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The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2019 in music in the United States.

## Notable events

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### January

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* 2 – Daryl Dragon of Captain & Tennille died at the age of 76 due to renal failure, with his ex-wife Toni Tennille at his side.[1]
* 7 – Andy Grammer performed the national anthem, and Imagine Dragons performed the halftime show during the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship with special guest Lil Wayne.[2][3]
* 17 – Christina Perri released her first album in five years, Songs for Carmella: Lullabies & Sing-a-Longs[4]
* 18 – Pedro the Lion released their first album in fifteen years, Phoenix.[5]
* Sharon Van Etten released her first album in five years, Remind Me Tomorrow.[6]
* 25 – Backstreet Boys released their first album in six years, DNA.[7]

### February

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* 3 – Gladys Knight performed the National Anthem, and Maroon 5, Big Boi, and Travis Scott performed the halftime show during Super Bowl LIII at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, where their performance received negative reviews from the critics naming the worst Super Bowl performances in history.[8]
* 8 – Jessica Pratt released her first album in four years, Quiet Signs.[9]
* 10 – The 61st Annual Grammy Awards, hosted by Alicia Keys, took place. The show returned to Staples Center in Los Angeles. Childish Gambino and Kacey Musgraves took home the most awards with four each. Musgraves won Album of the Year with Golden Hour, while Gambino won both Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "This Is America". Dua Lipa won Best New Artist.

### March

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* 1 - Jonas Brothers released their first single in six years, Sucker, which reached #1 in eight countries, including the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
* Queensrÿche released their first album in almost four years, The Verdict.[10]
* Gary Clark, Jr. released his first album in four years, This Land.[11]
* 3–6 – The two part documentary Leaving Neverland provoked a backlash causing radio stations to ban Michael Jackson's music, in turn leading Jackson fans into protest.
* 8 – Misery Index released their first album in five years called Rituals of Power.
* Tesla released their first album in five years, Shock.
* 22 – La Dispute released their first album in five years, Panorama.
* 29 – George Strait released his first album in four years, Honky Tonk Time Machine[12]
* 31 – Rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed out front of his store in Los Angeles, CA. He was 33 years old.

### April

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* 5 – Brooks & Dunn released their first album in twelve years, Reboot[13]
* Sara Bareilles released her first album in four years, Amidst the Chaos.
* 7 – The 54th Academy of Country Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.[14]
* Billie Eilish became the first musician born in the 21st century to top the Billboard 200 chart with When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? [15]
* 17 - Motown Records celebrated 60th anniversary.
* 26 – Rob Thomas released his first album in four years, Chip Tooth Smile.
* Taylor Swift, in collaboration with Panic! at the Disco lead Brendon Urie, released her highly anticipated lead single "ME!" off her seventh studio album Lover. The song made the biggest leap in Billboard Hot 100 history, from 100–2, and the song's music video broke the Vevo 24 hour record.

### May

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* 1 – The Billboard Music Awards took place in Las Vegas.[16]
* 3 – Ashley Tisdale released her first album in 10 years, Symptoms.
* – Bad Religion released their first album in six years, Age of Unreason.[17]
* – L7 released their first album in twenty years, Scatter the Rats.
* – Vampire Weekend released their first album in six years, Father of the Bride.[18]
* 10 – Ciara released her first album in four years, Beauty Marks.[19]
* – Possessed released their first album in 33 years, Revelations of Oblivion.
* 19 – Laine Hardy won the seventeenth season of American Idol. Alejandro Aranda is named runner-up.
* 21 – Maelyn Jarmon won the sixteen season of The Voice. Gyth Rigdon was the runner-up. Dexter Roberts and Andrew Sevener finished third and fourth place respectively.
* 24 – Flying Lotus released his first album in five years, Flamagra.

### June

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* 5 – The CMT Music Awards took place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
* 7 – Boxing Gandhis released their first album in seven years, Culture War.
* Jonas Brothers released their first album in 10 years, Happiness Begins.[20]
* Perry Farrell released his first solo album in eighteen years, Kind Heaven.
* 11 – The New York Times Magazine publishes an investigative report by music journalist Jody Rosen, detailing the extent of the 2008 Universal fire. The article reveals that much of the fire's damage was concealed from the public for well over a decade, and that the full extent of the fire included the destruction of up to 175,000 master recordings of songs— both released and unreleased— by Universal Music Group-owned artists.[21] UMG representatives would initially dispute the accuracy of the article, before eventually confirming that their archives had indeed sustained considerable losses as a result of the fire.[22]
* 14 – Baroness released their first album in four years, Gold & Grey.
* – Bruce Springsteen released his first album in five years and his first of all original material in seven years, Western Stars.
* – Madonna released her first album in four years, Madame X.
* – The Cherry Poppin' Daddies released Bigger Life, their first album of original material in six years and their first ska album in 11 years.
* 16 – Adema parted ways with original lead singer Mark Chavez for the third time.[23] He was replaced by Julien-K frontman and former Orgy guitarist Ryan Shuck.
* 19 – Original Unwritten Law drummer Wade Youman left the band for the second time.
* 21 – The Raconteurs released their first album in eleven years, Help Us Stranger.[24]
* 28 – The Black Keys released their first album in five years, Let's Rock.[25]

### July

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* 1 – Janet Weiss left Sleater-Kinney after 23 years with the band.[26]
* 5 – Westside Gunn released his major debut album FLYGOD is An Awesome GOD
* 26 – Mini Mansions released their first album in four years, Guy Walks Into A Bar.
* 29 – Lil Nas X reached his seventeenth week atop the Billboard Hot 100 with "Old Town Road"; obtaining the all-time record.[27]

### August

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* 2 – Diana DeGarmo released her first album in 15 years, Gemini.
* O-Town released their first album in five years, The O.T.W.N. Album.
* 9 – Slipknot released their first album in five years, We Are Not Your Kind.[28]
* 16 – Sleater-Kinney released their first album in four years, The Center Won't Hold.
* 19 – Billie Eilish became the first artist born in the 21st century to top the Billboard Hot 100 with "Bad Guy"[29]
* 26 – The VMA's took place at the Prudential Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
* 30 – Tool released their first studio album in 13 years, Fear Inoculum.[30]

### September

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* 6 – Melanie Martinez released her first album in four years, K-12.[31]
* 13 – Cold released their first album in eight years, The Things We Can't Stop.
* Eddie Money died at age 70 following a battle with esophageal cancer.[32]
* 15 – Ric Ocasek, lead singer of The Cars, was found dead at 75.
* 26 – Nivea released her first album in thirteen years, Mirrors.
* 27 – Magnapop released their first album in ten years, The Circle Is Round.

