2021 in American music

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List of years in American music

The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2021 in music in the United States.

Notable events[]

January[]

  • 8 – Olivia Rodrigo released her debut single, "Drivers License", which was met with critical acclaim and went on to break several records.
  • 29 – Lia Ices released her first album in four years, Family Album.

February[]

  • 5 – Foo Fighters released their first album in four years, Medicine at Midnight.
  • 7 – Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan performed the national anthem, H.E.R. performed "America The Beautiful", and The Weeknd performed the halftime show during Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
  • 12 – Jillette Johnson released her first album in four years, It's A Beautiful Day And I Love You.
    • Robin Thicke released his first album in seven years, On Earth, and in Heaven.
    • Taylor Swift released a re-recorded version of her 2008 single "Love Story", entitled "Love Story (Taylor's Version)". It is the lead single off Fearless (Taylor's Version), a re-recorded version of her second studio album.
  • 26 – Julien Baker released her first album in four years, Little Oblivions.
    • NOFX released their first album in five years, Single Album.

March[]

  • 5 – Tigers Jaw released their first album in four years, I Won't Care How You Remember Me.
    • A Day to Remember released their first album in five years, You're Welcome.
    • Chevelle released their first album in five years, Niratias. It was also their first album released as a duo following the departure of longtime bassist Dean Bernardini at the end of 2019.
    • Kings of Leon released their first album in five years, When You See Yourself.
    • The Spill Canvas released their first album in nine years, Conduit.
  • 12 – Rob Zombie released his first album in five years, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy.
    • Nick Jonas released his first solo album in five years, Spaceman.
    • Eyehategod released their first album in seven years, A History of Nomadic Behavior.
  • 14 – The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Awards were originally scheduled for January 31, at the Staples Center but were pushed back due to escalating COVID-19 cases and health concerns in Los Angeles County.[1][2] Beyoncé won the most awards with four. Billie Eilish won her second consecutive Record of the Year award for "Everything I Wanted", while Taylor Swift won her third Album of the Year award for Folklore.
  • 19 – KSHMR released his debut album Harmonica Andromeda.
  • 26 – Evanescence released their first album in four years and their first of all-original material in ten years, The Bitter Truth.
    • Tomahawk released their first album in eight years, Tonic Immobility.
    • The Juliana Theory released their first album in 16 years, A Dream Away.
    • Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) and Richie Kotzen (The Winery Dogs) released their self titled debut album, Smith/Kotzen.

April[]

  • 2 – Demi Lovato released their first album in four years, Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over.[3]
  • 9 – Taylor Swift released Fearless (Taylor's Version), a re-recorded version of her 2008 album of the same name. Swift had announced her intention to re-record her first six studio albums after her master recordings were sold to Scooter Braun. The album became the first ever re-recorded album to top the US Billboard 200 chart.[4]
    • Rapper DMX died at the age of 50, one week after suffering a heart attack from a drug overdose.
  • 16 – Cannibal Corpse released their first album in four years, Violence Unimagined.
    • Liquid Tension Experiment released their first album in 22 years, Liquid Tension Experiment 3.
    • The Offspring released their first album in nine years, Let the Bad Times Roll. It is also their first album without original bassist Greg K., who was fired from the band in 2018, and their last album with drummer Pete Parada who was ejected from the band in August 2021.
  • 18 – The 56th Academy of Country Music Awards took place at various locations in Nashville.
  • 23 – Porter Robinson released his sophomore album, and also his first in seven years, Nurture.
    • Dinosaur Jr. released their first album in five years, Sweep It Into Space.
  • 30 – Flotsam and Jetsam was scheduled to begin their Demolition of North America tour at the Club Red in Tempe, Arizona; this tour had previously been postponed from 2020 to this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but was later put on hold until further notice. A new album, Blood in the Water, previously expected to coincide with the tour, was released on June 4.[5]
    • Manchester Orchestra released their first album in four years, The Million Masks of God.
    • Dropkick Murphys released their first album in four years, Turn Up That Dial.
    • Shelley, formerly DRAM, released his first album in five years, Shelley FKA DRAM.

May[]

  • 7 – Travis Tritt released his first album in fourteen years, Set in Stone.
  • 14 – Alan Jackson released his first album in six years, Where Have You Gone.
  • 21 – Blake Shelton released his first album in four years, Body Language.[6]
    • Olivia Rodrigo's debut album, Sour, was released to critical acclaim and commercial success.
  • 23 – The Billboard Music Awards took place in Los Angeles.[7]
  • 24 – Megadeth parted ways with its co-founder, bassist David Ellefson, following accusations of sexual misconduct on his part. Ellefson denied the allegations as false and is currently pursuing charges and a defamation lawsuit against the accuser. The woman involved also made a statement denying the allegations.[8][9]
  • 25 – Cam Anthony won the twentieth season of The Voice. Kenzie Wheeler was named runner-up.
  • 28 – DMX's first album in nine years, Exodus, was released following his death in April.

June[]

  • 4 – Rise Against released their first album in four years, Nowhere Generation.
    • Atreyu released Baptize, their first album without co-frontman Alex Varkatzas (who left in 2020), and also with Brandon Saller moving away from the drums to focus only on vocals.
    • Lloyd Banks released his first album in 11 years, The Course of the Inevitable.
    • Liz Phair released her first album in 11 years, Soberish.
  • 9 — The CMT Music Awards took place in Nashville.
  • 11 – AFI released their first album in four years, Bodies.
    • Azure Ray released their first album in 11 years, Remedy.
    • Garbage released their first album in five years, No Gods No Masters.
    • Maroon 5 released their first album in four years, Jordi.
  • 18 – Fear Factory released their first album in six years, Aggression Continuum. It is their first studio album released following former vocalist Burton C. Bell's departure from the previous year, though his vocals from the album's 2017 sessions are still present.
  • 25 – Gary Allan released his first album in eight years, Ruthless.
    • Modest Mouse released their first album in six years, The Golden Casket.

July[]

  • 9 – The Wallflowers released their first album in nine years, Exit Wounds.
  • 16 – Caveman released their first album in five years, Smash.
    • John Mayer released his first album in four years, Sob Rock.
  • 23 – Descendents released their first album in five years, 9th & Walnut.
  • 30 – Jack Antonoff's project Bleachers released its first album in four years, Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night.
    • Isaiah Rashad released his first album in five years, The House Is Burning.
    • Billie Eilish released her sophomore album, Happier Than Ever.

August[]

  • 6 – Willy Mason released his first album in eight years, Already Dead.
    • Billy Currington released his first album in six years, Intuition.
  • 13 – Quicksand released their first album in four years, Distant Populations.
  • 18 – Kiss resumed their End of the Road World Tour at Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts, following 17 months of postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • 20 – Connie Smith released her first album in ten years, The Cry of The Heart.
    • James McMurtry released his first album in six years, The Horses and the Hounds.
  • 27 – OneRepublic released their first album in five years, Human.

