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{{YYYY music|2022}} {{Year nav topic5|2022|music|radio|television|film}} This topic covers events and articles related to '''[[2022]] in music''' ==Specific locations== {{Popular music}} {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} *[[2022 in African music|African music]] *[[2022 in American music|American music]] *[[2022 in Asian music|Asian music]] *[[2022 in Australian music|Australian music]] *[[2022 in Brazilian music|Brazilian music]] *[[2022 in British music|British music]] *[[2022 in Canadian music|Canadian music]] *[[2022 in Chinese music|Chinese music]] *[[2022 in Czech music|Czech music]] *[[2022 in Danish music|Danish music]] *[[2022 in European music|European music]] *[[2022 in Finnish music|Finnish music]] *[[2022 in French music|French music]] *[[2022 in German music|German music]] *[[2022 in Icelandic music|Icelandic music]] *[[2022 in Indonesian music|Indonesian music]] *[[2022 in Irish music|Irish music]] *[[2022 in Italian music|Italian music]] *[[2022 in Japanese music|Japanese music]] *[[2022 in Latin music|Latin music]] *[[2022 in Malaysian music|Malaysian music]] *[[2022 in Mongolian music|Mongolian music]] *[[2022 in Nigerian music|Nigerian music]] *[[2022 in Norwegian music|Norwegian music]] *[[2022 in Philippine music|Philippine music]] *[[2022 in Polynesian music|Polynesian music]] *[[2022 in Scandinavian music|Scandinavian music]] *[[2022 in South Korean music|South Korean music]] *[[2022 in Swedish music|Swedish music]] *[[2022 in Taiwanese music|Taiwanese music]] *[[2022 in Vietnamese music|Vietnamese music]] {{div-col-end}} == Specific genres == *[[2022 in afrobeats music|Afrobeats]] *[[2022 in classical music|Classical]] *[[2022 in country music|Country]] *[[2022 in electronic music|Electronic]] *[[2022 in jazz|Jazz]] *[[2022 in Latin music|Latin]] *[[2022 in heavy metal music|Heavy Metal]] *[[2022 in hip hop music|Hip Hop]] *[[2022 in rock music|Rock]] *[[2022 in South Korean music|K-pop]] *[[2022 in Japanese music|J-pop]] ==Albums released== {{main article|List of 2022 albums}} ==Awards== {|class="wikitable" |- ![[64th Annual Grammy Awards]] (USA) |- | {{small|'''Record of the Year''': "[[Leave the Door Open]]" by [[Silk Sonic]] • '''Album of the Year''': ''[[We Are (Jon Batiste album)|We Are]]'' by [[Jon Batiste]] • '''Song of the Year''': "Leave the Door Open" by Silk Sonic • '''Best New Artist''': [[Olivia Rodrigo]]}} |- ![[2022 Billboard Music Awards]] (USA) |- | {{small|'''Top Artist''': [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] • '''Top Male Artist''': [[The Weeknd]] • '''Top Female Artist''': [[Olivia Rodrigo]] • '''Top New Artist''': Olivia Rodrigo • '''Top Duo/Group''': [[BTS]] • '''Top Billboard 200 Album''': "[[Sour (album)|Sour]]" by Olivia Rodrigo • '''Top Hot 100 Song''': "[[Stay (The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber song)|Stay]]" by [[The Kid Laroi]] and [[Justin Bieber]]}} |- ![[2022 Brit Awards]] (UK) |- | {{small|'''British Album of the Year''': ''[[30 (Adele album)|30]]'' by [[Adele]] • '''Best British Song''': "[[Easy On Me]]" by Adele • '''British Artist of the Year''': Adele • '''Best New Artist:''' [[Little Simz]] • '''British Group:''' [[Wolf Alice]]}} |- ![[Juno Awards of 2022]] (Canada) |- | {{small|'''Artist of the Year''': [[Charlotte Cardin]] • '''Group of the Year''': [[Arkells]] • '''Album of the Year''': "[[Phoenix (Charlotte Cardin album)|Phoenix]]" by Charlotte Cardin • '''Single of the Year''': "Meaningless" by Charlotte Cardin}} |- ![[2022 MTV Video Music Awards Japan]] (Japan) |- | {{small|'''Video of the Year''': "[[Habit (Sekai no Owari song)|Habit]]" by [[Sekai no Owari]] • '''Best Solo Artist Video''': "Zankyou Sanka" by [[Aimer]] • '''Best Group Video''': "[[Mixed Nuts (song)|Mixed Nuts]]" by [[Official Hige Dandism]] • '''Best New Artist Video''': "Rocketeer" by [[INI (Japanese boy group)|INI]] • '''Artist of the Year''': [[Vaundy]] • '''Song of the Year''': "[[New Genesis (song)|New Genesis]]" by [[Ado (singer)|Ado]] • '''Album of the Year''': ''Falling into Your Eyes Record'' by [[Aimyon]] • '''Group of the Year''': [[Sakurazaka46]]}} |- ![[2022 MTV Video Music Awards]] (USA) |- | {{small|'''Video of the Year''': ''[[All Too Well: The Short Film]]'' by [[Taylor Swift]] • '''Song of the Year''': "[[Happier Than Ever (song)|Happier Than Ever]]" by [[Billie Eilish]] • '''Artist of the Year''': [[Bad Bunny]] • '''Best New Artist''': [[Dove Cameron]]}} |- ![[2022 MTV Europe Music Awards]] (Europe) |- | {{small|'''Best Song''': "[[Super Freaky Girl]]" by [[Nicki Minaj]] • '''Best Video''': ''[[All Too Well: The Short Film]]'' by [[Taylor Swift]] • '''Best Artist''': Taylor Swift • '''Best New''': [[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]]}} |- ![[American Music Awards of 2022|2022 American Music Awards]] (USA) |- | {{small|'''Artist of the Year''': [[Taylor Swift]] • '''New Artist of the Year''': [[Dove Cameron]] • '''Collaboration of the Year''': "[[Cold Heart (Pnau remix)]]" by [[Elton John]] and [[Dua Lipa]]}} |- ![[36th Golden Disc Awards]] (South Korea) |- | {{small|'''Album of the Year''': ''[[Be (BTS album)|Be]]'' by [[BTS]] • '''Song of the Year''': "[[Celebrity (IU song)|Celebrity]]" by [[IU (singer)|IU]] • '''Best Group''': [[Brave Girls]] • '''Best Solo Artist''': [[Lim Young-woong]]}} |- ! [[64th Japan Record Awards]] (Japan) |- | {{small|'''Grand Prix''': "[[Habit (Sekai no Owari song)|Habit]]" by [[Sekai no Owari]]}} |- ![[Pulitzer Prize for Music]] (USA) |- | {{small|''[[Voiceless Mass]]'' by [[Raven Chacon]]}} |- ![[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] (USA) |- | {{small|'''Performers''': [[Pat Benatar]] • [[Duran Duran]] • [[Eminem]] • [[Eurythmics]] • [[Dolly Parton]] • [[Lionel Richie]] • [[Carly Simon]] '''Early influences''': [[Harry Belafonte]] • [[Elizabeth Cotten]] '''Ahmet Ertegun Award (Non-performers)''': [[Allan Grubman]] • [[Jimmy Iovine]] • [[Sylvia Robinson]] '''Award for Musical Excellence''': [[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis]] • [[Judas Priest]]}} |- ![[Mercury Prize]] (UK) |- | {{small|''[[Sometimes I Might Be Introvert]]'' by [[Little Simz]]}} |- ![[Polar Music Prize]] (Sweden) |- | {{small|[[Iggy Pop]] and [[Ensemble intercontemporain]]}} |- ![[Polaris Music Prize]] (Canada) |- | {{small|''[[José Louis and the Paradox of Love]]'' by [[Pierre Kwenders]]}} |- ![[Eurovision Song Contest 2022]] (Europe) |- | {{small|"[[Stefania (song)|Stefania]]" by [[Kalush (rap group)|Kalush Orchestra]] ([[Ukraine]])}} |- ![[31st Seoul Music Awards]] (South Korea) |- | {{small|'''Grand Prize''': [[NCT 127]]}} • {{small|'''Best Song''': "[[Lilac (song)|Lilac]]" by IU}} • {{small|'''Best Album''': ''[[Hot Sauce (NCT Dream album)|Hot Sauce]]'' by [[NCT Dream]]}} |- |} ==Bands formed== * [[Acid Angel from Asia]] * [[Apink|Apink Chobom]] * [[Jinjin & Rocky|Astro – Jinjin & Rocky]] * [[ATBO]] * [[Blank2y]] * [[Boysgroup]] * [[Classy (group)|Classy]] * [[Collar (group)|Collar]] * [[CSR (group)|CSR]] * [[ExWhyZ]] * [[Fifty Fifty (group)|Fifty Fifty]] * [[Got the Beat]] * [[H1-Key]] * [[ILY:1]] * [[Irris]] * [[Kep1er]] * [[Lapillus (group)|Lapillus]] * [[The Last Rockstars]] * [[Le Sserafim]] * [[Lolly Talk]] * [[L.S. Dunes]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Childers |first=Chad|title=My Chemical Romance, Circa Survive, Thursday + Coheed + Cambria Members Form Post-Hardcore Supergroup L.S. Dunes |url=https://loudwire.com/my-chemical-romance-circa-survive-thursday-coheed-cambria-members-form-supergroup-ls-dunes/ |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=Loudwire |date=26 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * [[Mamamoo|Mamamoo+]] * [[Metamuse]] * [[Mimiirose]] * [[NewJeans]] * [[Nmixx]] * [[Ocha Norma]] * [[Strayz]] * [[TAN (group)|TAN]] * [[Tempest (South Korean band)|Tempest]] * [[TNX (band)|TNX]] * [[Travis Japan]] * [[Trendz (group)|Trendz]] * [[Viviz]] * [[XG (group)|XG]] * [[Younite (band)|Younite]] ==Soloist debuts== * [[Akari