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- Specific locations
- Specific genres
- Albums released
- Significant performances
- Awards
- Bands formed
- Bands reformed
- Bands on hiatus
- Bands disbanded
- Deaths January February March April May June July August September October November December
- See also
- References
{{YYYY music|2016}}{{Year nav topic5|2016|music}}This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2016 in music. Specific locations {{Popular music}}{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|- African music
- American music
- Asian music
- Australian music
- Brazilian music
- British music
- Canadian music
- Chinese music
- Danish music
- European music (Continental Europe)
- Finnish music
- French music
- German music
- Icelandic 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 {{columns-list|colwidth=30em|- Classical
- Country
- Electronic
- Jazz
- Latin music
- Heavy metal
- Hip hop
- Opera
- Pop
- Rock
}} Albums released {{main|List of 2016 albums}} Significant performances - March 25 – British rock and roll band, The Rolling Stones become the first foreign rock band to perform in Cuba,[1] which was documented in their 2016 concert film, Havana Moon.
Awards {{Globalize/West|section|date=August 2018}} 58th Annual Grammy Awards |
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Record of the Year: Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars • Album of the Year: 1989 – Taylor Swift • Song of the Year: Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran • Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor}} | Billboard Music Awards |
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Artist of the Year: Adele • New Artist of the Year: Fetty Wap • Top Hot 100 Song: See You Again • Top Billboard 200 Album: 25}} | 58th Japan Record Awards |
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Grand Prix: "Anata no Suki na Tokoro" (ja) by Kana Nishino • Best Singer: Masayuki Suzuki for "Melancholia" • Best New Artist: iKON • Best Song: several }} | Mnet Asian Music Awards |
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Artist of the Year: BTS • Album of the Year: Ex'Act by Exo • Song of the Year: "Cheer Up" by Twice • Best Music Video: Whistle by BLACKPINK}} | MTV Video Music Awards |
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Video of the Year: "Formation" • Best Male Video: "This Is What You Came For" • Best Female Video: "Hold Up" • New Artist: DNCE}} | MTV Europe Music Awards |
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Best Song: "Sorry (Justin Bieber song)" • Best Video: "Starboy (The Weeknd song)" • Best Female: Lady Gaga • Best Male: Shawn Mendes}} | The 4th V Chart Awards |
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Top Male Artist : Lu Han with Medals • Top Female Artist: Li Yuchun with "混蛋,我想你" (Idiot, I Miss You) • Top Group: TFBOYS with Adore • Top New Artist: Wang Qing & Feng Jianyu}} |
Bands formed{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}- AOA Cream
- Astro
- BEJ48
- Black Pink
- Bolbbalgan4
- BoybandPH
- Boys Generally Asian
- CocoSori
- Cosmic Girls
- Dreamcar
- The East Light
- Exo-CBX
- GNZ48
- Gone Is Gone
- Gugudan
- Hellkitiers (no works currently available)
- I.B.I
- I.O.I
- Imfact
- Kard
- KNK
- Lovebites
- The Magpie Salute
- Momoland
- National Youth Orchestra of China
- NCT
- NCT 127
- Nice As Fuck
- Nine Muses A
- Ocean Park Standoff
- Pentagon
- Pristin
- Prophets of Rage
- SF9
- Terror Jr
- Victon
- VIMIC
- Voisper
- Vromance
- Why Don't We
- June's Diary
{{div col end}}Bands reformed{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}- At the Drive-In
- Abandon All Ships
- The Anniversary
- Arab Strap
- Bash & Pop
- Belly
- Blake Babies
- A Different Breed of Killer
- Eric B. & Rakim
- Galactic Cowboys
- Game Theory
- G.R.L
- Guided by Voices[2]
- Jet
- Le Tigre
- Letters to Cleo
- Misfits (featuring Glenn Danzig)[3]
- Nasty Savage
- The Number Twelve Looks Like You
- Piebald
- P.S. Eliot
- Rainbow
- Sechs Kies
- A Thorn for Every Heart
- The Revolution
- The Righteous Brothers
- Spice Girls – GEM
- Super Furry Animals
- Temple of the Dog
- A Thorn for Every Heart
- Thursday
- Tickle Me Pink
- The Union Underground
- The Vapors
- Wolf Parade
- The Zutons
{{div col end}}Bands on hiatus- Camera Obscura
- Chiodos
- Coal Chamber
- Man Overboard
- Middle Class Rut
- One Direction
- We Are the In Crowd
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bands disbanded{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}- 2NE1
- 3rdeyegirl
- 4Minute
- Agalloch
- Allo Darlin'
- Aiden
- Bane
- Blood on the Dance Floor
- Bolt Thrower
- Boom Boom Satellites
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young[4]
- Dead or Alive
- Dream
- Eagles
- Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
- The Enemy
- Fearless Vampire Killers
- Finch
- For Today
- Funeral for a Friend
- FVK
- Giant Sand
- G.L.O.S.S.
