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This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2012 in music. This year was the peak of music downloads sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then.{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/|title=U.S. Sales Database|website=RIAA}}

Specific locations

Specific genres

Albums released

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Classical music

Opera

Singles

  • Who Are You (Emine Sari song), released: 6 June 2012{{cite web|last1=Jamm|first1=Rick|title=Emine Sari: "Who Are You" – Understated Elegance!|url=http://jamsphere.com/reviews/emine-sari-who-are-you-understated-elegance|website=www.jamsphere.com|publisher=JamSphere|accessdate=26 September 2013|date=2 September 2013}}

Deaths

;January

  • 3 – Daniel Peil (69), American rock singer (The Corporation)
  • 4 – Totti Bergh (76), Norwegian jazz saxophonist{{cite news | url=http://www.nrk.no/kultur/totti-bergh-er-dod-1.7940362 | title=Totti Bergh er død | language=no | first=Erling | last=Wicklund | author-link=Erling Wicklund | work=NRK | date=2012-01-04 | access-date=2016-02-26}}
  • Ruthilde Boesch (94), Austrian soprano
  • John Levy (99), American jazz upright-bassist{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/arts/music/john-levy-bassist-and-talent-manager-dies-at-99.html|title=John Levy, Bassist and Talent Manager, Dies at 99|first=Nate|last=Chinen|work=The New York Times|date=2012-01-24|access-date=2016-04-15}}
  • 26 – Clare Fischer (83), American jazz keyboardist, composer, arranger and bandleader{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/arts/music/clare-fischer-arranger-and-keyboardist-is-dead-at-83.html|title=Clare Fischer, Arranger and Keyboardist, Is Dead at 83|first=Steve|last=Smith|work=The New York Times|date=2012-02-02|access-date=2016-04-15}}

;February

  • 11 – Whitney Houston (48), American pop/R&B singer
  • 22 – Eivin One Pedersen (55), Norwegian jazz accordionist and pianist{{cite web|url=http://www.mic.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub/per2012031509315535981689 |title=Eivin One Pedersen |language=no |publisher=MIC.no |access-date=2016-03-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034004/http://www.mic.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub/per2012031509315535981689 |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}
  • 25 – Red Holloway (84), American jazz tenor saxophonist{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/arts/music/red-holloway-swinger-of-the-sax-dies-at-84.html?_r=0 | title=Red Holloway, Swinger of the Sax, Dies at 84 | first=Daniel E. | last=Slotnik | newspaper=The New York Times | date=2012-02-28 | access-date=2016-11-06}}
  • 29 - Davy Jones (66), English singer (The Monkees)

;March

  • 1 – Lucio Dalla (68), Italian jazz singer, clarinetist and actor{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/arts/music/lucio-dalla-italian-singer-songwriter-dies-at-68.html | title=Lucio Dalla, Italian Troubadour, Dies at 68 | first=Elisabetta | last=Povoledo | newspaper=The New York Times | date=2012-03-04 | access-date=2016-04-15}}
  • 3 – Frank Marocco (81), American jazz piano-accordionist, arranger and composer{{cite news | url=http://www.nrk.no/kultur/totti-bergh-er-dod-1.7940362 | title=Frank Marocco dies at 81; jazz accordionist | first=Don | last=Heckman | work=Los Angeles Times | date=2012-03-06 | access-date=2016-02-26}}
  • 6 – Robert B. Sherman, 86, American songwriter, brother of Richard M. Sherman (Sherman Brothers)
  • 15 – Edvard Hagerup Bull (89), Norwegian composer.{{cite news | author=Red. | url=http://www.ballade.no/sak/edvard-hagerup-bull-er-dod | title=Edvard Hagerup Bull er død | language=no |publisher=Ballade.no |date=2012-03-19 | access-date=2016-02-20}}

