2018 in American music

Events

January

• 8 – Zac Brown Band performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" and Kendrick Lamar performed the halftime show at the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship in Atlanta.
• 19 – Phillip Phillips released his first album in four years, Collateral.
• 12 – Camila Cabello's debut solo album Camila made her the youngest artist to top the Billboard 200 with a debut set since Shawn Mendes's 2015 debut Handwritten.
• 26 – In a legal settlement, the music publisher for "We Shall Overcome" agreed that the song is public domain.
• 28 – The 60th Annual Grammy Awards took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was the first time since 2003 that the show took place in New York City. Bruno Mars took home the most awards with six including Album of the Year with 24K Magic

  February

• 2 – Justin Timberlake released his first album in five years, Man of the Woods.
• 4 – P!nk performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" and Justin Timberlake performed at halftime at Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
• 9 – MGMT released their first album in five years, Little Dark Age.
• * Dashboard Confessional released Crooked Shadows, their first studio album in nearly nine years, and also their first release on the Fueled by Ramen label.

  March

• 2 – Joan Baez released her first album in ten years, Whistle Down the Wind
• * The Breeders released All Nerve, their first studio album in ten years.
• 11 – The 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
• 16 – Scotty McCreery released his first album in five years, Seasons Change.
• * Stone Temple Pilots released their second self-titled album, their first studio album in eight years, their first with current vocalist Jeff Gutt and their first since the departures and deaths of former vocalists Scott Weiland and Chester Bennington.

  April

• 6 – Thirty Seconds to Mars released their first album in five years, America.
• *Kali Uchis's debut album "Isolation" was released to widespread critical acclaim.
• 11 – The Music Modernization Act, a bill that would reform how music rates are set & how songwriters and artists are paid, passes the United States House Committee on the Judiciary unanimously 32-0
• 13 – John Prine released his first album of original music in thirteen years.
• 15 – The 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Reba McEntire returned to host for the first time in six years.
• *Cardi B's debut album Invasion of Privacy debuted atop the Billboard 200 setting multiple streaming records among female acts.
• 20 – A Perfect Circle released their first album in fourteen years, Eat the Elephant.
• *J. Cole released KOD, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, as well as breaking the first day streaming record on Spotify, which was later broke by Post Malone's Beerbongs & Bentleys and Drake's Scorpion.
• * Swedish electronic musician, DJ, and songwriter Avicii, died near Muscat, Oman, at the age of 28. On 1 May, TMZ reported that the cause of death was a suicide.
• 25 – The Music Modernization Act passes in the United States House of Representatives unanimously 415-0.
• 27 – Godsmack released their first album in four years, When Legends Rise.
• 27 – Janelle Monáe released her first album in five years, Dirty Computer.

  May

• 4 – Belly released Dove, their first studio album in 23 years.
• 9 - Taylor Swift began her record breaking reputation stadium tour in Glendale Arizona.
• 20 – The Billboard Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. This was the first ceremony to air on NBC and the first award show that Taylor Swift attended since reputation’s release.
• 21 – Maddie Poppe won the sixteenth season of American Idol. Caleb Lee Hutchinson is named runner up.
• 22 – Brynn Cartelli won the fourteenth season of The Voice. At age 15, Cartelli is the youngest to ever win the show. Britton Buchanan was named runner up.
• 25 – Korn frontman, Jonathan Davis released his debut solo album Black Labyrinth.

  June

• 2 – BTS scored a #1 album on the Billboard 200 with , making it the highest ranking Asian album on the chart and the first foreign language #1 album since 2006.
• 8 – Sugarland released their first album in eight years, Bigger.
• 15 – Christina Aguilera released her first album in six years, Liberation.
• 18 - Rapper XXXTentacion is murdered in Florida.
• 29 – Guns N' Roses rereleased Appetite for Destruction with remastered songs.

  July

• 2 – Cardi B became the first female rapper to attain multiple number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
• 27 – Daughtry released their first album in five years, Cage to Rattle.

  August

• 10 – Jason Mraz released his first album in four years, Know.
• * Nicki Minaj released her first album in four years, Queen.
• 16 – The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin passed away at her home in Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 76. The official cause of death was pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type.
• 20 – The MTV Video Music Awards took place from Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
• 24 – Alice in Chains released their first album in five years, Rainier Fog.

