Music year 2017
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Further events
Ed Sheeran's most successful single, Shape of You, was among others in Germany
This article covers the music year 2017 .
The British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was particularly successful internationally , leading numerous annual charts with Shape of You and his album ÷ . From a German point of view, Helene Fischer should be mentioned, headed the German album annual charts and also took second place in Switzerland. Equally successful was Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee with her hit Despacito , which was the most successful number one hit in many countries.
The terrorist threat weighed on the music year. For example, in May there was a serious terrorist attack at a concert by the American singer Ariana Grande in Manchester and in October there was a mass murder in Las Vegas on the sidelines of a country festival . The German festival Rock am Ring had to be interrupted because of a terror warning.
Music charts
Germany
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- Helene Fischer is at the top of the annual charts for the fourth time (after 2013 , 2014 and 2015 ).
- Despacito by Luis Fonsi feat. With 17 top positions, Daddy Yankee is the longest running chart song of all time
→ For further placements and comments see the list of number one hits in Germany (2017)
Austria
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- With 16 straight weeks at the top, Despacito is the number-one hit of the decade, missing Elton John's Candle in the Wind record by just two weeks in 1997.
→ For further placements and comments, see the list of number one hits in Austria (2017)
Switzerland
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- With 18 weeks at the helm, Despacito surpassed the previous record of Whenever, Wherever ( Shakira ) and Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix) ( Lilly Wood & the Prick & Robin Schulz ), becoming the most successful number one hit in history the Swiss charts.
- With a jump from number 90 to number 1, the album Land ob de Wolke by the Wiesenberg yodelling club recorded the highest rise in the history of the Swiss album charts.
→ For further placements and comments, see the list of number one hits in Switzerland (2017)
United Kingdom
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- With the simultaneous entry of Shape of You at number 1 and the single Castle on the Hill at number 2, Sheeran succeeded for the first time in the history of the British single charts with two singles in the top two places. D.
→ For further rankings and comments see list of number one hits in the UK charts (2017)
United States
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- Despacito by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber with 16 top rankings with One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men is the most successful number-one hit in the Billboard Hot 100 .
→ For further placements and notes see list of number one hits in the USA (2017)
Worldwide
The following table is based on the Global Music Report 2017: Annual State of the Industry , published by the IFPI . The specified key figures are composed of single-track downloads and "track-equivalent ad-supported audio", but without video streams.
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Music awards and honors
Alternative Press Music Awards
- Artist of the year: Panic! at the disco
- Best newcomer: Waterparks
- Album of the year: Misadventures by Pierce the Veil
- Song of the year: We Don't Have to Dance by Andy Black
- Icon Award: Laura Jane Grace
Complete list of award winners
Amadeus Austrian Music Award
- Volume of the year: picture book
- Artist of the year: Julian le Play
- Artist of the year: Christina Stürmer
- Album of the year: Migratory birds by Julian le Play
- Song of the year: Everyone from Pizzera & Jaus
- FM4 Award: Leyya
Complete list of award winners
ARIA Awards
- Album of the Year: Go Farther in Lightness by Gang of Youths
- Song of the Year: Stranger by Peking Duk feat. Elliphant
- Best Female Artist: Sia (Song: The Greatest with Kendrick Lamar )
- Best Male Artist: Paul Kelly (Album Life Is Fine )
- Best Group: Gang of Youths (Album Go Farther in Lightness )
- Breakthrough Artist: Amy Shark (Album Night Thinker )
Brit Awards
- Artist of the year: Drake
- Artist of the year: Beyoncé
- Group of the Year: A Tribe Called Quest
- British Artist of the Year: David Bowie
- British Artist of the Year: Emeli Sandé
- British newcomer: Rag 'n' Bone Man
- British group: The 1975
echo
- Artist, national rock / pop artist: Udo Lindenberg , Ina Müller
- Artist, international rock / pop artist: Rag 'n' Bone Man , Sia
- National Pop band: AnnenMayKantereit
- National rock band: Broilers
- International band: Metallica
- Schlager: Andrea Berg
- Folk music: Andreas Gabalier
- Hip-Hop / Urban (national): Beginner
- Hit of the year (international): Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance
- Album of the year (international): Udo Lindenberg - Stronger than time
- National newcomer: AnnenMayKantereit
- International newcomer: Rag 'n' Bone Man
Complete list of award winners
Grammy Awards
- Single of the year : Hello by Adele
- Album of the year : 25 by Adele
- Song of the year : Hello by Adele (Authors: Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin )
- Best New Artist : Chance the Rapper
Complete list of award winners
MTV Europe Music Awards
- Best pop act: Camila Cabello
- Best rock act: Coldplay
- Best alternative act: 30 Seconds to Mars
- Best electronic act: David Guetta
- Best hip-hop act: Eminem
- Best Artist: Shawn Mendes
- Best newcomer: Dua Lipa
- Best Song: Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin 'Me Back
- Best Video: Kendrick Lamar - Humble
Complete list of award winners
MTV Video Music Awards
- Video of the Year: Kendrick Lamar - Humble
- Artist of the Year: Ed Sheeran
- Best New Artist: Khalid
- Best Pop Video: Fifth Harmony feat. Gucci Mane - Down
- Best Rock Video: Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul
- Best Hip-Hop Video: Kendrick Lamar - Humble
Complete list of award winners
German Record Critics' Prize
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Symphonies No.1 in C minor op.11 & No.3 in A minor op.56
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann and the late symphonic work
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Sonatas for piano and violin Vol. 1-4
- "Landscapes". Works by Haydn , Takemitsu , Bartók , Pärt .
