2012 in music

Specific locations

• 2012 in African music
• 2012 in American music
• 2012 in Asian music
• 2012 in Australian music
• 2012 in British music
• 2012 in Canadian music
• 2012 in Chinese music
• 2012 in European music
• 2012 in French music
• 2012 in German music
• 2012 in Irish music
• 2012 in Japanese music
• 2012 in Norwegian music
• 2012 in South Korean music
• 2012 in Swedish music
• 2012 in Taiwanese music

  Specific genres

• 2012 in alternative music
• 2012 in classical music
• 2012 in country music
• 2012 in heavy metal music
• 2012 in hip hop music
• 2012 in jazz
• 2012 in Latin music
• 2012 in opera
• 2012 in rock music

  Albums released

Deaths

• 3 – Daniel Peil, American rock singer
• 4 – Totti Bergh, Norwegian jazz saxophonist.
• * Ruthilde Boesch, Austrian soprano.
• * John Levy, American jazz upright-bassist.
• 26 – Clare Fischer, American jazz keyboardist, composer, arranger and bandleader.

• 21 – Whitney Houston, American pop/R&B singer.
• 22 – Eivin One Pedersen, Norwegian jazz accordionist and pianist.
• 25 – Red Holloway, American jazz tenor saxophonist.

• 1 – Lucio Dalla, Italian jazz singer, clarinetist and actor.
• 3 – Frank Marocco, American jazz piano-accordionist, arranger and composer.
• 15 – Edvard Hagerup Bull, Norwegian composer.

• 10 – Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese jazz pianist and composer.
• 13 – Trond Bråthen alias "Trondr Nefas", Norwegian singer and guitarist of the black metal band Urgehal
• 14 – Belita Woods, American R&B singer
• 30 – Pete Cosey, American jazz guitarist.

• 8 – Wilf Doyle, Canadian accordionist
• 26 – Harry W. Kvebæk, Norwegian classical trumpeter and academic.

• 27 – Darryl Cotton, Australian pop-rock singer-songwriter

• 11 – Von Freeman, American jazz saxophonist.

• 8 – John Tchicai, Danish jazz saxophonist and composer.

• 3
• *Anne-Lise Berntsen, Norwegian soprano singer.
• *Odd Børretzen, Norwegian author and folk singer.
• 15 – Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian jazz trombonist and bandleader.

• 5 – Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist and composer.