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African music Given the vastness of the African continent, its music is diverse, with regions and nations having many distinct musical traditions. African music includes the genres amapiano, Jùjú, Fuji, Afrobeat, Highlife, Makossa, Kizomba, and others. The ...
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Asian music Asian music encompasses numerous musical styles originating in many Asian countries. Musical traditions in Asia * Music of Central Asia ** Music of Afghanistan (when included in the definition of Central Asia) ** Music of Kazakhstan ** Music ...
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Australian music The music of Australia has an extensive history made of music societies. Indigenous Australian music forms a significant part of the unique heritage of a 40,000- to 60,000-year history which produced the iconic didgeridoo. Contemporary fusions of ...
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Brazilian music The music of Brazil encompasses various regional musical styles influenced by European, American, African and Amerindian forms. Brazilian music developed some unique and original styles such as forró, repente, coco de roda, axé, sertanejo, ...
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British music Throughout the history of the British Isles, the United Kingdom has been a major music producer, drawing inspiration from Church Music. Traditional folk music, using instruments of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. Each of the ...
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Canadian music The music of Canada reflects the diverse influences that have shaped the country. Indigenous Peoples, the Irish, British, and the French have all made unique contributions to the musical heritage of Canada. The music has also subsequently been i ...
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Chinese music Music of China refers to the music of the Chinese people, which may be the music of the Han Chinese The Han Chinese () or Han people (), are an East Asian ethnic group native to China. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, ma ...
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Czech music Music of the Czech Republic comprises the musical traditions of that state or the historical entities of which it is compound, i.e. the Czech lands (Bohemia, Moravia, Czech Silesia). Czech music also constitutes a substantial part of the music c ...
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Danish music The earliest traces of Danish music go back to the many twisting Bronze-Age horns or lurs which some experts have identified as musical instruments. They have been discovered in various parts of Scandinavia, mostly Denmark, since the end of the ...
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European music The culture of Europe is rooted in its art, architecture, film, different types of music, economics, literature, and philosophy. European culture is largely rooted in what is often referred to as its "common cultural heritage". Definition ...
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Finnish music The music of Finland can be roughly divided into categories of folk music, classical and contemporary art music, and contemporary popular music. The folk music of Finland belongs to a broader musical tradition, that has been common amongst B ...
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French music ''French music'' may refer to: * Music of France, music of the French people in France ''French music'' may also refer to the music of French-speaking countries: *Music of Quebec, music of the French-Canadians in Canada, most often Québécois or ...
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German music Germany claims some of the most renowned composers, singers, producers and performers of the world. Germany is the largest music market in Europe, and third largest in the world. German classical music is one of the most performed in the world; ...
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Icelandic music The music of Iceland includes vibrant folk music, folk and pop music, pop traditions, as well as an active classical and contemporary music scene. Well-known artists from Iceland include medieval music group Voces Thules, alternative rock band The ...
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Indian music Owing to India's vastness and diversity, Indian music encompasses numerous genres in multiple varieties and forms which include classical music, folk (Bollywood), rock, and pop. It has a history spanning several millennia and developed ove ...
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Indonesian music As it is a country with many different tribes and ethnic groups, the music of Indonesia ( id, Musik Indonesia) itself is also very diverse, coming in hundreds of different forms and styles. Every region have its own culture and art, and as a r ...
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Irish music Irish music is music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland. The indigenous music of the island is termed Irish traditional music. It has remained vibrant through the 20th and into the 21st century, despite globalis ...
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Japanese music In Japan, music includes a wide array of distinct genres, both traditional and modern. The word for "music" in Japanese is 音楽 (''ongaku''), combining the kanji 音 ''on'' (sound) with the kanji 楽 ''gaku'' (music, comfort). Japan is the world ...
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Latin music Latin music (Portuguese language, Portuguese and es, música latina) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from Ibero-America (including Music of Spain, Spain and Portuguese music, Portugal) ...
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Norwegian music Much has been learned about early music in Norway from physical artifacts found during archaeological digs. These include instruments such as the lur. Viking and medieval sagas also describe musical activity, as do the accounts of priests and pil ...
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Philippine music The music of the Philippines ( fil, Musika ng Pilipinas) includes the musical performance arts in the Philippines and the music of Filipinos composed in various local and international genres and styles. Philippine musical compositions are ofte ...
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Polynesian music The music of Polynesia is a diverse set of musical traditions from islands within a large area of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, approximately a triangle with New Zealand, Hawaii and Easter Island forming its corners. Traditional Polynesia ...
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Scandinavian music Nordic folk music includes a number of traditions of Nordic countries, especially Scandinavian. The Nordic countries are Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The many regions of the Nordic countries share certain traditions, many of w ...
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Swedish music The Music of Sweden shares roots with its neighboring countries in Scandinavia, as well as Eastern Europe, including polka, schottische, waltz, polska and mazurka. The Swedish fiddle and nyckelharpa are among the most common Swedish folk instr ...
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Taiwanese music The music of Taiwan reflects the diverse culture of Taiwanese people. Taiwan has undergone several economic, social, and political changes through its cultural history, and Taiwanese music reflects those issues in its way. The music of the cou ...
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Vietnamese music Traditional Vietnamese music encompasses a large umbrella of Vietnamese music from antiquity to present times, and can also encompass multiple groups, such as those from Vietnam's ethnic minority tribes. History Traditional Vietnamese music has ...


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Country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, while the ...
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Electronic Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic co ...
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Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
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Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
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Rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...


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Bands formed

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1st.One 1st.One (stylized as First.One) is a Filipino boy band formed and trained by the Seoul-based talent management company FirstOne Entertainment, consisting Ace, Max, Alpha, J, Joker, and Jayson. The group debuted on July 31, 2020 with their singl ...
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Aespa Aespa ( ; , commonly stylized in all lowercase or æspa) is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group consists of four members: Karina, Giselle, Winter, and Ningning. They debuted on November 17, 2020, with the single " B ...
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Arcana Project Arcana Project (stylized as ARCANA PROJECT) is a Japanese people, Japanese vocal group. It is co-produced by Dearstage, inc. and Lantis (company), Lantis. The group's motif is based on tarot cards, with each member assigned to a tarot card instea ...
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BAE173 BAE173 () is a South Korean boy band formed and managed by PocketDol Studio. The group debuted on November 19, 2020, with their first EP ''Intersection: Spark''. Name The name BAE173 comes from "Before Anyone Else" and the numbers 173 repres ...
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Blackswan Blackswan (Korean: 블랙스완; stylized as BLACKSWAN) are a South Korean-based multinational girl group formed by DR Music, with an admission and graduation concept. As of December 2022, the group consists of Fatou, Leia, Gabi, Sriya, and ...
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BonBon Girls 303 BonBon Girls 303 (Chinese: 硬糖少女303 Pinyin: Yìng táng shàonǚ Sān líng sān ) was a Chinese girl group, formed through the 2020 reality show ''Produce Camp 2020'' (Chuang 2020) on Tencent Video. The group consists of seven members: C ...
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BtoB 4U BtoB 4U ( ko, 비투비 포유; stylized as BTOB 4U) is the second official sub-unit of South Korean boy band BtoB formed under Cube Entertainment. The sub-group consisted of members who have completed their military service Eunkwang, Minhyuk ...
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Cignature Cignature (; commonly stylized in all lowercase) is a South Korean girl group composed of Chaesol, Jeewon, Seline, Chloe, Belle, Semi and Dohee. Formed by C9 Entertainment and managed under their exclusive girl group sub-label J9 Entertainment, ...
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Citi Zēni Citi Zēni (; ) is a Latvian pop band, consisting of six members. They represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with their single “Eat Your Salad”. History Citi Zēni formed in March 2020 at a songwriting camp outside of Riga. ...
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Cravity Cravity () is a South Korean boy band formed by Starship Entertainment. The group is composed of nine members: Serim, Allen, Jungmo, Woobin, Wonjin, Minhee, Hyeongjun, Taeyoung, and Seongmin. They debuted on April 14, 2020, with their extended p ...
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Drippin Drippin (, stylized as DRIPPIN) is a South Korean boy band formed by Woollim Entertainment in 2020. The group made their debut on October 28, 2020, with the EP ''Boyager''. Career Pre-debut Prior to debut, all of the members except for Alex c ...
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E'Last E'Last (Korean: 엘라스트, pronounced "El-Last" and commonly stylized as E'LAST), previously known as EBoyz (이보이즈), is a South Korean boy band formed by E Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members: Rano, Choi In, Seungyeop ...
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Enhypen Enhypen (; ja, エンハイプン; ''Enhaipun''; stylized as ENHYPEN) is a South Korean boy band formed by Belift Lab, a joint venture between CJ ENM and Hybe Corporation, through the 2020 survival competition show ''I-Land''. The group is com ...
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Ghost9 Ghost9 (고스트나인) is a South Korean boy band formed by Maroo Entertainment in 2020. They made their debut on September 23, 2020, with their debut EP ''Pre Episode 1: Door''. History Pre-debut Before debut, Choi Jun-seong, Lee Tae-seun ...
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JO1 is a Japanese boy band formed through the reality competition show '' Produce 101 Japan''. The group is composed of eleven members: Issei Mamehara, Ren Kawashiri, Takumi Kawanishi, Shosei Ohira, Shion Tsurubo, Ruki Shiroiwa, Keigo Sato, Syoya Ki ...
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The Lucid The Lucid is an American hard rock group consisting of vocalist Vinnie Dombroski ( Sponge), guitarist Drew Fortier (ex- Bang Tango), bassist David Ellefson (ex- Megadeth), and drummer Mike Heller (Malignancy, Raven, Fear Factory). Background ...
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Lucy Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning ''as of light'' (''born at dawn or daylight'', maybe also ''shiny'', or ''of light complexion''). Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce, Lu ...
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Lunarsolar Lunarsolar ( ko, 루나솔라) (stylized as LUNARSOLAR) was a four-member South Korean girl group formed by JPlanet Entertainment. The group debuted on September 2, 2020, with their single album ''Solar: Flare''. On May 22, 2022, JPlanet Entertai ...
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MCND MCND ( ko, 엠씨엔디; acronym for "Music Creates New Dream") is a five-member South Korean boy band formed by the company TOP Media in 2020. The group debuted on February 27, 2020, with the song "Ice Age". The group is composed of members Ca ...
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Morfonica Morfonica is a Japanese all-female band, all-female rock band that is part of Bushiroad's media franchise ''BanG Dream!''. Formed in 2020, the group's members portray fictional characters in the project's anime series and mobile game ''BanG Dream ...
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Nemophila ''Nemophila'' is a genus found in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. Most of the species in ''Nemophila'' contain the phrase "baby blue eyes" in their common names. ''N. menziesii'' has the common name of "baby blue eyes". ''N. parviflora' ...
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NiziU NiziU ( ja, ニジュー; ko, 니쥬), stylized as NIZIU, is a Japanese girl group formed by JYP Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The group is composed of nine members: Mako, Rio, Maya, Riku, Ayaka, Mayuka, Rima, Miihi, and ...
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Orbit In celestial mechanics, an orbit is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as a p ...
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P1Harmony P1Harmony (; Acronym: P1H) is a South Korean boy band formed and managed by FNC Entertainment. The group consists of six members: Keeho, Theo, Jiung, Intak, Soul, and Jongseob. They debuted on October 28, 2020, with the extended play (EP) ''Dis ...
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Refund Sisters Refund Sisters () is a seasonal South Korean supergroup formed on the MBC variety show ''Hangout with Yoo''. The group is a spin-off of SSAK3 – another group formed on ''Hangout with Yoo''. They made their debut with the single "Don't Touch M ...
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Sakurazaka46 , formerly , is a Japanese idol girl group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group was created on August 21, 2015, becoming Nogizaka46's first sister group under the Sakamichi Series. Following the resignation of group's center Yurina Hirate an ...
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Secret Number Secret Number (, stylized as SECRET NUMBER) is a South Korean girl group formed by Vine Entertainment. The group debuted on May 19, 2020, with the single album ''Who Dis?'' with the five-member line up of Léa, Dita, Jinny, Soodam, and Denise. Th ...
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Snow Man Snow Man is a Japanese idol boy band formed by Johnny & Associates in 2012. The group was previously a sub-unit of Johnny & Associates' pre-debut trainee group, Johnny's Jr. The group's activities focused on acrobats and stage play. Along with ...
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STAYC STAYC (; , acronym for Star to a Young Culture) is a South Korean girl group formed by High Up Entertainment. The group is composed of six members: Sumin, Sieun, Isa, Seeun, Yoon, and J. They debuted on November 12, 2020, with the release of t ...
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TO1 TO1 (; formerly known as TOO) (stylized in all caps) is a South Korean boy band formed by Mnet's 2019 reality show ''To Be World Klass''. The group debuted on April 1, 2020, with their first mini album ''Reason For Being: Benevolence'' with "Ma ...
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Treasure Treasure (from la, thesaurus from Greek language ''thēsauros'', "treasure store") is a concentration of wealth — often originating from ancient history — that is considered lost and/or forgotten until rediscovered. Some jurisdictions leg ...
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UNVS UNVS (; zh, c=UNIVERSE 世界少年) is an boy band based in South Korea. Originally consisting of Sihoon, IL, Changgong, Yongyong, and Minho, the quintet debuted in Taiwan, where they released the digital singles "Uni-verse" and "Hacker" in 2 ...
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Weeekly Weeekly ( ko, 위클리) is a South Korean girl group under IST Entertainment (formerly Play M Entertainment). The group is Play M Entertainment's second girl group in 10 years, after Apink. The group consists of six members: Lee Soo-jin, Mond ...
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Woo!ah! Woo!ah! (; ; ; stylized in all lowercase) is a South Korean girl group launched by NV Entertainment, and currently consists of members Nana, Wooyeon, Sora, Lucy, and Minseo. The group debuted on May 13, 2020. Originally a six-member group, Songy ...
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Soloist debuts

