2021 in music
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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
| 63rd Annual Grammy Awards (USA) |
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| Billboard Music Awards (USA) |
| 2021 Brit Awards (UK) |
| Juno Awards (Canada) |
| 2021 MTV Video Music Awards (USA) |
| 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards (Europe) |
| 2021 American Music Awards (USA) |
| Pulitzer Prize for Music (USA) |
| Rock And Roll Hall of Fame (USA) |
| Mercury Prize (UK) |
| Polar Music Prize (Sweden) |
| Polaris Music Prize (Canada) |
| Eurovision Song Contest (Europe) |
Bands Reformed
Bands on Hiatus
Bands Disbanded
See Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2021
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
- 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
- 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 – Matt Harris, American power pop bassist (The Posies)