  September

• 7 – Lenny Kravitz released his first album in four years, Raise Vibration.
• * Rapper Mac Miller passed away in his home at the age of 26. The official cause of death was a drug overdose.
• 8 – BTS scored their second #1 album on the Billboard 200 with Love Yourself 結 'Answer', making them the only Asian Act to do so.
• 14 – Carrie Underwood released Cry Pretty, which breaks multiple records. She becomes the first female country act ever to top the Billboard Artist 100.
• * Tony Bennett released his first collaborative album in four years, Love is Here to Stay with Diana Krall
• 18 – A modified version of the Music Modernization Act passes the United States Senate unanimously, sending bill back to House.
• 19 - For their first and only collaboration, Columbia Records releases a single between both deceased rappers Lil Peep and XXXTentacion, Falling Down. This marks XXXTentacion's first single since his untimely murder in June 2018.
• 21 – Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators released their first album in four years, Living the Dream.
• 24 – Cardi B extends her record for having the most number-ones for a female rapper with the collaboration Girls Like You with Maroon 5.
• 25 – Music Modernization Act passes the House unanimously again. Bill sent to President Donald Trump to be signed.
• 28 – Mudhoney released their first album in five years, Digital Garbage.
• * After a four year delay, Lil Wayne releases Tha Carter V, which is his first album since being released from Cash Money Records in June 2018.

  October

• 5 – Steve Perry released his first solo album in twenty-four years, Traces.
• *Mario released his first album in nine years, Dancing Shadows.
• 8 – The American Music Awards took place at the Microsoft Theatre. The show shifted from Sunday to Tuesday, and moved up from November to October. Taylor Swift opened up the show performing "I Did Something Bad" and won four awards, making her the most awarded female artist in American Music Awards history surpassing Whitney Houston and the second most awarded overall artist, just behind Michael Jackson.
• 11 – President Trump signs the Music Modernization Act into law.
• 26 – The Black Eyed Peas released their first album in eight years, Masters of the Sun Vol. 1. This is their first album without Fergie since her departure from the band in early 2018, and their first album as a trio since their 2000 album Bridging the Gap.

  November

• 2 – Pistol Annies released their first albums in five years, Interstate Gospel.
• * Tenacious D released their album in six years, Post Apocalypto.
• 9 – J Mascis released his first album in four years, Elastic Days.
• *Lil Peep releases his posthumous album Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2.
• 14 – The 52nd CMA Awards took place live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
• 16 – Mariah Carey released her first album in four years, Caution.
• *The Smashing Pumpkins released , their first studio album to feature co-founder and guitarist James Iha since 2000's Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music. Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, who had left the band in 2009, also makes his return on this album.

  December

• 3 – After a ten year hiatus Hootie & the Blowfish appeared on the Today Show to announce that the band is back together, and will come out with a new album and tour in 2019.
• 7 – John Mellencamp released his fourth consecutive album in the last four years, Other Peoples Stuff
• * – Ice Cube released his first album in eight years, Everythang's Corrupt.
• 14 – Bruce Springsteen released his first commercial live album in eleven years Springsteen On Broadway
• 18 – Chevel Shepherd won the fifteenth season of The Voice. Chris Kroeze was the runner-up.
• 20 – The Recording Industry of America published the year's top certified songs and albums. Eleven albums were certified Platinum during the year, including three multi-Platinum.
• 21 – Reel Big Fish released their first album in six years, Life Suck's Let's Dance.

  Bands reformed

• Bleeding Through
• Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway
• The Distillers
• Framing Hanley
• The Gaslight Anthem
• Hootie & the Blowfish
• Mötley Crüe
• The Raconteurs
• Static-X

  Bands formed

• Gone West
• Kids See Ghosts
• Pattern-Seeking Animals
• Royal Coda

  Bands on hiatus

• At the Drive-In
• Fifth Harmony
• Hoops
• Say Anything

  Bands disbanded

• 7 Seconds
• Balance and Composure
• Brand New
• Darkness Divided
• Dirge Within
• Iron Man
• A Lot Like Birds
• Minus the Bear
• The Orwells
• The Pizza Underground
• Sleeping Giant
• Soundgarden
• The Strypes
• The Thermals
• Vattnet
• Young and in the Way

