Music year 2018
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This article covers the music year 2018 .
The most commercially successful artist in Germany is Helene Fischer for the fifth time . As in the previous year, Ed Sheeran is also internationally successful .
The year 2018 also marked the death of the print media in the music scene. One after the other, the magazines NME , Groove , Intro and, most recently, Spex discontinued their publication in magazine form.
Music charts
Germany
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- Helene Fischer is at the top of the annual charts for the fifth time (after 2013 , 2014 , 2015 and 2017 ). The self-titled album was already number 1 in the annual charts last year.
- With nine weeks at the top of the German single charts, Was du Liebe nennst von Bausa became the most frequently top German-language hip-hop song of all time.
→ For further placements and comments see the list of number one hits in Germany (2018)
Austria
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→ For further placements and comments see the list of number one hits in Austria (2018)
Switzerland
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- With 21 weeks at the top of the chart, song 079 by the Bernese dialect duo Lo & Leduc sets a new all-time record in the Swiss charts. Already in the 11th week it became the most successful Swiss title of all time and probably overtook the previous top runners Grüezi, Ms. Stirnimaa! from the Minstrels and Chihuahua from DJ BoBo .
- With the 20th week at the top, Perfect moved with Despacito from Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee as the longest song at the top in the history of the Swiss hit parade.
→ For further placements and comments see list of number one hits in Switzerland (2018)
United Kingdom
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- Shotgun by George Ezra the official summer hit of the year was
- The album The Greatest Showman was number 1 in the charts for 24 weeks, making it the most successful album since 2000.
- With the soundtrack to the musical film The Greatest Showman , Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper's album A Star Is Born and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again three soundtrack albums are represented in the official year-end charts.
→ For further rankings and comments see list of number one hits in the UK charts (2018)
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- BTS was the first South Korean band to reach # 1 on the US charts with an album ( Love Yourself 轉 'Tear' ).
→ For further placements and notes see list of number one hits in the USA (2018)
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Events
- January 1st: The 78th New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic was conducted by Riccardo Muti . The concert was broadcast in 95 countries.
- March 7th: The venerable British music magazine New Musical Express (NME) discontinued its print edition after 66 years.
- April 12: After Kollegah and Farid Bang received the Echo , a long-lasting debate about anti-Semitism in their texts ensued . Several artists returned their echoes. At the end of the debate came the end of the Echos music award, which was set by the Federal Association of the Music Industry .
- September 9: Under the name We are more , a sign against right-wing violence is set in Chemnitz after the previous riots . Around 65,000 people come to the free concert to protest peacefully. Performing bands and artists include Feine Sahne Fischfilet , KIZ , Marteria , Casper , Kraftklub and Die Toten Hosen
- December 19: In the week before Christmas, the separation of Helene Fischer and Florian Silbereisen dominates the boulevard .
- December 27th: The last issue of the music magazine Spex appears.
- December 31: Last day of broadcast of VIVA Germany .
Music awards and honors
Amadeus Austrian Music Award
- Live act of the year: picture book
- Album of the year: Unheard of solid from Pizzera & Jaus
- Song of the year: Columbo by Wanda
- FM4 Award: Farewell Dear Ghost
Complete list of award winners
Brit Awards
- Artist of the Year: Kendrick Lamar
- Artist of the year: Lorde
- Group of the Year: Foo Fighters
- British Artist of the Year: Stormzy
- British Artist of the Year: Dua Lipa
- British newcomer: Dua Lipa
- British group: Gorillaz
echo
- Artist, national rock / pop artist: Mark Forster , Alice Merton
- Artist, international rock / pop artist: Ed Sheeran , P! Nk
- Band national pop: Milky Chance
- Band national rock: Die Toten Hosen
- International band: Imagine Dragons
- Schlager: Helene Fischer
- Popular music: Santiano
- Hip-Hop / Urban (national): Kollegah & Farid Bang
- Hit of the year (international): Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
- Album of the year (international): Ed Sheeran - ÷
- National newcomer: Wincent Weiss
- International newcomer: Luis Fonsi
Complete list of award winners
Grammy Awards
- Single of the year : 24k Magic by Bruno Mars
- Album of the year : 24k Magic by Bruno Mars
- Song of the year : That's What I Like by Bruno Mars (Authors: Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus, Jonathan Yip)
- Best New Artist : Alessia Cara
Complete list of award winners
MTV Europe Music Awards
- Best pop act: Dua Lipa
- Best rock act: 5 Seconds of Summer
- Best alternative act: Panic! at the disco
- Best electronic act: Marshmello
- Best hip-hop act: Nicki Minaj
- Best artist: Camila Cabello
- Best newcomer: Cardi B
- Best song: Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug - Havana
- Best video: Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug - Havana
Complete list of award winners
MTV Video Music Awards
- Video of the Year: Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug - Havana
