2011 in music

Specific locations

• 2011 in American music
• 2011 in British music
• 2011 in Canadian music
• 2011 in European music
• 2011 in Irish music
• 2011 in Japanese music
• 2011 in Norwegian music
• 2011 in South Korean music
• 2011 in Swedish music

  Specific genres

• 2011 in classical music
• 2011 in country music
• 2011 in heavy metal music
• 2011 in hip hop music
• 2011 in jazz
• 2011 in Latin music
• 2011 in opera
• 2011 in rock music

  Albums released

Deaths

• 29 – Milton Babbitt, American jazz composer, music theorist, and teacher.

• 3 – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, Norwegian pianist and musicologist.
• 14 – George Shearing, British jazz pianist.
• 22 – Beau Dollar, American soul-R&B singer and drummer

• 10 – Børt-Erik Thoresen, Norwegian television host and folk singer.
• 22 – Eyvind Solås, Norwegian musician, composer, actor, and program host.
• 24 – Dag Stokke, Norwegian keyboardist in the band TNT, church organist and mastering engineer.
• 26 – Phoebe Snow, American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

• 15 – Bob Flanigan, American jazz tenor vocalist and founding member of The Four Freshmen.
• 31 – Sølvi Wang, Norwegian singer and actress.

• 23 – Amy Winehouse, English rock, soul and jazz singer, and songwriter.
• 24 – Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist.
• 26 – Frank Foster, American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer.

• 4 – Hilde Heltberg, singer songwriter.
• 7 – Eddie Marshall, American drummer.
• 19 – Johnny Răducanu, Romanian pianist.

• 8 – Roger Williams, American pianist.

• 19 – Russell Garcia, American composer and music arranger.
• 22 – Paul Motian, American guitarist.

• 2 – Bill Tapia, American guitarist.
• 17 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer.