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This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2016 in music.

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Albums released

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Significant performances

  • March 25 – British rock and roll band, The Rolling Stones become the first foreign rock band to perform in Cuba,{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/rolling-stones-ole-toronto-1201858075/|title=Toronto Film Review: 'The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America'|last=Barker|first=Andrew|date=2016-09-12|work=Variety|access-date=2017-06-24|language=en-US}} which was documented in their 2016 concert film, The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon.

Awards

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58th Annual Grammy Awards
{{small|Record of the Year: "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars • Album of the Year: 1989 by Taylor Swift • Song of the Year: "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran • Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor}}
Billboard Music Awards
{{small|Artist of the Year: Adele • New Artist of the Year: Fetty Wap • Top Hot 100 Song: "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa • Top Billboard 200 Album: 25 by Adele}}
31st Golden Disc Awards
{{small|Song of the Year: "Cheer Up" by Twice • Album of the Year: Ex'Act by Exo • Rookie Artist of the Year: Blackpink, Bolbbalgan4, I.O.I, NCT 127}}
58th Japan Record Awards
{{small|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
{{small|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
{{small|Video of the Year: "Formation" by Beyoncé • Best Male Video: "This Is What You Came For" by Calvin Harris • Best Female Video: "Hold Up" by Beyoncé • New Artist: DNCE}}
MTV Europe Music Awards
{{small|Best Song: "Sorry" by Justin Bieber • Best Video: "Starboy" by the Weeknd • Best Female: Lady Gaga • Best Male: Shawn Mendes}}
The 4th V Chart Awards
{{small|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}}
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
{{small|Inductees: Cheap Trick • Chicago • Deep Purple • N.W.A • Steve Miller}}
26th Seoul Music Awards
{{small|Grand Prize: Exo • Best Album: Wings by BTS • Best Song: "Cheer Up" by Twice • Best New Artist: NCT 127, I.O.I, Blackpink}}

