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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983.

• 1983 in British music
• 1983 in Japanese music
• 1983 in Norwegian music
• 1983 in Scandinavian music

• 1983 in country music
• 1983 in heavy metal music
• 1983 in hip hop music
• 1983 in jazz
• 1983 in progressive rock

• CDs become popular amongclassical music listeners.^[1]

• January 1
  • ZTT Records is founded.
  • TheMerchant Ivory filmHeat and Dust is released. On the soundtrack, composed byZakir Hussain, Ivory is featured ontanpura with Hussain (who also appears in the film) ontabla.
• January 8 – TheUK singles chart is tabulated from this week forward byThe Gallup Organization. In 1984 electronic terminals will be used in selected stores to gather sales information, and the old "sales diary" method will be gradually phased out over the next few years.
• January –Surtitles are first used in a live opera performance at aCanadian Opera Company production ofElektra.^[2]
• February 2 – "Menudomania" comes to New York as 3,500 screaming girls crowdKennedy Airport to catch a glimpse ofPuerto Rican boy bandMenudo, who are playing six sold-out shows at theFelt Forum.
• February 11 –The Rolling Stones concert filmLet's Spend the Night Together opens in New York.
• February 13 –Marvin Gaye performs "The Star-Spangled Banner" before theNBA All-Star Game.
• February 23 – The25th Annual Grammy Awards are presented inLos Angeles, hosted byJohn Denver.Toto win bothAlbum of the Year (forToto IV) andRecord of the Year (for "Rosanna"), whileWillie Nelson's cover of "Always on My Mind" winsSong of the Year.Men at Work winBest New Artist.
• February 26 –Michael Jackson'sThriller album hits #1 on the US charts, the first of thirty-seven (non-consecutive) weeks it would spend there on its way to becoming the biggest-selling album of all time.
• February 28 –U2 release their 3rd albumWar which debuts at #1 in the UK and produces the band's first internationalhit single.
• March 2 –Compact discs go on sale in the United States. They had first been released in Japan the previous October.
• March 4 –Neil Young cancels the remainder of his tour after collapsing backstage inLouisville, Kentucky, United States, after playing for seventy-five minutes.
• March 5 –Thompson Twins have their first chart success as "Love on Your Side" enters the Top 10 in the UK.^[3]
• March 26
  • Duran Duran enter the UK Singles Chart at number 1 with their first UK number 1 single "Is There Something I Should Know?".^[4]
  • Tears for Fears debut albumThe Hurting reaches number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.^[5]
• April 5
  • A Generative Theory of Tonal Music byFred Lerdahl andRay Jackendoff is published.
  • US Interior SecretaryJames G. Watt causes controversy when he effectively bans theBeach Boys from a return performance at the Fourth of July festivities in Washington, announcing thatWayne Newton would perform instead. Watt claims that rock bands attract "the wrong element". That same week President Reagan, himself an avowed Beach Boys fan, presents Watt with a plaster foot with a hole in it.^[6]
• April 9 –David Bowie achieves his fourth UK number 1 single with "Let's Dance".^[7]
• April 11 –Dave Mustaine is dismissed fromMetallica just as the band is set to begin recording its début album. He is replaced byKirk Hammett.^{[citation needed]}
• April 14 –David Bowie releasesLet's Dance, his first album since parting ways withRCA Records and his fifteenth studio album overall. With its deliberate shift to mainstreamdance-rock, it would become Bowie's biggest commercial success, at 10.7 million copies sold worldwide.^{[citation needed]}
• April 18 –Ellen Taaffe Zwilich becomes the first woman to win thePulitzer Prize for Music.
• April 23 – French singerCorinne Hermès, representingLuxembourg, wins the 28th annualEurovision Song Contest, held atRudi-Sedlmayer-Halle inMunich, with the song "Si la vie est cadeau".^[8]

