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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
- 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
Soloist debuts
Bands formed
Bands reformed
Bands on hiatus
Bands disbanded
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)
- 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)
- 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
- 21 – Randy Parton, 67, American country music singer-songwriter
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Kris De Bruyne, 70, Belgian folk singer
- 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)
- 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 – 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, 72, 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)
- 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 – 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
- Oscar Kraal, 50, Dutch jazz drummer
- 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
- 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
- Tati Penna, 61, Chilean 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, 51, 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 – Fredi, 78, Finnish novelty pop singer
- 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
- 3
- Phil Naro, 63, American hard rock singer (Talas) and theme song performer (6teen)
- 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
- Jacky van Dam, 83, Dutch pop singer
- 16
- Patsy Bruce, 81, American country songwriter
- MC Kevin, 23, Brazilian funk carioca singer
- 17
- Nicolas Ker, 50, French electronic signer (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)
- 23 – 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 – Shantiraj Khosla, 54, Indian film composer and singer
- 28 – Jimi Bellmartin, 71, Indonesian-born Dutch funk singer
- 29 – B. J. Thomas, 78, American pop singer
- 31 - Lil Loaded, 20, American rapper
June
See also
References
- ^ Hussey, Allison (February 26, 2021). "Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak Announce New Album as Silk Sonic". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 26, 2021.