  Albums released in 2018

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Top songs on record

''Billboard'' Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

• "Perfect" – Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé
• "Havana" – Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug
• "God's Plan" – Drake
• "Nice for What" – Drake
• "This Is America" – Childish Gambino
• "Psycho" – Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla Sign
• "Sad!" – XXXTentacion
• "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
• "In My Feelings" – Drake
• "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B
• "Thank U, Next" – Ariana Grande
• "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott

  ''Billboard'' Hot 100 songs which have ranked within the Top 20

• "1985" – J. Cole
• "A Holly Jolly Christmas" – Burl Ives
• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey
• "All Mine" – Kanye West
• "All the Stars" – Kendrick Lamar and SZA
• "Apeshit" – The Carters
• "ATM" – J. Cole
• "Back to You" – Selena Gomez
• "Bad!" – XXXTentacion
• "Bad at Love" – Halsey
• "Ball for Me" – Post Malone feat. Nicki Minaj
• "Barbie Dreams" – Nicki Minaj
• "Bartier Cardi" – Cardi B feat. 21 Savage
• "Be Careful" – Cardi B
• "Believer" – Imagine Dragons
• "Better Now" – Post Malone
• "Big Bank" – YG feat. 2 Chainz, Big Sean and Nicki Minaj
• "Bodak Yellow" – Cardi B
• "Boo'd Up" – Ella Mai
• "Breathin" – Ariana Grande
• "Call Out My Name" – The Weeknd
• "Can't Be Broken" – Lil Wayne
• "Can't Take a Joke" – Drake
• "Changes" – XXXTentacion
• "Chun-Li" – Nicki Minaj
• "Dedicate" – Lil Wayne
• "Delicate" – Taylor Swift
• "Diplomatic Immunity" – Drake
• "Don't Cry" – Lil Wayne feat. XXXTentacion
• "Don't Matter to Me" – Drake feat. Michael Jackson
• "Drip Too Hard" – Lil Baby and Gunna
• "Eastside" – Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid
• "Elevate" – Drake
• "Emotionless" – Drake
• "End Game" – Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran and Future
• "Fake Love" – BTS
• "Fall" – Eminem
• "Falling Down" – Lil Peep and XXXTentacion
• "Feel It Still" – Portugal. The Man
• "Fefe" – 6ix9ine, Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz
• "Filthy" – Justin Timberlake
• "Finesse" – Bruno Mars and Cardi B
• "Freaky Friday" – Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown
• "Friends" – Marshmello and Anne-Marie
• "Ghost Town" – Kanye West
• "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B
• "God Is a Woman" – Ariana Grande
• "God's Plan" – Drake
• "Going Bad" – Meek Mill feat. Drake
• "Gucci Gang" – Lil Pump
• "Gummo" – 6ix9ine
• "Happier" – Marshmello and Bastille
• "Havana" – Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug
• "Heaven" – Kane Brown
• "High Hopes" – Panic! at the Disco
• "Him & I" – G-Eazy and Halsey
• "I Fall Apart" – Post Malone
• "I Get the Bag" – Gucci Mane feat. Migos
• "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
• "I Love It" – Kanye West and Lil Pump
• "I'm Upset" – Drake
• "Idol" – BTS feat. Nicki Minaj
• "In My Blood" – Shawn Mendes
• "In My Feelings" – Drake
• "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" – Andy Williams
• "Jingle Bell Rock" – Bobby Helms