### October

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* 4 – that dog released their first album in 22 years, Old LP. It was also their first album without founding member Petra Haden.
* Akon released his first album in ten years, El Negreeto.
* Lagwagon released their first album in five years, Railer.
* 11 – Chris Knight released his first album in seven years, Almost Daylight.
* 29 - After seven months of banned Michael Jackson music, some radio stations re-added some of his hits.

### November

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* 1 – Hootie & the Blowfish released their first album in fourteen years, Imperfect Circle.[33]
* 2 — Guns N' Roses conclude the Not in This Lifetime... Tour, which began in April 2016, at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The tour ends as the highest-grossing of all time by an American act and the third-highest overall.
* 13 — The Country Music Association Awards took place. Hosted by Carrie Underwood with special guests: Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire.
* 15 — Céline Dion released her first English-language studio album in 6 years with Courage and became her first number-one album since 2002 in the US (5th overall).
* 18 – Mötley Crüe utilized a loophole in their "Cessation of Touring" agreement to reform for a stadium tour with Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts in summer 2020.
* 24 – The American Music Awards took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Taylor Swift won the most awards with six.
* 29 – Cattle Decapitation released their first album in four years, Death Atlas.
* 30 – Slayer played their final concert at The Forum in Inglewood, California, subsequently disbanding 38 years after their formation.

### December

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* 6 – Sufjan Stevens released his first album in four years, titled The Decalogue.[34]
* 8 – Rapper Juice WRLD died of a seizure at Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. He was 21 years old.
* 15 – Red Hot Chili Peppers parted ways with guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, and then announced that John Frusciante would rejoin them for the third time.[35]
* 17 – Jake Hoot was named winner of the seventeenth season of The Voice. Ricky Duran was named runner-up. Katie Kadan and Rose Short finished third and fourth place respectively.
* 21 – 25 years after its original release, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" reached No. 1 for the first time on Billboard Hot 100, breaking several records and becoming her 19th No. 1 on the chart.

## Bands formed

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* Boys World[36]
* Scowl
* Simple Creatures
* Sunday Service

## Bands reformed

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* Anberlin
* Bikini Kill
* The Black Crowes
* Black Flag
* Go Radio
* Gossip
* Heart
* Iglu & Hartly
* Jawbox
* Jonas Brothers
* Lunachicks
* Meg & Dia
* Methods of Mayhem
* Metro Station
* Monty Are I
* Motion City Soundtrack
* Mr. Bungle
* My Chemical Romance
* Phantom Planet
* The Pussycat Dolls
* Rage Against the Machine
* The Rapture
* Scary Kids Scaring Kids
* There for Tomorrow
* Vio-lence

## Bands disbanded

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* The Apocalypse Blues Revue
* Balance and Composure
* Chris Robinson Brotherhood
* Cute Is What We Aim For
* Femme Fatale
* Fischerspooner
* Get Scared
* J. Roddy Walston and the Business
* The Muffs
* Nitro
* The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
* Pillorian
* Prophets of Rage
* Slayer
* Superjoint
* Teen
* Yeasayer

## Albums released in 2019

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### January

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Date  | Album  | Artist  | Genre (s)

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4  | John Garcia and the Band Of Gold[37] | John Garcia and the Band of Gold |

* Hard rock
* heavy metal

Ode To A Friend[38] | Old Sea Brigade |

* Pop
* folk

11  | Magnolia[39] | Randy Houser | Country
A Good Friend Is Nice[40] | Jack & Jack | Pop-rap
Twenty[41] | Taking Back Sunday |

* Alternative rock
* rock

17  | Songs for Carmella: Lullabies & Sing-a-Longs [4] | Christina Perri | Lullaby
18  | Look Alive | Guster | Alternative rock
Myth Of A Man[42] | Night Beats |

* Garage rock
* soul

Who Do You Trust?[43] | Papa Roach |

* Hard rock
* nu metal
* rap rock

Phoenix[5] | Pedro the Lion | Indie rock
Rattlesnake | Neyla Pekarek | Indie rock
A Real Good Kid[44] | Mike Posner |

* Electropop
* alternative hip hop

Heard It in a Past Life[45] | Maggie Rogers | Rock
Native Tongue[46] | Switchfoot | Alternative rock
Outer Peace | Toro y Moi |

* Chillwave
* house

Remind Me Tomorrow[47] | Sharon Van Etten |

* Indie rock
* folk
* folk rock

24  | Weezer (Teal Album) | Weezer | Rock
25  | DNA[7] | Backstreet Boys | Pop
Why You So Crazy | The Dandy Warhols | Alternative rock
Live in Atlantic City | Heart |
Almost Free[48] | FIDLAR |

* Skate punk
* garage rock

Stay Human Vol. II[49] | Michael Franti & Spearheaded |

* Folk
* pop

Mystery Hour[50] | Pavo Pavo |

* Indie pop
* art rock

Oliver Appropriate[51] | Say Anything | Rock
30  | 20 Years and Counting | Allister |

* Pop punk
* alternative rock

### February

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Date  | Album  | Artist  | Genre (s)

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1  | Seasons | American Authors |

* Pop rock
* rock

Mall of Fortune[52] | Harriet Brown |

* R&B
* soul

Zeppelin Over China [53] | Guided By Voices |

* Indie Rock
* Lo-fi

Tides of a Teardrop[54] | Mandolin Orange |

* Americana
* folk

Helping Hands... Live & Acoustic at the Masonic[55] | Metallica |

* Acoustic
* live

Ruthless | The Moth & The Flame | Alternative rock
Midnight | Set It Off |

* Pop punk
* pop rock

8  | Thank U, Next[56] | Ariana Grande |

* Pop
* R&B
* trap

Sunshine Rock[57] | Bob Mould |

* Punk rock
* alternative rock

Varshons II | The Lemonheads | Rock
Buoys | Panda Bear |

* Psychedelic pop
* electronica

Quiet Signs[9] | Jessica Pratt | Folk
The Love Train | Meghan Trainor | Pop
14  | Let's Be Frank | Trisha Yearwood | Jazz
15  | Can't Say I Ain't Country[58] | Florida Georgia Line | Country
Oh Boy | Harlem |

* Garage rock
* indie rock

22  | OK, I'm Sick | Badflower |

* Rock
* alternative rock

Distance over Time[59] | Dream Theater | Progressive metal
The Last Word[60] | The O'Jays |