;April

;May

  • 4 – Adam Yauch (47), American rapper (Beastie Boys)
  • 10 – Bernardo Sassetti (41), Portuguese jazz pianist and composer
  • 13 – Trond Bråthen alias "Trondr Nefas" (35), Norwegian singer and guitarist of black metal band Urgehal{{cite web | url=http://www.loudwire.com/urgehal-frontman-trondr-nefas-dies-at-35 | title=Urgehal Frontman Trondr Nefas Dies at 35 | publisher=Loudwire.com | date=2012-05-16 | access-date=2016-02-21}}
  • 14 – Belita Woods (63), American R&B singer (Brainstorm)
  • 17
  • Warda Al-Jazairia (72), French-Algerian singer, in Egypt
  • Donna Summer (63). American singer
  • 20 – Robin Gibb (62), British singer (Bee Gees)
  • 30 – Pete Cosey (68), American jazz guitarist{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blues-jazz-guitarist-pete-cosey-dies-20120611 | title=Jazz Guitar Pioneer Pete Cosey Dead at 68 | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=2012-06-11 | access-date=2016-04-15}}

;June

  • 8 – Wilf Doyle (87), Canadian accordionist
  • 17 – Brian Hibbard (65), (The Flying Pickets)
  • 26 – Harry W. Kvebæk (87), Norwegian classical trumpeter and academic{{cite encyclopedia|title=Harry William Kvebæk |encyclopedia=Store Norske Leksikon |url=http://snl.no/Harry_William_Kveb%C3%A6k |language=no |last=Askheim |first=Svein |date=2014-11-21 |access-date=2016-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202205553/https://snl.no/Harry_William_Kveb%C3%A6k |archive-date=2015-12-02 }}

;July

;August

  • 11 – Von Freeman (88), American jazz saxophonist{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/08/13/von-freeman-chicago-jazz-legend-dead-at-88/ | title=Von Freeman, Chicago jazz legend, dead at 88 | first=Howard | last=Reich | work=Chicago Tribune | date=2012-08-13 | access-date=2016-04-15}}
  • 18 – Scott McKenzie (73), American singer

;September

  • 25 – Andy Williams (84), American singer
  • 26 – Marty Fortson (67), American rock and roll singer (The Rivieras)
  • 29 – Johnny Sanders (66), American rock guitarist (The Gants)

;October

  • 8 – John Tchicai (76), Danish jazz saxophonist and composer{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/oct/11/john-tchicai | title=John Tchicai obituary | first=John | last=Fordham | work=The Guardian | date=2012-10-11 | access-date=2016-04-15}}
  • 26 – Louis Nunley (81), American pop singer (The Anita Kerr Quartet)

;November

  • 3
  • Anne-Lise Berntsen (69), Norwegian soprano singer{{cite news | url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2012/11/03/kultur/dod/anne-lise_berntsen/musikk/opera/24183599 | title=Anne-Lise Berntsen er død | language=no | first=Thea | last=Steen | work=Dagbladet | date=2012-11-03 | access-date=2016-02-21}}
  • Odd Børretzen (85), Norwegian author and folk singer (pneumonia){{cite news | url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10047536 | title=Odd Børretzen er død | language=no | first1=Maria | last1=Mikkelsen | first2=Øyvind | last2=Gustavsen | first3=Jorid | last3=Nordmelan | work=Verdens Gang | date=2012-01-03 | access-date=2016-02-21}}
  • 15 – Frode Thingnæs (72), Norwegian jazz trombonist and bandleader (complications from heart attack){{cite news | first1=Tone | last1=Staude | first2=Oddvin | last2=Aune | url=http://www.nrk.no/kultur/frode-thingnaes-er-dod-1.8397689 | title=Frode Thingnæs er død | language=no |publisher=NRK |date=2012-11-15 | access-date=2016-02-26}}

;December

  • 5 – Dave Brubeck (91), American jazz pianist and composer{{cite news | url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-dave-brubeck-dead-20121205-column.html | title=Dave Brubeck: A jazz icon who reached a massive audience | first=Howard | last=Reich | work=Chicago Tribune | date=2012-12-05 | access-date=2016-02-29}}

Births

See also

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References

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