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This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2018 in music.
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Specific genres
Albums released
Awards
| 60th Annual Grammy Awards | 
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| Record of the Year: 24K Magic by Bruno Mars • Album of the Year: 24K Magic by Bruno Mars • Song of the Year: "That's What I Like" by Bruno Mars • Best New Artist: Alessia Cara | 
| 2018 Billboard Music Awards | 
| Top Artist: Ed Sheeran • Top Male Artist: Ed Sheeran • Top Female Artist: Taylor Swift • Top Duo/Group: Imagine Dragons • Top New Artist: Khalid • Top Billboard 200 Album: DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar • Top Hot 100 Song: "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | 
| 2018 ARIA Music Awards | 
| Album of the Year: Love Monster by Amy Shark • Song of the Year: "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer • Breakthrough Artist: Dazed & Confused by Ruel | 
| 2018 Brit Awards | 
| British Album of the Year: Gang Signs & Prayer by Stormzy • British Single of the Year: "Human" by Rag'n'Bone Man • British Breakthrough Act: Dua Lipa • British Video: "Sign of the Times" by Harry Styles | 
| Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | 
| "Toy" by Netta (Israel) | 
| 2018 Juno Awards | 
| Artist of the Year: Gord Downie • Group of the Year: A Tribe Called Red • Album of the Year: Everything Now by Arcade Fire • Single of the Year: "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" by Shawn Mendes | 
| 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards | 
| Artist of the Year: BTS • Album of the Year: Love Yourself: Tear by BTS • Song of the Year: "What Is Love" by Twice • Best Music Video: "Idol" by BTS | 
| 2018 MTV Video Music Awards | 
| Video of the Year: "Havana" by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug • Song of the Year: Rockstar by Post Malone (featuring 21 Savage) • Artist of the Year: Camila Cabello • Best New Artist: Cardi B • Best Collaboration: Dinero by Jennifer Lopez (featuring DJ Khaled and Cardi B) | 
| 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards | 
| Best Song: "Havana" by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug • Best Video: "Havana" by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug) • Best Artist: Camila Cabello • Best Group: BTS • Best New: Cardi B | 
| American Music Awards of 2018 (USA) | 
| Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift • New Artist of the Year: Camila Cabello • Collaboration of the Year: "Havana" by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug • Tour of the Year: Reputation Stadium Tour by Taylor Swift | 
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | 
| Inductees: Bon Jovi • The Cars • Dire Straits • The Moody Blues • Nina Simone | 
| 27th Seoul Music Awards (South Korea) | 
| Grand Prize: BTS • Best Song: "Like It" by Yoon Jong-shin • Best Album: Palette by IU • Best New Artist: Pristin, Chungha, Wanna One | 
Bands formed
- Ateez
 - AKB48 Team SH
 - AKB48 Team TP
 - Big Red Machine
 - Black Country, New Road
 - Black Smoke Trigger
 - Boygenius
 - The Carters
 - D-Crunch
 - DreamNote
 - Day6
 - dps
 - The Driver Era
 - Empire
 - Error
 - Fanatics - Flavor
 - Fantastics from Exile Tribe
 - First Place
 - Forestella
 - Fromis 9
 - Hachimitsu Rocket
 - (G)I-dle
 - Girlkind
 - Gugudan SeMiNa
 - GWSN
 - Honey Popcorn
 - Illuminati Hotties
 - Iz*One
 - JBJ95
 - Kids See Ghosts
 - King & Prince
 - Loona
 - LSD
 - Maywish
 - Mirror
 - MNL48
 - Nature
 - NeonPunch
 - NEX7
 - Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets
 - Nine Percent
 - Noir
 - NTB
 - Oceanhoarse
 - Oh!GG
 - Pattern-Seeking Animals
 - Pristin V
 - Raise A Suilen
 - Rocket Girls 101
 - Saturday
 - SGO48
 - Silk City
 - Spectrum
 - Spira Spica
 - STU48
 - Silk City
 - The Distillers
 - Target
 - The Driver Era
 - Uijin
 - UNB
 - Uni.T
 - W24
 - We Girls
 - WJMK
 - Yoshimotozaka46
 