* R&B
* soul

The Wings of War[61] | Overkill | Thrash metal
Lips on Lips[62] | Tiffany Young | Pop

### March

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Date  | Album  | Artist  | Genre (s)

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1  | This Land[11] | Gary Clark, Jr. |

* Blues rock
* R&B
* soul

Death Race for Love | Juice WRLD | Hip hop
The Verdict[10] | Queensrÿche |

* Hard rock
* heavy metal

Weezer (Black Album) | Weezer |

* Alternative rock
* power pop

8  | This is How You Smile | Helado Negro |

* Folk
* pop

Dusty Notes | Meat Puppets | Alternative rock
Rituals of Power | Misery Index |

* Hard rock
* heavy metal
* death metal

GIRL | Maren Morris | Country
There Will Be No Intermission | Amanda Palmer | Alternative rock
Shock[63] | Tesla |

* Rock
* heavy metal

12  | Blue Blood[64] | Idiot Pilot |

* Alternative rock
* electronic rock

15  | Only Things We Love | Blaqk Audio | Synth-pop
Egowreck | The Faint |

* Indie rock
* new wave

Cash Cabin Sessions Vol 3 | Todd Snider |

* Folk rock
* roots rock

22  | American Football | American Football |

* Indie rock
* math rock

Mystic Truth[65] | Bad Suns | Alternative rock
Panorama | La Dispute |

* Post hardcore
* spoken word

On The Line | Jenny Lewis | Indie rock
Nothing Happens | Wallows |

* Alternative rock
* post-punk

Everybody One of a Kind | Wild Belle | Psychedelic pop
29  | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | Billie Eilish | Electropop
Trauma | I Prevail | Metalcore
You Are OK | The Maine |

* Alternative rock
* pop punk

Sing to Me Instead | Ben Platt | Pop
Strange Love (EP)  | Simple Creatures | Alternative rock
Honky Tonk Time Machine[12] | George Strait | Country
Uncle Walt's Band (Reissue)  | Uncle Walt's Band | Folk
Side Effects | White Denim | Indie rock
The Valley | Whitechapel |

* Hard rock
* heavy metal

Trunk Muzik III | Yelawolf |

* Hip hop
* southern hip hop

### April

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Date  | Album  | Artist  | Genre (s)

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5  | Reboot[13] | Brooks & Dunn | Country
Brutalism | The Drums | Indie pop
It Rains Love[66] | Lee Fields |

* Soul
* R&B
* funk

Free Spirit | Khalid | R&B
Bank on the Funeral | Matt Maeson |

* Alternative rock
* folk

Stronger Than the Truth[67] | Reba McEntire | Country
Periphery IV: Hail Stan[68] | Periphery |

* Progressive metal
* djent

The Seduction of Kansas[69] | Priests |

* Punk rock
* post-punk

12  | State I'm In[70] | Aaron Lewis | Country
The Darker the Weather // The Better the Man | Missio |

* Alternative rock
* pop rock

Everybody Gets the Blues | Eric Reed |

* Jazz
* R&B

19  | Social Cues | Cage the Elephant |

* Indie rock
* garage rock

Where Polly People Go To Read | Gus Dapperton | Indie pop
Fake Blood | Heart Attack Man |

* Punk rock
* pop-punk
* emo

Cuz I Love You[71] | Lizzo |

* Hip hop
* pop
* indie pop

26  | Neotheater | AJR |

* Indie pop
* pop
* alternative rock

Launch Fly Land | Dreamers |

* Alternative rock
* pop rock

The Pink Chateau | In the Valley Below | Indie rock
Violet Street | Local Natives | Indie rock
Late Nights and Longnecks[72] | Justin Moore | Country
In League With Dragons | The Mountain Goats |

* Indie rock
* folk rock

Was It Even Real? | Olivia O'Brien |

* Pop

Hurts 2B Human[73] | P!nk | Pop
Chip Tooth Smile | Rob Thomas |

* Rock
* pop rock

### May

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Date  | Album  | Artist  | Genre (s)

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3  | Age of Unreason[17] | Bad Religion |

* Punk rock
* melodic hardcore

Emerald Valley | Filthy Friends | Alternative rock
Pep Talks[74] | Judah & the Lion |

* Americana
* alternative rock

Scatter the Rats | L7 |

* Grunge
* alternative metal

From the Screen to Your Stereo 3 (EP)[75] | New Found Glory | Pop punk
SYML[76] | SYML |

* Alternative rock
* electronic rock

Symptoms[77] | Ashley Tisdale | Pop
Father of the Bride[18] | Vampire Weekend |

* Indie rock
* alternative rock

Front Porch | Joy Williams |

* Folk rock
* pop

10  | Enderness | A.A. Bondy | Alternative folk
Fake Tunes | Bear Hands |

* Post-punk
* indie rock

Young Enough | Charly Bliss |

* Indie rock
* power pop

Beauty Marks | Ciara |

* R&B
* pop

Problems | The Get Up Kids |

* Emo
* indie rock
* post-punk

Revelations of Oblivion | Possessed |

* Death metal
* thrash metal

Legacy! Legacy! | Jamila Woods |

* Soul
* hip hop

17  | Sonic Brew 20th Anniversary | Black Label Society |

* Hard rock
* heavy metal

The Futures Still Ringing In My Ears | Sam Cohen |

* Rock
* pop rock

Bad Sports | Jean Dawson |

* Experimental rock
* indie pop

Living Mirage[78] | The Head and the Heart |

* Indie rock
* alternative rock

I Am Easy to Find[79] | The National |

* Indie rock
* alternative rock

Whirlwind | Maddie Poppe |

* Indie pop
* folk

Igor[80] | Tyler, the Creator | Hip hop
24  | The Saint of Lost Clauses | Justin Townes Earle |

* Folk
* country

Flamagra | Flying Lotus |

* Electronic
* experimental

Modern Hymns | Guards |

* Indie rock
* new wave

40 | Stray Cats | Rockabilly
31  | 1000 Gecs | 100 gecs |

* Hyperpop
* experimental rock
* electronic

Humanicide[81] | Death Angel | Thrash metal
Invocations / Conversations | JR JR | Indie pop
Center Point Road | Thomas Rhett | Country
Blessings | Sublime with Rome |

* Alternative rock
* ska punk

Dispassionate EP | together PANGEA |

* Garage rock
* indie rock

### June

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Date  | Album  | Artist  | Genre (s)

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7  | Culture War | Boxing Gandhis |

