This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2016 in music.
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Specific locations
edit- African music
- American music
- Asian music
- Australian music
- Brazilian music
- British music
- Canadian music
- Chinese music
- Danish music
- European music (Continental Europe)
- Finnish music
- French music
- German music
- Icelandic music
- Indian music
- Irish music
- Japanese music
- Malaysian music
- Mongolian music
- North Korean music
- Norwegian music
- Philippine music
- Polynesian music
- Scandinavian music
- South Korean music
- Swedish music
- Taiwanese music
- Vietnamese music
- World music
Specific genres
editAlbums released
editSignificant performances
edit- March 25 – British rock and roll band, The Rolling Stones become the first foreign rock band to perform in Cuba,[1] which was documented in their 2016 concert film, The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon.
Awards
editThe examples and perspective in this section deal primarily with Western culture and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (August 2018) |
58th Annual Grammy Awards |
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Record of the Year: "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars • Album of the Year: 1989 by Taylor Swift • Song of the Year: "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran • Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor |
Billboard Music Awards |
Artist of the Year: Adele • New Artist of the Year: Fetty Wap • Top Hot 100 Song: "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa • Top Billboard 200 Album: 25 by Adele |
31st Golden Disc Awards |
Song of the Year: "Cheer Up" by Twice • Album of the Year: Ex'Act by Exo • Rookie Artist of the Year: Blackpink, Bolbbalgan4, I.O.I, NCT 127 |
58th Japan Record Awards |
Grand Prix: "Anata no Suki na Tokoro" (ja) by Kana Nishino • Best Singer: Masayuki Suzuki for "Melancholia" • Best New Artist: iKon • Best Song: several |
Mnet Asian Music Awards |
Artist of the Year: BTS • Album of the Year: Ex'Act by Exo • Song of the Year: "Cheer Up" by Twice • Best Music Video: "Whistle" by Blackpink |
MTV Video Music Awards |
Video of the Year: "Formation" by Beyoncé • Best Male Video: "This Is What You Came For" by Calvin Harris • Best Female Video: "Hold Up" by Beyoncé • New Artist: DNCE |
MTV Europe Music Awards |
Best Song: "Sorry" by Justin Bieber • Best Video: "Starboy" by the Weeknd • Best Female: Lady Gaga • Best Male: Shawn Mendes |
The 4th V Chart Awards |
Top Male Artist : Lu Han with Medals • Top Female Artist: Li Yuchun with "混蛋,我想你" (Idiot, I Miss You) • Top Group: TFBOYS with Adore • Top New Artist: Wang Qing & Feng Jianyu |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
Inductees: Cheap Trick • Chicago • Deep Purple • N.W.A • Steve Miller |
26th Seoul Music Awards |
Grand Prize: Exo • Best Album: Wings by BTS • Best Song: "Cheer Up" by Twice • Best New Artist: NCT 127, I.O.I, Blackpink |
Bands formed
edit- 3B junior
- The Aces
- AOA Cream
- Astro
- The Band Camino
- Batten Girls
- BEJ48
- Bis
- Blackpink
- Bolbbalgan4
- BoybandPH
- Boys Generally Asian
- Chai
- Chelmico
- CocoSori
- Cosmic Girls
- Dreamcar
- DYGL
- The East Light
- Exo-CBX
- FEMM
- FlowBack
- Gang Parade
- GNZ48
- Gone Is Gone
- Gugudan
- Hanabie.