Soloist debuts
- AC Bonifacio
 - Aina the End
 - Aitch
 - Aitana
 - Akari Nanawo
 - Alec Benjamin
 - Alfred García
 - Alfie Templeman
 - Ali Gatie
 - Amaia
 - Ana Guerra
 - Angelo Acosta
 - Arlo Parks
 - Ash Island
 - Ashnikko
 - Ava Max
 - Beabadoobee
 - Bibi
 - Cheronna Ng
 - Chiaki Ito
 - Chiaki Satō
 - Doja Cat
 - Elkie
 - Girl in Red
 - Giveon
 - Halca
 - Haruka Yamazaki
 - Haon
 - Holland
 - Hoya
 - Hynn
 - Janine Berdin
 - Jennie
 - Jen Ledger
 - J-Hope
 - Jin Longguo
 - Jung Il-hoon
 - Karencitta
 - Kaori Ishihara
 - Katie
 - Key
 - The Kid Laroi
 - Kiyoe Yoshioka
 - Kim Dong-han
 - King Princess
 - Kyle Juliano
 - Kira Chan
 - Kyline Alcantara
 - Lee Chang-sub
 - Lele Pons
 - Leo
 - Lil Mosey
 - Lola Indigo
 - Loren Gray
 - Mae Muller
 - Mai Fuchigami
 - Makoto Furukawa
 - Mariah Angeliq
 - Meimi Tamura
 - Memphiis
 - Minori Suzuki
 - Mino
 - Misako Uno
 - Moonbyul
 - Onew
 - Reona
 - Rika Tachibana
 - Rina Balaj
 - Ryuji Imaichi
 - Ryucheru
 - Ryusei Yokohama
 - Salem Ilese
 - Shanti Dope
 - Shigeru Joshima
 - Shuta Sueyoshi
 - Sohee
 - Sori
 - Son Dong-woon
 - Sooyoung
 - Taiki Yamazaki
 - Tayna
 - Tems
 - Twlv
 - Unique
 - Vinxen
 - Wheein
 - Yoo Seon-ho
 - Youra
 - Yuka Ozaki
 - Yuma Uchida
 - Yubin
 - Yuri
 
Bands reformed
Bands on hiatus
Bands disbanded
- 7 Seconds
 - Alcazar
 - at17
 - At the Drive-In
 - Aqua Timez
 - Babyraids Japan
 - Balance and Composure
 - Bestie
 - Big Bang
 - Brand New
 - The Charm the Fury
 - Chatmonchy
 - Cheeky Parade
 - Chelsy
 - Ciao Bella Cinquetti
 - D12
 - Dirge Within
 - The Fall
 - Frightened Rabbit
 - GEM
 - GMS
 - Hedley
 - Idol Renaissance
 - La PomPon
 - LFO
 - Mastersystem
 - Minus the Bear
 - Mix Speaker's, Inc.
 - The Orwells
 - Owl John
 - Passpo
 - The Pizza Underground
 - Royal Headache
 - Runrig
 - Rush
 - Say Anything
 - Seventeen
 - Slaughterhouse
 - Sleeping Giant
 - Soundgarden
 - Splashh
 - The Strypes
 - Tackey & Tsubasa
 - Them Are Us Too
 - The Thermals
 - Ultimate Painting
 - Vattnet
 - Vallenfyre
 - Vanilla Beans
 - Wild Beasts
 - X21
 - Young and in the Way
 
Deaths
January
- 1 
- Jon Paul Steuer, 33, American punk singer and actor
 - Betty Willis, 76, American R&B singer
 
 - 2 – Rick Hall, 85, American record producer
 - 3 – Josiah Boyd, 32, American heavy metal bassist (A Hill to Die Upon)
 - 4 – Ray Thomas, 76, British progressive rock flautist (The Moody Blues)
 - 5 – Mikio Fujioka, 36, Japanese heavy metal guitarist (Babymetal)
 - 7 
- France Gall, 70, French pop singer
 - Buster Stiggs, 63, British-born New Zealand punk drummer (Suburban Reptiles, The Swingers, Models)
 
 - 8 – Denise LaSalle, 83, American blues and R&B singer-songwriter
 - 9 – Paul Antingnani, American heavy metal drummer (Sworn Enemy)
 - 10 – "Fast" Eddie Clarke, 67, British heavy metal guitarist (Motörhead, Fastway)
 - 12 – Pierre Pincemaille, 61, French classical organist
 - 13 – Tzimis Panousis, 63, Greek comedy singer
 - 15
- Edwin Hawkins, 74, American gospel singer, songwriter and pianist
 - Dolores O'Riordan, 46, Irish alternative rock singer-songwriter (The Cranberries)
 