- Artist of the Year: Camila Cabello
- Best New Artist: Cardi B
- Best Pop Video: Ariana Grande - No Tears Left to Cry
- Best Rock Video: Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes
- Best Hip-Hop Video: Nicki Minaj - Chun-Li
Complete list of award winners
German Record Critics' Prize
- Lucile Richardot , Ensemble Correspondances , Sebastien Dauce : Perpetual Night. 17th Century Ayres and Songs
- Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky : Queen of Spades (Director: Stefan Herheim )
- Anita Rachvelishvili : Anita Rachvelishvili sings arias
- Christian Tetzlaff : Johann Sebastian Bach : Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo (2CD)
- Franui : serenading things
- Shannon Shaw : Shannon in Nashville
- Janelle Monáe : Dirty Computer
- Runrig : Rarities Limited - Collectors Box (6CD)
- Saz'iso : At Least Wave Your Handkerchief At Me
- Thomas Bernhard : Urban abuse (read by Peter Simonischek and Michael König )
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recordings
- Bon Jovi
- The Cars
- Dire Straits
- The Moody Blues
- Nina Simone
- Award for Early Influence: Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Further music prizes and awards
- Billboard Music Award : Ed Sheeran
- Golden Globe : Best film music: Alexandre Desplat - Shape of Water - The whispering of water / Best film song: This Is Me from Greatest Showman , written by Benj Pasek , Justin Paul
- Mercury Music Prize : Wolf Alice - Visions of Life
- Academy Awards : Best Film Music: Alexandre Desplat - Shape of Water - The Whisper of Water / Best Film Song: Remember Me from Coco - More Alive Than Life! , written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
- Protest song contest : Lupine - 1 song against sexism
Music competitions and casting shows
Competitions
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Eurovision Song Contest 2018 : Netta with Toy ( Israel )
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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 : Roksana Węgiel - Anyone I Want To Be ( Poland )
- Sanremo Festival 2018 : Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro with Non mi avete fatto niente
Casting shows
- Germany is looking for the superstar : Marie Wegener ( season 15 )
- The Voice Kids : Anisa Celik (Season 6)
Annual leaderboards
BBC 6 Music
- Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance
- Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo
- Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
- Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
- Low - Double Negative
- Gabe Gurnsey - Physical
- Beak> - >>>
- Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile
- The Orielles - Silver Dollar Moment
- She Drew the Gun - Revolution of the Mind
Eclipsed
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Juice
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Metal hammer
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NME
- The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships
- Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
- Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance
- Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue
- Pusha T - Daytona
- Shame - Songs of Praise
- Kali Uchis - isolation
- Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
- Mitski - Be the Cowboy
- Christine and the Queens - Chris
Pitchfork
- Mitski - Be the Cowboy
- Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
- DJ Koze - Knock Knock
- Robyn - Honey
- Snail Mail - Lush
- Rosalía - El Mal Querer
- Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
- Low - Double Negative
- Tierra Whack - Whack World
- Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love
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Southgerman newspaper
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Uncut
- Low - Double Negative
- Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs
- Ty Segall - Freedom's Goblin
- Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt
- Yo La Tengo - There's a Riot Going On
- Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
- Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg
- Beak> - >>>
- Christine and the Queens - Chris
- Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile
Visions
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Festivals
- 1st - 3rd June: Rock am Ring in Nürburg
- 22.-24. June: Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel
- June 27th to July 1st: 15th Fusion Festival in Lärz
- 5th-7th July: Electric Love Festival in Salzburg
- 13-14 July: Schlagermove in Hamburg
- 13-15 July: Samba Festival Coburg
- 20.-22. July: The festival (open-air music festival) in Karlsruhe
- 20.-22. and 27.-29. July: 12th Tomorrowland in Boom , Belgium
- 27-29. July: 43rd Bardentreffen (open-air music festival) in Nuremberg
- 2-4 August: Wacken Open Air in Wacken
- August 31st - September 2nd: Folklore on the culture island in Neisseaue .
Memorial days
- March 20 : 100th birthday of the German composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann
- March 25 : 100th anniversary of the death of the French composer Claude Debussy
- August 25 : 100th birthday of the American composer Leonard Bernstein
2018 deceased
- January
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- January 1: Robert Mann , American violinist (97)
- January 1: Jon Paul Steuer , American actor and musician (33)
- January 2: Tony Calder , British music manager and producer (74)
- January 2: Rick Hall , American record producer (85)
- January 3: Colin Brumby , Australian composer (84)
- January 3rd: Joe Sydow , German jazz bassist (91)
- January 4th: Ray Thomas , British pop musician (76)
- January 5th: Mikio Fujioka , Japanese metal guitarist (36)
- January 7th: France Gall , French singer (70)