- The Hu
- Higher Power
- Hiragana Keyakizaka46
- I.B.I
- I.O.I
- I Dont Know How But They Found Me
- Imfact
- Japanese Breakfast
- June's Diary
- Kard
- Keyakizaka46
- KNK
- Lovelytheband
- Magdalena Bay
- The Magpie Salute
- Mamalarky
- Måneskin
- MASC
- Midland
- MOBB
- Momoland
- Musubizm
- Nation of Language
- National Youth Orchestra of China
- NCT
- NCT 127
- Nightly
- Nice As Fuck
- Nine Muses A
- Ocean Park Standoff
- Off On Off
- OnePixcel
- Pentagon
- PrettyMuch
- Prophets of Rage
- Poppin'Party
- Pyxis
- Reol
- Rock A Japonica
- SeeYouSpaceCowboy
- ShuuKaRen
- SF9
- Sinsaenum
- Sports Team
- Tempalay
- Terror Jr
- The Sixth Lie
- The World Standard
- Unnies
- Valley
- Victon
- VIMIC
- Voisper
- Vromance
- Why Don't We
- Yahyel
- Zenbu Kimi no Sei da.
Soloist debuts
edit- 645AR
- Agust D
- Alex the Astronaut
- Asaka
- Ayaka Sasaki
- Billie Eilish
- Bobby
- Celeste
- Danna Paola
- Danny Worsnop
- Dean
- Dermot Kennedy
- Derrick Monasterio
- Dodie
- Ella Mai
- Elo
- Enisa Nikaj
- Era Istrefi
- Eunji
- Fei
- Finneas
- Gemma
- Grandson
- Gretta Ray
- Gun
- Hash Swan
- Hòa Minzy
- Hyoyeon
- Jang Dongwoo
- JC de Vera
- Jessica Jung
- Jessie Reyez
- Jenyer
- Jimin
- Jorja Smith
- Joy Crookes
- Jungah
- Jung Seung-hwan
- Justhis
- Jvcki Wai
- Kanna Hashimoto
- Kiana Ledé
- Kim Sejeong
- Kwak Jin-eon
- Kwon Jin-ah
- Laura Marano
- Lee Hyun-woo
- Liza Soberano
- Lolo Zouaï
- Louis Tomlinson
- Luna
- Mino
- Mint
- Momoka Ariyasu
- Mone Kamishiraishi
- Nana Ou-yang
- Niall Horan
- Noah Cyrus
- Olivia O'Brien
- PH-1
- Punchnello
- Raye
- Raveena Aurora
- Ricky Montgomery
- Ryeowook
- Sam Kim
- Sandeul
- Shenseea
- Sofia Carson
- Suga
- Subin
- Tini Stoessel
- Taichi Mukai
- Tessa Violet
- Thunder
- Tiffany
- Tom Grennan
- Uru
- Yesung
- Yezi
- Ylona Garcia
- Yoochun
- Woohyun
- Zayn
Bands reformed
edit- ABBA
- At the Drive-In
- Abandon All Ships
- The Anniversary
- Arab Strap
- Bash & Pop
- Belly
- Blake Babies
- A Different Breed of Killer
- Eric B. & Rakim
- Galactic Cowboys
- Game Theory
- G.R.L
- Guided by Voices[2]
- Jet
- Le Tigre
- Letters to Cleo
- Misfits (featuring Glenn Danzig)[3]
- Nasty Savage
- The Number Twelve Looks Like You
- Pendulum
- Piebald
- P.S. Eliot
- Rainbow
- Sechs Kies
- A Thorn for Every Heart
- The Revolution
- The Righteous Brothers
- Spice Girls – GEM
- Super Furry Animals
- Temple of the Dog
- A Thorn for Every Heart
- Thursday
- Tickle Me Pink
- The Union Underground
- The Vapors
- Wolf Parade
- The Zutons
Bands on hiatus
editBands disbanded
edit- 2NE1
- 3rdeyegirl
- 4Minute
- Agalloch
- Allo Darlin'
- Aiden
- Bane
- Blood on the Dance Floor
- Bolt Thrower
- Boom Boom Satellites
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young[4]
- Dead or Alive
- Dream
- Eagles
- Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
- The Enemy
- Fearless Vampire Killers
- Finch
- For Today
- Funeral for a Friend
- FVK
- Giant Sand
- Girugamesh
- G.L.O.S.S.
