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This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2021 in music
Specific locations
- 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
Albums released
Awards
Bands formed
- ≠Me
- Alamat
- ASP
- Be First
- BGYO
- Bini
- Billlie
- Blitzers
- BugAboo
- Ciipher
- Epex
- Ho6la
- Hot Issue
- Ichillin'
- INI
- Ive
- Just B
- KAIA
- Kingdom
- Lightsum
- Luminous
- Lovejoy
- Mirae
- The Morris Springfield Project
- Naniwa Danshi
- NTX
- Omega X
- P1X3L
- Pixy
- Purple Kiss
- Silk Sonic[1]
- The Smile
- T1419
- Tri.be
- Xdinary Heroes
- WJSN The Black
Soloist debuts
- Adora
- Addison Rae
- Ai Hashimoto
- Aguri Ōnishi
- Angela Ken
- Angelina Jordan
- Ansonbean
- Ayuni D
- BamBam
- Bella Poarch
- Belle Mariano
- Blaster
- Chlöe
- Diarra Sylla
- D.O.
- Do Han-se
- Edan Lui
- Elaiza Ikeda
- El Noba
- Gayle
- Gigi De Lana
- Hiroki Moriuchi
- I.M
- IShowSpeed
- Jay B
- Jinyoung
- Jo Yu-ri
- Joao Constancia
- Joy
- Kanako Momota
- Kwon Eun-bi
- L
- Lee Seung-hyub
- Leung Yip
- Lili
- Lisa
- Luke Hemmings
- Lyca Gairanod
- Marika Kouno
- Masato Hayakawa
- MC Cheung Tin-fu
- Miyu Honda
- Nathan Evans
- Nicholas Hamilton
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Park So-yeon
- PinkPantheress
- Reina Kondō
- Rie Takahashi
- Rosé
- Sorn
- Takanori Iwata
- Takuya Eguchi
- Wendy
- Young K
- Youngjae
- Yugyeom
- Yuqi
Bands reformed
Bands on hiatus
Bands disbanded
- 100%
- 1Team
- AŌP
- Ayumikurikamaki
- Beach Slang
- Berry Good
- Blackalicious
- Blu-Billion
- Brand X
- Butterfly Child
- Black Peaks
- Cabaret Voltaire
- Cellchrome
- Los Chunguitos
- Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
- CY8ER
- Chromatics
- Daft Punk
- Datblygu
- Demons & Wizards
- Desurabbits
- The Fat Boys
- GFriend
- Golden Earring
- Hollywood Monsters
- Iris
- Iz*One
- Maison Book Girl
- MKTO
- The Monkees
- Omega
- OnePixcel
- Ought
- Pink Cres.
- The Posies
- Poco
- Potty Mouth
- The Preatures
- Rascal Flatts
- Return to Forever
- Sakura Gakuin
- SGO48
- Shine
- Sly and Robbie
- Stereo Total
- Tenth Avenue North
- Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
- V6
- Yuck
Deaths
January
- 1
- Carlos do Carmo, 81, Portuguese fado singer
- Misty Morgan, 75, American country music singer (Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan)
- Liam Reilly, 65, Irish folk rock singer and keyboardist (Bagatelle)
- Jan Vering, 65, German gospel singer
- 3
- Gerry Marsden, 78, English rock singer and guitarist (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
- Warren McLean, Australian rock drummer (Machinations, I'm Talking, Divinyls)
- 4 – Alexi Laiho, 41, Finnish death metal singer and guitarist (Children of Bodom) (death announced on this date)
- 5 – John Georgiadis, 81, British classical violinist and conductor
- 6 – Paul de Leon, 52, American metal drummer (Las Cruces)
- 7
- Deezer D, 55, American rapper and actor
- Genival Lacerda, 89, Brazilian forro singer
- Jamie O'Hara, 70, American country music singer-songwriter (The O'Kanes)
- 8
- Ed Bruce, 81, American country music singer-songwriter
- Michael Fonfara, 74, Canadian blues and rock keyboardist (The Electric Flag, Rhinoceros, Downchild Blues Band)
- Uno Loop, 91, Estonian singer and guitarist
- Elijah Moshinsky, 75, Australian opera director
- 10 – Thorleif Torstensson, 71, Swedish dansband singer, guitarist and saxophonist (Thorleifs)
- 11
- Howard Johnson, 79, American jazz multi-instrumentalist
- Mark Keds, 50, British pop punk singer (Senseless Things)
- Don Miller, 80, American pop singer (The Vogues)
- 12 – Ron Getman, 72, American country rock guitarist and singer (The Tractors)
- 13
- Tim Bogert, 76, American psychedelic rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice)
- Duke Bootee, 69, American rapper, producer and songwriter
- Sylvain Sylvain, 69, American glam rock guitarist (New York Dolls)
- 14
- Duranice Pace, 62, American gospel singer (The Anointed Pace Sisters)
- Larry Willoughby, 73, American country music singer-songwriter
- 16
- Jason Cope, 43, American country guitarist (The Steel Woods)
- Pave Maijanen, 70, Finnish rock keyboardist (Hurriganes, Dingo)
- Claudia Montero, 58, Argentine classical composer
- Phil Spector, 81, American record producer, pop musician (The Teddy Bears), and songwriter
- 17
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan, 89, Indian classical singer
- Junior Mance, 92, American jazz pianist
- Sammy Nestico, 96, American jazz composer and arranger
- 18
- Perry Botkin Jr., 87, American composer and arranger
- Maria Koterbska, 96, Polish swing and jazz singer
- Jimmie Rodgers, 87, American pop singer
- 20 – Joe Jordan, 79, American pop singer and musician (The Jordan Brothers)
- 21
- Randy Parton, 67, American country music singer-songwriter
- Marc Phillips, 66, American rock singer (Hotel) and record producer
- 22
- Narendra Chanchal, 80, Indian religious singer
- Guem, 73, Algerian jazz singer
- James Purify, 76, American R&B singer (James & Bobby Purify)