Akase]] * [[Anji Salvacion]] * [[Baekho (singer)|Baekho]] * [[Bailey Zimmerman]] * [[Cho Mi-yeon]] * [[Choi Ye-na]] * [[Cloud Wan]] * [[Jeremy Lee (singer)|Jeremy Lee]] * [[Jelo The Weirdo]] * [[Kaori Oinuma]] * [[Kayan9896]] * [[Kent Itō]] * [[Kihyun]] * [[Kim Jong-hyeon]] * [[Krystian Wang]] * [[Lauren Spencer-Smith]] * [[Lee Chan-hyuk]] * [[Markus Paterson|Markus]] * [[Cho Mi-yeon|Miyeon]] * [[Nayeon]] * [[Phoebus Ng]] * [[SennaRin]] * [[Seulgi (singer)|Seulgi]] * [[Shanaia Gomez]] * [[Wonpil]] * [[Xiumin]] * [[Yerin (entertainer)|Yerin]] * [[Yoshino Aoyama]] * [[Yuju (singer)|Yuju]] * [[Yuki Yomichi]] ==Bands reformed== * [[The Academy Is...]] * [[The Gaslight Anthem]] * [[The Prodigy]] * [[Be Your Own Pet]] * [[Big Bang (band)|Big Bang]] * [[Bluebottle Kiss]] * [[DNCE]] * [[Doping Panda]] * [[EXID]] * [[Get Scared]] * [[Girls' Generation]] * [[Hanoi Rocks]] * [[Kara (South Korean group)|Kara]] * [[Kisschasy]] * [[The Mars Volta]] * [[Mrs. Green Apple]] * [[Pantera]] * [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] * [[Pink Floyd]] <small>(a one off recording, "[[Hey, Hey, Rise Up!]]", in aid of Ukrainian Humanitarian relief, following the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]])</small> * [[Pity Sex]] * [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] * [[Rival Schools (band)|Rival Schools]] * [[Roxy Music]] * [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]] * [[Sunk Loto]] * [[Sunny Day Real Estate]] * [[TISM]] * [[Unwound]] * [[Yellowcard]] * [[t.A.T.u.]] ==Bands disbanded== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[April (girl group)|April]] * [[Aswad]] * [[The Birds of Satan]] * [[Botopass]] * [[Bvndit]] * [[BugAboo (group)|BugAboo]] * [[Castanets (band)|Castanets]] * [[CLC (group)|CLC]] * [[D-Crunch]] * [[DEL48]] * [[The Delfonics]] * [[The Detroit Cobras]] * [[Empire (Japanese group)|Empire]] * [[Every Time I Die]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/every-time-i-die-break-up/ |title = Every Time I Die Have Broken Up |website = [[Loudwire]] |date=2022-01-17 |access-date=2022-11-28 |last=Hartmann |first=Grant}}</ref> * [[Gauze (band)|Gauze]] * [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-genesis-play-last-ever-gig-in-london-after-tonight-weve-all-gotta-get-real-jobs-3191470 |website=NME |title=Watch Genesis Play Last Ever Gig in London: "After Tonight We've All Gotta Get Real Jobs" |last=Lavin |first=Will |date=2022-03-27 |access-date=2022-11-28}}</ref> * [[The Ghost of Paul Revere]] * [[Girlkind]] * [[Girlpool]] * [[The Golden Palominos]] * [[Go to the Beds]] * [[Grim Reaper (band)|Grim Reaper]] * [[Ho6la]] * [[Hot Issue (group)|Hot Issue]] * [[The Judds]] * [[Kids See Ghosts]] * [[Kikagaku Moyo]] * [[Low Roar]] * [[Lunarsolar]] * [[mewithoutYou]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Watch mewithoutYou's Final Show In Philadelphia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2196959/mewithoutyou-final-farewell-show-philadelphia/news/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=22 August 2022 |language=en |date=21 August 2022 |last=Rettig |first=James}}</ref> * [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]] * [[Mighty Diamonds]] * [[Migos]] * [[MVP (South Korean band)|MVP]] * [[Neverland Express]] * [[Noisia]] * [[NU'EST]] * [[Okilly Dokilly]] * [[Predia]] * [[Press to Meco]] * [[Procol Harum]] * [[Pupy y Los que Son, Son]] * [[The Pussycat Dolls]] * [[Redsquare]] * [[Roberts and Barrand]] * [[The Saints (Australian band)|The Saints]] * [[The Shadows of Knight]] * [[Summer Camp (band)|Summer Camp]] * [[Super Girls (Hong Kong group)|Super Girls]] * [[Supergrass]] * [[Sweet Trip]] * [[Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders]] * [[Torche (band)|Torche]] * [[TRCNG]] * [[Waterson:Carthy]] * [[We Girls]] * [[With Confidence]] * [[Wisin & Yandel]] {{div col end}} ==Bands on hiatus== * [[Brockhampton (band)|Brockhampton]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/brockhampton-announce-indefinite-hiatus-say-coachella-2022-is-their-final-show/|title = Brockhampton Announce Indefinite Hiatus, Say Coachella 2022 is Their Final Show|website = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date = 14 January 2022}}</ref> * [[BTS]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tsioulcas |first=Anastasia |date=2022-10-17 |title=BTS announces upcoming Korean military service |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/17/1129429178/bts-announces-upcoming-korean-military-service |access-date=2022-10-20}}</ref> * [[Circa Survive]] * [[DIA (group)|DIA]] * [[Florida Georgia Line]] * [[Keane (band)|Keane]] * [[Laboum]] * [[Little Mix]] * [[Lovelyz]] * [[Mary's Blood]] * [[The Peggies]] * [[Violent Soho]] * [[Why Don't We]] * [[Yoshimotozaka46]] ==Deaths== ===January=== * '''1''' – [[Mighty Bomber]], 93, Trinidadian calypso singer * '''2''' ** Ana Bejerano, 60, Spanish pop singer ([[Mocedades]]) ** [[Kenny J]], 69, Trinidadian calypso and soca singer ** [[Traxamillion]], 42, American hip hop producer ** Jay Weaver, 42, American Christian rock bassist ([[Big Daddy Weave]]) * '''3''' – Lewis Jordan, 74, American pop guitarist and singer ([[The Jordan Brothers]]) * '''4''' ** Jessie Daniels, 58, American R&B singer ([[Force MDs]]) ** Andrzej Nowak, 63, Polish heavy metal guitarist ([[TSA (band)|TSA]]) * '''5''' ** [[Dale Clevenger]], 81, American classical French hornist ** [[Neil Nongkynrih]], 51, Indian classical pianist * '''6''' ** [[Carlo Meliciani]], 92, Italian opera singer ** [[Calvin Simon]], 79, American funk singer ([[Parliament-Funkadelic]]) ** [[Yoram Taharlev]], 83, Israeli pop lyricist * '''7''' ** [[Harpdog Brown]], 59, Canadian blues singer and harmonica player ** Koady Chaisson, 37, Canadian folk banjoist ([[The East Pointers]]) ** [[Bobby Harrison]], 82, British psychedelic rock drummer and singer ([[Procol Harum]], [[Freedom (band)|Freedom]], [[Snafu (band)|Snafu]]) ** Marc Dé Hugar, 52, Australian glam metal guitarist ([[Candy Harlots]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.loudmag.com.au/news/r-p-marc-lee-de-hugar/|title=R.I.P. Marc Lee Dé Hugar | News|date=January 8, 2022|website=Loud}}</ref> ** [[R. Dean Taylor]], 82, Canadian pop singer-songwriter * '''8''' ** [[Alan and Marilyn Bergman|Marilyn Bergman]], 93, American pop lyricist ** [[Ramdas Kamat]], 90, Indian Marathi theatre singer ** [[Michael Lang (producer)|Michael Lang]], 77, American tour promoter and producer * '''9''' ** [[Maria Ewing]], 71, American opera singer ** [[James Mtume]], 76, American jazz and R&B multi-instrumentalist ([[Mtume]]) ** [[Desmond de Silva]], 78, Sri Lankan pop and baila singer * '''10''' ** [[Gerry Granahan]], 89, American rock and roll and pop singer-songwriter ** [[Francis Jackson (composer)|Francis Jackson]], 104, British classical organist and composer ** [[Khan Jamal]], 75, American jazz vibraphonist ** [[Burke Shelley]], 71, British heavy metal singer and bassist ([[Budgie (band)|Budgie]]) * '''11''' ** Bruce Anderson, 72, American experimental rock guitarist ([[MX-80]]) ** Martin Carrizo, 50, Argentine rock and heavy metal drummer ([[A.N.I.M.A.L.]], [[Indio Solari]]) ** Rosa Lee Hawkins, 76, American pop and R&B singer ([[The Dixie Cups]]) ** [[Jordi Sabatés]], 73, Spanish sunshine pop and classical pianist ([[Pic-Nic]]) * '''12''' ** [[Everett Lee]], 105, American classical violinist and conductor ** [[Waiphot Phetsuphan]], 79, Thai Luk Thung singer ** [[Ronnie Spector]], 78, American R&B and pop singer ([[The Ronettes]]) * '''13''' ** [[CPO Boss Hogg]], 52, American rapper ** Fred Parris, 85, American doo-wop singer and songwriter ([[The Five Satins]]) ** [[Sonny Turner]], 82, American R&B singer ([[The Platters]]) ** [[Fred Van Hove]], 84, Belgian free jazz pianist * '''14''' ** [[Dallas Frazier]], 82, American country singer-songwriter ** Greg Webster, 84, American funk drummer ([[Ohio Players]]) * '''15''' ** [[Ralph Emery]], 88, American radio disc jockey ** [[Jon Lind]], 73, American folk rock and pop singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Howdy Moon]]) ** Rachel Nagy, 48, American blues rock singer ([[The Detroit Cobras]]) ** [[Beverly Ross]], 87, American pop singer-songwriter ([[Ronald & Ruby]]) * '''16''' – [[Carmela Corren]], 83, Israeli-Austrian pop singer * '''17''' – [[Armando Gama]], 67, Portuguese pop singer * '''18''' ** [[Dick Halligan]], 78, American jazz rock multi-instrumentalist ([[Blood, Sweat & Tears]]) and film composer ** [[Freddie Hughes]], 78, American gospel and soul singer ** [[Tito Matos]], 53, American bomba percussionist ([[Viento de Agua]]) * '''19''' – [[Badal Roy]], 82, Indian-American jazz fusion tabla player * '''20''' ** [[Meat Loaf]], 74, American rock singer ** Tom Smith, 65, American experimental rock multi-instrumentalist ([[To Live and Shave in L.A.]], [[Peach of Immortality (band)|Peach of Immortality]]) ** [[Elza Soares]], 91, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer ** [[Karolos Trikolidis]], 74, Austrian classical conductor * '''21''' – [[Terry Tolkin]], 62, American music journalist and music executive ([[Elektra Records]]), coined the term "[[alternative rock|alternative music]]" * '''22''' ** [[Kirti Shiledar]], 69, Indian classical singer ** Don Wilson, 88, American surf rock guitarist ([[The Ventures]]) * '''23''' – [[Beegie Adair]], 84, American jazz pianist * '''24''' ** [[Osvaldo Peredo (musician)|Osvaldo Peredo]], 91, Argentine tango singer ** Boris Pfeiffer, 53, German folk metal multi-instrumentalist ([[In Extremo]]) * '''25''' ** [[Hardev Dilgir]], 82, Indian folk lyricist ** [[Andy Ross (music executive)|Andy Ross]], 66, British punk rock singer and guitarist ([[Disco Zombies]]) and music executive ([[Food Records]]) ** [[Pat King]], 77–78, Scottish progressive rock bassist ([[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manfredmann.co.uk/index.php|title=Manfred Mann's Earth Band|website=Manfred Mann's Earth Band}}</ref> * '''26''' – [[Janet Mead]], 84, Australian Christian music singer * '''27''' ** [[Alain Bancquart]], 87, French classical composer ** [[Diego Verdaguer]], 70, Argentine-Mexican pop singer * '''29''' – [[Sam Lay]], 86, American blues drummer ([[Paul Butterfield|The Paul Butterfield Blues Band]]) * '''30''' ** [[Jon Appleton]], 83, American electronic composer, co-inventor of the [[Synclavier]] ** [[Philip Paul (drummer)|Philip Paul]], 96, American jazz, blues, and R&B drummer ** [[Hargus "Pig" Robbins]], 84, American country and rock pianist ** [[Norma Waterson]], 82, British folk singer ([[The Watersons]]) * '''31''' ** [[Alejandro Alonso (musician)|Alejandro Alonso]], 69, Mexican Christian rock guitarist ** [[Jimmy Johnson (blues guitarist)|Jimmy Johnson]], 93, American blues guitarist ** Trey Johnson, 53, American rock singer and guitarist ([[Sorta (band)|Sorta]]) ===February=== * '''1''' ** Hiroshima, Japanese hardcore punk drummer ([[GISM]]) ** [[Glenn Wheatley]], 74, Australian rock bassist ([[The Masters Apprentices]]) ** [[Leslie Parnas]], 90, American classical cellist ** [[Jon Zazula]], 59, American record executive ([[Megaforce Records]]) * '''2''' ** Endo Anaconda, 66, Swiss pop singer-songwriter ([[Stiller Has]]) ** [[Joe Diorio]], 85, American jazz guitarist ** Willie Leacox, 74, American folk rock drummer ([[America (band)|America]]) * '''3''' – [[Donny Gerrard]], 75, Canadian pop rock singer ([[Skylark (Canadian band)|Skylark]]) * '''4''' ** [[Kerry Chater]], 76, Canadian rock bassist and songwriter ([[Gary Puckett & The Union Gap]]) ** [[Gianluca Floris]], 57, Italian opera singer * '''5''' ** [[Rubén Fuentes]], 95, Mexican classical and mariachi violinist ** [[Damodar Hota]], 86, Indian classical singer * '''6''' ** [[George Crumb]], 92, American classical composer ** [[Syl Johnson]], 85, American blues guitarist ** [[Lata Mangeshkar]], 92, Indian playback singer * '''7''' – [[Zbigniew Namysłowski]], 82, Polish jazz multi-instrumentalist * '''8''' – Bruce Greig, 54, American death metal guitarist ([[Misery Index (band)|Misery Index]], [[Dying Fetus]]) * '''9''' ** [[Betty Davis]], 77, American funk singer ** [[Ian McDonald (musician)|Ian McDonald]], 75, British progressive rock multi-instrumentalist ([[King Crimson]], [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]) ** [[Nora Nova]], 93, Bulgarian pop singer * '''10''' ** [[Walter Barylli]], 100, Austrian classical violinist ** [[Brian Dunning (flautist)|Brian Dunning]], 71, Irish classical and Celtic flautist ([[Nightnoise]]) ** Roman Kostrzewski, 61, Polish thrash metal singer ([[Kat (band)|Kat]]) ** Owen Moran, 62, British new wave bassist ([[Cook da Books]]) ** Steve Salas, 70, American Latin musician ([[El Chicano]], [[Tierra (group)|Tierra]]) * '''11''' – [[Mike Rabon]], 78, American rock singer and guitarist ([[The Five Americans]]) * '''12''' ** Miguel Vicens Danus, 78, Spanish pop-rock bassist ([[Los Bravos]]) ** [[Howard Grimes]], 80, American soul drummer ([[Hi Rhythm Section]]) ** [[Bob DeMeo]], 66, American jazz drummer * '''13''' – [[King Louie Bankston]], 49, American power pop and garage rock singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[The Exploding Hearts]]) * '''14''' ** [[Ralf Bursy]], 66, German pop singer ** [[Sandy Nelson]], 83, American rock and roll drummer ** Roger Segal, 49, American punk rock bassist ([[Trashlight Vision]]) * '''15''' ** [[Bappi Lahiri]], 69, Indian disco singer and composer ** [[Sandhya Mukherjee]], 90, Indian playback singer ** [[Vivi l'internationale]], 75, Beninese pop singer * '''16''' – [[Ramón Stagnaro]], 67, Peruvian folk guitarist * '''17''' ** Dallas Good, 48, Canadian rock singer and guitarist ([[The Sadies]]) ** David Tyson, 62, American R&B singer ([[The Manhattans]]) * '''18''' ** Christopher Scicluna, 62, Maltese pop singer-songwriter ([[Chris and Moira]]) ** Scotty Wray, 64, American country guitarist ([[The Wrays]]) * '''19''' ** [[Gary Brooker]], 76, British progressive rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist ([[Procol Harum]], [[The Paramounts]], [[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]]) ** [[Nightbirde]], 31, American pop singer * '''20''' ** [[Sami Clark]], 73, Lebanese pop singer ** [[Jamal Edwards]], 31, British music entrepreneur and DJ ** [[Sam Henry (musician)|Sam Henry]], 65, American punk drummer ([[Wipers (band)|Wipers]], [[The Rats (American band)|The Rats]], [[Napalm Beach]]) ** [[Joni James]], 91, American pop singer ** [[Nils Lindberg]], 88, Swedish classical composer and pianist ** [[Teruhiko Saigō]], 75, Japanese pop singer ** Setha Sirichaya, 77, Thai rock singer ([[The Impossibles (Thai band)|The Impossibles]]) ** [[Martin Yeritsyan]], 90, Armenian classical violinist * '''21''' – [[Bernardas Vasiliauskas]], 83, Lithuanian classical organist * '''22''' ** [[Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay]], 92, Turkish jazz trumpeter ([[Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band]]) ** [[Mark Lanegan]], 57, American alternative rock singer-songwriter ([[Screaming Trees]], [[The Gutter Twins]], [[Queens of the Stone Age]]) ** [[Josephine Veasey]], 91, British opera singer * '''23''' ** [[Carlos Barbosa-Lima]], 77, Brazilian jazz and classical guitarist ** [[Jayananda Lama]], 65, Nepali folk singer ** [[Jaakko Kuusisto]], 48, Finnish classical violinist ** [[Riky Rick]], 34, South African rapper ** [[Antonietta Stella]], 92, Italian opera singer * '''24''' – Don Craine, 76, British R&B singer and guitarist ([[Downliners Sect]]) * '''25''' ** [[Alibaba Mammadov]], 93, Azerbaijani mugham singer ** [[MC Skibadee]], 46, British rapper ** Nicky Tesco, 66, British punk rock singer ([[The Members]]) * '''26''' – [[Snootie Wild]], 36, American rapper ===March=== * '''1''' ** [[Warner Mack]], 86, American country singer-songwriter ** Richard Pratt, 69, American R&B singer ([[Blue Magic (band)|Blue Magic]]) * '''2''' – Chuck Criss, 36, American indie folk multi-instrumentalist ([[Freelance Whales]]) * '''3''' – [[Denroy Morgan]], Jamaican-American reggae singer * '''4''' – [[Jimbeau Hinson]], 70, American