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Ai Furihata is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Nagano Prefecture. She is affiliated with Across Entertainment. Furihata made her debut as solo singer in Fall 2020 with her first mini album, "Moonrise" as the first artist affiliated with a new mu ...
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Aina Suzuki is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Hokkaido. She is affiliated with IAM Agency. She is known for her roles as Mari Ohara in ''Love Live! Sunshine!!'' and Jashin-chan in ''Dropkick on My Devil!'', as well as her activities as a member of ...
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Alexa Ilacad Alexandra Madarang Ilacad (born 26 February 2000), better known as Alexa Ilacad is a Filipino actress, singer, songwriter, host, dancer, vlogger and model. She appears in various commercials and shows of ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN, and is bes ...
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Anson Kong Anson Kong Ip-sang ( zh, t=江𤒹生; born 16 October 1992), also referred to as AK, is a Hong Kong singer, dancer, actor, and a member of the Hong Kong boy group Mirror. Apart from his group activities, Anson Kong has released solo music and ...
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Anson Lo Anson Lo Hon-ting (; born 7 July 1995) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. In 2018, Lo made his debut as a member of the Hong Kong boy group Mirror (group), Mirror. Lo made his solo debut in February 2020 with his first single "A Lifelong ...
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Ashton Irwin Ashton Fletcher Irwin (born 7 July 1994) is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer of the pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer. Since 2014, 5 Seconds of Summer have sold more than 10 million albums, sold over 2 million concert tickets ...
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Azumi Waki is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo who is affiliated with Haikyō. She debuted in 2015, playing the role of Sanae Katagiri in the video game '' The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls''. She is also known for her roles as Galko in '' Plea ...
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Bang Ye-dam Bang Ye-dam (Korean: 방예담; born May 7, 2002) is a South Korean singer and former member of the boy band, Treasure under YG Entertainment. He is best known for competing in the second installment of ''K-pop Star'' (2012–2013) where he f ...
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Central Cee Oakley Neil H. T. Caesar-Su (born 4 June 1998), known professionally as Central Cee, is a British rapper and songwriter from Shepherd's Bush, London. He rose to prominence in 2020 with the release of the singles "Day in the Life" and "Loading". ...
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Dixie D'Amelio Dixie Jane D'Amelio ( ; born August 12, 2001) is an American singer and social media personality known for her videos on TikTok. She is the elder sister of Charli D'Amelio. She was born in Norwalk, Connecticut. In 2020, she starred in the You ...
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Denis Stoff Denis Alexandrovich Shaforostov ( uk, Денис Олександрович Шафоростов; born 4 May 1992), also known by his stage name Denis Stoff, is a Ukrainian singer, best known for his work as a guitarist and singer of the Ukraini ...
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Emma Heesters Emma Heesters (born 8 January 1996) (pronunciation: emā hīsṭars) is a Dutch singer and television personality, mainly known for performing covers of popular songs on her own YouTube channel. She began her music career in 2014 and as of August ...
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Fujii Kaze is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician under Universal Sigma. Raised in Satoshō, Okayama in Japan, he began uploading covers to YouTube since the age of 12. He released his first studio album, '' Help Ever Hurt Never'' in 2020, which ...
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Gakuto Kajiwara is a Japanese voice actor and singer from Osaka Prefecture. He is affiliated with Haikyō. He is best known for voicing Asta in '' Black Clover,'' Shinra Kusakabe in '' Fire Force,'' and Hitohito Tadano in ''Komi Can't Communicate''. Biograph ...
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Hayley Williams Hayley Nichole Williams (born December 27, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and businesswoman who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Paramore. Born and raised in Missi ...
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Heo Chan-mi Huh Chan-mi (; born April 6, 1992), is a South Korean singer. Huh made her debut in 2010 as a member of a South Korean co-ed group Coed School. She was also a member of Coed School's female unit F-ve Dolls from 2011 until her departure from th ...
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Hikaru is a Japanese unisex given name meaning "light" or "radiance". Possible writings Hikaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * 光, "light" * 輝, "radiance" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. It is m ...
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Hoshimachi Suisei is a Japanese virtual YouTuber. She began posting videos as an independent creator in March 2018. In May 2019, she became affiliated with Hololive Production through their newly created music label, INoNaKa Music, before joining the agency's ma ...
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Ivana Alawi Mariam Sayed Sameer Marbella Al-Alawi (born 25 December 1996), known professionally as Ivana Alawi (), is a Filipino actress, model, and YouTuber. She is also the CEO of her own skincare brand called Ivana Skin. Regarded as one of the biggest ...
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Jer Lau Jeremy "Jer" Lau Ying-ting ( zh, t=柳應廷; born 20 November 1992), is a Hong Kong singer, actor, and a member of the Hong Kong boy group Mirror. Apart from his group activities, Jer has also pursued a solo singing career, winning Best New Per ...
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Ken Ken or KEN may refer to: Entertainment * ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer. * ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film. * ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine. * Ken Masters, a main character in ...
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Koutaro Nishiyama is a Japanese voice actor and singer from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He is currently affiliated with 81 Produce. His major roles are Atsushi Kinugawa in '' Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!'', Sakutaro Kirara in '' Jewelpet: Magical Change'', ...
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Lee Su-hyun Lee Su-hyun (; born May 4, 1999), is a South Korean singer. Following her appearance on the second installation of SBS audition program ''K-pop Star'' alongside her brother, she debuted as the vocalist of the sibling duo AKMU on April 7, 2014, ...
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Liyuu Liyuu (born 9 January 1997) is a Chinese singer and cosplayer who is affiliated with HoriPro International and Lantis. Beginning her activities as a cosplayer before 2016 under the stage name 黎狱 (, pronounced same as "Liyuu"), she made her ...
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Maine Mendoza Nicomaine Dei Capili Mendoza (born March 3, 1995), better known as Maine Mendoza (), is a Filipino actress and television personality. She is best known for her viral Dubsmash videos and her role as Yaya Dub in the noontime reality show ''Eat ...
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Mimiyuuuh Jeremy Lomibao Sancebuche (born November 11, 1996), also known as Mimiyuuuh or Mimi, is a Filipino vlogger and YouTuber. Sancebuche initially gained popularity after posting a video lip syncing to the song "Dalagang Pilipina" by ALLMO$T, whic ...
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Mimi Webb Amelia Webb (born 23 July 2000), known professionally as Mimi Webb, is a British singer-songwriter. She is known for her singles "Before I Go" and "Good Without", the latter of which peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart. In October 20 ...
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Moon Jong-up Moon Jong-up (; born February 6, 1995), also known mononymously as Jongup, is a South Korean singer, dancer, and actor. He debuted as an idol in the six-member group B.A.P under TS Entertainment, where he served as a sub-vocalist from 2012 to i ...
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Nanaka Suwa is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kawagoe, Saitama. She is known for her role as Kanan Matsuura from ''Love Live! Sunshine!!''. Biography Suwa was inspired to become a voice actress after watching the anime ''Hidamari Sketch''. She lat ...
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Nana Mori is a Japanese actress and singer from Oita Prefecture, Japan. Biography Mori was born in Osaka on August 31, 2001 and brought up in Ōita. In 2016, she was scouted by the talent agency ARBRE. In 2021, she signed a contract with SMA (Sony Music ...
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Nessa Barrett Janesa Jaida "Nessa" Barrett (born August 6, 2002) is an American singer. She has released one EP, ''Pretty Poison'' (2021), and one studio album, ''Young Forever'' (2022). Early life Barrett is of Puerto Rican descent and was born and grew u ...
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Ong Seong-wu Ong Seong-wu (Hangul: 옹성우, born August 25, 1995) is a South Korean singer and actor. He is known for his participation in the survival reality show ''Produce 101 Season 2'', where he finished in fifth place, and is a former member of the ...
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Reina Washio Reina Washio (鷲尾伶菜; ''Washio Reina'', born January 20, 1994) is a Japanese singer, performer and model. She is a former member of J-pop, J-Pop group E-girls and former member of Flower (Japanese group), Flower. For her solo activities she ...
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Ryu Su-jeong Ryu Su-jeong (Hangul: 류수정, born November 19, 1997), also known by her mononym Sujeong, is a South Korean singer and a member of South Korean girl group Lovelyz under Woollim Entertainment. She debuted as a solo artist with her first EP, ...
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Sae Ōtsuka is a Japanese voice actress. She plays the guitar for the band Poppin'Party of the ''BanG Dream!'' franchise, which includes portraying the character Tae Hanazono. Career Ōtsuka grew up playing with a toy piano that her mother purchased for he ...
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Seo Eun-kwang Seo Eun-kwang (; born November 22, 1990), also simply known as Eunkwang, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, entertainer and musical actor. He is the leader and main vocalist of the South Korean boy group BtoB. Biography Seo was born on Nove ...
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Suho Kim Jun-myeon (; born May 22, 1991), better known by his stage name Suho (, meaning "guardian"), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actor. He is the leader and lead vocalist of the South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo and its sub-unit Exo-K ...
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Takuya Kimura is a Japanese actor, singer, and radio personality. He is regarded as a Japanese icon after achieving success as an actor. He was also a popular member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia. A 1996 television drama series, ''Long ...
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Tomori Kusunoki is a Japanese voice actress and singer who is currently affiliated with the Sony Music Artists agency. She made her voice acting debut in 2017 and in the same year, she was cast in her first main role as Kirara, the heroine of the Japanese mobil ...
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Win Morisaki ; born August 20, 1990 is a Burmese singer. He is the lead vocalist of PrizmaX, a J-pop idol boy band. He has appeared in films and television dramas in Japan and Myanmar, as well as in the American film ''Ready Player One (film), Ready Player One ...
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Wonho Won-ho is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "won" and 49 hanja with the reading " ho" on the South Korean government's official list o ...
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Yook Sung-jae Yook Sung-jae (; born ), also known mononymously as Sungjae, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, host and entertainer. He is a member of the boy group BtoB and its sub-group, BtoB Blue. Aside from his group's activities, Yook has acted ...
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Yoon Doo-joon Yoon Doo-joon (born July 4, 1989), better known mononymously as Doojoon, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is the leader of the South Korean boy group Highlight. Early life Yoon Doo-joon was born in Goyang, South Korea on July 4, 1989 ...
* Yui Ninomiya * Yuki Nakashima *
Yurina Hirate is a Japanese singer and actress. She is a former member of the idol group Keyakizaka46. Early life and education Yurina Hirate was born on June 25, 2001. In March 2017, she graduated from junior high school. Career Hirate was the choreo ...
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Bands reformed