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Deaths

=January=

  • 1
  • Gilbert Kaplan, (74), American conductor and businessman, cancer.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12077312/Gilbert-Kaplan-conductor-obituary.html Gilbert Kaplan, conductor – obituary]
  • Mark B, (45), British hip-hop record producer.[http://www.factmag.com/2016/01/01/mark-b-died/ UK hip-hop producer Mark B has died]
  • Gilberto Mendes, (93), Brazilian composer.[http://musimid.blogspot.no/2016/01/gilberto-mendes-1922-2016-sailing-in.html Gilberto Mendes (1922–2016): Sailing in the Ocean of Creativity]
  • 2 – Rino Salviati, (93), Italian singer, guitarist and actor.[http://spettacoliecultura.ilmessaggero.it/musica/rino_salviati_morto_cantautore_roma-1467352.html Roma, addio a Rino Salviati, voce e chitarra di "Prigioniero di un sogno"] {{in lang|it}}
  • 3
  • Paul Bley (83), Canadian jazz pianist.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/arts/music/paul-bley-adventurous-jazz-pianist-dies-at-83.html | title=Paul Bley, Adventurous Jazz Pianist, Dies at 83 | first=Ben | last=Ratliff | work=The New York Times | date=2016-01-05 | access-date=2016-03-02}}
  • Jason Mackenroth (46), American rock drummer (Rollins Band, Mother Superior), prostate cancer.[https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/6835245/jason-mackenroth-rollins-band-drummer-dies-46/ Jason Mackenroth, Former Rollins Band Drummer, Dies at 46]
  • 4
  • Long John Hunter, (84), American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.[http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/el-paso/2016/01/05/el-paso-music-legend-long-john-hunter-dies/78310304/ El Paso music legend Long John Hunter dies]
  • Achim Mentzel, (69), German musician and television presenter.[http://www.dw.com/en/german-entertainer-achim-mentzel-dies-at-69/a-18958351 German entertainer Achim Mentzel dies at 69]
  • 5
  • Pierre Boulez, (90), French composer and conductor.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12084616/Pierre-Boulez-obituary.html Pierre Boulez – obituary]
  • Nicholas Caldwell, (71), American R&B singer (The Whispers).[http://www.eurweb.com/2016/01/we-remember-nicholas-nick-caldwell-of-the-whispers-dies-at-71/ We Remember: Nick Caldwell of the Whispers Dies at 71]
  • Hanna-Marie Weydahl, (93), Norwegian pianist.[https://snl.no/Hanna-Marie_Weydahl Hanna-Marie Weydahl] {{in lang|no}}
  • 7
  • Kitty Kallen, (94), American singer ("Little Things Mean a Lot").[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]
  • Troy Shondell, (76), American singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.[https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/6836434/troy-shondell-this-time-were-really-breaking-up-dies-at-76 Troy Shondell, Singer of 'This Time (We're Really Breaking Up),' Dies at 76]
  • 8
  • Otis Clay, (73), American R&B and soul singer ("Tryin' to Live My Life Without You", "The Only Way Is Up"), heart attack.[http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2016/01/09/Soul-legend-Otis-Clay-dies-at-73/stories/201601090143 Soul legend Otis Clay dies at 73]
  • Red Simpson, (81), American country singer-songwriter ("I'm a Truck"), complications from a heart attack.[http://www.bakersfield.com/news/breaking-news/2016/01/08/bakersfield-sound-pioneer-red-simpson-dies-at-81.html Bakersfield Sound pioneer Red Simpson dies at 81]
  • Brett Smiley, (60), American singer-songwriter.[http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160111/NEWS02/160119811 Glam rock cult hero Brett Smiley dies in NYC at age 60]
  • 10 – David Bowie, (69), English songwriter and artist.{{cite web| url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/entertainment/david-bowie-death/index.html | title=David Bowie is dead at 69| website=CNN| date=11 January 2016}}
  • 14 – Jane Stuart Smith, (90), American operatic soprano, hymnologist, and author.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12142670/Jane-Stuart-Smith-opera-singer-obituary.html|title=Jane Stuart Smith, opera singer - obituary|date=February 5, 2016|work=The Telegraph}}
  • 17
  • Carina Jaarnek (53), Swedish singer and Dansband artist (cerebral haemorrhage).{{cite news | url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article22103623.ab | title=Dansbandsdrottningen Carina Jaarnek död | language=sv | publisher=Aftonbladet |date=2016-01-17 | access-date=2016-03-15}}
  • Dale Griffin (67), British rock drummer (Mott the Hoople, Mott, British Lions).
  • 18 – Glenn Frey (67), American guitarist and vocalist (The Eagles).[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]
  • 25 – Leif Solberg (101), Norwegian composer and organist.{{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=no |last=Solhaug |first=Espen Amundrud |work=Oppland Arbeiderblad |date=2016-01-26 |access-date=2016-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126125023/http://www.oa.no/musikk/kultur/lena/komponist-leif-solberg-101-er-dod/s/5-35-226866 |archive-date=2016-01-26 }}
  • 26
  • T.J. Tindall (65), American guitarist (MFSB){{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|access-date=2016-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020040017/http://rocknycliveandrecorded.com/sad-news-from-the-world-of-philadelphia-soul-guitarist-t-j-tindall-dead.html|archive-date=2016-10-20|url-status=dead}}
  • Black (53), Pop/new wave singer-songwriter, Traffic accident
  • 28
  • Signe Toly Anderson (74), American vocalist (Jefferson Airplane).{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/arts/music/signe-anderson-jefferson-airplane-singer-dies-at-74.html|title=Signe Anderson, Jefferson Airplane Singer, Dies at 74|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2 February 2016}}
  • Paul Kantner (74), American guitarist and vocalist (Jefferson Airplane).[http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Jefferson-Airplane-s-Paul-Kantner-dies-at-74-6791483.php Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner dies at 74 – SFGate]

=February=

  • 3 – Maurice White (74), founder of Earth, Wind and Fire.{{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|date=4 February 2016|publisher=MyFox8.com|access-date=April 22, 2016}}
  • 4
  • Bobby Caldwell (68), American rock keyboardist (Terry Knight and the Pack)
  • Ulf Söderblom (85), Finnish conductor.{{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 | access-date=2016-03-15}}
  • 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.
  • 15 – Joyce Paul (78), American country music singer
  • 19 – Harald Devold (51), Norwegian saxophonist (cancer).{{cite news | url=http://www.nordlys.no/harald-devold-er-dod/s/5-34-371794 | title=Harald Devold er død | language=no | last=Aslaksen | first=Eilif | work=Nordlys | date=2016-02-19 | access-date=2016-03-15}}
  • 20 – Ove Verner Hansen (85), Danish actor and opera singer (cardiac arrest).{{cite news | url=http://www.fyens.dk/indland/Boeffen-fra-Olsen-Banden-er-doed/artikel/2947558 | title=Bøffen fra Olsen Banden er død | language=da | work=Fyens Stiftstidende | date=2016-02-21 | access-date=2016-03-15}}
  • 22 – Sonny James (87), American country music singer-songwriter.{{cite web|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 |access-date=2016-04-22}}
  • 24 – Lennie Baker (69), American rock and roll saxophonist and singer (Sha Na Na)
  • 29 – Josefin Nilsson (46), Swedish singer.{{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=sv |work=Fyens Stiftstidende | date=2016-02-29 | access-date=2016-03-15}}

