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Overview of the events of 2019 in American music
List of years in American music
The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2019 in music in the United States.
Notable events [ ]
January [ ]
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 – The Backstreet Boys released their first album in six years, DNA .[7]
February [ ]
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 .
15 — Florida Georgia Line released their first album in three years, Can't Say I Ain't Country .
March [ ]
1 – 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 [ ]
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]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 .
15 – Ric Ocasek , lead singer of The Cars , was found dead at 75.
26 – Nivea released her first album in thirteen years, Mirrors .
October [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
Bands reformed [ ]
Anberlin
Bikini Kill
The Black Crowes
Black Flag
Go Radio
Gossip
Heart
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
There for Tomorrow
Vio-lence
Bands disbanded [ ]
Albums released in 2019 [ ]
January [ ]
Date
Album
Artist
Genre (s)
4
John Garcia and the Band Of Gold [37]
John Garcia and the Band of Gold
Ode To A Friend [38]
Old Sea Brigade
11
Magnolia [39]
Randy Houser
Country
A Good Friend Is Nice [40]
Jack & Jack
Pop-rap
Twenty [41]
Taking Back Sunday
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
Who Do You Trust? [43]
Papa Roach
Phoenix [5]
Pedro the Lion
Indie rock
Rattlesnake
Neyla Pekarek
Indie rock
A Real Good Kid [44]
Mike Posner
Heard It in a Past Life [45]
Maggie Rogers
Rock
Native Tongue [46]
Switchfoot
Alternative rock
Outer Peace
Toro y Moi
Remind Me Tomorrow [47]
Sharon Van Etten
24
Weezer (Teal Album)
Weezer
Rock
25
DNA [7]
Backstreet Boys
Pop
Why You So Crazy
The Dandy Warhols
Alternative rock
Almost Free [48]
FIDLAR
Stay Human Vol. II [49]
Michael Franti & Spearheaded
Mystery Hour [50]
Pavo Pavo
Oliver Appropriate [51]
Say Anything
Rock
30
20 Years and Counting
Allister
February [ ]
March [ ]
Date
Album
Artist
Genre (s)
1
This Land [11]
Gary Clark, Jr.
Death Race for Love
Juice WRLD
Hip hop
The Verdict [10]
Queensrÿche
Weezer (Black Album)
Weezer
Alternative rock power pop
8
This is How You Smile
Helado Negro
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
12
Blue Blood [64]
Idiot Pilot
15
Only Things We Love
Blaqk Audio
Synth-pop
Egowreck
The Faint
Cash Cabin Sessions Vol 3
Todd Snider
22
American Football
American Football
Mystic Truth [65]
Bad Suns
Alternative rock
Panorama
La Dispute
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
You Are OK
The Maine
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
Trunk Muzik III
Yelawolf
April [ ]
Date
Album
Artist
Genre (s)
5
Reboot [13]
Brooks & Dunn
Country
Brutalism
The Drums
Indie pop
It Rains Love [66]
Lee Fields
Free Spirit
Khalid
R&B
Bank on the Funeral
Matt Maeson
Stronger Than the Truth [67]
Reba McEntire
Country
Periphery IV: Hail Stan [68]
Periphery
The Seduction of Kansas [69]
Priests
12
State I'm In [70]
Aaron Lewis
Country
The Darker the Weather // The Better the Man
Missio
Everybody Gets the Blues
Eric Reed
19
Social Cues
Cage the Elephant
Where Polly People Go To Read
Gus Dapperton
Indie pop
Cuz I Love You [71]
Lizzo
26
Neotheater
AJR
Launch Fly Land
Dreamers
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
Was It Even Real?
Olivia O'Brien
Hurts 2B Human [73]
P!nk
Pop
Chip Tooth Smile
Rob Thomas
May [ ]
Date
Album
Artist
Genre (s)
3
Age of Unreason [17]
Bad Religion
Emerald Valley
Filthy Friends
Alternative rock
Pep Talks [74]
Judah & the Lion
Scatter the Rats
L7
From the Screen to Your Stereo 3 (EP)[75]
New Found Glory
Pop punk
SYML [76]
SYML
Symptoms [77]
Ashley Tisdale
Pop
Father of the Bride [18]
Vampire Weekend
Front Porch
Joy Williams
10
Enderness
A.A. Bondy
Alternative folk
Fake Tunes
Bear Hands
Young Enough
Charly Bliss
Beauty Marks
Ciara
Problems
The Get Up Kids
Revelations of Oblivion
Possessed
Legacy! Legacy!
