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## Albums released

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Main article: List of 2016 albums

## Significant performances

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* March 25 – British rock and roll band, The Rolling Stones become the first foreign rock band to perform in Cuba,[1] which was documented in their 2016 concert film, The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon.

## Awards

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58th Annual Grammy Awards

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Inductees: Cheap Trick • Chicago • Deep Purple • N.W.A • Steve Miller
26th Seoul Music Awards
Grand Prize: Exo • Best Album: Wings by BTS • Best Song: "Cheer Up" by Twice • Best New Artist: NCT 127, I.O.I, Blackpink

## Bands formed

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* 3B junior
* The Aces
* AOA Cream
* Astro
* The Band Camino
* Batten Girls
* BEJ48
* Bis
* Blackpink
* Bolbbalgan4
* BoybandPH
* Boys Generally Asian
* Chai
* Chelmico
* CocoSori
* Cosmic Girls
* Dreamcar
* DYGL
* The East Light
* Exo-CBX
* FEMM
* FlowBack
* Gang Parade
* GNZ48
* Gone Is Gone
* Gugudan
* Hanabie.
* The Hu
* Higher Power
* Hiragana Keyakizaka46
* I.B.I
* I.O.I
* I Dont Know How But They Found Me
* Imfact
* Japanese Breakfast
* June's Diary
* Kard
* Keyakizaka46
* KNK
* Lovelytheband
* Magdalena Bay
* The Magpie Salute
* Mamalarky
* Måneskin
* MASC
* Midland
* MOBB
* Momoland
* Musubizm
* Nation of Language
* National Youth Orchestra of China
* NCT
* NCT 127
* Nightly
* Nice As Fuck
* Nine Muses A
* Ocean Park Standoff
* Off On Off
* OnePixcel
* Pentagon
* PrettyMuch
* Prophets of Rage
* Poppin'Party
* Pyxis
* Reol
* Rock A Japonica
* SeeYouSpaceCowboy
* ShuuKaRen
* SF9
* Sinsaenum
* Sports Team
* Tempalay
* Terror Jr
* The Sixth Lie
* The World Standard
* Unnies
* Valley
* Victon
* VIMIC
* Voisper
* Vromance
* Why Don't We
* Yahyel
* Zenbu Kimi no Sei da.

## Soloist debuts

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* 645AR
* Agust D
* Alex the Astronaut
* Asaka
* Ayaka Sasaki
* Billie Eilish
* Bobby
* Celeste
* Danna Paola
* Danny Worsnop
* Dean
* Dermot Kennedy
* Derrick Monasterio
* Dodie
* Ella Mai
* Elo
* Enisa Nikaj
* Era Istrefi
* Eunji
* Fei
* Finneas
* Gemma
* Grandson
* Gretta Ray
* Gun
* Hash Swan
* Hòa Minzy
* Hyoyeon
* Jang Dongwoo
* JC de Vera
* Jessica Jung
* Jessie Reyez
* Jenyer
* Jimin
* Jorja Smith
* Joy Crookes
* Jungah
* Jung Seung-hwan
* Justhis
* Jvcki Wai
* Kanna Hashimoto
* Kiana Ledé
* Kim Sejeong
* Kwak Jin-eon
* Kwon Jin-ah
* Laura Marano
* Lee Hyun-woo
* Liza Soberano
* Lolo Zouaï
* Louis Tomlinson
* Luna
* Mino
* Mint
* Momoka Ariyasu
* Mone Kamishiraishi
* Nana Ou-yang
* Niall Horan
* Noah Cyrus
* Olivia O'Brien
* PH-1
* Punchnello
* Raye
* Raveena Aurora
* Ricky Montgomery
* Ryeowook
* Sam Kim
* Sandeul
* Shenseea
* Sofia Carson
* Suga
* Subin
* Tini
* Taichi Mukai
* Tessa Violet
* Thunder
* Tiffany
* Tom Grennan
* Uru
* Yesung
* Yezi
* Ylona Garcia
* Yoochun
* Woohyun
* Zayn