• May 16
  • SingerAnna Vissi marries composerNikos Karvelas.
  • TheMotown 25 Special airs on NBC, celebrating a quarter century of Motown Records. Michael Jackson unveils hismoonwalk dance move during a performance of "Billie Jean".
• May 28 –June 4 – The secondUS Festival is held at Glen Helen Park in California.
• June 3 – American rock drummerJim Gordon commitsmatricide during aschizophrenic episode.
• June 18–19 –Menudo make their second visit to New York. The band plays four shows atMadison Square Garden and all 80,000 tickets sell out within three days of going on sale.
• June 20 –Catalunya Ràdio begins broadcasting.
• July 1 – Chilean BandLos Prisioneros debut at the Miguel Leon Prado High School Song festival. They will come to personify the rebellion of young Chileans leading to protests againstAugusto Pinochet.^[9]
• July 6 – As a statement of protest againstmusic piracy in the form ofhome taping,Jean-Michel Jarre releases only one pressing of his latest album "Music for Supermarkets", which is sold at an auction to a French real estate dealer for 69,000 francs (about US$8960). The auction is broadcast live onRadio Luxembourg which also plays the album in full for the first and only time.
• July 19 –Simon and Garfunkel begin their North American summer tour inAkron, Ohio.
• July 21 –Diana Ross performs a filmed concert inCentral Park in heavy rain; eventually the storm forces her to postpone the rest of the concert until next day.
• July 29 –Friday Night Videos is broadcast for the first time on NBC.
• August 16
  • Johnny Ramone suffers a near-fatal head injury during a fight over a girl in front of his East Village apartment.
  • SingerPaul Simon marries actressCarrie Fisher.
• August 20 – The Rolling Stones sign a new $28 million contract withCBS Records, the largest recording contract in history up to this time.

• September 1 –Joe Strummer andPaul Simonon ofThe Clash issue a press statement announcingMick Jones has been dismissed from the group.^{[citation needed]}
• September 4 –Phil Lynott performs his final show withThin Lizzy inNuremberg, Germany.
• September 18 – The members ofKiss show their faces without their makeup for the first time on MTV, simultaneously with the release of their albumLick It Up.
• September 20 – The firstARMS Charity Concert is held at theRoyal Albert Hall in London.
• October 29 – The12th OTI Festival, held at theDAR Constitution Hall inWashington, D.C., United States, is won by the song "Estrela de papel", written byJessé andElifas Andreato, and performed by Jessé himself representingBrazil.
• November 12 –Duran Duran start their SING BLUE SILVER World Tour. The tour begins with sold-out shows in Australia
• November 26 –Quiet Riot'sMetal Health album tops the US album charts, the firstheavy metal album to hit #1 in America.
• December 2
  • The Uday-Ustav Festival, a tribute toUday Shankar, is staged at the instigation of Uday's younger brother,Ravi Shankar.
  • Michael Jackson's 14-minute music video forThriller is premiered onMTV.
  • Phish play their first show.^[10]
• December 25 –Marvin Gaye gives his father, as a Christmas present, an unlicensedSmith & Wesson.38 special caliber pistol so that Gaye could protect himself from intruders.^[11] A few months later, Gaye Sr would use it to shoot his son dead.
• December 31 – The twelfth annualNew Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances byCulture Club,Rick James,Laura Branigan,Barry Manilow,Mary Jane Girls andDavid Frizzell.