• "Jocelyn Flores" – XXXTentacion
• "Kamikaze" – Eminem
• "Kevin's Heart" – J. Cole
• "Killshot" – Eminem
• "KOD" – J. Cole
• "Let It Fly" – Lil Wayne feat. Travis Scott
• "Let You Down" – NF
• "Lights Down Low" – MAX feat. Gnash
• "Look Alive" – BlocBoy JB feat. Drake
• "Love" – Kendrick Lamar feat. Zacari
• "Love Lies" – Khalid and Normani
• "Lucid Dreams" – Juice WRLD
• "Lucky You" – Eminem feat. Joyner Lucas
• "Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line
• "Mia" – Bad Bunny feat. Drake
• "Mine" – Bazzi
• "Mo Bamba" – Sheck Wes
• "Mob Ties" – Drake
• "Mona Lisa" – Lil Wayne feat. Kendrick Lamar
• "Money" – Cardi B
• "Moonlight" – XXXTentacion
• "Motiv8" – J. Cole
• "MotorSport" – Migos, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B
• "Natural" – Imagine Dragons
• "Never Be the Same" – Camila Cabello
• "Never Recover" – Lil Baby and Gunna feat. Drake
• "New Rules" – Dua Lipa
• "Nice for What" – Drake
• "No Brainer" – DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo
• "No Limit" – G-Eazy feat. ASAP Rocky and Cardi B
• "No Tears Left to Cry" – Ariana Grande
• "Nonstop" – Drake
• "Paranoid" – Post Malone
• "Perfect" – Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé
• "Photograph" – J. Cole
• "Plug Walk" – Rich the Kid
• "Pray for Me" – The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar
• "Psycho" – Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla Sign
• "Rap Devil" – Machine Gun Kelly
• "Ric Flair Drip" – Offset and Metro Boomin
• "Rich & Sad" – Post Malone
• "River" – Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran
• "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – Brenda Lee
• "Rockstar" – Post Malone feat. 21 Savage
• "Sad!" – XXXTentacion
• "Same Bitches" – Post Malone feat. G-Eazy and YG
• "Say Something" – Justin Timberlake feat. Chris Stapleton
• "Shallow" – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
• "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran
• "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott
• "Sorry Not Sorry" – Demi Lovato
• "Spoil My Night" – Post Malone feat. Swae Lee
• "Stargazing" – Travis Scott
• "Stay" – Post Malone
• "Stir Fry" – Migos
• "Sunflower" – Post Malone and Swae Lee
• "Survival" – Drake
• "Taki Taki" – DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B
• "Talk Up" – Drake feat. Jay-Z
• "Taste" – Tyga feat. Offset
• "Thank U, Next" – Ariana Grande
• "The Christmas Song " – Nat King Cole
• "The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey
• "The Ringer" – Eminem
• "This Is America" – Childish Gambino
• "Thunder" – Imagine Dragons
• "Too Good at Goodbyes" – Sam Smith
• "Trip" – Ella Mai
• "Uproar" – Lil Wayne
• "Wake Up in the Sky" – Gucci Mane, Bruno Mars and Kodak Black
• "Walk It Talk It" – Migos feat. Drake
• "Watch" – Travis Scott feat. Lil Uzi Vert and Kanye West
• "What Lovers Do" – Maroon 5 feat. SZA
• "What's Free" – Meek Mill feat. Rick Ross and Jay-Z
• "Whatever It Takes" – Imagine Dragons
• "Without Me" – Halsey
• "Yes Indeed" – Lil Baby and Drake
• "Yikes" – Kanye West
• "Young Dumb & Broke" – Khalid
• "Youngblood" – 5 Seconds of Summer
• "Zeze" – Kodak Black feat. Travis Scott and Offset