September[]

  • 3 – Molly Lewis released her first album in six years, The Forgotten Edge.
  • 10 – Sleigh Bells released their first album in five years, Texis.
  • 12 – The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
  • 17 – Candlebox released their first album in five years, Wolves.
  • 17 – ZillaKami released his debut album, DOG BOY.
  • 24 – Angels & Airwaves released their first album in seven years, Lifeforms.

October[]

  • 12 – Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell announced his retirement from the band to focus on his health following an erratic performance at the Big Sip festival in Bethel, New York.[10]
  • 15 – Kelly Clarkson released her first album in four years, When Christmas Comes Around....[11]
    • Gemini Syndrome released their first album in five years, 3rd Degree - The Raising.
  • 19 – The 52nd GMA Dove Awards were held at the Allen Arena located in Nashville, Tennessee. Steven Furtick led the non-artist nominations with ten nominations, whilst Elevation Worship and Brandon Lake led the artist nominations with seven each.
  • 22 – Fuel released their first album in seven years, Anomaly. It is their first album to feature new lead singer John Corsale, following the second departure of original lead singer Brett Scallions. Co-founding member Carl Bell made his return on this album for the first time since 2007's Angels & Devils, and drummer Kevin Miller appeared for the first time since 2003's Natural Selection.
    • Every Time I Die released their first album in five years, Radical.
    • Together Pangea released their first album in eleven years, Dye.
  • 29 – Mastodon released their first album in four years, Hushed and Grim.
  • 31 – Limp Bizkit released their first album in ten years, Still Sucks.

November[]

  • 10 - The Country Music Association Awards took place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville; Luke Bryan hosts.
  • 12 – Taylor Swift released her second re-recorded album, Red (Taylor's Version), a freshly recorded issue of her 2012 studio album, Red.
    • Silk Sonic, consisting of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, released their debut album, An Evening with Silk Sonic. It was Mars' first album in five years.
    • Walk the Moon released their first album in four years, Heights. It was their first album recorded as a trio after the band parted ways with bassist Kevin Ray in 2020.
  • 19 – Exodus released their first studio album in seven years, Persona Non Grata.
    • Converge and Chelsea Wolfe released their collaborative album, Bloodmoon: I. It will be Converge's first album in four years.
  • 21 – The American Music Awards took place at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. BTS|Doja Cat|Megan Thee Stallion took home the most awards with three each.
  • 26 – Marvin Peterson reissued his live album, In Concert.
    • Cynic released their first album in seven years, Ascension Codes. It was their first release since the 2020 deaths of bassist Sean Malone and former founding drummer Sean Reinert.

December[]

  • 10 – Marie Osmond released her first album in five years, Unexpected.
  • 17 – John Dwyer released his first album in fifteen years, Gong Splat
  • 31 – Mourning Noise released their compilation album Mourning Noise

Bands formed[]

  • Silk Sonic

Bands reformed[]

  • 7 Seconds
  • Big Time Rush
  • Crossbreed
  • Element Eighty
  • Mudvayne
  • New Radicals

Bands disbanded[]

Albums released in 2021[]

January[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
1 Distant Bun B & Le$ Hip hop
J.T. Steve Earle
  • Country
  • heartland rock
No Harm Done Josephine Foster
Your Parents Are Sellouts That Handsome Devil
  • Alternative rock
  • rock
8 Greatest Hits Corrin Campbell
  • Rock
  • alternative rock
Heaux Tales (EP)[12] Jazmine Sullivan
American Soul Aaron Watson Country
15 AAR at the Movies (EP) The All-American Rejects Alternative rock
Fillmore West 1-31-71 Allman Brothers Band
Magic Mirror Pearl Charles
Catspaw Matthew Sweet
  • Rock
  • indie pop
22 Sam Amidon Sam Amidon Folk
Livin For Love Bill Champlin
  • Pop
  • rock
Paranoia EP Maggie Lindemann
  • Indie pop
  • pop
29 Dead Hand Control[13] Baio
I've Seen All I Need To See The Body
  • Doom metal
  • noise
Family Album Lia Ices
  • Alternative rock
  • indie pop
OK Human[14] Weezer Rock

February[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
5 Medicine at Midnight[15] Foo Fighters
The Light Below Walking Papers
  • Hard rock
  • blues
Flowers for Vases / Descansos Hayley Williams Folk
12 Life Rolls On Florida Georgia Line
It's A Beautiful Day And I Love You Jillette Johnson
  • Indie pop
  • pop
Internet Killed the Rockstar Mod Sun
The Lucky Ones Pentatonix
  • Pop
  • a cappella
Death by Rock and Roll The Pretty Reckless
  • Hard rock
  • alternative rock
On Earth, and in Heaven Robin Thicke R&B
19 The Sophtware Slump Grandaddy
Open Door Policy[16] The Hold Steady
Trauma Factory[17] Nothing, Nowhere
  • Pop punk
  • emo rap
A Billion Little Lights Wild Pink
26 Little Oblivious Julien Baker
Life Support Madison Beer
The Shadow I Remember[18] Cloud Nothings
Dark River Lydia Luce
  • Classical
  • folk
Single Album NOFX
  • Punk rock
  • skate punk

March[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
5 Niratias Chevelle
  • Alternative metal
  • hard rock
You're Welcome A Day to Remember
When You See Yourself Kings of Leon Alternative rock
Conduit[19] The Spill Canvas
  • Alternative rock
  • emo
I Won't Care How You Remember Me Tigers Jaw
  • Rock
  • pop
12 A History of Nomadic Behavior Eyehategod Sludge metal
This is This Grouplove
  • Indie pop
  • alternative rock
Spaceman Nick Jonas Pop
Topaz Israel Nash
The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy Rob Zombie
  • Heavy metal
  • industrial metal
19 No Other Godz Before Me Agent Steel
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
Greatest Hits Vol 2 (Reissue) Papa Roach
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
26 El Dorado 24kGoldn
OK Orchestra[20] AJR
  • Indie pop
  • alternative rock
The Bitter Truth Evanescence Hard rock
A Dream Away[21] The Juliana Theory
  • Alternative rock
  • emo
Tonic Immobility Tomahawk Alternative rock
sketchy.[22] Tune-Yards
My Savior[23] Carrie Underwood Gospel