- January 7th: Chris Tsangarides , British music producer (61)
- January 8: Denise LaSalle , American blues, soul and rhythm and blues singer (78)
- January 9th: Joel Alanís , Mexican rock musician (47)
- January 9: Karl Haus , German musicologist (89)
- January 10: Eddie Clarke , British rock guitarist (67)
- January 11: Ricardo Baumgarten , Brazilian bassist (48)
- January 11: Ruy Faria , Brazilian singer and music producer (80)
- January 11: Noemi Lapzeson , Swiss dancer and choreographer (77)
- January 12: Pierre Pincemaille , French composer and organist (61)
- January 13: Otoniel Gonzaga , American opera singer (75)
- January 13: Mestre King , Brazilian choreographer and percussionist (74)
- January 13: Werner Lechte , German church musician (73)
- January 14: François Morel , Canadian musician (91)
- January 14: Marlene VerPlanck , American jazz singer (84)
- January 15: Anshel Brusilow , American conductor (89)
- January 15: Buddhadev Das Gupta , Indian musician (84)
- January 15: Edwin Hawkins , American gospel singer (74)
- January 15th: Dolores O'Riordan , Irish singer (46)
- January 16: Dave Holland , British drummer (69)
- January 16: Madalena Iglésias , Portuguese singer (78)
- January 16: António Pelarigo , Portuguese Fado singer (64)
- January 16: Tony Taño , Cuban composer, trumpeter and orchestra leader (79)
- January 16: Micki Varro , American actress and jazz singer (75)
- January 17th: Christian Burchard , German multi-instrumentalist and composer (71)
- January 17th: Augusto Polo Campos , Peruvian composer (85)
- January 18: Michael Barakowski , German singer (63)
- January 20: Terry Evans , American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter (80)
- January 20: Jim Rodford , British musician (76)
- January 22: Shorty Castro , Puerto Rican comedian, actor and musician (89)
- January 23: Jesús Glück Sarasi , Spanish musician and composer (76)
- January 23: Hugh Masekela , South African jazz musician (78)
- January 23: Lari White , American country singer (52)
- January 24th: Mark E. Smith , British punk singer (60)
- January 25: Tommy Banks , Canadian jazz musician and politician (81)
- January 25: John Morris , American film composer (91)
- January 26: Buzz Clifford , American singer (75)
- January 26: Igor Zhukov , Russian pianist and conductor (81)
- January 28: Coco Schumann , German jazz musician (93)
- January 29th: Eddie Shaw , American blues and jazz musician (80)
- January 30th: Mark Salling , American actor and singer (35)
- January 31: Leah LaBelle , American singer (31)
- February
- February 1: Dennis Edwards , American soul and rhythm and blues singer, lead singer of the group The Temptations (74)
- February 1: Ruth Ann Koesun , American dancer and actress (89)
- February 3: Leon Ndugu Chancler , S-American jazz musician (65)
- February 5: Arnold Maury , German composer and writer (90)
- February 5: Zeno Roth , German musician (61)
- February 6: Fedora Alemán , Venezuelan singer (105)
- February 7: Mickey Jones , American musician and actor (76)
- February 7: Pat Torpey , American musician (64)
- February 8: Lovebug Starski , American hip-hop DJ (57)
- February 9: Jóhann Jóhannsson , Icelandic film composer (48)
- February 9: Alain Rellay , French jazz musician (81)
- February 9: Wesla Whitfield , American jazz singer (70)
- February 10: Niltinho Tristeza , Brazilian singer and composer (79)
- February 11: Vic Damone , American singer and actor (89)
- February 11: Günter Gruschwitz , German church musician and composer (89)
- February 11: Tom Rapp , American singer and songwriter (70)
- February 12: László Melis , Hungarian violinist and composer (64)
- February 12: Daryle Singletary , American country singer (46)
- February 13: Adelbert von Deyen , German musician and painter (64)
- February 13: Nini Theilade , Danish ballet dancer, choreographer and actress (102)
- February 13: John A. Tynan , American music critic and editor (90) [216]
- February 13: Uwe Werner , German jazz musician (62)
- February 15: DJ Smoove , German hip-hop DJ and music producer (37)
- February 16: Barbara Ann Alston , American singer (74)
- February 16: Little Sammy Davis , American blues musician (89)
- February 16: Heli Lääts , Estonian mezzo-soprano (85)
- February 18: Didier Lockwood , French jazz musician (62)
- February 18: Heiner Stadler , German-American jazz musician, composer and producer (75)
- February 23: Eddy Amoo , British singer (74)
- February 23: Max Haas , Swiss musicologist (75)
- February 24: Johnny Hot , Belgian jazz pianist (85)
- February 25: Joseph Vella , Maltese composer and conductor (76)
- February 26: Juan Hidalgo , Spanish musician, poet, action and visual artist (90)
- February 26th: Thomas Pernes , Austrian composer (62)
- February 27: Hartmut Bauer , German opera singer (79)
- February 27: Gio Batta Morassi , Italian violin maker (83)
- February 27: Fabiano Penna , Brazilian rock guitarist (42)
- February 28: Harvey Schmidt , American composer (88)
- March
- March 3: Kenneth Gärdestad , Swedish musician and songwriter (69)
- March 5: Kjerstin Dellert , Swedish opera singer (92)
- March 5: Ulla Norden , German pop singer and radio presenter (77)
- March 6: Mayra Mayra , Puerto Rican singer (54)
- March 7th: Jerzy Milian , Polish vibraphonist and composer (82)
- March 7th: Antonia "La Negra" Rodríguez Moreno , Spanish flamenco singer and dancer (82)
- March 10: Carol McLaughlin , American harpist, university teacher and music organizer (65)
- March 11: Alba Arnova , Italian ballerina and film actress (87)
- March 12: Joseph Röösli , Swiss church musician (82)
- March 12: Craig Mack , American rapper (47)
- March 13: Walter Eichenberg , German musician and composer (95)
- March 13: Olly Wilson , American composer, bassist and musicologist (80)