=March=

  • 3 – Gavin Christopher, 66, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer[http://www.soultracks.com/story-gavin-christopher-dies "One Step Closer To You" singer Gavin Christopher dies]
  • 5 – Jimmy Henderson, 61, American guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)
  • 8 – George Martin, (90), English producer.{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/videos/entertainment/2016/03/09/sir-george-martin-obituary.cnn |title=Sir George Martin dies at 90}}
  • 9
  • Ray Griff (75), Canadian country singer-songwriter, (aspiration pneumonia).{{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}}
  • Naná Vasconcelos (71), Brazilian percussionist.{{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 | access-date=2016-03-15}}
  • 10
  • Keith Emerson (71), English pianist and keyboardist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer).{{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 | access-date=2016-03-15}}
  • Ernestine Anderson (87), American jazz and blues singer
  • 12
  • Tommy Brown (84), American R&B singer
  • Jimmie Snell, 69, American soul and pop singer (Limmie & Family Cookin')
  • 13 – Sidney Mear, (97), American trumpeter.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/democratandchronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=178077619 Sidney E. Mear]
  • 14 – Peter Maxwell Davies, (81), English composer and conductor
  • 18 – Ned Miller (90), American singer-songwriter
  • 22 – Phife Dawg, (45), American rap musician (A Tribe Called Quest), complications from diabetes.[https://archive.today/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]
  • 23 – James Jamerson, Jr., 58, American bass player (Chanson)
  • 24 – Peter Anders, 74, American singer-songwriter (The Trade Winds) and record producer
  • 26 – David Baker, 84, American symphonic jazz composer

=April=

  • 2 – Gato Barbieri, (83), Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.[http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/entertainment/national_entertainment/article_cc97660d-d96f-5a9e-947a-b776006b5012.html Latin Jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri dies at age 83]
  • 3 – Bill Henderson, (90), American jazz vocalist and actor (Clue, City Slickers, White Men Can't Jump), cancer.[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-henderson-dead-jazz-vocalist-881521 Bill Henderson, Jazz Vocalist and Actor, Dies at 90]
  • 6 – Merle Haggard, (79), American singer-songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn"), Grammy winner (1984, 1998, 1999), complications from pneumonia.[http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/06/entertainment/merle-haggard-country-music-dies/index.html Merle Haggard, country music legend, dies at 79]
  • 13 – Mariano Mores, (98), Argentine tango composer and pianist.{{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/|access-date=7 June 2016|work=Fox News Latino|agency=EFE|date=13 April 2016}}
  • 21
  • Prince, (57), American musician.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36106778 Prince, singer and superstar, dies at 57 at Paisley Park]
  • Lonnie Mack, (74), American rock, blues, and country singer-songwriter guitarist, natural causes."Lonnie mack Services, Burial, in Hometown This Week", http://eaglecountryonline.com/local-article/lonnie-mack-services-burial-in-hometown-this-week/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426182324/http://eaglecountryonline.com/local-article/lonnie-mack-services-burial-in-hometown-this-week/ |date=2016-04-26 }}
  • 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.[http://www.svt.se/kultur/musik/big-brother-sydney-dod Disco-legendaren Sydney Onayemi död] {{in lang|sv}}
  • 4 – Olle Ljungström (54), Swedish singer and guitarist.[http://www.kjendis.no/2016/05/04/kjendis/olle_ljungstrm/musikk/dodsfall/sverige/44109315/ 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 }} {{in lang|no}}
  • 6 – Candye Kane, (54), American blues singer and entertainer
  • 9
  • Jim Manolides (76), American rock and roll bassist (The Frantics)
  • Riki Sorsa (63), Finnish singer.[https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000001175667.html Riki Sorsa on kuollut] {{in lang|fi}}
  • 14 – Lasse Mårtenson (81), Finnish singer[http://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2016/05/14/lasse-martenson-har-avlidit Lasse Mårtenson har avlidit] {{in lang|sv}}
  • 16 – Fredrik Norén (75), Swedish jazz drummer[https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/jazzmusikern-fredrik-noren-dod/ Jazzmusikern Fredrik Norén död] {{in lang|sv}} (death announced on this date)
  • 17 – Guy Clark, (74), American folk and country music singer-songwriter
  • 19 – John Berry, (52), American guitarist (Beastie Boys)
  • 21 – Nick Menza, (51), American instrumentalist, former drummer for the band Megadeth[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]
  • 30 – Thomas Fekete, (27), American guitarist (Surfer Blood)