 - 16
- Dave Holland, 69, English heavy metal drummer (Judas Priest, Trapeze)
 - Madalena Iglésias, 78, Portuguese classic pop singer
 
 - 17 – Ric Jacobs, 61, American pop-rock singer (Steel Breeze)
 - 18 – Steve Nisbett, 69, Nevisian-born British reggae drummer (Steel Pulse)
 - 19 – Fredo Santana, 27, American rapper
 - 20
- Terry Evans, 70, American blues singer and guitarist
 - Mario Guccio, 64, Belgian rock singer (Machiavel)
 - Jim Rodford, 76, British rock bassist (Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies)
 
 - 22 – Preston Shannon, 70, American blues singer and guitarist
 - 23 
- Hugh Masekela, 78, South African jazz trumpeter
 - Lari White, 52, American country music singer
 
 - 24 – Mark E. Smith, 60, British post-punk singer-songwriter (The Fall)
 - 25
- Tommy Banks, 81, Canadian jazz pianist
 - Steve Foster, Australian folk singer
 - Floyd Miles, 74, American blues singer and guitarist
 
 - 26 
- Buzz Clifford, 76, American pop singer
 - Igor Zhukov, 81, Russian classical pianist
 
 - 27 – Grant Fell, 56, New Zealand industrial rock bassist (Headless Chickens)
 - 28 – Neil Harris, 63, British punk guitarist (Sham 69)
 - 28 
- Eddie Shaw, 80, American blues saxophonist
 - Coco Schumann, 93, German jazz guitarist
 
 - 31 
- Del Delker, 93, American gospel singer
 - Leah LaBelle, 31, Canadian-born American R&B singer
 
 
February
- 1
- Dennis Edwards, 74, American R&B singer (The Temptations)
 - Mowzey Radio, 33, Ugandan pop singer (Goodlyfe Crew)
 
 - 3 – Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, 65, American jazz and rock drummer
 - 5 – Zeno Roth, 51, German rock guitarist
 - 7
- John Perry Barlow, 70, American rock songwriter (Grateful Dead)
 - Mickey Jones, 76, American country-rock drummer (Kenny Rogers and The First Edition)
 - Pat Torpey, 64, American hard rock drummer (Mr. Big)
 
 - 8 
- Algia Mae Hinton, 88, American blues singer
 - Lovebug Starski, 57, American rapper
 - Ebony Reigns, 20, Ghanaian dancehall singer
 
 - 9 
- Jóhann Jóhannsson, 48, Icelandic film composer
 - Craig MacGregor, 68, American rock bassist (Foghat)
 
 - 11
- Vic Damone, 89, American pop singer
 - Tom Rapp, 70, American psychedelic rock singer (Pearls Before Swine)
 
 - 12
- Daryle Singletary, 46, American country singer
 - Klaasje van der Wal, 69, Dutch hard rock bassist (Shocking Blue)
 
 - 13
- Scott Boyer, 70, American rock singer and guitarist (Cowboy, The 31st of February)
 - Billy Johnson, American emo and noise rock drummer (Reggie and the Full Effect, Rocket Fuel Is The Key)
 
 - 14 – Nuray Hafiftaş, 53, Turkish folk singer
 - 16 – Barbara Alston, 74, American R&B singer (The Crystals)
 - 19
- Johnny Mosby, 88, American country music singer (Johnny & Jonie Mosby)
 - Norm Rogers, 61, American alternative country drummer (The Jayhawks, Cows)
 - Stormin MC, 34, British grime rapper
 
 - 22 – Errol Buddle, 89, Australian jazz bassoonist and saxophonist
 - 23 – Eddy Amoo, 73, British soul singer (The Real Thing)
 
March
- 1 – Bill Burkette, 75, American pop singer (The Vogues)
 - 2 
- Jesus Lopez Cobos, 78, Spanish classic music conductor
 - Brandon Jenkins, 48, American Red Dirt country singer-songwriter
 - Van McLain, 62, American rock guitarist and singer (Shooting Star)
 
 - 3
- Patrick Doyle, 31, British indie rock drummer (Veronica Falls)
 - Kenneth Gärdestad, 69, Swedish pop songwriter
 
 - 7 – Jerzy Milian, 82, Polish jazz vibraphonist
 - 9 – Pyarelal Wadali, 75, Indian Sufi folk singer (Wadali Brothers)
 - 11 – Ken Dodd, 90, British comedian and pop singer
 - 12
- Nokie Edwards, 82, American surf rock guitarist (The Ventures)
 - Craig Mack, 47, American rapper
 
