2016 in music
This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2016 in music.
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Specific locations
- African music
- American music
- Asian music
- Australian music
- Brazilian music
- British music
- Canadian music
- Chinese music
- Danish music
- European music (Continental Europe)
- Finnish music
- French music
- German music
- Icelandic music
- Indian music
- Irish music
- Japanese music
- Malaysian music
- Mongolian music
- North Korean music
- Norwegian music
- Philippine music
- Polynesian music
- Scandinavian music
- South Korean music
- Swedish music
- Taiwanese music
- Vietnamese music
- World music
Specific genres
- Classical
- Country
- Electronic
- Jazz
- Latin music
- Heavy metal
- Hip hop
- Opera
- Pop
- Rock
Albums released
Significant performances
- March 25 – British rock and roll band, The Rolling Stones become the first foreign rock band to perform in Cuba,[1] which was documented in their 2016 concert film, The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon.
Awards
| 58th Annual Grammy Awards |
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| Record of the Year: Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars • Album of the Year: 1989 – Taylor Swift • Song of the Year: Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran • Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor |
| Billboard Music Awards |
| Artist of the Year: Adele • New Artist of the Year: Fetty Wap • Top Hot 100 Song: See You Again • Top Billboard 200 Album: 25 |
| 58th Japan Record Awards |
| Grand Prix: "Anata no Suki na Tokoro" (ja) by Kana Nishino • Best Singer: Masayuki Suzuki for "Melancholia" • Best New Artist: iKON • Best Song: several |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards |
| Artist of the Year: BTS • Album of the Year: Ex'Act by Exo • Song of the Year: "Cheer Up" by Twice • Best Music Video: Whistle by Blackpink |
| MTV Video Music Awards |
| Video of the Year: "Formation" • Best Male Video: "This Is What You Came For" • Best Female Video: "Hold Up" • New Artist: DNCE |
| MTV Europe Music Awards |
| Best Song: "Sorry (Justin Bieber song)" • Best Video: "Starboy (The Weeknd song)" • Best Female: Lady Gaga • Best Male: Shawn Mendes |
| The 4th V Chart Awards |
| Top Male Artist : Lu Han with Medals • Top Female Artist: Li Yuchun with "混蛋，我想你" (Idiot, I Miss You) • Top Group: TFBOYS with Adore • Top New Artist: Wang Qing & Feng Jianyu |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| Inductees: Cheap Trick • Chicago • Deep Purple • N.W.A • Steve Miller |
Bands formed
- AOA Cream
- Astro
- BEJ48
- Blackpink
- Bolbbalgan4
- BoybandPH
- Boys Generally Asian
- CocoSori
- Cosmic Girls
- Dreamcar
- The East Light
- Exo-CBX
- GNZ48
- Gone Is Gone
- Gugudan
- I.B.I
- I.O.I
- Imfact
- Kard
- KNK
- Lovebites
- The Magpie Salute
- Momoland
- National Youth Orchestra of China
- NCT
- NCT 127
- Nice As Fuck
- Nine Muses A
- Ocean Park Standoff
- Pentagon
- Pristin
- Prophets of Rage
- SF9
- Terror Jr
- Victon
- VIMIC
- Voisper
- Vromance
- Why Don't We
- June's Diary
Bands reformed
- At the Drive-In
- Abandon All Ships
- The Anniversary
- Arab Strap
- Bash & Pop
- Belly
- Blake Babies
- A Different Breed of Killer
- Eric B. & Rakim
- Galactic Cowboys
- Game Theory
- G.R.L
- Guided by Voices[2]
- Jet
- Le Tigre
- Letters to Cleo
- Misfits (featuring Glenn Danzig)[3]
- Nasty Savage
- The Number Twelve Looks Like You
- Piebald
- P.S. Eliot
- Rainbow
- Sechs Kies
- A Thorn for Every Heart
- The Revolution
- The Righteous Brothers
- Spice Girls – GEM
- Super Furry Animals
- Temple of the Dog
- A Thorn for Every Heart
- Thursday
- Tickle Me Pink
- The Union Underground
- The Vapors
- Wolf Parade
- The Zutons
Bands on hiatus
Bands disbanded
- 2NE1
- 3rdeyegirl
- 4Minute
- Agalloch
- Allo Darlin'
- Aiden
- Bane
- Blood on the Dance Floor
- Bolt Thrower
- Boom Boom Satellites
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young[4]
- Dead or Alive
- Dream
- Eagles
- Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
- The Enemy
- Fearless Vampire Killers
- Finch
- For Today
- Funeral for a Friend
- FVK
- Giant Sand
- G.L.O.S.S.