April[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
2 Gary Bartz JID 006 Gary Bartz
  • Jazz
  • funk
Midlife Priceless Mark Bryan
  • Rock
  • pop
Head of Roses Flock of Dimes
Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over[3] Demi Lovato Pop
Return of the Dragon Sacred Oath
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
9 Greatest Hits Live Ace Frehley
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
Trophies Apollo Brown
  • Alternative hip hop
  • underground hip hop
Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine Brockhampton
Fearless (Taylor's Version) (Re-recording)[4] Taylor Swift Country pop
16 Violence Unimagined Cannibal Corpse Death metal
Chemical Warfare[24] Escape the Fate
The Battle at Garden's Gate[25] Greta Van Fleet
  • Hard rock
  • blues rock
Let the Bad Times Roll[26] The Offspring Punk rock
Liquid Tension Experiment 3 Liquid Tension Experiment Progressive metal
High Dive SHAED
  • Pop
  • indie pop
Max Maco is Dead Right?[27] Two Feet
  • Electronic
  • alternative rock
23 Into The Future (Reissue) Bad Brains
  • Hard rock
  • rock
Heart & Soul Eric Church Country
Sweep It Into Space Dinosaur Jr.
Nurture Porter Robinson
  • Electronic
  • synth-pop
The Rise & Fall of Loverboy Sir Sly
  • Indie pop
  • alternative rock
30 Love & Rage Carsie Blanton
  • Folk
  • jazz
Turn Up That Dial Dropkick Murphys Celtic punk
The Million Masks of God Manchester Orchestra
Shelley FKA DRAM Shelley
There Used To Be Horses Here Amy Speace

May[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
7 When God Was Great[28] The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Better Mistakes Bebe Rexha
Set In Stone Travis Tritt Country
Van Weezer[29] Weezer
  • Alternative rock
  • rock
  • hard rock
Sincerely, Kentrell Youngboy Never Broke Again Hip hop
14 Delta Kream The Black Keys
  • Rock
  • blues rock
Blood Juliana Hatfield
  • Rock
  • pop
Where Have You Gone Alan Jackson Country
The Ides Of March Myles Kennedy
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
Road To The Sun Pat Metheny
  • Jazz
  • pop
Daddy's Home St. Vincent
21 Harmony House Dayglow
January Flower Mat Kearney
Long Lost Lord Huron
Perfectly Preserved Love and Death
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
Sour Olivia Rodrigo
  • Pop
  • indie pop
  • pop-punk
Body Language.[6] Blake Shelton Country
Scaled and Icy Twenty One Pilots
Greatest Hits Waterparks
28 You Hear Georgia Blackberry Smoke
Based on a True Story (EP) Brynn Cartelli Pop
Exodus DMX Hip hop
Doom Loop (Reissue) Mansions
The Waylon Sessions Shannon McNally
  • Rock
  • pop
Reprise Moby
  • Electronica
  • techno
The Iceberg Oddisee Hip hop

June[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
4 Baptize Atreyu
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
The Course of the Inevitable Lloyd Banks Hip hop
Book of My Blues Mark Collie Country
Blood in the Water Flotsam and Jetsam Thrash metal
Garbage Band Kids[30] Green Jellÿ
Soberish Liz Phair
Nowhere Generation Rise Against
Changephobia[31] Rostam
  • Electronic
  • indie pop
  • alternative rock
Welcome To Sparks Nevada Sun Kil Moon
11 Bodies AFI
  • Alternative rock
  • gothic rock
  • new wave
Fistful of Metal (Reissue) Anthrax
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
Remedy Azure Ray
  • Dream pop
  • indie pop
No Gods No Masters[32] Garbage Alternative rock
Jordi Maroon 5 Pop
Troubled Paradise Slayyyter
Path of Wellness[33] Sleater-Kinney
18 The Summer House Sessions Don Cherry
Aggression Continuum Fear Factory
Smoke and Mirrors Steve Cole
  • Jazz
  • pop
Gentle Man Rory Feek
  • Country
  • pop
Chering Is Caring Cher Strauberry
  • Punk rock
  • pop
25 Ruthless Gary Allan Country
Below Beartooth
  • Hard rock
  • metal
Planet Her Doja Cat
Grim Value (EP) Eve 6
  • Pop punk
  • alternative rock
Boy for Michigan John Grant
Fake Ideas Hurry
Every Window is a Mirror (EP) Joywave
What a Song Can Do (Chapter One) Lady A Country
Roundtable Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
  • Bluegrass
  • gospel
The Golden Casket Modest Mouse
Dark In Here The Mountain Goats
Death of a Cheerleader Pom Pom Squad
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Saint Motel
  • Indie pop
  • alternative rock

July[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
2
Tell Me About Tomorrow Jxdn
  • Pop-punk
  • emo rap
Bushido Mello Music Group
  • Hip hop
  • jazz
Freedom Over Everything Vince Mendoza
  • Jazz
  • pop
Fist Full Of Devils Earl Slick
  • Blues rock
  • hard rock
9 Mythopoetics Half Waif
  • Synth-pop
  • electronic
Kings of Crunk Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Hip hop
XOXO: From Love and Anxiety in Real Time The Maine
Twin Shadow Twin Shadow
Exit Wounds The Wallflowers
  • Alternative rock
  • rock
16 Smash Caveman Indie rock
Chicago at Carnegie Hall Complete Chicago Rock
Sling Clairo
  • Pop
  • folk rock
  • indie pop
The Best of Dirty Heads Dirty Heads
  • Alternative hip hop
  • alternative rock
Fallen Embers Illenium
Sob Rock John Mayer
Inner Feelings Roy Porter
  • Jazz
  • pop
Good Morning America Lawrence Rothman
  • Alternative rock
  • art pop
Hideaway[34] Wavves
Lately I Feel Everything[35] Willow Pop-punk
23 Perpetual Burn Jason Becker
  • Heavy metal
  • rock
Downhill From Everywhere Jackson Browne
  • Rock
  • pop music
9th & Walnut Descendents
  • Punk rock
  • pop-punk
Watch Over Me Lissie
  • Country
  • pop
The Ghost and the Wall Joshua Radin
  • Acoustic
  • folk
30 Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night Bleachers
  • Indie pop
  • synth-pop
  • new wave
Traveler's Blues Blues Traveler
  • Blues rock
  • folk rock
Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish
ARETHA Box Set Aretha Franklin
  • R&B
  • soul
  • pop
Rise from the Ashes Live at the Shrine The Ghost Inside
Welcome 2 America Prince
  • R&B
  • soul
The House Is Burning Isaiah Rashad Hip hop