 - 13 
- Claudia Fontaine, 57, British pop and ska singer (Afrodiziak)
 - Jimmy Wisner, 86, American pianist, arranger, songwriter
 
 - 14 
- Steve Mandell, 76, American bluegrass guitarist and banjoist
 - Liam O'Flynn, 72, Irish uilleann piper[1]
 - Charlie Quintana, 56, American punk rock drummer (The Plugz, Cracker, Social Distortion, Agent Orange)
 
 - 16 
- Laurence Cleary, 60, Irish new wave guitarist (The Blades)
 - Buell Neidlinger, 82, American jazz bassist and cellist
 
 - 18 – Killjoy, 48, American death metal singer (Necrophagia, Viking Crown)
 - 20 – Peter "Mars" Cowling, 72, British blues rock bassist (Pat Travers Band, The Flying Hat Band, Gnidrolog)
 - 22 – Morgana King, 87, American jazz singer
 - 24 – Lys Assia, 94, Swiss pop singer
 - 25 – Seo Min-woo, 33, South Korean pop singer (100%)
 - 27 – Kenny O'Dell, 73, American country singer-songwriter
 - 28 – Caleb Scofield, 39, American alternative rock and sludge metal bassist and singer (Cave In, Zozobra, Old Man Gloom)
 - 30
- Alias, 41, American rapper and producer
 - Sabahudin Kurt, 82, Bosnian folk singer
 - Major Short, 93, American double bass player (Somethin' Smith and the Redheads)
 
 - 31 – Frode Viken, 63, Norwegian rock guitarist (D.D.E.)
 
April
- 1
- Audrey Morris, 89, American jazz singer
 - Ron Shaw, 77, American folk singer, guitarist and banjoist (The Hillside Singers)
 
 - 3 – Lill-Babs, 80, Swedish pop singer
 - 4 – Don Cherry, 94, American pop singer
 - 5 – Cecil Taylor, 89, American jazz pianist
 - 6 – Jacques Higelin, 77, French chanson singer
 - 8 – Nathan Davis, 81, American jazz multi-instrumentalist
 - 9 – Timmy Matley, 36, Irish pop singer (The Overtones)
 - 10 – Yvonne Staples, 80, American soul singer (The Staple Singers)
 - 14 – Milan Škampa, 89, Czech classical violist (Smetana Quartet)
 - 16 – Dona Ivone Lara, 97, Brazilian samba singer
 - 17 
- Randy Scruggs, 64, American country guitarist and songwriter
 - Big Tom, 81, Irish country singer
 
 - 19
- Stuart Colman, 73, English musician (Pinkerton's Assorted Colours, The Flying Machine), record producer (Shakin' Stevens), and broadcaster
 - Reginald McArthur, 63, American R&B singer (The Controllers)
 
 - 20
- Avicii, 28, Swedish EDM DJ and producer
 - Brian Henry Hooper, 55, Australian alternative rock guitarist (Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists)
 
 - 23 – Bob Dorough, 94, American jazz singer and pianist
 - 24 – Paul Gray, 54, Australian new wave singer, songwriter and keyboardist (Wa Wa Nee)
 - 26 – Charles Neville, 79, American R&B saxophonist (The Neville Brothers)
 - 29
- Ted Devoux, 55, American rapper (Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.)
 - Rose Laurens, 65, French pop singer-songwriter
 
 - 30 – Tim Calvert, 52, American heavy metal guitarist (Nevermore, Forbidden)
 
May
- 1
- John "Jabo" Starks, 80, American funk and R&B drummer (The J.B.'s)
 - Wanda Wiłkomirska, 89, Polish classical violinist
 
 - 2 – Tony Cucchiara, 80, Italian folk singer
 - 4
- Steve Coy, 56, British new wave drummer (Dead or Alive)
 - Tony Kinman, American cowpunk singer and bassist (Rank and File, The Dils)
 - Abi Ofarim, 80, Israeli pop singer
 
 - 5 – Dick Williams, 91, American pop singer (The Williams Brothers)
 - 7 – Gayle Shepherd, 81, American pop singer (Shepherd Sisters)
 - 9
- Sammy Allred, 84, American country music singer and mandolinist (The Geezinslaw Brothers)
 - Ben Graves, 46, American horror punk drummer (Murderdolls)
 - Carl Perkins, 59, New Zealand reggae singer (House of Shem)
 - Shirley Thomas, 74, American pop singer (The Dixiebelles)
 