- March 13: Jimmy Wisner , American pianist (86)
- March 14: Liam O'Flynn , Irish musician (72)
- March 16: Otomar Kvěch , Czech composer and music teacher (67)
- March 16: Buell Neidlinger , American bassist and cellist (82)
- March 16: Eduardo Ramos , Cuban musician (71)
- March 18: José Enrique Ayarra , Spanish organist and priest (80)
- March 18: Hans-Jörg Böckeler , German composer (73)
- March 20: Kak Channthy , Cambodian singer (38)
- March 20: Paul Cram , Canadian jazz musician (65)
- March 22nd: Carlos Eduardo Miranda , Brazilian music producer (56)
- March 24: Rim Banna , Palestinian singer, composer and activist (51)
- March 24th: Lys Assia , Swiss pop singer (94)
- March 25: Don Heitler , American jazz musician (81)
- March 25: Seo Minwoo , South Korean pop singer (33)
- March 25: Jerry Williams , Swedish singer (75)
- March 26: Messiah Hollanda , Brazilian singer and composer (76)
- March 26: Nikolai Kaufman , Bulgarian ethnomusicologist and composer (92)
- March 26: Christian Minkowitsch , Austrian composer (55)
- March 27: Robert Willoughby , American flautist (96)
- March 30: Alias , American rapper (41)
- March 30: Sabahudin Kurt , Yugoslav singer (82)
- March 31: Laura Irene Mendoza Suasti , Ecuadorian singer (94)
- April
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- April 1: Kazimierz Gierżod , Polish pianist and music teacher (81)
- April 1: Michiko Hirayama , Japanese singer (94)
- April 1: Audrey Morris , American jazz musician (89)
- April 1st: André Rodrigues , Brazilian bassist (50)
- April 2: Daso , German music producer (37)
- April 2: Janka Nabay , Sierra Leonean singer, composer and band leader (54)
- April 3: Lill-Babs , Swedish pop singer (80)
- April 3: Robert Stehli , Swiss conductor (88)
- April 3: Johan Stollz , Belgian singer (88)
- April 4: Don Cherry , American musician and golfer (94)
- April 4th: Jeff Louna , Congolese guitarist (69)
- April 5: Wolfgang Strauss , German composer (90)
- April 5: Cecil Taylor , American jazz pianist (89)
- April 6: Jacques Higelin , French singer and actor (77)
- April 6: Laura Lee Perkins , American musician (78)
- April 8: Nathan Davis , American jazz musician (81)
- April 9: Nira Guerreira , Brazilian singer (56)
- April 9: Jürgen Hermann , German musician (90)
- April 9: Timmy Matley , British musician (36)
- April 10: Yvonne Staples , American gospel singer (80)
- April 12: Deborah Coleman , American blues guitarist and singer (61)
- April 12th: Gyula Babos , Hungarian guitarist (68)
- April 12: Irwin Gage , American pianist and accompanist (78)
- April 13: Rolf Budde , German music publisher (61)
- April 13: Zbigniew Bujarski , Polish composer (84)
- April 13: Walter Fink , German patron (87)
- April 14: Pavlina Apostolova , Yugoslav opera singer (90)
- April 14: Jean-Claude Malgoire , French oboist and conductor (77)
- April 14: Modesto Pastor Cueva , Peruvian guitarist (87)
- April 14th: Stan Reynolds , British jazz musician (92)
- April 14th: Milan Škampa , Czech violist (89)
- April 15: Willibald Bezler , German composer and church musician (75)
- April 15: Boki Milošević , Yugoslav clarinetist (86)
- April 15: Lysanne Thibodeau , Canadian film director and musician (58)
- April 16: Günter Högner , Austrian musician (74)
- April 16: Dona Ivone Lara , Brazilian singer and composer (97)
- April 17th: Peter Guidi , British-Italian jazz musician (68)
- April 17th: Tom McBride , Irish musician (81)
- April 17: Randy Scruggs , American musician, producer, and songwriter (64)
- April 18: Fritz Köll , German wind musician and composer (90)
- April 18: Ralph Martin , American jazz pianist (91)
- April 20: Avicii , Swedish DJ (28)
- April 20: Dick Hughes , Australian jazz pianist, journalist and broadcaster (86)
- April 20: Paul Togawa , American jazz musician (85)
- April 21: Guggi Löwinger , Austrian singer, actress and dancer (79) *
- April 21: Huguette Tourangeau , Canadian opera singer (79)
- April 22nd: Charlie Rice , American jazz musician (98)
- April 23: Bob Dorough , American musician and composer (94)
- April 23: Renzo "Teflón" Guridi , Uruguayan rock singer and bassist (55)
- April 23: Arthur B. Rubinstein , American composer (80)
- April 23: Art Simmons , American jazz pianist (92)
- April 24: Scott Hill , American jazz trombonist (70)
- April 24th: Dōji Morita , Japanese musician (66)
- April 25: Holger Biege , German composer and singer (65)
- April 25: Habib Faye , Senegalese multi-instrumentalist, composer and music producer (52)
- April 26: Charles Neville , American saxophonist (79)
- April 27: Donald Keats , American composer (88)
- April 27: Maýa Kulyýewa , Soviet or Turkmen opera singer (97)
- April 27: Gildo Mahones , American jazz pianist (88)
- April 28: Larry Harvey , American festival founder (70)
- April 28: Brooks Kerr , American pianist (66)
- April 30th: Rose Laurens , French pop singer (65)
- May
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- May 1st: Max Berrú , Ecuadorian-Chilean singer and percussionist (75)
- May 1st: Harald Renner , Austrian rapper and drummer (51)
- May 1: Jabo Starks , American drummer (79)
- May 1st: Wanda Wiłkomirska , Polish violinist (89)
- May 2nd: Tony Cucchiara , Italian songwriter and singer (80)
- May 2: Herman Krebbers , Dutch violinist and violin teacher (94)
- May 2nd: Ekkehard Simon , German organ builder (82)
- May 3: Lukas Burckhardt , Swiss lawyer, politician and jazz musician (93)
- May 4th: Gérard Hourbette , French musician and composer (64)
- May 4th: Abi Ofarim , Israeli singer (80)
- May 4: Tony Pringle , British-American jazz musician (81)
- May 4th: Philip Tabane , South African guitarist (84)
- May 7: Søren Hyldgaard , Danish composer (55)
- May 7: Maurane , Belgian singer (57)
- May 7: Roman Toi , Estonian composer (101)
- May 8: Lara Saint Paul , Italian singer (73)