country singer-songwriter * '''5''' ** [[Patricio Renán]], 77, Chilean pop rock singer ** [[Jeff Howell (musician)|Jeff Howell]], 60, American rock bassist ([[Foghat]], [[Outlaws (band)|Outlaws]], [[Savoy Brown]]) ** [[Lil Bo Weep]], 22, American and australian rapper * '''6''' ** Mike Cross, 57, American alternative rock guitarist ([[Sponge (band)|Sponge]]) ** [[Pau Riba i Romeva]], 73, Spanish folk rock guitarist * '''8''' ** John Dean, 80, American blue-eyed soul singer ([[The Reflections (Detroit band)|The Reflections]]) ** [[Grandpa Elliott]], 77, American soul and blues singer and harmonica player ** Ziggy Sigmund, Canadian punk and alternative rock guitarist ([[Slow (band)|Slow]], [[Econoline Crush]]) ** [[Isao Suzuki]], 89, Japanese jazz bassist * '''9''' – [[Richard Podolor]], 86, American rock and roll guitarist ([[The Pets (1950s band)|The Pets]]) and record producer * '''10''' ** [[Bobbie Nelson]], 91, American country pianist ([[Family (Willie Nelson's band)|The Family]]) ** Gennadiy Pavlik, 52, Ukrainian classical and traditional folk singer ([[Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir]]) ** [[Jessica Williams (musician)|Jessica Williams]], 73, American jazz pianist * '''11''' ** [[Guayo Cedeño]], 48, Honduran rock singer ** [[Brad Martin]], 48, American country singer ** [[Timmy Thomas]], 77, American soul singer * '''12''' ** Barry Bailey, 73, American rock guitarist ([[Atlanta Rhythm Section]]) ** [[Traci Braxton]], 50, American R&B singer ([[The Braxtons]]) ** [[Kandikonda]], 48, Indian film lyricist ** [[Pete St. John]], 90, Irish folk singer-songwriter * '''13''' ** [[Li Guangxi]], 92, Chinese opera singer ** [[Mary Lee (singer)|Mary Lee]], 100, Scottish jazz singer * '''14''' – [[Eric Mercury]], 77, Canadian R&B singer * '''15''' ** [[Dennis González]], 67, American free jazz trumpeter ** [[Barbara Maier Gustern]], 82, American vocal coach and musical theater singer * '''16''' ** [[Barbara Morrison]], 72, American jazz singer ** [[Bobby Weinstein]], 92, American pop songwriter * '''18''' – [[Bernabé Martí]], 93, Spanish opera singer * '''19''' – [[Michail Jurowski]], 76, Russian classical conductor * '''21''' – [[LaShun Pace]], 60, American gospel singer * '''22''' ** [[Eva Castillo]], 52, Filipino pop singer ** [[Pierre Papadiamandis]], 85, French pop pianist and singer * '''23''' – [[Zinaida Ignatyeva]], 84, Russian classical pianist * '''24''' ** [[Randy Cornor]], 67, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist ** [[John McLeod (composer)|John McLeod]], 88, Scottish classical composer * '''25''' ** [[Taylor Hawkins]], 50, American alternative rock drummer ([[Foo Fighters]], [[Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders]]) ** [[Bobby Hendricks]], 84, American R&B singer ([[The Drifters]]) ** [[Philip Jeck]], 69, British avant garde and electronic composer and turntablist ** [[Keith Martin (musician)|Keith Martin]], 55, American R&B singer * '''26''' ** [[Jeff Carson]], 58, American country singer ** [[Bang Jun-seok]], 51, South Korean film composer ** [[Tina May]], 60, British jazz singer ** Keaton Pierce, 31, American post-hardcore singer ([[Too Close to Touch]]) * '''28''' – [[Mira Calix]], South African electronic composer * '''29''' ** [[Irini Konitopoulou-Legaki]], 90, Greek folk singer ** [[Jun Lopito]], 64, Filipino rock guitarist ** Donald "Tabby" Shaw, 66, Jamaican reggae singer ([[Mighty Diamonds]]) * '''30''' ** Francisco González, 68, American Chicano rock mandolinist and harpist ([[Los Lobos]]) ** [[Tom Parker (singer)|Tom Parker]], 33, British pop singer ([[The Wanted]]) ** [[Nathaniel Ian Wynter]], 66, Jamaican reggae keyboardist ([[Bob Marley and the Wailers]]) * '''31''' – Fred Johnson, 80, American doo-wop singer ([[The Marcels]]) ===April=== * '''1''' ** [[C. W. McCall]], 93, American country singer ** Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson, 70, Jamaican reggae singer ([[Mighty Diamonds]]) ** [[Roland White]], 83, American bluegrass mandolinist ([[Kentucky Colonels (band)|Kentucky Colonels]], [[Nashville Bluegrass Band]], [[Country Gazette (band)|Country Gazette]]) * '''4''' – [[Joe Messina]], 93, American R&B guitarist * '''5''' ** [[Bobby Rydell]], 79, American rock and roll singer ** [[Paul Siebel]], 84, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist * '''6''' ** [[Helen Golden (singer)|Helen Golden]], 81, Dutch pop singer ** [[Wen Hsia]], 93, Taiwanese pop singer * '''7''' – [[Birgit Nordin]], 88, Swedish opera singer * '''8''' ** Wade Buff, 87, American pop singer ([[The Dream Weavers]]) ** Con Cluskey, Irish pop musician ([[The Bachelors]]) ** [[Nagai Sriram]], 41, Indian Carnatic violinist * '''9''' ** [[Chris Bailey (musician, born 1956)|Chris Bailey]], 65, Kenyan-born Australian punk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[The Saints (Australian band)|The Saints]]) ** John Rossi, American blues rock drummer ([[Roomful of Blues]]) * '''10''' – Mario Martínez, Spanish new wave guitarist ([[La Unión (band)|La Unión]]) * '''12''' ** David Freel, 64, American indie rock singer and guitarist ([[Swell (band)|Swell]]) ** Charles E. McCormick, 75, American R&B singer ([[Bloodstone (band)|Bloodstone]]) * '''13''' ** [[Archie Eversole]], 37, German-born American rapper ** Tim Feerick, American post-hardcore bassist ([[Dance Gavin Dance]]) ** [[Gloria Parker]], 100, American jazz marimba and glass harp player * '''14''' ** [[Orlando Julius]], 79, Nigerian afrobeat saxophonist ** [[Trygve Thue]], 71, Norwegian rock guitarist * '''16''' – [[Bill Bourne]], 68, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter ([[Tri-Continental]]) * '''17''' ** Roderick Clark, 49, American R&B singer ([[Hi-Five]]) ** [[Prafulla Kar]], 83, Indian playback singer ** [[DJ Kay Slay]], 55, American hip hop disc jockey ** [[Radu Lupu]], 76, Romanian classical pianist ** [[Hollis Resnik]], 67, American musical theater singer and actress * '''18''' ** [[Nicholas Angelich]], 51, American classical pianist ** [[Harrison Birtwistle]], 87, British classical composer ** José Luis Cortés, 70, Cuban timba flutist ([[NG La Banda]]) ** [[Jerry Doucette]], 70, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist ** [[Andrzej Korzyński]], 82, Polish classical composer ** [[Janez Matičič]], 95, Slovenian classical composer * '''20''' – [[Guitar Shorty]], 89, American blues guitarist * '''22''' – [[Jan Rot]], 64, Dutch pop singer-songwriter * '''23''' – [[Arno (singer)|Arno]], 72, Belgian rock singer ([[TC Matic]]) * '''24''' ** [[Willi Resetarits]], 73, Austrian cabaret singer ** [[Andrew Woolfolk]], 71, American R&B saxophonist ([[Earth, Wind & Fire]]) * '''25''' ** [[Susan Jacks]], 73, Canadian pop singer-songwriter ([[The Poppy Family]]) and record producer ** [[Henny Vrienten]], 73, Dutch ska singer-songwriter and bassist ([[Doe Maar]]) ** [[Shane Yellowbird]], 42, Canadian country singer * '''26''' ** [[Julie Daraîche]], 83, Canadian country singer ** Randy Rand, American hard rock bassist ([[Autograph (American band)|Autograph]]) ** [[Klaus Schulze]], 74, German electronic keyboardist and synthesizer player ([[Tangerine Dream]], [[Ash Ra Tempel]]) * '''27''' ** [[Judy Henske]], 85, American folk singer-songwriter ** [[Walter Rossi (musician)|Walter Rossi]], 74, Italian-Canadian rock singer and guitarist ([[Influence (band)|Influence]], [[Luke & The Apostles]]) * '''29''' ** [[Allen Blairman]], 81, American jazz drummer ** [[Roberto Lecaros]], 77, Brazilian jazz multi-instrumentalist ** [[Tarsame Singh Saini]], 54, British Asian fusion singer * '''30''' ** [[Ray Fenwick]], 75, British rock guitarist ([[The Syndicats]], [[The Spencer Davis Group]], [[Ian Gillan Band]]) ** [[Naomi Judd]], 76, American country singer ([[The Judds]]) ** [[Max Riebl]], 30, Australian opera singer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andriani |first=Ria |date=2022-05-03 |title=Vale Australian Countertenor Max Riebl who has died at the age of 30 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/news/vale-australian-countertenor-max-riebl/13864616 |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=ABC Classic |language=en}}</ref> ** [[Gabe Serbian]], American hardcore punk guitarist and drummer ([[The Locust]], [[Dead Cross]]) ===May=== * '''1''' ** [[Ric Parnell]], 70, British hard rock drummer ([[Atomic Rooster]], [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]]) ** [[Régine Zylberberg]], 92, Belgian torch singer * '''2''' – [[María José Cantilo]], 68, Argentine folk singer-songwriter * '''4''' ** [[Richard Connolly (composer)|Richard Connolly]], 94, Australian television and liturgical composer ** [[Albin Julius]], 54, Austrian martial industrial multi-instrumentalist ([[Der Blutharsch]], [[The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud]]) ** [[Howie Pyro]], 61, American punk rock bassist ([[D Generation]], [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]]) * '''6''' – [[Jewell (singer)|Jewell]], 53, American R&B singer * '''7''' – [[Mickey Gilley]], 86, American country singer-songwriter * '''9''' – [[Minoru Nojima]], 76, Japanese classical pianist * '''10''' ** [[Richard Benson (musician)|Richard Benson]], 41, British progressive rock guitarist and singer-songwriter ** [[Doug Caldwell]], 94, New Zealand jazz pianist ** [[Kjell Lönnå]], 85, Swedish classical composer and choir leader ** [[Shivkumar Sharma]], 84, Indian classical santoor player ([[Shiv–Hari]]) * '''11''' ** [[William Bennett (flautist)|William Bennett]], 86, British classical flautist ** Trevor Strnad, 41, American melodic death metal singer ([[The Black Dahlia Murder (band)|The Black Dahlia Murder]]) ** [[Alexander Toradze]], 69, Georgian-born American classical pianist * '''12''' ** Andrei Alpatov, 55, Russian hard rock drummer ([[Trek (band)|Trek]]) ** [[Djalu Gurruwiwi]], 86, Aboriginal Australian traditional yiḏaki player ** Ben Moore, 80, American soul and gospel singer ([[James & Bobby Purify]], [[The Blind Boys of Alabama]]) * '''13''' ** [[Teresa Berganza]], 89, Spanish opera singer ** [[Lil Keed]], 24, American rapper ** [[Rosmarie Trapp]], 93, Austrian-born American choral singer ([[Trapp Family]]) * '''14''' – [[Robert Cogoi]], 82, Belgian pop singer * '''15''' ** [[Deborah Fraser (singer)|Deborah Fraser]], 56, South African gospel singer ** [[Ricky Gardiner]], 73, Scottish rock guitarist ([[Beggars Opera (band)|Beggars Opera]]) * '''17''' ** [[Rick Price (bassist)|Rick Price]], 77, British rock bassist ([[The Move]], [[Wizzard]]) ** [[Vangelis]], 79, Greek progressive rock and ambient keyboardist ([[Aphrodite's Child]]) and film composer * '''18''' ** [[Cathal Coughlan (musician)|Cathal Coughlan]], 61, Irish indie rock singer-songwriter ([[Microdisney]], [[The Fatima Mansions]]) ** [[Bob Neuwirth]], 82, American singer-songwriter * '''19''' – [[Bernard Wright]], 58, American jazz and funk singer and keyboardist * '''21''' – [[Yam Bing-yee]], 90, Chinese opera singer * '''23''' – [[Thom Bresh]], 74, American country singer * '''25''' – [[Jean-Louis Chautemps]], 90, French jazz saxophonist * '''26''' ** [[Andy Fletcher (musician)|Andy Fletcher]], 60, British new wave and alternative rock keyboardist ([[Depeche Mode]]) ** [[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]], 72, British progressive rock drummer ([[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Plastic Ono Band]]) * '''29''' ** Steve Broughton, 72, British psychedelic rock drummer ([[Edgar Broughton Band]]) ** [[Ronnie Hawkins]], 87, American-Canadian rock and roll singer ** [[Sidhu Moose Wala]], 28, Indian rapper and singer * '''30''' – [[Paul Vance]], 92, American pop songwriter * '''31''' ** [[KK (singer)|KK]], 53, Indian playback singer ** [[Ingram Marshall]], 80, American classical composer ** [[Kelly Joe Phelps]], 62, American blues singer-songwriter and slide guitarist ** [[Dave Smith (engineer)|Dave Smith]], American sound engineer, founder of [[Sequential (company)|Sequential]], and co-creator of the [[Prophet-5]] ===June=== * '''1''' – Deborah McCrary, 67, American gospel singer ([[The McCrary Sisters]]) * '''2''' ** [[Hal Bynum]], 87, American country songwriter ** [[Gracia Montes]], 86, Spanish cobla singer ** [[Bhajan Sopori]], Indian classical santoor player * '''3''' ** [[El Noba]], 25, Argentine cumbia singer ** [[Grachan Moncur III]], 85, American jazz trombonist * '''4''' ** Alec John Such, 70, American hard rock bassist ([[Bon Jovi]]) ** [[Trouble (rapper)|Trouble]], 34, American rapper * '''6''' – Jim Seals, 79, American soft rock singer-songwriter ([[Seals and Crofts]]) * '''9''' ** [[Commander Tom]], 59, German house and trance disc jockey ** [[Julee Cruise]], 65, American dream pop singer-songwriter * '''11''' – [[Amb Osayomore Joseph]], 69, Nigerian highlife singer-songwriter * '''12''' ** [[Gabe Baltazar]], 92, American jazz saxophonist ** [[Roman Bunka]], 70, German jazz fusion guitarist and oud player * '''14''' – [[Joel Whitburn]], 82, American ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts historian * '''16''' ** [[Big Rude Jake]], 57, Canadian neo-swing singer-songwriter and bandleader ** [[Ivonne Haza]], 83, Dominican opera singer ** [[Rino Vernizzi]], 75, Italian jazz and classical bassoonist * '''18''' – [[Adibah Noor]], 51, Malaysian pop singer * '''19''' ** [[Jim Schwall]], 79, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Siegel–Schwall Band]]) ** [[Brett Tuggle]], American rock keyboardist ([[Fleetwood Mac]], [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]]) * '''20''' – [[Dennis Cahill (musician)|Dennis Cahill]], 68, American Irish folk guitarist ([[The Gloaming]]) * '''21''' – Lewis Elliott, 84, American bassist ([[J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers]]) * '''22''' – [[Patrick Adams (musician)|Patrick Adams]], 72, American disco arranger and producer ([[The Universal Robot Band]], [[Musique (disco band)|Musique]]) * '''23''' ** [[Massimo Morante]], 70, Italian progressive rock guitarist ([[Goblin (band)|Goblin]]) ** [[Yuri Shatunov]], 48, Russian pop rock singer ([[Laskovyi Mai]]) ** [[Leluț Vasilescu]], 66, Romanian rock drummer ===July=== * '''1''' – [[Irene Fargo]], 59, Italian pop and theater singer * '''2''' – Tristan Goodall, 48, Australian blues guitarist ([[The Audreys]]) * '''3''' ** [[Miu Chu]], 40, Taiwanese pop singer ** Antonio Cripezzi, 76, Italian pop singer and keyboardist ([[I Camaleonti]]) * '''4''' – [[Alan Blaikley]], 82, British pop songwriter * '''5''' – [[Manny Charlton]], 80, Scottish hard rock guitarist ([[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]]) * '''7''' – [[Adam Wade (singer)|Adam Wade]], 87, American pop singer * '''8''' – [[Alam Khan (composer)|Alam Khan]], 78, Bangladeshi film composer * '''9''' – [[Barbara Thompson (musician)|Barbara Thompson]], 77, British jazz saxophonist ([[Colosseum (band)|Colosseum]], [[United Jazz + Rock Ensemble]]) * '''10''' ** [[Andrew Ball (pianist)|Andrew Ball]], 72, British classical pianist ** [[Chantal Gallia]], 65, Algerian-born French pop singer and humorist * '''11''' – [[Monty Norman]], 92, British film composer * '''12''' ** [[Bramwell Tovey]], 69, British classical conductor and composer ** [[Jan Wijn]], 88, Dutch classical pianist * '''13''' ** [[A. B. Crentsil]], 72, Ghanaian highlife guitarist ** [[Rubina Qureshi]], 81, Pakistani classical singer * '''14''' – William Hart, 77, American R&B singer ([[The Delfonics]]) * '''15''' – [[Paul Ryder]], 58, English alternative dance bassist ([[Happy Mondays]]) * '''16''' – [[Idris Phillips]], 64, American jazz and folk pianist and guitarist * '''17''' – [[César Pedroso]], 75, Cuban songo and timba pianist ([[Los Van Van]], [[Pupy y Los que Son, Son]]) * '''18''' ** [[Vincent DeRosa]], 101, American classical French hornist ** [[Povl Dissing]], 84, Danish pop singer and guitarist ** [[Bhupinder Singh (musician)|Bhupinder Singh]], 82, Indian ghazal and playback singer * '''19''' ** [[Michael Henderson]], 71, American jazz fusion bassist and R&B singer ** [[Q Lazzarus]], 59, American new wave singer ** [[Richard Seal]], 86, British