66th Annual Grammy Awards (USA)
Record of the Year: "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus • Album of the Year: Midnights by Taylor Swift • Song of the Year: "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish • Best New Artist: Victoria Monét
2024 Billboard Music Awards (USA)
Top Artist: Taylor Swift • Top New Artist: Chappell Roan • *Top Billboard* 200 Album*: The Tortured Poets Department* by Taylor Swift • Top Hot 100 Song: "Lose Control" by Teddy Swims
2024 Brit Awards (UK)
British Album of the Year: My 21st Century Blues by Raye • Song of the Year: "Escapism" by Raye featuring 070 Shake • British Artist of the Year: Raye • Best New Artist: Raye • British Group: Jungle
Juno Awards of 2024 (Canada)
Artist of the Year: Tate McRae • Group of the Year: The Beaches • Album of the Year: 99 Nights by Charlotte Cardin • Single of the Year: "Greedy" by Tate McRae
2024 MAMA Awards
Artist of the Year: Seventeen • Album of the Year: Seventeenth Heaven by Seventeen • Song of the Year: "Supernova" by Aespa • Best Music Video: "Armageddon" by Aespa
2024 MTV Video Music Awards Japan (Japan)
No ceremony held due to 50th anniversary special airing in its place
2024 MTV Video Music Awards (USA)
Video of the Year: "Fortnight" by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone • Song of the Year: "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter • Best New Artist: Chappell Roan • Push Performance of the Year: Le Sserafim
2024 MTV Europe Music Awards (Europe)
Best Song: "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter • Best Video: "Fortnight" by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone • Best Artist: Taylor Swift • Best New: Benson Boone
2024 American Music Awards (USA)
No ceremony held due to 50th anniversary special airing in its place
38th Golden Disc Awards (South Korea)
Album of the Year: FML by Seventeen • Song of the Year: "Ditto" by NewJeans • Rookie Artist of the Year: Fifty Fifty, Zerobaseone
66th Japan Record Awards (Japan)
Album of the Year: FML by Seventeen • Song of the Year: "Ditto" by NewJeans • Rookie Artist of the Year: Fifty Fifty, Zerobaseone
Pulitzer Prize for Music (USA)
Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith) by Tyshawn Sorey
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA)
Performers: Mary J. Blige • Cher • Dave Matthews Band • Foreigner • Kool & The Gang • Ozzy Osbourne • A Tribe Called Quest Musical Influences: Alexis Korner • John Mayall • Big Mama Thornton Ahmet Ertegun Award (Non-performers): Suzanne de Passe Musical Excellence: Jimmy Buffett • MC5 • Dionne Warwick • Norman Whitfield
Mercury Prize (UK)
This Could Be Texas by English Teacher
Polar Music Prize (Sweden)
Nile Rodgers • Esa-Pekka Salonen
2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards (USA)
Song of the Year: "Kill Bill" by SZA • Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift • Best Music Video: "Seven" by Jungkook featuring Latto
Polaris Music Prize (Canada)
Motewolonuwok by Jeremy Dutcher
Eurovision Song Contest 2024 (Europe)
"The Code" by Nemo (Switzerland)
33rd Seoul Music Awards (South Korea)
Grand Award: NCT Dream • Best Song Award: "OMG" by NewJeans • Best Album Award: FML by Seventeen • Rookie Artist Award: Riize, Zerobaseone
21st Korean Music Awards (South Korea)
Album of the Year: Nowitzki by Beenzino • Song of the Year: "Ditto" by NewJeans • Musician of the Year: Silica Gel • Rookie of the Year: Kiss of Life

2 – Chris Karrer, 76, German progressive rock guitarist (Amon Düül II)^[10]
3 – Tawl Ross, 75, American funk guitarist (Funkadelic)^[11]
4
- Ruy Mingas, 84, Angolan folk singer-songwriter and anthem composer^[12]
- Marie Nilsson Lind, 62, Swedish folk pop singer (Ainbusk)^[13]
- David Soul, 80, American-British pop singer^[14]
- Glynis Johns, 100, British musical theatre actress and singer^[15]
5
- Larry Collins, 79, American rockabilly guitarist and songwriter (The Collins Kids)^[16]
- Del Palmer, 71, English art rock singer-songwriter, bassist and sound engineer^[17]
6
- Iasos, 76, Greek-born American new age keyboardist^[18]
- Amparo Rubín, 68, Mexican folk singer-songwriter^[19]
7
- Germana Caroli, 92, Italian pop singer^[20]
- Tony Clarkin, 77, English hard rock guitarist and songwriter (Magnum)^[21]
8
- Guy Bonnet, 78, French pop singer-songwriter^[22]
- Serge Laprade, French-Canadian pop singer^[23]
- Phill Niblock, 90, American avant garde composer^[24]
- Gian Franco Reverberi, 89, Italian film composer^[25] (death announced on this date)
9
- Diego Gallardo, 31, Ecuadorian folk singer-songwriter^[26]
- Karel Janovický, 93, Czech-born British classical composer and pianist^[27]
- Rashid Khan, 55, Indian Hindustani classical singer^[28]
- James Kottak, 61, American hard rock drummer (Scorpions, Kingdom Come, Kottak)^[29]
10
- Audie Blaylock, 61, American bluegrass singer and guitarist^[30]
- Tamara Milashkina, 89, Russian opera singer^[31]
11
- Annie Nightingale, 83, English radio disk jockey^[32]
- Sigi Schwab, 83, German jazz guitarist^[33]
12
- Bill Hayes, 98, American folk singer^[34]
- David Lumsdaine, 92, Australian classical composer^[35]
13
- Prabha Atre, 91, Indian classical singer^[36]
- Jo-El Sonnier, 77, American country singer-songwriter and accordionist^[37]
- Romuald Twardowski, 93, Polish classical composer^[38]
15 – K. J. Joy, 77, Indian film and classical composer^[39]
16
- Peter Schickele, 88, American classical composer and musical satirist (P. D. Q. Bach)^[40]
- Laurie Johnson, 96, English classical composer and swing bandleader^[41]
17
- Serge Laprade, 83, Canadian pop singer^[42]
- Gerd Uecker, 77, German opera director and music teacher^[43]
18
- Katelele Ching'oma, 32, Malawian pop singer^[44]
- Ivan Moody, 59, British classical composer and musicologist^[45]
- Silent Servant, 46, Guatemalan-born American techno DJ^[46]
- The Soft Moon, 44, American darkwave singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist^[46]
- Yogesh Vaidya, 77, Nepalese folk singer^[47]
19
- Georgi Kostov, 82, Bulgarian classical composer^[48]
- Ewa Podleś, 71, Polish opera singer^[49]
- Marlena Shaw, 81, American jazz and soul singer^[50]
- Pluto Shervington, 73, Jamaican reggae singer^[51]
- Mary Weiss, 75, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las)^[52]
20
- Zoran Erić, 73, Serbian classical composer^[53]
- Charis Kostopoulos, 59, Greek laiko singer-songwriter.^[54]
22
