2021 in British music

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This is a summary of the year 2021 in British music.

Events[]

  • 11 January – The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) announces that Sir Simon Rattle is to stand down as its music director in 2023, and is scheduled subsequently to take the title of LSO conductor emeritus for life.[1]
  • 21 January – The Glastonbury Festival announces the cancellation of its scheduled 2021 Festival, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
  • 22 January – The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra announces that Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla is to conclude her tenure as its music director after the 2021–2022 season, and subsequently to take on the post of principal guest conductor.[3]
  • 27 January – PRS for Music institutes its new "Online Live Concert" licence fee, for ticketed small-scale live-streamed performances,[4] at a scale of £22.50 plus VAT for events with revenue up to £250, regardless of whether the takings surpass £250, and a doubling of the fee for events that gross between £251 and £500.[5]
  • 1 February – Following protests by musicians, PRS for Music announces an amendment to its new "Online Live Concert" licence fee scheme,[6] whereby livestreamed events that produce less than £500 revenue are newly to be covered by a free licence, on the condition that artists exclusively perform their own works.[7]
  • 5 February – The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival announces as the recipient of its Leonard Bernstein Award for 2021.[8]
  • 18 February – The City of London Corporation announces the cancellation of plans for the intended Centre for Music, with scheduled renovations of the Barbican Centre to occur instead.[9]
  • 1 March – The Download Festival announces cancellation of its 2021 festival season, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
  • 2 March – The Isle of Wight Festival announces the re-scheduling of its 2021 festival season from 17–20 June 2021 to 16–19 September 2021.[10]
  • 9 March – Winston Marshall announces that he is taking indefinite leave of absence from Mumford & Sons, following criticism of his Tweet in praise of Andy Ngo's book Unmasked.[11]
  • 12 March – The Association of British Orchestras announces its 2021 ABO Awards at its 2021 conference:[12]
    • ABO Award: The Musicians[13]
    • Classical Music Artist Manager of the Year: Moema Parrott
    • Classical Music Concert Hall Manager of the Year: John Gilhooly
    • Orchestra Manager of the Year: Crispin Woodhead
    • Commendation: Greg Felton
    • ABO Special Award: John Summers and Timothy Walker
  • 16 March – Royal Northern Sinfonia announces the appointment of as its next principal conductor, effective September 2021.[14]
  • 18 March – The BBC announces that the leadership team of BBC Radio 3 is to relocate to Salford, along with relocation of select Radio 6 staff.[15]
  • 30 March
    • The London Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Sir Antonio Pappano as its next chief conductor, effective in September 2024.[16]
    • The Royal Opera announces that Sir Antonio Pappano is to conclude his tenure as ROH music director at the close of the 2023-2024 season.[17]
  • 7 April – Southbank Sinfonia and St John's Smith Square mutually announce their merger into a single charity and organisation, Southbank Sinfonia at St John's Smith Square.[18]
  • 8 April – The London Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Elena Dubinets as its next artistic director, effective September 2021, following the departure of Cristina Rocca from the post.[19]
  • 13 April – English Touring Opera announces the appointment of Gerry Cornelius as its next music director, with immediate effect.[20]
  • 30 April – At Bramley-Moore Dock, Liverpool, 3000 clubbers participate in an Events Research Programme test event headlined by DJ Jayda G, without social distancing or required mask-wearing, as part of a scientific study on coronavirus transmission at mass events.[21]
  • 2 May
    • The BBC announces percussionist Fang Zhang as the BBC Young Musician 2020.[22]
    • At Sefton Park, Liverpool, 5000 attendees attend a live concert with performances by Zuzu and by Blossoms, in an Events Research Programme test event, without social distancing or required mask-wearing, as part of a scientific study on coronavirus transmission at mass events, the largest such UK music gathering since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.[23]
  • 12 June - Queen's Birthday Honours List 2021:[24][25]
    • Imogen Cooper is made a Dame Commander of the British Empire.
    • Ram John Holder, Lulu, and Rick Wakeman are each made an Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
    • Eleanor Alberga, Julian Lloyd Webber, Alan Parsons, Skin (Deborah Anne Dyer), John Summers, and Michael Volpe are each made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
    • Jess Gillam, Dennis Bovell, Engelbert Humperdinck, Alison Moyet, Huw Watkins, and Sarah Willis are each made a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
    • Alan Hawkshaw and Jeremy Huw Williams are each awarded the British Empire Medal.
  • 18 June – The Download Pilot Festival begins in Donington Park in Leicestershire, a 3-day pilot test event without mask or social distance requirements for attendees.[26]
  • 24 June - Winston Marshall announces that he is leaving Mumford & Sons, following controversy over him praising right-wing journalist Andy Ngo.[27]
  • 4 August – The BBC announces the appointment of Bill Chandler as the new Director of the BBC Concert Orchestra, effective 4 September 2021.[28]
  • 10 August – The BBC announces the appointment of Suzy Klein as its new Head of Arts and Classical Music TV, effective 4 October 2021.[29]
  • 14 August - Simon Gallup announces that he has left The Cure, citing "betrayal" as his reasons for leaving.[30] Gallup soon deleted his post, and confirmed on 14 October that he was still in the band.
  • 17 August - Alan Leach and Joe Johnson announce that they will be leaving Shed Seven after fulfilling their touring commitments with the band in the Summer.
  • 23 August - John Lydon loses a legal case, to prevent former Sex Pistols bandmates Steve Jones and Paul Cook from allowing the use of their songs in a television biopic based on the band.[31]
  • 5 September – The Sinfonia of London, in its newest incarnation, performs its first live concert at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the 2021 season of The Proms, conducted by John Wilson.[32]
  • 14 September – The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Kazuki Yamada as its next chief conductor and artistic advisor, the first Asian conductor ever named to the posts, effective 1 April 2023, with an initial contract of 4.5 years.[33]
  • 18 September – The 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition announces its prize winners:[34]
    • First prize: Alim Beisembayev
    • Second prize: Kaito Kabayashi
    • Third prize: Ariel Lanyi
    • Fourth prize: Dmytro Choni
    • Fifth prize: Thomas Kelly
  • 15 October – The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge announces its intention to admit female singers to the choir for the first time in its history, effective in 2022.[35]
  • 17 October – The London Handel Festival announces the appointment of Gregory Batsleer as its next festival director, with immediate effect.[36]
  • 25 October – The London Mozart Players announce the appointment of Flynn LeBrocq as its new chief executive, effective January 2022.[37]
  • 1 November – The Royal Philharmonic Society announces the recipients of the 2021 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards:[38]
    • Chamber-Scale Composition: Laura Bowler – Wicked Problems
    • Conductor: Ryan Bancroft
    • Ensemble: Dunedin Consort
    • Gamechanger: Bold Tendencies
    • Impact: ENO Breathe
    • Inspiration: Hilary Campbell and Bristol Choral Society
    • Instrumentalist: Nicola Benedetti
    • Large-Scale Composition: Dani Howard - Trombone Concerto
    • Opera & Music Theatre: L'enfant et les sortilèges - Vopera
    • Series & Events: 'The World How Wide' - Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia
    • Singer: Jennifer Johnston
    • Storytelling: Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason - House of Music
    • Young Artist: The Hermes Experiment
  • 4 December – The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival announces Hannah Kendall as the recipient of its Hindemith Prize 2022.[39]

