The following is a list of events and releases that have happened or are expected to happen in 2021 in music in the Philippines.

• January 25 – Pop rock bandThe Juans debuted at number 9 on weeklyBillboard's Next Big Sound Chart.^[1]
• February 22 – Boy bandAlamat debuted at number 2 on weeklyBillboard's Next Big Sound Chart.^[2]
• April 30 – Boy bandSB19 earns a nomination forTop Social Artist at the2021Billboard Music Awards, becoming the first Filipino (and Southeast Asian) act to be nominated for aBillboard Music Award in the United States.^[3]
• April–May – "Binibini", a song by male artistZack Tabudlo, made into the top of localSpotify Philippines charts.^[4][5]
• May 11 – Boy bandBGYO debuted at number 2 on weeklyBillboard's Next Big Sound Chart.^[6]
• August 24 – Boy bandBGYO re-entered at number 1 on weeklyBillboard's Next Big Sound Chart, becoming the first Filipino act to do so.^[7][8]
• December 23 – R&B bandSouth Border reunited with past and current membersJay Durias,Luke Mejares, and Duncan Ramos in the first live concert in the country since the COVID-19 pandemic at theMall of Asia Arena.^[9][10]
• December 26 – alternative rock bandUDD vocalist and keyboard Armi Millare has left from the band after 17 years.^[11]

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Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, shows were mostly limited to virtual concerts, as a result of the inability to stage a full-audience concert in that year due to health and safety protocols implemented to reduce the spread of the virus.

This year featured the first live concert that was held since the start of the pandemic, the South Border Reunion Concert at theMall of Asia Arena to crowd of about a thousand people.^[159][160]

• March 30 –Claire dela Fuente (b. 1958), businesswoman and singer^[191]
• April 23 –Victor Wood (b. 1946), singer^[192]
• May 20 – Zion Aquino (b. 1979), musician^[193]
• July 23 –Wally Gonzalez (b. 1950),Juan de la Cruz Band guitarist^[194]
• September 15 –Renee "Alon" dela Rosa (b. 1959), singer-songwriter^[195]
• November 2 – Mar Lopez (b. 1936), singer^[196]
• November 16 –Heber Bartolome (b. 1948), musician^[197]