classical organist and conductor * '''20''' ** [[Alice Harnoncourt]], 91, Austrian classical violinist ** Richard Harvey, Australian rock drummer ([[Divinyls]], [[The Party Boys]], [[Joe Walsh]]) ** Frederick Waite Jr., 55, English reggae drummer ([[Musical Youth]]) * '''22''' ** [[Núria Feliu]], 80, Spanish jazz and folk singer ** [[Kenichi Ōkuma]], 56, Japanese video game music composer * '''23''' ** [[Mike Pela]], 72, British record producer and mixing engineer ** [[Zayar Thaw]], 41, Burmese rapper ([[Acid (hip hop group)|Acid]]) * '''24''' ** Vittorio De Scalzi, 72, Italian progressive rock singer and guitarist ([[New Trolls]]) ** Bob Heathcote, 58, American crossover thrash bassist ([[Suicidal Tendencies]]) * '''25''' ** [[Martin How]], 90, British classical organist and composer ** [[Sandy Roberton]], British record producer * '''26''' – [[Darío Gómez]], 71, Colombian pop and ranchera singer * '''27''' ** [[JayDaYoungan]], 24, American rapper ** [[Mick Moloney]], 77, Irish-American folk singer and folklorist ** [[Tom Springfield]], 88, British folk pop singer-songwriter ([[The Springfields]]) * '''28''' – [[Bernard Cribbins]], 93, English pop singer and actor * '''29''' – Jim Sohns, 75, American rock singer ([[The Shadows of Knight]]) * '''30''' ** [[Archie Roach]], 66, Australian folk singer-songwriter ** Raymond Raposa, American psychedelic folk singer-songwriter ([[Castanets (band)|Castanets]]) * '''31''' ** [[Nirmala Mishra]], 83, Indian playback singer ** [[Mo Ostin]], 95, American record executive ===August=== * '''1''' – [[Rosa de Castilla]], 90, Mexican ranchera singer * '''3''' – [[Nicky Moore]], 75, British heavy metal singer ([[Samson (band)|Samson]]) * '''4''' ** [[Sam Gooden]], 87, American soul singer ([[The Impressions]]) ** Ray Major, 73, British rock guitarist (Mott, [[British Lions (band)|British Lions]], [[The Yardbirds]]) * '''5''' ** [[Judith Durham]], 79, Australian pop-folk singer ([[The Seekers]]) ** [[Michael Lang (musician)|Michael Lang]], 80, American jazz and classical pianist * '''6''' ** [[Daniel Lévi]], 60, French pop singer-songwriter ** [[David Muse]], 73, American country rock flautist, keyboardist and saxophonist ([[Firefall]], [[The Marshall Tucker Band]]) ** [[Torgny Söderberg]], 77, Swedish schlanger songwriter * '''7''' ** [[Ernesto Cavour]], 82, Bolivian folk singer ([[Los Jairas]]) ** [[Gord Lewis]], 65, Canadian punk rock guitarist ([[Teenage Head (band)|Teenage Head]]) * '''8''' ** [[Lamont Dozier]], 81, American songwriter and record producer ([[Holland–Dozier–Holland]]) and singer ** [[Darryl Hunt (musician)|Darryl Hunt]], 72, English folk punk bassist ([[The Pogues]]) ** [[Olivia Newton-John]], 73, Australian pop and country singer-songwriter * '''9''' – [[Jussi Hakulinen]], 57, Finnish pop rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist ([[Yö]]) * '''10''' – [[Abdul Wadud (musician)|Abdul Wadud]], 75, American jazz and classical cellist * '''11''' ** [[Darius Campbell Danesh]], 41, Scottish pop singer ** [[Mohamed Huzam]], 52, Maldivian playback singer ** [[Bill Pitman]], 102, American jazz, pop, and rock guitarist ([[The Wrecking Crew (music)|The Wrecking Crew]]) ** [[Shimoga Subbanna]], 83, Indian playback singer * '''12''' – [[Ebrahim Ghanbari Mehr]], 94, Iranian musical instrument maker * '''14''' – [[Svika Pick]], 72, Israeli songwriter * '''15''' ** [[Steve Grimmett]], 62, English heavy metal singer ([[Grim Reaper (band)|Grim Reaper]], [[Onslaught (band)|Onslaught]], [[Lionsheart]]). ** Hans Magnusson, 73, Swedish dansband saxophonist ([[Thorleifs]]) ** Tokollo Tshabalala, 45, South African kwaito singer-songwriter ([[TKZee]]) * '''16''' ** [[Kal David]], 79, American blues singer and guitarist ** [[Matti Lehtinen]], 100, Finnish opera singer * '''18''' – [[Rolf Kühn]], 92, German jazz clarinetist and saxophonist * '''19''' – [[Ted Kirkpatrick]], 62, American Christian thrash metal drummer and songwriter ([[Tourniquet (band)|Tourniquet]]) * '''20''' ** [[Helen Grayco]], 97, American pop singer ** [[Nayyara Noor]], 71, Pakistani playback and ghazal singer ** Paul Tesluk, 82, American rock and roll organist ([[Johnny and the Hurricanes]]) * '''21''' – [[Monnette Sudler]], 70, American jazz guitarist * '''22''' ** [[Jerry Allison]], 82, American rock and roll drummer and songwriter ([[The Crickets]]), and singer ** Stuart Anstis, 48, British extreme metal guitarist ([[Cradle of Filth]]) ** [[Jaimie Branch]], 39, American free jazz trumpeter and composer ** [[Fredy Studer]], 72, Swizz jazz fusion drummer ** Piotr Szkudelski, 66, Polish rock drummer ([[Perfect (Polish band)|Perfect]]) ** [[Margaret Urlich]], 57, New Zealand pop singer * '''23''' – [[Creed Taylor]], 93, American jazz trumpeter, record producer and music executive * '''25''' ** [[Joey DeFrancesco]], 51, American jazz organist, saxophonist and trumpeter ** [[Mable John]], 91, American R&B singer ([[The Raelettes]]) * '''26''' – [[Hana Zagorová]], 75, Czech pop singer * '''27''' ** [[Georges Al Rassi]], 42, Lebanese Khaliji singer ** [[Manolo Sanlúcar]], 78, Spanish flamenco guitarist * '''29''' ** [[Luke Bell (musician)|Luke Bell]], 32, American country singer ** [[John P. Varkey]], 52, Indian alternative rock guitarist ([[Avial (band)|Avial]]) and film composer * '''31''' – [[Mark Shreeve]], 65, British electronic composer and synthesizer player ([[Redshift (group)|Redshift]]) ===September=== * '''1''' – [[Bamba Bakya]], 49, Indian playback singer * '''2''' ** [[Jordi Cervelló]], 86, Spanish classical composer ** [[Drummie Zeb]], 62, British reggae drummer and singer ([[Aswad]]) * '''4''' ** [[Wes Freed]], 58, American artist and album cover designer ([[Drive-By Truckers]], [[Lauren Hoffman]]) ** [[Edward Hulewicz]], 84, Polish pop singer ** [[John Till]], 76, Canadian blues rock guitarist ([[Full Tilt Boogie Band]], [[The Revols]]) * '''5''' – [[Lars Vogt]], 51, German classical composer * '''7''' ** Jimbo Doares, 78, American rock and roll guitarist ([[The Swingin' Medallions]]) **Dave Sherman, 55, American doom metal bassist and singer ([[Spirit Caravan]], [[Earthride]], [[Wretched (doom metal band)|Wretched]]) * '''8''' ** [[Marciano Cantero]], 62, Argentine rock singer and bassist ([[Enanitos Verdes]]) ** [[Sonny West (musician)|Sonny West]], 85, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist * '''9''' ** [[Carol Arnauld]], 61, French pop singer ** [[Herschel Sizemore]], 87, American bluegrass mandolinist ** [[Trevor Tomkins]], 81, British jazz fusion drummer ([[Gilgamesh (band)|Gilgamesh]]) * '''10''' ** [[Paulino Bernal]], 83, American Tex-Mex accordionist ** [[Jorja Fleezanis]], 70, American classical violinist ** [[Choichi Terukina]], 90, Japanese Ryukyuan sanshin player * '''12''' ** [[Dennis East]], 73, South African hard rock singer-songwriter ([[Stingray (band)|Stingray]]) ** [[Ramsey Lewis]], 87, American jazz pianist and composer ** [[PnB Rock]], 30, American rapper * '''13''' ** [[Kornelije Kovač]], 80, Serbian progressive rock keyboardist ([[Korni Grupa]], [[Indexi]]) and classical composer ** [[Jesse Powell]], 51, American R&B singer * '''14''' ** David Andersson, 47, Swedish heavy metal guitarist ([[Soilwork]], [[The Night Flight Orchestra]]) ** [[Jim Post]], 82, American folk singer-songwriter ([[Friend & Lover]]) ** [[Paul Sartin]], 51, British folk singer and multi-instrumentalist ([[Bellowhead]], [[Faustus (band)|Faustus]], [[Belshazzar's Feast (band)|Belshazzar's Feast]]) * '''16''' – [[Marva Hicks]], 66, American soul singer * '''18''' – [[Diane Guérin]], 74, Canadian pop singer * '''21''' ** [[Ray Edenton]], 95, American country and rock guitarist ** [[Anton Fier]], 66, American alternative rock drummer ([[The Feelies]], [[The Golden Palominos]], [[The Lounge Lizards]]) * '''22''' ** [[Stu Allan]], 60, British eurodance DJ ([[Clock (dance act)|Clock]]) ** [[John Hartman]], 72, American rock drummer ([[The Doobie Brothers]]) * '''24''' ** [[Sue Mingus]], 92, American record producer ** [[Pharoah Sanders]], 81, American jazz saxophonist * '''26''' – [[Joe