## Bands reformed

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* ABBA
* At the Drive-In
* Abandon All Ships
* The Anniversary
* Arab Strap
* Bash & Pop
* Belly
* Blake Babies
* A Different Breed of Killer
* Eric B. & Rakim
* Galactic Cowboys
* Game Theory
* G.R.L
* Guided by Voices[2]
* Jet
* Le Tigre
* Letters to Cleo
* Misfits (featuring Glenn Danzig)[3]
* Nasty Savage
* The Number Twelve Looks Like You
* Pendulum
* Piebald
* P.S. Eliot
* Rainbow
* Sechs Kies
* A Thorn for Every Heart
* The Revolution
* The Righteous Brothers
* Spice Girls – GEM
* Super Furry Animals
* Temple of the Dog
* A Thorn for Every Heart
* Thursday
* Tickle Me Pink
* The Union Underground
* The Vapors
* Wolf Parade
* The Zutons

## Bands on hiatus

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* Camera Obscura
* Chiodos
* Coal Chamber
* Man Overboard
* Middle Class Rut
* One Direction
* We Are the In Crowd
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs

## Bands disbanded

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* 2NE1
* 3rdeyegirl
* 4Minute
* Agalloch
* Allo Darlin'
* Aiden
* Bane
* Blood on the Dance Floor
* Bolt Thrower
* Boom Boom Satellites
* Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young[4]
* Dead or Alive
* Dream
* Eagles
* Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
* The Enemy
* Fearless Vampire Killers
* Finch
* For Today
* Funeral for a Friend
* FVK
* Giant Sand
* Girugamesh
* G.L.O.S.S.
* Gnashing of Teeth
* Gossip
* Graveyard
* I, the Breather
* Jack Ü
* Joey + Rory
* Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
* La Ley
* A Lighter Shade of Brown
* Lionheart
* Lush
* Majical Cloudz
* Marion
* Matchbook Romance
* Maybeshewill
* Mischief Brew
* Motion City Soundtrack
* Mudvayne
* Nektar
* Nomeansno
* P.M. Dawn
* The Presidents of the United States of America
* Rainbow
* Sally Shapiro
* Thee Satisfaction
* School of Seven Bells
* SMAP
* Sockweb
* Sorry About Dresden
* Spirit of the West
* The Stooges
* Suicide
* Trailer Choir
* Transit
* Twisted Sister
* Viola Beach
* Wodensthrone
* You, Me, and Everyone We Know
* Youth Lagoon

## Deaths

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### January

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* 1
* Gilbert Kaplan, (74), American conductor and businessman, cancer.[5]
* Mark B, (45), British hip-hop record producer.[6]
* Gilberto Mendes, (93), Brazilian composer.[7]
* 2 – Rino Salviati, (93), Italian singer, guitarist and actor.[8]
* 3
* Paul Bley (83), Canadian jazz pianist.[9]
* Jason Mackenroth (46), American rock drummer (Rollins Band, Mother Superior), prostate cancer.[10]
* 4
* Long John Hunter, (84), American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.[11]
* Achim Mentzel, (69), German musician and television presenter.[12]
* 5
* Pierre Boulez, (90), French composer and conductor.[13]
* Nicholas Caldwell, (71), American R&B singer (The Whispers).[14]
* Hanna-Marie Weydahl, (93), Norwegian pianist.[15]
* 7
* Kitty Kallen, (94), American singer ("Little Things Mean a Lot").[16]
* Troy Shondell, (76), American singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.[17]
* 8
* Otis Clay, (73), American R&B and soul singer ("Tryin' to Live My Life Without You", "The Only Way Is Up"), heart attack.[18]
* Red Simpson, (81), American country singer-songwriter ("I'm a Truck"), complications from a heart attack.[19]
* Brett Smiley, (60), American singer-songwriter.[20]
* 10 – David Bowie, (69), English songwriter and artist.[21]
* 14 – Jane Stuart Smith, (90), American operatic soprano, hymnologist, and author.[22]
* 17
* Carina Jaarnek (53), Swedish singer and Dansband artist (cerebral haemorrhage).[23]
* Dale Griffin (67), British rock drummer (Mott the Hoople, Mott, British Lions).
* 18 – Glenn Frey (67), American guitarist and vocalist (The Eagles).[24]
* 25 – Leif Solberg (101), Norwegian composer and organist.[25]
* 26
* T.J. Tindall (65), American guitarist (MFSB)[26]
* Black (53), Pop/new wave singer-songwriter, Traffic accident
* 28
* Signe Toly Anderson (74), American vocalist (Jefferson Airplane).[27]
* Paul Kantner (74), American guitarist and vocalist (Jefferson Airplane).[28]