- Gnashing of Teeth
- Gossip
- Graveyard
- I, the Breather
- Jack Ü
- Joey + Rory
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- La Ley
- A Lighter Shade of Brown
- Lionheart
- Lush
- Majical Cloudz
- Marion
- Maybeshewill
- Mischief Brew
- Motion City Soundtrack
- Mudvayne
- Nektar
- Nomeansno
- P.M. Dawn
- The Presidents of the United States of America
- Rainbow (South Korean band)
- Sally Shapiro
- Thee Satisfaction
- School of Seven Bells
- SMAP
- Sockweb
- Sorry About Dresden
- Spirit of the West
- The Stooges
- Suicide
- Transit
- Twisted Sister
- Viola Beach
- Wodensthrone
- You, Me, and Everyone We Know
- Youth Lagoon
{{div col end}}DeathsJanuary- 1
- Gilbert Kaplan, (74), American conductor and businessman, cancer.[5]
- Mark B, (45), British hip-hop record producer.[6]
- Gilberto Mendes, (93), Brazilian composer.[7]
- 2 – Rino Salviati, (93), Italian singer, guitarist and actor.[8]
- 3
- Paul Bley (83), Canadian jazz pianist.[9]
- Jason Mackenroth (46), American rock drummer (Rollins Band, Mother Superior), prostate cancer.[10]
- 4
- Long John Hunter, (84), American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.[11]
- Achim Mentzel, (69), German musician and television presenter.[12]
- 5
- Pierre Boulez, (90), French composer and conductor.[13]
- Nicholas Caldwell, (71), American R&B singer (The Whispers).[14]
- Hanna-Marie Weydahl, (93), Norwegian pianist.[15]
- 7
- Kitty Kallen, (94), American singer ("Little Things Mean a Lot").[16]
- Troy Shondell, (76), American singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.[17]
- 8
- Otis Clay, (73), American R&B and soul singer ("Tryin' to Live My Life Without You", "The Only Way Is Up"), heart attack.[18]
- Red Simpson, (81), American country singer-songwriter ("I'm a Truck"), complications from a heart attack.[19]
- Brett Smiley, (60), American singer-songwriter.[20]
- 10 – David Bowie, (69), English songwriter and artist.[21]
- 17 – Carina Jaarnek (53), Swedish singer and Dansband artist (cerebral haemorrhage).[22]
- 18 – Glenn Frey (67), American guitarist and vocalist (The Eagles).[23]
- 25 – Leif Solberg (101), Norwegian composer and organist.[24]
- 26
- T.J. Tindall (65), American guitarist (MFSB)[25]
- Black (53), Pop/new wave singer-songwriter, Traffic accident
- 28
- Signe Toly Anderson (74), American vocalist (Jefferson Airplane).[26]
- Paul Kantner (74), American guitarist and vocalist (Jefferson Airplane).[27]
February- 3 – Maurice White (74), founder of Earth, Wind and Fire.[28]
- 4 – Ulf Söderblom (85), Finnish conductor.[29]
- 13
- Viola Beach, English indie rock band, car accident.
- Kristian "Kris" Leonard (20), Guitar and vocals.
- River Reeves (19), Guitar.
- Tomas Lowe (27), Bass.
- Jack Dakin (19), Drums.
- Craig Tarry (32), Band manager.
- 19 – Harald Devold (51), Norwegian saxophonist (cancer).[30]
- 20 – Ove Verner Hansen (85), Danish actor and opera singer (cardiac arrest).[31]
- 22 – Sonny James (87), American country music singer-songwriter.[32]
- 29 – Josefin Nilsson (46), Swedish singer.[33]
March- 3 – Gavin Christopher, 66, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer[34]
- 8 – George Martin, (90), English producer.[35]
- 9
- Ray Griff (75), Canadian country singer-songwriter, (aspiration pneumonia).[36]
- Naná Vasconcelos (71), Brazilian percussionist.[37]
- 10
- Keith Emerson (71), English pianist and keyboardist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer).[38]
- Ernestine Anderson (87), American jazz and blues singer
- 12 – Tommy Brown (84), American R&B singer
- 13 – Sidney Mear, (97), American trumpeter.[39]
- 14 – Peter Maxwell Davies, (81), English composer and conductor
- 22 – Phife Dawg, (45), American rap musician (A Tribe Called Quest), complications from diabetes.[40]
- 26 – David Baker (84) American symphonic jazz composer
April- 2 – Gato Barbieri, (83), Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.[41]
- 3 – Bill Henderson, (90), American jazz vocalist and actor (Clue, City Slickers, White Men Can't Jump), cancer.[42]
- 6 – Merle Haggard, (79), American singer-songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn"), Grammy winner (1984, 1998, 1999), complications from pneumonia.[43]
- 13 – Mariano Mores, (98), Argentine tango composer and pianist.[44]
- 21
- Prince, (57), American musician.[45]
- Lonnie Mack, (74), American rock, blues, and country singer-songwriter guitarist, natural causes.[46]
- 24
- Billy Paul, (81), American soul singer.
- Papa Wemba, (66), Congolese singer and musician.
- Jan Henrik Kayser, (81), Norwegian pianist.