• SeeMusical groups established in 1983

• SeeMusical groups disestablished in 1983

• The Animals
• The Everly Brothers

• Zungguzungguguzungguzeng! -Yellowman

The following songs achieved the highestchart positionsin the charts of 1983.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Irene Cara	"Flashdance... What a Feeling"	1983		US Billboard 1 - Apr 1983 (25 weeks), US CashBox 1 of 1983, US Radio 1 of 1983 (peak 1 16 weeks), Canada 1 - May 1983 (13 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - May 1983 (28 weeks), France (SNEP) 1 - Sep 1983 (4 months), France 1 - Jul 1983 (5 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Jun 1983 (26 weeks), Switzerland 1 of 1983, Norway 1 - Jun 1983 (20 weeks), Italy 1 of 1983, Italy 1 for 9 weeks - Nov 1983, Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - May 1983, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks - Jul 1983, Japan 1 for 2 weeks - Aug 1983, Australia 1 for 7 weeks - Jul 1983, Springbok 1 - Jul 1983 (18 weeks), France 1 for 7 weeks - Oct 1983, Oscar in 1983 (film 'Flashdance'), Golden Globe in 1983 (film 'Flashdance'), UK 2 - Jun 1983 (14 weeks), ARC 2 of 1983 (peak 1 21 weeks), Australia 2 of 1983, Grammy in 1983 (Nominated), US BB 3 of 1983, ODK Germany 3 - Jul 1983 (31 weeks) (14 weeks in top 10), POP 3 of 1983, Austria 4 - Aug 1983 (7 months), Germany 4 - Jun 1983 (6 months), Canada 4 of 1983, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1983), Japan 7 of all time (international songs) (sales 0.75), France (InfoDisc) 9 of the 1980s (peak 1, 28 weeks, 1,365k sales estimated, 1983), South Africa 9 of 1983, Holland 13 - Apr 1983 (6 weeks), Belgium 20 - May 1983 (4 weeks), Poland 21 - Jul 1983 (6 weeks), Brazil 23 of 1983, nuTsie 26 of 1980s, Billboard 50th song 26, 55th Billboard 100 30 (1983), Billboard100 31, Scrobulate 31 of gay, AFI 55, Germany 57 of the 1980s (peak 3 22 weeks), OzNet 243, RIAA 256, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jul 1983), RYM 121 of 1983
2	The Police	"Every Breath You Take"	1983		UK 1 - May 1983 (11 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Jun 1983 (22 weeks), US BB 1 of 1983, ARC 1 of 1983 (peak 1 20 weeks), Canada 1 - May 1983 (17 weeks), Eire 1 for 4 weeks - May 1983, Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Jun 1983, Canada 1 of 1983, Springbok 1 - Jul 1983 (22 weeks), Spain 1 for 1 week - Aug 1983, Top Song of 1983 of the Billboard 50th list, US CashBox 2 of 1983, US Radio 2 of 1983 (peak 1 16 weeks), Sweden (alt) 2 - Jun 1983 (28 weeks), Norway 2 - Jun 1983 (15 weeks), nuTsie 2 of 1980s, Grammy in 1983 (Nominated), MTV Video of the year 1984 (Nominated), KROQ 3 of 1983, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 1983), Poland 5 - Jun 1983 (12 weeks), South Africa 5 of 1983, Holland 6 - May 1983 (9 weeks), Switzerland 6 - Jul 1983 (6 weeks), Brazil 7 of 1983, Austria 8 - Aug 1983 (3 months), Belgium 8 - Jun 1983 (7 weeks), Germany 8 - Jun 1983 (4 months), ODK Germany 8 - Jun 1983 (19 weeks) (6 weeks in top 10), France (SNEP) 9 - Sep 1983 (1 month), France 10 - May 1983 (1 week), Australia 10 of 1983, Italy 10 of 1983, Virgin 12, Scrobulate 13 of 80s, DMDB 16 (1983), Billboard 50th song 25, 55th Billboard 100 28 (1983), Billboard100 29, Holland free40 33 of 1983, Europe 33 of the 1980s (1983), Acclaimed 38 (1983), OzNet 38, Japan (Tokyo) 41 - Nov 1988 (3 weeks), RIAA 44, POP 49 of 1983, Poland 68 of all time, TheQ 76, Rolling Stone 84, 90 in 2FM list, Vinyl Surrender 97 (1983), Belgium 110 of all time, WXPN 216, UK Silver (certified by BPI in May 1983), RYM 16 of 1983, BBC Rich Song 8 (songwriter royalties $22.3M), one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