- Franz Liszt : Transcendental (2CD)
- Giacomo Meyerbeer : Grand Opera: arias and scenes
- Hanns Eisler : Songs Vol. 1. Songs and Ballads 1929-1937
- Thomas Azier : Rouge
- Sampha : Process
- Nishtiman Project : Kobane, Kurdistan (Iran - Iraq - Turquie)
- Daniel Erdmann ’s Velvet Revolution: A Short Moment of Zero G.
- Jochen Till : Lucifer Junior - Too good for hell
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recordings
Further music prizes and awards
- Billboard Music Award : Drake
- Mercury Music Prize : Sampha - Process
- Academy Awards 2017 : Best Film Music: La La Land - Justin Hurwitz , Best Film Song: City of Stars from La La Land - Music: Justin Hurwitz, Text: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
- Protest song contest : Hosgeldiniz (open your arms) by Danyál
Music competitions and casting shows
Competitions
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Eurovision Song Contest 2017 : Salvador Sobral ( Portugal ) with Amar pelos dois
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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 : Polina Bogussewitsch ( Russia ) with wings
- Sanremo Festival 2017 : Francesco Gabbani with Occidentali's Karma
Casting shows
- Germany is looking for the superstar : Alphonso Williams (14th season)
- The Voice Kids : Sofie Thomas (Season 5)
- The Voice of Germany : Natia Todua (Season 7)
Annual leaderboards
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Metal hammer
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Music Express
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Rolling Stone
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Spex
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Southgerman newspaper
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Visions
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Festivals
- 7-11 February: Sanremo Festival 2017 at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo
- 2-4 June: Rock am Ring at the Nürburgring
- June 4th: One Love Manchester , benefit concert for the victims of the terrorist attack in Manchester
- 22.-24. June: Danube Island Festival in Vienna
- 23-25 June: Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel
- 6-9 July 2017: 20th Splash! Festival in Ferropolis
- 15-17 July: 26th International Samba Festival in Coburg
- July 20 - August 30: Salzburg Festival
- 20.-22. July: The festival (open-air music festival) in Karlsruhe
- 21-23 and 28-30. July: 14th Tomorrowland in Boom , Belgium
- 28-30 July: 42nd Bardentreffen (open-air music festival) in Nuremberg
- 3rd to 5th August: Wacken Open Air in Wacken
Events
- January 1: The 2017 New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic was the first New Year's concert conducted by conductor Gustavo Dudamel , who at 35 is also the youngest conductor in the history of the event. The concert was broadcast in 93 countries.
- 11 January: Opening concert of the Elbphilharmonie 2017 by the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and the NDR Choir under the direction of Thomas Hengelbrock
- May 22nd: At a concert by the American singer Ariana Grande in Manchester, the worst terrorist attack in the United Kingdom since July 2005 occurred . A suicide bomber killed 23 people and injured 116 others, some seriously.
- July 2nd: The Rock am Ring festival was interrupted on the first day due to a terror warning. The announced appearance of Rammstein was therefore omitted.
- July 15: The neo-Nazi music festival Rock Against Foreign Immigration can take place in Themar in front of 6000 people without major incidents .
- October 1: Mass murder in Las Vegas 2017 : 58 people are shot dead by a single perpetrator at a country festival in Las Vegas , and more than 520 are injured.
Commemorations and anniversaries
- January 5th : 100th birthday of the German opera director Wieland Wagner
- March 26 : 500th anniversary of the death of the Franco-Flemish composer Heinrich Isaac
- April 25 : 100th birthday of the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald
- June 7th : 100th birthday of the American entertainer Dean Martin
- Mid-August: the punk fanzine Plastic Bomb has its 100th edition
- October 19 : The hip-hop music magazine Juice turned 20
- November 2nd : 300th anniversary of the death of the German violinist and composer Johann Jakob Walther
2017 deceased
January to March
January
- January 1: Memo Morales , Venezuelan singer (79)
- January 2: Debby Moore , American jazz singer (91)
- January 3: Walter Heise , German music teacher (85)
- January 3: Manfred Kautzky , Austrian oboist and university professor (84)
- January 3: Enrique Lozano , Spanish musician (76)
- January 4: Elliot Meadow , British music critic, producer and broadcaster
- January 4th: Georges Prêtre , French conductor (92)
- January 6: Ulrich Kaspar , German poet and musician (57)
- January 6: Les Lazarowitz , American sound engineer (75)
- January 7th: Rudolf Hanisch , German dancer and choreographer (73)
- January 8: Nicolai Gedda , Swedish opera singer (91)
- January 8: Rod Mason , British jazz trumpeter (76)
- January 8: Peter Sarstedt , British singer-songwriter (75)
- January 9: Crazy Toones , American hip-hop producer and DJ (45)
- January 10: Buddy Greco , American jazz musician (90)
- January 11: Tommy Allsup , American musician (85)
- January 12: Kurt Bauer , German pianist and university lecturer (88)
- January 12: Rosemarie Lang , German opera singer (69)