=June=

  • 2 – Freddie Wadling (64), Swedish singer and songwriter.[http://www.expressen.se/noje/freddie-wadling-ar-dod/] {{in lang|sv}}
  • 3 – Dave Swarbrick, (75), British folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention), emphysema.{{cite web |title=Dave Swarbrick obituary |date=2016-06-03 |website=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406114239/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/03/dave-swarbrick-obituary |archive-date=2023-04-06 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/03/dave-swarbrick-obituary}}
  • 4 – Bobby Curtola, (73), Canadian singer.[https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7393603/bobby-curtola-dead Bobby Curtola, Former Canadian Teen Idol, Dies at 73]
  • 5 – Phyllis Curtin, (94), American soprano.{{Cite web |url=http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_29980853/renowned-soprano-and-longtime-tanglewood-teacher-phyllis-curtain |title=Renowned soprano and longtime Tanglewood teacher Phyllis Curtain passes away at 94 |access-date=2016-06-11 |archive-date=2016-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605222905/http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_29980853/renowned-soprano-and-longtime-tanglewood-teacher-phyllis-curtain |url-status=dead }}
  • 6 – Rolf Schweizer, (80), German composer.[http://www.ekiba.de/html/aktuell/aktuell_u.html?&m=31&artikel=10615 Baden verliert bedeutenden Kirchenmusiker: Rolf Schweizer im Alter von 80 Jahren gestorben] {{in lang|de}}
  • 8
  • Vladislav Yankovsky, (64), Russian musician (Novosibirsk Youth Symphony Orchestra).[http://news.ngs.ru/more/2474893/ Умер известный новосибирский музыкант и дирижер (фото)] {{in lang|ru}}
  • Terje Fjærn (73), Norwegian orchestra conductor ("La det swinge").[http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/06/08/kultur/musikk/terje_fjern/44491601/ Terje Fjærn er død] {{in lang|no}}
  • 9 – J. Reilly Lewis, (71), American choral conductor and Baroque music specialist, heart attack.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2016/06/10/rip-j-reilly-lewis-1944-2016/ RIP: J. Reilly Lewis, 1944–2016]
  • 10
  • Habib, (63), Iranian singer, heart attack.[http://persian.euronews.com/2016/06/10/habib-mohebian-iranian-pop-singer-has-died/ حبیب محبیان درگذشت] {{in lang|fa}}
  • Christina Grimmie, (22), American singer-songwriter (Find Me) and talent show participant (The Voice), gunshot wound.[http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-orlando-plaza-live-shooting-20160610-story.html Singer Christina Grimmie is dead after being shot at Orlando concert]
  • 13 – Chips Moman, (79), American producer, songwriter, guitarist.{{cite web|title=Chips Moman obituary|website=TheGuardian.com|date=15 June 2016|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/15/chips-moman-obituary|access-date=19 January 2017}}
  • 17 – Attrell Cordes, (46), American musician, producer and rapper, co-founder of P.M. Dawn.[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 ]
  • 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.[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]
  • 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.[http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/klassisk/nekrolog-en-stor-original-i-dansk-musik-er-doed NEKROLOG: En stor original i dansk musik er død] {{in lang|da}}
  • 28 – Scotty Moore (84), American guitarist (Elvis Presley).
  • 29 – Rob Wasserman (64), American composer and bass player (RatDog, Lou Reed).

=July=

  • 1 – Jimmy Arthur Ordge (80), Canadian country music singer
  • 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).[http://ekstrabladet.dk/flash/dkkendte/dansk-sangerinde-er-doed-af-kraeft/6194825?ref=lokalavisen Dansk sangerinde er død af kræft] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910210246/http://ekstrabladet.dk/flash/dkkendte/dansk-sangerinde-er-doed-af-kraeft/6194825?ref=lokalavisen |date=2016-09-10 }} {{in lang|da}}
  • 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.[https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7453336/sandy-pearlman-dead-blue-oyster-cult Blue Öyster Cult, The Clash Producer Sandy Pearlman Dead at 72: Report]
  • Roye Albrighton (67), German musician (Nektar), unspecified illness.{{cite web|url=http://bravewords.com/news/legendary-nektar-frontman-roye-albrighton-passes |title=Legendary NEKTAR Frontman Roye Albrighton Passes |website=Bravewords.com |access-date=2016-08-03}}
  • 27
  • Pat Upton (75), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Spiral Starecase).[http://www.gadsdentimes.com/news/20160727/musician-geraldine-native-pat-upton-dies-at-75 Musician, Geraldine native Pat Upton dies at 75]
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara (87), Finnish composer.[http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/finnish-composer-rautavaara-dies-at-87-116072801596_1.html Finnish composer Rautavaara dies at 87]
  • 31 – Mike Mohede (32), Indonesian singer and talent show participant (Indonesian Idol), heart attack.