 - 10 – Scott Hutchison, 36, British indie singer, songwriter and guitarist (Frightened Rabbit, The Fruit Tree Foundation, Mastersystem)
 - 11 – Matt Marks, 38, American contemporary classical multi-instrumentalist (Alarm Will Sound)
 - 13 – Glenn Branca, 69, American avant-garde composer and guitarist (Theoretical Girls)
 - 16 – Hideki Saijo, 63, Japanese pop singer
 - 17
- Jürgen Marcus, 69, German schlager singer
 - Jon Sholle, 70, American jazz, roots music and blues multi-instrumentalist
 
 - 19 
- Reggie Lucas, 65, American multi-genre guitarist (Mtume), producer and songwriter
 - Patricia Morison, 103, American showtunes singer and actress
 
 - 25 – Piet Kee, 90, Dutch classical organist
 - 27 – Andy MacQueen, Australian punk guitarist (Exploding White Mice)
 - 28 
- Evio Di Marzo, 64, Venezuelan tropical singer and guitarist (Adrenalina Caribe)
 - Stewart Lupton, 43, American indie rock singer (Jonathan Fire*Eater)
 - Josh Martin, 46, American grindcore guitarist (Anal Cunt)
 
 - 31 – Demba Nabé, 46, German dancehall rapper (Seeed)
 
June
- 1 
- Andrew Massey, 72, British classical conductor
 - Sinan Sakić, 61, Serbian turbo-folk singer (Južni Vetar)
 
 - 2 – Wayne Secrest, 68, American bassist (Confederate Railroad)
 - 3 – Clarence Fountain, 88, American gospel singer (The Blind Boys of Alabama)
 - 4 – Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, 73, American spoken word poet (The Last Poets)
 - 5 
- Jimmy Gonzalez, 67, American Tejano singer (Mazz)
 - Ralph Santolla, 51, American metal guitarist (Deicide, Obituary, Iced Earth)
 
 - 6 – Teddy Johnson, 98, British pop singer (Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson)
 - 7 – Al Capps, 79, American arranger, composer and record producer
 - 8 – Danny Kirwan, 68, British rock and blues guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
 - 9 – John McElrath, 77, American rock singer and keyboardist (The Swingin' Medallions)
 - 10
- Neal E. Boyd, 42, American operatic pop singer
 - Ras Kimono, 60, Nigerian reggae singer
 
 - 11 – Wayne Dockery, 76, American jazz bassist
 - 12 – Jon Hiseman, 73, British jazz fusion and blues drummer (Colosseum, Colosseum II, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
 - 13 – D. J. Fontana, 87, American rock and roll drummer (The Blue Moon Boys)
 - 15
- Delia Bell, 83, American bluegrass singer (Bill Grant and Delia Bell)
 - Nick Knox, 60, American psychobilly drummer (The Cramps, Electric Eels)
 - Matt Murphy, 88, American blues guitarist (The Blues Brothers)
 
 - 16 – Rebecca Parris, 66, American jazz singer
 - 18 
- Jimmy Wopo, 21, American rapper
 - XXXTentacion, 20, American rapper
 
 - 19
- Bansi Quinteros, 41, Spanish psychedelic trance keyboardist (GMS)
 - Lowrell Simon, 75, American singer (The Lost Generation)
 
 - 21 – David Corcoran, 64, American rock drummer (Duke Jupiter)
 - 22 
- Geoffrey Oryema, 65, Ugandan afro-pop singer and guitarist
 - Vinnie Paul, 54, American metal drummer (Pantera, Damageplan, Hellyeah)
 
 - 24
- George Cameron, 70, American baroque pop drummer (The Left Banke)
 - Dan Ingram, 83, radio DJ
 
 - 26 
- Fedor Frešo, 71, Slovak rock bassist (The Soulmen, Prúdy)
 - Ed Simons, 101, American classical music conductor
 
 - 27 – Steve Soto, 54, American punk rock bassist (Adolescents, Agent Orange, Manic Hispanic)
 - 29 – Eugene Pitt, 80, American doo wop singer (The Jive Five)
 - 30 
- Smoke Dawg, 21, Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter (Halal Gang)
 - Dean Webb, 81, American bluegrass mandolinist (The Dillards)
 