- 23
- Jonas Gwangwa, 83, South African jazz trombonist (The Jazz Epistles)
- Gabriel Ruiz Díaz, 45, Argentine alternative rock bassist (Catupecu Machu)
- 24 – Tom Stevens, 64, American alternative country bassist (The Long Ryders)
- 25 – Iron, 29, South Korean rapper
- 26
- Cara O'Sullivan, 59, Irish opera singer
- 6 Dogs, 21, American rapper
- 27 – Trung Kiên, 81, Vietnamese classical singer
- 28
- César Isella, 82, Argentine folk singer and guitarist (Los Fronterizos)
- Sibongile Khumalo, 63, South African jazz and classical singer
- Singing Sandra, 63, Trinidadian calypso singer
- Rick Shaw, 79, American folk singer and string guitarist (The Hillside Singers)
- 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 (The Animals)
- 30
- Double K, 43, American rapper (People Under the Stairs)
- Sophie, 34, Scottish electronic singer-songwriter and producer
- Alla Yoshpe, 83, Russian pop singer
- 31 – Wambali Mkandawire, Malawian jazz singer
February
- 1 – Temur Tsiklauri, 75, Georgian pop singer (VIA Iveria)
- 2 – Aaron Wegelin, American indie rock drummer (Elf Power)
- 3
- Anne Feeney, 69, American folk singer-songwriter
- Jim Weatherly, 77, American pop and country music singer-songwriter
- 4
- Stefan Cush, 60, British folk-punk singer and guitarist (The Men They Couldn't Hang)
- Matt Harris, American power pop bassist (The Posies)
- Jessie Smith, 79, American R&B singer (The Ikettes)
- Nolan Porter, 71, American R&B singer-songwriter
- Gil Saunders, American soul singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes)
- 5
- Abdoul Jabbar, 40, Guinean dance singer
- Douglas Miller, 71, American gospel singer
- Örs Siklósi, 29, Hungarian metalcore singer (AWS)
- 7
- Elliot Mazer, 79, American record producer and audio engineer
- Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, 71, Italian opera director (Opéra Royal de Wallonie)
- Ricardo Silva Elizondo, 67, Mexican pop singer
- 8
- Roza Akkuchukova, 70, Russian pop singer
- Servando Cano Rodríguez, 78, Mexican Tejano singer-songwriter
- Mary Wilson, 76, American R&B singer (The Supremes)
- 9
- Chick Corea, 79, American jazz fusion keyboardist and composer (Return to Forever, Chick Corea Elektric Band)
- Cedrick Cotton, 46, American R&B singer (Ideal)
- Ghédalia Tazartès, 73, French musique concrète multi-instrumentalist
- 10
- Jon Mark, 77, English pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mark-Almond)
- Lee Sexton, 92, American bluegrass banjoist
- 11 – Joel Pina, 100, Portuguese fado guitarist (Amália Rodrigues)
- 12 – Milford Graves, 79, American jazz drummer (New York Art Quartet)
- 13
- Louis Clark, 73, British symphonic rock conductor and keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra, ELO Part II, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Sydney Devine, 81, British country and skiffle singer
- 14
- Erriquez, 60, Italian folk rock singer and guitarist (Bandabardò)
- Ari Gold, 47, American R&B singer
- 15
- 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 (Fania All-Stars) and record producer
- 16
- Carman, 65, American contemporary Christian singer
- Tonton David, 53, French reggae singer
- 17
- Françoise Cactus, 57, German indie rock singer and drummer (Stereo Total)
- Ali Hossain, 80, Bangladeshi classical composer
- U-Roy, 78, Jamaican reggae singer
- 18
- Prince Markie Dee, 52, American rapper (The Fat Boys)
- Miles Seaton, 41, American indie rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Akron / Family)
- 19
- Đorđe Balašević, 67, Serbian rock singer (Rani Mraz)
- James Burke, 70, American soul singer (Five Stairsteps)
- Jerold Ottley, 86, American choral conductor (Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
- 20
- Joe Burke, 81, Irish folk accordionist
- Richard Shephard, 71, British classical conductor
- Gene Taylor, 68, American rock keyboardist (The Blasters, Canned Heat, The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
- 21 – Hélène Martin, 92, French chanson singer
- 22 – Yalchin Rzazadeh, 74, Azerbaijani pop singer
- 23 – Sean Kennedy, 35, Australian metalcore bassist (I Killed The Prom Queen, Deez Nuts)
- 24 – Sardool Sikander, 60, Indian folk singer
- 26 – Bob James, 68, American hard rock singer (Montrose)
- 27 – Danilo Rustici, 72, Italian progressive rock guitarist (Osanna)
- 28
- Anna Kast, 39, Russian EDM singer (Little Big)
- Ian North, 68, American power pop singer and guitarist (Milk 'N' Cookies, Neo)
- Jorge Oñate, 71, Colombian vallenato singer
March
- 1 – Ralph Peterson Jr., 58, American jazz drummer (Out of the Blue, The Jazz Messengers)
- 2
- Chris Barber, 90, English jazz bandleader and trombonist
- Mark Goffeney, 51, American rock bassist
- Radim Pařízek, 67, Czech heavy metal drummer (Citron)
- Bunny Wailer, 73, Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
- 3
- Medea Abrahamyan, 88, Armenian classical cellist
- Duffy Jackson, 67, American jazz drummer
- 4
- Alan Cartwright, 75, English rock bassist (Procol Harum)