- Neil Kulkarni, 51, British music journalist^[55]
- Margo Smith, 84, American singer-songwriter^[56]
- Sergei Yefremenko, 51, Russian ska singer and guitarist (Markscheider Kunst)^[57]
23
- Melanie, 76, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist^[58]
- Frank Farian, 82, German pop singer-songwriter and record producer (Boney M., Milli Vanilli, La Bouche, No Mercy)^[59]
- Anders Sandberg, 55, Swedish Eurodance singer (Rednex).^[60]
24 – Anders Lampe, 59, Danish pop rock guitarist (Bamses Venner)^[61]
25
- Bruno Amstad, 59–60, Swiss jazz singer^[62]
- Bhavatharini, 47, Indian playback singer and film music director^[63]
26
- Dean Brown, 68, American jazz guitarist^[64]
- Michel Hausser, 96, French jazz vibraphonist^[65]
- Michael Watford, 80, American dance and house singer^[66]
27 – Lillebjørn Nilsen, 73, Norwegian folk singer-songwriter^[67]
28 – Albert Mayr, 80, Italian classical and experimental composer^[68]
29
- Tony Cedras, 71, South African jazz multi-instrumentalist^[69]
- Yuri Ilchenko, 72, Russian rock singer and guitarist (Mify, Zemlyane)^[70]
30 – Chita Rivera, 91, American musical theater singer and actress^[71]

2
- Steve Brown, 66, British classical composer^[72]
- Wilhelmenia Fernandez, 75, American opera singer^[73]
- Wayne Kramer, 75, American rock guitarist and songwriter (MC5)^[74]
3 – Aston "Family Man" Barrett, 77, Jamaican reggae bassist (Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Upsetters)^[75]
5 – Toby Keith, 62, American country singer-songwriter^[76]
6
- Donald Kinsey, 70, American blues and reggae guitarist and singer (The Kinsey Report, The Wailers Band)^[77]
- Seiji Ozawa, 88, Japanese classical conductor^[78]
7
- Vaja Azarashvili, 87, Georgian classical composer^[79]
- Henry Fambrough, 85, American R&B singer (The Spinners)^[80]
- Mojo Nixon, 66, American psychobilly singer-songwriter^[81]
8 – Yuri Borzov, 70, Russian blues rock drummer (Mashina Vremeni)^[82]
9
- Nikša Gligo, 77, Croatian musicologist^[83]
- Damo Suzuki, 74, Japanese Krautrock singer (Can)^[84]
- Jimmy Van Eaton, 86, American rock and roll drummer^[85]
11
- Ladislav Burlas, 96, Slovak classical composer and musicologist^[86]
- Randy Sparks, 90, American folk singer-songwriter (The New Christy Minstrels, The Back Porch Majority)^[87]
- Mihai Amihalachioaie, 62, Moldovan accordionist and conductor^[88]
12
- Tamás Deák, 95, Hungarian classical composer and conductor^[89]
- Rudolf Jansen, 84, Dutch classical pianist^[90]
- Juris Kulakovs, 65, Latvian rock keyboardist (Pērkons)^[91]
- Steve Wright, 69, English radio disk jockey^[92]
13
- Eddie Cheeba, 67, American hip hop DJ^[93]
- Jussi Raittinen, 80, Finnish Rautalanka singer and guitarist^[94]
15 – Ian Amey, 79, English rock singer and guitarist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich)^[95]
16
- Etterlene DeBarge, 88, American gospel singer^[96]
- Fritz Hinz, 68, Canadian hard rock drummer (Helix)^[97]
- Reuben Jackson, 67, American jazz historian^[98]
- Ben Lanzarone, 85, American television composer^[99]
- Dexter Romweber, 57, American rockabilly guitarist (Flat Duo Jets)^[100]
- Cynthia Strother, 88, American pop singer (The Bell Sisters)^[101]
18
- Davlatmand Kholov, 73, Tajik Shashmaqam multi-instrumentalist^[102]
- Hasina Mumtaz, 78, Bangladeshi pop singer^[103]
19
- Stewart Robertson, 75, Scottish classical conductor^[104] (death announced on this date)
- Bobby Tench, 79, British blues rock singer and guitarist (Humble Pie, The Jeff Beck Group, Hummingbird, Streetwalkers, The Gass).^[105] (death announced on this date)
20
- David Libert, 81, American sunshine pop singer and keyboardist (The Happenings)^[106]
- Geoffrey Michaels, 79, Australian classical violinist and violist^[107] (death announced on this date)
21 – Vitalij Kuprij, 49, Ukrainian-American symphonic metal keyboardist (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Ring of Fire)^[108]
22
- John Lowe, 81, English skiffle pianist (The Quarrymen)^[109]
- Roni Stoneman, 85, American bluegrass banjoist^[110]
23
- Tina Rainford, 77, German pop singer^[111]
- Shinsadong Tiger, 40, South Korean record producer^[112]
24 – Juana Bacallao, 98, Cuban guaracha singer^[113]
25
- Bigidagoe, 26, Dutch rapper^[114]
- Peter "Peetah" Morgan, 46, Jamaican reggae singer (Morgan Heritage)^[115]
26
- Bhakta Raj Acharya, 81, Nepali Bhajan singer and composer^[116]
- Pankaj Udhas, 72, Indian ghazal singer^[117]
28
- Cat Janice, 31, American electropop singer-songwriter^[118]
- Eugen Indjic, 76, Yugoslav born French-American classical pianist^[119]
29 – Eugen Šváb, 87, Slovak swing singer and percussionist^[120]

1
- Ernest Berger, 73, Czech-born British funk and disco drummer (Heatwave)^[121]
- Don Wise, 81, American R&B saxophonist^[122]
2
- Jim Beard, 63, American jazz rock keyboardist (Steely Dan)^[123]
- Blues Boy Willie, 77, American blues singer and guitarist^[124]
- W. C. Clark, 84, American blues singer and guitarist^[125]
3
- Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadian jazz singer^[126]
- Emmanuëlle, 81, Canadian pop singer^[127]
- Oscar Ghiglia, 85, Italian classical guitarist^[128]
- Günther Leib, 96, German opera singer^[129]
- Amjad Parvez, 78, Pakistani semi-classical singer^[130]
- Presto, 31, German rapper^[131]
- Bill Ramsay, 95, American jazz saxophonist^[132]
- Félix Sabal Lecco, 64–65, Cameroonian makossa and rock drummer^[133]
- Makoto Shinohara, 92, Japanese classical composer^[134]
- Brit Turner, 57, American country rock drummer (Blackberry Smoke)^[135]
4
- B. B. Seaton, 79, Jamaican ska and rocksteady singer (The Gaylads)^[136]
- Amnon Weinstein, 84, Israeli violin luthier^[137]
5
- Linda Balgord, 64, American musical theater actress and singer^[138]
- Debra Byrd, 72, American soul singer and vocal coach^[139]
- Brahim Fribgane, Moroccan jazz oud player and percussionist (La Mar Enfortuna)^[140] (death announced on this date)
6 – Dimos Moutsis, 85, Greek Éntekhno singer-songwriter and composer^[141]
7
- Pedro Altamiranda, 88, Panamanian salsa singer^[142]
- Joe Cutajar, 83, Maltese pop singer (Helen and Joseph).^[143] (death announced on this date)
- Françoise Garner, 90, French opera singer^[144]
- Steve Lawrence, 88, American pop singer^[145]
8
- Abdou Cherif, 52, Moroccan pop singer^[146]
- Ernie Fields Jr., 89, American jazz saxophonist^[147]
- George Newson, 91, English electronic and avant-garde composer and pianist^[148]