Jamila Woods
17
Sonic Brew 20th Anniversary
Black Label Society
The Futures Still Ringing In My Ears
Sam Cohen
Living Mirage [78]
The Head and the Heart
I Am Easy to Find [79]
The National
Whirlwind
Maddie Poppe
Igor [80]
Tyler, the Creator
Hip hop
24
The Saint of Lost Clauses
Justin Townes Earle
Flamagra
Flying Lotus
Modern Hymns
Guards
40
Stray Cats
Rockabilly
31
Humanicide [81]
Death Angel
Thrash metal
Invocations / Conversations
JR JR
Indie pop
Center Point Road
Thomas Rhett
Country
Blessings
Sublime with Rome
Dispassionate EP
together PANGEA
June [ ]
Date
Album
Artist
Genre (s)
7
Culture War
Boxing Gandhis
Final Transmission
Cave In
Metalcore
Kind Heaven [82]
Perry Farrell
Alternative rock
Happiness Begins [20]
Jonas Brothers
Pop
Renegade
Dylan LeBlanc
Widow's Weeds [83]
Silversun Pickups
Erotic Reruns
Yeasayer
Experimental rock
14
III
Bad Books
Gold & Grey [84]
Baroness
Alternative metal
Years To Burn
Calexico & Iron and Wine
Bigger Life [85]
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
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
15
The Orwells
The Orwells
19
The ReVe Festival: Day 1
Red Velvet
21
Blood
Collective Soul
From Another World
Jim Lauderdale
7
Lil Nas X
Hip hop
Help Us Stranger
The Raconteurs
Snowball Out of Hell
The Smoking Flowers
28
Let's Rock [25]
The Black Keys
Indigo
Chris Brown
Inspirations and Dedications
Al Foster
Jazz
Stranger Songs
Ingrid Michaelson
Local Motion
Pepper
July [ ]
Date
Album
Artist
Genre (s)
5
Metawar
3Teeth
Industrial industrial metal
Stonechild
Jesca Hoop
Hotel Diablo
Machine Gun Kelly
Hip hop
FLYGOD is an Awesome GOD
Westside Gunn
Hip hop
12
Voyager [88] [89]
311
III
Banks
Gothic pop
Don't You Think You've Had Enough? [90]
Bleached
Daydream Explosion
The Dollyrots
Punk rock
Modern Mirror
Drab Majesty
Controlled Burn Live in Atlanta
Gringo Star
Indie rock
Solutions [91]
K.Flay
19
Singular: Act II
Sabrina Carpenter
King's Mouth
The Flaming Lips
Alternative rock
Brand New Day
Eddie Money
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
Guy Walks Into A Bar
Mini Mansions
The Search
NF
Hip hop [93]
New State of Mind
Night Riots
Pop rock
Little Yachty
Sugar Ray
Hotel Last Resort
Violent Femmes
Alternative rock
The Lost Boy
YBN Cordae
Hip hop [94]
August [ ]
Date
Album
Artist
Genre (s)
2
Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen
The Bird and the Bee
Indie pop
Country Squire
Tyler Childers
Country
Immunity
Clairo
Gemini [95]
Diana DeGarmo
First Taste
Ty Segall
Victorious
Skillet
Hard rock alternative rock
9
Mixtape Vol 1
Jesse Dayton
Super Moon
Dirty Heads
Inspired By True Events
Tori Kelly
Pop
Superbloom
Ra Ra Riot
Indie rock
We Are Not Your Kind [28]
Slipknot
Songs of Amor and Devotion
Strung Out
Rock
16
Dragons
Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors
Americana
Wild Blue (Part I)
Hunter Hayes
Ascend
Illenium
Electronic
Basking in the Glow
Oso Oso
Dark Hour
The Parlor Mob
The Center Won't Hold
Sleater-Kinney
Goin 50 (box set)
ZZ Top
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
From Home
The Rubinoos
Lover
Taylor Swift
While I'm Livin'
Tanya Tucker
Country
30
I, I [96]
Bon Iver
Threads
Sheryl Crow
Sleeping Giants (reissue)
David Ellefson
Fear Inoculum [30]
Tool
Every Girl [97]
Trisha Yearwood
Country
September [ ]
Date
Album
Artist
Genre (s)
6
Another State of Grace
Black Star Riders
Close it Quitely
Frankie Cosmos
Valve Bone Woe
Chrissie Hynde
K-12 [31]
Melanie Martinez
Hollywood's Bleeding
Post Malone
Alternative Pop
How It Feels to Be Lost
Sleeping with Sirens
Rock
13
The Things We Can't Stop
Cold
The Fall of Hobo Johnson [98]
Hobo Johnson
The Nothing [99]
Korn
Nu metal alternative metal
III [100]
The Lumineers
Beneath the Eyrie [101]
Pixies
Welcome to Galvania
Puddle of Mudd
Alternative metal
Pride and Disaster
Sleep On It
breathe
Tiny Moving Parts
Midwest emo
20
Nine
Blink-182
Chastity Belt
Chastity Belt
All the Feels
Fitz and the Tantrums
Jamie
Brittany Howard
Spirit Counsel
Thurston Moore
The Quebe Sisters
The Quebe Sisters
The Owl [102]
Zac Brown Band
Country
26
Mirrors
Nivea
27
For The Girls
Kristin Chenoweth
Lilac
The Early November
War In My Mind
Beth Hart
Welcome Home
Hellyeah
Wire Mountain
Will Johnson
Earthandsky
Of Mice & Men
Heartache Medication
Jon Pardi
Country
Dead Man's Pop (box set)
The Replacements
Alternative rock
Wavelengths
Vacationer
Instrumental
October [ ]
Date
Album
Artist
Genre (s)
4
El Negreeto
Akon
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
All Mirrors
Angel Olsen
Old LP [104]
that dog.