- Gnashing of Teeth
- Gossip
- Graveyard
- I, the Breather
- Jack Ü
- Joey + Rory
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- La Ley
- A Lighter Shade of Brown
- Lionheart
- Lush
- Majical Cloudz
- Marion
- Matchbook Romance
- Maybeshewill
- Mischief Brew
- Motion City Soundtrack
- Mudvayne
- Nektar
- Nomeansno
- P.M. Dawn
- The Presidents of the United States of America
- Rainbow (South Korean band)
- Sally Shapiro
- Thee Satisfaction
- School of Seven Bells
- SMAP
- Sockweb
- Sorry About Dresden
- Spirit of the West
- The Stooges
- Suicide
- Transit
- Twisted Sister
- Viola Beach
- Wodensthrone
- You, Me, and Everyone We Know
- Youth Lagoon
Deaths
January
- 1
- Gilbert Kaplan, (74), American conductor and businessman, cancer.[5]
- Mark B, (45), British hip-hop record producer.[6]
- Gilberto Mendes, (93), Brazilian composer.[7]
- 2 – Rino Salviati, (93), Italian singer, guitarist and actor.[8]
- 3
- Paul Bley (83), Canadian jazz pianist.[9]
- Jason Mackenroth (46), American rock drummer (Rollins Band, Mother Superior), prostate cancer.[10]
- 4
- Long John Hunter, (84), American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.[11]
- Achim Mentzel, (69), German musician and television presenter.[12]
- 5
- Pierre Boulez, (90), French composer and conductor.[13]
- Nicholas Caldwell, (71), American R&B singer (The Whispers).[14]
- Hanna-Marie Weydahl, (93), Norwegian pianist.[15]
- 7
- Kitty Kallen, (94), American singer ("Little Things Mean a Lot").[16]
- Troy Shondell, (76), American singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.[17]
- 8
- Otis Clay, (73), American R&B and soul singer ("Tryin' to Live My Life Without You", "The Only Way Is Up"), heart attack.[18]
- Red Simpson, (81), American country singer-songwriter ("I'm a Truck"), complications from a heart attack.[19]
- Brett Smiley, (60), American singer-songwriter.[20]
- 10 – David Bowie, (69), English songwriter and artist.[21]
- 17 – Carina Jaarnek (53), Swedish singer and Dansband artist (cerebral haemorrhage).[22]
- 18 – Glenn Frey (67), American guitarist and vocalist (The Eagles).[23]
- 25 – Leif Solberg (101), Norwegian composer and organist.[24]
- 26
- 28
- Signe Toly Anderson (74), American vocalist (Jefferson Airplane).[26]
- Paul Kantner (74), American guitarist and vocalist (Jefferson Airplane).[27]
February
- 3 – Maurice White (74), founder of Earth, Wind and Fire.[28]
- 4 – Ulf Söderblom (85), Finnish conductor.[29]
- 13
- Viola Beach, English indie rock band, car accident.
- Kristian "Kris" Leonard (20), Guitar and vocals.
- River Reeves (19), Guitar.
- Tomas Lowe (27), Bass.
- Jack Dakin (19), Drums.
- Craig Tarry (32), Band manager.