- Ľubomír Stankovský, 72, Slovak pop rock singer and drummer (Modus)^[149]
9
- Malcolm Holcombe, 68, American alternative country singer-songwriter^[150]
- Vince Power, 76, Irish music festival promoter^[151]
- Guy Touvron, 74, French classical trumpeter^[152]
10
- Blake Harrison, 48, American grindcore sampler (Pig Destroyer, Hatebeak)^[153]
- Paul Nelson, American blues guitarist^[154]
- T. M. Stevens, 72, American rock bassist (The Pretenders, Vai)^[155]
- Marc Tobaly, 74, Moroccan-born French rock guitarist (Les Variations)^[156]
- Karl Wallinger, 66, Welsh alternative rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Waterboys, World Party)^[157]
11
- Boss, 54, American rapper^[158]
- Eric Carmen, 74, American power pop singer-songwriter (Raspberries)^[159] (death announced on this date)
- Pete Rodriguez, 91, American Latin boogaloo pianist and bandleader^[160]
12
- Michael Knott, American Christian rock singer-songwriter (Lifesavers Underground)^[161]
- James Whitbourn, 60, British classical composer and conductor^[162]
- Russ Wilson, 62, Canadian alternative rock bassist (Junkhouse)^[163]
13
- Dick Allix, 78, British pop rock drummer (Vanity Fare)^[164]
- John Blunt, British rock drummer (The Searchers)^[165] (death announced on this date)
- Sylvain Luc, 58, French jazz guitarist^[166]
- Sadi Mohammad, 70, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer and composer^[167]
- Aribert Reimann, 88, German classical composer and pianist^[168]
14
- Lamara Chkonia, 93, Georgian opera singer^[169]
- Frank Darcel, 65, French post-punk guitarist (Marquis de Sade)^[170]
- Byron Janis, 95, American classical pianist^[171]
- Jean-Pierre Marty, 91, French classical pianist and conductor^[172]
- Angela McCluskey, 64, Scottish alternative rock singer-songwriter (Wild Colonials)^[173]
15 – Hans Blum, 95, German schlager singer-songwriter^[174]
17
- Cola Boyy, 34, American disco multi-instrumentalist^[175]
- Sandra Crouch, 81, American gospel singer^[176]
- Steve Harley, 73, British glam rock singer-songwriter (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)^[177]
18
- Jimmy Hastings, 85, British progressive rock multi-instrumentalist (Caravan, Soft Machine, Hatfield and the North)^[178]
- Khalid, 60, Bangladeshi pop singer^[179]
- Kevin Toney, 70, American jazz fusion pianist and composer (The Blackbyrds)^[180]
19 – Greg Lee, 53, American ska and reggae singer (Hepcat)^[181]
20
- Faramarz Aslani, 79, Iranian folk singer and guitarist ^[182]
- George Darko, 73, Ghanaian burger-highlife singer-songwriter and guitarist^[183]
- Gene Elders, 80, American country fiddler (Ace in the Hole Band)^[184]
- Cocky Mazzetti, 87, Italian pop singer^[185]
21 – Laurens van Rooyen, 88, Dutch classical pianist and composer^[186]
23
- Igor Ozim, 92, Slovenian classical violinist^[187]
- Maurizio Pollini, 82, Italian classical pianist^[188]
24
- Vincent Bonham, 67, American funk singer (Raydio)^[189] (death announced on this date)
- Def Rhymz, 53, Surinamese-Dutch rapper^[190]
- Péter Eötvös, 80, Hungarian opera composer^[191]
25
- Humphrey Campbell, 66, Surinamese-Dutch pop singer^[192]
- Chris Cross, 71, English new wave bassist and keyboardist (Ultravox, Tiger Lily)^[193]
- Maurice El Médiouni, 95, Algerian jazz pianist^[194]
26
- Clare Elliott, New Zealand punk singer (Suburban Reptiles)^[195]
- Chandra Kumara Kandanarachchi, 76, Sri Lankan playback singer^[196]
- Slađana Milošević, 68, Serbian new wave singer-songwriter^[197]
- George Nicolescu, 74, Romanian pop singer^[198]
27 – La Castou, 75, Swiss pop singer^[199]
28 – Marian Zazeela, 83, American experimental music singer and tanpura player^[200]
29 – Gerry Conway, 76, English folk rock drummer and percussionist (Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention, Cat Stevens, Pentangle).^[201]
30
- Mark Spiro, 66–67, American songwriter and record producer^[202] (death announced on this date)
- Vanhlupuii, 77, Indian Mizo multi-genre singer^[203]
31 – Casey Benjamin, 45, American jazz multi-instrumentalist (Robert Glasper Experiment)^[204]

1
- Phil Delire, 67–68, Belgian music producer.^[205]
- Michael Ward, 57, American alternative rock guitarist (The Wallflowers, School of Fish)^[206]
2 – Jerry Abbott, 81, American country music songwriter and record producer^[207]
3
- Joe Aitken, 79, Scottish bothy ballad singer^[208]
- Albert Heath, 88, American jazz drummer (Heath Brothers)^[209]
- Kalevi Kiviniemi, 65, Finnish classical organist^[210]
- Muñequita Milly, 23, Peruvian huayno singer^[211]
- Notker Wolf, 83, German Benedictine priest-monk and rock guitarist^[212]
4
- Keith LeBlanc, 69, American multi-genre drummer (Little Axe, Tackhead)^[213]
- Graeme Naysmith, 57, English shoegaze guitarist (Pale Saints)^[214]
5
- Phil Nimmons, 100, Canadian jazz clarinetist.^[215]
- Rocket Norton, 73, Canadian hard rock drummer (Prism)^[216]
- C. J. Snare, 64, American glam metal singer-songwriter (FireHouse)^[217]
6 – Dutty Dior, Norwegian rapper^[218]
7
- Michael Boder, 65, German classical conductor^[219]
- Clarence "Frogman" Henry, 87, American R&B singer and pianist^[220]
- Antonette Mendes, 79, Indian tiatr singer^[221]
- Joe Viera, 91, German jazz saxophonist^[222]
8 – Jon Card, 63, German-born Canadian punk drummer (SNFU, D.O.A., Subhumans)^[223]
9
- Bob Lanese, 82, American big band jazz trumpeter (James Last Orchestra)^[224]
- Muluken Melesse, 70, Ethiopian tizita singer and drummer^[225]
- Sturgis Nikides, 66, American blues rock and no wave guitarist (Low Society, Cool It Reba)^[226]
- Dieter Rexroth, 83, German musicologist and dramaturge (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Young Euro Classic)^[227]
- Max Werner, 70, Dutch progressive rock singer and drummer (Kayak)^[228]
10 – Mister Cee, 57, American hip hop DJ and radio broadcaster^[229] (death announced on this date)
11
- Park Bo-ram, 30, South Korean K-pop singer^[230]
- Enrique Llácer Soler, 89, Spanish jazz percussionist and composer^[231]
12
- Lucy Rimmer, British post-punk singer (The Fall)^[232] (death announced on this date)
- Rico Wade, 52, American music producer and songwriter (Organized Noize)^[233]
13
- Richard Horowitz, 75, American film composer^[234]
- Lorenzo Palomo, 86, Spanish classical composer^[235]
14 –
- Ben Eldridge, 85, American progressive bluegrass banjoist (The Seldom Scene)^[236]
- Calvin Keys, 82, American jazz guitarist^[237]
15
- Reita, 42, Japanese alternative metal bassist (The Gazette)^[238]