- Gnashing of Teeth
- Gossip
- Graveyard
- I, the Breather
- Jack Ü
- Joey + Rory
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- La Ley
- A Lighter Shade of Brown
- Lionheart
- Lush
- Majical Cloudz
- Marion
- Matchbook Romance
- Maybeshewill
- Mischief Brew
- Motion City Soundtrack
- Mudvayne
- Nektar
- Nomeansno
- P.M. Dawn
- The Presidents of the United States of America
- Rainbow
- Sally Shapiro
- Thee Satisfaction
- School of Seven Bells
- SMAP
- Sockweb
- Sorry About Dresden
- Spirit of the West
- The Stooges
- Suicide
- Trailer Choir
- Transit
- Twisted Sister
- Viola Beach
- Wodensthrone
- You, Me, and Everyone We Know
- Youth Lagoon
Deaths
editJanuary
edit- 1
- Gilbert Kaplan, (74), American conductor and businessman, cancer.[5]
- Mark B, (45), British hip-hop record producer.[6]
- Gilberto Mendes, (93), Brazilian composer.[7]
- 2 – Rino Salviati, (93), Italian singer, guitarist and actor.[8]
- 3
- Paul Bley (83), Canadian jazz pianist.[9]
- Jason Mackenroth (46), American rock drummer (Rollins Band, Mother Superior), prostate cancer.[10]
- 4
- Long John Hunter, (84), American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.[11]
- Achim Mentzel, (69), German musician and television presenter.[12]
- 5
- Pierre Boulez, (90), French composer and conductor.[13]
- Nicholas Caldwell, (71), American R&B singer (The Whispers).[14]
- Hanna-Marie Weydahl, (93), Norwegian pianist.[15]
- 7
- Kitty Kallen, (94), American singer ("Little Things Mean a Lot").[16]
- Troy Shondell, (76), American singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.[17]
- 8
- Otis Clay, (73), American R&B and soul singer ("Tryin' to Live My Life Without You", "The Only Way Is Up"), heart attack.[18]
- Red Simpson, (81), American country singer-songwriter ("I'm a Truck"), complications from a heart attack.[19]
- Brett Smiley, (60), American singer-songwriter.[20]
- 10 – David Bowie, (69), English songwriter and artist.[21]
- 17
- Carina Jaarnek (53), Swedish singer and Dansband artist (cerebral haemorrhage).[22]
- Dale Griffin (67), British rock drummer (Mott the Hoople, Mott, British Lions).
- 18 – Glenn Frey (67), American guitarist and vocalist (The Eagles).[23]
- 25 – Leif Solberg (101), Norwegian composer and organist.[24]
- 26
- T.J. Tindall (65), American guitarist (MFSB)[25]
- Black (53), Pop/new wave singer-songwriter, Traffic accident
- 28
- Signe Toly Anderson (74), American vocalist (Jefferson Airplane).[26]
- Paul Kantner (74), American guitarist and vocalist (Jefferson Airplane).[27]
February
edit- 3 – Maurice White (74), founder of Earth, Wind and Fire.[28]
- 4
- Bobby Caldwell (68), American rock keyboardist (Terry Knight and the Pack)
- Ulf Söderblom (85), Finnish conductor.[29]
- 13
- Viola Beach, English indie rock band, car accident.
- Kristian "Kris" Leonard (20), Guitar and vocals.
- River Reeves (19), Guitar.
- Tomas Lowe (27), Bass.
- Jack Dakin (19), Drums.
- Craig Tarry (32), Band manager.