 
July
- 2 
- Henry Butler, 69, American jazz pianist
 - Alan Longmuir, 70, Scottish pop bassist (Bay City Rollers)
 - Bill Watrous, 79, American jazz trombonist
 
 - 3 – Richard Swift, 41, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Shins, The Arcs, Starflyer 59)
 - 4 – Carmen Campagne, 58, Canadian folk singer
 - 6 
- Vlatko Ilievski, 33, Macedonian rock singer and guitarist
 - Vince Martin, 81, American folk singer
 
 - 7 
- Brett Hoffmann, 51, American death metal singer (Malevolent Creation)
 - Garry Lowe, 65, Jamaican-born Canadian reggae and blues rock musician (Big Sugar)
 
 - 8 – Tab Hunter, 86, American pop singer
 - 9 – Stefan Demert, 78, Swedish pop singer
 - 10 – Ye Lwin, 70, Burmese rock guitarist
 - 13 – K. Rani, 75, Indian playback singer
 - 15 – Theryl DeClouet, 66, American jazz-funk and R&B singer (Galactic)
 - 18 – Raivo Rätte, 48, Estonian alternative rock bassist (Kosmikud)
 - 25 – Patrick Williams, 79, American composer, arranger and conductor
 - 27 – Mark Shelton, 60, American heavy metal guitarist (Manilla Road)
 - 28 – Olga Jackowska, 67, Polish rock singer (Maanam)
 - 29
- Sam Mehran, 31, British dance-punk singer and guitarist (Test Icicles)
 - Tomasz Stańko, 76, Polish jazz trumpeter and composer
 
 - 31 – Irvin Jarrett, 69, Jamaican reggae percussionist (Inner Circle, Third World)
 
August
- 1
- Ted LeGarde, 87, Australian country music singer and guitarist (The LeGarde Twins)
 - Celeste Rodrigues, 95, Portuguese fado singer
 - Umbayee, 67, Indian ghazal singer
 
 - 2 – Neil Argo, 71, American film and television composer
 - 3 
- Brad Daymond, 48, Canadian house DJ (Love Inc.)
 - Tommy Peoples, 70, Irish folk fiddler (The Bothy Band)
 
 - 4 – Lorrie Collins, 76, American rockabilly singer and guitarist (The Collins Kids)
 - 5 
- Majid Al-Majid, 52, Saudi folk singer
 - Ellen Joyce Loo, 32, Canadian-born Hong Kong folktronica singer and guitarist (at17)
 
 - 8 – Linda Mkhize, 37, South African rapper
 - 9 – Arthur Davies, 77, Welsh opera singer
 - 10 – Jason "J-Sin" Luttrell, 40, American nu-metal vocalist (Primer 55)
 - 14 
- Jill Janus, 42, American heavy metal singer (Huntress)
 - Valentina Levko, 92, Russian opera singer
 - Randy Rampage, 58, Canadian thrash metal and punk singer and bassist (Annihilator, D.O.A., Stress Factor 9)
 
 - 16
- Aretha Franklin, 76, American R&B and soul singer
 - Count Prince Miller, 84, Jamaican-born British singer (Jimmy James and the Vagabonds)
 
 - 17 
- Claudio Lolli, 68, Italian pop singer
 - Danny Pearson, 65, American R&B singer
 
 - 20 – Eddie Willis, 82, American soul and R&B guitarist (The Funk Brothers)
 - 21 – Spencer P. Jones, 61, Australian punk singer and guitarist (The Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon)
 - 22
- Ed King, 68, American rock guitarist (Strawberry Alarm Clock, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
 - Lazy Lester, 85, American blues singer and guitarist
 
 - 24 – DJ Ready Red, 53, American hip hop DJ (Geto Boys)
 - 25 – Kyle Pavone, 28, American metalcore singer (We Came as Romans)
 - 26 – Inge Borkh, 97, German opera singer
 - 29
- Tony Camillo, 90, American record producer and arranger (Bazuka)
 - Ellie Mannette, 90, Trinidadian steelpan drummer
 
 - 30 – Joseph Kobzon, 80, Russian pop singer
 
September
- 1 – Randy Weston, 92, American jazz pianist
 - 2 – Conway Savage, 58, Australian alternative rock keyboardist (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)
 - 4 – Don Gardner, 87, American R&B singer-songwriter
 - 7
- Don McGuire, 86, American pop singer (The Hilltoppers)
 - Mac Miller, 26, American rapper
 
