2020 in music

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Specific genres[edit]

Albums released[edit]

Awards[edit]

Bands formed[edit]

• B.O.Y

Bands reformed[edit]

• The Format^[1]
• Genesis^[2]
• Linkin Park^[3]
• Rage Against the Machine^[4]

Bands on hiatus[edit]

• Ladies' Code

Bands disbanded[edit]

• Absu
• Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers
• Rascal Flatts
• S!sters
• X1

Deaths[edit]

January[edit]

• 1
  • Lexii Alijai, 21, American rapper
  • Marty Grebb, 74, American rock keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist (The Buckinghams, Chicago)
  • Tommy Hancock, 90, American country singer ^[5]
• 2 – Lorraine Chandler, 73, American soul singer
• 3 – Bo Winberg, 80, Swedish rock guitarist (The Spotnicks)
• 4 – Emanuel Borok, 75, Russian-born American classical violinist
• 5 – Martin Griffin, British space rock drummer (Hawkwind, Hawklords)
• 7 - Neil Peart, 67, Canadian progressive rock drummer and songwriter (Rush)^[6]
• 8 – Edd Byrnes, 87, American actor and pop singer
• 9 – Bobby Comstock, 78, American rock and roll singer
• 10
  • Tom Alexander, 80, Scottish folk singer (The Alexander Brothers)
  • Wolfgang Dauner, 84, German jazz pianist
• 13 – Hylda Sims, 87, British skiffle guitarist
• 14
  • Steve Martin Caro, 71, American baroque pop singer (The Left Banke)
  • Chamín Correa, 90, Mexican classical guitarist
  • Guy Deplus, 95, French chamber music clarinetist
  • Barry Mayger, 73, English pop bassist (Chicory Tip)
  • Bruno Nettl, 89, Czech-born American ethnomusicologist and musicologist.^[7]
• 15 – Chris Darrow, 75, American country and rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Kaleidoscope, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
• 18
  • Dennis Garcia, 67, Filipino pop rock bassist (Hotdog)
  • David Olney, 71, American folk singer-songwriter
• 19
  • Dan Andrei Aldea, 69, Romanian progressive rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Sfinx)
  • Jimmy Heath, 93, American jazz saxophonist (Heath Brothers)
  • Robert Parker, 89, American R&B singer
  • Sunanda Patnaik, 85, Indian classical singer
• 21 – Meritxell Negre, 48, Spanish pop singer (Peaches & Herb)
• 24
  • Joe Payne, 35, American metal bassist (Divine Heresy, Nile)
  • Sean Reinert, 48, American metal drummer (Cynic, Death, Æon Spoke)
• 25
  • Bob Gullotti, 71, American free jazz drummer (Surrender to the Air)
  • Vernon Sandusky, 80, American rock singer and guitarist (The Chartbusters)
• 26 – Bob Shane, 85, American folk singer and guitarist (The Kingston Trio)
• 27 – Reed Mullin, 53, American sludge metal drummer (Corrosion of Conformity)
• 28 – Bob Nave, 75, American bubblegum pop keyboardist (The Lemon Pipers)
• 30 – Lucien Barbarin, 63, American jazz trombonist (Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Harry Connick Jr.)^[8]

February[edit]