- 19 – Harald Devold (51), Norwegian saxophonist (cancer).[30]
- 20 – Ove Verner Hansen (85), Danish actor and opera singer (cardiac arrest).[31]
- 22 – Sonny James (87), American country music singer-songwriter.[32]
- 29 – Josefin Nilsson (46), Swedish singer.[33]
March
- 3 – Gavin Christopher, 66, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer[34]
- 5 – Jimmy Henderson, 61, American guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)
- 8 – George Martin, (90), English producer.[35]
- 9
- Ray Griff (75), Canadian country singer-songwriter, (aspiration pneumonia).[36]
- Naná Vasconcelos (71), Brazilian percussionist.[37]
- 10
- Keith Emerson (71), English pianist and keyboardist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer).[38]
- Ernestine Anderson (87), American jazz and blues singer
- 12 – Tommy Brown (84), American R&B singer
- 13 – Sidney Mear, (97), American trumpeter.[39]
- 14 – Peter Maxwell Davies, (81), English composer and conductor
- 22 – Phife Dawg, (45), American rap musician (A Tribe Called Quest), complications from diabetes.[40]
- 23 – James Jamerson, Jr., 58, American bass player (Chanson)
- 26 – David Baker (84) American symphonic jazz composer
April
- 2 – Gato Barbieri, (83), Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.[41]
- 3 – Bill Henderson, (90), American jazz vocalist and actor (Clue, City Slickers, White Men Can't Jump), cancer.[42]
- 6 – Merle Haggard, (79), American singer-songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn"), Grammy winner (1984, 1998, 1999), complications from pneumonia.[43]
- 13 – Mariano Mores, (98), Argentine tango composer and pianist.[44]
- 21
- Prince, (57), American musician.[45]
- Lonnie Mack, (74), American rock, blues, and country singer-songwriter guitarist, natural causes.[46]
- 24
- Billy Paul, (81), American soul singer.
- Papa Wemba, (66), Congolese singer and musician.
- Jan Henrik Kayser, (81), Norwegian pianist.
May
- 1 – Sydney Onayemi (78), Nigerian-born Swedish DJ.[47]
- 4 – Olle Ljungström (54), Swedish singer and guitarist.[48]
- 6 – Candye Kane, (54), American Blues singer and entertainer, pancreatic cancer.
- 9 – Riki Sorsa (63), Finnish singer ("Reggae OK") (cancer).[49]
- 14 – Lasse Mårtenson (81), Finnish singer ("Laiskotellen").[50]
- 16 – Fredrik Norén (75), Swedish jazz drummer.[51] (death announced on this date)
- 17 – Guy Clark, (74), American folk and country Singer-songwriter. Grammy Award for his 2013 album My Favourite Picture of You.
- 19 – John Berry, (52), American guitarist (Beastie Boys), frontotemporal dementia.
- 21 – Nick Menza, (51), American instrumentalist. Former drummer for the band Megadeth, heart attack.[52]
- 30 – Thomas Fekete, (27), American guitarist (Surfer Blood), cancer.
June
- 2 – Freddie Wadling (64), Swedish singer and songwriter.[53]
- 3 – Dave Swarbrick, (75), British folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention), emphysema.[54]
- 4 – Bobby Curtola, (73), Canadian singer.[55]
- 5 – Phyllis Curtin, (94), American soprano.[56]
- 6 – Rolf Schweizer, (80), German composer.[57]
- 8
- Vladislav Yankovsky, (64), Russian musician (Novosibirsk Youth Symphony Orchestra).[58]
- Terje Fjærn (73), Norwegian orchestra conductor ("La det swinge").[59]
- 9 – J. Reilly Lewis, (71), American choral conductor and Baroque music specialist, heart attack.[60]
- 10
- Habib, (63), Iranian singer, heart attack.[61]
- Christina Grimmie, (22), American singer-songwriter (Find Me) and talent show participant (The Voice), gunshot wound.[62]
- 13 – Chips Moman, (79), American producer, songwriter, guitarist.[63]
- 17 – Attrell Cordes, (46), American musician, producer and rapper, co-founder of P.M. Dawn.[64]
- 18 – Alejandro Jano Fuentes (45), Mexican singer and talent show participant (La Voz... México), gunshot wound.