- Eugene Wolfgramm, 57, American pop singer (The Jets, Boys Club)^[239]
16
- Clorofila, 56, Mexican Nortec DJ (Nortec Collective)^[240]
- K. G. Jayan, 89, Indian Carnatic singer^[241]
- Gavin Webb, 77, Australian psychedelic rock bassist (The Masters Apprentices)^[242]
17 – Pooch Tavares, 81, American R&B and disco singer (Tavares)^[243] (death announced on this date)
18
- Dickey Betts, 80, American Southern rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band)^[244]
- Steve Kille, American stoner rock bassist (Dead Meadow)^[245]
- Mandisa, 47, American gospel singer^[246]
- Larry Page, 86, English pop singer and record producer^[247]
19
- Naomy, 46, Romanian pop singer^[248]
- Eddie Sutton, 59, American crossover thrash singer (Leeway)^[249]
20
- Kaj Chydenius, 84, Finnish avant garde composer and folk songwriter^[250]
- Tony Tuff, 69, Jamaican reggae singer (The African Brothers)^[251]
21
- Jean-Marie Aerts, 72, Belgian rock guitarist (TC Matic)^[252]
- MC Duke, 58, British rapper^[253]
- Alex Hassilev, 91, American folk singer and banjoist (The Limeliters)^[254]
- KODA, 45, Ghanaian gospel singer^[255]
22 – Chan Romero, 82, American rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist^[256] (death announced on this date)
23 – Fergie MacDonald, 86, Scottish cèilidh accordionist^[257]
24 – Mike Pinder, 82, English progressive rock keyboardist and songwriter (The Moody Blues)^[258]
26
- Robin George, 68, British rock singer and guitarist.^[259]
- Anderson Leonardo, 51, Brazilian pagode singer (Molejo)^[260]
- Frank Wakefield, American bluegrass mandolinist^[261]
27 – Jean-Pierre Ferland, 89, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter^[262]
28 – Norman Carol, 95, American classical violinist and concertmaster (Philadelphia Orchestra)^[263]
30 – Duane Eddy, 86, American rock and roll guitarist^[264]

1
- Hasna El-Bacharia, 74, Algerian diwan sintir player^[265]
- Richard Maloof, 84, American pop and big band bassist and tuba player^[266]
- Uma Ramanan, 69, Indian playback singer^[267]
- Richard Tandy, 76, English rock keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move)^[268]
2
- Gary Floyd, 71, American hardcore punk and alternative rock singer (Dicks, Sister Double Happiness)^[269]
- John Pisano, 93, American jazz guitarist.^[270]
3 – Jim Mills, 57, American bluegrass banjoist (Kentucky Thunder)^[271]
4
- Miroslav Imrich, 71, Czech rock singer (Abraxas)^[272]
- Ron Kavana, 73, Irish multi-genre singer-songwriter^[273]
5
- Belgacem Bouguenna, 61, Tunisian mezwed singer^[274]
- Kelath Aravindakshan Marar, 82, Indian Panchari melam chenda player.^[275]
6
- Bill Holman, 96, American jazz and big band saxophonist, composer and arranger^[276]
- Wayland Holyfield, 82, American country songwriter^[277]
- Christiane Stefanski, 74, Belgian folk singer^[278]
7
- Steve Albini, 61, American post-hardcore and noise rock singer and guitarist (Big Black, Shellac) and record producer^[279]
- Ignatius Jones, 66–67, Australian-Filipino new wave and swing singer (Jimmy and the Boys, Pardon Me Boys)^[280]
- Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, 88, Polish jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger^[281]
8
- John Barbata, 79, American rock drummer (The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)^[282]
- Conrad Kelly, 65, Jamaican-born British reggae drummer (Steel Pulse)^[283]
- Giovanna Marini, 87, Italian folk singer-songwriter^[284]
- Dennis Thompson, 75, American rock drummer (MC5)^[285]
9 – Fred Noonan, Australian alternative rock drummer (Six Ft Hick)^[286]
12 – David Sanborn, 78, American jazz saxophonist.^[287]
13
- Christian Escoudé, 76, French Gypsy jazz guitarist^[288]
- Luis María Serra, 82, Argentine film composer^[289]
14 – Jimmy James, 83, Jamaican-British ska and disco singer^[290]
15
- John Hawken, 84, English rock keyboardist (The Nashville Teens, Renaissance, Strawbs)^[291]
- Ahmed Piro, 92, Moroccan Andalusi classical singer^[292]
17
- Charlie Colin, 58, American pop rock bassist and guitarist (Train, The Side Deal)^[293] (body discovered on this date)
- Missinho, 64, Brazilian Axé singer (Chiclete com Banana)^[294]
18
- Palle Danielsson, 77, Swedish jazz bassist^[295]
- Frank Ifield, 86, Australian country singer^[296]
- John Koerner, 85, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (Koerner, Ray & Glover)^[297]
- Jon Wysocki, 53, American post-grunge drummer (Staind)^[298]
19 – Peggi Blu, 77, American R&B singer and vocal coach^[299]
21 – Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, 71, Polish film composer^[300]
22 – Toni Montano, 62, Serbian punk rock singer^[301]
24 – Doug Ingle, 78, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Iron Butterfly)^[302]
25 – Richard M. Sherman, 95, American film songwriter (Sherman Brothers)^[303]
27
- Rodger Fox, 71, New Zealand jazz trombonist and bandleader.^[304]
- Francesco Petrozzi, 62, Peruvian opera singer^[305]
28 – Gustavo Mullem, 72, Brazilian punk rock guitarist (Camisa de Vênus)^[306]
29
- Cayouche, 75, Canadian country singer-songwriter^[307]
- Mansour Seck, 69, Senegalese worldbeat singer and Kora player.^[308]
30 – Doug Dagger, 56, American punk rock singer (The Generators)^[309]
31 – Ed Mann, 70, American rock drummer and keyboardist (Frank Zappa)^[310]

1 – Harry van Hoof, 81, Dutch pop conductor, composer, and music arranger.^[311]
2
- Emma Lou Diemer, 96, American classical composer^[312]
- Colin Gibb, 70, British pop singer and guitarist (Black Lace)^[313]
3 – Brother Marquis, 58, American rapper (2 Live Crew).^[314]
4 – C.Gambino, 26, Swedish rapper^[315]
5 – Ranch Sironi, American stoner rock bassist (Nebula)^[316]
7
- Rose-Marie, 68, Northern Irish pop singer^[317] (death announced on this date)
- Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, 90, German minimalist composer^[318]
8
- Mark James, 83, American pop and country songwriter^[319]
- Charlie Lennon, 85, Irish traditional folk fiddler and composer^[320]
9
- William Carragan, 86, American musicologist and Bruckner expert^[321]
- Alex Riel, 83, Danish jazz and rock drummer^[322]
11
- Enchanting, 26, American rapper^[323]
- Marcel Guilloux, 93, French kan ha diskan singer and storyteller.^[324]
- Françoise Hardy, 80, French pop and yé-yé singer-songwriter^[325]
- Gaps Hendrickson, 73, British ska singer (The Selecter)^[326]