- 15 – Joyce Paul (78), American country music singer
- 19 – Harald Devold (51), Norwegian saxophonist (cancer).[30]
- 20 – Ove Verner Hansen (85), Danish actor and opera singer (cardiac arrest).[31]
- 22 – Sonny James (87), American country music singer-songwriter.[32]
- 24 – Lennie Baker (69), American rock and roll saxophonist and singer (Sha Na Na)
- 29 – Josefin Nilsson (46), Swedish singer.[33]
March
edit- 3 – Gavin Christopher, 66, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer[34]
- 5 – Jimmy Henderson, 61, American guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)
- 8 – George Martin, (90), English producer.[35]
- 9
- Ray Griff (75), Canadian country singer-songwriter, (aspiration pneumonia).[36]
- Naná Vasconcelos (71), Brazilian percussionist.[37]
- 10
- Keith Emerson (71), English pianist and keyboardist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer).[38]
- Ernestine Anderson (87), American jazz and blues singer
- 12
- Tommy Brown (84), American R&B singer
- Jimmie Snell, 69, American soul and pop singer (Limmie & Family Cookin')
- 13 – Sidney Mear, (97), American trumpeter.[39]
- 14 – Peter Maxwell Davies, (81), English composer and conductor
- 18 – Ned Miller (90), American singer-songwriter
- 22 – Phife Dawg, (45), American rap musician (A Tribe Called Quest), complications from diabetes.[40]
- 23 – James Jamerson, Jr., 58, American bass player (Chanson)
- 24 – Peter Anders, 74, American singer-songwriter (The Trade Winds) and record producer
- 26 – David Baker, 84, American symphonic jazz composer
April
edit- 2 – Gato Barbieri, (83), Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.[41]
- 3 – Bill Henderson, (90), American jazz vocalist and actor (Clue, City Slickers, White Men Can't Jump), cancer.[42]
- 6 – Merle Haggard, (79), American singer-songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn"), Grammy winner (1984, 1998, 1999), complications from pneumonia.[43]
- 13 – Mariano Mores, (98), Argentine tango composer and pianist.[44]
- 21
- Prince, (57), American musician.[45]
- Lonnie Mack, (74), American rock, blues, and country singer-songwriter guitarist, natural causes.[46]
- 24
- Billy Paul, (81), American soul singer.
- Papa Wemba, (66), Congolese singer and musician.
- Jan Henrik Kayser, (81), Norwegian pianist.
May
edit- 1 – Sydney Onayemi (78), Nigerian-born Swedish DJ.[47]
- 4 – Olle Ljungström (54), Swedish singer and guitarist.[48]
- 6 – Candye Kane, (54), American blues singer and entertainer
- 9
- Jim Manolides (76), American rock and roll bassist (The Frantics)
- Riki Sorsa (63), Finnish singer.[49]
- 14 – Lasse Mårtenson (81), Finnish singer[50]
- 16 – Fredrik Norén (75), Swedish jazz drummer[51] (death announced on this date)
- 17 – Guy Clark, (74), American folk and country music singer-songwriter
- 19 – John Berry, (52), American guitarist (Beastie Boys)
- 21 – Nick Menza, (51), American instrumentalist, former drummer for the band Megadeth[52]
- 30 – Thomas Fekete, (27), American guitarist (Surfer Blood)
June
edit- 2 – Freddie Wadling (64), Swedish singer and songwriter.[53]
- 3 – Dave Swarbrick, (75), British folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention), emphysema.[54]
- 4 – Bobby Curtola, (73), Canadian singer.[55]
- 5 – Phyllis Curtin, (94), American soprano.[56]
- 6 – Rolf Schweizer, (80), German composer.[57]
- 8
- Vladislav Yankovsky, (64), Russian musician (Novosibirsk Youth Symphony Orchestra).[58]
- Terje Fjærn (73), Norwegian orchestra conductor ("La det swinge").[59]
- 9 – J. Reilly Lewis, (71), American choral conductor and Baroque music specialist, heart attack.[60]
- 10
- 13 – Chips Moman, (79), American producer, songwriter, guitarist.[63]
- 17 – Attrell Cordes, (46), American musician, producer and rapper, co-founder of P.M. Dawn.[64]
- 18 – Alejandro Jano Fuentes (45), Mexican singer and talent show participant (La Voz... México), gunshot wound.
- 21 – Wayne Jackson (74), American soul and R&B musician (The Mar-Keys), congestive heart failure.
- 22
- Amjad Sabri (39), Pakistani Qawwali singer, gunshot wound.[65]
- Jim Boyd (60), Native American singer-songwriter and actor
- 24 – Bernie Worrell, (72), American keyboardist and composer (Parliament-Funkadelic).