Bussard]], 86, American record collector * '''27''' **[[Boris Moiseev]], 68, Russian pop singer ** Christian Hummer, 32, Austrian indie rock keyboardist ([[Wanda (band)|Wanda]]) * '''28''' – [[Coolio]], 59, American rapper * '''29''' – [[Prins Póló]], 45, Icelandic indie rock singer-songwriter * '''30''' — [[Walkie T]], 27, Russian rapper ===October=== * '''1''' ** [[Stamatis Kokotas]], 88, Greek folk singer ** [[Kevin Locke (musician)|Kevin Locke]], 68, American traditional folk [[Native American flute|flautist]] ** Bin Valencia, 61, Argentine heavy metal drummer ([[Almafuerte (band)|Almafuerte]]) * '''2''' – [[Mary McCaslin]], 75, American folk singer-songwriter * '''3''' – Mon Legaspi, 54, Filipino hard rock bassist ([[Wolfgang (band)|Wolfgang]]) * '''4''' ** [[Jean Gallois (musicologist)|Jean Gallois]], 93, French musicologist and classical violinist ** [[Loretta Lynn]], 90, American country singer-songwriter * '''5''' ** [[Lenny Lipton]], 82, American folk lyricist ** [[Ann-Christine Nyström]], 76, Swedish pop singer * '''6''' ** [[Adriana Breukink]], Dutch classical recorder player and instrument maker ** [[Fred Catero]], 89, American record producer and engineer ** [[Ivy Jo Hunter]], 82, American R&B songwriter ** [[Jody Miller]], 80, American country singer ** [[Judy Tenuta]], 65, American comedy music singer-songwriter * '''7''' ** [[Ronnie Cuber]], 80, American jazz saxophonist ** [[Toshi Ichiyanagi]], 89, Japanese classical pianist ** [[Art Laboe]], 97, American radio disk jockey ** [[Jure Robežnik]], 89, Slovenian jazz pianist * '''8''' – [[Charlie Brown (DJ)|Charlie Brown]], 80, American radio disk jockey * '''9''' ** [[Andres Cuervo]], 34, Colombian pop singer-songwriter ** [[Chuck Deardorf]], 68, American jazz bassist ** [[Josep Soler i Sardà]], 87, Spanish classical and opera composer * '''10''' ** [[Anita Kerr]], 94, American country and pop singer and arranger ** [[Leon Schidlowsky]], 91, Chilean-Israeli classical composer * '''11''' ** [[Angela Lansbury]], 96, British-American theater singer and actress ** [[Willie Spence]], 23, American R&B singer * '''12''' ** Monsta O, 56, American rapper ([[Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.]]) ** [[Yurii Kerpatenko]], 46, Ukrainian conductor, orchestrator and accordionist * '''13''' ** [[Fuzzy (composer)|Fuzzy]], 83, Danish multi-genre composer ** [[Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta]], 78, Congolese rumba saxophonist ** [[Susanna Mildonian]], 82, Italian-born Belgian classical harpist ** Christina Moser, 70, Swiss new wave singer-songwriter ([[Krisma]]) ** Steve Roberts, 68, British punk drummer ([[U.K. Subs]]) ** [[Mike Schank]], 56, American film composer and guitarist ** [[Joyce Sims]], 63, American R&B-dance singer-songwriter * '''14''' – [[Mariana Nicolesco]], 73, Romanian opera singer * '''15''' ** Noel Duggan, 73, Irish folk singer and guitarist ([[Clannad]], [[The Duggans]]) ** [[Mikaben]], 41, Haitian compas and dancehall singer-songwriter ** [[Marty Sammon]], 45, American blues and ragtime keyboardist * '''17''' – [[Michael Ponti]], 84, German classical pianist * '''18''' ** Franco Gatti, 80, Italian pop singer ([[Ricchi e Poveri]]) ** [[Robert Gordon (musician)|Robert Gordon]], 75, American rockabilly singer * '''19''' ** Geoff Nuttall, 56, Canadian chamber music violinist ([[St. Lawrence String Quartet]]) ** [[Joanna Simon (mezzo-soprano)|Joanna Simon]], 84, American opera singer * '''20''' ** [[Atarah Ben-Tovim]], 82, British classical flautist ** [[Bettye Crutcher]], 83, American R&B singer ** [[Lucy Simon]], 82, American composer and folk singer ([[The Simon Sisters]]) ** [[Tsin Ting]], 88, Taiwanese film singer * '''21''' – [[Robert Gordy]], 91, American music publishing executive and recording artist * '''22''' – Luiz Galvão, 87, Brazilian psychedelic rock and MPB songwriter ([[Novos Baianos]]) * '''23''' ** [[Don Edwards (cowboy singer)|Don Edwards]], 86, American Western singer ** [[Libor Pešek]], 89, Czech classical conductor ** [[Galina Pisarenko]], 88, Russian opera singer * '''24''' ** [[Christine Farnon]], 97, American music executive ** Gregg Philbin, American rock bassist ([[REO Speedwagon]]) * '''25''' ** [[Branislav Hronec]], 81, Slovak classical pianist and conductor ** Paul Stoddard, American metalcore singer ([[Diecast (band)|Diecast]]) * '''26''' ** [[Lia Origoni]], 103, Italian opera and musical theater singer ** [[Agustín Ramírez (singer)|Agustín Ramírez]], 70, Mexican Grupera singer-songwriter ([[Los Caminantes]]) * '''27''' – [[Geraldine Hunt]], 77, American R&B singer * '''28''' ** [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], 87, American rock and roll singer and pianist ** [[D. H. Peligro]], 63, American punk rock drummer ([[Dead Kennedys]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]) * '''29''' ** Ryan Karazija, 40, American-Icelandic indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Low Roar]]) ** [[Robin Sylvester]], British jam band bassist ([[RatDog]]) * '''30''' ** John McGale, 66, Canadian blues rock singer and multi-instrumentalist ([[Offenbach (band)|Offenbach]]) ** [[Anthony Ortega (musician)|Anthony Ortega]], 94, American jazz clarinetist * '''31''' ** Michal Ambrož, 68, Czech rock singer and guitarist ([[Jasná Páka]]) ** Patrick Haggerty, 78, American country singer-songwriter ([[Lavender Country]]) ** [[Danny Javier]], 75, Filipino pop and OPM singer ([[APO Hiking Society]]) ===November=== * '''1''' ** [[Tsuneo Fukuhara]], 89, Japanese classical composer ** [[Takeoff (rapper)|Takeoff]], 28, American rapper ([[Migos]]) ** [[Joseph Tarsia]], 88, American recording engineer and studio owner ([[Sigma Sound Studios]]) * '''2''' – [[Atilio Stampone]], 96, Argentine tango pianist and composer * '''3''' ** [[Gerd Dudek]], 84, German jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist ** [[Noel McKoy]], 62, British soul singer * '''4''' – Nicole Josy, 76, Belgian pop singer ([[Nicole and Hugo]]) * '''5''' ** [[Daniele Barioni]], 92, Italian opera singer ** [[Aaron Carter]], 34, American pop singer ** [[Tyrone Downie]], 66, Jamaican reggae keyboardist ([[Bob Marley and The Wailers]]) ** Carmelo La Bionda, 73, Italian disco producer and songwriter ([[La Bionda]]) ** Mimi Parker, 55, American indie rock singer and drummer ([[Low (band)|Low]]) * '''6''' ** [[Ali Birra]], 72, Ethiopian folk singer ** [[Hurricane G]], 52, American rapper ** [[Tame One]], 52, American rapper ([[Artifacts (group)|Artifacts]], [[Leak Bros]], [[The Weathermen (hip hop group)|The Weathermen]]) * '''7''' ** Sergey Kuznetsov, 58, Russian pop rock keyboardist and songwriter ([[Laskovyi Mai]]) ** [[Jeff Cook]], 73, American country guitarist ([[Alabama (band)|Alabama]]) * '''8''' ** [[Will Ferdy]], 95, Belgian pop singer ** [[Claes-Göran Hederström]], 77, Swedish schlager singer ** [[Pierre Kartner]], 87, Dutch schlager singer-songwriter ** [[Dan McCafferty]], 76, Scottish hard rock singer-songwriter ([[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]]) * '''9''' ** [[Gal Costa]], 77, Brazilian Tropicália singer ** [[Mattis Hætta]], 63, Norwegian pop singer ** [[Garry Roberts]], 72, Irish new wave guitarist ([[The Boomtown Rats]]) * '''10''' ** Chris Koerts, 74, Dutch pop rock guitarist ([[Earth and Fire]]) ** [[Nik Turner]], 82, British space rock flautist and saxophonist ([[Hawkwind]], [[Inner City Unit]], [[Space Ritual (band)|Space Ritual]]) * '''11''' ** [[Keith Levene]], 65, British post-punk guitarist ([[Public Image Ltd.]], [[The Clash]]) ** [[Rab Noakes]], 75, Scottish folk singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Stealers Wheel]]) * '''12''' – [[Gene Cipriano]], 94, American jazz and pop multi-instrumentalist ([[The Wrecking Crew (music)|The Wrecking Crew]]) * '''14''' – [[Jerzy Połomski]]. 