- January 13: Horacio Guarany , Argentine folk singer and writer (91)
- January 14: John Boudreaux , American drummer (80)
- January 15: Bill Horvitz , American jazz guitarist (69)
- January 15: Thandi Klaasen , South African jazz singer (86)
- January 16: Lance D'Boyle , British drummer
- January 16: Gerd Grochowski , German opera singer (60)
- January 16: Franz Jarnach , German musician and actor (72)
- January 16: William Onyeabor , Nigerian musician (70)
- January 16: Helmut "Herb" Runge German musician (79)
- January 16: Charles "Bobo" Shaw , American jazz drummer (69)
- January 18: Roberta Peters , American opera singer (86)
- January 18: Axel Titzki , German musician and composer (48)
- January 19: Loalwa Braz , Brazilian singer (63)
- January 20: Joey Powers , American pop music singer (82)
- January 21: Adèle Bloemendaal , Dutch actress and singer (84)
- January 21: Walter Morrison , American musician (62)
- January 21: Veljo Tormis , Soviet or Estonian composer (86)
- January 22nd: Jean Karakos , French music producer (77)
- January 22nd: Jaki Liebezeit , German drummer (78)
- January 22nd: Peter Overend Watts , British musician, music writer and producer (69)
- January 23: Bimba Bosé , Spanish model, actress and singer (41)
- January 23: Bobby Freeman , American soul singer (76)
- January 24: Butch Trucks , American drummer (69)
- January 24: Anna Zentai , Hungarian opera and operetta singer (92)
- January 25: Michael Wilke , German composer and music producer (87)
- January 25: Ronnie Davis , Jamaican singer (66)
- January 27: Rudolf Bibl , Austrian conductor and pianist (87)
- January 27: Henry-Louis de La Grange , French musicologist (92)
- January 27: Lucien Malson , French jazz journalist and author (90)
- January 27: Lundi Tyamara , South African gospel singer (38)
- January 27: Klaus Zoephel , German composer and conductor (87)
- January 28th: Geoff Nicholls , British keyboardist (68)
- January 28: Andrzej Nikodemowicz , Polish composer and music teacher (92)
- January 29: Marta García , Cuban dancer and choreographer (68)
- January 29: Peter Rieger , German concert promoter (63)
- January 29th: Dietmar Walther , German accordionist (93)
- January 30: Walter Hautzig , American pianist (95)
- January 31: Deke Leonard , Welsh rock musician (72)
- January 31: Carsten Mohren , German musician (54)
- January 31: John Wetton , British rock musician (67)
February
- February 3: Robert Dahlqvist , Swedish musician (40)
- February 3: Martin Gotthard Schneider , German church musician (86)
- February 4th: Steve Lang , Canadian musician (67)
- February 5: David Axelrod , American musician, arranger and producer (83)
- February 5: Stephan Diez , German jazz and fusion musician (63)
- February 6: Michael Hirsch , German composer (58)
- February 7: Svend Asmussen , Danish jazz musician (100)
- February 7th: Martha Handlos , Austrian musicologist (63)
- February 8: Rina Matsuno , Japanese singer and actress (18)
- February 8: José Luis Pérez de Arteaga , Spanish music critic and scholar (66)
- February 8: Tony Särkkä , Swedish musician (44)
- February 9: Kazim Akboga , German singer and copywriter (34)
- February 9: Adolf Hartmut Gärtner , German music teacher and choir director (100)
- February 9: Volker Haidt , German pop singer and radio presenter (58)
- February 10: Tony Davis , British musician (86)
- February 10: Léo Petit , French jazz and entertainment musician (93)
- February 11: Barbara Carroll , American jazz pianist and singer (92)
- February 11: Jarmila Šuláková , Czech singer and actress (87)
- February 12: Damian Davey , British actor and singer (52)
- February 12: Al Jarreau , American jazz singer (76)
- February 13: Robert Fisher , American musician (59)
- February 13: Michael Naura , German jazz pianist and publicist (82)
- February 15: Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr , Canadian jazz musician and Imam (81)
- February 15: Norbert Nohe , German conductor, music teacher and composer (78)
- February 16: Maurice Vander , French jazz pianist (87)
- February 17th: Helmut Brenner , Austrian musicologist (60)
- February 17: Peter Skellern , British musician and priest (69)
- February 18: Ellen Hickmann , German ethnomusicologist and archaeologist (82)
- February 18: Loreley , Uruguayan singer (42)
- February 18: Clyde Stubblefield , American drummer (73)
- February 19: Larry Coryell , American guitarist (73)
- February 19: Kathrin Schirmer , German radio presenter and singer (56)
- February 20: Huang Feili , Chinese conductor (99)
- February 20: Nicolai Munch-Hansen , Danish bass player (39)
- February 20: Walter Quintus , German musician, composer, sound engineer and music producer (67)
- February 21: Mili Bermejo , Mexican singer and composer (60)
- February 21: Lee Burswold , American pianist and music teacher (83)
- February 21: Rudy Lawless , American jazz musician (84)
- February 21: Winfried Pape , German music teacher (80)
- February 21: Graciela Paraskevaídis , Argentine composer and musicologist (76)
- February 21: Mattathias Pearson , American jazz musician (77)
- February 21: Stanisław Skrowaczewski , Polish conductor and composer (93)
- February 23: Horace Parlan ; American-Danish jazz pianist (86)
- February 23: Leon Ware , American R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer (77)
- February 24: Fumio Karashima , Japanese jazz pianist (68)
- February 25: Don Payne , American jazz musician (84)
- February 25: Fernando Toussaint , Mexican jazz drummer and music producer (62)