- Barbara Ess, 72, American post-punk multi-instrumentalist (Y Pants, Disband)
- Helmut Winschermann, 100, German classical oboist, and conductor (Deutsche Bachsolisten)
- 5
- Anna Shuttleworth, 93, British classical cellist
- Michael Stanley, 72, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 7
- Sanja Ilić, 69, Serbian folk rock keyboardist (San, Balkanika)
- Josky Kiambukuta, 72, Congolese rumba singer (TPOK Jazz)
- Lars-Göran Petrov, 49, Swedish heavy metal singer and drummer (Entombed, Entombed A.D., Morbid)
- 9 – James Levine, 77, American classical conductor and pianist (Metropolitan Opera)
- 8
- Adrian Bărar, 61, Romanian heavy metal guitarist and composer (Cargo)
- James Mac Gaw, French progressive rock guitarist (Magma)
- 11
- Ray Campi, 86, American rockabilly musician
- Jewlia Eisenberg, 50, American avant-rock singer (Charming Hostess)
- Florentín Giménez, 95, Paraguayan classical and folk pianist
- 12 – Maximiliano Djerfy, 46, Argentine alternative rock guitarist (Callejeros)
- 14
- Eulalio Cervantes, 52, Mexican rock saxophonist (Maldita Vecindad)
- Reggie Warren, 52, American R&B singer (Troop)
- 15
- Dragoljub Đuričić, 58, Serbian rock and jazz drummer (YU Grupa, Kerber, Leb i sol)
- Doug Parkinson, 74, Australian pop and jazz singer (Fanny Adams, The Life Organisation)
- 16 – Bill Irvine, 87, American rock and roll pianist (Chuck Alaimo Quartet)
- 17
- Matt Miller, 34, American indie rock keyboardist (Titus Andronicus)
- Freddie Redd, 92, American jazz keyboardist
- Corey Steger, 42, American metalcore guitarist (Underoath)
- 18 – Paul Jackson, 73, American jazz fusion bassist (The Headhunters, Azteca)
- 19
- Cristián Cuturrufo, 48, Chilean jazz trumpeter
- Gary Leib, 65, American new wave keyboardist (Rubber Rodeo)
- 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-songwriter
- 23
- Don Heffington, 70, American roots rock drummer (Lone Justice, Watkins Family Hour)
- Hana Hegerová, 89, Slovak chanson singer
- Peter Viskinde, 67, Danish rock guitarist (Malurt, Big Fat Snake)
- 25 – Tavish Maloney, 24, American emo guitarist (Oso Oso)
- 26 – Brett Bradshaw, 50, American glam metal drummer (Faster Pussycat)
- 28 – Malcolm Cecil, 84, British jazz bassist and synthesizer player (Tonto's Expanding Head Band, Blues Incorporated, The Jazz Couriers)
- 29
- Jerry Burgan, 76, American folk rock guitarist (We Five)
- Hans Kinds, 74, Dutch blues rock guitarist (Cuby + Blizzards)
- 30 – Willie Schofield, 81, American R&B singer-songwriter (The Falcons)
- 31
- Anzor Erkomaishvili, 80, Georgian folk singer
- Jadwiga Wysoczanská, 93, Czech opera singer
April
- 1 – Tony Pola, Australian blues-rock drummer (Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists)
- 2
- Shaukat Ali, 76, Pakistani folk singer
- Morris "B.B." Dickerson, 71, American funk bassist and singer (War)
- Gabi Luncă, 82, Romanian lăutărească singer
- Nelu Ploieşteanu, 70, Romanian lăutărească singer
- 3
- Earl Bulinski, 72, American rock musician (The Electras)
- Jill Corey, 85, American pop singer
- 4 – Paul Humphrey, 60, Canadian new wave singer (Blue Peter)
- 5
- Haja El Hamdaouia, 91, Moroccan aita and chaabi singer
- Krzysztof Krawczyk, 74, Polish pop singer and composer
- 6 – Predrag Živković Tozovac, 85, Serbian folk singer
- 9 – DMX, 50, American rapper
- 10
- Shay Healy, 78, Irish pop songwriter
- Bob Petric, American indie rock guitarist (Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments)
- Bosse Skoglund, 85, Swedish blues drummer
- 11
- Mita Haque, 58, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sagreet singer
- Zoran Simjanović, 74, Serbian classical composer and rock keyboardist (Siluete, Elipse)
- 13
- Farid Ahmed, 66, Bangladeshi film composer
- Leonid Bortkevich, 71, Belarusian folk rock singer (Pesniary)
- Rocco Filippini, 77, Swiss classical cellist
- 14
- Michel Louvain, 83, Canadian pop singer
- Rusty Young, 75, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco)
- 15 – Barby Kelly, 45, Spanish-born German folk singer (The Kelly Family)
- 16
- Barry Mason, 85, British pop songwriter
- Mike Mitchell, 77, American rock guitarist (The Kingsmen)
- 17 – Black Rob, 52, American rapper
- 18
- Lew Lewis, British pub rock harmonica player (Eddie and the Hot Rods)
- Paul Oscher, 71, American blues singer
- Lars Ranzenberger, 53, German-born Spanish power metal bassist (Metalium)
- 19 – Jim Steinman, 73, American rock lyricist, composer, pianist, and record producer
- 20 – Les McKeown, 65, Scottish pop rock singer (Bay City Rollers)
- 21
- Lea Dali Lion, 47, Estonian pop singer
- Joe Long, 88, American pop rock bassist (The Four Seasons)
- 22 – Shock G, 57, American rapper (Digital Underground)
- 23
- 25
- Denny Freeman, 76, American blues guitarist
- Rajan Mishra, 70, Indian khyal sarangi player (Rajan and Sajan Mishra)
- 27 – Paul Couter, 72, Belgian rock guitarist (TC Matic)
- 28
- Toni Dalli, 87, Italian pop singer
- Anita Lane, 61, Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