May- 1 – Sydney Onayemi (78), Nigerian-born Swedish DJ.[47]
- 4 – Olle Ljungström (54), Swedish singer and guitarist.[48]
- 6 – Candye Kane, (54), American Blues singer and entertainer, pancreatic cancer.
- 9 – Riki Sorsa (63), Finnish singer ("Reggae OK") (cancer).[49]
- 14 – Lasse Mårtenson (81), Finnish singer ("Laiskotellen").[50]
- 16 – Fredrik Norén (75), Swedish jazz drummer.[51] (death announced on this date)
- 17 – Guy Clark, (74), American folk and country Singer-songwriter. Grammy Award for his 2013 album My Favourite Picture of You.
- 19 – John Berry, (52), American guitarist (Beastie Boys), frontotemporal dementia.
- 21 – Nick Menza, (51), American instrumentalist. Former drummer for the band Megadeth, heart attack.[52]
- 30 – Thomas Fekete, (27), American guitarist (Surfer Blood), cancer.
June- 2 – Freddie Wadling (64), Swedish singer and songwriter.[53]
- 3 – Dave Swarbrick, (75), British folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention), emphysema.[54]
- 4 – Bobby Curtola, (73), Canadian singer.[55]
- 5 – Phyllis Curtin, (94), American soprano.[56]
- 6 – Rolf Schweizer, (80), German composer.[57]
- 8
- Vladislav Yankovsky, (64), Russian musician (Novosibirsk Youth Symphony Orchestra).[58]
- Terje Fjærn (73), Norwegian orchestra conductor ("La det swinge").[59]
- 9 – J. Reilly Lewis, (71), American choral conductor and Baroque music specialist, heart attack.[60]
- 10
- Habib, (63), Iranian singer, heart attack.[61]
- Christina Grimmie, (22), American singer-songwriter (Find Me) and talent show participant (The Voice), gunshot wound.[62]
- 13 – Chips Moman, (79), American producer, songwriter, guitarist.[63]
- 17 – Attrell Cordes, (46), American musician, producer and rapper, co-founder of P.M. Dawn.[64]
- 18 – Alejandro Jano Fuentes (45), Mexican singer and talent show participant (La Voz... México), gunshot wound.
- 21 – Wayne Jackson (74), American soul and R&B musician (The Mar-Keys), congestive heart failure.
- 22
- Amjad Sabri (39), Pakistani Qawwali singer, gunshot wound.[65]
- Jim Boyd (60), Native American singer-songwriter and actor
- 24 – Bernie Worrell, (72), American keyboardist and composer (Parliament-Funkadelic).
- 27 – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (83), Danish composer.[66]
- 28 – Scotty Moore (84), American guitarist (Elvis Presley).
- 29 – Rob Wasserman (64), American composer and bass player (RatDog, Lou Reed).
July- 16
- Alan Vega (78), American vocalist and visual artist (Suicide).
- Bonnie Brown (77) American country music singer, member of The Browns.
- 18 – Karina Jensen, Danish singer (Cartoons) (cancer).[67]
- 19 – Tamás Somló (73), Hungarian musician, singer, artist and composer (Locomotiv GT), cancer.
- 26
- Sandy Pearlman (72), American producer (Blue Öyster Cult, The Clash), songwriter, educator, complications from cerebral hemorrhage.[68]
- Roye Albrighton (67), German musician (Nektar), unspecified illness.[69]
- 27
- Pat Upton (75), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Spiral Starecase).[70]
- Einojuhani Rautavaara (87), Finnish composer.[71]
- 31 – Mike Mohede (32), Indonesian singer and talent show participant (Indonesian Idol), heart attack.
August- 3 – Ricci Martin (62), American musician.[72]
- 4
- Patrice Munsel (91), American coloratura soprano.[73]
- Snaffu Rigor (69), Filipino singer and songwriter, lung cancer.[74]
- 5
- Richard Fagan (69), American songwriter and musician, liver cancer.[75]
- Vander Lee (50), Brazilian singer-songwriter.[76]
- 6 – Guillermo Anderson (54), Honduran singer, thyroid cancer.[77]
- 7
- B. E. Taylor (65), American musician ("Vitamin L"), brain cancer.[78]
- Dolores Vargas (80), Spanish singer, complications of leukemia.[79]
- Ruby Winters (74), American soul singer ("Make Love to Me", "I Will").[80]
- 9
- Pádraig Duggan (67), Irish musician (Clannad, The Duggans).
- Jimmy Levine (61/62), American R&B musician and record producer.[81]
- 11 – Glenn Yarbrough (86), American folk singer ("Baby the Rain Must Fall", "It's Gonna Be Fine", "San Francisco Bay Blues").[82]
- 12 – Ruby Wilson (68), American blues, soul and gospel singer, heart attack.[83]
- 13 – Connie Crothers (75), American jazz pianist, cancer.[84]
- 14 – James Woolley (49), American keyboard and synthesizer player (Nine Inch Nails, 2wo).