=August=

  • 3 – Ricci Martin (62), American musician.[https://deadline.com/2016/08/ricci-martin-son-of-dean-martin-dies-at-62-1201799686/ Ricci Martin Dies: Entertainer & Youngest Son Of Dean Martin Was 62]
  • 4
  • Patrice Munsel (91), American coloratura soprano.[http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/aug/09/famed-opera-singer-patrice-munsel-who-left-spokane/ Famed opera singer Patrice Munsel, who left Spokane for Met fame, dies at 91]
  • Snaffu Rigor (69), Filipino singer and songwriter, lung cancer.[https://archive.today/20160805192136/http://www.mb.com.ph/snaffu-rigor-69/ Snaffu Rigor, 69]
  • 5
  • Richard Fagan (69), American songwriter and musician, liver cancer.[http://tasteofcountry.com/songwriter-richard-fagan-dead-dies/ Songwriter Richard Fagan Dead at 69]
  • Vander Lee (50), Brazilian singer-songwriter.[http://www.correio24horas.com.br/single-entretenimento/noticia/aos-50-anos-morre-o-cantor-vander-lee/?cHash=098a1e92419a048eb96fc480a037b010 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 }} {{in lang|pt}}
  • 6 – Guillermo Anderson (54), Honduran singer, thyroid cancer.[http://www.laprensa.hn/honduras/987244-410/muere-el-artista-hondure%C3%B1o-guillermo-anderson Para compartir esta nota utiliza los íconos que aparecen en el sitio.] {{in lang|es}}
  • 7
  • B. E. Taylor (65), American musician ("Vitamin L"), brain cancer.[http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/1262081/B-E--Taylor--known-for-Christmas-concerts--dies-at-65.html?isap=1&nav=5019 B.E. Taylor, known for Christmas concerts, dies at 65]
  • Dolores Vargas (80), Spanish singer, complications of leukemia.{{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 |url-status=dead }}
  • Ruby Winters (74), American soul singer ("Make Love to Me", "I Will").[http://www.allendave.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=3834832&fh_id=12102 Ruby Winters Jenkins]
  • 9
  • Pádraig Duggan (67), Irish musician (Clannad, The Duggans).
  • Jimmy Levine (61/62), American R&B musician and record producer.[http://www.soulandjazzandfunk.com/news/4257-jimmy-levine-dies-.html Jimmy Levine Dies...]
  • 11 – Glenn Yarbrough (86), American folk singer ("Baby the Rain Must Fall", "It's Gonna Be Fine", "San Francisco Bay Blues").[http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/08/12/singer-glenn-yarbrough-dead-86/88599116/ Singer Glenn Yarbrough dead at 86]
  • 12 – Ruby Wilson (68), American blues, soul and gospel singer, heart attack.[http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/08/12/ruby-wilson-queen-beale-street-dies-68/88636222/ Ruby Wilson, ‘Queen of Beale Street,’ dies at 68]
  • 13 – Connie Crothers (75), American jazz pianist, cancer.[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]
  • 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.{{cite web| url = https://www.tmz.com/2016/08/20/3-doors-down-guitarist-dead-overdose-matt-roberts/| title = '3 Doors Down': Ex-Guitarist Dead at 38}}
  • Tom Searle (28), British rock guitarist (Architects), cancer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-37148553|title = Architects guitarist Tom Searle dies after battle with cancer|work = BBC News|date = 21 August 2016}}
  • 22
  • Toots Thielemans (94), Belgian jazz musician.{{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}}
  • 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.{{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|date=3 September 2016|access-date=22 October 2016}}
  • Kacey Jones, (66), American singer-songwriter ("I'm the One Mama Warned You About"), producer and humorist, cancer.{{cite magazine|title=Singer-Comedian Kacey Jones Dead at 66|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/singer-comedian-kacey-jones-dead-at-66-w437680|magazine=Rolling Stone}}
  • 2
  • Jerry Heller, (75), American music manager (N.W.A.).[https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7495967/jerry-heller-early-nwa-manager-dies-at-75 Jerry Heller, Early N.W.A Manager, Dies at 75]
  • Gary D., (52), German trance producer and DJ, pulmonary embolism.[http://www.mopo.de/hamburg/ausgehen/musik---partys/techno-szene-trauert-hamburger-dj-gary-d--ist-tot-24687870 Techno-Szene trauert Hamburger DJ Gary D. ist tot] {{in lang|de}}
  • 3
  • Fred McFarlane, (55), American songwriter ("Show Me Love", "Don't Wanna Go Home"), record producer and musician.[http://www.soultracks.com/story-fred-mcfarlane-dies R.I.P. R&B superproducer and musician Fred McFarlane]
  • Johnny Rebel, (77), American country singer.[http://www.obittree.com/obituary/us/louisiana/crowley/duhon-funeral-home-of-crowley/clifford-trahan/2699945/ Clifford Joseph Trahan Obituary]
  • 7
  • Clifford Curry, (79), American beach music and R&B singer ("She Shot a Hole in My Soul").{{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}}
  • Farhang Sharif, (85), Iranian musician and tar player.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
  • Graham Wiggins, (53), American musician.[http://www.jambands.com/news/2016/09/08/graham-wiggins-a-k-a-dr-didg-passes-away Graham Wiggins, a.k.a. Dr. Didg, Passes Away]
  • 8 – Prince Buster, (78), Jamaican ska musician ("One Step Beyond", "Al Capone").[http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/prince-buster-dead-ska-rocksteady-pioneer-dies-78-1580417 Prince Buster dead: Ska and rocksteady pioneer dies at 78]
  • 10 – Chris Stone, (81), American recording studio owner (Record Plant) and entrepreneur, heart attack and stroke.[http://www.prosoundnetwork.com/business/christopher-stone-dead-at-81/46537 Christopher Stone, Dead at 81]