- Adam Lewis, 45, American pop punk bassist (Fenix TX)^[327] (death announced on this date)
- Kevork Mardirossian, 70, American classical violinist^[328]
- Rajeev Taranath, 91, Indian classical sarod player^[329]
12 – Johnny Canales, 77, Mexican Tejano singer^[330]
13
- Angela Bofill, 70, American R&B singer-songwriter^[331]
- Skowa, 68, Brazilian samba rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Trio Mocotó)^[332]
14 – Jeremy Tepper, 60, American radio executive and country singer, co-founder of Diesel Only Records^[333]
16
- Buzz Cason, 84, American pop and country singer-songwriter^[334]
- Jodie Devos, 35, Belgian opera singer^[335]
17 – Paul Spencer, 53, English house DJ (Dario G)^[336]
18 – James Chance, 71, American no wave singer and saxophonist (James Chance and the Contortions, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks)^[337]
19
- Chrystian, 67, Brazilian sertanejo singer^[338]
- Silvia Infantas, 101, Chilean folk singer^[339]
- James Loughran, 92, Scottish classical conductor^[340]
20 – Margarita Voites, 87, Estonian opera singer^[341]
23
- Julio Foolio, 26, American rapper^[342]
- Sakini Ramachandraih, 61, Indian folk singer and dhol player^[343]
- David Tunley, 94, Australian musicologist.^[344]
24
- Shifty Shellshock, 49, American rap rock singer-songwriter and rapper (Crazy Town)^[345]
- Rob Stone, 55, American record producer^[346]
25
- Jewel Brown, 86, American jazz and blues singer^[347]
- Ray St. Germain, 83, Canadian country singer^[348]
26 – Gary Grant, American jazz trumpeter^[349]
27
- Kinky Friedman, 79, American country singer-songwriter^[350]
- Alexander Knaifel, 80, Russian opera composer^[351]
- Martin Mull, 80, American comedy music singer-songwriter^[352]
28
- Lando Bartolini, 87, Italian opera singer^[353]
- Kong Nay, 80, Cambodian traditional folk chapei dang veng player^[354]
- Betty Veldpaus, 72, Dutch pop and country singer (Pussycat)^[355]
29 – Martti Wallén, 75, Finnish opera singer^[356]
30
- Lucius Banda, 53, Malawian reggae singer-songwriter^[357]
- Peter Collins, 73, English record producer^[358] (death announced on this date)

1
- Fausto Bordalo Dias, 75, Portuguese folk singer-songwriter^[359]
- Nino Vella, 31, French classical and jazz composer^[360]
- Cliff Waldron, 83, American bluegrass singer and guitarist^[361]
2 – Tom Fowler, 73, American psychedelic rock bassist (The Mothers of Invention, It's a Beautiful Day, Air Pocket)^[362]
3 – Mark Germino, 73, American folk rock singer-songwriter^[363]
5 – Liana Isakadze, 77, Georgian classical violinist^[364] (death announced on this date)
6
- Pino D'Angiò, 71, Italian Italo disco singer-songwriter^[365]
- Joe Egan, 77, Scottish folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Stealers Wheel)^[366]
8
- Adrián Olivares, 48, Mexican pop singer (Menudo).^[367]
- Pavol Zelenay, 96, Slovak swing composer^[368]
9 – Joe Bonsall, 76, American country and gospel singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)^[369]
10 – Dave Loggins, 76, American pop and country singer-songwriter^[370]
11 – Tommy Drennan, 82–83, Irish classical and showband singer^[371]
13
- Ruth Hesse, 87, German opera singer^[372]
- Claudio Reyes, 64, Chilean pop singer^[373]
14 – R. P. S. Lanrue, 74, German rock guitarist (Ton Steine Scherben)^[374]
15
- Wieteke van Dort, 81, Dutch pop singer^[375]
- Édith Lejet, 82, French classical composer^[376]
- Tomcraft, 49, German progressive trance DJ and producer^[377]
16
- Ulf Dageby, 80, Swedish rock guitarist (Nationalteatern)^[378]
- Bernice Johnson Reagon, 81, American gospel a capella singer (The Freedom Singers, Sweet Honey in the Rock)^[379]
- Irène Schweizer, 83, Swiss free jazz pianist.^[380]
17
- Pinche Peach, 57, American death metal singer (Brujeria)^[381]
- Happy Traum, 86, American folk singer and guitarist^[382]
- Heather Wood, 79, English folk singer (The Young Tradition)^[383] (death announced on this date)
18 – Jerry Fuller, 85, American rockabilly and pop singer-songwriter and producer^[384]
19 – Toumani Diabaté, 58, Malian mande kora player^[385]
20
- Jerry Miller, 81, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Moby Grape, The Rhythm Dukes)^[386]
- Sandy Posey, 80, American pop and country singer^[387]
- Eugene Sârbu, 73, Romanian classical violinist.^[388]
21
- Kim Min-ki, 73, South Korean folk rock singer-songwriter^[389]
- Evelyn Thomas, 70, American Hi-NRG singer^[390]
22
- Jerzy Artysz, 93, Polish opera singer^[391]
- Klara Berkovich, 96, Soviet-born American classical violinist^[392]
- Duke Fakir, 88, American R&B singer (Four Tops)^[393]
- Elena Mauti Nunziata, 77, Italian opera singer^[394]
- John Mayall, 90, English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist^[395]
23 – Ekaterina Shklyaeva, 86, Russian folk pop singer (Buranovskiye Babushki)^[396] (death announced on this date)
24
- Shafin Ahmed, 63, Bangladeshi rock singer-songwriter and bassist (Miles)^[397]
- Antonio Cabán Vale, 81, Puerto Rican folk singer-songwriter and guitarist^[398]
- Bill Crook, Canadian alternative metal and pop punk bassist (Spiritbox, Living With Lions).^[399] (death announced on this date)
25
- Pascal Danel, 80, French pop singer-songwriter^[400]
- Benjamin Luxon, 87, British opera singer^[401]
- Tadashi Yabe, 59, Japanese acid jazz DJ and music producer (United Future Organization).^[402]
26
- Jason Clark, American gospel singer (The Nelons).^[403]
- Sd Laika, American deconstructed club producer and DJ^[404] (death announced on this date)
- Kelly Nelon Clark, 64, American gospel singer (The Nelons)^[403]
- Amber Nelon Thompson, American gospel singer (The Nelons)^[403]
- Tomáš Vendl, 52, Czech black metal bassist (Master's Hammer)^[405]
27
- Pat Collier, 72, English punk rock bassist (The Vibrators) and record producer^[406]
- Danny Clarke, 71–72, Jamaican reggae singer (The Meditations)^[407]
- DJ Polo, American hip hop DJ (Juice Crew) and record producer^[408]
- Oldřich Janota, 74, Czech folk singer-songwriter^[409]
- Mísia, 69, Portuguese fado singer^[410]
- Wolfgang Rihm, 72, German classical composer^[411]
28
- Chino XL, 50, American rapper^[412]
- Martin Phillipps, 61, New Zealand indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Chills)^[413] (death announced on this date)
- Mick Underwood, 78, English rock drummer (Quatermass, Strapps, Gillan)^[414]
30 – Onyeka Onwenu, 72, Nigerian pop and gospel singer-songwriter^[415]
31
- DJ Randall, 54, British jungle and drum and bass DJ^[416]