- February 26: Eric Miller , American record producer (75)
- February 27: Hideo Ikeezumi , Japanese music producer (67)
- February 28: Leone di Lernia , Italian comedian, singer and presenter (78)
- February 28: Claude Pascal , French composer (96)
March
- March 1: Dieter Christensen , German ethnomusicologist (84)
- March 3: Paul Abler , American jazz guitarist and film composer (59)
- March 3rd: Roberta Alloisio , Italian singer and actress (53)
- March 3rd: Misha Mengelberg , Dutch jazz pianist (81)
- March 3: Tommy Page , American pop singer (46)
- March 3: Lyle Ritz , American musician (87)
- March 4th: Valerie Carter , American singer-songwriter (64)
- March 4th: Edi Fitzroy , Jamaican reggae musician (61)
- March 4: Winfried Schrammek , German organist and musicologist (87)
- March 5: Kurt Moll , German opera singer (78)
- March 6: Alberto Zedda , Italian conductor and musicologist (89)
- March 8: Dave Valentin , American jazz flutist (64)
- March 10: Alp Bora , Turkish-Austrian singer and guitarist (41)
- March 10: Joni Sledge , American singer (60)
- March 11: Ángel Parra , Chilean musician and author (73)
- March 12: Joey Alves , American musician (63)
- March 12: Gordon Murray , Canadian musician (68)
- March 13: John Lever , British musician (55)
- March 13: Tommy LiPuma , American record producer (80)
- March 15: Wojciech Młynarski , Polish songwriter and cabaret artist (75)
- March 16: James Cotton , American blues musician (81)
- March 16: Roberta Knie , German-American opera singer (78)
- March 17: Franz-Georg Rössler , German composer and Esperantist (67)
- March 18: Bill Bell , American jazz pianist, arranger and music teacher (80)
- March 18: Chuck Berry , American singer, guitarist and composer (90)
- March 19: Siri Rovatkay-Sohns , German recorder player and university teacher (77)
- March 20: Buck Hill , American jazz musician (90)
- March 20: Tony Terran , American jazz trumpeter (90)
- March 21: Gabriel "Negru" Mafa , Romanian drummer (42)
- March 21: Luis Zett , German composer and piano teacher (72)
- March 22nd: Sib Hashian , American drummer (67)
- March 22nd: Sven-Erik Magnusson , Swedish singer (74)
- March 23: Lola Albright , American actress and singer (92)
- March 23: Ekkehard Jost , German musicologist, author and baritone saxophonist (79)
- March 24: Karl Hodina , Austrian painter and musician (81)
- March 26th: Luigi Cansani , Swiss church musician (89)
- March 26: Karl Heinrich Ehrenforth , German music teacher (87)
- March 26: Věra Špinarová , Czech singer (65)
- March 27: Alessandro Alessandroni , Italian musician and film composer (92)
- March 27: Arthur Blythe , American jazz musician (76)
- March 27: Clem Curtis , British singer (76)
- March 27: Rainer Kussmaul , German violinist and conductor (70)
- March 27: TNT Tribble , American R&B musician (96)
- March 30th: Thomas Brandis , German violinist (81)
- March 30th: Fausto Mesolella , Italian guitarist, composer and arranger (64)
April to June
April
- April 1: Lonnie Brooks , American blues guitarist (83)
- April 1: Bob Cunningham , American jazz musician (82)
- April 1: Ikutarō Kakehashi , Japanese entrepreneur and digital music pioneer (87)
- April 1: Louis Sarno , American music researcher (62)
- April 5: Hugh Brodie , American jazz saxophonist (84)
- April 5: Paul O'Neill , American composer and producer (61)
- April 6: David Peel , American street musician (73)
- April 6: Wolfgang Rehm , German musicologist (87)
- April 8: Kim Plainfield , American drummer (63)
- April 9: Stan Robinson , British jazz musician (80)
- April 9: Bob Wootton , American guitarist (75)
- April 10: Linda Hopkins , American blues and gospel singer (92)
- April 11: J. Geils , American guitarist (71)
- April 12: Kathleen Cassello , American soprano (58)
- April 14: Manfred Jung , German opera singer (76)
- April 15: Allan Holdsworth , British guitarist (70)
- April 17th: Rolf Henry Kunz , German organist and Kapellmeister (78)
- April 18: Frank Dostal , German musician and producer (71)
- April 18: Gordon Langford , British arranger and composer (86)
- April 18: Charles Small , American jazz musician (≈90)
- April 21: Jean Tordo , French jazz musician (89)
- April 22nd: Rolf Bänninger , Swiss jazz drummer (78)
- April 24th: Agnes Giebel , German soprano (95)
- April 25: Erik Martin , German author, songwriter and editor (81)
- April 26: Endrik Wottrich , German opera singer (52)
- April 27th: Eduard Brunner , German-Swiss clarinetist (77)
- April 28: Francis Travis , Swiss conductor (95)
- April 30: Belchior , Brazilian singer and composer (70)
May
- May 1st: Katy Bødtger , Danish singer (84)
- May 1: Erkki Kurenniemi , Finnish musician (75)
- May 2: Kevin Garcia , American musician (41)
- May 2: Grigori Schislin , Soviet or Russian violinist and music teacher (71)
- May 3: Daliah Lavi , Israeli actress and singer (74)
- May 3: Heinz von Moisy , German jazz musician (81)
- May 3: Claus Oefner , German musicologist (78)
- May 8: Dave Pell , American jazz musician and producer (92)
- May 9: Robert Miles , Italian musician (47)
- May 11: İbrahim Erkal , Turkish singer, songwriter and actor (50)
- May 12: Bill Dowdy , American jazz drummer (83)
- May 13: Jan Arnet , Czech-American jazz bassist (83)
- May 14: Holger Münzer , German composer and actor (78)
- May 16: Don Coates , American jazz pianist (82)
- May 17: Chris Cornell , American singer (52)
- May 17th: Heiko M / S / O , German DJ and music producer (47)