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The Format The Format is an American indie rock band formed by Nate Ruess and Sam Means. Their style can be considered a mixture of indie, alternative, punk and folk music, with elements of 1960s and 1970s pop music. Though Means and Ruess are the foremost ...
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Genesis Genesis may refer to: Bible * Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind * Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book of ...
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Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band's current lineup comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer ...
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The Network The Network was an American six-piece new wave band. they released their debut album ''Money Money 2020'' on Adeline Records on September 30, 2003. After a 15-year hiatus, the band became active again in 2020, releasing a follow-up album titl ...
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Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine (often abbreviated as RATM or shortened to simply Rage) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerfor ...
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RBD RBD is a Mexican Latin pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's telenovela ''Rebelde''. The group achieved international success from 2004 until their separation in 2009 and sold over 15 million records worldwide, making them one of ...
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AAA AAA, Triple A, or Triple-A is a three-letter initialism or abbreviation which may refer to: Airports * Anaa Airport in French Polynesia (IATA airport code AAA) * Logan County Airport (Illinois) (FAA airport code AAA) Arts, entertainment, and me ...
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Anathema Anathema, in common usage, is something or someone detested or shunned. In its other main usage, it is a formal excommunication. The latter meaning, its ecclesiastical sense, is based on New Testament usage. In the Old Testament, anathema was a cr ...
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Arashi is a Japanese boy band consisting of five members formed under the Johnny & Associates talent agency. The members are Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto. Arashi officially formed on September 15, 1999 ...
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B.A.P B.A.P (; an acronym for Best Absolute Perfect) was a South Korean boy band formed in 2012 under TS Entertainment. B.A.P made their musical debut with the single "Warrior" on January 26, 2012, followed by the release of their debut EP ''Warrio ...
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Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
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DEL48 DEL48 (read D.E.L. Forty-Eight) was an Indian idol group whose name is derived from its based city in New Delhi, India. They are the ninth international sister group of AKB48, after Indonesia's JKT48, China's SNH48 (''former''),  Thailand's ...
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Good Morning America ''Good Morning America'' (often abbreviated as ''GMA'') is an American morning television program that is broadcast on ABC. It debuted on November 3, 1975, and first expanded to weekends with the debut of a Sunday edition on January 3, 1993. Th ...
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Ladies' Code Ladies' Code () is a South Korean girl group formed by Polaris Entertainment in 2013. The group's original lineup consisted of leader Ashley and members Kwon Ri-se, RiSe, EunB, Lee So-jung (singer), Sojung, and Zuny. They made their debut with t ...
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Ladybaby Ladybaby is a Japanese kawaii metal musical group, which originally consisted of aspiring photographic models Rie Kaneko (the only original member still in the group) and Rei Kuromiya, as well as Ladybeard, the bearded crossdressing persona o ...
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Masahiko Kondō or Matchy is a Japanese singer, lyricist, actor, racing car manager and former semi-professional racing driver. He was a member of the Tanokin Trio. Kondō is also a semi-professional racing driver and a racing team owner. He founded the racing ...
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Teen Top Teen Top () is a South Korean boy band formed by TOP Media in 2010. The group is composed of five members: C.A.P, Chunji, Niel, Ricky and Changjo. Originally a six-piece group with L.Joe, the former member had filed for contract termination in ...
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Sleep Sleep is a sedentary state of mind and body. It is characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, reduced muscle activity and reduced interactions with surroundings. It is distinguished from wakefulness by a de ...
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Stone Sour Stone Sour is an American rock band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1992. The band performed for five years before disbanding in 1997. They reunited in 2000 and since 2015, the group has consisted of Corey Taylor (lead vocals, guitar), Josh Rand ...
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Winner Winner(s) or The Winner(s) may refer to: * Champion, the victor in a game or contest *The successful social class in winner and loser culture Film * ''The Winner'' (1926 film), an American silent film starring Billy Sullivan * ''The Winner'' ...
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1the9 1the9 (Hangul: 원더나인, stylized as 1THE9, pronounced as Wonder Nine) was a South Korean boy band formed through the 2018 survival competition ''Under Nineteen''. The group was composed of 9 members: Yoo Yong-ha, Kim Tae-woo, Lee Seung-hwan ...
* Babes in Toyland *
Badkiz Badkiz (), formerly known as Hot Place (), is a South Korean girl group that debuted in 2014 with the song, "Ear Attack." The group’s current line-up consisted of Somin, Seoeun, Rosy and Yousi. On February 15, 2019, after the departure of fift ...
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Bay City Rollers The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop rock band known for their worldwide teen idol popularity in the 1970s. They have been called the "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh" and one of many acts heralded as the "biggest group since the Beat ...
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Black Dresses Black Dresses are a Canadian noise pop duo consisting of Ada Rook and Devi McCallion. Their debut album, '' Wasteisolation'', was released independently in 2018. The duo released three additional albums, ''Thank You'' (2019), '' Love and Affecti ...
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Carry Loose , stylized as CARRY LOOSE, was a Japanese alternative idol girl group A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States t ...
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Columbia University Marching Band The Columbia University Marching Band (CUMB) was the marching band of Columbia University. Founded in 1904, it claimed to be the first college or university marching band in the United States to convert to a scramble band format, making the switc ...
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E-girls E-girls (sometimes stylized as E-Girls or e-girls; stands for Exile Girls) was a Japanese collective girl group created and managed by LDH while signed to music label Rhythm Zone from Avex. As of 2017, the band consisted of 11 members; 8 of wh ...
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Fairies A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, English, and French folklore), a form of spirit, o ...
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Gang of Four The Gang of Four () was a Maoist political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) and were later charged with a series of treasonous crimes. The gang ...
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Group Tamashii is a Japanese comedy rock band. It was started by actors in a theatrical company called "Otona Keikaku" (Project Adult) in 1995. Its original members were Hakai ( Sadao Abe), Boudou (Kankuro Kudo), and Baito Kun (Seminosuke Murasugi). When it s ...
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Gugudan Gugudan (), also stylized as gu9udan or gx9, was a South Korean girl group formed in 2016 by Jellyfish Entertainment and the company's first girl group. The group debuted on June 28, 2016, with their EP '' Act. 1 The Little Mermaid''. The group ...
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Hachimitsu Rocket Hachimitsu Rocket (はちみつロケット, stylized in English as Hachimitsu Rocket) is a Japanese girl idol group, formed by Stardust Promotion is a leading Japanese talent agency, headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It was founded in 1979 a ...
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Hinapia Hinapia (abbreviated from Hi New Amazing Utopia; stylized in all caps) was a South Korean girl group formed by OSR Entertainment. The group was composed of five members: Minkyeung, Yaebin, Gyeongwon, Eunwoo, and Bada. Hinapia debuted on November 3 ...
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Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronati ...
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Madvillain Madvillain was an American hip hop duo consisting of two MCs and producers, MF Doom and Madlib. Their only album, ''Madvillainy'', earned critical acclaim and cult popularity, widely regarded as one of the greatest rap albums of all time and ...
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Magnolia Factory was a Japanese girl idol group, formed by Up Front Group under the umbrella of Hello! Project in January 2015. The group was initially composed of eight girls who were members of Hello Pro Kenshusei. Their sister group was Camellia Factory. The ...
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Mission of Burma Mission of Burma was an American post-punk band from Boston, Massachusetts. The group formed in 1979 with Roger Miller on guitar, Clint Conley on bass, Peter Prescott on drums, and Martin Swope contributing audiotape manipulation and acting as ...
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Nachtmystium Nachtmystium was an American psychedelic black metal band formed by Blake Judd, formerly known as Azentrius, and Pat McCormick. The band's name is derived from the German word '' Nacht'' meaning "night", and the made-up term ''mystium'' which re ...
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PrizmaX was a 7-member Japanese boyband managed by Stardust Promotion. They are part of EBiDAN, a collective group of boys from the company trained to partake in various types of entertainment groups. PrizmaX is a member of ''HiGH EBiDAN'' along with ...
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She Wants Revenge She Wants Revenge is an American rock band, based in San Fernando Valley, California. Formed in 2004, the band is a duo of singer and guitarist Justin Warfield and multi-instrumentalist Adam Bravin. Their music has been influenced by post-punk, ...
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Spectrum A spectrum (plural ''spectra'' or ''spectrums'') is a condition that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary, without gaps, across a continuum. The word was first used scientifically in optics to describe the rainbow of colors i ...
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SudannaYuzuYully SudannaYuzuYully ( Japanese: スダンナユズユリー, also known as SYY or Sudannayuzuyully) is a Japanese dance-pop and hip-hop trio formed and managed by LDH since 2017. They are a sub-unit of supergroup E-girls and signed to the record la ...
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The Spencer Davis Group The Spencer Davis Group were a British band formed in Birmingham in 1963 by Spencer Davis (guitar), brothers Steve Winwood (keyboards, guitar) and Muff Winwood (bass guitar), and Pete York (drums). Their best known songs include the UK numbe ...
* SSAK3 * Tegomass * Uijin *
Van Halen Van Halen ( ) was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. Credited with "restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene", Van Halen was known for its energetic live shows and for the virtuosity of its lead gu ...
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Lexii Alijai Alexis Alijai Lynch (February 19, 1998 – January 1, 2020), better known by her stage name Lexii Alijai, was an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Early life Lexii Alijai was born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She was the granddaug ...
, 21, American rapper **
Marty Grebb Marty may refer to: Names * Marty (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters, also includes stage names * Marty (surname), a list of people Places in the United States * Marty, California, a former settlement * Marty, ...
, 74, American rock keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist (
The Buckinghams The Buckinghams are an American sunshine pop band from Chicago. They formed in 1966 and went on to become one of the top-selling acts of 1967, charting their only five top 40 hits in the U.S. that year. The band dissolved in 1970, but re-formed ...
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Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...
) ** Tommy Hancock, 90, American country singer * 2 – Lorraine Chandler, 73, American soul singer * 3 – Bo Winberg, 80, Swedish rock guitarist (
The Spotnicks The Spotnicks were an instrumental rock group from Sweden that formed in 1961. They were known for wearing "space suit" costumes on stage and for their innovative electronic guitar sound. They released 43 albums and sold more than 18 million recor ...
) * 4 – Emanuel Borok, 75, Russian-born American classical violinist * 5 – Martin Griffin, British space rock drummer (
Hawkwind Hawkwind are an English rock band known as one of the earliest space rock groups. Since their formation in November 1969, Hawkwind have gone through many incarnations and have incorporated many different styles into their music, including hard ...
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Hawklords Hawklords were an English music group active between 1978 and 1979. Members were from Hawkwind, who were inactive during that period, (Robert Calvert – vocals, Dave Brock – guitar and Simon King – drums) and a local Devon group named A ...
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Neil Peart Neil Ellwood Peart OC (; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian-American musician, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush. Peart earned numerous awards for his musical performances, including an ...
, 67, Canadian progressive rock drummer and lyricist ( Rush) * 8 –
Edd Byrnes Edward Byrne Breitenberger (July 30, 1932 – January 8, 2020), known professionally as Edd Byrnes, was an American actor, best known for his starring role in the television series '' 77 Sunset Strip.'' He also was featured in the 1978 film '' Gr ...
, 87, American actor and pop singer * 9 ** Tom Alexander, 85, Scottish folk accordionist (
The Alexander Brothers The Alexander Brothers were an easy-listening folk-music duo from Scotland, who had a long career beginning in the 1950s. Career Thomas Armit "Tom" Alexander (25 June 1934 – 9 January 2020) and John "Jack" Armit Alexander (11 November 1935 ...
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Bobby Comstock Robert L. Comstock (December 29, 1941 – January 9, 2020)
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, 78, American rock and roll singer * 10 –
Wolfgang Dauner Wolfgang Dauner (; 30 December 1935 – 10 January 2020) was a German jazz pianist who co-founded the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble. He worked with Hans Koller, Albert Mangelsdorff, Volker Kriegel and Ack van Rooyen and composed for radio, tel ...
, 84, German jazz pianist * 13 ** Demetri Callas, 77, American rock guitarist and singer ( The Four Seasons) ** Hylda Sims, 87, British skiffle guitarist * 14 ** Steve Martin Caro, 71, American baroque pop singer (
The Left Banke The Left Banke was an American baroque pop band, formed in New York City in 1965. They are best remembered for their two U.S. hit singles, "Walk Away Renée" and "Pretty Ballerina". The band often used what the music press referred to as "baroqu ...
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Chamín Correa Benjamín "Chamín" Correa (4 December 1929 – 14 January 2020) was a Mexican guitarist. He was renowned in the Spanish-speaking world for his traditional romantic music. Member of Los Tres Caballeros together with Roberto Cantoral and Leonel G ...
, 90, Mexican classical guitarist **
Guy Deplus Guy Gaston Simon Deplus (29 August 1924 – 14 January 2020) was a French clarinetist. Biography Deplus was born in Vieux-Condé and studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he would later become a professor of clarinet, and receive ...
, 95, French chamber music clarinetist ** Barry Mayger, 73, English pop bassist (
Chicory Tip Chicory Tip are an English pop group, formed in 1967 in Maidstone, Kent. The band originally comprised vocalist Peter Hewson (born 1 September 1945, in Gillingham); guitarist Richard "Rick" Foster (born 7 July 1946); bass guitarist Barry May ...
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Bruno Nettl Bruno Nettl (14 March 1930 – 15 January 2020) was an ethnomusicologist who was central in defining ethnomusicology as a discipline. His research focused on folk and traditional music, specifically Native American music the music of Iran and ...
, 89, Czech-born American ethnomusicologist and musicologist * 15 –
Chris Darrow Christopher Lloyd Darrow (July 30, 1944 – January 15, 2020) was an American multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. He was considered to be a pioneer of country rock music in the late-1960s and performed and recorded with numerous groups, ...
, 75, American country and rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (
Kaleidoscope A kaleidoscope () is an optical instrument with two or more reflecting surfaces (or mirrors) tilted to each other at an angle, so that one or more (parts of) objects on one end of these mirrors are shown as a regular symmetrical pattern when v ...
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country rock band formed in 1966. The group has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California. Between 1976 and 1981, the band performed and recorded as the Dirt Band. Constant ...
) * 18 ** Dennis Garcia, 67, Filipino pop rock bassist (
Hotdog A hot dog (uncommonly spelled hotdog) is a food consisting of a grilled or steamed sausage served in the slit of a partially sliced bun. The term hot dog can refer to the sausage itself. The sausage used is a wiener (Vienna sausage) or a frank ...
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David Olney David Charles Olney (March 23, 1948 – January 18, 2020) was an American folk music, folk singer-songwriter. Olney recorded more than twenty albums over his five-decade career. His songs have been covered by numerous artists, including Emmylou ...
, 71, American folk singer-songwriter * 19 ** Dan Andrei Aldea, 69, Romanian progressive rock singer and multi-instrumentalist ( Sfinx) **
Jimmy Heath James Edward Heath (October 25, 1926 – January 19, 2020), nicknamed Little Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually co ...
, 93, American jazz saxophonist (
Heath Brothers The Heath Brothers was an American jazz group, formed in 1975 in Philadelphia, by the brothers Jimmy Heath, Jimmy (tenor saxophone), Percy Heath, Percy (bass), and Tootie Heath, Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums); and pianist Stanley Cowell. Tony Purr ...
) ** Robert Parker, 89, American R&B singer ** Sunanda Patnaik, 85, Indian classical singer * 21 –
Meritxell Negre Meritxhell Negre (17 February 1971 – 21 January 2020) was a Spanish singer-songwriter who was the sixth "Peaches" of international R&B/pop duo Peaches and Herb. Negre was born in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of nor ...
, 48, Spanish pop singer (
Peaches & Herb Peaches & Herb is an American vocal duo. Herb Fame (born October 1, 1941) has remained a constant as "Herb" since the duo was created in 1966; seven different women have filled the role of "Peaches", most notably Francine Edna "Peaches" Hurd B ...
) * 24 ** Joe Payne, 35, American metal bassist (
Divine Heresy Divine Heresy is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California by founder of Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares and Devolved drummer John Sankey. Although the band's origins trace back to 2002, Divine Heresy was officially for ...
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Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin language, Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered ...
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Sean Reinert Sean Reinert (May 27, 1971 – January 24, 2020) was an American musician. He was the drummer for the rock band Æon Spoke and the drummer and founding member of the progressive metal band Cynic (band), Cynic until leaving the band in Septemb ...
, 48, American metal drummer ( Cynic,
Death Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain ...
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Æon Spoke Æon Spoke is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles. It was created by members of Cynic and former members of Death, Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert, when they relocated from Miami to Los Angeles. In 2005 the track, "Emmanuel", appeared in ...
) * 25 ** Bob Gullotti, 71, American free jazz drummer (
Surrender to the Air Surrender to the Air was a free jazz ensemble led by Trey Anastasio of Phish that included Marshall Allen, Damon Choice, and Michael Ray of the Sun Ra Orchestra, John Medeski, Marc Ribot, Oteil Burbridge Oteil Burbridge is an American multi ...
) ** Vernon Sandusky, 80, American rock singer and guitarist (
The Chartbusters The Chartbusters were an American rock band from Washington, D.C. The group's lone hit single was the 1964 song "She's the One", which had an 8-week chart run and peaked at #33 in August 1964 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "She's the One" was rel ...
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Bob Shane Robert Castle Schoen (February 1, 1934 – January 26, 2020), known professionally as Bob Shane, was an American singer and guitarist who was a founding member of The Kingston Trio. In that capacity, Shane became a seminal figure in the rev ...
, 85, American folk singer and guitarist (
The Kingston Trio The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, ...
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Reed Mullin Reed or Reeds may refer to: Science, technology, biology, and medicine * Reed bird (disambiguation) * Reed pen, writing implement in use since ancient times * Reed (plant), one of several tall, grass-like wetland plants of the order Poales * R ...
, 53, American sludge metal drummer (
Corrosion of Conformity Corrosion of Conformity (also known as COC) is an American heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina, formed in 1982. The band has undergone multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with guitarist Woody Weatherman as the sole const ...
) * 28 – Bob Nave, 75, American bubblegum pop keyboardist (
The Lemon Pipers The Lemon Pipers were a 1960s American psychedelic rock band from Oxford, Ohio, United States, known chiefly for their song " Green Tambourine", which reached No. 1 in the United States in 1968. The song has been credited as being the first bub ...
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Lucien Barbarin Lucien Barbarin (July 17, 1956 – January 30, 2020) was an American trombone player. Barbarin toured internationally with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and with Harry Connick Jr. He made his debut at the age of six, playing drums in the On ...
, 63, American jazz trombonist (
Preservation Hall Jazz Band The Preservation Hall Jazz Band is a New Orleans jazz band founded in New Orleans by tuba player Allan Jaffe in the early 1960s. The band derives its name from Preservation Hall in the French Quarter. In 2005, the Hall's doors were closed for a p ...
, Harry Connick Jr.)