3	Michael Jackson	"Billie Jean"	1983		UK 1 - Jan 1983 (30 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Jan 1983 (24 weeks), Canada 1 - Feb 1983 (16 weeks), Sweden 1 - Jul 2009 (15 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Mar 1983 (33 weeks), Belgium 1 - Feb 1983 (12 weeks), Italy 1 for 7 weeks - May 1983, Eire 1 for 2 weeks - Feb 1983, Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Mar 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks - Apr 1983, Europe 1 for 3 weeks - Mar 1983, France 1 for 3 weeks - May 1983, nuTsie 1 of 1980s, US BB 2 of 1983, Holland 2 - Jan 1983 (19 weeks), Sweden (alt) 2 - Mar 1983 (22 weeks), France (SNEP) 2 - Feb 1983 (4 months), France 2 - Jan 1983 (2 weeks), Brazil 2 of 1983, ODK Germany 2 - Feb 1983 (40 weeks) (11 weeks in top 10), Springbok 2 - Apr 1983 (17 weeks), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Feb 1989), US CashBox 3 of 1983, ARC 3 of 1983 (peak 1 18 weeks), Austria 3 - Apr 1983 (5 months), Poland 3 - Feb 1983 (14 weeks), Germany 3 - Mar 1983 (4 months), Australia 4 of 1983, UK Gold (certified by BPI in Mar 1983), POP 4 of 1983, Norway 5 - Apr 1983 (17 weeks), US Radio 7 of 1983 (peak 1 12 weeks), Switzerland 7 of 1983, Italy 8 of 1983, Canada 9 of 1983, US Songs 2014-23 peak 14 - Jun 2014 (1 week), South Africa 15 of 1983, 15 in 2FM list, Scrobulate 16 of pop, DMDB 23 (1983), Vinyl Surrender 30 (1982), Acclaimed 33 (1982), Europe 40 of the 1980s (1983), Rolling Stone 58, Billboard 50th song 71, 55th Billboard 100 81 (1983), Billboard100 83, France (InfoDisc) 96 of the 1980s (peak 1, 22 weeks, 1,089k sales estimated, 1983), Germany 139 of the 1980s (peak 2 15 weeks), OzNet 249, WXPN 620, RYM 4 of 1983, Guardian Pop 63, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1983, Party 53 of 2007, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
4	Culture Club	"Karma Chameleon"	1983		UK 1 - Sep 1983 (21 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Dec 1983 (21 weeks), Canada 1 - Dec 1983 (13 weeks), Holland 1 - Sep 1983 (11 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - Oct 1983 (20 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Oct 1983 (14 weeks), Norway 1 - Oct 1983 (18 weeks), Belgium 1 - Oct 1983 (11 weeks), Eire 1 for 4 weeks - Sep 1983, Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Jan 1984, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks - Oct 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks - Oct 1983, Springbok 1 - Dec 1983 (22 weeks), Europe 1 for 12 weeks - Oct 1983, Spain 1 for 2 weeks - Dec 1983, Brit best song 1984, ODK Germany 2 - Sep 1983 (20 weeks) (9 weeks in top 10), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Oct 1983), ARC 3 of 1984 (peak 1 16 weeks), France (SNEP) 3 - Nov 1983 (4 months), Austria 3 - Nov 1983 (4 months), Germany 3 - Jan 1984 (4 months), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Feb 1984), Switzerland 5 of 1983, Canada 5 of 1984, UK sales 7 of the 1980s (1,400 k in 1983), South Africa 7 of 1984, Poland 8 - Sep 1983 (6 weeks), Australia 8 of 1983, US BB 10 of 1984, US Radio 13 of 1984 (peak 1 12 weeks), US CashBox 14 of 1984, POP 15 of 1984, Italy 16 of 1983, KROQ 25 of 1983, Brazil 34 of 1984, Scrobulate 71 of 80s, nuTsie 89 of 1980s, Holland free40 93 of 1983, UKMIX 148, Germany 159 of the 1980s (peak 2 14 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 227 of the 1980s (peak 5, 29 weeks, 720k sales estimated, 1983), OzNet 979, RYM 49 of 1983
5	Michael Jackson	"Beat It"	1983		US Billboard 1 - Feb 1983 (25 weeks), Holland 1 - Apr 1983 (11 weeks), France (SNEP) 1 - Jun 1983 (4 months), France 1 - May 1983 (4 weeks), Belgium 1 - Apr 1983 (12 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Apr 1983, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks - May 1983, Europe 1 for 1 week - Jun 1983, Grammy in 1983, Canada 2 - Mar 1983 (17 weeks), Switzerland 2 - May 1983 (24 weeks), Germany 2 - May 1983 (3 months), ODK Germany 2 - May 1983 (35 weeks) (7 weeks in top 10), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Feb 1989), UK 3 - Apr 1983 (21 weeks), US BB 5 of 1983, US Radio 6 of 1983 (peak 1 15 weeks), Austria 6 - Jul 1983 (3 months), US CashBox 7 of 1983, ARC 8 of 1983 (peak 1 19 weeks), Brazil 8 of 1983, Norway 8 - Sep 1983 (10 weeks), Canada 8 of 1983, Springbok 8 - Jul 1983 (12 weeks), Australia 9 of 1983, Poland 13 - Apr 1983 (5 weeks), Scrobulate 13 of pop, Germany 2000s 14 - Jul 2009 (26 weeks), POP 17 of 1983, Sweden (alt) 19 - Aug 1983 (2 weeks), nuTsie 23 of 1980s, Sweden 37 - Oct 2009 (2 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 63 of the 1980s (peak 2, 27 weeks, 1,182k sales estimated, 1983), Europe 68 of the 1980s (1983), Italy 71 of 1983, RIAA 76, Acclaimed 154 (1982), OzNet 158, Germany 280 of the 1980s (peak 2 12 weeks), Rolling Stone 337, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Apr 1983), RYM 14 of 1983, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500