- Arthur Miles, 74, American R&B and jazz singer^[417]
- Carmen Pateña, 83, Filipino pop singer^[418]

1 – Jürgen Ahrend, 94, German pipe organ builder^[419]
2 – Nicu Covaci, 77, Romanian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Transsylvania Phoenix)^[420]
3
- Shaun Martin, 45, American jazz fusion and gospel multi-instrumentalist (Snarky Puppy)^[421]
- Antônio Meneses, 66, Brazilian classical cellist (Beaux Arts Trio)^[422]
- Phloen Phromdaen, 85, Thai luk thung singer^[423]
4 – Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, 74, Spanish classical conductor and composer^[424]
5 – Maurice Williams, 86, American doo-wop singer-songwriter (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs)^[425]
7 – Jack Russell, 63, American glam metal singer (Great White)^[426]
9
- Carl Bevan, 51, Welsh Britpop drummer (60 Ft. Dolls)^[427] (death announced on this date)
- Maryvonne Le Dizès, 84, French classical violinist^[428]
- Charles R. Cross, 67, American music journalist^[429]
- Dave Sweetapple, 58, American indie rock and stoner metal bassist (Sweet Apple, Witch).^[430]
- Carl Weathersby, 71, American blues guitarist^[431]
10 – Celestina Casapietra, 85, Italian opera singer^[432]
11
- Gökçe Akçelik, 47, Turkish psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (Replikas)^[433]
- Haniya Aslam, 46, Pakistani pop rock singer and guitarist (Zeb and Haniya)^[434]
- Steve Davislim, 57, Malaysian-born Australian opera singer^[435] (death announced on this day)
- Talos, 37, Irish indie electronic singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist^[436]
- Chon Travis, American punk singer (Love Equals Death)^[437]
12
- Christof Nel, 80, German theatre and opera director^[438]
- Zdeněk Pololáník, 88, Czech classical composer, conductor and organist.^[439]
13 – Greg Kihn, 75, American power pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Greg Kihn Band)^[440]
14 – Dean Roberts, 49, New Zealand electroacoustic multi-instrumentalist and composer^[441] (death announced on this date)
15
- Joe Chambers, 81, American psychedelic soul singer-songwriter (The Chambers Brothers)^[442]
- Peter Marshall, 98, American pop singer and musical theater actor^[443]
16
- Charles Blackwell, 84, English pop arranger, record producer, film composer and songwriter^[444] (death announced on this date)
- Bobby Hicks, 91, American bluegrass fiddler^[445]
- Luther Kent, 76, American blues singer^[446]
- Rajko Maksimović, 89, Serbian classical composer^[447]
- Tore Ylwizaker, 54, Norwegian experimental rock keyboardist (Ulver)^[448]
17
- Johnny "Dandy" Rodríguez, 78, American Afro-Cuban jazz and salsa bongo player (Típica 73).^[449]
- Bert Susanka, 62, American surf rock and cowpunk singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Ziggens)^[450]
20
- Erik Barrett, 48, American metalcore bassist (100 Demons)^[451] (death announced on this date)
- Maryvonne Le Dizès, 84, French classical violinist^[452] (death announced on this date)
- Manju Mehta, 79, Indian classical sitar player.^[453]
- Charin Nantanakorn, 91, Thai pop singer^[454]
21
- Diana, 76, Brazilian pop singer^[455]
- Russell Stone, 77–78, English singer (R&J Stone)^[456]
22 – Justin Chearno, 54, American indie rock guitarist (Pitchblende, Turing Machine, Unrest, Panthers)^[457]
23
- Daron Beck, 48, American synth-doom singer and keyboardist (Pinkish Black)^[458]
- Russell Malone, 60, America jazz guitarist^[459]
- Catherine Ribeiro, 82, French psychedelic rock singer (Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes)^[460]
26 – Paul Dwayne, 60, Canadian country singer-songwriter^[461]
27
- Richard Macphail, 73, English rock singer (Anon) and road manager (Genesis)^[462]
- Makaya Ntshoko, 84, South African jazz drummer^[463]
30
- Fatman Scoop, 53, American rapper^[464]
- Danielle Moore, 52, English downtempo singer (Crazy P)^[465]
- Cunnie Williams, 61, American R&B singer^[466] (death announced on this date)
31 – Jessica Mbangeni, 47, South African gospel singer^[467]

1
- Mike Billard, 60, Canadian jazz drummer (Jeff Johnston Trio).^[468]
- Teresa Bright, 64, American hapa haole guitarist and ukulele player.^[469]
2
- James Darren, 88, American pop singer^[470]
- Peter Kubik, 49, Austrian black metal guitarist (Abigor)^[471] (death announced on this date)
- Pat Lewis, 76, American soul singer^[472] (death announced on this date)
3 – Göran Fristorp, 76, Swedish schlager singer-songwriter (Malta)^[473]
4
- Oswald d'Andréa, 90, French classical pianist and film composer^[474]
- Bora Đorđević, 71, Serbian hard rock singer-songwriter (Riblja Čorba).^[475]
5
- Roy Cape, 82, Trinidadian calypso saxophonist^[476] (death announced on this date)
- Herbie Flowers, 86, English rock bassist (Blue Mink, T. Rex, Sky).^[477]
- Martin France, 60, British jazz drummer^[478]
- Sérgio Mendes, 83, Brazilian bossa nova pianist and composer^[479]
- Rich Homie Quan, 34, American rapper^[480]
- Władysław Słowiński, 94, Polish classical composer and conductor.^[481]
6
- Will Jennings, 80, American pop lyricist^[482]
- Mark Moffatt, 74, Australian pop guitarist (The Monitors) and record producer^[483]
- Screamin' Scott Simon, 75, Americanrock and roll pianist and singer (Sha Na Na)^[484]
7
- Jimmy Gilmer, 83, American rock and roll singer (The Fireballs)^[485]
- Dan Morgenstern, 94, German-born American music journalist and archivist^[486]
8
- Viktor Lyadov, 58, Russian classical pianist^[487]
- Zoot Money, 82, English blues rock singer and keyboardist (Eric Burdon and The Animals, Zoot Money's Big Roll Band)^[488]
- Ben Thapa, 42, English operatic pop singer (G4)^[489]
- Caterina Valente, 93, French-Italian pop singer and guitarist^[490]
10
- Frankie Beverly, 77, American R&B and funk singer-songwriter (Maze)^[491]
- Doug Hood, 70, New Zealand record producer^[492]
12
- Robin Guy, 54, British punk and alternative rock drummer (Sham 69, All About Eve)^[493]
- Papa Kojak, 68, Jamaican reggae singer^[494]
13
- Moisés Canelo, 74, Honduran pop singer-songwriter^[495]
- Tommy Cash, 84, American country singer^[496]
- Chalmers Davis, 73, American country keyboardist (The Shooters)^[497]
15
- David Davis, 63, American bluegrass mandolinist^[498]
- Tito Jackson, 70, American pop and R&B singer and guitarist (The Jackson 5)^[499]
- Roli Mosimann, 68, Swiss-born American experimental rock drummer (Swans, Wiseblood) and record producer^[500]