- 21 – Wayne Jackson (74), American soul and R&B musician (The Mar-Keys), congestive heart failure.
- 22
- Amjad Sabri (39), Pakistani Qawwali singer, gunshot wound.[65]
- Jim Boyd (60), Native American singer-songwriter and actor
- 24 – Bernie Worrell, (72), American keyboardist and composer (Parliament-Funkadelic).
- 27 – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (83), Danish composer.[66]
- 28 – Scotty Moore (84), American guitarist (Elvis Presley).
- 29 – Rob Wasserman (64), American composer and bass player (RatDog, Lou Reed).
July
- 16
- Alan Vega (78), American vocalist and visual artist (Suicide).
- Bonnie Brown (77) American country music singer, member of The Browns.
- 18 – Karina Jensen, Danish singer (Cartoons) (cancer).[67]
- 19 – Tamás Somló (73), Hungarian musician, singer, artist and composer (Locomotiv GT), cancer.
- 26
- Sandy Pearlman (72), American producer (Blue Öyster Cult, The Clash), songwriter, educator, complications from cerebral hemorrhage.[68]
- Roye Albrighton (67), German musician (Nektar), unspecified illness.[69]
- 27
- Pat Upton (75), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Spiral Starecase).[70]
- Einojuhani Rautavaara (87), Finnish composer.[71]
- 31 – Mike Mohede (32), Indonesian singer and talent show participant (Indonesian Idol), heart attack.
August
- 3 – Ricci Martin (62), American musician.[72]
- 4
- Patrice Munsel (91), American coloratura soprano.[73]
- Snaffu Rigor (69), Filipino singer and songwriter, lung cancer.[74]
- 5
- Richard Fagan (69), American songwriter and musician, liver cancer.[75]
- Vander Lee (50), Brazilian singer-songwriter.[76]
- 6 – Guillermo Anderson (54), Honduran singer, thyroid cancer.[77]
- 7
- B. E. Taylor (65), American musician ("Vitamin L"), brain cancer.[78]
- Dolores Vargas (80), Spanish singer, complications of leukemia.[79]
- Ruby Winters (74), American soul singer ("Make Love to Me", "I Will").[80]
- 9
- Pádraig Duggan (67), Irish musician (Clannad, The Duggans).
- Jimmy Levine (61/62), American R&B musician and record producer.[81]
- 11 – Glenn Yarbrough (86), American folk singer ("Baby the Rain Must Fall", "It's Gonna Be Fine", "San Francisco Bay Blues").[82]
- 12 – Ruby Wilson (68), American blues, soul and gospel singer, heart attack.[83]
- 13 – Connie Crothers (75), American jazz pianist, cancer.[84]
- 14 – James Woolley (49), American keyboard and synthesizer player (Nine Inch Nails, 2wo).
- 15 – Bobby Hutcherson (75), Jazz vibraphonist, emphysema.
- 19 – Horacio Salgán (100), Argentine tango musician.
- 20
- Matt Roberts (38), American rock guitarist (3 Doors Down), drug overdose.[85]
- 22
- Toots Thielemans (94), Belgian jazz musician.[86]
- Gilli Smyth (83), English musician (Gong).
- 28 – Juan Gabriel (66), Mexican singer and songwriter, heart attack.