• 1
  • Harold Beane, 73, American funk guitarist (Funkadelic)
  • Andy Gill, 64, British post-punk guitarist (Gang of Four)
  • Peter Serkin, 72, American classical pianist
• 2
  • Kofi B, Ghanaian highlife singer
  • Ivan Král, 71, Czech-American rock bassist and songwriter (The Patti Smith Group)
• 4
  • Andrew Brough, New Zealand indie rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Straitjacket Fits)
  • Buddy Cage, 73, Canadian folk pedal steel guitarist (New Riders of the Purple Sage, Great Speckled Bird)
  • Ljiljana Petrović, 80, Serbian pop singer
• 6
  • Lynn Evans, 95, American pop singer (The Chordettes)
  • Diego Farias, 27, American progressive metalcore guitarist (Volumes)
  • Nello Santi, 88, Italian classical conductor
• 7
  • Nexhmije Pagarusha, 86, Albanian-Kosovan pop singer
  • Steve Weber, 76, American folk singer and guitarist (The Holy Modal Rounders)
• 9 – Sergei Slonimsky, 87, Russian classical composer
• 10 – Lyle Mays, 66, American jazz fusion keyboardist (Pat Metheny Group)
• 11 – Joseph Shabalala, 78, South African isicathamiya and mbube singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
• 12
  • Paul English, 87, American country drummer
  • Victor Olaiya, 89, Nigerian highlife trumpeter
• 13
  • Buzzy Linhart, 76, American folk rock singer-songwriter
  • Jacob Thiele, 40, American indie rock keyboardist (The Faint)
• 14
  • Reinbert de Leeuw, 81, Dutch classical pianist and conductor^[9]
  • Sonam Sherpa, 48, Indian blues rock guitarist (Parikrama)
• 15 – Cavan Grogan, 70, Welsh rock and roll singer (Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers)
• 16
  • Pearl Carr, 98, British pop singer (Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson)
  • Graeme Allwright, 93, New Zealand-French folk and jazz singer-songwriter
• 17
  • Kizito Mihigo, 38, Rwandan gospel singer
  • Andrew Weatherall, 56, British electronic musician (Two Lone Swordsmen, The Sabres of Paradise) and record producer
• 18 – Jon Christensen, 78, Norwegian jazz drummer
• 19
  • Bob Cobert, 95, American composer
  • Pop Smoke, 20, American rapper
• 24 – Jahn Teigen, 70, Norwegian pop and progressive rock singer (Popol Ace, Prima Vera)
• 25 – David Roback, 61, American alternative rock and dream pop guitarist (Mazzy Star, Rain Parade, Opal)
• 26
  • Hans Deinzer, 86, German classical clarinetist
  • Sergei Dorensky, 88, Russian classical pianist
• 28 – Mike Somerville, 67, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Head East)
• 29
  • Odile Pierre, 87, French classical organist and composer
  • Bill Smith, 93, American classical and jazz clarinetist

March[edit]

• 2
  • Jan Vyčítal, 77, Czech country singer
  • Susan Weinert, 54, German jazz fusion guitarist
  • Peter Wieland, 89, German pop singer
• 3
  • Les Cauchi, 77, American pop singer (Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge)
  • Alf Cranner, 83, Norwegian folk singer