16 – Billy Edd Wheeler, 91, American country singer-songwriter^[501]
17
- Evin Agassi, 78, Iranian-born American pop singer.^[502]
- Kenny Hyslop, 73, Scottish new wave drummer (Slik, Zones, Simple Minds, Set the Tone)^[503] (death announced on this date)
- Rise Kagona, 62, Zimbabwean jit guitarist (Bhundu Boys)^[504]
- JD Souther, 78, American country rock singer-songwriter^[505]
18
- Juan Brujo, 61, American death metal singer (Brujeria)^[506]
- Dick Diamonde, 76, Dutch-born Australian rock bassist (The Easybeats)^[507]
- Nick Gravenites, 85, American blues singer and guitarist (The Electric Flag, Big Brother and the Holding Company)^[508]
- Zulya Kamalova, 55, Russian-born Australian folk singer^[509]
19 – Florence Warner, 77, American pop and commercial jingle singer^[510]
20
- Richard Dyer, 82, American music critic^[511]
- Srirangam Kannan, 72, Indian classical morsing player^[512]
- Kim Richmond, 84, American jazz saxophonist and composer^[513]
- Sayuri, 28, Japanese pop singer-songwriter^[514]
21
- Paul Cripple, American anarcho-punk guitarist (Reagan Youth)^[515]
- Benny Golson, 95, American jazz saxophonist and composer^[516]
- Eddie Low, 81, New Zealand country singer^[517]
- Roger Palm, 75, Swedish pop drummer (ABBA)^[518]
- Juan Carlos Salazar, 59, Venezuelan folk singer and cuatro player^[519]
23 – Freddie Salem, 70, American Southern rock guitarist (Outlaws)^[520] (death announced on this date)
24 – Cat Glover, 60, American funk singer and rapper^[521]
27
- John McNeil, 76, American jazz trumpeter^[522]
- Pit Passarell, 56, Argentine-born Brazilian heavy metal singer and bassist (Viper)^[523]
28 – Kris Kristofferson, 88, American country singer-songwriter^[524]
29
- Rohan de Saram, 85, British-born classical Sri Lankan cellist^[525]
- Martin Lee, 77, English pop singer-songwriter (Brotherhood of Man)^[526]
- Stoika Milanova, 79, Bulgarian classical violinist^[527] (death announced on this date)
30
- Dave Allison, 68, Canadian heavy metal guitarist (Anvil)^[528]
- Fayo, 46, Canadian folk singer-songwriter^[529]

1
- Vyacheslav Dobrynin, 78, Russian pop rock singer and composer (Samotsvety)^[530]
- Fritz Escovão, 81, Brazilian samba rock singer and guitarist (Trio Mocotó)^[531]
2
- Arbogaste Mbella Ntone, 82, Cameroonian gospel singer^[532]
- Ken Tobias, 79, Canadian folk singer-songwriter^[533]
3
- Terje Bjørklund, 79, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer^[534]
- Jack Colwell, 34, Australian indie rock singer-songwriter.^[535]
- Jerry Miller, American ska singer (The Untouchables)^[536]
5 – Mimis Plessas, 99, Greek film composer and classical pianist^[537]
6 – Johnny Neel, 70, American Southern rock singer and keyboardist (The Allman Brothers Band)^[538]
7
- Hans van Hemert, 79, Dutch music producer and songwriter^[539]
- Cissy Houston, 91, American gospel and R&B singer (The Sweet Inspirations)^[540]
- Jack Ponti, 66, American songwriter and record producer^[541]
8 – Jorge Arriagada, 81, Chilean-French film composer^[542]
9
- Michel Boyibanda, 84, Congolese rumba and soukous singer (TPOK Jazz).^[543]
- Bruno Pochesci, 54, Italian-born French singer-songwriter^[544]
- Leif Segerstam, 80, Finnish classical conductor, composer and multi-instrumentalist^[545]
10
- Adam Abeshouse, 63, American recording engineer, music producer and classical violinist^[546]
- El Taiger, 37, Cuban reggaeton singer^[547]
11
- Kiril Marichkov, 79, Bulgarian progressive rock singer and bassist (Shturcite)^[548]
- Aminollah Rashidi, 99, Iranian classical singer and composer^[549]
12
- Jackmaster, 38, Scottish house DJ^[550]
- Ka, 52, American rapper^[551]
13 – Libby Titus, 77, American pop singer-songwriter^[552]
15 – Ollie Olsen, 66, Australian post-punk multi-instrumentalist (No, Whirlywirld, Max Q, Orchestra of Skin and Bone, Taipan Tiger Girls) and film composer^[553]
16
- Inger Lorre, 61, American alternative rock singer-songwriter (Nymphs)^[554]
- Alan Mansfield, 72, American-New Zealand rock keyboardist (Dragon), songwriter, and record producer^[555]
- Liam Payne, 31, English pop singer (One Direction)^[556]
18 – Shujeo Shyam, 78, Bangladeshi music director^[557]
20
- Barbara Dane, 97, American jazz, blues, and folk singer^[558]
- Janusz Olejniczak, 72, Polish classical pianist^[559]
21
- Egidio Cuadrado, 71, Colombian vallenato accordionist^[560]
- Paul Di'Anno, 66, English heavy metal singer (Iron Maiden)^[561]
- Mimi Hines, 91, Canadian pop singer and musical theater actress^[562]
- Barbara Kolb, 85, American classical composer^[563]
22
- Claire Daly, 66, American jazz saxophonist and composer^[564]
- Edd Griles, 78, American music video director^[565]
- Ferenc Sánta Jr., 79, Hungarian classical and Romani folk violinist^[566]
23
- Jack Jones, 86, American pop singer^[567]
- Linda LaFlamme, 85, American psychedelic rock keyboardist and songwriter (It's a Beautiful Day)^[568]
24
- DJ Clark Kent, 57, Panamanian–American hip hop DJ and record producer^[569]
- Marco Paulo, 79, Portuguese pop singer^[570]
- Hans Rotmo, 76, Norwegian folk rock singer-songwriter^[571]
25 – Phil Lesh, 84, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and bassist (Grateful Dead)^[572]
26 – Ustad Tafu, 79, Pakistani classical tabla player and film score composer^[573]
28
- Bill Beach, 92, American rockabilly singer and guitarist^[574] (death announced on this date)
- Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, 91, Cuban guajira trumpeter (Buena Vista Social Club)^[575]
30
- Richard Andrew, 58, Australian indie rock drummer (Underground Lovers, Crow, Black Cab)^[576]
- Arthur Moreira Lima, 84, Brazilian classical pianist^[577]
31 – Candy Devine, 85, Australian radio broadcaster and pop singer^[578] (death announced on this date)

3
- Quincy Jones, 91, American record producer, songwriter, arranger, and jazz trumpeter^[579]
- Andy Leek, 66, English new wave keyboardist (Dexys Midnight Runners).^[580]
4
- Johnny Madsen, 73, Danish rock singer-songwriter^[581]
- Tyka Nelson, 64, American R&B singer^[582]
- Renato Serio, 78, Italian film composer^[583]
5 – Sharda Sinha, 72, Indian folk and classical singer^[584]
8
- Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, 94, Indian folk drummer^[585]
- George Bohanon, 87, American jazz trombonist^[586]
9
- Lou Donaldson, 98, American jazz saxophonist^[587]
- Ella Jenkins, 100, American folk singer-songwriter^[588]
- Ram Narayan, 96, Indian classical sarangi player^[589]