  • 12 – Hidayat Inayat Khan, (99), English-French composer and conductor.[http://imamsalim.com/blog/2016/09/14/passing-of-murshid-hidayat-inayat-khan-as-12-september-2016-munich-germany/ Passing of Murshid Hidayat Inayat Khan (as) 12 September, 2016, Munich Germany]
  • 16
  • Jerry Corbetta, (68), American musician (Sugarloaf), Pick's disease.[http://ultimateclassicrock.com/jerry-corbetta-sugarloaf-dies/ Jerry Corbetta, Lead Singer for Sugarloaf, Dies]
  • Trisco Pearson, (53), American R&B singer (Force MDs), cancer.[http://ambrosiaforheads.com/2016/09/force-mds-trisco-pearson-obituary-death/ Force MD's member Trisco Pearson has passed away]
  • Qiao Renliang, (28), Chinese singer and actor, suicide.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cpoplove.com/2016/09/16/qiao-renliang-passes-away-committing-suicide/ |title=Qiao Renliang passes away from committing suicide |access-date=2016-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009010148/http://www.cpoplove.com/2016/09/16/qiao-renliang-passes-away-committing-suicide/ |archive-date=2016-10-09 |url-status=dead }}
  • 19 – Bobby Breen, (88), Canadian-born American actor and singer, natural causes.{{cite web|title=Bobby Breen Obituary|website = Legacy.com|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/heraldnews/obituary.aspx?n=bobby-breen&pid=181506713|access-date=22 October 2016}}
  • 20 – Micki Marlo, (88), American singer and model.[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/micki-marlo-dead-singer-nightclub-932239 Micki Marlo, Popular 1950s Singer and Nightclub Performer, Dies at 88]
  • 21
  • Shawty Lo, (40), American hip-hop musician (D4L), traffic collision.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/news/traffic/fiery-deadly-crash-sends-person-flying-out-of-car/nscCw/ |title=Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo killed in fiery crash |access-date=2016-10-22 |archive-date=2019-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912081053/https://www.ajc.com/news/local/atlanta-rapper-shawty-killed-fiery-crash/Q2JV2yaXiAtWBG1IpxGcKN/ |url-status=dead }}
  • John D. Loudermilk, (82), American singer and songwriter ("Tobacco Road", "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye", "Indian Reservation"), bone cancer.[http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/157918/nashville-songwriters-hall-of-fame-member-john-d-l Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Member John D. Loudermilk Dies At 82]
  • 24 – Buckwheat Zydeco, (68), American accordionist and zydeco musician
  • 25
  • Kashif, (59), American musician (B.T. Express) and record producer.[https://pitchfork.com/news/68577-producer-kashif-whitney-houston-collaborator-and-bt-express-member-dead-at-59/ Producer Kashif, Whitney Houston Collaborator and B.T. Express Member, Dead at 59]
  • Hagen Liebing, (55), German musician (Die Ärzte).[http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/die-aerzte-ehemaliger-bassist-hagen-liebing-ist-tot-a-1113849.html Ehemaliger Ärzte-Bassist Hagen Liebing ist tot] {{in lang|de}}
  • Jean Shepard, (82), American honky tonk singer-songwriter ("A Dear John Letter", "Slippin' Away"), Parkinson's disease.[http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/09/25/country-music-hall-famer-jean-shepard-dead-82/76568704/ Country Music Hall of Famer Jean Shepard dead at 82]
  • 26
  • Joe Clay, (78), American rockabilly musician.[http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2016/09/joe_clay_died_rockabilly_music.html Joe Clay, a Gretna musician with a rockabilly sound, has died]
  • Ioan Gyuri Pascu, (55), Romanian singer, producer, actor and comedian, heart attack.[http://www.foxcrawl.com/2016/09/26/divertis-actor-ioan-gyuri-pascu-dies-of-heart-attack-in-bucharest-he-was-55/ Divertis actor Ioan Gyuri Pascu dies of heart attack in Bucharest. He was 55]
  • 27
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Aurelian Preda|ro}}, (46), Romanian folk singer, cancer.[http://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/actualitate/cantaretul-de-muzica-populara-aurelian-preda-a-murit-la-doar-47-ani-boala-de-care-suferea.html Cantaretul de muzica populara Aurelian Preda a murit, la doar 47 ani. Solistul suferea de cancer de mai multi ani] {{in lang|ro}}
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Märta Schéle|sv}}, (80), Swedish singer.[http://www.familjesidan.se/cases/d98ceb9c-8400-4ec8-854a-ed7c52171f20/funeral-notices Dödsannons] {{in lang|sv}}
  • 29
  • Lecresia Campbell (53), American gospel singer, pulmonary embolism.{{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.today/20161012233433/http://alwaysalist.com/news/lecresiacampbell-rip/ |archive-date=2016-10-12 |url-status=dead }}
  • Nora Dean (72), Jamaican singer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Nora-Dean-dead-at-72_75853 |title=Nora Dean dead at 72 |access-date=2016-10-22 |archive-date=2017-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122114900/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Nora-Dean-dead-at-72_75853 |url-status=dead }}
  • Royal Torrence (82), American soul music singer (Little Royal and The Swingmasters).[http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Respect.html Little Royal]
  • 30
  • Oscar Brand (96), Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter, author and radio broadcaster (WNYC).[https://www.wnyc.org/story/70-years-oscar-brands-folksong-festival/ Remembering WNYC Host Oscar Brand]
  • Michael Casswell (53), English guitarist.[http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/86225/michael-casswell-r-i-p Michael Casswell R.I.P]
  • Lilleba Lund Kvandal (76), Norwegian opera singer.[http://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/Nekrolog-Lilleba-Lund-Kvandal-606298b.html Nekrolog: Lilleba Lund Kvandal] {{in lang|no}}