September
- 1
- Fred Hellerman, (89), American folk singer (The Weavers), guitarist, producer and songwriter.[87]
- Kacey Jones, (66), American singer-songwriter ("I'm the One Mama Warned You About"), producer and humorist, cancer.[88]
- 2
- Jerry Heller, (75), American music manager (N.W.A.).[89]
- Gary D., (52), German trance producer and DJ, pulmonary embolism.[90]
- 3
- Fred McFarlane, (55), American songwriter ("Show Me Love", "Don't Wanna Go Home"), record producer and musician.[91]
- Johnny Rebel, (77), American country singer.[92]
- 7
- Clifford Curry, (79), American beach music and R&B singer ("She Shot a Hole in My Soul").[93]
- Farhang Sharif, (85), Iranian musician and tar player.[94]
- Graham Wiggins, (53), American musician.[95]
- 8 – Prince Buster, (78), Jamaican ska musician ("One Step Beyond", "Al Capone").[96]
- 10 – Chris Stone, (81), American recording studio owner (Record Plant) and entrepreneur, heart attack and stroke.[97]
- 12 – Hidayat Inayat Khan, (99), English-French composer and conductor.[98]
- 16
- Jerry Corbetta, (68), American musician (Sugarloaf), Pick's disease.[99]
- Trisco Pearson, (53), American R&B singer (Force MDs), cancer.[100]
- Qiao Renliang, (28), Chinese singer and actor, suicide.[101]
- 19 – Bobby Breen, (88), Canadian-born American actor and singer, natural causes.[102]
- 20 – Micki Marlo, (88), American singer and model.[103]
- 21
- Shawty Lo, (40), American hip-hop musician (D4L), traffic collision.[104]
- John D. Loudermilk, (82), American singer and songwriter ("Tobacco Road", "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye", "Indian Reservation"), bone cancer.[105]
- 24 – Buckwheat Zydeco, (68), American accordionist and zydeco musician
- 25
- Kashif, (59), American musician (B.T. Express) and record producer.[106]
- Hagen Liebing, (55), German musician (Die Ärzte).[107]
- Jean Shepard, (82), American honky tonk singer-songwriter ("A Dear John Letter", "Slippin' Away"), Parkinson's disease.[108]
- 26
- Joe Clay, (78), American rockabilly musician.[109]
- Ioan Gyuri Pascu, (55), Romanian singer, producer, actor and comedian, heart attack.[110]
- 27
- 29
- Lecresia Campbell (53), American gospel singer, pulmonary embolism.[113]
- Nora Dean (72), Jamaican singer.[114]
- Royal Torrence (82), American soul music singer (Little Royal and The Swingmasters).[115]
- 30
- Oscar Brand (96), Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter, author and radio broadcaster (WNYC).[116]
- Michael Casswell (53), English guitarist.[117]
- Lilleba Lund Kvandal (76), Norwegian opera singer.[118]
October
- 1 – Toni Williams (77), Cook Islands-born New Zealand singer.[119]
- 2
- Steve Byrd (61), English guitarist (Gillan, Kim Wilde), heart attack.[120]
- Sir Neville Marriner (92), English conductor and violinist
- Thomas Round (100), British opera singer.[121]
- 3
- Ljupka Dimitrovska, (70), Macedonian-born Croatian singer.[122]
- K. David van Hoesen (90), American bassoonist.[123]
- Joan Marie Johnson (72), American singer (The Dixie Cups), heart failure.[124]
- 4 – Caroline Crawley (53), British singer and musician (Shelleyan Orphan, This Mortal Coil).[125]
- 5 – Pompeiu Hărășteanu (81), Romanian opera singer.[126]
- 7 – Anne Pashley (80), British athlete and opera singer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).[127]
- 8 – Don Ciccone (70), American singer-songwriter and musician (The Critters, The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells).[128]
- 9
- Bored Nothing (26), Australian musician, suicide.[129]
- Michiyuki Kawashima (47), Japanese musician (Boom Boom Satellites), brain tumor.[130]
- Quique Lucca (103), Puerto Rican musician, founder of La Sonora Ponceña.[131]
- Guy Nadon, (82), Canadian jazz drummer.[132]
- Marin Petrache Pechea (71), Romanian jazz musician, cancer.[133]
- 10 – Issa Bagayogo,= (54), Malian musician.[134]
- 11 – Peter Reynolds, (58), Welsh composer.[135]
- 12
- Robert Bateman, (80), American songwriter and record producer ("Please Mr. Postman"), heart attack.[136]
- Sonny Sanders (77), American songwriter, arranger and record producer.[137]
- 15
- Danny Champagne (65), Jamaican music producer, complications from stroke.[138]
- Robert Edwards (74), American singer (The Intruders), heart attack.[139]
- 20
- Achieng Abura, Kenyan musician.[140]
- Mieke Telkamp (82), Dutch singer.[141]
- 23 – Pete Burns, (57), British singer (Dead or Alive)[142]
- 24 – Bobby Vee (73) American pop singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s
- 30 – Curly Putman, (85), American singer-songwriter. D-I-V-O-R-C-E, Green, Green Grass of Home and the subject of Paul McCartney & Wings song Junior's Farm.