- 15 – Bobby Hutcherson (75), Jazz vibraphonist, emphysema.
- 19 – Horacio Salgán (100), Argentine tango musician.
- 20
- Matt Roberts (38), American rock guitarist (3 Doors Down), drug overdose.[85]
- Tom Searle (28), English metalcore guitarist (Architects), melanoma skin cancer.[86]
- 22
- Toots Thielemans (94), Belgian jazz musician.[87]
- Gilli Smyth (83), English musician (Gong).
- 28 – Juan Gabriel (66), Mexican singer and songwriter, heart attack.
September- 1
- Fred Hellerman, (89), American folk singer (The Weavers), guitarist, producer and songwriter.[88]
- Kacey Jones, (66), American singer-songwriter ("I'm the One Mama Warned You About"), producer and humorist, cancer.[89]
- 2
- Jerry Heller, (75), American music manager (N.W.A.).[90]
- Gary D., (52), German trance producer and DJ, pulmonary embolism.[91]
- 3
- Fred McFarlane, (55), American songwriter ("Show Me Love", "Don't Wanna Go Home"), record producer and musician.[92]
- Johnny Rebel, (77), American country singer.[93]
- 7
- Clifford Curry, (79), American beach music and R&B singer ("She Shot a Hole in My Soul").[94]
- Farhang Sharif, (85), Iranian musician and tar player.[95]
- Graham Wiggins, (53), American musician.[96]
- 8 – Prince Buster, (78), Jamaican ska musician ("One Step Beyond", "Al Capone").[97]
- 10 – Chris Stone, (81), American recording studio owner (Record Plant) and entrepreneur, heart attack and stroke.[98]
- 12 – Hidayat Inayat Khan, (99), English-French composer and conductor.[99]
- 16
- Jerry Corbetta, (68), American musician (Sugarloaf), Pick's disease.[100]
- Trisco Pearson, (53), American R&B singer (Force MDs), cancer.[101]
- Qiao Renliang, (28), Chinese singer and actor, suicide.[102]
- 19 – Bobby Breen, (88), Canadian-born American actor and singer, natural causes.[103]
- 20 – Micki Marlo, (88), American singer and model.[104]
- 21
- Shawty Lo, (40), American hip-hop musician (D4L), traffic collision.[105]
- John D. Loudermilk, (82), American singer and songwriter ("Tobacco Road", "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye", "Indian Reservation"), bone cancer.[106]
- 24 – Buckwheat Zydeco, (68), American accordionist and zydeco musician
- 25
- Kashif, (59), American musician (B.T. Express) and record producer.[107]
- Hagen Liebing, (55), German musician (Die Ärzte).[108]
- Jean Shepard, (82), American honky tonk singer-songwriter ("A Dear John Letter", "Slippin' Away"), Parkinson's disease.[109]
- 26
- Joe Clay, (78), American rockabilly musician.[110]
- Ioan Gyuri Pascu, (55), Romanian singer, producer, actor and comedian, heart attack.[111]
- 27
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Aurelian Preda|ro}}, (46), Romanian folk singer, cancer.[112]
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Märta Schéle|sv}}, (80), Swedish singer.[113]
- 29
- Lecresia Campbell (53), American gospel singer, pulmonary embolism.[114]
- Nora Dean (72), Jamaican singer.[115]
- Royal Torrence (82), American soul music singer (Little Royal and The Swingmasters).[116]
- 30
- Oscar Brand (96), Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter, author and radio broadcaster (WNYC).[117]
- Michael Casswell (53), English guitarist.[118]
- Lilleba Lund Kvandal (76), Norwegian opera singer.[119]
October- 1 – Toni Williams (77), Cook Islands-born New Zealand singer.[120]
- 2
- Steve Byrd (61), English guitarist (Gillan, Kim Wilde), heart attack.[121]
- Sir Neville Marriner (92), English conductor and violinist
- Thomas Round (100), British opera singer.[122]
- 3
- Ljupka Dimitrovska, (70), Macedonian-born Croatian singer.[123]
- K. David van Hoesen (90), American bassoonist.[124]
- Joan Marie Johnson (72), American singer (The Dixie Cups), heart failure.[125]
- 4 – Caroline Crawley (53), British singer and musician (Shelleyan Orphan, This Mortal Coil).[126]
- 5 – Pompeiu Hărășteanu (81), Romanian opera singer.[127]
- 7 – Anne Pashley (80), British athlete and opera singer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).[128]
- 8 – Don Ciccone (70), American singer-songwriter and musician (The Critters, The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells).[129]
- 9
- Bored Nothing (26), Australian musician, suicide.[130]
- Michiyuki Kawashima (47), Japanese musician (Boom Boom Satellites), brain tumor.[131]
- Quique Lucca (103), Puerto Rican musician, founder of La Sonora Ponceña.[132]
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Guy Nadon (drummer)|fr|3=Guy Nadon (batteur)|lt=Guy Nadon}}, (82), Canadian jazz drummer.[133]
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Marin Petrache Pechea|ro}} (71), Romanian jazz musician, cancer.[134]
- 10 – Issa Bagayogo,= (54), Malian musician.[135]
- 11 – Peter Reynolds, (58), Welsh composer.[136]
- 12
- Robert Bateman, (80), American songwriter and record producer ("Please Mr. Postman"), heart attack.[137]
- Sonny Sanders (77), American songwriter, arranger and record producer.[138]
- 15
- Danny Champagne (65), Jamaican music producer, complications from stroke.[139]
- Robert Edwards (74), American singer (The Intruders), heart attack.[140]
- 20
- Achieng Abura, Kenyan musician.[141]
- Mieke Telkamp (82), Dutch singer.[142]
- 23 – Pete Burns, (57), British singer (Dead or Alive)[143]
- 24 – Bobby Vee (73) American pop singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s
- 30 – Curly Putman, (85), American singer-songwriter. D-I-V-O-R-C-E, Green, Green Grass of Home and the subject of Paul McCartney & Wings song Junior's Farm.