• 4 – Barbara Martin, 76, American R&B singer (The Supremes)
• 6
  • McCoy Tyner, 81, American jazz pianist
  • Elinor Ross, 93, American opera soprano
• 7
  • Jim Owen, 78, American country singer-songwriter
  • Laura Smith, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
• 9
  • Keith Olsen, 74, American psychedelic rock bassist (The Music Machine) and record producer
  • Eric Taylor, 70, American folk singer-songwriter
• 10
  • Marcelo Peralta, 59, Argentine jazz saxophonist
  • Beba Selimović, 80, Bosnian folk singer
• 11 – Charles Wuorinen, 81, American classical composer
• 12 – Don Burrows, 91, Australian jazz multi-instrumentalist
• 14
  • Phil Phillips, 94, American pop singer-songwriter
  • Eva Pilarová, 80, Czech jazz singer
  • Genesis P-Orridge, 70, British industrial singer, songwriter and bassist (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Thee Majesty)
• 16
  • Sergio Bassi, 69, Italian folk rock singer-songwriter
  • Jason Rainey, 53, American thrash metal guitarist (Sacred Reich)
• 17 – Thái Thanh, 85, Vietnamese-American pop singer
• 19 – Aurlus Mabélé, 66, Congolese soukous singer
• 20
  • Kenny Rogers, 81, American country and pop singer-songwriter
  • Jerry Slick, 80, American psychedelic rock drummer (The Great Society)
• 21 – Hellmut Stern, 91, German classical violinist
• 22
  • Gabi Delgado-López, 61, Spanish-born German electronic singer (Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft)
  • Julie Felix, 81, American-British folk singer
  • Mike Longo, 83, American jazz pianist
  • Peter Stapleton, 65, New Zealand alternative rock drummer (The Terminals, Dadamah, Flies Inside the Sun)
  • Eric Weissberg, 80, American country and bluegrass banjoist
• 23 – Tres Warren, 41, American psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (Psychic Ills)
• 24
  • Manu Dibango, 86, Cameroonian makossa and jazz saxophonist
  • Bill Rieflin, 59, American rock drummer (The Blackouts, Ministry, Revolting Cocks, KMFDM, King Crimson)
• 25 – Detto Mariano, 82, Italian rock keyboardist (I Ribelli) and film composer
• 26
  • Olle Holmquist, 83, Swedish big band trombonist (James Last Orchestra)
  • Bill Martin, 81, British pop songwriter
• 27
  • Bob Andy, 75, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter (The Paragons, Bob and Marcia)
  • Mirna Doris, 79, Italian canzone Napoletana singer
  • Delroy Washington, 67, Jamaican-born British reggae singer
• 28 – Jan Howard, 91, American country singer-songwriter
• 29
  • Joe Diffie, 61, American country singer and songwriter
  • Alan Merrill, 69, American pop rock singer and bassist (Arrows)
  • Paravai Muniyamma, 82, Indian folk singer
  • Krzysztof Penderecki, 86, Polish classical composer and conductor
• 30
  • Riachão, 98, Brazilian samba singer
  • Bill Withers, 81, American soul singer-songwriter
• 31 – Wallace Roney, 59, American jazz trumpeter