- Liuwe Tamminga, 67, Dutch classical harpsichordist and organist
- 29
- Johnny Crawford, 75, American pop singer
- John Hinch, 73, British heavy metal drummer (Judas Priest, Bakerloo)
- Tony Markellis, 68, American jam band bassist (Trey Anastasio Band)
- Will Mecum, 48, American stoner rock guitarist (Karma to Burn, Year Long Disaster)
- 30
- John Dee Holeman, 92, American blues guitarist
- Anthony Payne, 84, British classical composer
- Ray Reyes, 51, Puerto Rican pop singer (Menudo, El Reencuentro)
May
- 1
- Debu Chaudhuri, 85, Indian classical sitarist
- Wondress Hutchinson, 56, American dance singer (Mantronix)
- 2 – Tommy West, 78, American music producer and pop singer-songwriter (Cashman & West)
- 3
- Phil Naro, 63, American hard rock singer (Talas)
- Lloyd Price, 88, American R&B singer-songwriter
- 4
- Rodolfo García, 75, Argentine psychedelic rock drummer (Almendra, Aquelarre)
- Nick Kamen, 59, English pop singer-songwriter
- Genji Kuniyoshi, 90, Japanese folk singer
- 6
- Comagan, 48, Indian playback singer
- Vanya Kostova, 64, Bulgarian pop singer (Tonika)
- Prem Dhoj Pradhan, 82, Nepali pop singer and guitarist
- Pervis Staples, 85, American gospel singer (The Staple Singers)
- 7
- G. Anand, 67, Indian playback singer
- Vanraj Bhatia, 93, Indian film composer
- Cassiano, 77, Brazilian funk and soul singer-songwriter
- 8 – Curtis Fuller, 86, American jazz trombonist (The Jazz Messengers)
- 10
- Svante Thuresson, 68, Swedish jazz and schlager singer (Gals and Pals)
- Pauline Tinsley, 93, British opera singer
- 12 – Maran, 48, Indian gaana singer
- 13
- Norman Simmons, 91, American jazz pianist and arranger
- Jack Terricloth, 50, American dark cabaret singer (The World/Inferno Friendship Society)
- Bill Tsamis, 60, American metal guitarist (Warlord)
- 14 – Ester Mägi, 99, Estonian classical composer
- 15
- Đorđe Marjanović, 89, Serbian schlager and pop singer
- Mario Pavone, 80, American jazz bassist
- 16
- Patsy Bruce, 81, American country songwriter
- MC Kevin, 23, Brazilian funk carioca singer
- 17
- Nicolas Ker, 50, French electronic singer (Poni Hoax)
- Neal Ford, 78, American psychedelic rock singer (Neal Ford and the Fanatics)
- Amarendra Mohanty, 63, Indian film composer and singer
- 18 – Franco Battiato, 76, Italian progressive rock and new wave singer-songwriter
- 19
- Johnny Ashcroft, 94, Australian country and folk singer-songwriter
- Alix Dobkin, 80, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Martin Turnovský, 92, Czech classical conductor
- 20 – Roger Hawkins, 75, American rock and soul drummer (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section)
- 22 – Glenn Douglas Tubb, 85, American country singer-songwriter
- 23
- Dewayne Blackwell, 84, American country songwriter
- Lorrae Desmond, 93, Australian cabaret singer and actress
- 24
- John Davis, 66, American dance pop singer (Milli Vanilli)
- Samuel E. Wright, 74, American pop singer and actor
- 25 – Søren Holm, 25, Danish indie pop singer (Liss)
- 26 – Patrick Sky, 80, American folk singer-songwriter
- 27
- Tiit Haagma, 67, Estonian progressive rock bassist (Ruja)
- Shantiraj Khosla, 54, Indian film composer and singer
- Nelson Sargento, 96, Brazilian samba singer
- 28
- Zohra Abdullayeva, 68, Azerbaijani mugham singer
- Jimi Bellmartin, 71, Indonesian-born Dutch funk singer
- 29
- B. J. Thomas, 78, American pop singer
- Johnny Trudell, 82, American jazz trumpeter
- 31 - Lil Loaded, 20, American rapper
June
- 3 – Karla Burns, 66, American opera singer
- 6 – Michele Merlo, 28, Italian pop singer-songwriter
- 7 – David C. Lewis, American soft rock and new age keyboardist (Ambrosia, Shadowfax)
- 8
- Farhad Humayun, 42, Pakistani psychedelic rock drummer and singer (Overload)
- Dean Parrish, 78, American soul singer
- 9 – Juan Nelson, 62, American blues rock bassist (Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals)
- 10 – Fran McKendree, 74, American folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (McKendree Spring)
- 11
- Heribert Beissel, 88, German classical composer
- Jon Lukas, 72, Maltese pop singer
- 14 – Selçuk Tekay, 68, Turkish classical composer and violinist
- 16 – Novica Zdravković, 73, Serbian folk singer
- 17 – Fane Flaws, 70, New Zealand rock guitarist (The Crocodiles, The Spats, Blerta)
- 18
- Gift of Gab, 50, American rapper (Blackalicious)
- Takeshi Terauchi, 82, Japanese surf rock guitarist
- 20
- Jeanne Lamon, 71, American-Canadian classical violinist and conductor
- Lionel Leroy, 65, French pop singer
- Gianna Rolandi, 68, American opera singer
- 21
- Nobuo Hara, 94, Japanese jazz saxophonist
- Mamady Keïta, 70, Guinean djembe player
- Pat Lupo, 66, American rock bassist (John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band)
- 22 – Parassala B. Ponnammal, 96, Indian Carnatic singer
- 23
- David Edwards, 56, Welsh post-punk singer (Datblygu)
- Ellen McIlwaine, 75, American-Canadian psychedelic rock and blues singer and slide guitarist (Fear Itself)