- May 18: Frankie Paul , Jamaican dancehall musician (51)
- May 21: Demetri Betts , American singer, author, model and pastor (44)
- May 21: Gijs Hendriks , Dutch jazz musician (79)
- May 21: Jimmy LaFave , American country singer (61)
- May 22: Mickey Roker , American jazz drummer (84)
- May 23: Irio De Paula , Brazilian jazz guitarist and composer (78)
- May 24: Jacinto Gimbernard , Dominican violinist, concertmaster, essayist and writer (85)
- May 27: Gregg Allman , American rock musician (69)
- May 31: Jiří Bělohlávek , Czech conductor (71)
- May 31: Bern Nix , American jazz guitarist (69)
June
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- June 2: Aamir Zaki , Pakistani guitarist and composer (49)
- June 5: Thomas Phleps , German musicologist and teacher (61)
- June 6: Vin Garbutt , British musician (69)
- June 6: Sandra Reemer , Dutch singer (66)
- June 6: Paul Zukofsky , American violinist, conductor and music educator (73)
- June 7: David Bellugi , American-Italian conductor, recorder player and university professor (62)
- June 8: Ernesto Puentes , Cuban trumpeter (88)
- June 8: Norro Wilson , American country singer, songwriter and producer (79)
- June 10: Julia Perez , Indonesian actress, singer, model and entrepreneur (36)
- June 11: Mary Priestley , British music therapist (92)
- June 11: Rosalie Sorrels , American folk singer (83)
- June 11: Corneliu Stroe , Romanian jazz drummer (67)
- June 12: Adrienne Elisha , American composer and violist (58)
- June 12: C. Narayana Reddy , Indian writer, poet and composer (85)
- June 13: Christian Bonnet , French jazz musician (72)
- June 13: Philip Gossett , American musicologist (75)
- June 14: Luis Abanto Morales , Peruvian singer and composer (93)
- June 15: Bill Dana , American entertainer (92)
- June 15: Jacques Charpentier , French composer and organist (83)
- June 15: Lim Kek-tjiang , Chinese-Indonesian violinist and conductor (89)
- June 15: Anton Wendler , Austrian opera singer (82)
- June 18: Tsunehide Matsuki , Japanese guitarist (68)
- June 18: Ramesh Weeratunga , Sri Lankan singer, musician and record producer (65)
- June 20: Herbert H. Ágústsson , Icelandic composer and musician (90)
- June 20: Eddie Diehl , American jazz guitarist (81)
- June 20: Prodigy , American rapper (42)
- June 21: Erich Becht , German musician (91)
- June 21: Ludger Rémy , German conductor (68)
- June 22nd: Gunter Gabriel , German singer (75)
- June 22nd: Jimmy Nalls , American rock guitarist (66)
- June 23: Zabba Lindner , German drummer (67)
- June 26: Jimmy Chi , Australian musician (≈69)
- June 27: Geri Allen , American jazz pianist (60)
- June 28th: Phil Cohran , American jazz trumpeter (90)
July to September
- July
- July 2: Chris Roberts , German pop singer (73)
- July 2nd: Abel Sinometsi Sithole , South African singer (83)
- July 3: John Mekoa , South African jazz trumpeter (72)
- July 4th: John Blackwell , American drummer (43)
- July 4th: Carol Lee Scott , British actress and singer (74)
- July 4th: Günther Witschurke , German composer and music teacher (79)
- July 5: Pierre Henry , French composer (89)
- July 5: Milivoje Marković , Yugoslav or Serbian jazz musician (78)
- July 7th: Suzanne Chaisemartin , French organist (96)
- July 7th: Andrés Soto Mena , Peruvian singer and composer (68)
- July 7: Egil Monn-Iversen , Norwegian composer, conductor and film producer (89)
- July 8: Jutta Höpfel , Austrian cultural journalist (89)
- July 8: Seiji Yokoyama , Japanese composer (82)
- July 9: Richard Jakoby , German music teacher and university president (87)
- July 9: Jorge Marziali , Argentine singer and composer (70)
- July 9: Paquita Rico , Spanish singer and actress (87)
- July 11: Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini , Italian organist and musicologist (87)
- July 12: Joe Fields , American record producer (≈88)
- July 12: Tamara Miansarowa , Soviet or Russian singer (86)
- July 12: Ray Phiri , South African fusion musician (70)
- July 13: Ina-Maria Federowski , German singer (67)
- July 16: Régis Gizavo , Madagascan accordionist, composer and singer (58)
- July 16: Wilfried , Austrian pop singer (67)
- July 19: Kèmo Kouyaté , Guinean multi-instrumentalist (71)
- July 19: Barbara Weldens , French singer (35)
- July 20: Chester Bennington , American singer (41)
- July 20: Andrea Jürgens , German pop singer (50)
- July 21: Errol Dyers , South African jazz guitarist (65)
- July 21: Clem Moorman , American jazz musician and actor (101)
- July 21: Paapa Yankson , Ghanaian singer (73)
- July 22nd: Polo Hofer , Swiss musician (72)
- July 22nd: Ernst Ottensamer , Austrian clarinetist (61)
- July 23: Thomas Füri , Swiss violinist (70)
- July 23: Amir Fryszer Guttman , Israeli singer and LGBT activist (41)
- July 23: Denisa Răducu , Romanian singer (27)
- July 25: Michael Johnson , American country singer (72)
- July 26: Joe Thomas , American jazz musician (85)
- July 25: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu , Australian musician and songwriter (46)
- July 26: Paul Angerer , Austrian conductor and composer (90)
- July 26: Lyndsey Cockwell , British musician and choir director (46)
- July 26: Waldram Hollfelder , German musicologist and composer (92)
- July 26: Tom McIntosh , American jazz musician (90)
- July 27: Gilles Tremblay , Canadian composer and music teacher (84)
- July 28: Pavle Vujčić , Yugoslav or Serbian violinist (64)
- July 30th: Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar , Indian singer (78)