November
- 1
- Nico Carstens (90), South African accordionist and songwriter[143]
- Pocho La Pantera (65), Argentine cumbia singer
- 3 – Kay Starr (94), American pop and jazz singer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
- 4
- Eddie Harsch, 59, Canadian keyboardist (The Black Crowes)
- Jean-Jacques Perrey, 87, French electronic music producer
- 7 – Leonard Cohen (82), Canadian singer-songwriter[144]
- 11
- Victor Bailey (56), American jazz bass guitarist
- Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska, (73), Macedonian vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian of Romani ethnicity.
- 12 – Jacques Werup (71), Swedish musician and writer.[145]
- 13 – Leon Russell (74), American musician and songwriter
- 15
- Holly Dunn (59), American country singer-songwriter
- Mose Allison (89), American pianist and singer.[146]
- 18 – Sharon Jones (60), American soul and funk singer
- 24 – Pauline Oliveros (84), American composer
- 29 – Allan Zavod (71), Australian keyboardist and composer
- 30 – Ivar Thomassen (62), Norwegian folk singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.[147]
December
- 2 – Mark Gray (64), American singer-songwriter (Exile)
- 4 – Ralph Johnson (67), American singer (The Impressions)
- 7 – Brian Bennett (65), American garage-rock keyboardist (The Cherry Slush)
- 8
- Greg Lake (69), English progressive-rock vocalist and multi-instrumentalist[148]
- Junaid Jamshed (52), Pakistani singer-songwriter (Vital Signs), flight collision[149]
- 11 – Joe Ligon (80), American gospel singer (Mighty Clouds of Joy)
- 24 – Rick Parfitt (68), English musician and songwriter (Status Quo)[150]
- 25 – George Michael (53), English singer-songwriter (Wham!) [151]
See also
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- "Legendary NEKTAR Frontman Roye Albrighton Passes". Bravewords.com. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
- Musician, Geraldine native Pat Upton dies at 75
- Finnish composer Rautavaara dies at 87
- Ricci Martin Dies: Entertainer & Youngest Son Of Dean Martin Was 62
- Famed opera singer Patrice Munsel, who left Spokane for Met fame, dies at 91
- Snaffu Rigor, 69
- Songwriter Richard Fagan Dead at 69
- Aos 50 anos, morre o cantor Vander Lee, em Minas Gerais Archived 2016-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
- Para compartir esta nota utiliza los íconos que aparecen en el sitio. (in Spanish)
- B.E. Taylor, known for Christmas concerts, dies at 65
- "Valencia Dolores Vargas died in the earthquake, famous for his "Achilipú"". Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
- Ruby Winters Jenkins
- Jimmy Levine Dies...
- Singer Glenn Yarbrough dead at 86
- Ruby Wilson, ‘Queen of Beale Street,’ dies at 68
- Connie Crothers, Jazz Pianist, Composer and Instructor, Dies at 75
- https://www.tmz.com/2016/08/20/3-doors-down-guitarist-dead-overdose-matt-roberts/
- Keepnews, Peter (22 August 2016). "Toots Thielemans, Jazz Harmonica Player, Is Dead at 94". The New York Times. p. A20.