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* 1 ** Harold Beane, 73, American funk guitarist (
Funkadelic Funkadelic was an American funk rock band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1968 and active until 1982. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, pioneered the funk music culture of the 1970s.John, Bush. Funkadeli ...
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Andy Gill Andrew James Dalrymple Gill (1 January 1956 – 1 February 2020) was a British musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist for the rock band Gang of Four, which he co-founded in 1976. Gill was known for his angular, jagged style of g ...
, 64, British post-punk guitarist (
Gang of Four The Gang of Four () was a Maoist political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) and were later charged with a series of treasonous crimes. The gang ...
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Peter Serkin Peter Adolf Serkin (July 24, 1947 – February 1, 2020) was an American classical pianist. He won the Grammy Award for Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist in 1966, and he performed globally, known for not only "technically pristine" pl ...
, 72, American classical pianist * 2 ** Kofi B, Ghanaian highlife singer **
Ivan Král Ivan Kral (12 May 1948 – 2 February 2020) was a Czech Americans, Czech-born American composer, filmmaker, guitarist, record producer, bassist, and singer-songwriter. He worked across genres including pop music, punk rock, garage rock, rock, ja ...
, 71, Czech-American rock bassist and songwriter (
The Patti Smith Group Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album ''Horses''. Called the "punk poet ...
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Andrew Brough Andrew Mark Brough (7 May 1963 – 2 February 2020) was a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Dunedin, New Zealand. Best known for his work with the Straitjacket Fits, he later led the band Bike. In 1996 he was shortlisted for the APRA Silver ...
, New Zealand indie rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist (
Straitjacket Fits Straitjacket Fits formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1986 and were a prominent band in the Flying Nun label's second wave of the Dunedin sound. Biography Like many of their Flying Nun stable-mates, the band hailed from the southern city of Dun ...
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Buddy Cage Buddy Cage (February 18, 1946 – February 5, 2020) was an American pedal steel guitarist, best known as a longtime member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage.
, 73, Canadian folk pedal steel guitarist (
New Riders of the Purple Sage New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band. The group emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco in 1969 and its original lineup included several members of the Grateful Dead. The band is sometimes referred ...
, Great Speckled Bird) ** Ljiljana Petrović, 80, Serbian pop singer * 6 ** Lynn Evans, 95, American pop singer (
The Chordettes The Chordettes were an American female vocal quartet, specializing in traditional pop music. They are best known for their 1950s hit songs " Mr. Sandman" and "Lollipop". Career The group organized in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in 1946. The origin ...
) ** Diego Farias, 27, American progressive metalcore guitarist (
Volumes Volume is a measure of occupied three-dimensional space. It is often quantified numerically using SI derived units (such as the cubic metre and litre) or by various imperial or US customary units (such as the gallon, quart, cubic inch). The defi ...
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Nello Santi Nello Santi (22 September 1931 – 6 February 2020) was an Italian conductor. He was associated with the Opernhaus Zürich for six decades, and was a regular conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. He was focused on Italian reperto ...
, 88, Italian classical conductor * 7 **
Nexhmije Pagarusha Nexhmije Pagarusha (; 7 May 1933 – 7 February 2020) was a Kosovo-Albanian singer and actress, often referred to as the queen of Kosovan music. Pagarusha gained acclaim as a recording artist in Kosova and neighbouring countries for her distin ...
, 86, Albanian-Kosovan pop singer ** Steve Weber, 76, American folk singer and guitarist (
The Holy Modal Rounders The Holy Modal Rounders was an American folk music group, originally the duo of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber, who began performing together on the Lower East Side of New York City in the early 1960s. Their unique blend of folk music revival ...
) * 8 – Robert Conrad, 84, American actor and singer * 9 –
Sergei Slonimsky Sergei Mikhailovich Slonimsky (russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Слони́мский; 12 August 1932 – 9 February 2020) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and musicologist. Biography He was the son of the Soviet wri ...
, 87, Russian classical composer * 10 –
Lyle Mays Lyle David Mays (November 27, 1953 – February 10, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and member of the Pat Metheny Group. Metheny and Mays composed and arranged nearly all of the group's music, for which Mays won eleven Grammy Awar ...
, 66, American jazz fusion keyboardist (
Pat Metheny Group The Pat Metheny Group was an American jazz band founded in 1977. The core members of the group were guitarist, composer and bandleader Pat Metheny; and keyboardist and composer Lyle Mays, who was in the group at its inception. Other long-standi ...
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Joseph Shabalala Joseph Shabalala (28 August 1940 – 11 February 2020), was a South African singer and musician who was the founder and musical director of the choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Early life and career Shabalala was born in the town of ...
, 78, South African isicathamiya and mbube singer (
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Ladysmith Black Mambazo are a South African male choral group singing in the local vocal styles of ''isicathamiya'' and '' mbube''. They became known internationally after singing with Paul Simon on his 1986 album ''Graceland'', and have won m ...
) * 12 ** Paul English, 87, American country drummer **
Victor Olaiya Victor Abimbola Olaiya , (31 December 1930 – 12 February 2020), also known as Dr Victor Olaiya, was a Nigerian trumpeter who played in the highlife style. Though famous in Nigeria during the 1950s and early 1960s, Olaiya received little recog ...
, 89, Nigerian highlife trumpeter * 13 **
Buzzy Linhart William Charles "Buzzy" Linhart (March 3, 1943 – February 13, 2020) was an American rock performer, composer, multi-instrumentalist musician and actor. Early life Linhart was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio ...
, 76, American folk rock singer-songwriter ** Jacob Thiele, 40, American indie rock keyboardist (
The Faint The Faint is an American indie rock band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the band consists of Todd Fink, Graham Ulicny, Dapose and Clark Baechle. The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes, with whom T ...
) * 14 **
Reinbert de Leeuw Reinbert de Leeuw (8 September 1938 – 14 February 2020) was a Dutch conductor, pianist and composer. Life Lambertus Reinier de Leeuw's mother and father were both psychiatrists: Cornelis Homme 'Kees' de Leeuw (1905-1953) and Adriana Judina ...
, 81, Dutch classical pianist and conductor ** Sonam Sherpa, 48, Indian blues rock guitarist (
Parikrama Parikrama or Pradakshina is clockwise circumambulation of sacred entities, and the path along which this is performed, as practiced in the Indic religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. In Buddhism, it refers only to the path along ...
) * 15 – Cavan Grogan, 70, Welsh rock and roll singer (
Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers Crazy Cavan 'n' the Rhythm Rockers (also known as Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers, Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers, Crazy Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers) were a Welsh rockabilly band associated with the Teddy Boy scene. The band formed in 1970, and ...
) * 16 ** Pearl Carr, 98, British pop singer (
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson Pearl Lavinia Carr (2 November 1921 – 16 February 2020) and Edward Victor "Teddy" Johnson (4 September 1919 – 6 June 2018) were English husband-and-wife entertainers who gained their highest profile during the 1950s and early 1960s. Early d ...
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Graeme Allwright Graeme Allwright (7 November 1926 – 16 February 2020) was a New Zealand-born French singer and songwriter. He became popular in the 1960s and 1970s as a French language interpreter of the songs of American and Canadian songwriters such as Leon ...
, 93, New Zealand-French folk and jazz singer-songwriter * 17 ** Kizito Mihigo, 38, Rwandan gospel singer **
Andrew Weatherall Andrew James Weatherall (6 April 1963 – 17 February 2020) was an English musician, DJ, songwriter, producer and remixer. His career took him from being one of the key DJs in the acid house movement of the late 1980s to being a remixer of trac ...
, 56, British electronic musician (
Two Lone Swordsmen Two Lone Swordsmen were a British electronic music duo from London, consisting of Andrew Weatherall and Keith Tenniswood. History Formed by Andrew Weatherall and Keith Tenniswood in 1996, following the dissolution of Weatherall's the Sabres of ...
,
The Sabres of Paradise The Sabres of Paradise were a British electronic music group from London. They consisted of Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Kooner, and Gary Burns. History The Sabres of Paradise were formed in London, England in 1992. Andrew Weatherall formed the gro ...
) and record producer * 18 – Jon Christensen, 78, Norwegian jazz drummer * 19 **
Bob Cobert Robert Cobert (October 26, 1924 – February 19, 2020) was an American composer who worked in television and films. He is best known for his work with producer/director Dan Curtis, notably the scores for the massively popular, now-cult 1966–7 ...
, 95, American composer ** Pop Smoke, 20, American rapper * 24 **
David Roback David Edward Roback (April 4, 1958 – February 24, 2020) was an American guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Mazzy Star. Early life Roback was born on April 4, 1958 and raised in Los ...
, 61, American alternative rock and dream pop guitarist (
Mazzy Star Mazzy Star is an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 in Santa Monica, California, from remnants of the group Opal. Founding member David Roback's friend Hope Sandoval became the group's vocalist when Kendra Smith left Opal. Mazzy Star ...
,
Rain Parade The Rain Parade is a band that was originally active in the Paisley Underground scene in Los Angeles in the 1980s, and that reunited and resumed touring in 2012. History Rain Parade in the 1980s (1981–86) Originally called the Sidewalks, the b ...
,
Opal Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2·''n''H2O); its water content may range from 3 to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6 and 10%. Due to its amorphous property, it is classified as a mineraloid, unlike crystalline forms ...
) **
Jahn Teigen Jahn Teigen (27 September 1949 – 24 February 2020) was a Norwegian singer, musician and comedian. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1978, 1982 and 1983, His given name was Jan; he added the silent H later. F ...
, 70, Norwegian pop and progressive rock singer (
Popol Ace Popol Vuh, later known as Popol Ace, was a 1970s Norwegian progressive rock band from Oslo, that became popular in the 1970s Norwegian rock scene with such songs as "All We Have Is the Past", "Queen of all Queens" and "Music Box". The band later ...
, Prima Vera) * 26 ** Hans Deinzer, 86, German classical clarinetist **
Sergei Dorensky Sergei Leonidovich Dorensky (russian: Серге́й Леони́дович Доре́нский; 3 December 1931 – 26 February 2020) was a Russian pianist. He was trained under Grigory Ginsburg at the Moscow Conservatory. Dorensky was awarded ...
, 88, Russian classical pianist * 27 –
Lillian Offitt Lillian Etta Offitt (November 4, 1938 – February 27, 2020) was an American blues and R&B singer. Biography Born in Gallatin, Tennessee in 1938 (or 1937), she studied at Tennessee State University, and visited the offices of Nashboro Rec ...
, 81, American blues and R&B singer * 28 – Mike Somerville, 67, American rock guitarist and songwriter (
Head East Head East is an American rock band, originally from East Central Illinois. The band was formed by vocalist John Schlitt, guitarist Danny Piper, keyboardist Roger Boyd, bassist Larry Boyd, and drummer Steve Huston. They met and formed the ba ...
) * 29 ** Odile Pierre, 87, French classical organist and composer ** Bill Smith, 93, American classical and jazz clarinetist