- May 8: Jonathan Sternberg , American conductor and music teacher (98)
- May 11th: Michail Alperin , Soviet or Norwegian jazz pianist (61)
- May 13: Glenn Branca , American avant-garde composer and guitarist (69)
- May 12: Harry Spencer , American jazz saxophonist and teacher (78)
- May 13: Karl-Ernst Herrmann , German set designer and opera director (81)
- May 13: Enrique Pastor , Spanish singer (76)
- May 14: Gustavo Márquez , Venezuelan bass player (28)
- May 16: Gualajo , Colombian marimba player (78)
- May 16: Gérard Jouannest , French pianist and composer (85)
- May 16: Chuck Stentz , American jazz musician (81)
- May 17: Jim Crutcher , American jazz musician (83)
- May 17: Rainer Dimmler , German composer, musician and poet (67)
- May 17th: Jürgen Marcus , German pop singer (69)
- May 17th: Björn Mertz , German drummer (24)
- May 18: Detlef Kobjela , Sorbian composer (74)
- May 18: Anthony Cruz , American salsa singer (53)
- May 18: Curt Prina , Swiss jazz and entertainment musician (89)
- May 18: Jack Reilly , American jazz pianist and composer (86)
- May 19: Reggie Lucas , American record producer (65)
- May 19: Hardy Rodenstock , Polish artist manager, music publisher and wine merchant (76)
- May 20: Dieter Schnebel , German composer (88)
- May 21: Jürgen Jürgens , German radio presenter (65)
- May 21: Allyn Ann McLerie , American actress and singer (91)
- May 22nd: Fred Paulus , Belgian singer and journalist (53)
- May 24: Georg Arányi-Aschner , Hungarian-Austrian composer (95)
- May 24th: Kassé Mady Diabaté , Malian singer (69)
- May 25: Piet Kee , Dutch organist and composer (90)
- May 27: Remy Filipovitch , Lithuanian jazz musician (72)
- May 27: Stewart Lupton , American singer (43)
- May 28: Ali Haurand , German jazz musician, television presenter and music producer (74)
- May 28: Evio di Marzo , Venezuelan musician and composer (64)
- May 28: Maria Mucke , German singer and actress (98)
- May 28: Hanns-Martin Schneidt , German conductor (87)
- May 29: Rosa Briceño Ortiz , Venezuelan conductor and pianist (61)
- June
- June 1: Eddy Clearwater , American blues musician (83)
- June 1st: Joseíto Mateo , Dominican merengue singer (98)
- June 1: Sinan Sakić , Serbian turbo folk singer (61)
- June 2nd: Robert Brylewski , Polish rock musician (57)
- June 3: Clarence Fountain , American gospel singer (88)
- June 4: Norman Edge , American jazz musician (84)
- June 4: Jalal Mansur Nuriddin , American rapper, poet and musician (73)
- June 5: Peter Becker , German music teacher (84)
- June 5th: Brian Browne , Canadian jazz pianist (81)
- June 5: Stanisław Moryto , Polish organist, composer and university rector (71)
- June 6: Carl August Bünte , German conductor (92)
- June 6: Teddy Johnson , British singer (98)
- June 6: Ralph Santolla , American guitarist (48)
- June 7th: Irina Lein-Edelstein , Russian-German pianist (74)
- June 7: Ralf Petersen , German composer (80)
- June 7th: Stefan Weber , Austrian musician (71)
- June 8th: Danny Kirwan , British guitarist (68)
- June 8: Jackson Odell , American actor and musician (20)
- June 9: Lorraine Gordon , American jazz club owner (95)
- June 11th: Yvette Horner , French accordionist (95)
- June 12: Wayne Dockery , American jazz musician (76)
- June 12: Bonaldo Giaiotti , Italian opera singer (85)
- June 12: Nikolaus Wiplinger , Austrian pianist (80)
- June 13: DJ Fontana , American drummer (87)
- June 15: Enoch zu Guttenberg , German conductor (71)
- June 15: Matt Murphy , American blues musician (88)
- June 16: Hartmut Hein , German singer, pianist, composer and music teacher (81)
- June 16: Gennady Roshdestvensky , Soviet or Russian conductor (87)
- June 17th: Charles Hoag , American composer and double bass player (86)
- June 17th: Juba Lion , Jamaican reggae singer (58)
- June 17: Rebecca Parris , American jazz singer (66)
- June 18: Barry McDaniel , American opera singer (87)
- June 18: XXXTentacion , American rapper (20)
- June 19: Lowrell Simon , American soul singer and songwriter (75)
- June 20: Jake Raymond , American metal singer (40)
- June 22nd: Geoffrey Oryema , Ugandan musician (65)
- June 22nd: Vinnie Paul , American drummer (54)
- June 24th: Xiomara Alfaro , Cuban singer (88)
- June 26: Big Bill Bissonnette , American jazz musician (81)
- June 27: Joe Jackson , American music manager (89)
- June 27: Steve Soto , American bassist (54)
- June 28th: Stefan Pettersson , Swedish metal singer (≈46)
- June 29th: Liliane Montevecchi , French actress and dancer (85)
- June 29: Franz Beyer , German violist, university professor and editor (96)
- June 30th: Smoke Dawg , Canadian rapper (21)
- July
- July 2: Henry Butler , American jazz and blues pianist (68)
- July 2nd: Alan Longmuir , British guitarist (70)
- July 2: Daniel Sais , Argentinian rock musician and record producer (55)
- July 2nd: Bill Watrous , American jazz trombonist (79)
- July 3: Karin Eckhold , German actress, opera singer, radio play and voice actor (80)
- July 3: Richard Swift , American musician (41)
- July 4th: Ricardo Camacho , Portuguese musician and doctor (64)
- July 4th: Richard "Dick" E. Voigt , American jazz pianist (82)
- July 5: Heinrich Gattermeyer , Austrian composer (94)
- July 5th: Joop de Roo , Dutch music producer (88)
- July 6: Vlatko Ilievski , Macedonian singer and TV presenter (33)
- July 6: Richard Ring , Canadian jazz guitarist (80)
- July 7th: Bret Hoffmann , American metal singer (51)
- July 8: Tab Hunter , American Actor and Singer (86)
- July 8: Oliver Knussen , British composer and conductor (66)
- July 8: Hubert Wißkirchen , German music teacher (83)
- July 9: Suzanne Couch , Jamaican musician (56)
- July 10: Les Lieber , American jazz saxophonist and music organizer (106)
- July 13th: Ponty Bone , American accordionist (78)
- July 13: Jocelyn Vollmar , American ballerina (92)