- "Fred Hellerman, 89, the last of the Weavers". Connecticut Post. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Singer-Comedian Kacey Jones Dead at 66". Rolling Stone.
- Jerry Heller, Early N.W.A Manager, Dies at 75
- Techno-Szene trauert Hamburger DJ Gary D. ist tot (in German)
- R.I.P. R&B superproducer and musician Fred McFarlane
- Clifford Joseph Trahan Obituary
- "R&B singer Clifford Curry dies at 79". The Tennessean.
- استاد تار ایران درگذشت (in Persian)
- Graham Wiggins, a.k.a. Dr. Didg, Passes Away
- Prince Buster dead: Ska and rocksteady pioneer dies at 78
- Christopher Stone, Dead at 81
- Passing of Murshid Hidayat Inayat Khan (as) 12 September, 2016, Munich Germany
- Jerry Corbetta, Lead Singer for Sugarloaf, Dies
- Force MD's member Trisco Pearson has passed away
- "Qiao Renliang passes away from committing suicide". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
- "Bobby Breen Obituary". Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- Micki Marlo, Popular 1950s Singer and Nightclub Performer, Dies at 88
- Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo killed in fiery crash
- Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Member John D. Loudermilk Dies At 82
- Producer Kashif, Whitney Houston Collaborator and B.T. Express Member, Dead at 59
- Ehemaliger Ärzte-Bassist Hagen Liebing ist tot (in German)
- Country Music Hall of Famer Jean Shepard dead at 82
- Joe Clay, a Gretna musician with a rockabilly sound, has died
- Divertis actor Ioan Gyuri Pascu dies of heart attack in Bucharest. He was 55
- Cantaretul de muzica populara Aurelian Preda a murit, la doar 47 ani. Solistul suferea de cancer de mai multi ani (in Romanian)
- Dödsannons (in Swedish)
- "In His Safety: Gospel singer Lecresia Campbell has died". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
- Nora Dean dead at 72
- Little Royal
- Remembering WNYC Host Oscar Brand
- Michael Casswell R.I.P
- Nekrolog: Lilleba Lund Kvandal (in Norwegian)
- Country crooner Toni Williams dies
- Steve Byrd (1955–2016)
- World class Gilbert and Sullivan tenor dies, aged 100
- Preminula pevačica Ljupka Dimitrovska Kalogjera (in Bosnian)
- Karl David Van Hoesen
- Joan Marie Johnson Faust, founding member of The Dixie Cups, dies
- R.I.P. Caroline Crawley
- Basul Pompeiu Harasteanu a murit la varsta de 81 de ani (in Romanian)
- Anne Pashley, Olympic athlete and opera singer – obituary
- Obituary: Don Ciccone 1946 – 2016
- Bored Nothing, Melbourne musician Fergus Miller, dies aged 26 after battle with depression
- Boom Boom Satellites' Vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima Passes Away
- Fallece el creador de La Sonora Ponceña Quique Lucca (in Spanish)
- 'King of drums' Guy Nadon dies at 82
- A murit cunoscutul muzician Marin Pechea Petrache (in Romanian)
- Malian music in mourning: Techno Issa Issa Bagayogo said bows
- Peter Reynolds 1958 – 2016 Archived 2016-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Motown songwriter Robert Bateman dies at 80
- R.I.P. legendary Chicago soul hitmaker Sonny Sanders
- Producer Danny Champagne has died
- Robert 'Big Sonny' Edwards of The Intruders Dies at 74.
- Songstress Achieng Abura dies at Kenyatta National Hospital
- Mieke Telkamp (82) overleden (in Dutch)
- Kreps, Daniel. "Pete Burns, Dead or Alive Singer, Dead at 57". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- "Accordion Maestro Nico Carstens Dies". Channel 24. 2016-11-02.
- Gehr, Richard. "Leonard Cohen Dead at 82". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- Jacques Werup död (in Swedish)
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- Greg Lake, Emerson, Lake & Palmer Co-Founder, Dead at 69 – Rolling Stone
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