=October=

  • 1 – Toni Williams (77), Cook Islands-born New Zealand singer.[http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/314719/country-crooner-toni-williams-dies Country crooner Toni Williams dies]
  • 2
  • Steve Byrd (61), English guitarist (Gillan, Kim Wilde), heart attack.[https://www.wilde-life.com/news/2016/steve-byrd-1955-2016 Steve Byrd (1955–2016)]
  • Sir Neville Marriner (92), English conductor and violinist
  • Thomas Round (100), British opera singer.[http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/local/world-class-gilbert-and-sullivan-tenor-dies-aged-100-1-8160751 World class Gilbert and Sullivan tenor dies, aged 100]
  • 3
  • Ljupka Dimitrovska, (70), Macedonian-born Croatian singer.[http://www.b92.net/kultura/vesti.php?nav_category=1087&yyyy=2016&mm=10&dd=04&nav_id=1184127 Preminula pevačica Ljupka Dimitrovska Kalogjera] {{in lang|bs}}
  • K. David van Hoesen (90), American bassoonist.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/karl-van-hoesen-obituary?pid=1000000181759707 Karl David Van Hoesen]
  • Joan Marie Johnson (72), American singer (The Dixie Cups), heart failure.[http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/joan-marie-johnson-faust-founding-member-of-the-dixie-cups-dies/329266326 Joan Marie Johnson Faust, founding member of The Dixie Cups, dies]
  • 4 – Caroline Crawley (53), British singer and musician (Shelleyan Orphan, This Mortal Coil).[https://www.stereogum.com/1903395/r-i-p-caroline-crawley/obit/ R.I.P. Caroline Crawley]
  • 5 – Pompeiu Hărășteanu (81), Romanian opera singer.[http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-cultura-21334995-basul-pompeiu-harasteanu-murit-varsta-81-ani.htm Basul Pompeiu Harasteanu a murit la varsta de 81 de ani] {{in lang|ro}}
  • 7 – Anne Pashley (80), British athlete and opera singer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).[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]
  • 8 – Don Ciccone (70), American singer-songwriter and musician (The Critters, The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells).[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=don-ciccone&pid=181823950 Obituary: Don Ciccone 1946 – 2016]
  • 9
  • Bored Nothing (26), Australian musician, suicide.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-13/bored-nothing-aka-fergus-miller-dies-aged-26/7928412 Bored Nothing, Melbourne musician Fergus Miller, dies aged 26 after battle with depression]
  • Michiyuki Kawashima (47), Japanese musician (Boom Boom Satellites), brain tumor.[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-11/boom-boom-satellites-vocalist-michiyuki-kawashima-passes-away/.107487 Boom Boom Satellites' Vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima Passes Away]
  • Quique Lucca (103), Puerto Rican musician, founder of La Sonora Ponceña.[http://www.elnuevodia.com/entretenimiento/musica/nota/falleceelcreadordelasonoraponcenaquiquelucca-2249714/ Fallece el creador de La Sonora Ponceña Quique Lucca] {{in lang|es}}
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Guy Nadon (drummer)|fr|3=Guy Nadon (batteur)|lt=Guy Nadon}}, (82), Canadian jazz drummer.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/guy-nadon-quebec-king-of-drums-dies-1.3798322 'King of drums' Guy Nadon dies at 82]
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Marin Petrache Pechea|ro}} (71), Romanian jazz musician, cancer.[http://www.antena3.ro/timp-liber/muzica/a-murit-celebrul-muzician-marin-petrache-pechea-380493.html A murit cunoscutul muzician Marin Pechea Petrache] {{in lang|ro}}
  • 10 – Issa Bagayogo,= (54), Malian musician.[http://www.maliweb.net/musique/musique-malienne-deuil-issa-bagayogo-dit-techno-issa-tire-reverence-1823152.html Malian music in mourning: Techno Issa Issa Bagayogo said bows]
  • 11 – Peter Reynolds, (58), Welsh composer.[http://tycerdd.org/welshcomposers/peter-reynolds Peter Reynolds 1958 – 2016] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129224553/http://tycerdd.org/welshcomposers/peter-reynolds |date=2016-11-29 }}
  • 12
  • Robert Bateman, (80), American songwriter and record producer ("Please Mr. Postman"), heart attack.[http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/10/12/robert-bateman-motown-dead-80-obituary/91942908/?hootPostID=8ba2053fecaad9f1f5db4b2dee71036e Motown songwriter Robert Bateman dies at 80]
