This topic covers events and articles related to 2026 in music.
Specific locations
African music American music British music Canadian music Japanese music Nordic music Philippine music South Korean music
Specific genres Country Heavy metal Hip-hop Latin R&B Rock Jazz K-pop J-pop
Bands formed Alpha Drive One And2ble Daily:Direction DK X Seungkwan Dodree Drippin Hiipe Princess Keyveatz Latency Lngshot NCT JNJM OWIS Unchild Yuhz
Bands reformed
Ben Folds Five Florida Georgia Line I.O.I Little Angels The Pussycat Dolls
Albums released
Awards 68th Annual Grammy Awards (USA) 2026 Brit Awards (UK) Juno Awards of 2026 (Canada) 40th Golden Disc Awards (South Korea)
Bands disbanded Amefurasshi BXB CIX DKZ E'Last The Hollies Maddie & Tae Naked Eyes NOMAD Sepultura Steely Dan Svalbard Tokyo Girls' Style Ukka White Reaper
Deaths January 2 Ritva Auvinen, 93, Finnish opera singer.Ihana ja ihmeellinen karjalainen, muistelee Sinikka Sokka tätiään Ritva Auvista Tony Carr, 98, Maltese session drummer and percussionist (CCS, Hot Chocolate).Tony Carr, Maltese jazz drummer to the stars, dies aged 98 Johnny Legend, 77, American rockabilly musicianDaily Update: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20, CMLL Sin Salida, Johnny Legend 5 Andrew Bodnar, 71, English bass guitarist (The Rumour) and songwriter ("I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass"). (death announced on this date)Bassist Andrew Bodnar (o.a. Graham Parker & The Rumour) overleden Andrew Carter, 86, English composer and conductorAndrew Carter - In Memoriam Mike Embro, 63, Canadian drummer (Razor) (death announced on this date)Razor – Former Drummer Mike Embro Dead At 63 Elsje de Wijn, 82, Dutch actress and singerKarel-zangeres Elsje de Wijn overleden op 82-jarige leeftijd 6 – Jim McBride, 78, American country music songwriter ("Chasin' That Neon Rainbow", "(Who Says) You Can't Have It All", "Chattahoochee")Alabama Music Hall of Famer, Huntsville native Jim McBride, dies at 78 7 James Bernard, American music journalist and magazine editor (The Source, XXL)James Bernard, founding editor of ‘The Source’ and co-founder of ‘XXL,’ dies (death announced on this date) Ihor Blazhkov, 89, Ukrainian conductorПомер український композитор Блажков, Гордон, 8.1.2026, автор - Ельчін Садаєв 8 Dave Hitchcock, 76, English record producer (In the Land of Grey and Pink, Foxtrot, The Snow Goose) and accountant.Foxtrot producer David Hitchcock has passed away Guy Moon, 63, American television composer (The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, Big Time Rush), traffic collision. 9 Dieudonné Larose, 80, Haitian singer Terry Sullivan, 87, British drummer (Renaissance)Renaissance drummer Terry Sullivan has died 10 Yeison Jiménez, 34, Colombian singer, plane crashAtención: en accidente de avioneta esta tarde en Paipa (Boyacá) muere el cantante Yeison Jiménez y sus músicos Bob Weir, 78, American Hall of Fame musician (Grateful Dead) and songwriter ("Sugar Magnolia", "One More Saturday Night"), complications from cancerBob Weir, co-founder of rock group the Grateful Dead, dies at age 78 11 Prashant Tamang, 43, Indian singer (Indian Idol), cardiac arrestSinger-actor Prashant Tamang passes away at 43 in Delhi John Wallace, 76, Scottish trumpeter, composer and arts educatorTributes paid to 'extraordinary musician' John Wallace 12 Sheila Bernette, 94, English singer (The Good Old Days, The Black and White Minstrel Show)BBC's Good Old Days and Coronation Street star and singer Sheila Bernette dies aged 94 Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, 26, British guitarist (Black Midi)Black Midi Co-Founder Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin Dies at 26 (death announced on this date) 13 – Seán Ó Sé, 89, Irish tenor singerRenowned Cork singer Seán Ó Sé dies aged 89 14 , 76, Argentine singer.Adiós a Melania Pérez, voz emblema de la música argentina y del Festival de Cosquín Quemil Yambay, 87, Paraguayan musician and composer.Fallece el músico Quemil Yambay, ícono