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Overview of the events of 2021 in American music
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The following is a list of events and releases that have happened or are expected to happen in 2021 in music in the United States.
Events
January
February
March
5 – Tigers Jaw will release their first album in four years, I Won't Care How You Remember Me .
– A Day to Remember will release their first album in five years, You're Welcome .
– Chevelle will release their first album in five years, Niratias .
– Kings of Leon will release their first album in five years, When You See Yourself .
– The Spill Canvas will release their first album in nine years, Conduit .
12 – Rob Zombie will release his first album in five years, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy .
14 – The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards will take place. The Awards were originally scheduled for January 31 at the Staples Center but were pushed back due to escalating COVID-19 cases and health concerns in Los Angeles County .[ 1] [ 2]
26 – Evanescence will release their first album in four years and their first of all-original material in ten years, The Bitter Truth .
– Liquid Tension Experiment will release their first album in 22 years, Liquid Tension Experiment 3 .
– Tomahawk will release their first album in eight years, Tonic Immobility .
31 – The Industrial Strength Tour, featuring Ministry , KMFDM and Front Line Assembly , will begin at the Showbox Sodo in Seattle, Washington ; the tour was initially scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020 but was postponed to this spring, due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 3] [ 4]
April
9 – Taylor Swift will release Fearless (Taylor's Version) re-recorded version of her 2008 album of the same name. Swift announced her intention to re-record her first six albums after her master recordings were sold to Scooter Braun .[ 5]
16 – SHAED will release their first full-length album in five years, No Other Way .
23 – Porter Robinson will release his first album in seven years, Nurture – Dinosaur Jr. will release their first album in five years, Sweep It Into Space .
30 – Flotsam and Jetsam will begin their Demolition of North America tour at the Club Red in Tempe, Arizona ; this tour had previously been postponed from 2020 to this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new album is expected to coincide with the tour.[ 6]
May
7 – Travis Tritt will release his first album in Eight Years, Set in Stone
June
3 – After a one-year postponement, Rage Against the Machine will begin their first full-length tour in over 20 years at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas .[ 7]
11 – AFI will release their first album in four years, Bodies .
19 – The Stadium Tour , featuring Mötley Crüe , Def Leppard , Poison and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts , will begin at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee ; due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the tour was postponed to this summer, originally set to take place in summer 2020.[ 8]
July
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Albums released in 2021
January
February
List of albums to be released
March
April
May
June
July
August
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Top songs on record
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs
Billboard Hot 100 songs which have ranked within the Top 20"7 Summers " – Morgan Wallen (#6 in 2020, #18 in 2021)
"34+35 " – Ariana Grande feat. Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion (#2)
"A Holly Jolly Christmas " – Burl Ives (#4)
"All I Want for Christmas Is You " – Mariah Carey (#1)
"Anyone " – Justin Bieber (#6)
"Back in Blood " – Pooh Shiesty feat. Lil Durk (#16)
"Bang! " – AJR (#8)
"Better Together " – Luke Combs (#15)
"Blinding Lights " – The Weeknd (#1 in 2020, #3 in 2021)
"Body " – Megan Thee Stallion (#12 in 2020, #16 in 2021)
"Calling My Phone " – Lil Tjay feat. 6lack (#3)
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) " – Darlene Love (#19)
"Dakiti " – Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez (#5 in 2020, #17 in 2021)
"Drivers License " – Olivia Rodrigo (#1)
"Dynamite " – BTS (#1 in 2020, #5 in 2021)
"Feliz Navidad " – José Feliciano (#6)
"For the Night " – Pop Smoke feat. Lil Baby and DaBaby (#6 in 2020, #11 in 2021)
"Go Crazy " – Chris Brown and Young Thug (#5)
"Good Days " – SZA (#9)
"Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season " – Andy Williams (#18)
"Holy " – Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper (#3 in 2020, #4 in 2021)
"I Hope " – Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth (#3 in 2020, #8 in 2021)
"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas " – Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (#12 in 2020, #15 in 2021)
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year " – Andy Williams (#5)
"Jingle Bell Rock " – Bobby Helms (#3)
"Kings & Queens " – Ava Max (#13 in 2020, #15 in 2021)
"Last Christmas " – Wham! (#9)
"Laugh Now Cry Later " – Drake feat. Lil Durk (#2 in 2020, #7 in 2021)
"Lemonade " – Internet Money and Gunna feat. Don Toliver and Nav (#6 in 2020, #12 in 2021)
"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow " – Dean Martin (#8)
"Levitating " – Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby (#5)
"Lonely " – Justin Bieber and Benny Blanco (#12)
"Love Story (Taylor's Version) " – Taylor Swift (#11)
"Mood " – 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior (#1)
"More Than My Hometown " – Morgan Wallen (#15 in 2020, #16 in 2021)
"Positions " – Ariana Grande (#1 in 2020, #2 in 2021)
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree " – Brenda Lee (#2)
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer " – Gene Autry (#16)
"Run Rudolph Run " – Chuck Berry (#10)
"Santa Tell Me " – Ariana Grande (#17)
"Save Your Tears " – The Weeknd (#4)
"Sleigh Ride " – The Ronettes (#13)
"Streets " – Doja Cat (#18)
"The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) " – Nat King Cole (#11)
"Therefore I Am " – Billie Eilish (#2 in 2020, #12 in 2021)
"Underneath the Tree " – Kelly Clarkson (#12)
"Up " – Cardi B (#2)
"Wasted on You " – Morgan Wallen (#9)
"What You Know Bout Love " – Pop Smoke (#10)
"White Christmas " – Bing Crosby (#12 in 1962, #20 in 2021)
"Whoopty " – CJ (#10)
Deaths
January 1 – Misty Morgan, 75, country music singer
January 7 –
January 8 – Ed Bruce , 81, country music singer, songwriter
January 11 –
January 13 –
January 14 –
Duranice Paice, 62, gospel singer
Larry Willoughby , 73, country music singer, songwriter
January 16 –
Jason Cope, 43, country music guitarist
Phil Spector , 81, record producer, pop musician and songwriter
January 17 –
January 18 – Jimmie Rodgers , 87, pop Singer
January 21 – Randy Parton , 67, country music singer, songwriter
January 22 – James Purify, 76, R&B singer (James & Bobby Purify )
January 24 – Tom Stevens , 64, alternative country music bassist
January 29 – Grady Gaines , 86, blues saxophonist
January 30 – Double K, 43, rapper
February 2 – Aaron Wegelin, indie rock drummer
February 3 –
February 4 –
February 5 – Douglas Miller , 71, Gospel Singer
February 7 – Elliot Mazer , 79, Record Producer and Audio Engineer
February 8 – Mary Wilson , 76, American soul singer, member of The Supremes (1959-1977)[ 44]
February 9 –
Chick Corea , 79, jazz keyboardist and composerCedrick Cotton, 46, R&B singer
February 10 – Lee Sexton , 92, bluegrass banjoist
February 12 – Milford Graves , 79, jazz drummer
February 14 – Ari Gold , 47, R&B singer
February 16 – Carman , 65, Contemporary Christian singer
See also
References
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