Alternative rock punk rock
Ode to Joy
Wilco
11
Sun Songs
Art Alexakis
Rock
Two Hands
Big Thief
Indie rock
The Act
The Devil Wears Prada
Plunge and Surface
Goldroom
Almost Daylight
Chris Knight
Somebody's Knocking
Mark Lanegan
Alternative rock folk rock
18
Fear Caller
The Almost
Alternative rock
Walk The Sky
Alter Bridge
There Existed an Addiction To Blood
Clipping
Hip hop
Kin
Electric Guest
The Help Machine
Fastball
Angels with Tattos
Skylar Grey
Surviving
Jimmy Eat World
Alternative rock
Panic Attack
Lionize
Pang
Caroline Polachek
The Decalogue [34]
Sufjan Stevens
Screamer
Third Eye Blind
Alternative rock
You Deserve Love [105]
White Reaper
25
Bigger Than Life
Black Marble
Cry
Cigarettes After Sex
Sweating the Plague
Guided By Voices
Cheap Queen
King Princess
All Hail
Norma Jean
Old Dominion
Old Dominion
Country
Daylight
Grace Potter
30
Supermoon (EP)
Charly Bliss
31
Ghetto Cowboy
Yelawolf
Hip hop
November [ ]
Date
Album
Artist
Genre (s)
1
The Legacy Collection (Reissue)
Garth Brooks
Country
New Age Norms
Cold War Kids
MCID [106]
Highly Suspect
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
Hollywood Cowboys
Quiet Riot
Building Balance
Allen Stone
15
Dead: The Album
Breathe Carolina
Believers Never Die - Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Fall Out Boy
What Would The Odd Do
Guerilla Toss
Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police
Juliana Hatfield
Ocean [108]
Lady Antebellum
Country
December, Darling
Meg & Dia
Christmas
22
9
Jason Aldean
Country
Hyperspace
Beck
Cotillions
William Patrick Corgan
Americana
Lost And Found
Harry Nilsson
To Be One with You
Pluralone
Alternative rock
Come On Up To The House
Various Artists
Speed
Keller Williams
29
Death Atlas
Cattle Decapitation
Winter Stories
Judy Collins
Dr. Feelgood (Reissue)
Motley Crue
Sickness Divine
The Red Death
December [ ]
Date
Album
Artist
Genre (s)
6
Live At The Rebel Lounge [109]
Authority Zero
Romance
Camila Cabello
Only The Song Survives
John Hiatt
The Blackest Crow
Anna Nalick
The Decalogue (CD)[110]
Sufjan Stevens
12
Whenever
Atmosphere
Hip hop
13
Year One Demos
American Football
32 Thousand Days
Emerson Hart
The Gamblers Last Deal
Kenny Rogers
Country
Fully Loaded God's Country
Blake Shelton
Country
20
Circumstance Sythnesis
Julianna Barwick
The Complete Atlantic Albums
Solomon Burke
Hot Rats (50th Anninversary Reissue)
Frank Zappa
27
JackBoys
Travis Scott
Jesus is Born
Kanye West
Top songs on record [ ]
See also: List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2019
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs[ ]
"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)
"Truth Hurts " – Lizzo (7 weeks)
"Thank U, Next " – Ariana Grande (6 weeks in 2018, 1 week in 2019)
"Without Me " – Halsey (2 weeks)
Billboard Hot 100 songs which have ranked within the Top 20[ ]
"10,000 Hours " – Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber (#4)
"7 Rings " – Ariana Grande (#1)
"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)
"The Box " – Roddy Ricch (#18)
"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)
"The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) " − Nat King Cole (#11)
"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)
"The Git Up " – Blanco Brown (#14)
"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)
"A Holly Jolly Christmas " – Burl Ives (#6)
"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)
"The London " – Young Thug, J. Cole and Travis Scott (#12)
"Lose You to Love Me " – Selena Gomez (#1)
"A Lot " – 21 Savage (#12)
"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)
"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 )
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2019
Deaths [ ]
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 –
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 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 Ericson , 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 –
June 16 – Bishop Bullwinkle , 70 soul singer
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
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 –
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
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