2016 in music

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• African music
• American music
• Australian music
• Brazilian music
• British music
• Canadian music
• Chinese music
• Danish music
• European music (Continental Europe)
• Finnish music
• French music
• German music
• Indian music
• Irish music
• Japanese music
• Malaysian music
• Mongolian music
• North Korean music
• Norwegian music
• Philippine music
• Polynesian music
• Scandinavian music
• South Korean music
• Swedish music
• Taiwanese music
• Vietnamese music
• World music

Specific genres

• Alternative rock
• Classical
• Country
• Electronic
• Jazz
• Latin music
• Hard rock
• Heavy metal
• Hip hop
• K-Pop
• Opera
• Pop
• Punk Rock

Album releases

• List of 2016 albums

Best Albums

• Critics' Best Albums of 2016

Awards

Billboard Music Awards
Artist of the Year: TBA - New Artist of the Year: TBA - Top Hot 100 Song: TBA - Top Billboard 200 Album: TBA
MTV Video Music Awards
Video of the Year: TBA - Best Male Video: TBA - Best Female Video: TBA - Artist to Watch: TBA
MTV Europe Music Awards
Best Song: TBA - Best Video: TBA - Best Female: TBA - Best Male: TBA

Retired Musicians

March

• 29 - Avicii^[1] (27) Edm music producer/ DJ

Deaths

January

• 3 – Paul Bley (83), Canadian jazz pianist.^[2]
• 10 - David Bowie, (69), English singer and artist.^[3]
• 17 – Carina Jaarnek (53), Swedish singer and Dansband artist (cerebral haemorrhage).^[4]
• 18 – Glenn Frey (67), American guitarist and vocalist (The Eagles).^[5]
• 25 – Leif Solberg (101), Norwegian composer and organist.^[6]
• 28 – Signe Toly Anderson (74), American vocalist (Jefferson Airplane).^[7]
• 28 – Paul Kantner (74), American guitarist and vocalist (Jefferson Airplane).^[8]

February

• 3 - Maurice White (74), founder of Earth, Wind and Fire.^[9]
• 4 – Ulf Söderblom (85), Finnish conductor.^[10]
• 19 – Harald Devold (51), Norwegian saxophonist (cancer).^[11]
• 20 – Ove Verner Hansen (85), Danish actor and opera singer (cardiac arrest).^[12]
• 22 - Sonny James (87), American country music singer-songwriter. ^[13]
• 29 – Josefin Nilsson (46), Swedish singer.^[14]

March

• 8 - George Martin, (90), English producer.^[15]
• 9 – Naná Vasconcelos (71), Brazilian percussionist.^[16]
• 10 – Keith Emerson (71), English pianist and keyboardist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer).^[17]
• 13 – Sidney Mear, 97, American trumpeter.^[18]
• 22 – Phife Dawg, 45, American rap musician (A Tribe Called Quest), complications from diabetes.^[19]

April

• 2 - Gato Barbieri, 83, Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.^[20]
• 3 - Bill Henderson, 90, American jazz vocalist and actor (Clue, City Slickers, White Men Can't Jump), cancer.^[21]
• 6 - Merle Haggard, 79, American singer-songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn"), Grammy winner (1984, 1998, 1999), complications from pneumonia.^[22]
• 21 - Prince, 57, American musician ("Little Red Corvette", "When Doves Cry", "Purple Rain").^[23]

See also

• Timeline of musical events

References

1. "Avicii". Avicii. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
2. Ratliff, Ben (2016-01-05). "Paul Bley, Adventurous Jazz Pianist, Dies at 83". New York Time. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
3. "David Bowie is dead at 69".
4. "Dansbandsdrottningen Carina Jaarnek död" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/glenn-frey-guitarist-for-the-eagles-dies-at-67/2016/01/18/89aee084-be30-11e5-83d4-42e3bceea902_story.html
6. Solhaug, Espen Amundrud (2016-01-26). "Komponist Leif Solberg (101) er død". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-03-15.
7. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3425908/Signe-Anderson-original-Airplane-singer-dead-74.html
8. http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Jefferson-Airplane-s-Paul-Kantner-dies-at-74-6791483.php
9. "Maurice White, Earth, Wind and Fire co-founder, Dies at 74". MyFox8.com. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
10. Rissanen, Virve (2016-02-04). "Kapellimestari Ulf Söderblom on kuollut". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
11. Aslaksen, Eilif (2016-02-19). "Harald Devold er død". Nordlys (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-03-15.
12. "Bøffen fra Olsen Banden er død". Fyens Stiftstidende (in Danish). 2016-02-21. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
13. "Country singer Sonny James dies at 87". Tennessean.com. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
14. Tersmeden, Carl Bruno (2016-02-29). "Josefin Nilsson är död". Fyens Stiftstidende (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-03-15.
15. "Sir George Martin dies at 90".
16. Jeff, Tamarkin (2016-03-09). "Brazilian Percussionist Naná Vasconcelos Dies at 71". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
17. Jeff, Tamarkin. "Emerson, Lake & Palmer keyboardist and co-founder dies in Santa Monica". TeamRock.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
18. Sidney E. Mear
19. Rap pioneer Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest dies at 45
20. Latin Jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri dies at age 83
21. Bill Henderson, Jazz Vocalist and Actor, Dies at 90
22. Merle Haggard, country music legend, dies at 79
23. Prince, singer and superstar, dies at 57 at Paisley Park