March

* 2 ** Jan Vyčítal, 77, Czech country singer ** Susan Weinert, 54, German jazz fusion guitarist ** Peter Wieland, 89, German pop singer * 3 ** Les Cauchi, 77, American pop singer (
Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge (also known as The Bridge and as Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge since the 1980s) is an American musical group, best known for their million-selling rendition of Jimmy Webb's " Worst That Could Happen" (1968). History N ...
) **
Alf Cranner Alf Cranner (25 October 1936 – 3 March 2020) was a major Norwegian folk singer, lyricist and painter, considered by many to be the pioneer of the Norwegian folk music wave of the 1960s. (in Norwegian) (in Norwegian) The citation for the award ...
, 83, Norwegian folk singer * 4 – Barbara Martin, 76, American R&B singer (
The Supremes The Supremes were an American girl group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded as the Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful ...
) * 6 **
McCoy Tyner Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Masters, NEA ...
, 81, American jazz pianist **
Elinor Ross Elinor Ross (August 1, 1926 – March 6, 2020) was an American opera singer, a dramatic soprano particularly associated with the Italian repertory. She made an international career, appearing regularly at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City ...
, 93, American opera soprano * 7 ** Jim Owen, 78, American country singer-songwriter ** Laura Smith, Canadian folk singer-songwriter * 9 **
Keith Olsen Keith Alan Olsen (May 12, 1945 – March 9, 2020) was an American record producer and sound engineer, who worked with Magnum, Rick Springfield, Fleetwood Mac, Ozzy Osbourne, the Grateful Dead, Whitesnake, Pat Benatar, Heart, Santana, Saga, ...
, 74, American psychedelic rock bassist (
The Music Machine The Music Machine was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1966. Fronted by chief songwriter and lead vocalist Sean Bonniwell, the band cultivated a characteristically dark and rebellious image reflected in an untamed mus ...
) and record producer ** Eric Taylor, 70, American folk singer-songwriter * 10 ** Marcelo Peralta, 59, Argentine jazz saxophonist **
Beba Selimović Izeta Selimović (27 March 1936 – 10 March 2020), known by her stage name Beba Selimović, was a Bosnian sevdalinka- folk singer and was one of the leading female singers of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in Yugoslavia, along with Zehra Deović, ...
, 80, Bosnian folk singer * 11 –
Charles Wuorinen Charles Peter Wuorinen (; June 9, 1938 – March 11, 2020) was an American composer of contemporary classical music based in New York City. He performed his works and other 20th-century music as pianist and conductor. He composed more than ...
, 81, American classical composer * 12 –
Don Burrows Donald Vernon Burrows (8 August 1928 – 12 March 2020) was an Australian jazz and swing musician who played clarinet, saxophone and flute. Life and career Donald Vernon Burrows was born on 8 August 1928, the only child of Vernon and Beryl and ...
, 91, Australian jazz multi-instrumentalist * 14 **
Phil Phillips John Philip Baptiste (March 14, 1926 – March 14, 2020), known as Phil Phillips, was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his 1959 song, " Sea of Love". Biography Baptiste was encouraged to pursue a career as a singer after a scho ...
, 94, American pop singer-songwriter **
Eva Pilarová Eva Pilarová, née Bojanovská (9 August 1939 – 14 March 2020) was a Czech jazz and pop music singer. Biography Pilarová was born in Brno. She started singing during her childhood, including classical music. She studied singing at the Ja ...
, 80, Czech jazz singer **
Genesis P-Orridge Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (born Neil Andrew Megson; 22 February 1950 – 14 March 2020) was a singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, visual artist, and occultist who rose to notoriety as the founder of the COUM Transmissions arti ...
, 70, British industrial singer, songwriter and bassist (
Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle were an English music and visual arts group formed in 1975 in Kingston upon Hull by Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter Christopherson, and Chris Carter (British musician), Chris Carter. They are widely regarded as pi ...
, Psychic TV,
Thee Majesty Thee Majesty was a British industrial music group. History In 1998, Genesis P-Orridge was ending their association with the name Psychic TV, the band they created after the termination of Throbbing Gristle. At the same time, they began conce ...
) ** Diane Ray, 74, American pop singer * 16 ** Sergio Bassi, 69, Italian folk rock singer-songwriter ** Ted Cahill, 72, American garage rock guitarist ( The Magic Mushrooms) ** Jason Rainey, 53, American thrash metal guitarist (
Sacred Reich Sacred Reich is an American thrash metal band based in Phoenix, Arizona, that was formed in 1985. The band split in 2000, but reunited in 2006. Sacred Reich has been credited, along with Testament, Destruction, Death Angel and Dark Angel, for ...
) * 17 –
Thái Thanh Thái Thanh (born Phạm Thị Băng Thanh; August 5, 1934 – March 17, 2020) was a Vietnamese-American singer. She was one of the most iconic singers of the Western-influenced popular music in Vietnam, known as ' New music of Vietnam' (). ...
, 85, Vietnamese-American pop singer * 19 – Aurlus Mabélé, 66, Congolese soukous singer * 20 **
Kenny Rogers Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particularly popular with country audiences but also charted mo ...
, 81, American country and pop singer-songwriter ** Jerry Slick, 80, American psychedelic rock drummer ( The Great Society) * 21 – Hellmut Stern, 91, German classical violinist * 22 **
Gabi Delgado-López Gabriel Delgado-López (18 April 1958 – 22 March 2020), commonly known as Gabi Delgado, was a Spanish-born German composer, lyricist and producer, best known as singer and co-founder, with Robert Görl, of the German electronic band Deutsch Am ...
, 61, Spanish-born German electronic singer (
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft } Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (; "German-American Friendship"), or D.A.F., is an influential German electropunk/Neue Deutsche Welle band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring Gabriel "Gabi" Delgado-López (vocals), Robert Görl (drum ...
) **
Julie Felix Julie Ann Felix (June 14, 1938 – March 22, 2020) was an American-British folk singer and recording artist who achieved success, particularly on British television, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She later performed and released albums on h ...
, 81, American-British folk singer **
Mike Longo Michael Josef Longo (March 19, 1937 – March 22, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and author. Early life Longo was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to parents who had a musical background. His father played bass, his mother played organ at c ...
, 83, American jazz pianist ** Peter Stapleton, 65, New Zealand alternative rock drummer (
The Terminals The Terminals were a New Zealand alternative rock band. They released material on the Xpressway and Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun labels. History The band was formed in 1988, with several members being veterans of other bands. Vocalist Stephe ...
, Dadamah, Flies Inside the Sun) **
Eric Weissberg Eric Weissberg (August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020) was an American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist, whose most commercially successful recording was his banjo solo in "Dueling Banjos," featured as the theme of the film ''Deliver ...
, 80, American country and bluegrass banjoist * 23 – Tres Warren, 41, American psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (
Psychic Ills Psychic Ills are an American experimental rock/psychedelic rock band from New York City, consisting of Tres Warren (vocals/guitar; 1978-2020), Elizabeth Hart (vocals/bass), Adam Amram, Jon Catfish Delorme, and Brent Cordero. They formed in 2003, ...
) * 24 ** Manu Dibango, 86, Cameroonian makossa and jazz saxophonist **
Bill Rieflin William Frederick Rieflin (September 30, 1960 – March 24, 2020) was an American musician. Rieflin came to prominence in the 1990s mainly for his work as a drummer with groups (particularly in the industrial rock and industrial metal scene ...
, 59, American rock drummer (
The Blackouts The Blackouts were a punk rock band formed in Seattle in 1979 by singer/guitarist Erich Werner, bassist Mike Davidson, and drummer Bill Rieflin, who were all former members of a local punk band, The Telepaths. They were joined by Roland Barker, f ...
,
Ministry Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ...
,
Revolting Cocks Revolting Cocks, also known as RevCo, are an American-Belgian industrial rock band, and sometimes supergroup, that began as a musical side project for Richard23 of Front 242, Luc van Acker, and Al Jourgensen of Ministry. History 1984: Or ...
,
KMFDM KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, loosely translated by the band as "no pity for the majority") is a multinational industrial band from Hamburg led by Sascha Konietzko, who founded the band in 1984 as a performance art project. ...
,
King Crimson King Crimson are a progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London, England. The band draws inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical, jazz, folk, heavy metal, gamelan, industrial, electronic, experime ...
) * 25 –
Detto Mariano Detto Mariano (27 July 1937 – 25 March 2020) was an Italian composer, arranger, lyricist, pianist, record producer and music publisher. Early life and career Born Mariano Detto in Monte Urano, Mariano started his career in 1958 but was launch ...
, 82, Italian rock keyboardist ( I Ribelli) and film composer * 26 ** Olle Holmquist, 83, Swedish big band trombonist (
James Last Orchestra The James Last Orchestra was a German/multinational big-band orchestra. The orchestra was established in 1964 as a studio orchestra, led by jazz musician Hans Last. The orchestra started touring in 1968 and has been very popular worldwide. From 1 ...
) ** Bill Martin, 81, British pop songwriter * 27 **
Bob Andy Keith Anderson CD (28 October 1944 – 27 March 2020), better known by the stage name Bob Andy, was a Jamaican reggae vocalist and songwriter. He was widely regarded as one of reggae's most influential songwriters. Early life Anderson was bor ...
, 75, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter (
The Paragons The Paragons were a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica, initially active in the 1960s. Their most famous track was " The Tide Is High", written by band member John Holt. Career The Paragons were originally Garth "Tyrone" E ...
,
Bob and Marcia Bob and Marcia were a Jamaican vocal duo, that consisted of Bob Andy and Marcia Griffiths.Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, , p. 33 They had a #5 UK hit single in 1970 with "Young, Gifted and Black". The ...
) ** Don Burch, 81, American doo-wop singer (
The Slades The Slades were a vocal group out of Austin, Texas. All the members attended local McCallum High School. Personnel included John Goeke, Don Burch, Tommy Kaspar, Bobby Doyle, and Jimmy Davis. The first four were on their initial recording with Da ...
) ** Mirna Doris, 79, Italian canzone Napoletana singer ** Delroy Washington, 67, Jamaican-born British reggae singer * 28 –
Jan Howard Jan Howard (born Lula Grace Johnson; March 13, 1929 – March 28, 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. As a singer, she placed 30 singles on the ''Billboard'' country songs chart, was a Grand Ole Opry member and was nomin ...
, 91, American country singer-songwriter * 29 **
Joe Diffie Joe Logan Diffie (December 28, 1958 – March 29, 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. After working as a demo singer in the mid 1980s, he signed with Epic Records' Nashville division in 1990. Between then and 2004, Diffie ...
, 61, American country singer and songwriter **
Alan Merrill Alan Merrill (born Allan Preston Sachs; February 19, 1951 – March 29, 2020) was an American vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. In the early 1970s, he was one of the few resident foreigners to achieve pop star status in Japan. He was the write ...
, 69, American pop rock singer and bassist ( Arrows) **
Paravai Muniyamma Paravai Muniyamma (25 June 1937 – 29 March 2020) was an Indian folk singer and actress. She got the adjective Paravai as she was born in a village called Paravai in Madurai. She featured in many Tamil films mostly in supporting roles and ...
, 82, Indian folk singer **
Krzysztof Penderecki Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (; 23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) was a Polish composer and conductor. His best known works include ''Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima'', Symphony No. 3, his '' St Luke Passion'', ''Polish Requiem'', ''A ...
, 86, Polish classical composer and conductor * 30 ** Riachão, 98, Brazilian samba singer **
Bill Withers William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He had several hits over a career spanning 18 years, including "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971), "Grandma's Hands" (1971), " Use Me" (1972) ...
, 81, American soul singer-songwriter * 31 **
Cristina Cristina is a female given name, and it is also a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Cristina (daughter of Edward the Exile), 11th-century English princess *Cristina (singer), Cristina Monet-Palaci (1956–2020), American s ...
, 61, American new wave singer **
Wallace Roney Wallace Roney (May 25, 1960 – March 31, 2020) was an American jazz (hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. He has won 1 Grammy award and has two nominations. Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from ...
, 59, American jazz trumpeter