- 27 – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (83), Danish composer.[66]
- 28 – Scotty Moore (84), American guitarist (Elvis Presley).
- 29 – Rob Wasserman (64), American composer and bass player (RatDog, Lou Reed).
July
edit- 1 – Jimmy Arthur Ordge (80), Canadian country music singer
- 16
- Alan Vega (78), American vocalist and visual artist (Suicide).
- Bonnie Brown (77) American country music singer, member of The Browns.
- 18 – Karina Jensen, Danish singer (Cartoons) (cancer).[67]
- 19 – Tamás Somló (73), Hungarian musician, singer, artist and composer (Locomotiv GT), cancer.
- 26
- Sandy Pearlman (72), American producer (Blue Öyster Cult, The Clash), songwriter, educator, complications from cerebral hemorrhage.[68]
- Roye Albrighton (67), German musician (Nektar), unspecified illness.[69]
- 27
- Pat Upton (75), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Spiral Starecase).[70]
- Einojuhani Rautavaara (87), Finnish composer.[71]
- 31 – Mike Mohede (32), Indonesian singer and talent show participant (Indonesian Idol), heart attack.
August
edit- 3 – Ricci Martin (62), American musician.[72]
- 4
- Patrice Munsel (91), American coloratura soprano.[73]
- Snaffu Rigor (69), Filipino singer and songwriter, lung cancer.[74]
- 5
- Richard Fagan (69), American songwriter and musician, liver cancer.[75]
- Vander Lee (50), Brazilian singer-songwriter.[76]
- 6 – Guillermo Anderson (54), Honduran singer, thyroid cancer.[77]
- 7
- B. E. Taylor (65), American musician ("Vitamin L"), brain cancer.[78]
- Dolores Vargas (80), Spanish singer, complications of leukemia.[79]
- Ruby Winters (74), American soul singer ("Make Love to Me", "I Will").[80]
- 9
- Pádraig Duggan (67), Irish musician (Clannad, The Duggans).
- Jimmy Levine (61/62), American R&B musician and record producer.[81]
- 11 – Glenn Yarbrough (86), American folk singer ("Baby the Rain Must Fall", "It's Gonna Be Fine", "San Francisco Bay Blues").[82]
- 12 – Ruby Wilson (68), American blues, soul and gospel singer, heart attack.[83]
- 13 – Connie Crothers (75), American jazz pianist, cancer.[84]
- 14 – James Woolley (49), American keyboard and synthesizer player (Nine Inch Nails, 2wo).
- 15 – Bobby Hutcherson (75), Jazz vibraphonist, emphysema.
- 19 – Horacio Salgán (100), Argentine tango musician.
- 20
- Matt Roberts (38), American rock guitarist (3 Doors Down), drug overdose.[85]
- Tom Searle (28), British rock guitarist (Architects), cancer.[86]
- 22
- Toots Thielemans (94), Belgian jazz musician.[87]
- Gilli Smyth (83), English musician (Gong).
- 28 – Juan Gabriel (66), Mexican singer and songwriter, heart attack.