del folclore paraguayo 15 Raju Bandara, 65, Sri Lankan singer, kidney disease.Veteran singer Raju Bandara passed away Kenny Morris, 68, English drummer (Siouxsie and the Banshees).Siouxsie And the Banshees Drummer Kenny Morris Has Died (death announced on this date) , 69, Argentine singer.Murió a los 69 años Rubén Patagonia, figura clave del folclore y referente cultural del sur argentino 16 Tony Dallara, 89, Italian singer ("Come Prima", "Romantica"), respiratory illness.Morto Tony Dallara, il cantante aveva 89 anni Osvaldo Díaz, 76, Chilean singer.Muere el cantante Osvaldo Díaz, ídolo de la Nueva Ola y Sábado Gigante , 63, Spanish choral conductor, composer and musicologist.La música enmudece con la partida de Joxean Llorente , 37, Slovak radio presenter and music concert host.Mimoriadne smutná správa: Zomrel moderátor a hypeman Marcel Osťo Osztas Guillermo Rendón García, 90, Colombian composer and organist.Falleció Guillermo Rendón García a los 90 años: este es el legado del maestro, músico, escritor e investigador colombiano 17 Marikena Monti, 82, Argentine singer and actress.Murió Marikena Monti: adiós a una voz emblemática del café concert argentino Tucker Zimmerman, 84, American singer-songwriter, smoke inhalation.Un couple d’octogénaires perd la vie à Saint-Georges : « J’ai tenté d’entrer dans la maison pour leur sauver la vie », Philippe a vu le domicile de ses voisins prendre feu sous ses yeux 18 Stephen "Cat" Coore, 69, Jamaican guitarist and cellist (Third World).Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore, Jamaican music icon and Third World co-founder, dies at 69 , 63, Swedish musician (Black Ingvars, Swedish Erotica), cancer.Black Ingvars sångare Anders Möller är död Jaan Ross, 68, Estonian musicologist and psychologist.Suri Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia emeriitprofessor, akadeemik Jaan Ross Ralph Towner, 85, American jazz multi-instrumentalist.RIP Ralph Towner (1940-2026) 19 , 70, Czech musician, actor and host.Zemřel herec a moderátor Mojmír Maděrič. Tvář Prima vařečky předtím kvůli nemoci zhubla 30 kilo Billy Parker, 88, American country music singer and DJ.Legendary KVOO DJ Billy Parker dies at the age of 88 20 Rob Hirst, 70, Australian musician (Midnight Oil, Ghostwriters) and songwriter ("Forgotten Years"), pancreatic cancer.Music industry rocked by the death of Rob Hirst, the powerful engine behind Midnight Oil (death announced on this date) Yaw Sarpong, Ghanaian gospel musician and songwriter.Gospel icon Yaw Sarpong is dead 22 Francis Buchholz, 71, German bass guitarist (Scorpions).Scorpions and Michael Schenker bassist Francis Buchholz dies aged 71 Guy Hovis, 84, American singer (The Lawrence Welk Show).'Lawrence Welk' Star Dead at 84 23 Dalibor Brun, 81, Croatian singer.Napustio nas je legendarni Dalibor Brun: Ovo je njegovih 10 najvećih hitova, svi ih znamo Kristinn Svavarsson, 78, Icelandic saxophonist (Mezzoforte).Mezzoforte's Kristinn Svavarsson has died (death announced on this date) 24 – Yuri Rymanov, 69, Russian guitarist (Lyube).Yuri Rymanov, ex-guitarist of the Lube band, has died. 25 Gabe Lopez, 49, American songwriter and producer, lymphoma.Emmy-nominated RuPaul's Drag Race crew member, songwriter Gabe Lopez dies as queens pay tribute: 'Devastating to hear' Abhijit Majumdar, 54, Indian composer and music director (Sasura Ghara Zindabad, Balunga Toka, Daha Balunga), liver disease.Popular Odia singer Abhijit Majumdar dies at 54 Marie Rouanet, 89, French singer and writer.Mort de l’écrivaine biterroise Marie Rouanet : figure de proue de la culture occitane, l’artiste est décédée à 89 ans Lucky Widja, 49, Indonesian singer and songwriter, kidney tuberculosis.Lucky Widja, Steadfast and Professional Until the End 26 Richie Beirach, 78, American jazz pianist and composer.Richard Beirach, Pianist, Composer, Early ECM Stalwart, Dies at 78 Sly Dunbar, 73, Jamaican drummer (Sly and Robbie), record producer ("Underneath It All"), and songwriter ("Murder She Wrote").Sly & Robbie's Sly Dunbar dead at 73 Béla Lattmann, 60, Hungarian jazz bassist.Elhunyt Lattmann Béla jazzbasszusgitáros 27 António Chainho, 88, Portuguese fado guitarist.Calou-se a guitarra de António Chainho Vladislav Chernushenko, 90, Russian conductor.