian classical composer
* Bobby Naughton, 78, American jazz vibraphonist and pianist
* Alexandre Zelkine, 84, French folk singer4
* Manuel Göttsching, 70, German Krautrock and electronic synthesizer player and guitarist
* Bob McGrath, 96, American actor and singer 5 – Hamsou Garba, 63, Nigerien singer6
* Jet Black, 84, British punk rock drummer
* Hamish Kilgour, 65, New Zealand indie rock drummer and singer
* Edino Krieger, 94, Brazilian avant garde composer7 – Roddy Jackson, 70, American rockabilly singer and pianist8 – Yitzhak Klepter, 72, Israeli psychedelic rock singer and guitarist 9
* Jovit Baldivino, 29, Filipino pop rock singer
* Gaston Bogaerts, 101, Belgian Latin soul percussionist
* Herbert Deutsch, 90, American composer and inventor
* Qamar Gula, 70, Afghan pop singer10
* John Aler, 73, American opera singer
* J. J. Barnes, 79, American R&B singer
* Sulochana Chavan, 89, Indian Lavani singer
* Tracy Hitchings, 60, British progressive rock singer
* Tshala Muana, 64, Congolese Soukous singer
* Aziouz Raïs, 68, Algerian chaabi singer
* José Ángel Trelles, 78, Argentine tango singer
* Kihnu Virve, 94, Estonian folk singer11 – Angelo Badalamenti, 85, American film and television composer and arranger12 – Ekambi Brillant, 74, Cameroonian makossa singer13
* Sol Amarfio, 84, Ghanaian-British afro rock drummer
* Benjamin Bossi, 69, American new wave saxophonist
* Grand Daddy I.U., 54, American rapper
* Luis "Checho" González, 89, Chilean folk singer
* Nihal Nelson, 76, Sri Lankan soul and pop singer
* Bayan Northcott, 82, British classical composer and music critic
* Lalo Rodríguez, 64, Puerto Rican salsa singer
* Kim Simmonds, 75, British rock guitarist 14
* Djene Djento, Cameroonian makossa singer-songwriter
* Koji Ryu, 60, Japanese rock drummer 15
* Bertha Barbee, 82, American R&B singer
* Dino Danelli, 78, American rock drummer
* Shirley Eikhard, 67, Canadian country singer-songwriter16
* Rick Anderson, 75, American new wave bassist
* Jean-Paul Corbineau, 74, French folk singer-songwriter
* Charlie Gracie, 86, American rock and roll singer and guitarist17
* Urmas Sisask, 62, Estonian classical composer
* Yuji Tanaka, 65, Japanese rock drummer 18
* Martin Duffy, 55, British alternative rock keyboardist
* Terry Hall, 63, British ska and new wave singer-songwriter
* Wim Henderickx, 60, Belgian classical composer and percussionist19
* Claudisabel, 40, Portuguese pop singer
* Stanley Drucker, 93, American classical clarinetist
* Sandy Edmonds, 74, British-New Zealand pop singer20
* Randy Begg, 71, Canadian pop drummer
* Iain Templeton, British alternative rock drummer 21
* Harvey Jett, 73, American Southern rock guitarist
* Bilqees Khanum, Pakistani classical singer
* Mauro Sabbione, 65, Italian pop keyboardist 22
* Thom Bell, 79, Jamaican-born American soul songwriter and arranger
* Big Scarr, 22, American rapper
* Walter "Wolfman" Washington, 79, American blues singer and guitarist23
* David Dalton, 88, American classical violist
* Maxi Jazz, 65, British electronic singer-songwriter
* Madosini, 78, South African traditional Uhadi musical bow player
* Massimo Savić, 60, Croatian art rock and pop singer 24 – Mampintsha, 40, South African kwaito singer 25
* Camilo Azuquita, 76, Panamanian salsa singer
* Brian Cassar, 86, British rock and roll singer and guitarist
* Paul Fox, American record producer 26
* Penda Dallé, 64, Cameroonian makossa guitarist
* Lasse Lönndahl, 94, Swedish pop singer27
* Jo Mersa Marley, 31, Jamaican reggae singer
* Harry Sheppard, 94, American jazz vibraphonist28
* Scott Nash, Australian hard rock bassist
* Black Stalin, 81, Trinidadian calypso singer
* Linda de Suza, 74, Portuguese pop singer29
* Eduard Artemyev, 85, Russian film composer
* Giovanni Pezzoli, 70, Italian pop rock drummer
* Ian Tyson, 89, Canadian folk singer-songwriter 31
* Jeremiah Green, 45, American indie rock drummer
* Anita Pointer, 74, American R&B singer