* Funk
* soul

Final Transmission | Cave In | Metalcore
Kind Heaven[82] | Perry Farrell | Alternative rock
Happiness Begins[20] | Jonas Brothers | Pop
Renegade | Dylan LeBlanc |

* Americana
* folk

Widow's Weeds[83] | Silversun Pickups |

* Alternative rock
* indie rock

Erotic Reruns | Yeasayer | Experimental rock
14  | III | Bad Books |

* Indie rock
* indie folk

Gold & Grey[84] | Baroness | Alternative metal
Years To Burn | Calexico & Iron and Wine |

* Folk
* folk rock
* indie rock

Bigger Life[85] | Cherry Poppin' Daddies |

* Ska punk
* punk rock
* funk rock

Mother Nature | The Dangerous Summer | Alternative rock
Modern World | Max Jury | Indie rock
Madame X[86] | Madonna | Pop
Western Stars | Bruce Springsteen | Rock
Orion[87] | X Ambassadors |

* Alternative rock
* indie rock
* pop rock

15  | The Orwells | The Orwells |

* Punk rock
* indie rock

19  | The ReVe Festival: Day 1 | Red Velvet |

* K-pop

21  | Blood | Collective Soul |

* Alternative
* rock

From Another World | Jim Lauderdale |

* Country
* blues
* bluegrass

7 | Lil Nas X | Hip hop
Help Us Stranger | The Raconteurs |

* Alternative rock
* rock

Snowball Out of Hell | The Smoking Flowers |

* Rock
* Americana

28  | Let's Rock[25] | The Black Keys |

* Garage rock
* blues rock

Indigo | Chris Brown |

* R&B
* soul

Inspirations and Dedications | Al Foster | Jazz
Stranger Songs | Ingrid Michaelson |

* Alternative
* pop

Local Motion | Pepper |

* Alternative rock
* ska

### July

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Date  | Album  | Artist  | Genre (s)

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5  | Metawar | 3Teeth |

* Industrial
* industrial metal

Stonechild | Jesca Hoop |

* Folk
* blues
* pop

Hotel Diablo | Machine Gun Kelly | Hip hop
FLYGOD is an Awesome GOD | Westside Gunn | Hip hop
12  | Voyager[88][89] | 311 |

* Alternative rock
* reggae rock
* rap rock

III | Banks | Gothic pop
Don't You Think You've Had Enough?[90] | Bleached |

* Punk rock
* pop punk

Shadows | Cannons |

* Indie pop
* pop rock

Daydream Explosion | The Dollyrots | Punk rock
Modern Mirror | Drab Majesty |

* Post-punk
* new wave

Controlled Burn Live in Atlanta | Gringo Star | Indie rock
Solutions[91] | K.Flay |

* Alternative rock
* rap rock
* alternative hip hop

19  | Singular: Act II | Sabrina Carpenter |

* Pop
* dance

King's Mouth | The Flaming Lips | Alternative rock
Brand New Day | Eddie Money |

* Rock
* pop rock

The Lost Tapes II | Nas | Hip hop
The Space Between the Shadows | Scott Stapp | Rock
26  | The Big Day | Chance the Rapper | Hip hop[92]
Navie | Andy Grammer | Pop
happysad | Meg & Dia |

* Indie rock
* pop rock

Guy Walks Into A Bar | Mini Mansions |

* Glam rock
* indie pop

The Search | NF | Hip hop[93]
New State of Mind | Night Riots | Pop rock
Little Yachty | Sugar Ray |

* Rock
* yacht rock

Hotel Last Resort | Violent Femmes | Alternative rock
The Lost Boy | YBN Cordae | Hip hop[94]

### August

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Date  | Album  | Artist  | Genre (s)

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2  | Finding God Before God Finds Me | Bad Omens |

* Metalcore
* nu metal

Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen | The Bird and the Bee | Indie pop
Country Squire | Tyler Childers | Country
Immunity | Clairo |

* Pop
* indie rock

Gemini [95] | Diana DeGarmo |

* Country
* pop

Sweet Shivers | The Rocket Summer | Pop rock
First Taste | Ty Segall |

* Garage rock
* indie rock

Victorious | Skillet |

* Hard rock
* alternative rock

9  | Mixtape Vol 1 | Jesse Dayton |

* Country
* rock

Super Moon | Dirty Heads |

* Alternative hip hop
* reggae rock

Inspired By True Events | Tori Kelly | Pop
Superbloom | Ra Ra Riot | Indie rock
How Do You Love? | The Regrettes | Punk rock
We Are Not Your Kind[28] | Slipknot |

* Hard rock
* heavy metal

Songs of Amor and Devotion | Strung Out | Rock
16  | Dragons | Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors | Americana
Wild Blue (Part I) | Hunter Hayes |

* Country pop
* pop rock
* R&B

Ascend | Illenium | Electronic
Basking in the Glow | Oso Oso |

* Emo
* pop punk
* indie rock

Dark Hour | The Parlor Mob |

* Rock
* hard rock

The Center Won't Hold | Sleater-Kinney |

* Rock
* punk rock
* indie rock

Goin 50 (box set)  | ZZ Top |

* Southern rock
* pop
* rock

20  | The Reve Festival: Day 2 | Red Velvet | K-pop
23  | Okie | Vince Gill | Country
Let It Roll | Midland | Country
Live From Las Vegas | Lionel Richie |

* Pop
* soul

From Home | The Rubinoos |

* Power pop
* pop

Lover | Taylor Swift |

* Electropop
* pop rock
* synth-pop

While I'm Livin' | Tanya Tucker | Country
30  | I, I[96] | Bon Iver |

* Art pop
* indie folk
* folktronica

Threads | Sheryl Crow |

* Pop
* country

Sleeping Giants (reissue)  | David Ellefson |

* Hard rock
* heavy metal

Fear Inoculum[30] | Tool |

* Alternative metal
* progressive metal

Pressure | Wage War | Metalcore
Every Girl[97] | Trisha Yearwood | Country

### September

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Genre (s)

|
|
|

6  | Another State of Grace | Black Star Riders |

* Hard rock
* heavy metal

Close it Quitely | Frankie Cosmos |

* Rock
* folk rock

You Don't Know Me: Classic Country | Crystal Gayle |

* Country
* covers

Valve Bone Woe | Chrissie Hynde |

* Rock
* new wave
* punk rock

Free | Iggy Pop |

* Ambient
* jazz

K-12[31] | Melanie Martinez |

* Indie pop
* pop

Hollywood's Bleeding | Post Malone | Alternative rock
How It Feels to Be Lost | Sleeping with Sirens | Rock
13  | The Things We Can't Stop | Cold |

* Hard rock
* heavy metal

The Fall of Hobo Johnson[98] | Hobo Johnson |

* Hip hop
* alternative hip hop

The Nothing[99] | Korn |

* Nu metal
* alternative metal

III[100] | The Lumineers |

* Folk rock
* indie folk

Beneath the Eyrie[101] | Pixies |

* Indie rock
* alternative rock

Welcome to Galvania | Puddle of Mudd | Alternative metal
Pride and Disaster | Sleep On It |

* Pop punk
* punk rock

breathe | Tiny Moving Parts | Midwest emo
20  | Nine | Blink-182 |

* Pop punk
* alternative rock

Chastity Belt | Chastity Belt |

* Indie rock
* noise pop

All the Feels | Fitz and the Tantrums |

* Indie pop
* neo soul

Jamie | Brittany Howard |

* Americana
* blues rock
* garage rock

Spirit Counsel | Thurston Moore |

* Noise rock
* avant rock

The Quebe Sisters | The Quebe Sisters |

* Country
* Americana

The Owl[102] | Zac Brown Band | Country
26  | Mirrors | Nivea |

* R&B

27  | For The Girls | Kristin Chenoweth |

* Pop
* jazz

Lilac | The Early November |

* Alternative rock
* emo

War In My Mind | Beth Hart |

* Rock
* pop

Welcome Home | Hellyeah |

* Hard rock
* heavy metal

Wire Mountain | Will Johnson |

* Indie rock
* alt-country

The Circle Is Round | Magnapop | Power pop
Earthandsky | Of Mice & Men |

* Metalcore
* hard rock

Heartache Medication | Jon Pardi | Country
Dead Man's Pop (box set)  | The Replacements | Alternative rock
Wavelengths | Vacationer | Instrumental

### October

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Genre (s)

|
|
|

4  | Casualty | Anna Akana | Pop
El Negreeto | Akon |

* Reggaeton
* bachata
* merengue

Closer Than Together[103] | The Avett Brothers | Folk rock
Interrobang | Bayside | Pop punk
Deceiver | DIIV | Indie rock
Hello Exile | The Menzingers | Punk rock
Up And Rolling | North Mississippi Allstars |

* Southern rock
* blues

All Mirrors | Angel Olsen |

* Indie folk
* indie rock

Old LP[104] | that dog. |

* Alternative rock
* punk rock

Ode to Joy | Wilco |

* Indie rock
* alternative rock

11  | Sun Songs | Art Alexakis | Rock
Two Hands | Big Thief | Indie rock
The Act | The Devil Wears Prada |

* Heavy metal
* hard rock

Plunge and Surface | Goldroom |

* Electronic
* electropop

Almost Daylight | Chris Knight |

* Rock
* indie rock
* country rock

Somebody's Knocking | Mark Lanegan |

* Alternative rock
* folk rock

Devour You | Starcrawler | Rock
18  | Fear Caller | The Almost | Alternative rock
Walk The Sky | Alter Bridge |

* Hard rock
* rock

There Existed an Addiction To Blood | Clipping | Hip hop
Kin | Electric Guest |

* Indie pop
* electronic rock

The Help Machine | Fastball |

* Alternative rock
* pop rock

Angels with Tattoos | Skylar Grey |

* Rock
* Pop

Surviving | Jimmy Eat World | Alternative rock
Panic Attack | Lionize |

* Hard rock
* heavy metal

Pang | Caroline Polachek |

* Indie rock
* indie pop
* electronic

The Decalogue[34] | Sufjan Stevens |

* Indie rock
* indie folk

Screamer | Third Eye Blind | Alternative rock
You Deserve Love[105] | White Reaper |

* Garage rock
* garage punk

25  | Bigger Than Life | Black Marble |

* Dance
* synth-pop

Cry | Cigarettes After Sex |

* Rock
* pop

Sweating the Plague | Guided By Voices |

* Lo-fi
* alternative rock
* indie rock

Cheap Queen | King Princess |

* Pop rock
* indie pop

All Hail | Norma Jean |

* Hard rock
* heavy metal

Old Dominion | Old Dominion | Country
Daylight | Grace Potter |

* Rock
* pop

30  | Supermoon (EP)  | Charly Bliss |

* Punk rock
* indie rock
* alternative rock

31  | Ghetto Cowboy | Yelawolf | Hip hop

### November

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Genre (s)

|
|
|

1  | The Legacy Collection (Reissue)  | Garth Brooks | Country
New Age Norms | Cold War Kids |

* Alternative rock
* indie rock

MCID[106] | Highly Suspect |

* Alternative rock
* rock

Imperfect Circle[33] | Hootie & the Blowfish | Rock
Wildcard | Miranda Lambert | Country
8  | Get Loud! | Agnostic Front | Hardcore punk
What You See is What You Get[107] | Luke Combs | Country
The Trophy | Kate Davis |

* Jazz
* pop

Hollywood Cowboys | Quiet Riot |

* Hard rock
* heavy metal

Building Balance | Allen Stone |

* Soul
* pop

15  | Dead: The Album | Breathe Carolina |

* EDM
* electropop

Believers Never Die - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Fall Out Boy |

* Rock
* pop

What Would The Odd Do | Guerilla Toss |

* Art rock
* noise rock
* punk rock
* new wave

Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police | Juliana Hatfield |

* Rock
* pop

Ocean[108] | Lady Antebellum | Country
December, Darling | Meg & Dia | Christmas
22  | 9 | Jason Aldean | Country
Hyperspace | Beck |

* Alternative rock
* pop
* folk

Cotillions | William Patrick Corgan | Americana
Lost And Found | Harry Nilsson |

* Rock
* pop

To Be One with You | Pluralone | Alternative rock
Come On Up To The House | Various Artists |

* Rock
* pop

Speed | Keller Williams |

* Folk
* reggae
* bluegrass

29  | Death Atlas | Cattle Decapitation |

* Death metal
* metalcore
* heavy metal

Winter Stories | Judy Collins |

* Folk
* country
* pop

Dr. Feelgood (Reissue)  | Mötley Crüe |

* Hard rock
* heavy metal

Sickness Divine | The Red Death |

* Hard rock
* Heavy Metal

### December

[edit]