- Peter Zinovieff, 88, British electronic composer and founder of Electronic Music Studios
- 25
- Rinaldo Rafanelli, 71, Argentine psychedelic rock singer (Color Humano, Sui Generis)
- Wes, 57, Cameroonian world music singer
- 26
- Jon Hassell, 84, American jazz trumpeter
- Frederic Rzewski, 83, American classical pianist and composer
- Johnny Solinger, 55, American hard rock singer (Skid Row)
- 27
- Willy Crook, 55, Argentine new wave saxophonist (Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota)
- Peps Persson, 74, Swedish blues and reggae singer
- 28
- Burton Greene, 84, American free jazz pianist
- Paul Koulak, 78, French television composer
- 29
- John Lawton, 74, British rock singer (Uriah Heep, Lucifer's Friend, Les Humphries Singers)
- Bryan St. Pere, 53, American alternative rock drummer (Hum)
July
- 1
- Louis Andriessen, 82, Dutch classical composer
- Steve Kekana, 62, South African soul and Mbaqanga singer
- 4
- Sanford Clark, 85, American rockabilly singer
- Rick Laird, 80, Irish jazz fusion bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Brian Auger and the Trinity)
- 5 – Raffaella Carrà, 78, Italian pop singer
- 6 – David King, American alternative rock guitarist (Mary's Danish)
- 9 – Andy Williams, 49, American Christian rock drummer (Casting Crowns)
- 10
- Barbara Allbut, 80, American pop singer (The Angels)
- Byron Berline, 77, American bluegrass fiddler
- Chris Hutka, American post-hardcore singer (The Bunny the Bear)
- 11
- Juini Booth, 73, American jazz bassist (The Sun Ra Arkestra)
- Sound Sultan, 44, Nigerian rapper
- 13 – Brother Resistance, 67, Trinidadian rhythm poet
- 14
- Gary Corbett, American blues rock keyboardist (Cinderella)
- Jeff LaBar, 58, American glam metal and blues rock guitarist (Cinderella)
- 15
- Joe Cassidy, Irish indie pop singer-songwriter (Butterfly Child)
- Boris Goryachev, 49, Russian a capella singer (Turetsky Choir Art Group)
- Pyotr Mamonov, 70, Russian alternative rock singer-songwriter (Zvuki Mu)
- Tsepo Tshola, 67, Mosotho afro-jazz singer (Sankomota)
- 16 – Biz Markie, 57, American rapper
- 17
- Dolores Claman, 94, Canadian television composer and pianist
- Robby Steinhardt, 71, American progressive rock singer and violinist (Kansas)
- Graham Vick, 67, English opera director
- 19
- Tolis Voskopoulos, 80, Greek laïko singer
- Chuck E. Weiss, 76, American blues rock singer-songwriter
- 20 – Jerry Granelli, 80, American-born Canadian jazz drummer
- 21
- Tõnu Aare, 67, Estonian rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Apelsin)
- Clarence McDonald, 76, American pianist, composer, arranger, and producer
- 22
- Pavel Pelc, 71, Czech art rock bassist and singer (Progres 2)
- Peter Rehberg, 53, Austrian-British electronic musician (KTL) and founder of Mego
- 23
- Fakir Alamgir, 71, Bangladeshi folk singer
- Wally Gonzales, 71, Filipino blues rock guitarist (Juan de la Cruz Band)
- 25 – Count M'Butu, 75-76, American blues-rock percussionist (The Derek Trucks Band) (death announced on this date)
- 26
- Mike Howe, 55, American heavy metal singer (Metal Church, Heretic)
- Joey Jordison, 46, American heavy metal drummer and guitarist (Slipknot, Murderdolls, Scar the Martyr, Sinsaenum)
- 27
- Dusty Hill, 72, American blues rock bassist and singer (ZZ Top)
- Willie Winfield, 91, American doo-wop singer (The Harptones)
- 28
- Giuseppe Giacomini, 80, Italian opera singer
- Shahram Kashani, 47, Iranian pop singer
- Johnny Ventura, 81, Dominican salsa and merengue singer
- 29 – Gonzoe, 45, American rapper (Kausion)
- 30 – Jacob Desvarieux, 65, Guadeloupean-French zouk singer
- 31 – Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, 93, Polish jazz saxophonist
August
- 1
- Paul Cotton, 78, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco, Illinois Speed Press)
- Kazimierz Kowalski, 70, Polish opera singer
- 3
- Kelli Hand, 56, American techno DJ
- Allan Stephenson, 71, British classical cellist and composer
- 4
- 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 (The Fireballs)
- Anders Pettersson, 69, Swedish dansband keyboardist (Lasse Stefanz)
- 6
- Les Vandyke, 90, British pop songwriter
- Wang Wenjuan, 94, Chinese yue opera singer
- 7 – Dennis Thomas, 70, American funk saxophonist (Kool & The Gang)
- 9
- Joey Ambrose, 87, American rock and roll saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets)
- Killer Kau, 23, South African rapper
- Mpura, 26, South African rapper
- Chucky Thompson, 53, American record producer
- 11
- Mike Finnigan, 76, American rock and jazz keyboardist
- Roy Gaines, 83, American electric blues guitarist
- Caroline Peyton, 69, American folk singer-songwriter
- 12 – Ronnell Bright, 91, American jazz pianist
- 13
- Baba Zumbi, 49, American rapper (Zion I)
- Nanci Griffith, 68, American folk singer-songwriter
- Pil Trafa, 62, Argentine punk rock singer (Los Violadores)
- 14 – R. Murray Schafer, 88, Canadian avant-garde classical composer
- 15 – Jagjit Kaur, 91, Indian playback singer
- 16 – Hormoz Farhat, 93, Iranian-American classical composer