• "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" w.Bernie Taupin m.Elton John
• "An Innocent Man" w.m.Billy Joel
• "Karma Chameleon" w.m.George O'Dowd,Jon Moss,Roy Hay,Mikey Craig & Phil Rickett
• "Uptown Girl" w.m.Billy Joel
• "Total Eclipse of the Heart" – w.m.Jim Steinman

Sortable table

Composer	Composition	Date	Location	Performers
Ligeti, György	Sonata for Solo Cello	1983-10-24	Paris	Stilz[25]

• Vyacheslav Artyomov –Tristia for solo piano, organ, trumpet, vibraphone and strings
• Jean-Baptiste Barrière – Chreode I
• John Cage – Thirty Pieces for String Quartet
• Friedrich Cerha –Requiem für Hollensteiner
• George Crumb –Processional for piano
• Jean Daetwyler – Concerto for Alphorn, Flute, Saxophone and Strings No. 2
• Mario Davidovsky –Romancero, for soprano, flute (piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), violin and violoncello
• Lorenzo Ferrero
  • Ellipse for flute
  • Onde for guitar
• Karel Goeyvaerts –Aquarius I (Voorspel)—L'ère du Verseau, for orchestra
• Jacques Hétu – Clarinet Concerto
• Simeon ten Holt –Lemniscaat, for keyboard (1982–1983)
• Wojciech Kilar –fanfareVictoria for mixed choir and orchestra
• Witold Lutosławski –Symphony No. 3 (1972–83)
• Krzysztof Penderecki – Viola Concerto
• John Pickard –Nocturne in Black and Gold
• Peter Sculthorpe – Piano concerto
• Karlheinz Stockhausen –Luzifers Tanz, for wind orchestra
• Iannis Xenakis –Shaar
• Morton Feldman –Crippled Symmetry

• Robert Ashley –Perfect Lives (An opera for television)
• Leonard Bernstein –A Quiet Place
• Oliver Knussen –Where the Wild Things Are (children's)
• Olivier Messiaen –Saint François d'Assise
• Per Nørgård –Det guddommelige Tivoli (The Divine Circus)

• La Cage aux Folles – Broadway production opened at thePalace Theatre and ran for 1781 performances
• Doonesbury – Broadway production opened at theBiltmore Theatre and ran for 104 performances
• Mame (Jerry Herman) – Broadway revival
• Merlin – Broadway production opened at theMark Hellinger Theatre and ran for 199 performances
• Oliver! (Lionel Bart) – London revival
• On Your Toes – Broadway revival
• My One and Only – Broadway production opened at theSt. James Theatre and ran for 767 performances
• Singin' in the Rain – London production
• The Tap Dance Kid – Broadway production opened at theBroadhurst Theatre and ran for 699 performances
• Zorba – Broadway revival

• Carmen
• Eddie and the Cruisers
• Flashdance
• Le Bal
• Mangammagari Manavadu
• Narcissus
• Neti Bharatam
• The Pirates of Penzance
• Rock & Rule
• Staying Alive
• Yentl