  • Sonny Sanders (77), American songwriter, arranger and record producer.[http://www.soultracks.com/story-sonny-sanders-dies R.I.P. legendary Chicago soul hitmaker Sonny Sanders]
  • 15
  • Danny Champagne (65), Jamaican music producer, complications from stroke.[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Producer-Danny-Champagne-has-died_77371 Producer Danny Champagne has died]
  • Robert Edwards (74), American singer (The Intruders), heart attack.[https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7549038/the-intruders-robert-big-sonny-edwards-dead Robert 'Big Sonny' Edwards of The Intruders Dies at 74].
  • 20
  • Achieng Abura, Kenyan musician.[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000220498/songstress-achieng-abura-dies-at-kenyatta-national-hospital Songstress Achieng Abura dies at Kenyatta National Hospital]
  • Brian Edwards (72), Canadian rock bassist and singer (Mashmakhan)
  • Mieke Telkamp (82), Dutch singer.[http://www.ad.nl/show/zangeres-mieke-telkamp-82-overleden~ae95c98e/ Mieke Telkamp (82) overleden] {{in lang|nl}}
  • 23 – Pete Burns, (57), British singer (Dead or Alive){{cite magazine|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|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=11 November 2016}}
  • 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{{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}}
  • Pocho La Pantera (65), Argentine cumbia singer
  • 3
  • Kay Starr (94), American pop and jazz singer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
  • W.D. Amaradeva (88), Sinhala light music pioneer, old age.
  • 4
  • Eddie Harsch, 59, Canadian keyboardist (The Black Crowes)
  • Jean-Jacques Perrey, 87, French electronic music producer
  • 7 – Leonard Cohen (82), Canadian singer-songwriter{{cite magazine|last1=Gehr|first1=Richard|title=Leonard Cohen Dead at 82|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/leonard-cohen-dead-at-82-w449792|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=11 November 2016}}
  • 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.[http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article23902109.ab Jacques Werup död] {{in lang|sv}}
  • 13 – Leon Russell (74), American musician and songwriter
  • 15
  • Holly Dunn (59), American country singer-songwriter
  • Mose Allison (89), American pianist and singer.{{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 | access-date=2016-12-05}}
  • 18 – Sharon Jones (60), American soul and funk singer
  • 24
  • Colonel Abrams (67), American musician and singer-songwriter
  • Pauline Oliveros (84), American composer
  • 29 – Allan Zavod (71), Australian keyboardist and composer
  • 30 – Ivar Thomassen (62), Norwegian folk singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.{{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 |access-date= 2016-12-05}}

=December=

  • 2
  • Cash Askew (22), guitarist (Them Are Us Too)
  • Mark Gray (64), American singer-songwriter (Exile)
  • 4 – Ralph Johnson (67), American singer (The Impressions)
  • 7 – Brian Bennett (65), American garage-rock keyboardist (The Cherry Slush)
  • 8
  • Greg Lake (69), English progressive-rock vocalist and multi-instrumentalist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)[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]
  • Junaid Jamshed (52), Pakistani singer-songwriter (Vital Signs), flight collision[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]
  • 11 – Joe Ligon (80), American gospel singer (Mighty Clouds of Joy)
  • 24 – Rick Parfitt (68), English musician and songwriter (Status Quo)[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28640835 Obituary: Rick Parfitt – BBC News]
  • 25
  • George Michael (53), English singer-songwriter (Wham!) {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38432862 |title=Ex-Wham singer George Michael dies |publisher=BBC |date=25 December 2016 |access-date=25 December 2016}}
  • 64 members of Alexandrov Ensemble (Red Army Choir), 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash{{Cite web|title=Accident description|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20161225-0|access-date=2021-09-07|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}

Musical films

See also

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References

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