April

* 1 ** Ellis Marsalis Jr., 85, American jazz pianist **
Bucky Pizzarelli John Paul "Bucky" Pizzarelli (January 9, 1926 – April 1, 2020) was an American jazz guitarist. He was the father of jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and double bassist Martin Pizzarelli. He worked for NBC as a staffman for Dick Cavett (1971) ...
, 94, American jazz guitarist **
Harold Rubin Harold Rubin (13 May 1932 – 1 April 2020) was a South African-born Israeli artist and free jazz clarinetist. Life and career Rubin was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 13 May 1932. He attended the Jeppe High School for Boys and received ...
, 87, South African-born Israeli free jazz clarinetist **
Adam Schlesinger Adam Lyons Schlesinger (October 31, 1967 – April 1, 2020) was an American musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He was a founding member of the bands Fountains of Wayne, Ivy, and Tinted Windows, and was a key songwriting contri ...
, 52, American power pop singer, songwriter and bassist (
Fountains of Wayne Fountains of Wayne was an American rock band that formed in New York City in 1995. The band included founding members Chris Collingwood, Adam Schlesinger, Jody Porter, and Brian Young. They released five albums from 1996 to 2011 before effec ...
,
Ivy ''Hedera'', commonly called ivy (plural ivies), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to western, central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and ...
, Tinted Windows (band), Tinted Windows) * 2 – Vaughan Mason, 69, American funk and electronic multi-instrumentalist (Vaughan Mason & Crew, Raze (group), Raze) * 3 – Helin Bölek, 28, Turkish folk rock singer (Grup Yorum) * 4 ** Timothy Brown (actor), Timothy Brown, 82, American pop and soul singer ** Patrick Gibson, French eurodisco drummer (Gibson Brothers) ** Alex Harvey (country musician), Alex Harvey, 73, American country singer-songwriter * 5 – Barry Allen (musician), Barry Allen, 74, Canadian rock musician and record producer (Painter (band), Painter) (death announced on this date) * 6 ** M. K. Arjunan, 84, Indian film composer ** Black the Ripper, 32, British grime rapper * 7 ** Betty Bennett (singer), Betty Bennett, 98, American jazz and big band singer ** Hutch Davie, 89, American pianist, arranger and composer ** Steve Farmer (musician), Steve Farmer, 71, American rock guitarist and songwriter (The Amboy Dukes) ** Travis Nelsen, American indie rock drummer (Okkervil River) ** John Prine, 73, American folk singer-songwriter ** Hal Willner, 64, American record producer ** Xudeydi, 91, Somali folk oud player * 8 ** Carl Dobkins, Jr., 79, American singer and songwriter ** Glenn Fredly, 44, Indonesian R&B singer-songwriter ** Chynna Rogers, 25, American rapper * 9 ** Andy González (musician), Andy González, 69, American Latin jazz bassist ** Dmitri Smirnov (composer), Dmitri Smirnov, 71, Russian-British classical composer * 10 ** Big George Brock, 87, American blues harmonicist ** Shanti Hiranand, 86, Indian classical singer ** Jymie Merritt, 92, American jazz bassist (The Jazz Messengers) * 11 – Liu Dehai, 82, Chinese classical pipa player * 12 ** Jerry Hludzik, American pop rock guitarist and bassist (The Buoys (American band), The Buoys) ** Louis van Dijk, 78, Dutch jazz pianist * 13 ** Ryo Kawasaki, 73, Japanese jazz fusion guitarist ** Moraes Moreira, 72, Brazilian MPB singer and guitarist (Novos Baianos) * 14 ** Akin Euba, 84, Nigerian folk pianist, composer, and musicologist ** Kassongo Wa Kanema, 73, Congolese soukous singer (Orchestra Super Mazembe) ** Kerstin Meyer, 92, Swedish opera singer * 15 ** Henry Grimes, 84, American jazz bassist ** Lee Konitz, 92, American jazz saxophonist ** Gary McSpadden, 77, American gospel singer (The Imperials, Gaither Vocal Band, The Oak Ridge Boys) * 16 ** Christophe (singer), Christophe, 74, French singer-songwriter ** Dušan Vančura, 82, Czech folk singer and bassist (Spirituál kvintet) * 17 ** Giuseppi Logan, 84, American jazz multi-instrumentalist ** Matthew Seligman, 62, British new wave bassist (Bruce Woolley, Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club, The Soft Boys, Thompson Twins) * 19 ** Alexander Vustin, 76, Russian composer ** Ian Whitcomb, 78, British pop singer-songwriter ** Emina Zečaj, 91, Bosnian sevdalinka singer * 21 ** Derek Jones (musician), Derek Jones, 35, American metalcore guitarist (Falling in Reverse) ** Jacques Pellen, 63, French jazz guitarist ** Florian Schneider, 73, German krautrock and electronic multi-instrumentalist (Kraftwerk, Organisation (band), Organisation) * 22 ** Bootsie Barnes, 82, American jazz saxophonist ** Marcos Mundstock, 77, Argentine comedy music singer and multi-instrumentalist (Les Luthiers) * 23 ** Fred the Godson, 35, American rapper ** Kamit Sanbayev, 78, Kazakh rock singer (Dos Mukasan) * 24 ** Hamilton Bohannon, 78, American R&B and disco percussionist and music producer ** Phil Broadhurst, 70, New Zealand jazz pianist ** Harold Reid, 80, American country singer-songwriter (The Statler Brothers) * 25 – Alan Abel (musician), Alan Abel, 91, American classical percussionist * 26 – Big Al Carson, 66, American blues singer * 27 ** Lynn Harrell, 79, American classical cellist ** Troy Sneed, 52, American gospel singer ** Scott Taylor, British new wave guitarist (Then Jerico) * 28 – Bobby Lewis, 95, American R&B singer * 29 ** Martin Lovett, 93, British classical cellist (Amadeus Quartet) ** Stezo, 52, American rapper * 30 ** Tony Allen (musician), Tony Allen, 79, Nigerian afrobeat and rock drummer (Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti and Afrika '70, The Good, the Bad & the Queen) ** Óscar Chávez, 85, Mexican pop singer ** Sam Lloyd, 56, American a cappella singer (The Blanks)


Date unknown

* Ceybil Jefferies, American house and R&B singer


May

* 1 ** Richie Cole (musician), Richard Cole, 72, American jazz saxophonist ** Tavo Limongi, 52, Mexican nu metal guitarist (Resorte) ** Will Theunissen, 65, Dutch jazz rock guitarist * 2 ** Cady Groves, 30, American country singer-songwriter ** Idir (singer), Idir, 70, Algerian folk singer-songwriter ** Jonathan Kelly, 72, Irish folk rock singer-songwriter ** Erwin Prasetya, 48, Indonesian alternative rock bassist (Dewa 19) * 3 ** Rosalind Elias, 90, American opera singer ** Dave Greenfield, 71, British punk and new wave keyboardist (The Stranglers) ** Bob Lander, 78, Swedish rock singer and guitarist (
The Spotnicks The Spotnicks were an instrumental rock group from Sweden that formed in 1961. They were known for wearing "space suit" costumes on stage and for their innovative electronic guitar sound. They released 43 albums and sold more than 18 million recor ...
) ** Lorne Munroe, 95, Canadian-born American classical cellist * 4 ** John Erhardt, American indie rock musician (Wussy, Ass Ponys) ** Frederick C. Tillis, 90, American jazz saxophonist ** Dragan Vučić, 65, Macedonian pop singer * 5 ** Sweet Pea Atkinson, 74, American dance-rock singer (Was (Not Was)) ** Sonny Cox, 82, American jazz saxophonist ** Didi Kempot, 53, Indonesian campursari singer ** Ciro Pessoa, 62, Brazilian post-punk singer-songwriter and guitarist (Titãs, Cabine C) ** Kiing Shooter, 24, American rapper ** Millie Small, 73, Jamaican ska and reggae singer-songwriter * 6 ** Norbert Balatsch, 92, Austrian choral conductor ** Brian Howe (singer), Brian Howe, 66, British rock singer-songwriter (Bad Company) * 7 ** İbrahim Gökçek, 41, Turkish folk rock bassist (Grup Yorum) ** Andre Harrell, 59, American record producer, songwriter, rapper (Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde (group), Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde), and founder of Uptown Records ** Ty (rapper), Ty, 47, British rapper * 8 – Mark Barkan, 85, American songwriter, record producer, and musical director for ''The Banana Splits, The Banana Splits Adventure Hour'' * 9 ** Joe Hupp, 78, American rock musician (The Smoke Ring (band), The Smoke Ring) ** Little Richard, 87, American rock and roll singer and pianist * 10 ** David Corrêa, 82, Brazilian samba singer ** Betty Wright, 66, American soul and R&B singer and songwriter * 11 – Moon Martin, 74, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist * 12 – Takami Asano, Japanese psychedelic rock guitarist (Godiego) * 13 ** Gabriel Bacquier, 95, French opera singer ** Yoshio (singer), Yoshio, 60, Mexican pop singer * 14 – Jorge Santana, 68, Mexican rock guitarist (Malo (band), Malo, Santana (band), Santana) * 15 ** Denny DeMarchi, 57, Canadian rock keyboardist (Alias (band), Alias, The Cranberries) ** Sergio Denis, 71, Argentine pop singer ** Phil May (singer), Phil May, 75, British rock singer-songwriter (Pretty Things) * 17 ** Lucky Peterson, 55, American blues guitarist ** Peter Thomas (composer), Peter Thomas, 94, German film composer * 19 – Willie K, 59, American folk ukuleleist * 21 ** Berith Bohm, 87, Swedish opera singer ** Bobby Digital (Jamaican producer), Bobby Digital, 59, Jamaican dancehall producer ** Neil Howlett, 85, British opera singer * 22 ** Steve Hanford, 50, American punk rock drummer (Poison Idea) ** Mory Kanté, 70, Guinean folk singer and kora player ** KJ Balla, 23, American rapper ** Klaus Selmke, 70, German rock drummer (City (band), City) * 24 ** Jimmy Cobb, 91, American jazz drummer (Miles Davis Quintet) ** Lily Lian, 103, French pop singer ** Al Rex, 91, American rock and roll bassist (Bill Haley & His Comets) * 25 – Bucky Baxter, 65, American folk and rock guitarist * 26 ** Brendan Bowyer, 81, Irish rock and roll singer ** Charlie Monttana, 58, Mexican rock singer ** Lennie Niehaus, 90, American jazz saxophonist and film composer * 27 – Evaldo Gouveia, 91, Brazilian MPB singer * 28 – Bob Kulick, 70, American hard rock guitarist (Balance (band), Balance, Kiss (band), Kiss, W.A.S.P. (band), W.A.S.P.) * 30 ** Mady Mesplé, 89, French opera singer ** John Nzenze, 79–80, Kenyan rock and jazz guitarist * 31 ** Bob Northern, 86, American jazz French hornist ** Kjeld Wennick, 76, Danish banjoist and singer (Jan & Kjeld)