### February

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* 3 – Maurice White (74), founder of Earth, Wind and Fire.[29]
* 4
* Bobby Caldwell (68), American rock keyboardist (Terry Knight and the Pack)
* Ulf Söderblom (85), Finnish conductor.[30]
* 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).[31]
* 20 – Ove Verner Hansen (85), Danish actor and opera singer (cardiac arrest).[32]
* 22 – Sonny James (87), American country music singer-songwriter.[33]
* 24 – Lennie Baker (69), American rock and roll saxophonist and singer (Sha Na Na)
* 29 – Josefin Nilsson (46), Swedish singer.[34]

### March

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* 3 – Gavin Christopher, 66, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer[35]
* 5 – Jimmy Henderson, 61, American guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)
* 8 – George Martin, (90), English producer.[36]
* 9
* Ray Griff (75), Canadian country singer-songwriter, (aspiration pneumonia).[37]
* Naná Vasconcelos (71), Brazilian percussionist.[38]
* 10
* Keith Emerson (71), English pianist and keyboardist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer).[39]
* 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.[40]
* 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.[41]
* 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

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* 2 – Gato Barbieri, (83), Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.[42]
* 3 – Bill Henderson, (90), American jazz vocalist and actor (Clue, City Slickers, White Men Can't Jump), cancer.[43]
* 6 – Merle Haggard, (79), American singer-songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn"), Grammy winner (1984, 1998, 1999), complications from pneumonia.[44]
* 13 – Mariano Mores, (98), Argentine tango composer and pianist.[45]
* 21
* Prince, (57), American musician.[46]
* Lonnie Mack, (74), American rock, blues, and country singer-songwriter guitarist, natural causes.[47]
* 24
* Billy Paul, (81), American soul singer.
* Papa Wemba, (66), Congolese singer and musician.
* Jan Henrik Kayser, (81), Norwegian pianist.

### May

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* 1 – Sydney Onayemi (78), Nigerian-born Swedish DJ.[48]
* 4 – Olle Ljungström (54), Swedish singer and guitarist.[49]
* 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.[50]
* 14 – Lasse Mårtenson (81), Finnish singer[51]
* 16 – Fredrik Norén (75), Swedish jazz drummer[52] (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[53]
* 30 – Thomas Fekete, (27), American guitarist (Surfer Blood)

### June

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* 2 – Freddie Wadling (64), Swedish singer and songwriter.[54]
* 3 – Dave Swarbrick, (75), British folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention), emphysema.[55]
* 4 – Bobby Curtola, (73), Canadian singer.[56]
* 5 – Phyllis Curtin, (94), American soprano.[57]
* 6 – Rolf Schweizer, (80), German composer.[58]
* 8
* Vladislav Yankovsky, (64), Russian musician (Novosibirsk Youth Symphony Orchestra).[59]
* Terje Fjærn (73), Norwegian orchestra conductor ("La det swinge").[60]
* 9 – J. Reilly Lewis, (71), American choral conductor and Baroque music specialist, heart attack.[61]
* 10
* Habib, (63), Iranian singer, heart attack.[62]
* Christina Grimmie, (22), American singer-songwriter (Find Me) and talent show participant (The Voice), gunshot wound.[63]
* 13 – Chips Moman, (79), American producer, songwriter, guitarist.[64]
* 17 – Attrell Cordes, (46), American musician, producer and rapper, co-founder of P.M. Dawn.[65]
* 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.[66]
* 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.[67]
* 28 – Scotty Moore (84), American guitarist (Elvis Presley).
* 29 – Rob Wasserman (64), American composer and bass player (RatDog, Lou Reed).

### July

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* 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).[68]
* 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.[69]
* Roye Albrighton (67), German musician (Nektar), unspecified illness.[70]
* 27
* Pat Upton (75), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Spiral Starecase).[71]
* Einojuhani Rautavaara (87), Finnish composer.[72]
* 31 – Mike Mohede (32), Indonesian singer and talent show participant (Indonesian Idol), heart attack.