Date  | Album  | Artist  | Genre (s)

|
|
|

6  | Live At The Rebel Lounge[109] | Authority Zero |

* Rock
* pop

Romance | Camila Cabello |

* Pop
* Latin
* Rock

Only The Song Survives | John Hiatt |

* Heartland rock
* blues rock
* folk rock

The Blackest Crow | Anna Nalick |

* Pop
* rock

The Decalogue (CD)[110] | Sufjan Stevens |

* Indie folk
* indie rock

12  | Whenever | Atmosphere | Hip hop
13  | Year One Demos | American Football |

* Rock
* pop

32 Thousand Days | Emerson Hart |

* Alternative rock
* rock

Fine Line | Harry Styles |

* Pop rock
* Psychedelic rock

The Gamblers Last Deal | Kenny Rogers | Country
Fully Loaded God's Country | Blake Shelton | Country
20  | Circumstance Sythnesis | Julianna Barwick |

* Ambient
* new age

The Complete Atlantic Albums | Solomon Burke |

* Blues
* soul
* gospel

Hot Rats (50th Anninversary Reissue)  | Frank Zappa |

* Rock
* pop

27  | JackBoys | Travis Scott |

* R&B
* hip hop

Jesus is Born | Kanye West |

* Christian hip hop
* gospel

## Top songs on record

[edit]

See also: List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2019, List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2019, and Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2019

### Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

[edit]

* "7 Rings" – Ariana Grande (8 weeks)
* "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (2 weeks)
* "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish (1 week)
* "Circles" – Post Malone (2 weeks)
* "Heartless" – The Weeknd (1 week)
* "Highest in the Room" – Travis Scott (1 week)
* "Lose You to Love Me" – Selena Gomez (1 week)
* "Old Town Road" – Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus (19 weeks)
* "Señorita" – Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello (1 week)
* "Shallow" – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (1 week)
* "Someone You Loved" – Lewis Capaldi (3 weeks)
* "Sucker" – Jonas Brothers (1 week)
* "Sunflower" – Post Malone and Swae Lee (1 week)
* "Thank U, Next" – Ariana Grande (6 weeks in 2018, 1 week in 2019)
* "Truth Hurts" – Lizzo (7 weeks)
* "Without Me" – Halsey (2 weeks)

### Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

[edit]

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.

* "10,000 Hours" – Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber (#4)
* "7 Rings" – Ariana Grande (#1)
* "A Holly Jolly Christmas" – Burl Ives (#6)
* "A Lot" – 21 Savage (#12)
* "All I Want for Christmas Is You" − Mariah Carey (#1)
* "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish (#1)
* "Ballin'" – Mustard feat. Roddy Ricch (#14)
* "Bandit" – Juice WRLD and YoungBoy Never Broke Again (#10)
* "Beautiful People" – Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid (#13)
* "Better" – Khalid (#8)
* "Better Now" – Post Malone (#3 in 2018, #10 in 2019)
* "Blinding Lights" – The Weeknd (#11)
* "Bop" – DaBaby (#11)
* "Boy with Luv" – BTS feat. Halsey (#8)
* "Boyfriend" – Ariana Grande and Social House (#8)
* "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" – Ariana Grande (#2)
* "Breathin" – Ariana Grande (#12 in 2018, #15 in 2019)
* "Bury a Friend" – Billie Eilish (#14)
* "Circles" – Post Malone (#1)
* "Closed on Sunday" – Kanye West (#17)
* "Dance Monkey" – Tones and I (#9)
* "Dancing with a Stranger" – Sam Smith and Normani (#7)
* "Die for Me" – Post Malone feat. Future and Halsey (#20)
* "Don't Call Me Angel" − Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey (#13)
* "Don't Start Now" – Dua Lipa (#2)
* "Drip Too Hard" − Lil Baby and Gunna (#4 in 2018, #8 in 2019)
* "Earfquake" – Tyler, the Creator (#13)
* "Earth" – Lil Dicky (#17)
* "Eastside" – Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid (#9)
* "Enemies" – Post Malone feat. DaBaby (#16)
* "Even Though I'm Leaving" – Luke Combs (#11)
* "Everything I Wanted" – Billie Eilish (#8)
* "Follow God" – Kanye West (#7)
* "Futsal Shuffle 2020" – Lil Uzi Vert (#5)
* "Girls Like You" − Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B (#1 in 2018, #7 in 2019)
* "God's Country" – Blake Shelton (#17)
* "Going Bad" – Meek Mill feat. Drake (#6 in 2018, #10 in 2019)
* "Good as Hell" – Lizzo (#3)
* "Goodbyes" – Post Malone feat. Young Thug (#3)
* "Happier" – Marshmello and Bastille (#2)
* "Heartless" – The Weeknd (#1)
* "Hey Look Ma, I Made It" – Panic! at the Disco (#16)
* "High Hopes" – Panic! at the Disco (#4)
* "Highest in the Room" – Travis Scott (#1)
* "Hollywood's Bleeding" – Post Malone (#15)
* "Homicide" – Logic feat. Eminem (#5)
* "Hot" – Young Thug feat. Gunna (#11)
* "Hot Girl Summer" – Megan Thee Stallion feat. Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla Sign (#11)
* "I Don't Care" – Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber (#2)
* "If I Can't Have You" – Shawn Mendes (#2)
* "Intro" – DaBaby (#13)
* "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" − Andy Williams (#10 in 2018, #13 in 2019)
* "Jingle Bell Rock" – Bobby Helms (#8)
* "Last Christmas" – Wham! (#17)
* "Leave Me Alone" – Flipp Dinero (#20)
* "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" − Dean Martin (#20)
* "Lights Up" – Harry Styles (#17)
* "Lose You to Love Me" – Selena Gomez (#1)
* "Lover" – Taylor Swift (#10)
* "Lucid Dreams" – Juice WRLD (#2 in 2018, #8 in 2019)
* "Me!" – Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie (#2)
* "Megatron" – Nicki Minaj (#20)
* "Memories" – Maroon 5 (#4)
* "Mia" – Bad Bunny feat. Drake (#5 in 2018, #19 in 2019)
* "Middle Child" – J. Cole (#4)
* "Mo Bamba" − Sheck Wes (#6 in 2018, #14 in 2019)
* "Money" − Cardi B (#13)
* "Money in the Grave" – Drake feat. Rick Ross (#7)
* "Murder on My Mind" − YNW Melly (#14)
* "NASA" – Ariana Grande (#17)
* "Needy" – Ariana Grande (#14)
* "Never Really Over" – Katy Perry (#15)
* "Nightmare" – Halsey (#15)
* "No Guidance" – Chris Brown feat. Drake (#5)
* "Old Town Road" – Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus (#1)
* "One Man Band" – Old Dominion (#20)
* "Only Human" – Jonas Brothers (#18)
* "Panini" – Lil Nas X (#5)
* "Playing Games" – Summer Walker (#16)
* "Please Me" – Cardi B and Bruno Mars (#3)
* "Pop Out" – Polo G feat. Lil Tjay (#11)
* "Press" – Cardi B (#16)
* "Ransom" – Lil Tecca (#4)
* "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – Brenda Lee (#2)
* "Roxanne" – Arizona Zervas (#4)
* "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" − Gene Autry (#16)
* "Saint-Tropez" – Post Malone (#18)
* "Selah" – Kanye West (#19)
* "Señorita" – Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello (#1)
* "Shallow" − Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (#1)
* "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott (#1 in 2018, #3 in 2019)
* "Someone You Loved" – Lewis Capaldi (#1)
* "Sucker" – Jonas Brothers (#1)
* "Suge" – DaBaby (#7)
* "Sunflower" – Post Malone and Swae Lee (#1)
* "Sweet but Psycho" – Ava Max (#10)
* "Take What You Want" – Post Malone feat. Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott (#8)
* "Taki Taki" – DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B (#11 in 2018, #18 in 2019)
* "Talk" – Khalid (#3)
* "Thank U, Next" – Ariana Grande (#1)
* "The Box" – Roddy Ricch (#18)
* "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" − Nat King Cole (#11)
* "The Git Up" – Blanco Brown (#14)
* "The London" – Young Thug, J. Cole and Travis Scott (#12)
* "Thotiana" – Blueface (#8)
* "Trampoline" – Shaed (#13)
* "Truth Hurts" – Lizzo (#1)
* "Wake Up in the Sky" − Gucci Mane, Bruno Mars and Kodak Black (#11 in 2018, #12 in 2019)
* "Whiskey Glasses" – Morgan Wallen (#17)
* "Wish Wish" − DJ Khaled feat. Cardi B and 21 Savage (#19)
* "Without Me" – Halsey (#1)
* "Woah" – Lil Baby (#16)
* "Wow." – Post Malone (#2)
* "You Need to Calm Down" – Taylor Swift (#2)
* "Youngblood" – 5 Seconds of Summer (#7 in 2018, #14 in 2019)
* "Zeze" − Kodak Black feat. Travis Scott and Offset (#2 in 2018, #9 in 2019)