Скончался народный артист СССР Владислав Чернушенко 28 Maroochy Barambah, 70, Australian Turrbal elder and mezzo-soprano singer.Turrbal Elder And Revered Songwoman Maroochy Barambah Passes Away, Aged 70 Nilton César, 86, Brazilian singer.Morre Nilton Cesar, voz marcante da música romântica, aos 86 anos Bryan Loren, 59, American songwriter ("Do the Bartman").Bryan Loren, Michael Jackson Collaborator and New Jack Swing Pioneer, Dies at 58 (death announced on this date) 29 – Wojciech Michniewski, 78, Polish composer and conductor.Zmarł Wojciech Michniewski, światowej klasy dyrygent urodzony w Łodzi (death announced on this date) 30 Abdelhadi Belkhayat, 85, Moroccan singer.Moroccan Music Icon Abdelhadi Belkhayat Dies at 85 Parthenon Huxley, 70, American musician (ELO Part II).Parthenon Willett Miller Huxley , 59, Turkish singer and actor, complications from a heart attack.Son dakika! Ünlü sanatçı Fatih Ürek hayatını kaybetti 31 , 78, Hungarian singer, songwriter and musician.Meghalt Fenyő Miklós Mingo Lewis, 72, American percussionist and drummer (Santana, Al Di Meola, The Tubes).Fallece Mingo Lewis (death announced on this date) Billy Bass Nelson, 75, American Hall of Fame bass guitarist (Parliament-Funkadelic).P-Funk star Billy Bass Nelson dies at age 75
February 1 Fernando Esteso, 80, Spanish singer, comedian, and actor, respiratory failure.Muere el cómico Fernando Esteso a los 80 años Steve Washington, 67, American musician (Slave, Aurra).Steve Washington, co-founder of legendary funk bands Aurra and Slave, dies (death announced on this date) 2 Chuck Negron, 83, American singer (Three Dog Night), heart failure and COPD.Three Dog Night’s Chuck Negron, voice behind ‘Joy to the World,’ dies at 83 Ken Peplowski, 66, American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist.The jazz world mourns the loss of acclaimed clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader Ken Peplowski Yuan Wei-jen, 57, Taiwanese singer-songwriter.袁惟仁病逝「走得平靜」 黃韻玲悲泣：親愛的小胖離開了 3 Ron Kenoly, 81, American Christian singer, worship leader, and songwriter.Gospel legend, Ron Kenoly dies at 81 Lamonte McLemore, 90, American singer (The 5th Dimension).LaMonte McLemore, singer and founding member of The 5th Dimension, dies at 90 S. P. Venkatesh, 70, Indian film score composer (Kilukkam, Spadikam, Rajavinte Makan), cardiac arrest.S.P. Venkatesh, legendary South Indian music director, dies at 70 4 François Beukelaers, 88, Belgian singer, actor and stage director.L’acteur belge François Beukelaers est décédé à l’âge de 88 ans Tommy Crook, 81, American guitarist. Tōsha Meishō, 84, Japanese hayashi musician.藤舎名生さん死去 長唄鳴物の人間国宝 5 Helen Micallef, 75, Maltese singer (Helen and Joseph).Helen Micallef, Eurovision 1972 singer, dies aged 75 Fred Smith, 77, American bassist (Television, Blondie).Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dies at 77 Tamás Vásáry, 92, Hungarian pianist and conductor.Meghalt Vásáry Tamás 6 – Lynn Blakey, American musician (Tres Chicas, Let's Active).Beloved Indie Rock Musician, Inspiration for the Replacements’ Alt-Rock Anthem ‘Left of the Dial,’ Dies 7 Brad Arnold, 47, American singer (3 Doors Down) and songwriter ("Kryptonite", "Here Without You"), renal cell carcinoma.3 Doors Down Frontman Brad Arnold Dies at 47 After Battle with Stage 4 Cancer Greg Brown, 56, American musician (Cake, Deathray) and songwriter ("The Distance").Cake founding guitarist Greg Brown has died Ebo Taylor, 90, Ghanaian musician and producer.Ghana music legend Ebo Taylor dies at 90 8 – Matti Caspi, 76, Israeli singer-songwriter, cancer.Matti Caspi, one of Israel’s greatest musicians, dies at 76 9 – Garland Green, 83, American soul singer and pianist.“Jealous Kind of Fella” singer Garland Green dies at 83