November- 1
- Nico Carstens (90), South African accordionist and songwriter[144]
- Pocho La Pantera (65), Argentine cumbia singer
- 3 – Kay Starr (94), American pop and jazz singer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
- 4
- Eddie Harsch, 59, Canadian keyboardist (The Black Crowes)
- Jean-Jacques Perrey, 87, French electronic music producer
- 7 – Leonard Cohen (82), Canadian singer-songwriter[145]
- 11
- Victor Bailey (56), American jazz bass guitarist
- Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska, (73), Macedonian vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian of Romani ethnicity.
- 12 – Jacques Werup (71), Swedish musician and writer.[146]
- 13 – Leon Russell (74), American musician and songwriter
- 15
- Holly Dunn (59), American country singer-songwriter
- Mose Allison (89), American pianist and singer.[147]
- 18 – Sharon Jones (60), American soul and funk singer
- 24 – Pauline Oliveros (84), American composer
- 29 – Allan Zavod (71), Australian keyboardist and composer
- 30 – Ivar Thomassen (62), Norwegian folk singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.[148]
December- 2 – Mark Gray (64), American singer-songwriter (Exile)
- 4 – Ralph Johnson (67), American singer (The Impressions)
- 8
- Greg Lake (69), English progressive-rock vocalist and multi-instrumentalist[149]
- Junaid Jamshed (52), Pakistani singer-songwriter (Vital Signs), flight collision[150]
- 11 – Joe Ligon (80), American gospel singer (Mighty Clouds of Joy)
- 24 – Rick Parfitt (68), English musician and songwriter (Status Quo)[151]
- 25 – George Michael (53), English singer-songwriter (Wham!) [152]
See also {{Portal|Music}}- Timeline of musical events
- Women in music
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icon}} 16. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/arts/music/kitty-kallen-big-band-singer-of-besame-mucho-dies-at-94.html?_r=0 Kitty Kallen, Big Band Singer of ‘Bésame Mucho,’ Dies at 94] 17. ^Troy Shondell, Singer of 'This Time (We're Really Breaking Up),' Dies at 76 18. ^Soul legend Otis Clay dies at 73 19. ^Bakersfield Sound pioneer Red Simpson dies at 81 20. ^Glam rock cult hero Brett Smiley dies in NYC at age 60 21. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/entertainment/david-bowie-death/index.html | title=David Bowie is dead at 69}} 22. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article22103623.ab | title=Dansbandsdrottningen Carina Jaarnek död | language=Swedish | publisher=Aftonbladet |date=2016-01-17 | accessdate=2016-03-15}} 23. ^[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 Glenn Frey, guitarist for the Eagles, dies at 67 – The Washington Post] 24. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.oa.no/musikk/kultur/lena/komponist-leif-solberg-101-er-dod/s/5-35-226866 |title=Komponist Leif Solberg (101) er død |language=Norwegian |last=Solhaug |first=Espen Amundrud |work=Oppland Arbeiderblad |date=2016-01-26 |accessdate=2016-03-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126125023/http://www.oa.no/musikk/kultur/lena/komponist-leif-solberg-101-er-dod/s/5-35-226866 |archivedate=2016-01-26 |df= }} 25. ^{{cite web|url=http://rocknycliveandrecorded.com/sad-news-from-the-world-of-philadelphia-soul-guitarist-t-j-tindall-dead.html|title=Friends, Colleagues Remember Guitarist TJ Tindall, Part Of The Musical Foundation Of The Sound Of Philadelphia}} 26. ^Signe Anderson, original Jefferson Airplane singer, dead at 74 | Daily Mail Online 27. ^Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner dies at 74 – SFGate 28. ^{{cite web|url=http://myfox8.com/2016/02/04/maurice-white-earth-wind-fire-co-founder-dead-at-74/|title=Maurice White, Earth, Wind and Fire co-founder, Dies at 74|publisher=MyFox8.com|accessdate=April 22, 2016}} 29. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/a1454562493402 | title=Kapellimestari Ulf Söderblom on kuollut | work=Helsingin Sanomat | first=Virve | last=Rissanen | date=2016-02-04 | accessdate=2016-03-15}} 30. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.nordlys.no/harald-devold-er-dod/s/5-34-371794 | title=Harald Devold er død | language=Norwegian | last=Aslaksen | first=Eilif | work=Nordlys | date=2016-02-19 | accessdate=2016-03-15}} 31. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.fyens.dk/indland/Boeffen-fra-Olsen-Banden-er-doed/artikel/2947558 | title=Bøffen fra Olsen Banden er død | language=Danish | work=Fyens Stiftstidende | date=2016-02-21 | accessdate=2016-03-15}} 32. ^{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/02/22/country-music-hall-famer-sonny-james-dead-86/80556058/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin= |title=Country singer Sonny James dies at 87 |website=Tennessean.com |date=2016-02-22 |accessdate=2016-04-22}} 33. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/ost/josefin-nilsson-ar-dod | title=Josefin Nilsson är död | first=Carl Bruno | last=Tersmeden | language=Swedish |work=Fyens Stiftstidende | date=2016-02-29 | accessdate=2016-03-15}} 34. ^"One Step Closer To You" singer Gavin Christopher dies 35. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/videos/entertainment/2016/03/09/sir-george-martin-obituary.cnn |title=Sir George Martin dies at 90}} 36. ^{{cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/music/legendary-calgary-country-gentleman-ray-griff-dies-at-the-age-of-75|title=Legendary Calgary 'country gentleman' Ray Griff dies at the age of 75|work=Calgary Herald|date=March 11, 2016}} 37. ^{{cite news | url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/171730-brazilian-percussionist-nan-vasconcelos-dies-at-71 | title=Brazilian Percussionist Naná Vasconcelos Dies at 71 | last=Jeff | first=Tamarkin | work=JazzTimes | date=2016-03-09 | accessdate=2016-03-15}} 38. ^{{cite news | url=http://prog.teamrock.com/news/2016-03-11/keith-emerson-dead-at-71 | title=Emerson, Lake & Palmer keyboardist and co-founder dies in Santa Monica | last=Jeff | first=Tamarkin | work=TeamRock.com | accessdate=2016-03-15}} 39. ^Sidney E. Mear 40. ^[https://archive.is/20160327154024/http://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/music/rap-pioneer-phife-dawg-of-a-tribe-called-quest-dies/article_07265df6-f8e6-5f69-adbf-d0e5efee0630.html Rap pioneer Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest dies at 45] 41. ^Latin Jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri dies at age 83 42. ^Bill Henderson, Jazz Vocalist and Actor, Dies at 90 43. ^Merle Haggard, country music legend, dies at 79 44. ^{{cite news|title=Argentine tango composer Mariano Mores dies|url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2016/04/13/argentine-tango-composer-mariano-mores-dies/|accessdate=7 June 2016|work=Fox News Latino|agency=EFE|date=13 April 2016}} 45. ^[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36106778 Prince, singer and superstar, dies at 57 at Paisley Park] 46. ^"Lonnie mack Services, Burial, in Hometown This Week", http://eaglecountryonline.com/local-article/lonnie-mack-services-burial-in-hometown-this-week/ 47. ^Disco-legendaren Sydney Onayemi död {{sv icon}} 48. ^Olle Ljungström (54) er død {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506040321/http://www.kjendis.no/2016/05/04/kjendis/olle_ljungstrm/musikk/dodsfall/sverige/44109315/ |date=2016-05-06 }} {{no icon}} 49. ^Riki Sorsa on kuollut {{fi icon}} 50. ^Lasse Mårtenson har avlidit {{sv icon}} 51. ^Jazzmusikern Fredrik Norén död {{sv icon}} 52. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/22/nick-menza-megadeth-drummer-dies-collapsing-stage-los-angeles Former Megadeth drummer Nick Menza dies after collapsing on stage | Music | The Guardian] 53. ^ {{sv icon}} 54. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/03/dave-swarbrick-obituary Dave Swarbrick obituary] 55. ^Bobby Curtola, Former Canadian Teen Idol, Dies at 73 56. ^Renowned soprano and longtime Tanglewood teacher Phyllis Curtain passes away at 94 57. ^Baden verliert bedeutenden Kirchenmusiker: Rolf Schweizer im Alter von 80 Jahren gestorben {{de icon}} 58. ^Умер известный новосибирский музыкант и дирижер (фото) {{ru icon}} 59. ^Terje Fjærn er død {{no icon}} 60. ^[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2016/06/10/rip-j-reilly-lewis-1944-2016/ RIP: J. Reilly Lewis, 1944–2016] 61. ^حبیب محبیان درگذشت {{fa icon}} 62. ^Singer Christina Grimmie is dead after being shot at Orlando concert 63. ^{{cite web|title=Chips Moman obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/15/chips-moman-obituary|accessdate=19 January 2017}} 64. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/arts/music/prince-be-who-infused-rap-with-mysticism-dies-at-46.html?_r=0 Prince Be, Who Infused Rap With Mysticism, Dies at 46 ] 65. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/22/pakistani-sufi-singer-shot-dead-in-karachi Amjad Sabri: Pakistani Sufi singer shot dead in Karachi | World news | The Guardian] 66. ^NEKROLOG: En stor original i dansk musik er død {{da icon}} 67. ^Dansk sangerinde er død af kræft {{dk icon}} 68. ^Blue Öyster Cult, The Clash Producer Sandy Pearlman Dead at 72: Report 69. ^{{cite web|author= |url=http://bravewords.com/news/legendary-nektar-frontman-roye-albrighton-passes |title=Legendary NEKTAR Frontman Roye Albrighton Passes |website=Bravewords.com |date= |accessdate=2016-08-03}} 70. ^Musician, Geraldine native Pat Upton dies at 75 71. ^Finnish composer Rautavaara dies at 87 72. ^Ricci Martin Dies: Entertainer & Youngest Son Of Dean Martin Was 62 73. ^Famed opera singer Patrice Munsel, who left Spokane for Met fame, dies at 91 74. ^[https://archive.is/20160805192136/http://www.mb.com.ph/snaffu-rigor-69/ Snaffu Rigor, 69] 75. ^Songwriter Richard Fagan Dead at 69 76. ^Aos 50 anos, morre o cantor Vander Lee, em Minas Gerais {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810010751/http://www.correio24horas.com.br/single-entretenimento/noticia/aos-50-anos-morre-o-cantor-vander-lee/?cHash=098a1e92419a048eb96fc480a037b010 |date=2016-08-10 }} {{pt icon}} 77. ^Para compartir esta nota utiliza los íconos que aparecen en el sitio. {{es icon}} 78. ^B.E. Taylor, known for Christmas concerts, dies at 65 79. ^{{Cite web |url=http://archyworldys.com/valencia-dolores-vargas-died-in-the-earthquake-famous-for-his-achilipu/ |title=Valencia Dolores Vargas died in the earthquake, famous for his "Achilipú" |access-date=2016-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116131345/http://archyworldys.com/valencia-dolores-vargas-died-in-the-earthquake-famous-for-his-achilipu/ |archive-date=2017-01-16 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 80. ^Ruby Winters Jenkins 81. ^Jimmy Levine Dies... 82. ^Singer Glenn Yarbrough dead at 86 83. ^Ruby Wilson, ‘Queen of Beale Street,’ dies at 68 84. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/arts/music/connie-crothers-jazz-pianist-composer-and-instructor-dies-at-75.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&utm_ Connie Crothers, Jazz Pianist, Composer and Instructor, Dies at 75] 85. ^Matt Roberts dead aged 38 | Daily Mail Online 86. ^[https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1649496/architects-guitarist-tom-searle-dies-aged-28-after-losing-three-year-battle-with-cancer/ Architects guitarist Tom Searle dies aged 28 after losing three-year battle with cancer] 87. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/arts/music/toots-thielemans-jazz-harmonica-player-is-dead.html?_r=0 |title=Toots Thielemans, Jazz Harmonica Player, Is Dead at 94 |first=Peter |last=Keepnews |newspaper=The New York Times |page=A20 |date=22 August 2016}} 88. ^{{cite web|title=Fred Hellerman, 89, the last of the Weavers|url=http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Fred-Hellerman-89-the-last-of-the-Weavers-9199699.php|website=Connecticut Post|accessdate=22 October 2016}} 89. ^{{cite web|title=Singer-Comedian Kacey Jones Dead at 66|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/singer-comedian-kacey-jones-dead-at-66-w437680|website=Rolling Stone}} 90. ^Jerry Heller, Early N.W.A Manager, Dies at 75 91. ^Techno-Szene trauert Hamburger DJ Gary D. ist tot {{de icon}} 92. ^R.I.P. R&B superproducer and musician Fred McFarlane 93. ^Clifford Joseph Trahan Obituary 94. ^{{cite web|title=R&B singer Clifford Curry dies at 79|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/09/07/rb-singer-clifford-curry-dies-79/89583662/|website=The Tennessean}} 95. ^استاد تار ایران درگذشت {{fa icon}} 96. ^Graham Wiggins, a.k.a. Dr. Didg, Passes Away 97. ^Prince Buster dead: Ska and rocksteady pioneer dies at 78 98. ^Christopher Stone, Dead at 81 99. ^Passing of Murshid Hidayat Inayat Khan (as) 12 September, 2016, Munich Germany 100. ^Jerry Corbetta, Lead Singer for Sugarloaf, Dies 101. ^Force MD's member Trisco Pearson has passed away 102. ^Qiao Renliang passes away from committing suicide 103. ^{{cite web|title=Bobby Breen Obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/heraldnews/obituary.aspx?n=bobby-breen&pid=181506713|accessdate=22 October 2016}} 104. ^Micki Marlo, Popular 1950s Singer and Nightclub Performer, Dies at 88 105. ^Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo killed in fiery crash 106. ^Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Member John D. Loudermilk Dies At 82 107. ^Producer Kashif, Whitney Houston Collaborator and B.T. Express Member, Dead at 59 108. ^Ehemaliger Ärzte-Bassist Hagen Liebing ist tot {{de icon}} 