Bands reformed[]

  • The Boo Radleys
  • Electrasy
  • Faces
  • The Wanted

Television programmes[]

Classical works[]

  • Hannah Kendall – 'Where is the chariot of fire?'[40]
  • Jack Sheen – Hollow propranolol séance[41]
  • Thomas Adès
    • Shanty – Over the Sea[42]
    • Alchymia (clarinet quintet)[43]
  • Errollyn Wallen – Sojourner Truth[44]
  • Natalie Klouda – Nightscapes 2020[45]
  • Mark Simpson – Violin Concerto[46]
  • Simon Holt – Cloud Shadow[47]
  • Colin Matthews – Seascapes (texts by Sidney Keyes)[47]
  • Mark-Anthony Turnage
  • Charlotte Bray – When Icebergs Dance Away
  • Hannah Kendall (music) and Sabrina Mahfouz (text) – Rosalind[49]
  • Sir John Tavener – La Noche Oscura (completed in 2012, premiered 25 June 2021)[50]
  • Sir James MacMillan – When Soft Voices Die[51]
  • Daniel Kidane - Revel[52]
  • Sir George Benjamin – Concerto for Orchestra[53]
  • Bryn Harrison - A Coiled Form[54]
  • Jonathan Dove – In Exile[55]
  • Grace-Evangeline Mason – The Imagined Forest[56]
  • Kate Whitley (music) and Laura Attridge (text) – Our Future in Your Hands[57]
  • Jay Capperauld – Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death[58]
  • Tom Coult – Pleasure Garden[59]

Opera[]

  • Samantha Ferrando and Melanie Wilson – Current, Rising[60]

Musical theatre[]

Film scores and incidental music[]

Film[]

Television[]

British music awards[]

Charts and sales[]

Number-one singles[]

The singles chart includes a proportion for streaming.