- 17 – Squeak, 26, American hip hop producer (Pivot Gang)
- 20
- Tom T. Hall, 85, American country singer-songwriter
- Larry Harlow, 82, American salsa keyboardist (Fania All-Stars)
- Peter Ind, 93, British jazz bassist
- Michael Morgan, 64, American classical conductor
- 21
- Bill Emerson, 83, American bluegrass banjoist
- Don Everly, 84, American country-rock and roll singer and songwriter (The Everly Brothers)
- 22
- Charles Burles, 85, French opera singer
- Bob Fish, 72, British doo-wop singer (Darts)
- Brian Travers, 62, British pop and reggae saxophonist and songwriter (UB40)
- Eric Wagner, 62, American doom metal singer (Trouble, The Skull)
- 23
- Fritz McIntyre, 62, British pop keyboardist (Simply Red)
- Olli Wisdom, 63, British goth rock singer (Specimen) and Goa trance producer
- 24
- Pierre Dutot, 75, French classical trumpeter
- Charlie Watts, 80, English rock drummer (The Rolling Stones)
- 25 – Dave Harper, British indie rock drummer (Frankie & The Heartstrings)
- 26 – Kenny Malone, 83, American country drummer
- 27 – Siegfried Matthus, 87, German composer and conductor
- 29
- Ron Bushy, 79, American psychedelic rock drummer (Iron Butterfly)
- John Drake, 74, American rock singer (The Amboy Dukes)
- Lee "Scratch" Perry, 85, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter and producer
- 30 – Lee Williams, 75, American gospel singer (Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC's)
- 31 – Nobesuthu Mbadu, 76, South African mbaqanga singer (Mahotella Queens)
September
- 1
- Adalberto Álvarez, 72, Cuban son pianist (Son 14, Adalberto Álvarez y su Son)
- Carol Fran, 87, American soul blues singer and pianist
- Marty Fried, 77, American rock drummer (The Cyrkle)
- Aleksandr Khrabunov, 61, Russian rock guitarist (Zoopark)
- 2
- Alemayehu Eshete, 80, Ethiopian jazz singer
- MadClip, 34, Greek-American rapper
- Mikis Theodorakis, 96, Greek classical and film composer
- 4
- Billy Cafaro, 84, Argentine rock singer
- Gerhard Erber, 86, German classical pianist
- 5
- Rickie Lee Reynolds, 72, American rock guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)
- Sarah Harding, 39, British pop singer (Girls Aloud)
- 6
- Sunil Perera, 68, Sri Lankan pop and baila singer (The Gypsies)
- Bennie Pete, 45, American jazz and funk sousaphonist (Hot 8 Brass Band)
- 7 – Warren Storm, 84, American swamp pop singer and drummer
- 8
- Susan Anway, 70, American indie rock singer (The Magnetic Fields)
- Uno Loop, 91, Estonian estrada, pop and jazz singer, guitarist and music educator
- Pulamaipithan, 85, Indian film lyricist
- 9 – Amanda Holden, 73, British classical librettist
- 10
- Michael Chapman, 80, British folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Rick Newell, 73, British psychedelic rock bassist (Rainbow Ffolly)
- 11 – María Mendiola, 69, Spanish pop singer (Baccara)
- 12 – Don Maddox, 90, American country singer (Maddox Brothers and Rose)
- 13 – George Wein, 95, American jazz pianist and co-founder of the Newport Jazz Festival and Newport Folk Festival
- 14 – Vicente Zarzo Pitarch, 83, Spanish classical French horn player
- 15
- Norman Bailey, 88, British opera singer
- Leonard Gibbs, 73, American jazz percussionist
- 16
- Jane Powell, 92, American pop singer
- George Mraz, 77, Czech-born American jazz bassist and saxophonist (Quest, New York Jazz Quartet, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra)
- 17 – Dottie Dodgion, 91, American jazz drummer
- 19
- 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 lyricist
- 20
- Colin Bailey, 87, British-American jazz drummer
- Sarah Dash, 76, American R&B and funk singer (Labelle)
- Claude Lombard, 76, Belgian pop singer
- Julz Sale, British post-punk singer-songwriter and guitarist (Delta 5)
- Warner Williams, 91, American blues guitarist (Little Bit A Blues)
- 21
- Richard H. Kirk, 65, British electronic and industrial multi-instrumentalist (Cabaret Voltaire, Sweet Exorcist)
- La Prieta Linda, 88, Mexican pop singer
- 22
- Bob Moore, 88, American country bassist
- Jan Stanienda, 68, Polish classical violinist
- 23 – Sue Thompson, 96, American pop and country singer
- 24 – Pee Wee Ellis, 80, American jazz and soul saxophonist
- 25 – Patricio Manns, 84, Chilean folk singer-songwriter
- 26
- George "Commander Cody" Frayne IV, 77, American country rock singer and keyboardist (Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen)
- Alan Lancaster, 72, British rock bassist (Status Quo, The Party Boys)
- 27
- Darrell Bath, British punk guitarist (The Vibrators, The Dogs D'Amour)
- Chris Ho, Singaporean new wave singer (Zircon Lounge)
- Andrea Martin, 49, American R&B singer-songwriter
- Teymur Mirzoyev, 85, Azerbaijani jazz singer (Gaya Quartet)
- 28
- Nana Ampadu, 76, Ghanaian highlife singer and guitarist
- Karan Armstrong, 79, American opera soprano
- Pete Fullerton, 75, American folk rock bassist and singer (We Five)
- Phi Nhung, 49, Vietnamese-American Vọng cổ singer
- Barry Ryan, 72, British pop singer