## Deaths

[edit]

* January 1 –
* Shane Bisnett, 31, metalcore bassist (Ice Nine Kills)[111]
* Pegi Young, 66, musician, activist[112]
* January 2 – Daryl Dragon, 76, musician, songwriter, keyboardist (Captain & Tennille)[113]
* January 3 – Steve Ripley, 69, singer songwriter (The Tractors)[114]
* January 5 – Alvin Fielder, 83, jazz drummer[115]
* January 7 – Clydie King, 75, pop and rock singer[116]
* January 9 – Joseph Jarman, 81, jazz saxophonist[117]
* January 10 – Larry Cunningham, 67, R&B singer
* January 12 – Sanger D. Shafer, 84, country singer, songwriter[118]
* January 13
* Bonnie Guitar, 95, country singer[119]
* David "Frenchy" O'Brien, 71, pop drummer (Animotion)
* January 16 – Lorna Doom, 61, punk rock bassist[120]
* January 17 – Reggie Young, 82, country and rock guitarist, session musician[121]
* January 21 –
* Kaye Ballard, 93, musical theatre actress, comedian[122]
* Edwin Birdsong, 77, funk keyboardist[123]
* Maxine Brown, 87, country singer[124]
* January 25 – Jacqueline Steiner, 94, folk singer, songwriter[125]
* January 26 – Bruce Corbitt, 56, heavy metal vocalist[126]
* January 28 – Paul Whaley, 72, rock drummer[127]
* January 29 – James Ingram, 66, R&B singer[128]
* January 31 – Harold Bradley, 93, country guitarist[129]
* February 2 - Alex Brown, 52, rock guitarist (Gorilla Biscuits)[130]
* February 3 - Tim Landers, 62, vocalist and singer[131]
* February 11 – Harvey Scales, 78, R&B soul singer and songwriter[132]
* February 15 – Kofi Burbridge, 57, keyboardist and flautist[133]
* February 16 – Ken Nordine, 98, spoken word jazz[134]
* February 17 – Ethel Ennis, 86, jazz musician[135]
* February 19 – Artie Wayne, 77, pop singer, producer
* February 20 – Dominick Argento, 91, composer[136]
* February 21 –
* Peter Tork, 77, musician (The Monkees)[137]
* Gus Backus, 81, doo-wop singer
* Jackie Shane, 78, soul singer[138]
* February 24 – Mac Wiseman, 93, bluegrass musician[139]
* March 1 – Stephan Ellis, 69, rock bassist (Survivor)[140]
* March 2 – Al Hazan, 84, pianist (B. Bumble and the Stingers), songwriter and record producer
* March 4 – Mike Walker, 50, rock drummer (Aranda)
* March 5 – Sara Romweber, 55, drummer for Let's Active, Snatches of Pink and Dex Romweber Duo[141]
* March 6 – James Dapogny, 78, jazz pianist[142]
* March 8 – Eddie Taylor Jr., 46, blues singer and guitarist
* March 10 – Asa Brebner, 65, singer-songwriter and guitarist[143][144]
* March 11 – Hal Blaine, 90, rock and pop drummer[145]
* March 12 – John Kilzer, 62, singer and songwriter[146]
* March 16 –
* Dick Dale, 81, surf rock guitarist[147]
* David White, 79, doo-wop and rock and roll singer (Danny & the Juniors)[148]
* March 17 – Andre Williams, 82, R&B singer[149]
* March 21 – Doris Duke, 77, gospel and soul singer
* March 25 – Scott Walker, 76, experimental pop singer (The Walker Brothers)[150]
* March 28 - Maury Laws, 95, composer
* March 31 – Nipsey Hussle, 33, rapper[151]
* April 2 –
* April 3 - Shawn Smith, 53, singer and songwriter[152]
* Rick Elias, Christian singer and songwriter
* Kim English, 48, house singer and Christian singer[153]
* April 4 – Tiger Merrit, 31, rock singer and guitarist
* April 5 – Davey Williams, 66, Avant-Garde and jazz guitarist
* April 6 – Jim Glaser, 81, country singer[154]
* April 10 – Earl Thomas Conley, 77, country singer[155]
* April 15 – Joe Terry, 78, doo-wop and rock and roll (Danny & the Juniors)
* April 18 – Eddie Tinger, 92, blues singer and keyboardist
* April 22 – Dave Samuels, 70, jazz musician[156]
* April 26 – Phil McCormack, 58, southern rock singer (Molly Hatchet)[157]
* May 2 – John Starling, 79, bluegrass singer and songwriter (The Seldom Scene)[158]
* May 4 – J.R. Cobb, 75, guitarist and songwriter[159]
* May 9 – Preston Epps, 88, percussionist
* May 11 –
* Peggy Lipton, 72, singer and actress[160]
* Sol Yaged, 96, jazz clarinetist[161]
* May 13 – Doris Day, 97, singer and actress[162][163]
* May 14 –
* Leon Rausch, 91, Country singer
* Mike Wilhelm, 77, rock guitarist
* May 15
* Chuck Barksdale, 84, R&B singer, bass singer and founding member of The Dells.[164]
* Huelyn Duvall, 79, rockabilly singer and guitarist
* May 17 – Eric Moore, 67, hard rock singer and bassist
* May 28 – John Gary Williams, 73, R&B singer[165]
* May 29 –
* Tony Glover, 79, blues singer and harmonica player[166]
* Jeff Walls, 62, guitarist and songwriter[167][168]
* May 30 – Leon Redbone, 69, jazz and ragtime singer, guitarist[169][170]
* May 31 – Roky Erickson, 71, psychedelic rock singer and songwriter
* June 4 - Mikey Dees, TBD, punk rock singer and guitarist (Fitz of Depression)
* June 5 – Brian Doherty, 51, guitarist (Big Wreck)[171][172]
* June 6 – Dr. John, 77, blues, jazz, boogie-woogie, and rock singer, songwriter
* June 9 –
* Bushwick Bill, 52, rapper (Geto Boys)
* Jim Pike, 82, pop singer (The Lettermen)
* June 10 –
* Chuck Glaser, 83, country singer (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers)[173]
* Lil' Buck Sinegal, 75 blues singer
* June 16 – Bishop Bullwinkle, 70, soul singer
* June 19 – Etika, 29, youtuber and rapper
* June 23 – David Bartholomew, 100, composer and bandleader
* June 24 – Jeff Austin, 45, bluegrass singer
* June 29 – Gary Duncan, 72, rock guitarist
* July 1 – Sid Ramin, 100, composer and arranger
* July 9 – Aaron Rosand, 92, classical violinist
* July 10 – Jerry Lawson, 75, a cappella singer
* July 12 –
* Dick Richards, 95, rock and roll drummer
* Russell Smith, 70, country rock singer
* July 16 - Bill Vitt, rock drummer
* July 18 – Bob Frank, 75, singer, songwriter
* July 21 – Ben Johnston, 93, microtonal composer
* July 22 – Art Neville, 81, funk singer, keyboardist
* July 29 – Ras G, 39, hip hop producer
* August 5 – Lizzie Grey, 60, glam metal guitarist
* August 7
* David Berman, 52, indie rock songer songwriter
* Francesca Sundsten, 58, post punk bassist
* Nicky Wonder, 59, power pop guitarist
* August 11 – Jim Cullum Jr., 77, jazz cornetist
* August 19 – Larry Taylor, 77, bass guitarist
* August 27
* Neal Casal, 50, rock guitarist
* Donnie Fritts, 76, country keyboardist and songwriter
* August 28 – Nancy Holloway, 86, jazz and pop singer
* August 29 – Jimmy Pitman, 72, rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (Strawberry Alarm Clock)
* September 5 – Jimmy Johnson, 76, rock and soul guitarist
* September 10 –
* Jeff Fenholt, 68, rock and Christian singer
* Danny Johnston, 58, folk singer and songwriter
* September 13 – Eddie Money, 70, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
* September 15 – Ric Ocasek, 75, singer, songwriter, record producer (The Cars)
* September 16 –
* John Cohen, 87, folk banjoist and guitarist
* Mick Shauer, 47, stoner rock keyboardist
* September 19
* Harold Mabern, 83, jazz pianist
* Yonrico Scott, 63, rock and blues drummer
* September 24 – Robert Hunter, 78, rock lyricist and multi-instrumentalist
* September 26 – Jimmy Spicer, 61, rapper
* September 29 – Busbee, 43, songwriter and producer
* September 30 – Jessye Norman, 74, opera soprano singer
* October 1 – Beverly Watkins, 80, blues guitarist
* October 2 – Kim Shattuck, 56, singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Muffs, The Pandoras)
* October 3 – Vinnie Bell, 87, session guitarist
* October 4 – Ed Ackerson, 54, alternative rock singer and guitarist (Polara)
* October 5 – Larry Junstrom, 70, southern rock bassist (38 Special, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
* October 12 –
* George Chambers, 88, singer and bassist (The Chambers Brothers)[174]
* Kenny Dixon, 27, country music drummer[175]
* October 14 – Steve Cash, 73, southern rock singer
* October 17 – Ray Santos, 90, Latin pop saxophonist
* October 25 – Joe Sun, 76, country singer
* October 26 – Paul Barrere, 71, southern rock guitarist
* October 31 – Kendra Malia, 37, witch house singer
* November 11 – Bad Azz, 43, rapper
* November 20 – Doug Lubahn, 71, psychedelic rock and jazz rock bassist (Clear Light)
* November 21
* Donna Carson, 73, folk singer (Hedge and Donna)
* Farris Lanier Jr., 70, R&B-soul-funk singer (Lanier & Co.)
* November 29 – Irving Burgie, 95, musician and songwriter[176][177]
* December 2 – Jimmy Cavallo, 92, rock and roll singer
* December 5 – Jerry Naylor, 80, rock and roll musician (The Crickets)
* December 7 –
* Herb Cox, 81, doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Cleftones)
* Joe McQueen, 100, jazz saxophonist
* December 8 – Juice WRLD, 21, rapper, singer, songwriter
* December 13 –
* Emil Richards, 87, classical and jazz vibraphonist
* Roy Loney, 73, garage rock singer and guitarist (Flamin' Groovies)
* December 14 – Irv Williams, 100, jazz saxophonist
* December 18 – Abbey Simon, 99, classical pianist
* December 24 –
* Dave Riley, 59, punk rock bassist
* Allee Willis, 72, pop and funk songwriter
* December 26 – Sleepy LaBeef, 84, rockabilly singer and guitarist
* December 29 – Norma Tanega, 80, folk singer-songwriter

## See also

[edit]

* 2010s in music

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