Deaths

• January 1 – Betty Willis, 76, R&B singer
• January 2 – Rick Hall, 86, music producer
• January 3 – Josiah Boyd, 32, heavy metal bassist
• January 9 – Denise LaSalle, 78, R&B singer
• January 12 – Danny Woods, 73, soul singer
• January 15 – Edwin Hawkins, 74, gospel singer
• January 20 – Fredo Santana, 27, rapper
• January 23 – Lari White, 53, country singer
• January 26 – Buzz Clifford, 76, pop singer
• January 28 – Eddie Shaw, 80, blues saxophonist
• January 30 – Mark Salling, 35, pop singer and actor
• January 31 – Del Delker, 93, gospel singer
• February 2 – Dennis Edwards, 74, R&B singer
• February 3 – Leon Chancler, 65, rock and jazz singer
• February 7 – Pat Torpey, 64, hard rock drummer and singer
• February 8 –
• *John Perry Barlow, 70, songwriter
• *Algia Mae Hinton, 88, blues singer
• February 9 – Craig MacGregor, 68, rock bassist
• February 11 – Tom Rapp, 70, rock singer
• February 12 –
• *Vic Damone, 89, singer
• *Daryle Singletary, 46, country singer and songwriter
• February 13 –
• *Scott Boyer, 70, rock singer and guitarist
• *Billy Johnson, 42, emo and noise rock drummer
• February 16 – Barbara Alston, 74, R&B singer
• February 19 – Norm Rogers, 69, drummer
• March 1 – Bill Burkette, 75, pop singer
• March 2 – Brandon Jenkins, 48, red dirt country singer, songwriter
• March 12 –
• *Nokie Edwards, 82, guitarist
• *Craig Mack, 46, rapper
• March 13 – Charlie Quintana, 56, rock drummer
• March 14 – Steve Mandell, 76, bluegrass guitarist and banjoist
• March 16 – Buell Neidlinger, 82, jazz cellist and bassist
• March 18 – Killjoy, 48, death metal singer
• March 19 – Hazel Smith, 83, country singer, songwriter, and journalist
• March 27 –
• *Bert Nievera, 81, singer
• *Kenny O'Dell, 73, country singer and songwriter
• March 28 – Caleb Scofield, 39, bassist
• March 30 – Alias, 41, rapper and producer
• April 1 – Audrey Morris, 89, jazz singer
• April 4 – Don Cherry, 94, pop singer
• April 5 – Cecil Taylor, 89, jazz musician
• April 10 – Yvonne Staples, 80, soul singer
• April 17 – Randy Scruggs, 64, songwriter
• April 20 – Avicii, 28, Swedish electronic musician, DJ, and songwriter
• April 23 – Bob Dorough, 94, jazz singer and pianist
• April 26 – Charles Neville, 79, R&B and jazz saxophonist
• April 30 – Tim Calvert, 52, heavy metal guitarist
• May 1 – Jabo Starks, 79, funk and R&B drummer
• May 4 – Tony Kinman, cowpunk singer and bassist
• May 5 – Dick Williams, 91, pop singer
• May 7 – Gayle Shepard, 81, pop singer
• May 10 – Ben Graves, 46, horror punk drummer
• May 11 – Matt Marks, 38, classical keyboardist
• May 13 – Glenn Branca, 69, composer and guitarist
• May 19 –
• *Reggie Lucas, 65, jazz guitarist and pop songwriter
• *Patricia Morison, 103, actress and show tunes singer
• May 28 – Josh Martin, 46, grindcore guitarist
• June 2 – Wayne Secrest, bassist
• June 3 – Clarence Fountain, 88, gospel singer
• June 4 – Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, 73, spoken word poet
• June 5 –
• *Jimmy Gonzalez, 67, Tejano singer
• *Ralph Santolla, 51, heavy metal guitarist
• June 7 – Al Capps, 79, arranger, composer and record producer
• June 10 – Neal E. Boyd, 42, opera singer
• June 11 – Wayne Dockery, 76, jazz bassist
• June 13 – D.J. Fontana, 87, rock and roll drummer
• June 15 –
• *Nick Knox, 60, drummer
• *Matt Murphy, 88, blues guitarist
• June 16 – Rebecca Parris, 66, jazz singer
• June 18 –
• *XXXTentacion, 20, rapper, singer, songwriter
• *Jimmy Wopo, 21, rapper
• June 19 – Lowrell Simon, 75, singer
• June 22 – Vinnie Paul, 54, heavy metal drummer
• June 24 – George Cameron, 70, drummer
• June 26 – Ed Simmons, 101, classical conductor
• June 27 – Steve Soto, 54, punk rock guitarist
• June 29 – Eugene Pitt, 80, doo-wop singer
• June 30 – Dean Webb, 81, mandolinist