### August

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* 3 – Ricci Martin (62), American musician.[73]
* 4
* Patrice Munsel (91), American coloratura soprano.[74]
* Snaffu Rigor (69), Filipino singer and songwriter, lung cancer.[75]
* 5
* Richard Fagan (69), American songwriter and musician, liver cancer.[76]
* Vander Lee (50), Brazilian singer-songwriter.[77]
* 6 – Guillermo Anderson (54), Honduran singer, thyroid cancer.[78]
* 7
* B. E. Taylor (65), American musician ("Vitamin L"), brain cancer.[79]
* Dolores Vargas (80), Spanish singer, complications of leukemia.[80]
* Ruby Winters (74), American soul singer ("Make Love to Me", "I Will").[81]
* 9
* Pádraig Duggan (67), Irish musician (Clannad, The Duggans).
* Jimmy Levine (61/62), American R&B musician and record producer.[82]
* 11 – Glenn Yarbrough (86), American folk singer ("Baby the Rain Must Fall", "It's Gonna Be Fine", "San Francisco Bay Blues").[83]
* 12 – Ruby Wilson (68), American blues, soul and gospel singer, heart attack.[84]
* 13 – Connie Crothers (75), American jazz pianist, cancer.[85]
* 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.[86]
* Tom Searle (28), British rock guitarist (Architects), cancer.[87]
* 22
* Toots Thielemans (94), Belgian jazz musician.[88]
* Gilli Smyth (83), English musician (Gong).
* 28 – Juan Gabriel (66), Mexican singer and songwriter, heart attack.

### September

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* 1
* Fred Hellerman, (89), American folk singer (The Weavers), guitarist, producer and songwriter.[89]
* Kacey Jones, (66), American singer-songwriter ("I'm the One Mama Warned You About"), producer and humorist, cancer.[90]
* 2
* Jerry Heller, (75), American music manager (N.W.A.).[91]
* Gary D., (52), German trance producer and DJ, pulmonary embolism.[92]
* 3
* Fred McFarlane, (55), American songwriter ("Show Me Love", "Don't Wanna Go Home"), record producer and musician.[93]
* Johnny Rebel, (77), American country singer.[94]
* 7
* Clifford Curry, (79), American beach music and R&B singer ("She Shot a Hole in My Soul").[95]
* Farhang Sharif, (85), Iranian musician and tar player.[citation needed]
* Graham Wiggins, (53), American musician.[96]
* 8 – Prince Buster, (78), Jamaican ska musician ("One Step Beyond", "Al Capone").[97]
* 10 – Chris Stone, (81), American recording studio owner (Record Plant) and entrepreneur, heart attack and stroke.[98]
* 12 – Hidayat Inayat Khan, (99), English-French composer and conductor.[99]
* 16
* Jerry Corbetta, (68), American musician (Sugarloaf), Pick's disease.[100]
* Trisco Pearson, (53), American R&B singer (Force MDs), cancer.[101]
* Qiao Renliang, (28), Chinese singer and actor, suicide.[102]
* 19 – Bobby Breen, (88), Canadian-born American actor and singer, natural causes.[103]
* 20 – Micki Marlo, (88), American singer and model.[104]
* 21
* Shawty Lo, (40), American hip-hop musician (D4L), traffic collision.[105]
* John D. Loudermilk, (82), American singer and songwriter ("Tobacco Road", "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye", "Indian Reservation"), bone cancer.[106]
* 24 – Buckwheat Zydeco, (68), American accordionist and zydeco musician
* 25
* Kashif, (59), American musician (B.T. Express) and record producer.[107]
* Hagen Liebing, (55), German musician (Die Ärzte).[108]
* Jean Shepard, (82), American honky tonk singer-songwriter ("A Dear John Letter", "Slippin' Away"), Parkinson's disease.[109]
* 26
* Joe Clay, (78), American rockabilly musician.[110]
* Ioan Gyuri Pascu, (55), Romanian singer, producer, actor and comedian, heart attack.[111]
* 27
* Aurelian Preda [ro], (46), Romanian folk singer, cancer.[112]
* Märta Schéle [sv], (80), Swedish singer.[113]
* 29
* Lecresia Campbell (53), American gospel singer, pulmonary embolism.[114]
* Nora Dean (72), Jamaican singer.[115]
* Royal Torrence (82), American soul music singer (Little Royal and The Swingmasters).[116]
* 30
* Oscar Brand (96), Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter, author and radio broadcaster (WNYC).[117]
* Michael Casswell (53), English guitarist.[118]
* Lilleba Lund Kvandal (76), Norwegian opera singer.[119]