- July 30th: Thomas Fredrickson , American double bass player and composer (88)
- July 30: Hugh McLean , Canadian organist (87)
- July 31: Chuck Loeb , American jazz musician (61)
- July 31: Jeanne Moreau , French actress, film director and singer (89)
- August
- August 1st: Ana-Maria Avram , Romanian composer and pianist (55)
- August 1: Frieder Zaminer , German music historian (89)
- August 1: Eric Zumbrunnen , American film editor and musician (52)
- August 2nd: Tony Cohen , Australian music producer (60)
- August 2nd: Erich Schwandt , Canadian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist and music teacher (≈82)
- August 3: Peter Oswald , Austrian cultural manager (63)
- August 4th: Bruno Canfora , Italian composer and conductor (92)
- August 4th: Gert Hofbauer , Austrian musician (80)
- August 4th: Walter Levin , American violinist (92)
- August 4th: Luiz Melodia , Brazilian singer, songwriter and actor (66)
- August 4th: Vilko Ovsenik , Slovenian composer and clarinetist (88)
- August 4th: Bernd Witthüser , German folk musician (73)
- August 5th: Michael Höltzel , German horn player (81)
- August 6: David Maslanka , American composer (73)
- August 8: Arleta , Greek singer (72)
- August 8: Glen Campbell , American country singer (81)
- August 8: Janet Seidel , Australian jazz singer and pianist (62)
- August 9: Marián Varga , Slovak musician and composer (70)
- August 10: Xavier Benguerel , Spanish composer (86)
- August 10: Guy Prévost , French jazz drummer
- August 11: Daisy Peterson Sweeney , Canadian pianist (97)
- August 14: Hubert Unverricht , German musicologist (90)
- August 16: Chiara Fumai , Italian performance artist (≈39)
- August 16: Mike Hennessey , British music journalist and jazz pianist (89)
- August 16: Lourdes Torres , Cuban singer and composer (77)
- August 17: Paulo Silvino , Brazilian comedian, composer, singer, writer and actor (78)
- August 18: Sonny Burgess , American musician (86)
- August 19: Concha Valdés Miranda , Cuban composer (89)
- August 19: Bea Wain , American singer (100)
- August 20: Margot Hielscher , German pop singer, actress and costume designer (97)
- August 20: Wilhelm Killmayer , German composer (89)
- August 20: Fredell Lack , American violinist (95)
- August 20: Jerry Lewis , American actor and entertainer (91)
- August 20: Nati Mistral , Spanish singer and actress (88)
- August 21: Klaus-Peter Bruchmann , German composer (84)
- August 21: Seija Simola , Finnish singer (72)
- August 22nd: John Abercrombie , American guitarist (72)
- August 22: Aloys Kontarsky , German pianist and university lecturer (86)
- August 24: Erzsébet Tus , Hungarian pianist (89)
- August 25: Enzo Dara , Italian opera singer (78)
- August 26: Wilson das Neves , Brazilian musician (81)
- August 28: Melissa Bell , British singer (53)
- August 28: Irene Greulich , German organist and cantor (73)
- August 29: Larry Elgart , American band leader (95)
- August 29: Dmitri Kogan , Russian violinist (38)
- August 30: Skip Prokop , Canadian musician (≈73)
- August 31: Janne Carlsson , Swedish actor and musician (80)
- September
- September 1: Morris Ellis , American trombonist and band leader (88)
- September 1: Novella Nelson , American actress and singer (77)
- September 2: Halim El-Dabh , American composer and musicologist (96)
- September 2: Murray Lerner , American music documentary filmmaker (90)
- September 3: Walter Becker , American rock musician (67)
- September 3: Dave Hlubek , American rock musician (66)
- September 3: Franz Xaver Meyer , Austrian musician (84)
- September 4: Dieter Rumstig , German guitarist and music dramaturge (89)
- September 5: Leo Cuypers , Dutch jazz pianist and composer (69)
- September 5th: Holger Czukay , German bassist (79)
- September 5: Rick Stevens , American musician (77)
- September 6: Derek Bourgeois , British composer (75)
- September 7: John Maxwell Geddes , British composer (76)
- September 7: John Jack , British record producer and promoter (84)
- September 8: Troy Gentry , American country musician (50)
- September 8th: Andy Manndorff , Austrian jazz guitarist (60)
- September 8: Don Williams , American country musician (78)
- September 9: Tex Lecor , Canadian singer-songwriter and presenter (84)
- September 11: Buitraguito , Colombian singer (88)
- September 12: Frank Capp , American jazz drummer and band leader (86)
- September 12: Siegfried Köhler , German conductor and composer (94)
- September 12: Sarah McLawler , American singer (91)
- September 12th: Riem de Wolff , Dutch musician (74)
- September 14: Börje Forsberg , Swedish label owner (73)
- September 14: Grant Hart , American musician and singer-songwriter (56)
- September 14: Wolfgang Michels , German musician and singer-songwriter (66)
- September 14: Ángel Luis Torruellas , Puerto Rican singer (79)
- September 15th: Jean Aussanaire , French jazz musician (56)
- September 15: Peter Tschernig , German musician (72)
- September 16: Jacky Micaelli , French singer (62)
- September 17th: Richard "Rick" Centalonza , American woodwind (71)
- September 17th: Laudir de Oliveira , Brazilian percussionist and music producer (77)
- September 18: Mark Otis Selby , American musician (56)
- September 19: Peter Barcaba , Austrian composer (69)
- September 19: Rainer Roscher , German choir director and organist (92)
- September 19: Johnny Sandlin , American record producer (72)
- September 21: Heinrich Hamm , German organist and choir director (83)