• July 2 –
• *Henry Butler, 68, jazz pianist
• *Bill Watrous, 79, jazz trombonist
• July 3 – Richard Swift, 41, singer songwriter
• July 6 – Vince Martin, 81, folk singer
• July 7 – Brett Hoffman, 51, heavy metal singer
• July 8 – Tab Hunter, 86, actor and pop singer
• July 15 – Theryl DeClouet, 66, jazz funk and R&B singer
• July 27 – Mark Shelton, 60, heavy metal guitarist
• August 2 – Neil Argo, 71, film and television composer
• August 4 — Lorrie Collins, 76, singer and guitarist
• August 14 – Jill Janus, 42, heavy metal singer
• August 16 – Aretha Franklin, 76, R&B/soul singer, and songwriter
• August 17 – Danny Pearson, 65, soul singer
• August 20 – Eddie Willis, 82, R&B/soul guitarist
• August 22 –
• *Ed King, 68, guitarist, bassist
• *Lazy Lester, 85, blues singer and guitarist
• August 24 – DJ Ready Red, hip hop DJ
• August 25 – Kyle Pavone, 28, heavy metal singer
• August 29 – Tony Camillo, 90, record producer and arranger
• September 1 – Randy Weston, 92, jazz pianist
• September 4 – Don Gardner, 87, R&B Singer-Songwriter
• September 5 – Nasty Savage, 50 thrash metal bass player
• September 7 – Mac Miller, 26, rapper and singer
• September 8 – Chelsi Smith, 43, beauty pageant winner and singer
• September 10 – Johnny Strike, 70, punk singer and guitarist
• September 14 – Max Bennett, 90, jazz and pop bassist
• September 16 – Big Jay McNeely, 91, saxophonist
• September 28 – Marty Balin, 76, founder of Jefferson Starship and solo artist
• September 29 – Otis Rush, 84, blues singer and guitarist
• October 1 – Jerry Gonzalez, 69 Latin jazz trumpeter
• October 3 – John Von Ohlen, 77, jazz drummer
• October 4 – Hamiet Bluiett, 78, jazz saxophonist
• October 5 – Bernadette Carol, 74, pop singer
• October 8 – Tim Chandler, 48, bass guitarist
• October 12 – Andrew Goessling, 59, progressive bluegrass musician
• October 17 – Oil Herbert, 48, metalcore guitarist
• October 18 – Randolph Hokanson, 103, classical pianist
• October 24 –
• *Wah Wah Watson, 67, R&B funk guitarist
• *Tony Joe White, 75, swamp rock singer songwriter and guitarist
• October 25 – Sonny Fortune, 79, jazz saxophonist
• October 26 – Baba Oje, 87, rapper and musician
• October 27 –
• *Freddie Hart, 91, country singer
• *Teddy Scott, 82, R&B singer
• *Todd Youth, 47, rock guitarist
• October 29 –
• *Jimmy Farrar, 67, southern rock singer
• *Young Greatness, 34, rapper
• October 30 –
• *Hardy Fox, 73, avant-garde composer
• *Beverly McClellan, 49, blues and folk singer
• October 31 – Kenny Marks, 67, gospel singer
• November 1 – Dave Rowland, 74, country singer
• November 2 – Roy Hargrove, 49, jazz trumpeter
• November 3 –
• *Thomas Diaz, 32, emo singer
• *Glenn Schwartz, 77, R&B guitarist
• November 4 – Josh Fauver, 39, indie rock bassist
• November 7 – Scott Herrick, pop singer
• November 15 – Roy Clark, 85, country singer, songwriter, host of Hee Haw
• November 17 – Cyril Pahinui, 68, Hawaiian guitarist
• November 21 – Devin Lima, 41, pop singer
• November 27 – Johnny Maddox, 91, Pianist
• November 28 – Roger Neumann, 77, jazz saxophonist
• November 29 – Erik Lindmark, 46, death metal singer and guitarist
• December 1 –
• *Jody Williams, 83, blues musician
• *Calvin Newborn, 85, jazz guitarist
• December 2 – Perry Robinson, 80, jazz musician
• December 6 – Ace Cannon, 84, saxophonist
• December 7 –
• *The Mascara Snake, 70, avant-garde clarinetist
• *Lucas Starr, 34, metalcore and Christian guitarist
• December 13 – Nancy Wilson, 81, jazz singer
• December 14 – Joe Osborne, 81, bass guitarist
• December 15 – Jerry Chesnut, 87, song-writer
• December 22 – Jimmy Work, 94, country singer-songwriter
• December 24 –
• *James Calvin Wilsey, 61, rock guitarist
• *Jerry Riopelle, 77, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer