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This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2014 in music.
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Specific genres[]
Albums released[]
Awards[]
Category/Organization | 2014 MTV Video Music Awards August 24, 2014 |
2014 MTV Europe Music Awards November 9, 2014 |
American Music Awards of 2014 November 23, 2014 |
2015 Grammy Awards February 8, 2015 |
2015 Billboard Music Awards May 17, 2015 |
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Best Album | N/A | N/A | N/A | Morning Phase Beck |
1989 Taylor Swift |
Best Song | N/A | "Problem" Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea |
"Dark Horse" Katy Perry featuring Juicy J |
"Stay with Me" Sam Smith |
"All About That Bass" Meghan Trainor |
Best Video | "Wrecking Ball" Miley Cyrus |
"Dark Horse" Katy Perry featuring Juicy J |
N/A | "Happy" Pharrell Williams |
"Shake It Off" Taylor Swift |
Best Artist | N/A | N/A | One Direction | N/A | Taylor Swift |
Best New Artist | Fifth Harmony | 5 Seconds of Summer | 5 Seconds of Summer | Sam Smith | Sam Smith |
Bands formed[]
- Akdong Musician
- Antemasque
- American Wrestlers
- The Babe Rainbow
- Berry Good
- Cheat Codes
- FFS
- High4
- Hotshot
- Lovelyz
- Lip Service
- Maddie & Tae
- Mamamoo
- Melody Day
- Missio
- No Devotion
- Oh Wonder
- Operation: Mindcrime
- Red Velvet
- Sonamoo
- Saint Asonia
- Sheer Mag
- Slaves
- Sofi Tukker
- Stereo Kicks
- Toheart
- Winner
- You+Me
Bands reformed[]
- American Football
- Atreyu
- Babes In Toyland
- Basement
- Breaking Benjamin
- Constantines
- Copeland
- Deep Dish
- Despised Icon
- Design the Skyline
- Erase Errata
- Failure
- Haste the Day
- L7
- The Libertines
- Luna
- The Matches
- Metro Station
- Midtown
- Mineral
- Nickel Creek
- OutKast
- Ride
- Saosin
- Sleater-Kinney
- Slowdive
- Trick Pony
- The Unicorns
Bands on hiatus[]
- As I Lay Dying
- Darkside
- Dredg
- Foxy Shazam
- Furthur
- The Wanted
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bands disbanded[]
- Abandon All Ships
- The Allman Brothers Band
- Anberlin
- As Blood Runs Black
- Austrian Death Machine
- Beady Eye
- Beastie Boys
- Beneath the Sky
- The Blackout
- Bleeding Through
- Bomb the Music Industry!
- Brown Bird
- Camp Freddy
- Chimaira
- The Civil Wars
- Clipse
- Company of Thieves
- Crystal Castles
- Danity Kane
- The Dangerous Summer
- Eleventyseven
- For All Those Sleeping
- Guided by Voices
- Jethro Tull
- The Knife
- Lestat
- LFO
- The Luchagors
- Morning Parade
- The Move
- Orbital
- Nightmare Boyzzz
- Nachtmystium
- Pink Floyd
- The Rapture
- Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine
- Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
- Slaughterhouse
- Smith Westerns
- The Swellers
- Ten Second Epic
- There for Tomorrow
- Vista Chino
- Vivian Girls
- WC and the Maad Circle
Deaths[]
January[]
- 13 – Ronny Jordan (51), British guitarist.[1]
- 27 – Pete Seeger (94), American guitarist.[2]
February[]
- 5 – Samantha Juste (69), English-American singer and television host.[3]
- 8 – Finbarr Dwyer (67), Irish accordionist and fiddler.[4]
- 17 – Frank Wappat (84), British DJ and singer.[5]
- 24 – Franny Beecher (92), American guitarist.[6]
- 25
- Paco de Lucía (66), Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer and producer.[7]
- Peter Callander (74), English songwriter and record producer.[8]
March[]
- 5 – Dave Sampson (73), English singer.[9]
- 6 – Marion Stein (Thorpe) (87), British pianist.[10]
April[]
- 2 – Lyndsie Holland (75), English actress and singer.