August[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
3 Harmonizer Ty Segall
6 Mirror Mirror Chick Corea
  • Jazz
  • jazz fusion
A Czar Is Born Czarface
  • Hip hop
  • alternative hip hop
Fighting Words Ellen Foley
  • Rock
  • pop
Already Dead Willie Mason
  • Blues
  • country
Lavatorium Sponge Alternative rock
Never Too Late to Call Paul Thorn
13 One in a Million (25th Anniversary Re-issue) Aaliyah
  • Urban pop
  • pop
Blacktop Mojo Blacktop Mojo
Live from the Ryman & More Sheryl Crow
  • Rock
  • pop
United States vs. Billie Holiday Andra Day
  • Jazz
  • pop
Ekundayo Inversions El Michels Affair
  • Soul
  • jazz
Pressure Machine The Killers Folk rock
Distant Populations Quicksand
My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider Suzie Ungerleider Alternative country
Pillows & Therapy Weathers
20 Colors II Between the Buried and Me
Infinite Granite Deafheaven
Maybe We Will Never Die Anderson East
  • Roots rock
  • blues rock
The Body Remembers Debbie Gibson
The Horses and the Hounds James McMurtry
Have a Seat Maggie Rose
  • Country
  • pop
The Cry of The Heart Connie Smith
  • Country
  • pop
27 Need 3OH!3
The Bronx VI The Bronx
  • Punk rock
  • garage rock
Pure Robben Ford
  • Blues
  • jazz
  • rock
Umbra Grayscale
  • Pop punk
  • alternative rock
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power Halsey
  • Alternative rock
  • grunge-pop
  • industrial
Human OneRepublic
In a Roomful of Blood With a Sleeping Tiger Bob Schneider
  • Rock
  • pop
  • country
Annette Sparks
  • Art pop
  • synth-pop

September[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
3 Mercury – Act 1 Imagine Dragons
The Forgotten Edge Molly Lewis Acoustic
Amputechture (Reissue) The Mars Volta Progressive rock
Last of the Better Days Ahead Charlie Parr
All the Brilliant Things Skyzoo Hip hop
10 God is Partying Andrew W.K.
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
Live at Roadburn 2013 (live album) Elder
No Way Out But Through[36] Face to Face
  • Punk rock
  • rock
The Rain Just Follows Me[37] Hawthorne Heights
Star–Crossed Kacey Musgraves
Thank You Diana Ross
  • Pop
  • soul
  • R&B
Texis[38] Sleigh Bells
K Bay Matthew E. White
17 Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Buckingham
  • Rock
  • pop
Wolves Candlebox
  • Hard rock
  • alternative rock
Dearly Beloved Daughtry
  • Rock
  • alternative rock
  • hard rock
One Way Out Melissa Etheridge
  • Heartland rock
  • roots rock
1984 Neon Christ
29: Written in Stone Carly Pearce Country
Swan Song The Plot in You
DOG BOY ZillaKami
  • Alternative rap
  • Hip hop
Montero (Lil Nas X album) Lil Nas X Hip hop
Horizons/East[39] Thrice
24 Lifeforms[40] Angels & Airwaves
  • Alternative rock
  • space rock
This is How the World Ends[41] Badflower
  • Hard rock
  • rock
New Age Norms 3[42] Cold War Kids
Letting Go Hayden Pedigo
Forgiving It All Christopher Paul Stelling
  • Folk
  • rock
Our Bande Apart Third Eye Blind Alternative rock
Downtown Rockers (Reissue) Tom Tom Club
  • New wave
  • pop
The Beautiful Liar X Ambassadors

October[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
1 Distant Fires[43] Heiress
Let Me Do One More[44] Illuminati Hotties Indie pop
Trying Not To Think About It Jojo
Error Boy Lil Lotus
The Metallica Blacklist Metallica
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
American Nights (Reissue) Plain White T's
  • Alternative rock
  • pop punk
8 WORD?[45] Atmosphere Hip hop
Amanita (Reissue) Bardo Pond
A Very Darren Crissmas[46] Darren Criss
  • Christmas
SuperBlue Kurt Elling
  • Jazz
  • pop
Geist Shannon Lay
  • Folk rock
  • punk rock
Revived Remixed Revisited Reba McEntire Country
Huffy We Are Scientists
Illusory Walls The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
15 Could It Get Better Than This The 502s
When Christmas Comes Around...[11] Kelly Clarkson
  • Christmas
  • pop
3rd Degree - The Raising Gemini Syndrome
  • Alternative metal
  • nu metal
  • hard rock
Orange Print Larry June Hip hop
Flash (Reissue) Moving Sidewalks
  • Blues rock
  • rock
Juno Remi Wolf
The Comeback[47] Zac Brown Band Country
22 A Dream About Love (EP) Circa Survive
A View from the Top of the World Dream Theater Progressive metal
Mr. Christmas[48] Brett Eldredge
  • Christmas
  • country
Radical Every Time I Die
Ånomåly[49] Fuel
  • Hard rock
  • rock
Far In Helado Negro
My Morning Jacket My Morning Jacket
The Good Fight Oddisee Hip hop
Sympathy for Life Parquet Courts
Dye Together Pangea
Civilian + Cut All The Wires 2009-11 Wye Oak
  • Indie pop
  • dream pop
29 Ocean to Ocean Tori Amos
  • Alternative rock
  • chamber pop
The Phantom Tomorrow Black Veil Brides
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
Hushed and Grim Mastodon
  • Heavy metal
  • progressive metal
Into The Mystery Needtobreathe
Book They Might Be Giants
I Don't Live Here Anymore The War on Drugs
Kin Whitechapel
31 Yum Yum Bedlam Insane Clown Posse
Still Sucks Limp Bizkit Nu metal

November[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
5 The Solution Is Restless Joan As Police Woman
  • Rock
  • pop
So Many Me Michael League
  • Pop
  • jazz
Queens of The Summer Hotel Aimee Mann
  • Pop
  • rock
The Future[50] Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
  • Rock
  • soul
  • roots rock
Mantis (Reissue) Umphrey's McGee
  • Progressive rock
  • rock
12 MACON Jason Aldean Country
Bloodless Claire Cronin
  • Folk
  • pop
Acoustic Flipsyde
  • Hip hop
  • alternative rock
Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined Beverly Glenn-Copeland
  • Jazz
  • new age
An Evening with Silk Sonic Silk Sonic
  • R&B
  • neo soul
  • funk
Red (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift
  • Country
  • pop
Sick Sesh Teenage Bottlerocket
  • Pop-punk
  • punk rock
HEIGHTS[51] Walk the Moon
19 Bloodmoon: I Converge & Chelsea Wolfe
Marriage Deap Vally
  • Alternative rock
  • blues rock
Persona Non Grata Exodus Thrash metal
Everything Pale Blue Annie Hart
  • Synth-pop
  • pop
What It Means to Fall Apart[52] Mayday Parade
  • Emo
  • punk rock
  • pop-punk
Deciphering The Message Makaya McCraven
  • Hip hop
  • jazz
26 Doom Crew Inc. Black Label Society
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
Ascension Codes Cynic
  • Progressive rock
  • progressive metal
Arise Dan Sartain Arise Dan Sartain
  • Punk rock
  • rock and roll
  • blues
Live and Rare Helmet
In Concert (Reissue) Marvin Peterson
  • Free jazz
  • pop