- July 14: Sobrinho , Brazilian samba singer (67)
- July 16: Ariel Ferrari , Argentine singer (70)
- July 17th: Bullumba Landestoy , Dominican pianist and composer (93)
- July 17th: Rudy Merino , American jazz drummer (80)
- July 17: Gary Beach , American musical actor and Tony Award winner (70)
- July 18: Adrian Cronauer , American radio DJ and lawyer (79)
- July 18: Wolfgang Hufschmidt , German composer (84)
- July 20: Hans Michael Koch , German guitarist and lutenist (71)
- July 21: Paulo Cardoso , Brazilian jazz musician (64)
- July 21: Alice Oelke , German opera singer (97)
- July 23: Glenn Davis , American jazz musician (78)
- July 23: Carl Gregor Herzog zu Mecklenburg , German music and art scholar (85)
- July 23: Douglas Grindstaff , American sound designer (87)
- July 25: Glen Roven , American composer and conductor (60)
- July 25: Patrick Williams , American film composer (79)
- July 27: Kim Dong Yoon , Korean rapper (20)
- July 27: Dewey Johnson , American jazz trumpeter (78)
- July 27: Michael Tryanowski , German street musician (98)
- July 27: Mark W. Shelton , American rock guitarist (60)
- July 28: Olga Jackowska , Polish singer and songwriter (67)
- July 29: Oliver Dragojević , Yugoslav or Croatian musician (70)
- July 29: Emaflow , Argentinian rapper (29)
- July 29th: Tomasz Stańko , Polish jazz musician (76)
- July 30: Xəyyam Mirzəzadə , Azerbaijani composer (82)
- July 31: Eddie Baker , American jazz pianist (90)
- July 31: Bobby Haynes , American jazz and R&B musician (83)
- August
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- August 1: Paul Broadnax , American jazz musician (92)
- August 1: Rick Genest , Canadian model and performance artist (32)
- August 1st: Celeste Rodrigues , Portuguese fado singer (95)
- August 2: Christoph Ludszuweit , German journalist, author, literature and music promoter (63/64)
- August 3: Tommy Peoples , Irish musician (70)
- August 4th: Anar Nagilbaz , Azerbaijani rapper (44)
- August 5: Stanley Glasser , South African composer and ethnomusicologist (92)
- August 5th: Alfred Hertel , Austrian oboist (83)
- 5th August: Ángel "Torito" Muñoz Alpaca , Peruvian Charango player (89)
- August 6: Zygmunt Apostoł , Polish actor and musician (87)
- August 7: Étienne Chicot , French actor and composer (69)
- August 7: Gerald Adams , American jazz musician (91)
- August 7th: Carlos Almenar Otero , Venezuelan singer (92)
- August 9: Erika Blumberger , German singer and actress (95)
- August 10: Ken Pickering , Canadian music and festival organizer (66)
- August 11: Egon Denu , German jazz trumpeter and trombonist (≈86)
- August 12: Miriam Nelson , American choreographer (98)
- August 13: Paco Martín , Spanish world music and jazz festival director (61)
- August 14: Jill Janus , American singer (43)
- August 14: Randy Rampage , Canadian musician (58)
- August 14: Alberto Tosca , Cuban singer, composer and guitarist (63)
- August 16: Aretha Franklin , American singer (76)
- August 16: Count Prince Miller , British singer and actor (84)
- August 17: Cayito Aponte , Venezuelan comedian, singer and actor (80)
- August 17th: Claudio Lolli , Italian songwriter (68)
- August 18: Jack Costanzo , American percussionist (98)
- August 18: Didier Datcharry , French jazz pianist (60)
- August 18: Heino Schubert , German composer and church musician (90)
- August 19: Khaira Arby , Malian singer (≈59)
- August 21: Spencer P. Jones , New Zealand musician (61)
- August 22nd: Ed King , American musician (68)
- August 22nd: Lazy Lester , American musician (85)
- August 22: Tad Weed , American jazz musician (61)
- August 23: Dieter Thomas Heck , German presenter (80)
- August 23: George Walker , American composer (96)
- August 24: Carlos Denogean , American drummer (30)
- August 24: DJ Ready Red , American hip hop musician (53)
- August 25: Lindsay Kemp , British dancer, mime artist and actor (80)
- August 25: Kyle Pavone , American rock musician (28)
- August 26: Inge Borkh , German opera singer (97)
- August 27: Zé Béttio , Brazilian radio presenter, musician and composer (92)
- August 27: Józef Kossowski , Polish violinist (83)
- August 28: Helmut W. Brossmann , German music and media manager (58)
- August 28: Tony Camillo , American music producer (90)
- August 28: Juanillorro , Spanish flamenco singer (38)
- August 28: Will Márquez Uzcátegui , Venezuelan singer (50)
- August 29th: Elliot Mannette , Trinidadian musical instrument maker (90)
- August 29: Valentin Manochin , Russian dancer, choreographer and actor (77)
- August 29: Robert Stern , American composer (84)
- August 29: Boris Vassemirskiy , Russian conductor (77)
- August 30: Iossif Kobson , Soviet or Russian singer and politician (80)
- August 31: Mauro Borges , Brazilian DJ and music producer (56)
- August 31: Gloria Jean , American singer and actress (92)
- August 31: Keith Vreeland , American jazz pianist and professor (80)
- September
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- September 1st: Kenneth Bowen , British tenor singer (86)
- September 1: Randy Weston , American jazz pianist and composer (92)
- September 2nd: María Teresa Oller Benlloch , Spanish composer and folklorist (98)
- September 2nd: Conway Savage , Australian rock musician (58)
- September 3: Katyna Ranieri , Italian singer and actress (93)
- September 4: Donald Gardner , American soul and jazz musician (87)
- September 4th: Roman Mayboroda , Ukrainian opera singer (75)
- September 4th: Elisa Serna , Spanish singer and composer (75)
- September 5: Richard Bateman , American bassist (50)
- September 6th: Philippe Eidel , French music producer and film music composer (61)
- September 6: Claudio Scimone , Italian conductor (83)
- September 7th: Mac Miller , American rapper (26)
- September 9: Mr. Catra , Brazilian composer, singer and rapper (49)