- September 22nd: Mike Carr , British jazz pianist and organist (79)
- September 22nd: Eric Eycke , American singer (55)
- September 23: Charles Bradley American soul singer 68 [97]
- September 23: Edward Garden , British musicologist (87)
- September 25: Jackie Flavelle , British bassist (78)
- September 25: Folke Rabe , Swedish composer and musician (81)
- September 27: Joy Fleming , German singer (72)
- September 28: Donald Mitchell , British musicologist and critic (92)
- September 29: Célia , Brazilian singer (70)
- September 29: Gustl Lütjens , German rock musician (65)
- September 30th: Tom Paley , American folk musician (89)
- September 30: Kike Paz , Peruvian singer (56)
October to December
- October
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- October 1: Hartmut Grimm , German musicologist (64)
- October 1: Joe Hanchrow , American jazz musician (82)
- October 2: Klaus Huber , Swiss composer (92)
- October 2: Tom Petty , American musician (66)
- October 2: János Sólyom , Hungarian-Swedish pianist, composer and conductor (78)
- October 3: Rainer Hänsel , German concert and tour organizer and producer (63)
- October 3: Patrick "Petz" Hartert , Luxembourg musician (53)
- October 3: Sérgio Sá , Brazilian singer and composer (64)
- October 4: Jerry Ross , American songwriter and producer (84)
- October 6: Thelma Anderson , US concert organizer (89)
- October 6: Lou Gare , British jazz and improvisation musician (78)
- October 6: Richard Trimborn , German musician (85)
- October 7: Jimmy Beaumont , American singer (76)
- October 8: Coriún Aharonián , Uruguayan composer and musician (77)
- October 8: Grady Tate , American jazz musician (85)
- October 11: Akron , Swiss artist, musician, author, astrologer and occultist (69)
- October 12: Andy McGhee , American jazz musician, author, and professor (89)
- October 14: Richard Adam , Czech singer (86)
- October 14: Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock , German multi-instrumentalist and composer (66)
- October 16: Gottfried Böttger , German pianist (67)
- October 17th: Gord Downie , Canadian rock musician (53)
- October 18: Eamonn Campbell , Irish folk musician (70)
- October 18: Phil Miller , British rock jazz guitarist (68)
- October 20: Toni Edelmann , Finnish musician and composer (71)
- October 22: George Young , Australian rock musician (70)
- October 22: Martin Eric Ain , Swiss musician (50)
- October 22: Atle Hammer , Norwegian jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player (85)
- October 22: Scott Putesky , American musician (49)
- October 24: Carlos Moreán , Venezuelan pop singer, composer and orchestra leader (70)
- October 24: Girija Devi , Indian singer (88)
- October 24: Fats Domino , American singer (89)
- October 25: John Manduell , British composer, music educator and festival director (89)
- October 26: Liviu Dănceanu , Romanian composer (63)
- October 27: Dick Noel , American singer (90)
- October 28: Al Oster , Canadian musician (92)
- October 28: Waltraut Schulz , German musician (87)
- October 29: Muhal Richard Abrams , American jazz musician (87)
- October 29: Raúl García Zárate , Peruvian guitarist (85)
- October 29: Frank Holder , Guiana jazz musician (92)
- October 30: Lajos Som , Hungarian musician (70)
- October 30: Daniel Viglietti , Uruguayan singer, composer, guitarist and political activist (78)
- October 31: Papi Oviedo , Cuban Tres player (79)
- November
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- November 2: María Martha Serra Lima , Argentine singer (72)
- November 3rd: Roger Blàvia , Spanish percussionist and drummer (54)
- November 3: Václav Riedlbauch , Czech composer and politician (70)
- November 4: Dudley Simpson , Australian composer and conductor (95)
- November 5: Robert Knight , American singer (72)
- November 6th: Franziska Reppe , German pop singer (30)
- November 7: Karel Štědrý , Czech singer, actor and presenter (80)
- November 7th: Paul Buckmaster , British musician, composer and arranger (71)
- November 7th: Wendell Eugene , American jazz trombonist (94)
- November 8: Eva Kyselka , German singer (62)
- November 8: Phyllis Young , American cellist and music teacher (92)
- November 9: Fred Cole , American singer and guitarist (69)
- November 9: Chuck Mosley , American singer (57)
- November 9th: Hans Vermeulen , Dutch singer and minstrel (70)
- November 11th: Chiquito de la Calzada , Spanish humorist, flamenco singer and actor (85)
- November 11: Bobby Matos , American percussionist (76)
- November 11: Will Moreau Goins , American activist, writer and singer (56)
- November 12th: Michel Chapuis , French organist (87)
- November 13: Helen Borgers , American broadcaster (60)
- November 13: Eric Salzman , American composer (84)
- November 15: Luis Bacalov , Argentine film composer (84)
- November 15: Lil Peep , American rapper (21)
- November 15: Alfredo Radoszynski , Argentine music producer and label owner (91)
- November 16: José Andrés "Blanquito Man" Blanco , Venezuelan singer (42)
- November 16: Wabi Daněk , Czech folk and country musician (70)
- November 16: Ewald Liska , German physicist and musician (79)
- November 17: Boulo Valcourt , Haitian guitarist, singer, composer and arranger (71)
- November 18: Ben Riley , American jazz drummer (84)
- November 18: Malcolm Young , Australian musician (64)
- November 19: John Alexander , American jazz musician (69)
- November 19: Charles Manson , American cult leader, folk musician and criminal (83)