10
- Pepe Justicia, 64, Spanish flamenco guitarist^[590]
- Emre Tukur, 55, Turkish pop keyboardist (Klips ve Onlar)^[591] (death announced on this date)
11 – Papa Noël Nedule, 83, Congolese soukous guitarist.^[592]
12
- Johnny Duhan, 74, Irish folk singer-songwriter^[593]
- Roy Haynes, 99, American jazz drummer^[594]
13
- Edgard Brito, 50, Brazilian folk metal keyboardist (Tuatha de Danann)^[595]
- Shel Talmy, 87, American record producer^[596]
14
- Tommy Alverson, American country singer-songwriter^[597]
- Dennis Bryon, 75, Welsh rock drummer (Amen Corner, Bee Gees)^[598]
- Vic Flick, 87, English session guitarist^[599]
- Peter Sinfield, 80, English progressive rock lyricist (King Crimson) and record producer^[600]
15 – Aashish Khan, 84, Indian classical sarod player^[601]
16
- S. Atan, 75, Singaporean-born Malaysian songwriter^[602]
- Dejan Despić, 94, Serbian classical composer^[603]
- Gerry Weil, 85, Austrian-born Venezuelan jazz pianist^[604]
17 – Vladimir Lyovkin, 57, Russian pop singer (Na Na)^[605]
18
- Paulo Alexandre, 93, Portuguese pop singer^[606]
- Jordi Bonell, 66, Spanish jazz guitarist^[607]
- Charles Dumont, 95, French cabaret and chanson singer-songwriter^[608]
- J. Saul Kane, 55, English trip hop and breakbeat hardcore DJ^[609] (death announced on this date)
- Bjørn Müller, 64, Norwegian rock singer (Backstreet Girls)^[610]
- György Pauk, 88, Hungarian classical violinist^[611]
- Colin Petersen, 78, Australian pop rock drummer (Bee Gees, Humpy Bong)^[612]
19
- Cesare Bonizzi, 78, Italian heavy metal singer^[613]
- Odile Bailleux, 84, French classical harpsichordist and organist^[614]
- Diva Gray, 72, American disco singer (Change, Chic)^[615]
- Saafir, 54, American rapper^[616]
- Graciela Susana, 71, Argentine tango singer^[617]
20
- Ita Beausang, 88, Irish musicologist^[618]
- Andy Paley, 72, American power pop multi-instrumentalist (The Paley Brothers, The Modern Lovers), songwriter, record producer, and composer^[619]
- Mike Pinera, 76, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Blues Image, Iron Butterfly, Ramatam)^[620]
21 – Willy Quiroga, 84, Argentine rock bassist (Vox Dei)^[621]
22
- Toni Price, 63, American country blues singer^[622]
- Harry Williams, 80, American R&B singer (Bloodstone)^[623]
23
- Marius Bațu, 65, Romanian folk singer (Pasărea Colibri^[624]
- Gabriel Cotabiță, 69, Romanian pop singer^[625]
- Pavel Karmanov, 54, Russian classical composer^[626]
- Chuck Woolery, 83, American psychedelic pop singer (The Avant-Garde).^[627]
24
- Ahmad Nawab, 92, Malaysian jazz saxophonist and composer^[628]
- Siegfried Thiele, 90, German classical composer^[629]
25 – Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha, 79, Czech folk singer-songwriter^[630]
26
- Bob Bryar, 44, American alternative rock drummer (My Chemical Romance)^[631] (body discovered on this date)
- Leah Kunkel, 76, American folk and pop rock singer (The Coyote Sisters)^[632]
27
- Artt Frank, 91, American jazz drummer^[633]
- Leonor González Mina, 90, Colombian cumbia singer^[634]
29
- Will Cullen Hart, 53, American indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System), co-founder of Elephant 6.^[635]
- Bert De Coninck, 75, Belgian rock singer and guitarist^[636]
30 – Steve Alaimo, 84, American pop singer and record producer^[637]

1
- Jacques Barsamian, 81, French rock singer and music journalist^[638]
- Samantha Lawrence, 55, British hip hop and reggae singer (Wee Papa Girl Rappers)^[639]
2
- Liu Chia-chang, 81 or 84, Taiwanese songwriter^[640]
- Marlos Nobre, 85, Brazilian classical composer and pianist^[641]
3 – Huang Zhun, 98, Chinese classical composer and singer^[642]
5 – Mario Tessuto, 81, Italian pop singer^[643]
6
- Angela Alvarez, 97, Cuban-born American folk-pop singer^[644]
- Miho Nakayama, 54, Japanese pop singer^[645]
- Dickie Rock, 88, Irish pop rock singer (The Miami Showband)^[646]
7 – Steady Bongo, 58, Sierra Leonean afropop singer^[647]
9 – Thomas Hertel, 73, German classical composer^[648]
10 – Lennie De Ice, 54, British jungle DJ^[649] (death announced on this date)
11
- Corinne Allal, 69, Tunisian-born Israeli rock singer and guitarist^[650]
- Michio Mamiya, 95, Japanese opera composer^[651]
12
- Papia Sarwar, 72, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer^[652]
- Martial Solal, 97, French jazz pianist^[653]
13
- Koko Ateba, Cameroonian bikutsi singer and guitarist^[654]
- Bill Kelly, 74, American rock singer and guitarist (The Buoys, Dakota)^[655]
- Jon Camp, 75, British progressive rock singer and bassist (Renaissance)^[656]
15
- Zakir Hussain, 73, Indian classical and jazz fusion tabla player (Shakti)^[657]
- Ankaralı Turgut, 61, Turkish folk singer^[658]
16
- Naa Amanua, 75–76, Ghanaian folk singer (Wulomei)^[659]
- Anita Bryant, 84, American pop singer^[660]
- Steve Lewinson, 60, British soul bassist (Simply Red)^[661]
- Ruth McArdle, Belgian acid house singer (Lords of Acid)^[662] (death announced on this date)
17
- Alfa Anderson, 78, American disco singer (Chic)^[663]
- Mike Brewer, 80, American folk rock singer-songwriter (Brewer & Shipley)^[664]
- David Mallett, 73, American folk singer-songwriter^[665]
18
- Slim Dunlap, 73, American alternative rock guitarist (The Replacements)^[666]
- Sigrid Kehl, 95, German opera singer^[667]
- Heikki Silvennoinen, 70, Finnish progressive rock guitarist (Tabula Rasa)^[668]
19
- Stanley Booth, 82, American music journalist^[669]
- Gaboro, 23, Swedish rapper^[670]
20 – Sugar Pie DeSanto, 89, American R&B singer^[671]
21 – Casey Chaos, 59, American punk and metal singer (Amen, Christian Death)^[672]
23 – Gerardo Guevara, 94, Ecuadorian classical composer^[673]
24
- Richard Perry, 82, American record producer^[674]
- Priya Suriyasena, 80, Sri Lankan pop singer^[675]
25 – Dulce, 69, Mexican pop singer^[676]
26 – OG Maco, 32, American rapper^[677]
28
- Selami Karaibrahimgil, 80, Turkish rock singer (Modern Folk Üçlüsü)^[678]
- Lars Martin Myhre, 68, Norwegian folk singer-songwriter and guitarist^[679]
- Barre Phillips, 90, American jazz bassist^[680]
29
- Eric Carlson, 66, American heavy metal guitarist (Mentors)^[681]
- Linda Lavin, 87, American pop singer^[682]
30 – Joe Grech, 90, Maltese pop singer^[683]
31
- Tom Johnson, 85, American minimalist composer^[684]
- Don Nix, 83, American soul singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Mar-Keys)^[685]
- Johnnie Walker, 79, English radio disc jockey^[686]