109. ^Country Music Hall of Famer Jean Shepard dead at 82 110. ^Joe Clay, a Gretna musician with a rockabilly sound, has died 111. ^Divertis actor Ioan Gyuri Pascu dies of heart attack in Bucharest. He was 55 112. ^Cantaretul de muzica populara Aurelian Preda a murit, la doar 47 ani. Solistul suferea de cancer de mai multi ani {{ro icon}} 113. ^Dödsannons {{sv icon}} 114. ^{{Cite web |url=http://alwaysalist.com/news/lecresiacampbell-rip/ |title=In His Safety: Gospel singer Lecresia Campbell has died |access-date=2016-10-22 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20161012233433/http://alwaysalist.com/news/lecresiacampbell-rip/ |archive-date=2016-10-12 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 115. ^Nora Dean dead at 72 116. ^Little Royal 117. ^[https://www.wnyc.org/story/70-years-oscar-brands-folksong-festival/ Remembering WNYC Host Oscar Brand] 118. ^Michael Casswell R.I.P 119. ^Nekrolog: Lilleba Lund Kvandal {{no icon}} 120. ^Country crooner Toni Williams dies 121. ^[https://www.wilde-life.com/news/2016/steve-byrd-1955-2016 Steve Byrd (1955–2016)] 122. ^World class Gilbert and Sullivan tenor dies, aged 100 123. ^Preminula pevačica Ljupka Dimitrovska Kalogjera {{bs icon}} 124. ^Karl David Van Hoesen 125. ^Joan Marie Johnson Faust, founding member of The Dixie Cups, dies 126. ^R.I.P. Caroline Crawley 127. ^Basul Pompeiu Harasteanu a murit la varsta de 81 de ani {{ro icon}} 128. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/10/12/anne-pashley-olympic-athlete-and-opera-singer--obituary/ Anne Pashley, Olympic athlete and opera singer – obituary] 129. ^Obituary: Don Ciccone 1946 – 2016 130. ^Bored Nothing, Melbourne musician Fergus Miller, dies aged 26 after battle with depression 131. ^Boom Boom Satellites' Vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima Passes Away 132. ^Fallece el creador de La Sonora Ponceña Quique Lucca {{es icon}} 133. ^'King of drums' Guy Nadon dies at 82 134. ^A murit cunoscutul muzician Marin Pechea Petrache {{ro icon}} 135. ^Malian music in mourning: Techno Issa Issa Bagayogo said bows 136. ^Peter Reynolds 1958 – 2016 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129224553/http://tycerdd.org/welshcomposers/peter-reynolds |date=2016-11-29 }} 137. ^Motown songwriter Robert Bateman dies at 80 138. ^R.I.P. legendary Chicago soul hitmaker Sonny Sanders 139. ^Producer Danny Champagne has died 140. ^Robert 'Big Sonny' Edwards of The Intruders Dies at 74. 141. ^Songstress Achieng Abura dies at Kenyatta National Hospital 142. ^Mieke Telkamp (82) overleden {{nl}} 143. ^{{cite web|last1=Kreps|first1=Daniel|title=Pete Burns, Dead or Alive Singer, Dead at 57|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pete-burns-dead-or-alive-singer-dead-at-57-w446467|website=Rolling Stone|accessdate=11 November 2016}} 144. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.channel24.co.za/Music/News/accordion-maestro-nico-carstens-dies-20161102|date=2016-11-02|title=Accordion Maestro Nico Carstens Dies|publisher=Channel 24}} 145. ^{{cite web|last1=Gehr|first1=Richard|title=Leonard Cohen Dead at 82|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/leonard-cohen-dead-at-82-w449792|website=Rolling Stone|accessdate=11 November 2016}} 146. ^Jacques Werup död {{sv icon}} 147. ^{{cite web | url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/172684-mose-allison-dies-at-89 | title=Mose Allison Dies at 89 | publisher=JazzTimes | date=2016-11-15 | accessdate=2016-12-05}} 148. ^{{cite news |url= http://www.altaposten.no/kultur/2016/11/30/%E2%80%93-En-av-de-store-er-g%C3%A5tt-bort-13864429.ece |title= En av de store er gått bort |language=no |first= Rolf Edmund |last=Lund |newspaper= Altaposten |date= 30 November 2016 |accessdate= 2016-12-05}} 149. ^[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/greg-lake-emerson-lake-palmer-co-founder-dead-at-69-w454546 Greg Lake, Emerson, Lake & Palmer Co-Founder, Dead at 69 – Rolling Stone] 150. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/07/pakistan-plane-crashes-flight-pk661 Pop star Junaid Jamshed among 48 killed in Pakistan plane crash | World news | The Guardian] 151. ^[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28640835 Obituary: Rick Parfitt – BBC News] 152. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38432862 |title=Ex-Wham singer George Michael dies |publisher=BBC |date=25 December 2016 |accessdate=25 December 2016}}
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