- November 19: Della Reese , American actress and singer (86)
- November 19: Mel Tillis , American musician (85)
- November 21: David Cassidy , American actor and singer (67)
- November 21: Wayne Cochran , American soul singer (78)
- November 22nd: Dmitri Hvorostovsky , Russian opera singer (55)
- November 22: George Avakian , American record producer (98)
- November 22: Roberto Chiabra , Costa Rican music journalist and radio presenter (55)
- November 22: John Coates Jr. , American jazz pianist (79)
- November 22: Jon Hendricks , American jazz singer (96)
- November 23: Henner Leyhe , German singer (70)
- November 23: Tito Lívio , Brazilian singer and composer (60)
- November 23: Carol Neblett , American soprano (71)
- November 26: Oscar Alem , Argentine musician and composer (76)
- November 26th: Wolfgang Zamastil , Austrian cellist and composer (36)
- November 27: Robert Popwell , American guitarist (66)
- November 27: Bernd Simon , German musician and voice actor (71)
- November 28: Magín Díaz , Colombian singer and composer (94)
- November 28: Willy Gesell , German opera singer (91)
- November 29: Charles Duvelle , French ethnomusicologist (80)
- November 30: Jim Nabors , American actor, singer and comedian (87)
- November 30th: Zé Pedro , Portuguese rock guitarist (61)
- November 30th: Werner Stückmann , German opera singer (81)
- November 30th: Paul Würges , German guitarist and singer (85)
- December
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- December 1: Mario Escalera , American jazz musician (77)
- December 1: Nora Mank , German ballet dancer (82)
- December 1st: Alice Maria , Portuguese Fado singer (85)
- December 1: Jeter Thompson , American jazz musician (87)
- December 2: William Blankenship , American tenor (89)
- December 2: Mundell Lowe , American jazz musician (95)
- December 4th: Carles Santos Ventura , Spanish composer and artist (77)
- December 5: Johnny Hallyday , French singer, songwriter and actor (74)
- December 7th: Sunny Murray , American jazz drummer (81)
- December 7th: Billy Wallace , American jazz pianist (88)
- December 8: Vincent Nguini , Cameroonian guitarist (65)
- December 8th: Erich Schulze , former General Director of GEMA (104)
- December 8: Kuno Areng , Estonian choir director (88)
- December 9: Leon Rhodes , American country musician (85)
- December 9th: Roykey , Dutch reggae guitarist (62)
- December 10: Eva Todor , Hungarian-Brazilian actress (98)
- December 11: Bruce Rankin , British opera singer (65)
- December 12: Pat DiNizio , American musician (62)
- December 13: Bill Carney , American musician (92)
- December 13: Warrel Dane , American musician (56)
- December 13: Willie Pickens , American jazz pianist (86)
- December 15th: John Critchinson , British jazz pianist (82)
- December 16: Ralph Carney , American saxophonist, clarinetist and composer (61)
- December 16: Juli Fábián , Hungarian singer (37)
- December 16: Keely Smith , American singer (89)
- December 16: Z'EV , American musician and poet (66)
- December 16: Ralph Carney , American saxophonist, clarinetist and composer (61)
- December 17th: Harold Cardwell , American jazz musician (77)
- December 17th: Ernst Kochsiek , German master piano and harpsichord builder (82)
- December 17: Kevin Mahogany , American jazz singer (59)
- December 18: Uwe Faerber , German musicologist (93)
- December 18: Jonghyun , South Korean musician (27)
- December 18: Werner Hoppstock , German pianist (90)
- December 18: Stephan Simeon , Swiss composer and choir director (90)
- December 19: Manuel Moneo , Spanish flamenco singer (~ 68)
- December 20: Elliott Antokoletz , American musicologist (75)
- December 21: Lisa Berg , Luxembourg cellist and composer (39)
- December 21: Dominic Frontiere , American composer (86)
- December 21: Wolfgang Ludewig , German composer and radio author (91)
- December 22nd: Pam Warren , American DJane (51)
- December 23: Kurt Schulzke , German painter, musician and author (67)
- December 24th: Friedbert Streller , German musicologist (86)
- December 26: Wladimir Schainski , Soviet or Russian composer (92)
- December 28: Melton Mustafa , American jazz musician (70)
- December 29th: Colin Tench , British guitarist (63)
- December 30th: Hanery Amman , Swiss musician (65)
- December 30th: Bernd Spier , German pop singer (73)
- December 31: Maurice Peress , American conductor (87)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b annual music charts: Helene Fischer and Ed Sheeran prevail. Officialcharts.de, December 29, 2017, accessed December 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Despacito breaks Swiss chart record
- ↑ Biggest climber at hitparade.ch
- ↑ Ed Sheeran scores biggest comeback since Adele, smashing TWO Official Chart records. The Official UK Charts Company , January 13, 2017, accessed January 16, 2017 .
- ^ The Longest-Leading Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s
- ↑ Global Music Report 2018: Annual State of the Industry . IFPI , 2018, p. 9 ( ifpi.org [PDF]).
- ↑ search query. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , accessed November 2, 2017 .
- ↑ The Album of the Year 2017. Metal-hammer.de , December 22, 2017, accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Connor Sephton: Manchester Arena explosion: What we know so far. In: news.sky.com. May 23, 2027, accessed May 23, 2017 .
- ↑ Rock am Ring: it continues on Saturday - without Rammstein. In: Metal Hammer , June 3, 2017, accessed June 3, 2017