September
edit- 1
- Fred Hellerman, (89), American folk singer (The Weavers), guitarist, producer and songwriter.[88]
- Kacey Jones, (66), American singer-songwriter ("I'm the One Mama Warned You About"), producer and humorist, cancer.[89]
- 2
- Jerry Heller, (75), American music manager (N.W.A.).[90]
- Gary D., (52), German trance producer and DJ, pulmonary embolism.[91]
- 3
- Fred McFarlane, (55), American songwriter ("Show Me Love", "Don't Wanna Go Home"), record producer and musician.[92]
- Johnny Rebel, (77), American country singer.[93]
- 7
- Clifford Curry, (79), American beach music and R&B singer ("She Shot a Hole in My Soul").[94]
- Farhang Sharif, (85), Iranian musician and tar player.[citation needed]
- Graham Wiggins, (53), American musician.[95]
- 8 – Prince Buster, (78), Jamaican ska musician ("One Step Beyond", "Al Capone").[96]
- 10 – Chris Stone, (81), American recording studio owner (Record Plant) and entrepreneur, heart attack and stroke.[97]
- 12 – Hidayat Inayat Khan, (99), English-French composer and conductor.[98]
- 16
- Jerry Corbetta, (68), American musician (Sugarloaf), Pick's disease.[99]
- Trisco Pearson, (53), American R&B singer (Force MDs), cancer.[100]
- Qiao Renliang, (28), Chinese singer and actor, suicide.[101]
- 19 – Bobby Breen, (88), Canadian-born American actor and singer, natural causes.[102]
- 20 – Micki Marlo, (88), American singer and model.[103]
- 21
- Shawty Lo, (40), American hip-hop musician (D4L), traffic collision.[104]
- John D. Loudermilk, (82), American singer and songwriter ("Tobacco Road", "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye", "Indian Reservation"), bone cancer.[105]
- 24 – Buckwheat Zydeco, (68), American accordionist and zydeco musician
- 25
- Kashif, (59), American musician (B.T. Express) and record producer.[106]
- Hagen Liebing, (55), German musician (Die Ärzte).[107]
- Jean Shepard, (82), American honky tonk singer-songwriter ("A Dear John Letter", "Slippin' Away"), Parkinson's disease.[108]
- 26
- Joe Clay, (78), American rockabilly musician.[109]
- Ioan Gyuri Pascu, (55), Romanian singer, producer, actor and comedian, heart attack.[110]
- 27
- Aurelian Preda , (46), Romanian folk singer, cancer.[111]
- Märta Schéle , (80), Swedish singer.[112]
- 29
- Lecresia Campbell (53), American gospel singer, pulmonary embolism.[113]
- Nora Dean (72), Jamaican singer.[114]
- Royal Torrence (82), American soul music singer (Little Royal and The Swingmasters).[115]
- 30
- Oscar Brand (96), Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter, author and radio broadcaster (WNYC).[116]
- Michael Casswell (53), English guitarist.[117]
- Lilleba Lund Kvandal (76), Norwegian opera singer.[118]
October
edit- 1 – Toni Williams (77), Cook Islands-born New Zealand singer.[119]
- 2
- Steve Byrd (61), English guitarist (Gillan, Kim Wilde), heart attack.[120]
- Sir Neville Marriner (92), English conductor and violinist
- Thomas Round (100), British opera singer.[121]
- 3
- Ljupka Dimitrovska, (70), Macedonian-born Croatian singer.[122]
- K. David van Hoesen (90), American bassoonist.[123]
- Joan Marie Johnson (72), American singer (The Dixie Cups), heart failure.[124]
- 4 – Caroline Crawley (53), British singer and musician (Shelleyan Orphan, This Mortal Coil).[125]
- 5 – Pompeiu Hărășteanu (81), Romanian opera singer.[126]
- 7 – Anne Pashley (80), British athlete and opera singer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).[127]
- 8 – Don Ciccone (70), American singer-songwriter and musician (The Critters, The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells).[128]
- 9
- Bored Nothing (26), Australian musician, suicide.[129]
- Michiyuki Kawashima (47), Japanese musician (Boom Boom Satellites), brain tumor.[130]
- Quique Lucca (103), Puerto Rican musician, founder of La Sonora Ponceña.[131]
- Guy Nadon , (82), Canadian jazz drummer.[132]
- Marin Petrache Pechea (71), Romanian jazz musician, cancer.[133]
- 10 – Issa Bagayogo,= (54), Malian musician.[134]
- 11 – Peter Reynolds, (58), Welsh composer.[135]
- 12
- Robert Bateman, (80), American songwriter and record producer ("Please Mr. Postman"), heart attack.[136]
- Sonny Sanders (77), American songwriter, arranger and record producer.[137]
- 15
- Danny Champagne (65), Jamaican music producer, complications from stroke.[138]
- Robert Edwards (74), American singer (The Intruders), heart attack.[139]
- 20
- Achieng Abura, Kenyan musician.[140]
- Brian Edwards (72), Canadian rock bassist and singer (Mashmakhan)
- Mieke Telkamp (82), Dutch singer.[141]
- 23 – Pete Burns, (57), British singer (Dead or Alive)[142]
- 24 – Bobby Vee (73) American pop singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s
- 30 – Curly Putman, (85), American singer-songwriter. D-I-V-O-R-C-E, Green, Green Grass of Home and the subject of Paul McCartney & Wings song Junior's Farm.