- September 9: Robert Opratko , Austrian composer (87)
- September 9: Beat Richner , Swiss pediatrician and musician (71)
- September 10: Johnny Strike , American punk musician (70)
- September 11: Amahdu Jah , Sierra Leonean-Swedish drummer, composer and orchestra leader (82)
- September 12: Frank Baum , German musician (82)
- September 12: Erich Kleinschuster , Austrian trombonist and university lecturer (88)
- September 12: Chris Mann , Australian poet, composer and performer (69)
- September 12: Ira Sabin , American publisher and jazz drummer (90)
- September 12: Rachid Taha , Algerian-French singer and composer (59)
- September 14th: Max Bennett , American jazz bassist (90)
- September 14: Fridel Grenz , German church musician and composer (88)
- September 14: Anneke Grönloh , Dutch singer (76)
- September 14th: Sonia von Schrebler , Chilean singer (89)
- September 15: Djamel Allam , Algerian singer (71)
- September 15: James Haar , American musicologist (89)
- September 16: Big Jay McNeely , American saxophonist (91)
- September 18: Piotr Lachert , Polish composer (80)
- September 18: Carmencita Lara , Peruvian singer (91)
- September 19: Buren Bayar , Chinese singer (58)
- September 19: Arthur Mitchell , American dancer (84)
- September 21st: Policarpo Calle Villalba , Colombian-Mexican singer, accordionist and composer
- September 21: José Luis de Delás , Spanish composer and conductor (90)
- September 22nd: Chas Hodges , British musician and singer (74)
- September 23: Al Matthews , American actor and singer (75)
- September 23: Tom Vieth , German blues musician (58)
- September 23: Zipflo Weinrich , Austrian jazz musician (54)
- September 24th: Alfredo Martín Ábalos , Argentine folk singer and percussionist (80)
- September 25: Friedhelm Döhl , German composer and music teacher (82)
- September 26: Tito Madi , Brazilian singer and composer (89)
- September 27: Marty Balin , American rock musician (76)
- September 28: Norman Blagman , American songwriter and producer (92)
- September 29: Angela Maria , Brazilian singer and actress (88)
- September 29th: Otis Rush , American blues musician (84)
- September 30th: Kim Larsen , Danish pop musician (72)
- October
- October 1: Charles Aznavour , Armenian-French chansonnier and actor (94)
- October 1: Caroline Charrière , Swiss composer and conductor (57)
- October 1: Stelvio Cipriani , Italian film composer (81)
- October 1: Ben Daglish , British musician and composer (52)
- October 1: Jerry Gonzalez , American trumpeter, flugelhorn player and percussionist (69)
- October 1: Peggy Sue Gerron , American namesake for a Buddy Holly song (78)
- October 2: Jochen Brauer , German musician (89)
- October 2: Geoff Emerick , British sound engineer and music producer (72)
- October 3: Rudolf Maria Brandl , German ethnomusicologist (75)
- October 3: Manuel Ríos Ruiz , Spanish poet, journalist and flamenco researcher (84)
- October 4th: Hamiet Bluiett , American jazz musician (78)
- October 6: Montserrat Caballé , Spanish opera singer (85)
- October 7th: Moa do Katendê , Brazilian composer, percussionist and Capoeira master (63)
- October 8: Gretchen Serrao , Venezuelan-American singer and model (28)
- October 9: Günter Fischer , German musician (75)
- October 9: Rolf Soja , German composer and producer (71)
- October 10: Theresa Hightower , American singer (64)
- October 12: Takehisa Kosugi , Japanese violinist, composer and installation artist (80)
- October 13: Annapurna Devi , Indian musician (91)
- October 14: Hüseyin Ertunç , Turkish drummer (71)
- October 16: Chuck Wilson , American jazz musician (70)
- October 17: Franklin Ashley , American playwright and musician (76)
- October 17th: Valters Frīdenbergs , Latvian singer (30)
- October 17: Oli Herbert , American musician (44)
- October 19: Roland Wambeck , German General Music Director (92)
- October 20: Jon James McMurray , Canadian rapper and stuntman (34)
- October 20: José Julián Villafranca , Venezuelan poet, dramaturge and musician (86)
- October 23: Karl Hochreither , German organist, conductor and author (84)
- October 24: Wah Wah Watson , American musician (67)
- October 24th: Tony Joe White , American musician (75)
- October 25: Sonny Fortune , American jazz musician (79)
- October 25: Peter Leiner , German trumpeter and university professor (56)
- October 27: Freddie Hart , American country singer (91)
- October 27: Fred Hess , American jazz musician (74)
- October 27: Todd Youth , American guitarist (47)
- October 28: Jimmy Farrar , American musician (68)
- October 28: Richard Gill , Australian conductor (76)
- October 28: Christoph Heckel , German bass player
- October 29th: Young Greatness , American rapper (34)
- October 30th: Hardy Fox , American composer, musician and singer (73)
- October 31: Charles "Chuz" Alfred , American jazz musician (86)
- November
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- November 2: Roy Hargrove , American jazz musician (49)
- November 3: Jörg Ewald Dähler , Swiss conductor, harpsichordist and composer (85)
- November 3rd: Maria Guinot , Portuguese singer (73)
- November 3rd: Walter Hagen-Groll , German choir director (91)
- November 6: John Heward , Canadian jazz musician and artist (84)
- November 6: Hugh McDowell , British musician (65)
- November 7: Allan Evans , American opera singer (77)
- November 7th: Francis Lai , French composer (86)
- November 7th: Uwe Linsdorf , German disco operator (64)
- November 7th: Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin , Irish pianist and composer (67)
- November 8: Robert Shy , American jazz musician (≈79)
- ~ 9. November: Samson Wieland , German rapper (≈27)
- November 9: Eberhard Kreul , German guitar maker (81)
- November 11: Alun Morgan , British jazz critic and author (90)