### October

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* 1 – Toni Williams (77), Cook Islands-born New Zealand singer.[120]
* 2
* Steve Byrd (61), English guitarist (Gillan, Kim Wilde), heart attack.[121]
* Sir Neville Marriner (92), English conductor and violinist
* Thomas Round (100), British opera singer.[122]
* 3
* Ljupka Dimitrovska, (70), Macedonian-born Croatian singer.[123]
* K. David van Hoesen (90), American bassoonist.[124]
* Joan Marie Johnson (72), American singer (The Dixie Cups), heart failure.[125]
* 4 – Caroline Crawley (53), British singer and musician (Shelleyan Orphan, This Mortal Coil).[126]
* 5 – Pompeiu Hărășteanu (81), Romanian opera singer.[127]
* 7 – Anne Pashley (80), British athlete and opera singer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).[128]
* 8 – Don Ciccone (70), American singer-songwriter and musician (The Critters, The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells).[129]
* 9
* Bored Nothing (26), Australian musician, suicide.[130]
* Michiyuki Kawashima (47), Japanese musician (Boom Boom Satellites), brain tumor.[131]
* Quique Lucca (103), Puerto Rican musician, founder of La Sonora Ponceña.[132]
* Guy Nadon [fr], (82), Canadian jazz drummer.[133]
* Marin Petrache Pechea [ro] (71), Romanian jazz musician, cancer.[134]
* 10 – Issa Bagayogo,= (54), Malian musician.[135]
* 11 – Peter Reynolds, (58), Welsh composer.[136]
* 12
* Robert Bateman, (80), American songwriter and record producer ("Please Mr. Postman"), heart attack.[137]
* Sonny Sanders (77), American songwriter, arranger and record producer.[138]
* 15
* Danny Champagne (65), Jamaican music producer, complications from stroke.[139]
* Robert Edwards (74), American singer (The Intruders), heart attack.[140]
* 20
* Achieng Abura, Kenyan musician.[141]
* Brian Edwards (72), Canadian rock bassist and singer (Mashmakhan)
* Mieke Telkamp (82), Dutch singer.[142]
* 23 – Pete Burns, (57), British singer (Dead or Alive)[143]
* 24 – Bobby Vee (73) American pop singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s
* 30 – Curly Putman, (85), American singer-songwriter. D-I-V-O-R-C-E, Green, Green Grass of Home and the subject of Paul McCartney & Wings song Junior's Farm.

### November

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* 1
* Nico Carstens (90), South African accordionist and songwriter[144]
* Pocho La Pantera (65), Argentine cumbia singer
* 3
* Kay Starr (94), American pop and jazz singer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
* 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[145]
* 11
* Victor Bailey (56), American jazz bass guitarist
* Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska, (73), Macedonian vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian of Romani ethnicity.
* 12 – Jacques Werup (71), Swedish musician and writer.[146]
* 13 – Leon Russell (74), American musician and songwriter
* 15
* Holly Dunn (59), American country singer-songwriter
* Mose Allison (89), American pianist and singer.[147]
* 18 – Sharon Jones (60), American soul and funk singer
* 24
* 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.[148]

### December

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* 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)[149]
* Junaid Jamshed (52), Pakistani singer-songwriter (Vital Signs), flight collision[150]
* 11 – Joe Ligon (80), American gospel singer (Mighty Clouds of Joy)
* 24 – Rick Parfitt (68), English musician and songwriter (Status Quo)[151]
* 25
* George Michael (53), English singer-songwriter (Wham!) [152]
* 64 members of Alexandrov Ensemble (Red Army Choir), 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash[153]

## Musical films

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* Florence Foster Jenkins
* La La Land
* Oasis: Supersonic
* Sing Street
* The Beatles: Eight Days a Week