November
edit- 1
- Nico Carstens (90), South African accordionist and songwriter[143]
- Pocho La Pantera (65), Argentine cumbia singer
- 3 – Kay Starr (94), American pop and jazz singer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
- 4
- Eddie Harsch, 59, Canadian keyboardist (The Black Crowes)
- Jean-Jacques Perrey, 87, French electronic music producer
- 7 – Leonard Cohen (82), Canadian singer-songwriter[144]
- 11
- Victor Bailey (56), American jazz bass guitarist
- Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska, (73), Macedonian vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian of Romani ethnicity.
- 12 – Jacques Werup (71), Swedish musician and writer.[145]
- 13 – Leon Russell (74), American musician and songwriter
- 15
- Holly Dunn (59), American country singer-songwriter
- Mose Allison (89), American pianist and singer.[146]
- 18 – Sharon Jones (60), American soul and funk singer
- 24
- Colonel Abrams (67), American musician and singer-songwriter
- Pauline Oliveros (84), American composer
- 29 – Allan Zavod (71), Australian keyboardist and composer
- 30 – Ivar Thomassen (62), Norwegian folk singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.[147]
December
edit- 2
- Cash Askew (22), guitarist (Them Are Us Too)
- Mark Gray (64), American singer-songwriter (Exile)
- 4 – Ralph Johnson (67), American singer (The Impressions)
- 7 – Brian Bennett (65), American garage-rock keyboardist (The Cherry Slush)
- 8
- Greg Lake (69), English progressive-rock vocalist and multi-instrumentalist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)[148]
- Junaid Jamshed (52), Pakistani singer-songwriter (Vital Signs), flight collision[149]
- 11 – Joe Ligon (80), American gospel singer (Mighty Clouds of Joy)
- 24 – Rick Parfitt (68), English musician and songwriter (Status Quo)[150]
- 25 – George Michael (53), English singer-songwriter (Wham!) [151]
Musical films
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Barker, Andrew (2016-09-12). "Toronto Film Review: 'The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
- ^ "Guided By Voices Are Back in Action". Pitchfork Media. February 9, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ^ "Glenn Danzig, Misfits to Reunite for First Time in 33 Years". Rolling Stone. May 12, 2016.
- ^ Young, Alex (8 March 2016). "Crosby, Stills, and Nash have broken up". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
- ^ Gilbert Kaplan, conductor – obituary
- ^ UK hip-hop producer Mark B has died
- ^ Gilberto Mendes (1922–2016): Sailing in the Ocean of Creativity
- ^ Roma, addio a Rino Salviati, voce e chitarra di "Prigioniero di un sogno" (in Italian)
- ^ Ratliff, Ben (2016-01-05). "Paul Bley, Adventurous Jazz Pianist, Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
- ^ Jason Mackenroth, Former Rollins Band Drummer, Dies at 46
- ^ El Paso music legend Long John Hunter dies
- ^ German entertainer Achim Mentzel dies at 69
- ^ Pierre Boulez – obituary
- ^ We Remember: Nick Caldwell of the Whispers Dies at 71
- ^ Hanna-Marie Weydahl (in Norwegian)
- ^ Kitty Kallen, Big Band Singer of ‘Bésame Mucho,’ Dies at 94
- ^ Troy Shondell, Singer of 'This Time (We're Really Breaking Up),' Dies at 76
- ^ Soul legend Otis Clay dies at 73
- ^ Bakersfield Sound pioneer Red Simpson dies at 81
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