April[edit]

• 1
  • Cristina, 61, American no wave singer
  • Ellis Marsalis Jr., 85, American jazz pianist
  • Bucky Pizzarelli, 94, American jazz guitarist
  • Harold Rubin, 87, South African-born Israeli free jazz clarinetist
  • Adam Schlesinger, 52, American power pop singer, songwriter and bassist (Fountains of Wayne, Ivy, Tinted Windows)
• 2 – Vaughan Mason, 69, American funk and electronic multi-instrumentalist (Vaughan Mason & Crew, Raze)
• 3 – Helin Bölek, 28, Turkish folk rock singer (Grup Yorum)
• 4
  • Timothy Brown, 82, American pop and soul singer
  • Patrick Gibson, French eurodisco drummer (Gibson Brothers)
  • Alex Harvey, 73, American country singer-songwriter
• 5 – Barry Allen, 74, Canadian rock musician and record producer (Painter) (death announced on this date)
• 6
  • M. K. Arjunan, 84, Indian film composer
  • Black the Ripper, 32, British grime rapper
• 7
  • Betty Bennett, 98, American jazz and big band singer
  • Hutch Davie, 89, American pianist, arranger and composer
  • Steve Farmer, 71, American rock guitarist and songwriter (The Amboy Dukes)
  • Travis Nelsen, American indie rock drummer (Okkervil River)
  • John Prine, 73, American folk singer-songwriter
  • Hal Willner, 64, American record producer
  • Xudeydi, 91, Somali folk oud player
• 8
  • Carl Dobkins, Jr., 79, American singer and songwriter
  • Glenn Fredly, 44, Indonesian R&B singer-songwriter
  • Chynna Rogers, 25, American rapper
• 9
  • Andy González, 69, American Latin jazz bassist
  • Dmitri Smirnov, 71, Russian-British classical composer
• 10
  • Big George Brock, 87, American blues harmonicist
  • Shanti Hiranand, 86, Indian classical singer
  • Jymie Merritt, 92, American jazz bassist (The Jazz Messengers)
• 11 – Liu Dehai, 82, Chinese classical pipa player
• 12
  • Kishen Bholasing, 35, Surinamese Baithak Gana singer and percussionist
  • Jerry Hludzik, American pop rock guitarist and bassist (The Buoys)
  • Louis van Dijk, 78, Dutch jazz pianist
• 13
  • Ryo Kawasaki, 73, Japanese jazz fusion guitarist
  • Moraes Moreira, 72, Brazilian MPB singer and guitarist (Novos Baianos)
• 14
  • Akin Euba, 84, Nigerian folk pianist, composer, and musicologist
  • Kassongo Wa Kanema, 73, Congolese soukous singer (Orchestra Super Mazembe)
  • Kerstin Meyer, 92, Swedish opera singer
• 15
  • Henry Grimes, 84, American jazz bassist
  • Lee Konitz, 92, American jazz saxophonist
  • Gary McSpadden, 77, American gospel singer (The Imperials, Gaither Vocal Band, The Oak Ridge Boys)
• 16
  • Christophe, 74, French singer-songwriter
  • Dušan Vančura, 82, Czech folk singer and bassist (Spirituál kvintet)
• 17
  • Giuseppi Logan, 84, American jazz multi-instrumentalist
  • Matthew Seligman, 62, British new wave bassist (Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club, The Soft Boys, Thompson Twins)
• 19
  • Alexander Vustin, 76, Russian composer
  • Ian Whitcomb, 78, British pop singer-songwriter
  • Emina Zečaj, 91, Bosnian sevdalinka singer
• 21
  • Derek Jones, 35, American metalcore guitarist (Falling in Reverse)
  • Jacques Pellen, 63, French jazz guitarist
• 22
  • Bootsie Barnes, 82, American jazz saxophonist
  • Marcos Mundstock, 77, Argentine comedy music singer and multi-instrumentalist (Les Luthiers)
• 23
  • Fred the Godson, 35, American rapper
  • Kamit Sanbayev, 78, Kazakh rock singer (Dos Mukasan)
• 24
  • Hamilton Bohannon, 78, American R&B and disco percussionist and music producer
  • Phil Broadhurst, 70, New Zealand jazz pianist
  • Harold Reid, 80, American country singer-songwriter (The Statler Brothers)
• 25 – Alan Abel, 91, American classical percussionist
• 26 – Big Al Carson, 66, American blues singer
• 27
  • Lynn Harrell, 79, American classical cellist
  • Troy Sneed, 52, American gospel singer
  • Scott Taylor, British new wave guitarist (Then Jerico)
• 28 – Bobby Lewis, 95, American R&B singer
• 29
  • Martin Lovett, 93, British classical cellist (Amadeus Quartet)
  • Stezo, 51, American rapper
• 30
  • Tony Allen, 79, Nigerian afrobeat and rock drummer (Fela Kuti and Afrika '70, The Good, the Bad & the Queen)
  • Óscar Chávez, 85, Mexican pop singer
  • Sam Lloyd, 56, American acapella singer (The Blanks)

May[edit]

• 1
  • Richard Cole, 72, American jazz saxophonist^[10]
  • Tavo Limongi, 52, Mexican nu metal guitarist (Resorte)^[11]
  • Will Theunissen, 65, Dutch jazz rock guitarist^[12]
• 2
  • Cady Groves, 30, American country singer-songwriter^[13]
  • Idir, 70, Algerian folk singer-songwriter^[14]
  • Jonathan Kelly, 72, Irish folk rock singer-songwriter^[15]
  • Erwin Prasetya, 48, Indonesian alternative rock bassist (Dewa 19)^[16]
• 3
  • Rosalind Elias, 90, American opera singer^[17]
  • Dave Greenfield, 71, British punk and new wave keyboardist (The Stranglers)^[18]
• 4 – Dragan Vučić, 65, North Macedonian pop singer^[19]

See also[edit]

Others articles of the Topic Music : WWE The Music: The Beginning, Death Valley Driver, WWE Uncaged VIII, Tygamo, WWE: Uncaged VII, Kathleen Elle, Mike Adam (host)
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• Timeline of musical events
• Women in music

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