## See also

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* Music portal

* Timeline of musical events
* Women in music

## References

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41. ^ Rap pioneer Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest dies at 45
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50. ^ Riki Sorsa on kuollut (in Finnish)
51. ^ Lasse Mårtenson har avlidit (in Swedish)
52. ^ Jazzmusikern Fredrik Norén död (in Swedish)
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58. ^ Baden verliert bedeutenden Kirchenmusiker: Rolf Schweizer im Alter von 80 Jahren gestorben (in German)
59. ^ Умер известный новосибирский музыкант и дирижер (фото) (in Russian)
60. ^ Terje Fjærn er død (in Norwegian)
61. ^ RIP: J. Reilly Lewis, 1944–2016
62. ^ حبیب محبیان درگذشت (in Persian)
63. ^ Singer Christina Grimmie is dead after being shot at Orlando concert
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65. ^ Prince Be, Who Infused Rap With Mysticism, Dies at 46
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67. ^ NEKROLOG: En stor original i dansk musik er død (in Danish)
68. ^ Dansk sangerinde er død af kræft Archived 2016-09-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
69. ^ Blue Öyster Cult, The Clash Producer Sandy Pearlman Dead at 72: Report
70. ^ "Legendary NEKTAR Frontman Roye Albrighton Passes". Bravewords.com. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
71. ^ Musician, Geraldine native Pat Upton dies at 75
72. ^ Finnish composer Rautavaara dies at 87
73. ^ Ricci Martin Dies: Entertainer & Youngest Son Of Dean Martin Was 62
74. ^ Famed opera singer Patrice Munsel, who left Spokane for Met fame, dies at 91
75. ^ Snaffu Rigor, 69
76. ^ Songwriter Richard Fagan Dead at 69
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81. ^ Ruby Winters Jenkins
82. ^ Jimmy Levine Dies...
83. ^ Singer Glenn Yarbrough dead at 86
84. ^ Ruby Wilson, ‘Queen of Beale Street,’ dies at 68
85. ^ Connie Crothers, Jazz Pianist, Composer and Instructor, Dies at 75
86. ^ "'3 Doors Down': Ex-Guitarist Dead at 38".
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91. ^ Jerry Heller, Early N.W.A Manager, Dies at 75
92. ^ Techno-Szene trauert Hamburger DJ Gary D. ist tot (in German)
93. ^ R.I.P. R&B superproducer and musician Fred McFarlane
94. ^ Clifford Joseph Trahan Obituary
95. ^ "R&B singer Clifford Curry dies at 79". The Tennessean.
96. ^ Graham Wiggins, a.k.a. Dr. Didg, Passes Away
97. ^ Prince Buster dead: Ska and rocksteady pioneer dies at 78
98. ^ Christopher Stone, Dead at 81
99. ^ Passing of Murshid Hidayat Inayat Khan (as) 12 September, 2016, Munich Germany
100. ^ Jerry Corbetta, Lead Singer for Sugarloaf, Dies
101. ^ Force MD's member Trisco Pearson has passed away
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106. ^ Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Member John D. Loudermilk Dies At 82
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109. ^ Country Music Hall of Famer Jean Shepard dead at 82
110. ^ Joe Clay, a Gretna musician with a rockabilly sound, has died
111. ^ Divertis actor Ioan Gyuri Pascu dies of heart attack in Bucharest. He was 55
112. ^ Cantaretul de muzica populara Aurelian Preda a murit, la doar 47 ani. Solistul suferea de cancer de mai multi ani (in Romanian)
113. ^ Dödsannons (in Swedish)
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115. ^ "Nora Dean dead at 72". Archived from the original on 2017-01-22. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
116. ^ Little Royal
117. ^ Remembering WNYC Host Oscar Brand
118. ^ Michael Casswell R.I.P
119. ^ Nekrolog: Lilleba Lund Kvandal (in Norwegian)
120. ^ Country crooner Toni Williams dies
121. ^ Steve Byrd (1955–2016)
122. ^ World class Gilbert and Sullivan tenor dies, aged 100
123. ^ Preminula pevačica Ljupka Dimitrovska Kalogjera (in Bosnian)
124. ^ Karl David Van Hoesen
125. ^ Joan Marie Johnson Faust, founding member of The Dixie Cups, dies
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129. ^ Obituary: Don Ciccone 1946 – 2016
130. ^ Bored Nothing, Melbourne musician Fergus Miller, dies aged 26 after battle with depression
131. ^ Boom Boom Satellites' Vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima Passes Away
132. ^ Fallece el creador de La Sonora Ponceña Quique Lucca (in Spanish)
133. ^ 'King of drums' Guy Nadon dies at 82
134. ^ A murit cunoscutul muzician Marin Pechea Petrache (in Romanian)
135. ^ Malian music in mourning: Techno Issa Issa Bagayogo said bows
136. ^ Peter Reynolds 1958 – 2016 Archived 2016-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
137. ^ Motown songwriter Robert Bateman dies at 80
138. ^ R.I.P. legendary Chicago soul hitmaker Sonny Sanders
139. ^ Producer Danny Champagne has died
140. ^ Robert 'Big Sonny' Edwards of The Intruders Dies at 74.
141. ^ Songstress Achieng Abura dies at Kenyatta National Hospital
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