December[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
3 Against the World Hanson
Glowing Lantern The Mother Hips
The Odd Tape (Reissue) Oddisee Hip hop
Player Of Games Grimes
Echo Of Mice & Men Metalcore
Peace Meter Marissa Paternoster
10 A Beautuiful Revolution Vol. 2 Common Hip hop
The BBC Sessions Green Day
  • Punk rock
  • alternative rock
  • pop-punk
Keys Alicia Keys R&B
Moral Hygiene Ministry
Unexpected Marie Osmond
  • Classical
  • pop
17 Fear Streets Parts 1–3 Marco Beltrami Classical
Gong Splat John Dwyer
  • Garage rock
  • punk rock
Big Moon William Hooker
Live Life Fast Roddy Ricch Hip hop
At My Piano Brian Wilson
  • Rock
  • pop
24 NOIR (Reissue) Blue Sky Black Death
  • Alternative hip hop
  • trip hop
Great Zeppelin (Reissue) Great White
  • Hard rock
  • Heavy metal
And I Return To Nothingness Lorna Shore
  • Deathcore
  • heavy metal
Magic Nas Hip hop
Hitler Wears Hermes Eight Westside Gunn Hip hop
31 Pearl (Reissue) Janis Joplin
Wok World Marty Baller & Hell Rell Hip hop
Mourning Noise Mourning Noise
Radiant Moon Watchtower
  • Hard Rock
  • heavy metal
Judas and the Black Messiah Various Artists Hip hop

Top songs on record[]

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs[]

  • "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (2 weeks in 2019, 2 weeks in 2020, 2 weeks in 2021)
  • "Mood" – 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior (6 weeks in 2020, 2 weeks in 2021)
  • "Drivers License" – Olivia Rodrigo (8 weeks)
  • "What's Next" – Drake (1 week)
  • "Up" – Cardi B (1 week)
  • "Peaches" – Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar and Giveon (1 week)
  • "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" – Lil Nas X (1 week)
  • "Leave the Door Open" – Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak (2 weeks)
  • "Rapstar" – Polo G (2 weeks)
  • "Save Your Tears" – The Weeknd and Ariana Grande (2 weeks)
  • "Good 4 U" – Olivia Rodrigo (1 week)
  • "Butter" – BTS (10 weeks)
  • "Permission to Dance" – BTS (1 week)
  • "Stay" – The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber (7 weeks)
  • "Way 2 Sexy" – Drake feat. Future and Young Thug (1 week)
  • "My Universe" – Coldplay and BTS (1 week)
  • "Industry Baby" – Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow (1 week)
  • "Easy on Me" – Adele (7 weeks)
  • "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift (1 week)

Billboard Hot 100 songs which have ranked within the Top 20[]