89, Polish folk and pop singer * '''15''' ** [[John Rex Reeves]], 86, American country singer-songwriter ** [[Jin Tielin]], 82, Chinese vocal coach * '''16''' – [[Mick Goodrick]], 77, American jazz guitarist * '''17''' ** [[Azio Corghi]], 85, Italian classical composer ** [[Ken Mansfield]], 85, American record producer ** [[B. Smyth]], 30, American R&B singer * '''18''' – [[Ned Rorem]], 99, American classical composer * '''19''' ** [[Nico Fidenco]], 89, Italian pop singer ** [[Danny Kalb]], 80, American blues rock guitarist ([[The Blues Project]]) * '''20''' ** [[Joyce Bryant]], 95, American pop singer ** [[Riho Sibul]], 64, Estonian rock singer and guitarist ([[Ultima Thule (Estonian band)|Ultima Thule]]) * '''21''' – [[Wilko Johnson]], 75, British pub rock guitarist and songwriter ([[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]]) * '''22''' ** [[Erasmo Carlos]], 81, Brazilian MPB singer-songwriter ** [[Pablo Milanés]], 79, Cuban nueva trova singer-songwriter * '''23''' ** [[Hugo Helmig]], 24, Danish pop singer ** Shel Macrae, 77, British pop rock singer and guitarist ([[The Fortunes]]) * '''25''' ** [[Irene Cara]], 63, American pop singer-songwriter and actress ** [[Charles Koppelman]], 82, American music executive and pop singer ([[The Ivy Three]]) ** [[Don Newkirk]], 56, American film composer and record producer ** [[Sammie Okposo]], 51, Nigerian gospel singer * '''26''' – [[Louise Tobin]], 104, American jazz singer * '''27''' – [[Jake Flint]], 37, American Red Dirt country singer * '''30''' ** [[Christine McVie]], 79, British rock and blues singer-songwriter and keyboardist ([[Fleetwood Mac]], [[Chicken Shack]]) ** Steve Smith, British punk singer ([[Red Alert (band)|Red Alert]]) ===December=== * '''1''' ** [[Haralds Sīmanis]], 71, Latvian pop singer ** Tord Sjöman, 82, Swedish dansband organist ([[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]]) ** [[Andrew Speight]], 58, Australian jazz saxophonist * '''2''' ** [[Jo Carol Pierce]], 78, American folk rock singer-songwriter ** [[Laila Storch]], 101, American classical oboist * '''3''' ** Jess Barr, 46, American alternative country guitarist ([[Slobberbone]]) ** [[Jamie Freeman]], 57, British folk singer-songwriter ** [[Svenne Hedlund]], 77, Swedish pop and schlager singer ([[Idolerna]], [[Hep Stars]], [[Svenne and Lotta]]) ** [[Volodymyr Kozhukhar]], 81, Ukrainian classical composer ** [[Bobby Naughton]], 78, American jazz vibraphonist and pianist ** [[Alexandre Zelkine]], 84, French folk singer * '''4''' – [[Manuel Göttsching]], 70, German Krautrock and electronic synthesizer player and guitarist ([[Ash Ra Tempel]], [[Ashra (band)|Ashra]]) * '''5''' – [[Hamsou Garba]], 63, Nigerien singer * '''6''' ** [[Jet Black]], 84, British punk rock drummer ([[The Stranglers]]) ** [[Hamish Kilgour]], 65, New Zealand indie rock drummer and singer ([[The Clean]], [[Bailter Space]]) ** [[Edino Krieger]], 94, Brazilian avant garde composer * '''7''' – [[Roddy Jackson]], 70, American rockabilly singer and pianist * '''8''' – [[Yitzhak Klepter]], 72, Israeli psychedelic rock singer and guitarist ([[The Churchills (Israeli band)|The Churchills]], [[Kaveret]]) * '''9''' ** [[Jovit Baldivino]], 29, Filipino pop rock singer ** Gaston Bogaerts, 101, Belgian Latin soul percussionist ([[The Chakachas]]) ** [[Herbert Deutsch]], 90, American composer and inventor ([[Moog synthesizer]]) ** [[Qamar Gula]], 70, Afghan pop singer * '''10''' ** [[John Aler]], 73, American opera singer ** [[J. J. Barnes]], 79, American R&B singer ** [[Sulochana Chavan]], 89, Indian Lavani singer ** [[Tracy Hitchings]], 60, British progressive rock singer ([[Landmarq]]) ** [[Tshala Muana]], 64, Congolese Soukous singer ** [[Aziouz Raïs]], 68, Algerian chaabi singer ** [[José Ángel Trelles]], 78, Argentine tango singer ** [[Kihnu Virve]], 94, Estonian folk singer * '''11''' – [[Angelo Badalamenti]], 85, American film and television composer and arranger * '''12''' – [[Ekambi Brillant]], 74, Cameroonian makossa singer * '''13''' ** Sol Amarfio, 84, Ghanaian-British afro rock drummer ([[Osibisa]]) ** Benjamin Bossi, 69, American new wave saxophonist ([[Romeo Void]]) ** [[Grand Daddy I.U.]], 54, American rapper ** [[Luis "Checho" González]], 89, Chilean folk singer ** [[Nihal Nelson]], 76, Sri Lankan soul and pop singer ** [[Bayan Northcott]], 82, British classical composer and music critic ** [[Lalo Rodríguez]], 64, Puerto Rican salsa singer ** [[Kim Simmonds]], 75, British rock guitarist ([[Savoy Brown]]) * '''14''' ** [[Djene Djento]], Cameroonian makossa singer-songwriter ** Koji Ryu, 60, Japanese rock drummer ([[C-C-B]]) * '''15''' ** Bertha Barbee, 82, American R&B singer ([[The Velvelettes]]) ** [[Dino Danelli]], 78, American rock drummer ([[The Rascals]]) ** [[Shirley Eikhard]], 67, Canadian country singer-songwriter * '''16''' ** Rick Anderson, 75, American new wave bassist ([[The Tubes]]) ** [[Jean-Paul Corbineau]], 74, French folk singer-songwriter ([[Tri Yann]]) ** [[Charlie Gracie]], 86, American rock and roll singer and guitarist * '''17''' ** [[Urmas Sisask]], 62, Estonian classical composer ** Yuji Tanaka, 65, Japanese rock drummer ([[Anzen Chitai]]) * '''18''' ** [[Martin Duffy]], 55, British alternative rock keyboardist ([[Felt (band)|Felt]], [[Primal Scream]]) ** [[Terry Hall (singer)|Terry Hall]], 63, British ska and new wave singer-songwriter ([[The Specials]], [[Fun Boy Three]], [[The Colourfield]], [[Vegas (duo)|Vegas]]) ** [[Wim Henderickx]], 60, Belgian classical composer and percussionist * '''19''' ** [[Claudisabel]], 40, Portuguese pop singer ** [[Stanley Drucker]], 93, American classical clarinetist ** [[Sandy Edmonds]], 74, British-New Zealand pop singer * '''20''' ** Randy Begg, 71, Canadian pop drummer ([[Wednesday (Canadian band)|Wednesday]]) ** Iain Templeton, British alternative rock drummer ([[The La's]], [[Shack (band)|Shack]]) * '''21''' ** Harvey Jett, 73, American Southern rock guitarist ([[Black Oak Arkansas]]) ** [[Bilqees Khanum]], Pakistani classical singer ** Mauro Sabbione, 65, Italian pop keyboardist ([[Matia Bazar]]) * '''22''' ** [[Thom Bell]], 79, Jamaican-born American soul songwriter and arranger ** [[Big Scarr]], 22, American rapper ** [[Walter "Wolfman" Washington]], 79, American blues singer and guitarist * '''23''' ** [[David Dalton (violist)|David Dalton]], 88, American classical violist ** [[Maxi Jazz]], 65, British electronic singer-songwriter ([[Faithless]]) ** [[Madosini]], 78, South African traditional [[Uhadi musical bow]] player ** [[Massimo Savić]], 60, Croatian art rock and pop singer ([[Dorian Gray (band)|Dorian Gray]]) * '''24''' – Mampintsha, 40, South African kwaito singer ([[Big Nuz]]) * '''25''' ** [[Azuquita]], 76, Panamanian salsa singer ** [[Brian Casser]], 86, British rock and roll singer and guitarist ** [[Paul Fox (producer)|Paul Fox]], American record producer ([[XTC]], [[Phish]], [[10,000 Maniacs]]) * '''26''' ** [[Penda Dallé]], 64, Cameroonian makossa guitarist ** [[Lasse Lönndahl]], 94, Swedish pop singer * '''27''' ** [[Jo Mersa Marley]], 31, Jamaican reggae singer ** [[Harry Sheppard (musician)|Harry Sheppard]], 94, American jazz vibraphonist * '''28''' ** Scott Nash, Australian hard rock bassist ([[Asteroid B-612]]) ** [[Black Stalin]], 81, Trinidadian calypso singer ** [[Linda de Suza]], 74, Portuguese pop singer * '''29''' ** [[Eduard Artemyev]], 85, Russian film composer ** Giovanni Pezzoli, 70, Italian pop rock drummer ([[Stadio]]) ** [[Ian Tyson]], 89, Canadian folk singer-songwriter ([[Ian & Sylvia]]) * '''31''' ** [[Jeremiah Green]], 45, American indie rock drummer ([[Modest Mouse]]) ** [[Anita Pointer]], 74, American R&B singer ([[The Pointer Sisters]]) ==Musical films== *''[[Elvis (2022 film)|Elvis]]'' *''[[Moonage Daydream (film)|Moonage Daydream]]'' *''[[Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (film)|Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile]]'' *''[[Tár]]'' ==See also== {{Portal|music}} *[[Timeline of musical events]] *[[Women in music]] ==References== {{Reflist}}{{2020s}} {{DEFAULTSORT:2022 in music}} [[Category:2022 in music| ]] [[Category:2022-related lists]] [[Category:Music by year]] [[Category:2022|Music]] [[Category:Culture-related timelines by year]]
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