 - 8 – Chelsi Smith, 45, American pop singer
 - 10
- Paul Curcio, 74, American rock guitarist (The Mojo Men) and record producer (Kill 'Em All)
 - Johnny Strike, 70, American punk singer and guitarist (Crime)
 
 - 12 – Rachid Taha, 59, Algerian rock singer (Carte de Séjour)
 - 14 – Max Bennett, 90, American jazz and pop bassist (L.A. Express, The Wrecking Crew)
 - 15 – Helen Clare, 101, British soprano singer
 - 16
- Maartin Allcock, 61, British folk multi-instrumentalist (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull)
 - Big Jay McNeely, 91, American R&B saxophonist
 
 - 18 – Wesley Tinglin, 75, Jamaican reggae singer (The Viceroys)
 - 22 – Chas Hodges, 74, British folk singer and keyboardist (Chas & Dave)
 - 24 – Richard Parker, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Charms)
 - 25 – Paul Dillon, 75, American rock drummer (Earth Opera)
 - 27 – Marty Balin, 76, American psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, KBC Band)
 - 29 
- Otis Rush, 84, American blues singer and guitarist
 - Michael Weiley, 58, Australian ska guitarist (Spy vs. Spy)
 
 - 30 – Kim Larsen, 72, Danish rock singer and guitarist (Gasolin')
 
October
- 1 
- Charles Aznavour, 94, French pop singer
 - Jerry González, 69, American Latin jazz trumpeter
 
 - 3
- Hugo Raspoet, 77, Belgian folk singer
 - John Von Ohlen, 77, American jazz drummer (Blue Wisp Big Band)
 
 - 4 – Hamiet Bluiett, 78, American jazz saxophonist (World Saxophone Quartet)
 - 5 – Bernadette Carroll, 74, American pop singer (The Angels)
 - 6 – Montserrat Caballé, 85, Spanish opera singer
 - 7 – John Wicks, 65, British power pop singer and guitarist (The Records, The Kursaal Flyers)
 - 8 – Tim Chandler, 58, American Christian alternative rock bassist (Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies, The Choir)
 - 10 – Jane Walker, New Zealand new wave keyboardist (Toy Love)
 - 12 – Andy Goessling, 59, American progressive bluegrass multi-instrumentalist (Railroad Earth)
 - 14 – Saleem Abdul Majid, 57, Malaysian rock singer (Iklim)
 - 16 – Du Yuwei, 19, Chinese pop singer (GNZ48)
 - 17 
- Valters Frīdenbergs, 30, Latvian pop singer (Valters and Kaža)
 - Oli Herbert, 44, American metalcore guitarist (All That Remains)
 
 - 18 
- Ayub Bachchu, 56, Bangladeshi rock singer and guitarist (Souls, Love Runs Blind)
 - Sergey Bondarenko, 31, Ukrainian pop rock singer (Nensi)
 - Randolph Hokanson, 103, American classical pianist
 
 - 23 – Mighty Shadow, 77, Trinidadian calypsonian
 - 24 
- Hip Hop Pantsula, 38, South African rapper
 - Wah Wah Watson, 67, American R&B and funk guitarist (The Funk Brothers)
 - Tony Joe White, 75, American swamp rock singer, songwriter and guitarist
 
 - 25 – Sonny Fortune, 79, American jazz saxophonist
 - 26 – Baba Oje, 87, American rapper and musician (Arrested Development)
 - 27
- Freddie Hart, 91, American country and gospel singer
 - Teddy Scott, 82, American R&B singer (The G-Clefs)
 - Todd Youth, 47, American punk rock guitarist (Murphy's Law, Danzig, The Chelsea Smiles)
 
 - 28 – Babs Beverley, 91, British pop singer (Beverley Sisters)
 - 29
- Jimmy Farrar, 67, American southern rock singer (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country)
 - Young Greatness, 34, American rapper
 
 - 30 
- Hardy Fox, 73, American avant garde multi-instrumentalist and composer (The Residents)
 - Beverly McClellan, 49, American blues and folk singer
 
 - 31 – Kenny Marks, 67, American contemporary Christian singer
 
November
- 1
- Thomas Diaz, 32, American emo singer and musician (The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die)
 - Dave Rowland, 74, American country singer (Dave & Sugar)
 
 - 2 
- Josh Fauver, 39, American indie rock bassist (Deerhunter)
 - Roy Hargrove, 49, American jazz trumpeter
 - Glenn Schwartz, 78, American rock and blues guitarist (James Gang, Pacific Gas & Electric)
 