- 7 – John Shirley-Quirk (83), British operatic bass-baritone.[11]
- 16 – Stan Kelly-Bootle (84), British songwriter, author and computer engineer.[12]
- 17 – Cheo Feliciano (78), Puerto Rican singer and composer (Joe Cuba Sextet)
- 18 – Brian Priestman (87), British conductor (Denver Symphony Orchestra).[13]
May[]
- 13 – Akihiro Yokoyama (49), Japanese thrash metal bassist (United)[14]
- 25 – Herb Jeffries (100), American singer and actor.[15]
June[]
- 18 – Horace Silver (85), American jazz pianist.[16]
- 21 – Jimmy C. Newman (86), country music singer.[17]
July[]
- 3 – Jesse Anderson (73), American blues singer-songwriter and musician.[18]
- 11 – Charlie Haden (76), American upright-bassist.[19]
- 19 – Lionel Ferbos (103), American trumpeter.[20]
- 24 – Christian Falk (52), Swedish record producer and musician.[21]
August[]
- 3 – Yvette Giraud (97), French singer and actress.[22]
- 15 – Svein Nymo (61), Norwegian violinist and composer.[23]
- 17 – Pierre Vassiliu (76), Swiss-born French singer.[24]
- 19 – Kåre Kolberg (78), Norwegian composer.[25]
- 23 – Inga Juuso (68), singer and actress.[26]
- 24 – Aldo Donati (66), Italian singer, composer and television personality, (cerebral hemorrhage)[27]
- 29
September[]
- 2 – Antonis Vardis (66), Greek composer and singer.[30]
- 8
- Magda Olivero (104), Italian soprano.[31]
- Gerald Wilson (96), American jazz trumpeter.[32]
- 12 – Joe Sample (75), American pianist.[33]
- 17 – George Hamilton IV (77), American country music singer.[34]
- 18 – Kenny Wheeler (84), Canadian jazz composer, trumpeter and flugelhorn player.[35]
October[]
- 10 – Olav Dale (55), Norwegian jazz saxophonist, composer and orchestra leader.[36]
- 16 – Tim Hauser (72), American jazz singer.[37]
- 20 - Tyson Stevens (29), vocals, additional guitar, bass guitar in Arizona Post Hardcore band Scary Kids Scaring Kids.
- 25 – Jack Bruce (71), Scottish bassist, composer and orchestra leader.[38]
November[]
- 6 – Maggie Boyle (57), British folk singer and musician (cancer).[39]
- 14 – Mike Burney (70), British jazz saxophonist.[40]
- 15 – Cherry Wainer (79), South African-born British organist (Lord Rockingham's XI).[41]
- 17 – Jeff Fletcher (36), British guitarist (Northern Uproar).[42]
- 20 – Arthur Butterworth (91), English composer and conductor.[43]
December[]
- 8 – Knut Nystedt (99), Norwegian composer.[23]
- 12 – John Persen (73), Norwegian composer.[44]
- 24 – Buddy DeFranco (91), American jazz clarinetist.[45]
- 31 – Michael Kennedy (88), English writer on music.
See also[]
- Timeline of musical events
- Women in music
References[]
- ^ Fordham, John (January 22, 2014). "Ronny Jordan obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (January 28, 2014). "Pete Seeger, Champion of Folk Music and Social Change, Dies at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ "Samantha Juste – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. February 10, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ "The Death Has Occurred of Finbarr Dwyer". RIP.ie. February 8, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ "Veteran BBC radio broadcaster Frank Wappat dies". BBC News. February 17, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
- ^ Lifton, Dave (February 25, 2014). "Franny Beecher, Guitarist for Bill Haley & the Comets, Dies at 92". UltimateClassicRock.com. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ Strange, Martyn (February 26, 2014). "Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia dies at 66". BBC News. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ "Peter Callander | M Magazine : PRS for Music Online Magazine". M-magazine.co.uk. February 28, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ Wilkinson, Lee (March 8, 2014). "Dave Sampson". The Stage. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ John Amis (March 7, 2014). "Marion Thorpe obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ^ Barry Millington (April 9, 2014). "John Shirley-Quirk obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ^ liverpoolecho Administrator. "Liverpool singer-songwriter Stan Kelly has died". liverpoolecho.