June

* 1 ** Majek Fashek, 57, Nigerian reggae singer and songwriter ** Joey Image, 63, American punk rock drummer (Misfits (band), Misfits) * 2 – Chris Trousdale, 34, American pop singer (Dream Street) * 4 ** Marcello Abbado, 93, Italian classical pianist and composer ** Rupert Hine, 72, British jazz-rock singer and keyboardist (Quantum Jump) ** Steve Priest, 72, British glam rock guitarist (The Sweet) * 5 – Marjan (singer), Marjan, 72, Iranian pop singer * 7 ** Frank Bey, 74, American blues singer ** Floyd Lee, 86, American blues singer and guitarist * 8 ** James Hand (musician), James Hand, 67, American country singer ** Bonnie Pointer, 69, American R&B singer (The Pointer Sisters) * 9 ** Paul Chapman (musician), Paul Chapman, 66, Welsh hard rock guitarist (UFO (band), UFO, Lone Star (band), Lone Star) ** Pau Donés, 53, Spanish pop rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jarabe de Palo) * 12 ** Dodo Doris, 71, Congolese soukous drummer (Orchestra Super Mazembe) ** Ricky Valance, 84, Welsh pop singer * 14 ** Keith Tippett, 72, British free jazz and progressive rock pianist (
King Crimson King Crimson are a progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London, England. The band draws inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical, jazz, folk, heavy metal, gamelan, industrial, electronic, experime ...
, Centipede (band), Centipede) * 15 ** Rocky Isaac, 73, American pop-rock drummer (The Cherry People) ** Nana Tuffour, 66, Ghanaian highlife singer * 16 – Yohan, 28, South Korean K-pop singer (TST (band), TST) * 17 – Hugh Fraser (musician), Hugh Fraser, 67, Canadian jazz pianist and trombonist * 18 ** Hux Brown, 75, Jamaican reggae guitarist (Toots and the Maytals) ** Vera Lynn, 103, British pop singer * 19 – A. L. Raghavan, 86, Indian playback singer * 20 – Aaron Tokona, 45, New Zealand alternative rock guitarist (Weta (band), Weta, Cairo Knife Fight, Fly My Pretties) * 21 ** Jeet Singh Negi, 95, Indian folk singer-songwriter ** Joan Pau Verdier, 73, French nòva cançon singer * 23 – Margarita Pracatan, 89, Cuban novelty singer * 24 ** Michael Hawley, 58, American classical pianist and academic ** Claude Le Péron, 72, French rock bassist * 25 ** Huey (rapper), Huey, 32, American rapper ** Graeme Williamson, Canadian new wave singer and guitarist (Pukka Orchestra) * 26 – Tami Lynn, 81, American soul singer * 27 ** Pete Carr, 70, American rock, pop and soul guitarist (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Hour Glass (band), Hour Glass, LeBlanc & Carr) ** Freddy Cole, 88, American jazz singer and pianist ** Tom Finn (singer), Tom Finn, 71, American baroque pop guitarist (
The Left Banke The Left Banke was an American baroque pop band, formed in New York City in 1965. They are best remembered for their two U.S. hit singles, "Walk Away Renée" and "Pretty Ballerina". The band often used what the music press referred to as "baroqu ...
) ** Mats Rådberg, 72, Swedish country singer and guitarist * 28 – Simon H. Fell, 61, British jazz bassist * 29 ** Steppa J. Groggs, 32, American rapper (Injury Reserve) ** Johnny Mandel, 94, American jazz and film composer ** Benny Mardones, 73, American soft rock singer-songwriter ** Willie Wright (musician), Willie Wright, 80, American soul singer


July

* 1 – Max Crook, 83, American pop rock keyboardist * 3 – J. Marvin Brown, 66, American soul singer (The Softones) * 5 ** Cleveland Eaton, 80, American jazz bassist (Ramsey Lewis Trio) ** John Marascalco, 89, American songwriter and record producer * 6 ** Charlie Daniels, 83, American country singer-songwriter and fiddler ** Andrew Kishore, 64, Bangladeshi playback singer ** Ennio Morricone, 91, Italian film composer * 8 – Naya Rivera, 33, American pop singer and actress * 10 – Eddie Gale, 78, American jazz trumpeter (Sun Ra, Sun Ra's Arkestra) * 11 ** Gabriella Tucci, 90, Italian opera singer ** Rich Priske, 52, Canadian rock bassist (Matthew Good Band) * 12 ** Rod Bernard, 79, American swamp pop singer ** Judy Dyble, 71, British folk singer-songwriter and autoharpist (Fairport Convention, Trader Horne (band), Trader Horne) ** Eleanor Sokoloff, 106, American classical pianist * 14 ** J. J. Lionel, 72, Belgian pop singer ** Raúl Pagano, Argentine rock keyboardist (Bersuit Vergarabat) * 16 ** Ken Chinn, 57, Canadian punk rock singer (SNFU) ** Jamie Oldaker, 68, American country drummer (The Tractors) ** Víctor Víctor, 71, Dominican folk singer and guitarist * 18 – Haruma Miura, 30, Japanese pop singer and actor * 19 – Emitt Rhodes, 70, American pop rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Merry-Go-Round, The Palace Guard) * 21 ** Dobby Dobson, 77, Jamaican reggae singer ** Annie Ross, 89, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross) ** Mieko Hirota, 73, Japanese Kayōkyoku, kayokyoku singer * 22 – Tim Smith (Cardiacs), Tim Smith, 59, British progressive rock singer and guitarist (Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs (band), The Sea Nymphs, Spratleys Japs) * 24 – Regis Philbin, 88, American television personality and singer * 25 ** Peter Green (musician), Peter Green, 73, English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac) ** CP Lee, 70, British comedy rock singer and guitarist (Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias) * 27 ** Denise Johnson, 56, British alternative rock singer (Primal Scream) ** Miss Mercy, 71, American psychedelic rock singer (The GTOs) * 28 ** Pepe Cardona, 72, American pop-rock singer (Alive 'N Kickin') ** Bent Fabric, 95, Danish classical pianist and composer * 29 **Balla Sidibé, 79, Senegalese son cubano singer and timbalero (Orchestra Baobab) ** Malik B., 47, American rapper (The Roots) * 30 ** Randy Barlow, 77, American country singer ** Sonam Tshering Lepcha, 92, Indian folk singer * 31 – Bill Mack (songwriter), Bill Mack, 88, American country singer-songwriter


August

* 2 ** Leon Fleisher, 92, American classical pianist ** Steve Holland, 66, American Southern rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country) ** Larry Novak, 87, American jazz pianist * 4 ** Tony Costanza, 52, American heavy metal drummer (Machine Head (band), Machine Head, Crowbar (American band), Crowbar) * 5 ** Agathonas Iakovidis, 65, Greek folk singer ** Jan Savage, 77, American garage rock guitarist (The Seeds) * 6 ** Wayne Fontana, 74, British pop singer (The Mindbenders) ** Vern Rumsey, 47, American post-hardcore and indie rock bassist (Unwound, Blonde Redhead, Household Gods) * 7 – Mark Wirtz, 76, French pop singer * 9 ** Salome Bey, 80, American-born Canadian soul singer ** Martin Birch, 71, British music producer and recording engineer * 10 – Don Martin, New Zealand new wave bassist (Mi-Sex) * 11 ** Belle du Berry, 54, French chanson singer (Paris Combo) ** Pat Fairley, 76, Scottish pop rock singer and bassist (Marmalade (band), Marmalade) ** Trini Lopez, 83, American pop singer * 13 – Steve Grossman (saxophonist), Steve Grossman, 69, American jazz fusion saxophonist * 14 ** Julian Bream, 87, British classical guitarist ** Ewa Demarczyk, 79, Polish cabaret singer and poet ** Valentina Legkostupova, 54, Russian pop singer ** Pete Way, 69, English rock bassist (UFO (band), UFO, Waysted, Fastway (band), Fastway) * 16 – Emman, 21, Filipino pop singer * 17 – Jasraj, 90, Indian classical singer * 18 ** Ron Heathman, American rock guitarist (Supersuckers) ** Sean Pentecost, Australian alternative metal drummer (Superheist) ** Hal Singer, 100, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader * 19 ** Randall Craig Fleischer, 61, American classical conductor ** Todd Nance, 57, American jam band drummer (Widespread Panic) * 20 ** Frankie Banali, 68, American hard rock drummer (Quiet Riot, W.A.S.P. (band), W.A.S.P.) ** Justin Townes Earle, 38, American folk singer-songwriter ** Mike Kirkland, 82, American folk musician (The Brothers Four) ** Jack Sherman, 64, American funk rock guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers) ** Piotr Szczepanik, 78, Polish pop singer * 22 ** Walter Lure, 71, American punk rock guitarist (The Heartbreakers) ** D. J. Rogers, 72, American soul singer * 23 ** Peter King (saxophonist), Peter King, 80, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist ** Charlie Persip, 91, American jazz drummer * 24 – Riley Gale, 34, American thrash metal singer (Power Trip (band), Power Trip) * 25 ** Georges Bœuf, 82, French opera composer and saxophonist ** Mick Hart, Australian folk singer ** Gerry McGhee, 58, British-Canadian hard rock singer (Brighton Rock (band), Brighton Rock) * 27 ** Archana Mahanta, 71, Indian folk singer ** Mike Noga, 43, Australian alternative rock drummer (The Drones (Australian band), The Drones, Legends of Motorsport (band), Legends of Motorsport)