- November 11: Carl Zytowski , American opera singer (97)
- November 12: Blanche Burton-Lyles , American musician (85)
- November 12: Wolfgang Schlüter , German jazz vibraphonist and percussionist (85)
- November 13th: Lucho Gatica , Chilean singer (90)
- November 13: Hiroaki Katayama , Japanese jazz musician (67)
- November 14: Masahiro Sayama , Japanese jazz musician and film composer (64)
- November 14th: Mario Suárez , Venezuelan singer (92)
- November 15: Kevin Bryan , American jazz musician (53)
- November 15: Roy Clark , American country musician (85)
- November 16: Jörg Bräunig , German cantor and organist (49)
- November 16: Thierry Lalo , French jazz musician, arranger and composer (55)
- November 19: Chris Burroughs , American singer / songwriter
- November 21: Malam Maman Barka , Nigerien musician (59)
- November 21: Devin Lima , American singer (41)
- November 22nd: Imrat Khan , Indian sitar player (83)
- November 22nd: Vera Schlosser , Swiss opera singer (89)
- November 23: María Isabel Murillo , Colombian music theater director and producer (61)
- November 24: Harold Farberman , American conductor and composer (89)
- November 25: Nina Beilina , Russian-American violinist (87)
- November 25: Norio Maeda , Japanese jazz musician and film composer (83)
- November 25: Victor Martens , Canadian tenor and vocal teacher (87)
- November 26th: Mike Zero , German musician (47)
- November 27: Johnny Maddox , American ragtime pianist (91)
- November 28: Waltel Branco , Brazilian composer, multi-instrumentalist and music producer (89)
- November 28: Eddie C. Campbell , American blues musician (79)
- November 28: Jochen Gleichmann , German trumpeter (77)
- November 28: Roger Neumann , American jazz musician (77)
- November 29: Kawasaki Masaru , Japanese composer (94)
- November 29: Ulrich Leyendecker , German composer (72)
- November 30th: Víctor Lara Vásquez , Peruvian composer and accordionist (93)
- December
- December 1: Ken Berry , American actor and dancer (85)
- December 1: Andreas Lonardoni , German film composer and bassist (62)
- December 1: Gisbert Schneider , German organist and church music director (84)
- December 1: Stefanie Tücking , German TV and radio presenter (56)
- December 1: Jody Williams , American blues musician (83)
- December 2nd: Paul Trouble Anderson , British DJ (59)
- December 2nd: Peter Feil , German trombonist (56)
- December 2: Hilli Reschl , Austrian dancer, soubrette and actress (92)
- December 2nd: Perry Robinson , American jazz clarinetist (80)
- December 3: Carl Janelli , American jazz musician (91)
- December 6th: Ace Cannon , American saxophonist (84)
- December 6th: Pete Shelley , British musician (63)
- December 13: Nancy Wilson , American jazz singer (81)
- December 14th: Joe Osborn , American studio musician (81)
- December 15: Sylvia Geszty , Hungarian-German opera singer (84)
- December 15: Albert Loritz , German arranger and composer (65)
- December 15: Arthur Maia , Brazilian musician and composer (56)
- December 15: Johnny Williams , American jazz pianist (89)
- December 17: Hans-Klaus Jungheinrich , German music journalist and author (80)
- December 17: Galt MacDermot , Canadian composer (89) * 17. December: Anca Pop , Romanian singer (34)
- December 17: Juppi Schaefer , German club operator and concert promoter (71)
- December 18: Lino Betancourt Molina , Cuban journalist, radio presenter and musicologist (88)
- December 19: Norman Gimbel , American songwriter (91)
- December 21: Carlos Feller , Argentine opera singer (96)
- December 21: Johannes Goritzki , German cellist and conductor (76)
- December 21: Laya Raki , German dancer, singer and actress (91)
- December 22: Bob Freedman , American musician and arranger (94)
- December 22nd: Josef Seuffert , German priest and hymn poet (92)
- December 23: Schmitto Kling , German jazz violinist and violin maker (72)
- December 24th: Zsuzsa Kun , Hungarian ballet dancer and director (84)
- December 24th: Jaime Torres , Argentinian musician (80)
- December 25th: Kassian Erhart , Austrian sculptor and sound artist (≈70)
- December 25th: Christian Schafrik , German pop singer (76)
- December 26: Theodore Antoniou , Greek conductor and composer (83)
- December 27: Miúcha , Brazilian singer and composer (81)
- December 29: Aldo Parisot , Brazilian-American cellist (100)
- December 29th: "Chugo" Tobar , Ecuadorian singer (74)
- December 30: Larry Austin , American composer, conductor and musicologist (88)
- December 31: Dean Ford , British musician (72)
- December 31: Kató Havas , Hungarian violinist and violin teacher (98)
- December 31: Ray Sawyer , American musician (81)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual charts 2018: Helene Fischer and "In My Mind" clear away; German music continues to be popular. Official charts, December 7, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018 .
- Jump up ↑ K-Pop tops the US album charts for the first time. In: Spiegel Online . May 28, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2018 .
- ↑ orf.at: Muti: “I can't waltz” . Article dated December 29, 2017, accessed December 29, 2017.
- ↑ NME to cease production of its print edition after 66 years. Officialcharts.com, March 7, 2018, accessed December 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Ulrike Nimz, Antonie Rietzschel: "We are more" . In: sueddeutsche.de . September 3, 2018, ISSN 0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed December 12, 2018]).
- ↑ YOUR OFFICIAL ROCK HALL CLASS OF 2018 ROSTER. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , December 11, 2017, accessed January 4, 2018 .
- ↑ a b The best albums of 2018: What the critics said. Officialcharts.com, December 13, 2018, accessed December 28, 2018 .
- ↑ 50 Best Albums. Pitchfork Media , accessed December 28, 2018 .