  • "1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back" – Olivia Rodrigo (#19)
  • "7 Summers" – Morgan Wallen (#6 in 2020, #18 in 2021)
  • "7AM on Bridle Path" – Drake (#16)
  • "34+35" – Ariana Grande feat. Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion (#2)
  • "95 South" – J. Cole (#8)
  • "100 Mil'" – J. Cole and Bas (#14)
  • "A Holly Jolly Christmas" – Burl Ives (#4)
  • "ABCDEFU" – Gayle (#15)
  • "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (#1)
  • "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift (#1)
  • "Already Dead" – Juice Wrld (#20)
  • "Am I the Only One" – Aaron Lewis (#14)
  • "Amari" – J. Cole (#5)
  • "Anyone" – Justin Bieber (#6)
  • "Applying Pressure" – J. Cole (#13)
  • "Astronaut in the Ocean" – Masked Wolf (#6)
  • "Back in Blood" – Pooh Shiesty feat. Lil Durk (#13)
  • "Bad Habits" – Ed Sheeran (#2)
  • "Bang!" – AJR (#8)
  • "Beat Box" – SpotemGottem feat. Pooh Shiesty or DaBaby (#12)
  • "Beautiful Mistakes" – Maroon 5 feat. Megan Thee Stallion (#13)
  • "Beggin'" – Måneskin (#13)
  • "Best Friend" – Saweetie feat. Doja Cat (#14)
  • "Better Together" – Luke Combs (#15)
  • "Blinding Lights" – The Weeknd (#1 in 2020, #3 in 2021)
  • "Body" – Megan Thee Stallion (#12 in 2020, #16 in 2021)
  • "Brutal" – Olivia Rodrigo (#12)
  • "Bubbly" – Young Thug, Drake and Travis Scott (#20)
  • "Butter" – BTS (#1)
  • "Calling My Phone" – Lil Tjay feat. 6lack (#3)
  • "Champagne Poetry" – Drake (#4)
  • "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" – Darlene Love (#17)
  • "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" – Elton John and Dua Lipa (#11)
  • "Dakiti" – Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez (#5 in 2020, #17 in 2021)
  • "Deja Vu" – Olivia Rodrigo (#3)
  • "Drivers License" – Olivia Rodrigo (#1)
  • "Dynamite" – BTS (#1 in 2020, #5 in 2021)
  • "Easy on Me" – Adele (#1)
  • "Enough for You" – Olivia Rodrigo (#14)
  • "Escape Plan" – Travis Scott (#11)
  • "Essence" – Wizkid feat. Tems and Justin Bieber (#9)
  • "Every Chance I Get" – DJ Khaled feat. Lil Baby and Lil Durk (#20)
  • "Fair Trade" – Drake feat. Travis Scott (#3)
  • "Family Ties" – Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar (#18)
  • "Fancy Like" – Walker Hayes (#3)
  • "Favorite Crime" – Olivia Rodrigo (#16)
  • "Feliz Navidad" – José Feliciano (#6)
  • "For the Night" – Pop Smoke feat. Lil Baby and DaBaby (#6 in 2020, #11 in 2021)
  • "Forever After All" – Luke Combs (#2 in 2020, #12 in 2021)
  • "Girls Want Girls" – Drake feat. Lil Baby (#2)
  • "Go Crazy" – Chris Brown and Young Thug (#3)
  • "Good 4 U" – Olivia Rodrigo (#1)
  • "Good Days" – SZA (#9)
  • "Good Time" – Niko Moon (#20)
  • "Happier" – Olivia Rodrigo (#15)
  • "Happier Than Ever" – Billie Eilish (#11)
  • "Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season" – Andy Williams (#18)
  • "Hats Off" – Lil Baby, Lil Durk and Travis Scott (#16)
  • "Having Our Way" – Migos feat. Drake (#15)
  • "Heartbreak Anniversary" – Giveon (#16)
  • "Heat Waves" – Glass Animals (#7)
  • "Hold On" – Justin Bieber (#20)
  • "Holy" – Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper (#3 in 2020, #4 in 2021)
  • "Hurricane" – Kanye West (#6)
  • "I Drink Wine" – Adele (#18)
  • "I Hate U" – SZA (#7)
  • "I Hope" – Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth (#3 in 2020, #8 in 2021)
  • "If I Didn't Love You" – Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood (#15)
  • "In the Bible" – Drake feat. Lil Durk and Giveon (#7)
  • "Industry Baby" – Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow (#1)
  • "Interlude" – J. Cole (#8)
  • "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – Michael Bublé (#20)
  • "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (#12 in 2020, #15 in 2021)
  • "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" – Andy Williams (#5)
  • "Jail" – Kanye West (#10)
  • "Jingle Bell Rock" – Bobby Helms (#3)
  • "Junya" – Kanye West (#16)
  • "Kings & Queens" – Ava Max (#13 in 2020, #15 in 2021)
  • "Kiss Me More" – Doja Cat feat. SZA (#3)
  • "Knife Talk" – Drake feat. 21 Savage and Project Pat (#4)
  • "Last Christmas" – Wham! (#9)
  • "Late at Night" – Roddy Ricch (#20)
  • "Laugh Now Cry Later" – Drake feat. Lil Durk (#2 in 2020, #7 in 2021)
  • "Leave Before You Love Me" – Marshmello and Jonas Brothers (#19)
  • "Leave the Door Open" – Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak (#1)
  • "Lemon Pepper Freestyle" – Drake feat. Rick Ross (#3)
  • "Lemonade" – Internet Money and Gunna feat. Don Toliver and Nav (#6 in 2020, #12 in 2021)
  • "Let Go My Hand" – J. Cole, Bas and 6lack (#19)
  • "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" – Dean Martin (#8)
  • "Levitating" – Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby (#2)
  • "Lonely" – Justin Bieber and Benny Blanco (#12)
  • "Love All" – Drake feat. Jay-Z (#10)
  • "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift (#11)
  • "Miss the Rage" – Trippie Redd and Playboi Carti (#11)
  • "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" – Lil Nas X (#1)
  • "Mood" – 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior (#1)
  • "Moon" – Kanye West (#17)
  • "More Than My Hometown" – Morgan Wallen (#15 in 2020, #16 in 2021)
  • "Motley Crew" – Post Malone (#13)
  • "My Ex's Best Friend" – Machine Gun Kelly feat. Blackbear (#20)
  • "My Life" – J. Cole, 21 Savage and Morray (#2)
  • "My Universe" – Coldplay and BTS (#1)
  • "N 2 Deep" – Drake feat. Future (#12)
  • "Need to Know" – Doja Cat (#8)
  • "No Friends in the Industry" – Drake (#11)
  • "No Love" – Summer Walker and SZA (#13)
  • "Oh My God" – Adele (#5)
  • "Off the Grid" – Kanye West (#11)
  • "Ok Ok" – Kanye West (#12)
  • "On Me" – Lil Baby (#15)
  • "One Right Now" – Post Malone and The Weeknd (#6)
  • "Papi's Home" – Drake (#8)
  • "Peaches" – Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar and Giveon (#1)
  • "Permission to Dance" – BTS (#1)
  • "Pipe Down" – Drake (#14)
  • "Positions" – Ariana Grande (#1 in 2020, #2 in 2021)
  • "Praise God" – Kanye West (#20)
  • "Pride Is the Devil" – J. Cole and Lil Baby (#7)
  • "Punchin' the Clock" – J. Cole (#20)
  • "Race My Mind" – Drake (#18)
  • "Rapstar" – Polo G (#1)
  • "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – Brenda Lee (#2)
  • "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" – Gene Autry (#16)
  • "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" – DMX (#16)
  • "Rumors" – Lizzo and Cardi B (#4)
  • "Run Rudolph Run" – Chuck Berry (#10)
  • "Santa Tell Me" – Ariana Grande (#17)
  • "Save Your Tears" – The Weeknd and Ariana Grande (#1)
  • "Seeing Green" – Nicki Minaj, Drake and Lil Wayne (#12)
  • "Shivers" – Ed Sheeran (#5)
  • "Skate" – Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak (#14)
  • "Ski" – Young Thug and Gunna (#18)
  • "Sleigh Ride" – The Ronettes (#13)
  • "Smokin Out the Window" – Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak (#5)
  • "Solid" – Young Thug and Gunna feat. Drake (#12)
  • "State of Grace (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift (#18)
  • "Stay" – The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber (#1)
  • "Street Runner" – Rod Wave (#16)
  • "Streets" – Doja Cat (#16)
  • "Super Gremlin" – Kodak Black (#20)
  • "Take My Breath" – The Weeknd (#6)
  • "Thats What I Want" – Lil Nas X (#10)
  • "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" – Nat King Cole (#11)
  • "The Good Ones" – Gabby Barrett (#19)
  • "Therefore I Am" – Billie Eilish (#2 in 2020, #12 in 2021)
  • "Thot Shit" – Megan Thee Stallion (#16)
  • "Thriller" – Michael Jackson (#4 in 1984, #19 in 2021)
  • "Tombstone" – Rod Wave (#11)
  • "Traitor" – Olivia Rodrigo (#9)
  • "TSU" – Drake (#9)
  • "Underneath the Tree" – Kelly Clarkson (#12)
  • "Up" – Cardi B (#1)
  • "Wants and Needs" – Drake feat. Lil Baby (#2)
  • "Wasted on You" – Morgan Wallen (#9)
  • "Way 2 Sexy" – Drake feat. Future and Young Thug (#1)
  • "What You Know Bout Love" – Pop Smoke (#9)
  • "What's Next" – Drake (#1)
  • "White Christmas" – Bing Crosby (#12 in 1962, #20 in 2021)
  • "Who Want Smoke??" – Nardo Wick feat. G Herbo, Lil Durk and 21 Savage (#17)
  • "Whole Lotta Money" – Bia feat. Nicki Minaj (#16)
  • "Whoopty" – CJ (#10)
  • "Wild Side" – Normani feat. Cardi B (#14)
  • "Without You" – The Kid Laroi and Miley Cyrus (#8)
  • "Wockesha" – Moneybagg Yo (#20)
  • "WusYaName" – Tyler, the Creator feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Ty Dolla Sign (#14)
  • "Yonaguni" – Bad Bunny (#10)
  • "You Broke Me First" – Tate McRae (#17)
  • "You Right" – Doja Cat and The Weeknd (#11)
  • "You're Mines Still" – Yung Bleu feat. Drake (#18)
  • "Your Power" – Billie Eilish (#10)

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2021

Deaths[]