• Salad Days

• 1 January –Jona Weinhofen, Australian musician
• January 6 -Darja Schabad, Latvian actress and singer
• January 7 –Tosin Abasi, Nigerian-American musician (Animals As Leaders)
• January 7 -Hayley Jensen, Australian singer and songwriter
• January 11 –Seun Kuti, Nigerian musician and singer
• January 13 –William Hung, American musician
• January 14 –Takako Uehara, Japanese singer
• January 16 –SYML, SYML is the solo venture of Brian Fennell,
• January 18
  • Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress
  • Mike Ezay, American R&B singer (Git Fresh)
  • Katie White, British singer (The Ting Tings)
• January 19 –Hikaru Utada, Japanese singer and songwriter
• January 20 –Mari Yaguchi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) and host
• January 21 –Rapsody, American rapper
• January 24 –Frankie Grande, American actor, singer, and dancer
• January 25 –Andrée Watters, Canadian singer
• January 27 –John Lundvik, British-Swedish singer-songwriter
• January 30 –Ella Hooper, Australian rock singer-songwriter, musician, radio presenter and TV personality (Killing Heidi +The Verses)

• February 1 –Andrew VanWyngarden, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (MGMT)
• February 3
  • Gilad Hekselman, Israeli guitarist and composer
  • Linus Wiklund, Swedish songwriter and music producer
• February 5 –Baby K, Singaporean-Italian singer-songwriter
• February 8 –Jim Verraros, American singer
• February 10 – Bless, Canadian rapper
• February 13 –Joel Little, New Zealand record producer, musician and Grammy Award-winning songwriter (Lorde, Taylor Swift)
• February 14 –Davidior, a Korean-American record producer, audio engineer, musician, songwriter and singer.
• February 17 –Kevin Rudolf, American record producer and musician
• February 17 -Shaya, Greek singer (Hi-5)
• February 19 –Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer and actress
• February 28 –Linda Király, Hungarian-American singer-songwriter

• March 8 –Piano Squall, American pianist
• March 9 –Mayte Perroni, Mexican singer and actress
• March 10
  • Carrie Underwood, American singer/songwriter
  • Che'Nelle, Malaysian R&B singer
• March 11 –Thiaguinho, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• March 14 –Taylor Hanson American band member (Hanson)
• March 15 –Florencia Bertotti, Argentine actress and singer
• March 19 –Ana Rezende (Cansei de Ser Sexy), Brazilian
• March 20 -Jenni Vartiainen, Finnish pop singer
• March 29
  • Luiza Sá (Cansei de Ser Sexy), Brazilian
  • Jamie Woon, British singer, songwriter and record producer,
• March 30
  • Hebe Tian, member of the Taiwanese girl-groupS.H.E
  • Scott Moffatt, Canadian guitarist and singer (The Moffats)
• March 31
  • 40, Canadian record producer, songwriter, record executive, advocate, and former child actor from Toronto, Ontario.
  • Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, American trumpeter

• April 4 –Tei, Korean ballad singer
• April 8 -Jay, South Korean singer (TRAX)
• April 15 –Margo Price, American singer-songwriter
• April 16 –Marié Digby, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist
• April 18

• Ameerah, Belgian singer-songwriter
• Reeve Carney, American singer-songwriter and actor

• April 20 –Sebastian Ingrosso, Swedish DJ, actor and record producer
• April 21 –Lily Chan, Chinese singer

• May 8
  • Bondan Prakoso, Indonesian singer
  • Matt Willis, British musician (Busted) and presenter
• May 10 –Moshe Peretz, Israeli musician
• May 11
  • Holly Valance, Australian actress, singer and model.
  • Park Hee-von, South Korean singer (Milk)
• May 14 –Anahí, Mexican singer and actress
• May 15 –Devin Bronson, American guitarist, songwriter and producer
• May 21 -Robert Harvey, English singer, DJ, musician and songwriter (The Streets)
• May 23 -Heidi Range, English singer
• May 27 –Sean Douglas, American songwriter and record producer
• May 31
  • David Hernandez, American singer
  • Michael Lynche, American singer

