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2011 in American music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2011 in music in the United States. Events January *24 – Original Adema vocalist Mark Chavez leaves the band for the second time. *29 – Britney Spears's Hold It Aga ...

2011 in Asian music Events *May 9 – Chinese musician and composer Gao Xiaosong is arrested after causing a road accident in Beijing. He receives a six-month jail sentence and loses his place as a judge in the new '' China's Got Talent'' series. *July 25 – '' Ch ...

2011 in British music This is a summary of 2011 in music in the United Kingdom. Events *1 January – Musicians honoured in the Queen's New Year Honours list include mezzo-soprano Felicity Palmer (CBE) and composer Howard Goodall (CBE), Richard Thompson (OBE) and ...

2011 in Canadian music This is a summary of the year 2011 in the Canadian music industry. Events February * February 11 – Indie rock band Immaculate Machine formally announce their breakup. March * March 27 – The 2011 Juno Awards, the 40th annual ceremony. ...

2011 in European music The following is a list of notable events and releases that occurred in 2011 in mainland European music. Events January *17 – The 2011 Grammis Awards take place in Sweden. Robyn walks away as the big winner of the night receiving awards ...

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2011 in Irish music This is a summary of the year 2011 in the Irish music industry. Summary *On Wednesday 12 January, the Choice Music Prize nominations for Best Irish Album of 2010 were announced. *On Thursday 3 February, the inaugural Digital Socket Awards w ...

2011 in Japanese music The following is an overview of the year 2011 in Japanese music. It includes notable awards, lists of number-ones, yearly best-sellers, albums released, groups established and disestablished, deaths of notable Japanese music-related people as well ...

2011 in Norwegian music The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2011 in Norwegian music. Events January * 26 – The very first Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø (January 26–29). * 28 ** Nordlysfestivalen started in Tromsø (January 28 � ...

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2011 in Swedish music The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2011 in Swedish music. Events January February March * 12 – Eric Saade wins Melodifestivalen 2011 with his entry "Popular", he will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song ...

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2011 in classical music Events *February – The Juilliard String Quartet receives the NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award for its outstanding contributions to recorded classical music. *May 12 – The Classical Brit Awards are presented by Myleene Klass at London's Royal ...

2011 in country music This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2011. Events * January 1 – Shania Twain marries Swiss businessman Frédéric Thiébaud in Puerto Rico, less than two weeks after announcing the two were engaged. Al ...

2011 in heavy metal music This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2011. Bands disbanded * Ark * Dawn of Retribution * Devian * Dismember * Elexorien * The Famine * Five Star Prison Cell * God Dethroned * Haste the Day * Hell Within * J ...

2011 in hip hop music This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2011. Events January * Shady Records signs Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf. * Decon Records signs Roc Marciano. February * For the ...

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2011 in Latin music This is a list of notable events in Latin music (i.e. Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking music from Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 2011. Bands formed *Pablo Alborán *Max Capote *3Ball MTY * Natalia Jiménez * ...

2011 in opera Events *February – The Juilliard String Quartet receives the NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award for its outstanding contributions to recorded classical music. *May 12 – The Classical Brit Awards are presented by Myleene Klass at London's Royal ...

2011 in rock music This article summarizes the events related to rock music for the year of 2011. Notable events January *Saving Abel's single " The Sex Is Good" tops the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Songs chart for a single week. * Alter Bridge's single " Isolat ...

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Milton Babbitt Milton Byron Babbitt (May 10, 1916 – January 29, 2011) was an American composer, music theorist, mathematician, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music. Biography Babbitt was born in Philadelphia to Albert E ...

(94), American jazz composer, music theorist, and teacher. ; February * 3 – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs (87), Norwegian pianist and musicologist. * 14 – George Shearing (91), British jazz pianist. * 22 – Beau Dollar (69), American soul-R&B singer and drummer. ;March * 29 – Ray Herr (63), American rock guitarist ( The Ides of March). ; April * 10 – Børt-Erik Thoresen (79), Norwegian television host and folk singer. * 22 – Eyvind Solås (74), Norwegian musician, composer, actor, and program host. * 24 – Dag Stokke (44), Norwegian keyboardist in the band TNT, church organist and mastering engineer (cancer). * 26 –

Phoebe Snow Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Ann Laub; July 17, 1950 – April 26, 2011) was an American roots music singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her hit 1974 and 1975 songs " San Francisco Bay Blues", " Poetry Man", "Harpo's Blues", and her credited ...

(60), American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ; May * 14 – Don Wood (61), American rock drummer (

The Gants The Gants was an American garage rock band that formed in 1964 in Greenwood, Mississippi, in the cultural and geographic Deep South. History The Kingsmen – a different band from the Kingsmen that had a major hit with " Louie Louie" in the ...

) * 15 – Bob Flanigan (84), American jazz tenor vocalist and founding member of

The Four Freshmen The Four Freshmen is an American male vocal quartet that blends open-harmonic jazz arrangements with the big band vocal group sounds of The Modernaires, The Pied Pipers, and The Mel-Tones, founded in the barbershop tradition. The singers acc ...

. * 31 – Sølvi Wang (81), Norwegian singer and actress. ; June * 3 – Andrew Gold (59), American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger ; July * 23 –

Amy Winehouse Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues and jazz. A m ...

(27), English rock, soul and jazz singer, and songwriter. * 24 – Harald Johnsen (41), Norwegian bassist (heart attack). * 26 – Frank Foster (82), American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer. ; August * 11 –

Jani Lane Jani Lane (born John Kennedy Oswald; February 1, 1964 – August 11, 2011) was an American singer and the lead vocalist, frontman, lyricist and main songwriter for the glam metal band Warrant. From Hollywood, California, the band experienced su ...

(47), American metal singer and songwriter ( Warrant). ; September * 4 – Hilde Heltberg (51), singer songwriter (cancer). * 7 – Eddie Marshall (73), American drummer. * 19 – Johnny Răducanu (79), Romanian pianist. * 21 – John Larson (61), American trumpeter ( The Ides of March). ; October * 8 – Roger Williams (87), American pianist. ; November * 19 – Russell Garcia (95), American composer and music arranger. * 22 –

Paul Motian Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties. He first came to prominence in the ...

(80), American guitarist. ; December * 2 –

Bill Tapia William Tapia (January 1, 1908 – December 2, 2011), known as "Uncle Bill" and "Tappy", was an American musician, born to Portuguese parents. At age 8, Tapia was already a professional musician, playing "Stars and Stripes Forever" for World War ...

(103), American guitarist. * 17 –

Cesária Évora Cesária Évora GCIH (; 27 August 194117 December 2011), more commonly known as Cize, was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album '' Voz d'Amor''. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing without ...

(70), Cape Verdean singer. * 20 – Sean Bonniwell (71), American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist ( The Music Machine).

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