Chart date
(week ending)		 Song Artist(s) Chart sales References
7 January "Last Christmas" Wham! 40,149 [63]
14 January "Sweet Melody" Little Mix 31,186 [64]
21 January "Drivers License" Olivia Rodrigo 95,000 [65]
28 January 117,000 [66]
4 February 86,000 [67]
11 February 69,000 [68]
18 February 59,000 [69]
25 February 52,000 [70]
4 March 46,404 [71]
11 March 42,279 [72]
18 March 38,429 [73]
25 March "Wellerman" Nathan Evans, 220 Kid and Billen Ted 50,891 [74]
1 April 50,454 [75]
8 April "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" Lil Nas X 45,426 [76]
15 April 62,065 [77]
22 April 64,140 [78]
29 April 59,769 [79]
6 May 57,475 [80]
13 May "Body" Russ Millions and Tion Wayne 71,208 [81]
20 May 81,119 [82]
27 May 70,528 [83]
3 June "Good 4 U" Olivia Rodrigo 117,000 [84]
10 June 108,219 [85]
17 June 95,867 [86]
24 June 82,305 [87]
1 July 73,421 [88]
8 July "Bad Habits" Ed Sheeran 92,086 [89]
15 July 102,705 [90]
22 July 101,080 [91]
29 July 101,353 [92]
5 August 85,433 [93]
12 August 81,655 [94]
19 August 76,561 [95]
26 August 87,324 [96]
2 September 83,622 [97]
9 September 71,720 [98]
16 September 69,446 [99]
23 September "Shivers" 59,181 [100]
30 September 56,424 [101]
7 October 63,520 [102]
14 October 61,366 [103]
21 October "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" Elton John and Dua Lipa 63,298 [104]
28 October "Easy on Me" Adele 217,317 [105]
4 November 103,194 [106]
11 November 78,628 [107]
18 November 67,742 [108]
25 November 67,102 [109]
2 December 100,627 [110]
9 December 69,372 [111]
16 December "Merry Christmas" Ed Sheeran and Elton John 76,700 [112]
23 December 63,443
30 December "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John

Number-one albums[]

The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming.

Chart date
(week ending)		 Album Artist(s) Chart sales References
7 January Christmas Michael Bublé 10,202 [113]
14 January Evermore Taylor Swift 7,330 [114]
21 January Greenfields Barry Gibb 16,166 [115]
28 January Suckapunch You Me at Six 14,298 [116]
4 February Post Human: Survival Horror Bring Me the Horizon 14,904 [117]
11 February Not Your Muse Celeste 22,475 [118]
18 February Medicine at Midnight Foo Fighters 42,846 [119]
25 February Tyron Slowthai 16,940 [120]
4 March As the Love Continues Mogwai 10,456 [121]
11 March For Those That Wish to Exist Architects 12,542 [122]
18 March When You See Yourself Kings of Leon 19,530 [123]
25 March Evering Road Tom Grennan 17,322 [124]
1 April Chemtrails over the Country Club Lana Del Rey 40,111 [125]
8 April Collections from the Whiteout Ben Howard 15,621 [126]
15 April W.L. The Snuts 20,455 [127]
22 April Fearless (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift 21,145 [128]
29 April Californian Soil London Grammar 31,106 [129]
6 May Surrounded by Time Tom Jones 14,936 [130]
13 May Typhoons Royal Blood 32,000 [131]
20 May Life By Misadventure Rag'n'Bone Man 41,855 [132]
27 May Fat Pop Paul Weller 26,005 [133]
3 June Sour Olivia Rodrigo 50,942 [134]
10 June 32,844 [135]
17 June Blue Weekend Wolf Alice 36,182 [136]
24 June Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011–2021) Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 28,384 [137]
1 July Sour Olivia Rodrigo 20,249 [138]
8 July Europiana Jack Savoretti 20,594 [139]
15 July Sour Olivia Rodrigo 18,044 [140]
22 July It Won't Always Be Like This Inhaler 17,728 [141]
29 July All Over the Place KSI 34,328 [142]
5 August We're All Alone in This Together Dave 74,191 [143]
12 August Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish 38,885 [144][145]
19 August We're All Alone in This Together Dave 15,437 [146]
26 August Pressure Machine The Killers 25,110 [147]
2 September Sour Olivia Rodrigo 17,476 [148]
9 September Donda Kanye West 19,617 [149]
16 September Certified Lover Boy Drake 45,651 [150]
23 September The Ultra Vivid Lament Manic Street Preachers 27,345 [151]
30 September Certified Lover Boy Drake 12,414 [152]
7 October How Beautiful Life Can Be The Lathums 16,341 [153]
14 October Tales from the Script: Greatest Hits The Script 23,285 [154]
21 October Seventeen Going Under Sam Fender 43,717 [155]
28 October Music of the Spheres Coldplay 101,045 [156]
4 November The Lockdown Sessions Elton John 30,814 [157]
11 November = Ed Sheeran 139,107 [158]
18 November Voyage ABBA 203,909 [159]
25 November Red (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift 72,319 [160]
2 December 30 Adele 261,856 [161]
9 December 102,261 [162]
16 December 73,212 [163]
23 December 68,139 [164]
30 December 70,813 [165]