- Lonnie Smith, 79, American jazz organist
- 29
- Hayko, 48, Armenian pop singer
- Olivier Libaux, 57, French new wave and lounge guitarist (Nouvelle Vague)
- Mike Renzi, 80, American jazz pianist and composer
- 30
- Lennart Åberg, 79, Swedish jazz fusion saxophonist
- Carlisle Floyd, 95, American opera composer
- Greg Gilbert, 44, British indie rock singer and guitarist (Delays)
October
- 1
- Raymond Gniewek, 89, American classical violinist
- Robin Morton, 81, Irish folk singer and bodhran player (The Boys of the Lough)
- Ewert Ljusberg, 76, Swedish folk singer
- 2
- John Rossall, 75, English glam rock saxophonist and trombonist (The Glitter Band)
- Sebastião Tapajós, 78, Brazilian folk guitarist
- 3 – Anouman Brou Félix, 86, Ivorian attie multi-instrumentalist
- 5 – Pat Fish, 64, British indie pop singer and guitarist (The Jazz Butcher)
- 8
- Everett Morton, 71, Kittian-British ska drummer (The Beat)
- Jim Pembroke, 65, British-Finnish progressive rock singer (Wigwam, Blues Section)
- Jem Targal, 74, American psychedelic rock bassist (Third Power)
- 9 – Dee Pop, 65, American post-punk drummer (Bush Tetras, The Gun Club)
- 10 – Luis de Pablo, 91, Spanish classical composer
- 11
- Misko Barbara, 49, Ukrainian rock singer (Dead Rooster)
- Deon Estus, 65, American R&B bassist and singer
- 12 – Paddy Moloney, 83, Irish Celtic folk multi-instrumentalist (The Chieftains, Ceoltóirí Chualann)
- 13 – Andrea Haugen, 45, German heavy metal singer
- 14
- Emani 22, 22, American R&B singer
- Phil Leadbetter, 59, American bluegrass resonator guitarist
- Tom Morey, 86, American jazz drummer
- 15 – Regi Hargis, 70, American funk guitarist and singer (Brick)
- 16
- Tom Gray, 70, American new wave and blues rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (The Brains, Delta Moon)
- Ron Tutt, 83, American rock drummer (TCB Band, Jerry Garcia Band)
- 17 – Bruce Gaston, 74, American Thai classical multi-instrumentalist
- 18
- Franco Cerri, 95, Italian jazz guitarist and bassist
- Edita Gruberová, 74, Slovak opera singer
- 19 – Leslie Bricusse, 90, British film and theater composer and lyricist
- 21
- Tommy DeBarge, 64, American R&B-funk bassist and singer (Switch)
- Dmitriy Galitsky, 65, Russian pop singer and keyboardist (Sinyaya Ptitsa)
- Bernard Haitink, 92, Dutch classical conductor and violinist
- Sergei Krinitzin, 65, Russian progressive rock drummer (Autograph)
- Robin McNamara, 74, American pop rock singer-songwriter
- Allan Wilmot, 96, Jamaican-born British pop singer (The Southlanders)
- 22
- Jay Black, 82, American pop-rock singer (Jay and the Americans)
- Udo Zimmermann, 78, German opera and classical composer and conductor
- 24
- Willie Cobbs, 89, American blues singer and harmonica player
- Sonny Osborne, 83, American bluegrass banjoist (Osborne Brothers)
- 25 – Alfredo Diez Nieto, 103, Cuban classical composer and conductor
- 26 – Rose Lee Maphis, 98, American country singer
- 27
- Letieres Leite, 61, Brazilian afro-jazz composer and conductor (Orkestra Rumpilezz)
- William Shelby, 65, American funk keyboardist (Lakeside, Dynasty)
- Benjamin Vallé, 47, Swedish post-punk guitarist (Viagra Boys)
- 28 – Raša Đelmaš, 71, Serbian progressive rock drummer (YU Grupa, Zebra, Pop Mašina)
- 30 – Fan Tsai, 26, Taiwanese indie rock drummer (No Party for Cao Dong)
November
- 1
- 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 guitarist
- 2
- Sabah Fakhri, 88, Syrian Muwashshah and Qudud Halabiya singer
- Declan Mulligan, 83, Irish-born American rock guitarist and bassist (The Beau Brummels)
- Ernest Wilson, 69, Jamaican reggae singer (The Clarendonians)
- Ronnie Wilson, 73, American funk multi-instrumentalist (The Gap Band)
- 3 – Georgie Dann, 81, French pop singer
- 4 – Mario Lavista, 78, Mexican film composer
- 5 – Marília Mendonça, 26, Brazilian sertanejo singer-songwriter
- 6
- Astro, 64, British reggae singer and percussionist (UB40)
- Andy Barker, 53, British acid house keyboardist and bassist (808 State)
- Barry Coope, English folk singer (Coope Boyes and Simpson)
- Marinko Rokvić, 67, Bosnian folk singer
- 7
- Clifford Grant, 91, Australian opera singer
- Bopol Mansiamina, 72, Congolese soukous guitarist (Les Quatre Étoiles)
- 8 – Margo Guryan, 84, American pop singer-songwriter
- 10
- Mike “Bones” Gersema, American hard drummer (L.A. Guns)
- John Kinsella, 81, Irish classical composer
- Miroslav Žbirka, 69, Slovak rock singer (Modus)
- 11
- Graeme Edge, 80, British progressive rock drummer (The Moody Blues)
- Mark Gillespie, Australian pop singer-songwriter
- John Goodsall, 68, American-British progressive rock and jazz fusion guitarist (Brand X, Atomic Rooster)
- 13 – Philip Margo, 79, American doo-wop singer (The Tokens)
- 15 – Heber Bartolome, 73, Filipino folk singer
- 16 – Belinda Sykes, 55, British medieval folk singer and multi-instrumentalist (Joglaresa)
- 17
- Keith Allison, 79, American garage rock bassist (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
- Dave Frishberg, 88, American jazz pianist and songwriter