- ^ "Brian Priestman, 87, former Denver Symphony conductor".
- ^ "UNITED、リーダーの横山明裕(Ba)が急逝". 激ロック. May 14, 2014.
- ^ Barnes, Mike (May 25, 2014). "Herb Jeffries, Pioneering Black Singing Cowboy of the Movies, Dies at 100". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ^ Keepnews, Peter (June 18, 2014). "Horace Silver, 85, Master of Earthy Jazz, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ^ Flowers, Christina (June 21, 2014). "Grand Ole Opry performer Jimmy C. Newman dies at 86". Retrieved June 22, 2014.
- ^ Tanner, Beccy (July 12, 2014). "Service to remember blues legend Jesse Anderson". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ^ Tamarkin, Jeff (July 12, 2014). "Charlie Haden Dead at 76". JazzTimes. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ^ "Legendary jazz trumpeter Lionel Ferbos dead at 103". Buenos Aires Herald. July 19, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ^ "Artisten Christian Falk död". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ^ "French singer Yvette Giraud, big in Japan, dies aged 97".
- ^ a b Bjørdal, Sondre (December 9, 2014). "– Han var en gnistrende kraft" (in Norwegian). Vårt Land. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
- ^ Le chanteur Pierre Vassiliu est mort (in French)
- ^ Hedstrøm, Åse (August 26, 2014). "Nekrolog: Kåre Kolberg". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ^ Emberland, Torkil; Helland, Astrid Øvre (August 23, 2014). "Inga Juuso er død". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ^ "Addio ad Aldo Donati, autore dell'inno storico della Lazio". August 24, 2014.
- ^ "Sangeren Jan Groth er død". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). August 27, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ^ Muere a los 79 años el cantante Peret, padre de la rumba catalana (in Spanish)
- ^ Zikakou, Ioanna. "Prominent Greek Singer Antonis Vardis Passes Away - GreekReporter.com".
- ^ "Magda Olivero obituary". The Guardian. September 14, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ Yardley, William (September 9, 2014). "Gerald Wilson, Versatile Jazz Arranger, Is Dead at 96". The New York Times. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ^ Keepnews, Peter (September 12, 2014). "Joe Sample, Crusaders Pianist Who Went Electric, Dies at 75". The New York Times. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ^ Cooper, Peter (September 17, 2014). "George Hamilton IV, 50-year Opry star, dies at age 77". The Tennessean. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ^ Keepnews, Peter (September 21, 2014). "Kenny Wheeler, Influential Sound in Jazz, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
- ^ "Til minne om Olav Dale" (in Norwegian). Vestnorsk.JazzINorge.no. October 14, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ Weber, Bruce (October 17, 2014). "Tim Hauser, the Founder of the Manhattan Transfer, Dies at 72". The New York Times. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ^ Kreps, Daniel (October 25, 2014). "Cream Bassist Jack Bruce Dead at 71". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ Schofield, Derek (November 10, 2014). "Maggie Boyle obituary" – via The Guardian.
- ^ "Mike Burney 1944–2014 R.I.P." thejazzbreakfast. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- ^ "Cherry Wainer – obituary".
- ^ "Jeff Fletcher: Family pays tribute to Northern Uproar guitarist killed in Stockport horror crash". Manchester Evening News. November 17, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
- ^ "Death of Arthur Butterworth".
- ^ Boine, Marianne (December 14, 2014). "John Persen er død" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
- ^ Strum, Charles (December 24, 2014). "Buddy DeFranco, 91, Versatile Jazz Clarinetist, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
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