Number-one compilation albums[]

Chart date
(week ending)		 Album Chart sales References
7 January Now 107 [166]
14 January The Greatest Showman [167]
21 January [168]
28 January [169]
4 February [170]
11 February Now 70s Glam Pop [171]
18 February The Greatest Showman [172]
25 February [173]
4 March Now Country [174]
11 March [175]
18 March Now The 60s Girls - Then He Kissed Me [176]
25 March [177]
1 April The Greatest Showman [178]
8 April Now 108 [179]
15 April [180]
22 April [181]
29 April Now 12" 80s [182]
6 May Now 108 [183]
13 May Now Eurovision [184]
20 May Now 108 [185]
27 May [186]
3 June 80s Rock Down [187]
10 June Now Live Forever - The Anthems [188]
17 June The Greatest Showman [189]
24 June [190]
1 July [191]
8 July Now Yearbook 1983 [192]
15 July The Greatest Showman [193]
22 July Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella [194]
29 July Now Gold [195]
5 August Now 109 [196]
12 August [197]
19 August [198]
26 August [199]
2 September [200]
9 September Now 12" 80s Extended [201]
16 September Now 109 [202]
23 September The Greatest Showman [203]
30 September Now Boogie Nights - Disco Classics [204]
7 October The Best of Bond... James Bond [205]
14 October [206]
21 October The Greatest Showman [207]
28 October
4 November
11 November Now Yearbook 1984
18 November Now Rock
25 November Dreamboats & Petticoats - Bringing On
2 December Now 110
9 December
16 December
23 December
30 December

Deaths[]