  • January 1 – Misty Morgan, 75, country music singer
  • January 7 –
    • Deezer D, 55, rapper, singer
    • Jamie O'Hara, 70, country music singer, songwriter
  • January 8 – Ed Bruce, 81, country music singer, songwriter
  • January 11 –
    • Howard Johnson, 79, jazz musician
    • Don Miller, 80, pop singer
  • January 13 –
    • Tim Bogert, 76, rock bassist
    • Duke Bootee, 69, rapper, producer and songwriter
    • Sylvain Sylvain, 69, glam rock guitarist
  • January 14 –
    • Duranice Paice, 62, gospel singer
    • Larry Willoughby, 73, country music singer, songwriter
  • January 16 –
    • Jason Cope, 43, country music guitarist
    • Phil Spector, 81, record producer, pop musician and songwriter
  • January 17 –
    • Junior Mance, 92, jazz pianist
    • Sammy Nestico, 96, jazz composer and arranger
  • January 18 – Jimmie Rodgers, 87, pop singer
  • January 21 – Randy Parton, 67, country music singer, songwriter
  • January 22 – James Purify, 76, R&B singer (James & Bobby Purify)
  • January 24 – Tom Stevens, 64, alternative country music bassist
  • January 29 – Grady Gaines, 86, blues saxophonist
  • January 30 – Double K, 43, rapper (People Under the Stairs)
  • February 2 – Aaron Wegelin, indie rock drummer
  • February 3 –
    • Anne Feeney, 69, folk singer-songwriter
    • Jim Weatherly, 77, pop and country singer, songwriter
  • February 4 –
    • Matt Harris, power pop bassist
    • Nolan Porter, 71, R&B singer-songwriter
    • Gil Saunders, soul singer
  • February 5 – Douglas Miller, 71, gospel singer
  • February 7 – Elliot Mazer, 79, record producer and audio engineer
  • February 8 – Mary Wilson, 76, soul singer (The Supremes)[53]
  • February 9 –
    • Chick Corea, 79, jazz keyboardist and composer
    • Cedrick Cotton, 46, R&B singer
  • February 10 – Lee Sexton, 92, bluegrass banjoist
  • February 12 – Milford Graves, 79, jazz drummer
  • February 14 – Ari Gold, 47, R&B singer
  • February 16 – Carman, 65, contemporary Christian singer
  • February 18 –
    • Prince Markie Dee, 52, rapper (The Fat Boys)
    • Miles Seaton, 41, indie rock singer
  • February 19 –
    • James Burke, 70, soul singer
    • Jerold Ottley, 86, choral conductor
  • February 20 – Gene Taylor, 68, rock keyboardist
  • February 26 – Bob James, 68, hard rock singer
  • February 28 – Ian North, 68, power pop singer and guitarist
  • March 1 – Ralph Peterson Jr., 58, jazz drummer
  • March 2 – Mark Goffeney, 51, rock bassist
  • March 3 – Duffy Jackson, 67, jazz drummer
  • March 4 – Barbara Ess, 72, post-punk multi-instrumentalist
  • March 5 – Michael Stanley, 72, rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • March 11 –
    • Ray Campi, 86, rockabilly musician
    • Jewlia Eisenberg, 50, avant-rock singer
  • March 14 –
    • Reggie Warren, 52, R&B singer
    • Taylor Dee, 33, country music singer
  • March 17 –
    • Matt Miller, 34, indie rock keyboardist
    • Freddie Redd, 92, jazz keyboardist
    • Corey Steger, 42, metalcore guitarist
  • March 18 – Paul Jackson, 73, jazz fusion bassist
  • March 19 – Gary Leib, 65, new wave keyboardist
  • March 20 – Dan Sartain, 39, garage rock and rockabilly singer-songwriter
  • March 23 – Don Heffington, 70, roots rock drummer
  • March 25 – Tavish Maloney, 24, emo guitarist
  • March 26 – Brett Bradshaw, 50, glam metal drummer
  • April 2 – Morris Dickerson, 71, funk bassist and singer
  • April 9 – DMX, 50, rapper, songwriter and actor
  • April 10 – Bob Petric, indie rock guitarist
  • April 14 – Rusty Young, 75, country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • April 16 – Mike Mitchell, 77, rock guitarist
  • April 17 – Black Rob, 51, rapper
  • April 18 – Paul Oscher, 71, blues singer
  • April 19 – Jim Steinman, 73, rock lyricist, composer, pianist, and record producer
  • April 21 – Joe Long, 88, pop rock bassist
  • April 23 – Shock G, 57, rapper (Digital Underground)
  • April 25 – Denny Freeman, 76, blues guitarist
  • April 29 –
    • Johnny Crawford, 75, pop singer
    • Tony Markellis, 68, jam band bassist
    • Will Mecum, 48, stoner rock guitarist
  • April 30 – John Dee Holeman, 92, Piedmont blues guitarist, singer, songwriter
  • May 1 – Wondress Hutchinson, 56, dance singer
  • May 2 – Tommy West, 78, music producer and singer-songwriter
  • May 3 – Lloyd Price, 88, singer-songwriter and businessman
  • May 6 – Pervis Staples, 85, gospel singer
  • May 8 – Curtis Fuller, 86, jazz trombonist
  • May 13 –
    • Norman Simmons, 91, jazz pianist and arranger
    • Jack Terricloth, 50, dark cabaret singer
    • Bill Tsamis, 60, metal guitarist
  • May 15 – Mario Pavone, 80, jazz pianist
  • May 16 – Patsy Bruce, 81, country songwriter
  • May 17 – Neal Ford, 78, psychedelic rock singer
  • May 19 – Alix Dobkin, 80, folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • May 20 – Roger Hawkins, 75, rock and soul drummer
  • May 24 –
    • John Davis, 66, dance pop music singer
    • Samuel E. Wright, 74, pop singer and actor
  • May 29 -
    • B.J. Thomas, 78, rock and pop singer
    • Johnny Trudell, 82, jazz trumpeter
  • May 31 – Lil Loaded, 20, rapper
  • June 3 – Karla Burns, 66, opera singer
  • June 7 – David C. Lewis, soft rock and new age keyboardist
  • June 8 – Dean Parrish, 79, soul singer
  • June 9 – Juan Nelson, 62, blues rock bassist
  • June 18 – Gift of Gab, 50, rapper (Blackalicious)
  • June 20 –
    • Gianna Rolandi, 68, opera singer
    • Jeanne Lamon, 71, violinist and conductor
  • June 23 – Ellen McIlwaine, 75, psychedelic rock and blues singer, guitarist
  • June 26 –
    • Jon Hassell, 84, jazz trumpeter
    • Johnny Solinger, 55, hard rock singer (Skid Row)
  • June 28 – Burton Greene, 84, free jazz pianist
  • July 1 – Bryan St. Pere, 52, alternative rock drummer
  • July 4 – Sanford Clark, 85, rockabilly singer
  • July 9 – Andrew Williams, 49, Christian rock drummer
  • July 10 –
    • Byron Berline, 77, bluegrass fiddler
    • Chris Hutka, 35, post-hardcore singer