 - 3 
- Mark Fosson, American primitive guitarist
 - Maria Guinot, 73, Portuguese pop singer
 
 - 6 – Hugh McDowell, 65, British progressive rock cellist (Wizzard, Electric Light Orchestra)
 - 7
- Scott Herrick, American pop singer (The Arbors)
 - Francis Lai, 86, French film composer
 
 - 13 – Lucho Gatica, 93, Chilean bolero singer
 - 15 
- Roy Clark, 85, American country singer
 - Ivan Smirnov, 63, Russian jazz fusion guitarist
 
 - 16 
- Al James, 72, British rock guitarist (Showaddywaddy)
 - Norris Weir, 72, Jamaican ska singer (The Jamaicans)
 
 - 17 – Cyril Pahinui, 68, American Hawaiian music guitarist
 - 20 
- Roy Bailey, 83, British folk singer, songwriter and guitarist
 - Trevor McNaughton, 77, Jamaican reggae singer (The Melodians)
 
 - 21 – Devin Lima, 41, American pop singer (LFO)
 - 22 – Imrat Khan, 83, Indian classical sitarist
 - 27 – Johnny Maddox, 91, American ragtime pianist
 - 28
- Gary Haisman, 60, British hip house singer
 - Roger Neumann, 77, American jazz saxophonist
 
 - 29 – Erik Lindmark, 46, American technical death metal singer and guitarist (Deeds of Flesh)
 
December
- 1 
- Calvin Newborn, 85, American jazz guitarist
 - Jody Williams, 83, American blues guitarist
 
 - 2 – Perry Robinson, 80, American jazz clarinetist
 - 6
- Ace Cannon, 84, American pop saxophonist
 - Pete Shelley, 63, British punk singer, songwriter and guitarist (Buzzcocks)
 
 - 7 
- The Mascara Snake, 70, American avant-garde clarinetist (Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band)
 - Lucas Starr, 34, American metalcore and Christian rock bassist (Oh, Sleeper, Terminal, As Cities Burn)
 
 - 9 – Yigal Bashan, 68, Israeli pop singer
 - 10 – Fred Wieland, 75, Australian rock guitarist (The Strangers, The Mixtures)
 - 11 – Angelo Conti, 62, Italian punk singer (Banda Bassotti)
 - 13 – Nancy Wilson, 81, American jazz singer
 - 14
- Vida Chenoweth, 90, American classical marimbist and ethnomusicologist
 - Joe Osborn, 81, American rock bassist (The Wrecking Crew)
 
 - 15
- Arthur Maia, 56, Brazilian jazz and samba bassist and composer
 - Jerry Chesnut, 87, American country singer and songwriter
 
 - 17 – Galt MacDermot, 89, Canadian-American composer (Hair, Two Gentlemen of Verona) and pianist
 - 21 – Dipali Barthakur, 77, Indian folk singer
 - 22
- Indonesian musicians, members of the pop rock band Seventeen
- Windu Andi Darmawan, drummer
 - Muhammad Awal Purbani, bassist
 - Herman Sikumbang, guitarist
 
 - Jimmy Work, 94, American country singer-songwriter
 
 - Indonesian musicians, members of the pop rock band Seventeen
 - 23 – Honey Lantree, 75, British pop drummer and singer (The Honeycombs)
 - 24
- Jerry Riopelle, 77, American pop singer-songwriter and keyboardist (The Parade)
 - Jaime Torres, Argentine folk charango player
 - James Calvin Wilsey, 61, American rock guitarist (Avengers, Chris Isaak)
 
 - 25 – Guto Barros, 61, Brazilian rock guitarist (Blitz)
 - 26 – Theodore Antoniou, 83, Greek classical music composer and conductor
 - 27 – Miúcha, 81, Brazilian bossa nova singer
 - 28 – Christine McGuire, 92, American pop singer (The McGuire Sisters)
 - 29 – Aldo Parisot, 100, Brazilian-born American classical music cellist
 - 30 – Mike Taylor, Canadian indie pop keyboardist (Walk Off the Earth)
 - 31
- Dean Ford, 72, Scottish pop and rock singer-songwriter (Marmalade, The Alan Parsons Project)
 - Ray Sawyer, 81, American rock singer and percussionist (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
 
 
See also
References
- ↑ Genzlinger, Neil (March 28, 2018). "Liam O'Flynn, Master Irish Piper in a Folk Revival, Dies at 72". The New York Times.
 
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