  • 3 January – Gerry Marsden, singer, musician (Gerry and the Pacemakers), 78[208]
  • 5 January – John Georgiadis, orchestral violinist and leader, and conductor, 81[209]
  • 6 January – Osian Ellis, classical harpist, 92[210]
  • 10 January – Mark Keds, singer, musician (Senseless Things), 50
  • 29 January – Hilton Valentine, musician, guitarist (The Animals), 77
  • 30 January – Sophie, Scottish musician, producer, singer-songwriter, DJ, 34[211]
  • 13 February – Sydney Devine, Scottish singer, entertainer, 81
  • 15 February – Steuart Bedford, conductor and specialist in the music of Benjamin Britten, 81[212]
  • 22 February - Tony "Feedback" Morrison, musician, (Angelic Upstarts), 61, Covid-19
  • 2 March
    • Chris Barber, jazz trombonist and bandleader, 90[213]
    • Anna Shuttleworth, classical cellist and pedagogue, 93[214]
  • 20 March – Robert Gard, classical tenor resident in Australia, 90[215]
  • 29 March – Elaine Hugh-Jones, classical composer, 93[216]
  • 31 March
    • Jane Manning, classical soprano and advocate of contemporary music, 82[217]
    • Valerie, Lady Solti, classical music philanthropist, former arts journalist, and widow of Sir Georg Solti, 83[218]
  • 2 April – Simon Bainbridge, classical composer, 68[219]
  • 20 April – Les McKeown, Scottish singer, (Bay City Rollers), 65.[220]
  • 30 April – Anthony Payne, classical composer, 84[221]
  • 4 May – Nick Kamen, singer, songwriter, and model, 59[222]
  • 5 May – Ray Teret, disc jockey and convicted rapist, 79[223]
  • 10 May – Pauline Tinsley, English opera singer, 93[224]
  • 15 May – Emily Mair, Scottish-New Zealand opera singer, pianist and vocal coach, 92[225]
  • 15 May – Fred Dellar, music journalist, 89[226]
  • 20 May – Freddy Marks, television actor and musician (Rod, Jane and Freddy), 71[227]
  • 23 June – Peter Zinovieff, engineer (EMS VCS 3) and composer, 88[228]
  • 22 July – Peter Rehberg, Austrian-English electronic musician (KTL), heart attack, 53.[229]
  • 3 August – Allan Stephenson, English-born South African composer, cellist, and conductor, 71.[230]
  • 6 August – Les Vandyke, English singer and songwriter ("What Do You Want?", "Poor Me", "Well I Ask You"), 90.[231]
  • 10 August – Stephen Wilkinson, English choral conductor and composer, 102.[232]
  • 14 August – Hugh Wood, English composer, 89.[233]
  • 20 August – Peter Ind, jazz double bassist and record producer, 93.[234]
  • 22 August – Brian Travers, English saxophonist, (UB40), 62.[235]
  • 24 August
    • Fritz McIntyre, English keyboardist (Simply Red), 62.[236]
    • Charlie Watts, English drummer, (The Rolling Stones), 80.[237]
  • 25 August – Dave Harper, English drummer, (Frankie & The Heartstrings).[238]
  • 5 September – Sarah Harding, singer (Girls Aloud), model and actress, breast cancer, 39.[239]
  • 8 September – Matthew Strachan, composer and singer-songwriter (Next Door's Baby), 50.[240]
  • 9 September – Amanda Holden, musician, librettist (Bliss) and translator, 73.[241]
  • 10 September – Michael Chapman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (True North), 80.[242]
  • 15 September – Norman Bailey, British-born opera singer resident in the US, 88.[243]
  • 20 September
  • 21 September – Richard H. Kirk, English musician, composer, producer, (Cabaret Voltaire), 65.[246]
  • 26 September – Alan Lancaster, English bassist, (Status Quo, The Party Boys), complications from multiple sclerosis, 72.[247]
  • 28 September – Barry Ryan, English pop singer ("Eloise") and photographer, 72.[248]
  • 30 September – Greg Gilbert, English singer, guitarist, (Delays), bowel cancer, 44.[249]
  • 2 October – John Rossall, saxophonist, (The Glitter Band), cancer, 75.[250]
  • 5 October – Pat Fish, musician, (The Jazz Butcher), 64.[251]
  • 7 October – Rick Jones, Canadian-born television presenter (Play School, Fingerbobs) and musician (Meal Ticket), oesophageal cancer, 84.[252]
  • 9 October – Jim Pembroke, English rock musician (Wigwam), 75.[253]
  • 16 October – Alan Hawkshaw, composer, performer (Grange Hill), (Countdown), pneumonia, 84.[254]
  • 19 October – Leslie Bricusse, English composer (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory), lyricist ("Goldfinger", "You Only Live Twice") and playwright, Oscar winner (1968, 1983), 90.[255]
  • 21 October – Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor active in the UK, 92[256]
  • 27 October – Gay McIntyre, Northern Irish jazz musician, 88.[257]
  • 29 October – Malcolm Dome, English music journalist (Record Mirror, Kerrang!, Metal Hammer), 66.[258]
  • 31 October – Joan Carlyle, classical soprano, 90[259]
  • 6 November
    • Terence "Astro" Wilson, English singer, musician, (UB40), 64.[260]
    • Andrew Barker, bassist, keyboardist, (808 State), 53.[261]
  • 21 November – Gordon Crosse, composer, 83[262]
  • 30 November - Pamela Helen Stephen, classical mezzo-soprano, 57[263]
  • 2 December – Richard Cole, English music manager (Led Zeppelin), 75.[264]
  • 5 December – John Miles, English singer and musician ("Music"), 72.[265]
  • 9 December – Steve Bronski, Scottish musician, (Bronski Beat), 61.[266]
  • 10 December - Thomas "Mensi" Mensforth, English singer, (Angelic Upstarts), COVID-19, 65.
  • 13 December - Toby Slater, English singer, musician, (Catch (band)), 42
  • 17 December – John Morgan, English drummer (The Wurzels), COVID-19, 80.[267]
  • 25 December - Janice Long, English radio DJ, presenter, 66.

See also[]

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