- Theuns Jordaan, 50, South African blues singer-songwriter
- Young Dolph, 36, American rapper
- 18
- Slide Hampton, 89, American jazz trombonist
- Ack van Rooyen, 91, Dutch jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
- 19
- Hank von Hell, 49, Norwegian punk singer (Turbonegro)
- David Longdon, 56, British progressive rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Big Big Train)
- 20
- Jim Gallagher, 78, American surf rock drummer (The Astronauts)
- Billy Hinsche, 70, American pop singer, guitarist and keyboardist (Dino, Desi & Billy)
- Merima Njegomir, 68, Serbian sevdah singer
- 21
- Yul Anderson, 63, American blues and gospel singer, guitarist and pianist
- Gurmeet Bawa, 77, Indian folk singer
- Gordon Crosse, 83, British classical composer
- 22
- Joanne Shenandoah, 63, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Asya Sultanova, 98, Azerbaijani classical composer
- 23 – Tatyana Chudova, 77, Russian classical composer
- 24
- 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 (Planes Mistaken for Stars)
- 25 – Betty Jean Robinson, 88, American country music singer-songwriter
- 26 – Stephen Sondheim, 91, American film and theater composer and lyricist
- 28
- Alexander Gradsky, 72, Russian rock singer and composer
- Laila Halme, 87, Finnish pop singer
- Meñique, 87, Panamanian salsa singer
- 30
- Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, 66, Indian film and theatre lyricist and singer
- Martin Wright, British alternative rock guitarist (Intastella)
December
- 1
- Grand Jojo, 85, Belgian pop singer
- Alvin Lucier, 90, American experimental composer and sound artist
- 2 – Abdel Karim al Kabli, 89, Sudanese folk singer and oud player
- 4
- Thoppil Anto, 81, Indian playback singer
- Stonewall Jackson, 89, American country music singer
- 5
- John Miles, 72, British progressive rock singer-songwriter
- Toni Santagata, 85, Italian folk singer
- Bill Staines, 74, American folk singer-songwriter
- 6 – János Kóbor, 78, Hungarian progressive rock singer (Omega)
- 7
- Steve Bronski, 61, Scottish new wave keyboardist (Bronski Beat)
- DJ Scholar, British grime rapper (Ruff Sqwad)
- Greg Tate, 63, American multi-genre guitarist (Burnt Sugar) and music critic
- 8
- Gil Bridges, 80, American rock saxophonist (Rare Earth)
- Barry Harris, 91, American jazz pianist
- Chandidas Mal, 92, Indian classical singer
- Robbie Shakespeare, 68, Jamaican reggae bassist (Sly and Robbie) and record producer
- Ralph Tavares, 79, American R&B singer (Tavares)
- 9 – David Lasley, 74, American pop and R&B singer
- 10
- Les Emmerson, 77, Canadian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Five Man Electrical Band)
- Mensi, British punk rock singer (Angelic Upstarts)
- Michael Nesmith, 78, American rock and country singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Monkees, The First National Band)
- 11 – Garth Dennis, 72, Jamaican reggae singer (Black Uhuru, The Wailing Souls)
- 12 – Vicente Fernández, 81, Mexican ranchera singer
- 13
- Joe Simon, 85, American R&B and soul singer
- Toby Slater, 42, British indie pop singer-songwriter (Catch)
- 14 – Phil Chen, 81, Jamaican rock and reggae bassist (Manzarek–Krieger, Butts Band)
- 15
- Francisco Kröpfl, 90, Argentine classical composer
- Wanda Young, 78, American R&B singer (The Marvelettes)
- 16
- 17
- John Morgan, 80, English Scrumpy and Western drummer (The Wurzels)
- Weerasak Sunthornsri, 71, Thai folk rock guitarist (Caravan)
- Lindsay Tebbutt, Australian pub rock drummer (The Choirboys)
- 18
- Custom, 54, Canadian alternative rock singer-songwriter
- Tam Harvey, Scottish folk guitarist (The Humblebums)
- Kangol Kid, 55, American rapper (UTFO)
- Renée Martel, 74, Canadian country singer
- 19
- Billy Conway, 66, American blues rock and alternative rock drummer (Morphine, Treat Her Right)
- Drakeo the Ruler, 28, American rapper
- Carlos Marín, 53, Spanish classical crossover singer (Il Divo)
- 20 – Paul Mitchell, American R&B singer (The Floaters)
- 21 – Anthony Williams, 90, Trinidadian steelband steel pan player
- 23
- Robin Le Mesurier, 68, British rock guitarist
- Emil Ramsauer, 103, Swiss pop bassist (Takasa)
- 24
- J. D. Crowe, 84, American bluegrass banjo player (New South)
- Marco Mathieu, 57, Italian hardcore punk bassist (Negazione)
- Meor Aziddin Yusof, 54, Malaysian folk singer-songwriter
- 25 – Tiffini Hale, 46, American pop singer (The Party)
- 27 – Victor Socaciu, 68, Romanian folk singer and composer
- 29
- Paolo Giordano, 59, Italian classical guitarist
- Peter Klatzow, 76, German classical composer and pianist
- 30 – Stephen J. Lawrence, 82, American television composer
- 31
- Juraj Filas, 66, Serbian classical composer
- Ivan Mozgovenko, 97, Russian classical clarinetist
Musical films
See also
References
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- ^ "Dogleg Take Hiatus As Singer Releases Statement About Possessive Behavior In Past Relationships". Stereogum. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.