  • July 11 – Juini Booth, 73, jazz bassist
  • July 14 –
    • Gary Corbett, 63, blues rock keyboardist
    • Jeff LaBar, 58, glam metal and blues rock guitarist (Cinderella)
  • July 16 – Biz Markie, 57, rapper
  • July 17 – Robby Steinhardt, 71, progressive rock singer and violinist (Kansas)
  • July 19 – Chuck E. Weiss, 76, blues rock singer-songwriter
  • July 21 – Clarence McDonald, 76, pianist, composer, arranger and producer
  • July 25 – Count M'Butu, 75, blues rock percussionist (The Derek Trucks Band)
  • July 26 –
    • Joey Jordison, 46, heavy metal drummer (Slipknot)[54]
    • Mike Howe, 55, heavy metal singer
  • July 27 – Willie Winfield, 91, doo-wop singer
  • July 28 – Dusty Hill, 72, rock singer and bassist (ZZ Top)
  • July 29 – Gonzoe, 45, rapper (Kausion)
  • August 1 – Paul Cotton, 78, country rock singer
  • August 3 – Kelli Hand, 56, techno DJ
  • August 4 –
    • Razzy Bailey, 82, country singer
    • Paul Johnson, 50, house DJ
  • August 7 – Dennis Johnson, 70, saxophonist
  • August 9 – Chucky Thompson, 53, record producer
  • August 11 –
    • Mike Finnigan, 76, rock and jazz keyboardist
    • Roy Gaines, 83, electric blues guitarist
    • Caroline Peyton, 69, folk singer songwriter
  • August 12 – Ronnell Bright, 91, jazz pianist
  • August 13 –
    • Baba Zumbi, 49, rapper
    • Nanci Griffith, 68, folk singer songwriter
  • August 17 – Squeak, 26, hip hop producer
  • August 20 –
    • Tom T. Hall, 85, country singer songwriter
    • Larry Harlow, 82, salsa keyboardist
    • Michael Morgan, 64, classical conductor
  • August 21 –
    • Bill Emerson, 83, bluegrass banjoist
    • Don Everly, 84, country-rock singer and songwriter (The Everly Brothers)
  • August 22 – Eric Wagner, doom metal singer
  • August 26 – Kenny Malone, 83, country music drummer
  • August 29 –
    • John Drake, 74, rock singer
    • Ron Bushy, 79, psychedelic rock drummer
  • August 30 – Lee Williams, 75, gospel singer
  • September 1 – Carol Fran, 87, soul blues singer and pianist
  • September 5 – Rickie Lee Reynolds, 72, rock guitarist
  • September 7 – Warren Storm, 84, swamp pop singer and drummer
  • September 8 – Susan Anway, 70, indie rock singer
  • September 12 – Don Maddox, 90, country singer
  • September 13 – George Wein, 95, jazz pianist
  • September 15 – Leonard Gibbs, 73, jazz percussionist
  • September 16 – Jane Powell, 92, pop singer
  • September 20 –
    • Sarah Dash, 76, R&B and funk singer
    • Warner Williams, 91, blues guitarist
  • September 22 – Bob Moore, 88, country music bassist
  • September 23 – Sue Thompson, 96, pop and country singer
  • September 24 – Pee Wee Ellis, 80, jazz and soul saxophonist
  • September 26 – George Frayne IV, 77, country rock singer and keyboardist
  • September 27 – Andrea Martin, 49, R&B singer and songwriter
  • September 28 –
    • Karan Armstrong, 79, opera soprano
    • Lonnie Smith, 79, jazz organist
  • September 29 – Mike Renzi, 80, jazz pianist and conductor
  • September 30 – Carlisle Floyd, 95, opera composer
  • October 1 – Raymond Gniewek, 89, classical violinist
  • October 8 – Jem Targal, 74, psychedelic rock bassist
  • October 9 – Dee Pop, 65, post-punk drummer
  • October 11 – Deon Estus, 65, R&B bassist and singer
  • October 14 –
    • Emani 22, 22, R&B singer
    • Phil Leadbetter, 59, bluegrass resonator guitarist
    • Tom Morey, 86, jazz drummer
  • October 15 – Regi Hargis, 70, funk guitarist and singer
  • October 16 – Ron Tutt, 83, rock drummer
  • October 17 – Bruce Gaston, 74, classical instrumentalist
  • October 21 –
    • Tommy DeBarge, 64, funk bassist and singer
    • Robin McNamara, 74, pop rock singer-songwriter
  • October 22 – Jay Black, 82, pop rock singer
  • October 24 –
    • Willie Cobbs, 89, blues singer and harmonica player
    • Sonny Osborne, 83, bluegrass banjoist
  • October 26 – Rose Lee Maphis, 98, country singer
  • October 27 – William Shelby, 65, funk keyboardist
  • November 1 –
    • Emmett Chapman, 85, jazz guitarist
    • Pat Martino, 77, jazz guitarist
  • November 2 – Ronnie Wilson, 73, funk instrumentalist
  • November 8 – Margo Guryan, pop singer-songwriter
  • November 10 – Mike Gresema, 56, hard rock drummer
  • November 11 – John Goodsall, 68, progressive rock and jazz guitarist
  • November 13 – Philip Margo, 79, doo-wop singer
  • November 17 –
    • Young Dolph, 36, rapper
    • Keith Allison, 79, garage rock bassist
    • Dave Frishberg, 88, jazz pianist and songwriter
  • November 18 − Slide Hampton, 89, jazz trombonist
  • November 20 − Billy Hinsche, 70, pop singer, guitarist and keyboardist
  • November 21 − Yul Anderson, 63, blues and gospel singer, guitarist and pianist
  • November 22 − Joanne Shenandoah, 63, folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • November 24 − Marilyn McLeod, 82, R&B singer and songwriter
  • November 26 − Stephen Sondheim, 91, film and theater composer and lyricist
  • December 1 – Alvin Lucier, 90, experimental composer and sound artist
  • December 4 − Stonewall Jackson, 89, country music singer
  • December 7 − Greg Tate, 63, multi-genre guitarist and music critic
  • December 8 −
    • Gil Bridges, 80, rock saxophonist
    • Barry Harris, 91, jazz pianist
    • Ralph Tavares, 79, R&B singer
  • December 9 − David Lasley, 74, pop and R&B singer
  • December 10 − Michael Nesmith, 78, rock and country singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Monkees)
  • December 13 − Joe Simon, 85, R&B and soul singer
  • December 15 − Hub, 62, hip hop bassist (The Roots)
  • December 16 − Wanda Young, 78, R&B singer
  • December 18 − Kangol Kid, 55, rapper (UTFO)
  • December 19 − Drakeo the Ruler, 28, rapper
  • December 20 − Paul Mitchell 53, R&B Singer
  • December 24 − J.D. Crowe, 84, Bluegrass Banjo Player
  • December 25 − Tiffini Hale, 54, Pop Singer
  • December 30 − Stephen J. Lawrence, 82, Television Composer

See also[]

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