September

* 1 ** John Meyer, 67, Australian rock slide guitarist (Rose Tattoo, Chain (band), Chain) ** Ian Mitchell, 62, British pop rock bassist (
Bay City Rollers The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop rock band known for their worldwide teen idol popularity in the 1970s. They have been called the "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh" and one of many acts heralded as the "biggest group since the Beat ...
) ** Erick Morillo, 49, Colombian-American house and eurodance DJ (Reel 2 Real) * 2 – Alexander Priko, 46, Russian pop rock keyboardist (Laskovyi Mai) * 3 – Bill Pursell, 94, American easy listening composer * 4 ** Gary Peacock, 85, American jazz double-bassist ** Lucille Starr, 82, Canadian country singer * 6 – Bruce Williamson (singer), Bruce Williamson, 49, American R&B singer (The Temptations) * 7 – Xavier Ortiz, 48, Mexican pop singer (Garibaldi (group), Garibaldi) * 8 ** Simeon Coxe, 82, American electronic rock singer and synthesizer player (Silver Apples) ** Vexi Salmi, 77, Finnish pop rock lyricist * 9 ** Ronald Bell (musician), Ronald Bell, 68, American funk saxophonist (Kool & The Gang) ** Sid McCray, American punk rock singer (Bad Brains) * 10 – Danny Webster, 61, American funk singer and guitarist (Slave (band), Slave) * 11 ** Toots Hibbert, 77, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter (Toots & The Maytals) ** Reggie Johnson (musician), Reggie Johnson, 79, American jazz bassist * 12 – Edna Wright, 76, American R&B singer (Honey Cone) * 14 ** Al Kasha, 83, American pop songwriter ** Peter Starkie, 72, Australian rock guitarist (Skyhooks (band), Skyhooks, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons) * 16 – Roy C, 81, American soul singer * 18 ** Georgia Dobbins, 78, American R&B singer (The Marvelettes) and songwriter ** Pamela Hutchinson, 62, American R&B singer (The Emotions) * 19 ** Lee Kerslake, 73, British hard rock drummer (Uriah Heep (band), Uriah Heep, Ozzy Osbourne, Toe Fat) ** Dave Kusworth, 60, British indie rock singer (Jacobites (band), Jacobites) * 21 ** Hamdi Benani, 77, Algerian pop singer and violinist ** Tommy DeVito (musician), Tommy DeVito, 92, American pop singer and guitarist ( The Four Seasons) ** Roy Head, 79, American country singer-songwriter ** Ira Sullivan, 89, American jazz trumpeter * 23 ** Juliette Gréco, 93, French chanson singer ** W. S. Holland, 85, American country drummer (The Tennessee Three, The Great Eighties Eight) * 24 – Max Merritt, 79, New Zealand soul singer-songwriter and guitarist * 25 – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, 74, Indian playback singer * 26 ** Masayoshi Kabe, 70, Japanese rock guitarist and bassist (The Golden Cups, Speed, Glue & Shinki, Vodka Collins) ** Mark Stone, American hard rock bassist (
Van Halen Van Halen ( ) was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. Credited with "restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene", Van Halen was known for its energetic live shows and for the virtuosity of its lead gu ...
) ** Jimmy Winston, 75, British rock keyboardist (Small Faces) * 28 – Jackie Dennis, 77, Scottish pop singer * 29 ** Mac Davis, 78, American country singer-songwriter ** Rocco Prestia, 69, American funk bassist (Tower of Power) ** Helen Reddy, 78, Australian-American pop singer


October

* 2 – Lisa Schouw, Australian pop singer (Girl Overboard (band), Girl Overboard) * 3 ** Karel Fiala, 95, Czech opera singer ** Anthony Galindo, 41, Venezuelan pop singer (Menudo (group), Menudo, MDO (band), MDO) * 6 ** Johnny Nash, 80, American pop and reggae singer-songwriter ** Eddie Van Halen, 65, Dutch-born American hard rock guitarist and keyboardist (
Van Halen Van Halen ( ) was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. Credited with "restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene", Van Halen was known for its energetic live shows and for the virtuosity of its lead gu ...
) * 7 – Ray Pennington, 86, American country singer-songwriter * 8 ** Brian Locking, 81, British rock and roll bassist (The Shadows) ** Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, 80, Iranian classical singer * 9 ** David Refael ben Ami, 70, Israeli religious singer ** Pierre Kezdy, 58, American punk rock bassist (Naked Raygun, Pegboy, Strike Under) * 11 ** Harold Betters, 92, American jazz trombonist ** Rajan, 87, Indian film composer (Rajan–Nagendra) * 12 ** Jon Gibson (minimalist musician), Jon Gibson, 80, American minimalist multi-instrumentalist (Philip Glass Ensemble) ** Kim Massie, 62, American blues and soul singer * 13 – Saint Dog, 44, American rapper (Kottonmouth Kings) * 14 – Paul Matters, Australian hard rock bassist (AC/DC) * 15 – Dave Munden, 76, British rock and roll drummer (The Tremeloes) * 16 ** Johnny Bush, 85, American country singer-songwriter ** Gordon Haskell, 74, British progressive rock and jazz singer and bassist (
King Crimson King Crimson are a progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London, England. The band draws inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical, jazz, folk, heavy metal, gamelan, industrial, electronic, experime ...
, The Fleur de Lys) ** P. S. Narayanaswamy, 86, Indian Carnatic singer * 17 – Toshinori Kondo, 71, Japanese jazz trumpeter * 18 ** Alfredo Cerruti, 78, Italian comedy rock musician and producer (Squallor) ** Naâma (singer), Naâma, 84, Tunisian pop singer ** José Padilla (DJ), José Padilla, 64, Spanish ambient DJ and producer ** Maisa Tsuno, 29, Japanese indie rock guitarist (Akai Ko-en) ** Chet "JR" White, 40, American indie rock bassist (Girls (band), Girls) * 19 ** Spencer Davis, 81, Welsh rock guitarist (
The Spencer Davis Group The Spencer Davis Group were a British band formed in Birmingham in 1963 by Spencer Davis (guitar), brothers Steve Winwood (keyboards, guitar) and Muff Winwood (bass guitar), and Pete York (drums). Their best known songs include the UK numbe ...
) ** Tony Lewis (musician), Tony Lewis, 62, British pop rock singer and guitarist (The Outfield) * 21 ** Zero Babu, 80, Indian playback and Carnatic singer ** Viola Smith, 107, American swing and classical drummer * 22 ** Margie Bowes, 79, American country singer ** K. Deep, 79, Burmese folk singer * 23 – Jerry Jeff Walker, 78, American country singer-songwriter * 25 ** Dolores Abril, 81, Spanish copla singer ** Jan Boerman, 97, Dutch electronic composer ** Rosanna Carteri, 89, Italian opera singer ** Mahesh Kanodia, 83, Indian Gujarati film singer * 26 – Stan Kesler, 92, American rock and roll guitarist and songwriter * 28 ** Cano Estremera, 62, Puerto Rican salsa singer ** Billy Joe Shaver, 81, American country singer-songwriter * 30 – Božidar Tanaskovic, Serbian alternative rock bassist (Bjesovi) * 31 ** Rance Allen, 71, American gospel singer, guitarist and keyboardist (The Rance Allen Group) ** Marc Fosset, 71, French jazz guitarist ** MF Doom, 49, British-American rapper (KMD,
Madvillain Madvillain was an American hip hop duo consisting of two MCs and producers, MF Doom and Madlib. Their only album, ''Madvillainy'', earned critical acclaim and cult popularity, widely regarded as one of the greatest rap albums of all time and ...
)


November

* 1 ** Pedro Iturralde, 91, Spanish jazz saxophonist ** Phil K, 51, Australian electronic DJ (Lostep) ** Nikki McKibbin, 42, American pop rock singer ** Ronnie Peel, Australian rock guitarist (The La De Da's, Thunderclap Newman) ** Esteban Santos, 69, Spanish pop singer (Bravo (Spanish group), Bravo) * 2 – T. N. Krishnan, 92, Indian Carnatic violinist * 4 – Ken Hensley, 75, British rock singer, keyboardist and guitarist (Uriah Heep (band), Uriah Heep, Toe Fat, The Gods (band), The Gods) * 5 ** Len Barry, 78, American soul singer ** Reynaert, 65, Belgian pop singer ** Ossi Runne, 93, Belgian pop trumpeter and conductor * 6 ** Stefano D'Orazio, 72, Italian pop drummer (Pooh (band), Pooh) ** King Von, 26, American rapper ** Jim Radford, 92, British folk singer-songwriter ** Timur Selçuk, 74, Turkish pop singer and pianist * 7 ** Cándido Camero, 99, Cuban jazz percussionist ** Bones Hillman, 62, New Zealand alternative rock bassist (Midnight Oil, The Swingers, Suburban Reptiles) * 8 – Oscar Benton, 71, Dutch blues singer * 10 – Alec Baillie, American punk rock bassist (Choking Victim, Leftöver Crack) * 11 ** Adrian Cionco, 48, Argentine rock bassist (La Mosca Tsé - Tsé) ** MO3 (rapper), MO3, 28, American rapper ** Andrew White (saxophonist), Andrew White, 78, American jazz saxophonist * 12 – Jim Tucker, 74, American pop rock guitarist (The Turtles) * 13 ** Kićo Slabinac, 76, Croatian folk singer ** Doug Supernaw, 60, American country singer * 14 ** Des O'Connor, 88, English comedian and pop singer ** Eugenia Ratti, 87, Italian opera singer * 16 – Bruce Swedien, 86, American recording engineer * 18 ** László Benkő, 77, Hungarian progressive rock keyboardist (Omega (Hungarian band), Omega) ** Dominic Grant, 71, British pop singer (Guys 'n' Dolls) ** Tony Hooper, 81, British folk rock guitarist (Strawbs) * 21 – Tamás Mihály, 73, Hungarian progressive rock bassist (Omega (Hungarian band), Omega) * 23 – Hal Ketchum, 67, American country singer-songwriter * 25 ** Duris Maxwell, 74, Canadian rock drummer ** Flor Silvestre, 90, Mexican ranchera and huapango singer and actress ** Camilla Wicks, 92, American classical violinist * 26 ** Allan Botschinsky, 80, Danish jazz trumpeter ** Cecilia Fusco, 87, Italian opera singer ** Jamir Garcia, 42, Filipino nu metal singer (Slapshock) * 28 – Piotr Strojnowski, 62, Polish reggae singer and guitarist (Daab (band), Daab) * 29 – Miša Aleksić, 67, Serbian hard rock bassist (Riblja Čorba) * 30 – Jack Wray, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Earls)


December

* 1 – Dan Morrison, Australian ska punk drummer (Area-7) * 2 ** Volodymyr Huba, 81, Ukrainian film composer ** Ron Mathewson, 76, British jazz bassist * 3 – André Gagnon, 84, Canadian pianist, composer, and arranger * 4 – Kenny Jeremiah, 78, American garage-rock singer (Soul Survivors (band), Soul Survivors) * 6 – Džej Ramadanovski, 56, Serbian folk pop singer * 7 ** LD Beghtol, 55, American experimental rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (LD & the New Criticism, Flare Acoustic Arts League, The Magnetic Fields) ** Howard Wales, 77, American jazz and rock keyboardist * 8 – Harold Budd, 84, American avant-garde composer and poet * 9 ** Sean Malone, 50, American progressive rock bassist (Gordian Knot (band), Gordian Knot, Cynic) ** Jason Slater, 49, American alternative rock bassist (Third Eye Blind, Snake River Conspiracy, Brougham (band), Brougham) * 10 – Kenneth Alwyn, 95, British classical composer and conductor * 11 – Ubirany, 80, Brazilian samba hand-repique player (Fundo de Quintal) * 12 – Charley Pride, 86, American country singer * 13 – Andrey Sapunov, 64, Russian rock guitarist and bassist (Voskreseniye) * 14 – Paulinho, 68, Brazilian soft rock singer (Roupa Nova) * 15 ** Albert Griffiths, 74, Jamaican reggae singer and guitarist (The Gladiators (band), The Gladiators) ** Corlynn Hanney, 75, American pop-soul singer (The Groop (US band), The Groop) ** Sam Jayne, 46, American indie rock singer and guitarist (Love as Laughter, Lync) * 16 – Carl Mann, 78, American rockabilly singer * 17 ** Jeff Clayton, 66, American jazz saxophonist ** Stanley Cowell, 79, American jazz pianist (The Heath Brothers) * 19 ** Pelle Alsing, 60, Swedish pop rock drummer (Roxette) ** Clay Anthony, 61, American hard rock bassist (Junkyard (band), Junkyard) ** Pepe Salvaderi, Italian rock guitarist (Dik Dik) * 20 – Chad Stuart, 79, British folk-pop singer and guitarist (Chad & Jeremy) * 21 – K. T. Oslin, 78, American country singer-songwriter * 23 ** John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, 56, American rapper (Whodini) ** Leslie West, 75, American hard rock singer and guitarist (Mountain (band), Mountain, West, Bruce and Laing, The Vagrants) * 24 ** Ivry Gitlis, 98, Israeli classical violinist ** Mojmir Sepe, 90, Slovenian classical composer and conductor ** Geoff Stephens, 86, English songwriter and record producer, founder of The New Vaudeville Band * 25 – Tony Rice, 69, American bluegrass guitarist (New South (band), New South) * 26 – Tito Rojas, 65, Puerto Rican salsa singer * 28 ** Paul-Heinz Dittrich, 90, German composer ** Armando Manzanero, 85, Mexican Mayan musician * 29 ** Claude Bolling, 90, French jazz pianist and composer ** Phyllis McGuire, 89, American pop singer (The McGuire Sisters) ** Rudy Salas (musician), Rudy Salas, 72, American R&B and soul guitarist (El Chicano, Tierra (band), Tierra) * 30 ** Frank Kimbrough, 64, American jazz pianist ** Alto Reed, 72, American rock saxophonist (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band) ** Eugene Wright, 97, American jazz bassist (Dave Brubeck#Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dave Brubeck Quartet)


See also

*Timeline of musical events *Women in music *Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industry


References

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