• June 2 –Brooke White, American singer
• June 3 –Kelela, American singer and songwriter.
• June 7 –Indiggo, Romanian-born American twin sisters, singer-songwriters, and reality TV personalities
• June 8 –Lee Harding, Australian singer
• June 9 –Marina Lizorkina, Russian singer
• June 10 –Jason Evigan, American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
• June 15 –Laura Imbruglia, Australian indie rock singer-songwriter.
• June 16 –Jen Majura, German guitarist, bassist and singer.
• June 17
  • Connie Fisher, British actress and singer
  • Lee Ryan, British singer
  • Magnus Skylstad, Norwegian musician and record producer (Frequent collaborator with Aurora)
• June 24 –Shermain Jeremy, Antiguan singer and beauty pageant contestant
• June 27 –Evan Taubenfeld, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter (Avril Lavigne)
• June 30
  • Patrick Wolf, English singer-songwriter
  • Cheryl, former member ofGirls Aloud, British singer-songwriter and television personality
  • Jamie Morrison, English drummer (Stereophonics)

• July 1
  • Leeteuk, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor.
  • Marit Larsen, Norwegian musician (M2M)
  • Jang Jin-young, South Korean singer (Black Beat)
• July 2 –Michelle Branch, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Wreckers)
• July 3
  • Matt Papa, American singer-songwriter
• July 4
  • Ben Jorgensen, American singer, guitarist, member ofArmor For Sleep
  • Andrew Mrotek, American drummer (The Academy Is...)
  • Melanie Fiona, Canadian singer-songwriter
• July 7 –Ciara Newell, Irish singer (Bellefire)
• July 9 –Lucia Micarelli, American violinist and actress
• July 10 –Heechul, South Korean singer, songwriter
• July 11
  • Megan Marie Hart, American opera singer
  • Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer and model (A*Teens)
• July 14 –Khalil Fong, Hong Kong singer/songwriter and producer (d. 2025)
• July 17 –Joker Xue, Chinese singer-songwriter
• July 18 –Aaron Gillespie, American drummer (Underoath)
• July 20 –Jason Chan, Hong Kong Canadian singer and actor
• July 21 –Eivør Pálsdóttir,Faroese singer and composer
• July 22 –Sharni Vinson, Australian dancer, actor and television personality
• July 22 -Arsenium, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
• July 23 –Bec Hewitt, Australian singer, dancer, and actor
• July 24 –Morgan Sorne, American singer-songwriter and multi-media artist
• July 31 –Yola, English singer-songwriter, musician, and actress

• August 7 –Christian Chávez, Mexican singer and actor
• August 8 –Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer/songwriter
• August 9 –Ashley Johnson, American actress and singer
• August 14 –Sunidhi Chauhan, playback singer
• August 18
  • Danny!, American record producer/recording artist
  • Mika, British singer
  • Emma McKenna, Canadian singer-songwriter
• August 19
  • Tammin Sursok, South African-born Australian actress and singer.
  • Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter, musician and actress.
• August 21 –Brody Jenner, American dj
• August 25 –James Righton, English musician, multi instrumentalist
• August 28 –Alfonso Herrera, Mexican singer and actor^[26]
• August 30 –Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor

• September 2 –Aimee Osbourne, English actress and singer
• September 12
  • Frank Dukes, Canadian record producer and dj
  • Carly Smithson, Irish singer
• September 14 –Amy Winehouse, English soul, jazz, blues and rnb singer-songwriter (died 2011)
• September 17 –Jennifer Peña, American singer and actress
• September 20 –A-Lin, Taiwanese singer
• September 25 –Donald Glover, American actor, comedian, writer, director, rapper, and DJ
• September 30 –T-Pain, American rapper & singer-songwriter

• October 7 –Flying Lotus, American rapper and producer, foundedBrainfeeder
• October 10
  • Alyson Hau, Hong Kong radio DJ
  • Jack Savoretti, English acoustic artist (Kylie Minogue)
  • Lzzy Hale, American singer, songwriter, and musician. (Halestorm)
• October 16 –Loreen, Swedish singer-songwriter and two-time winner ofEurovision Song Contest
• October 20 –Alona Tal, Israeli singer and actress.
• October 22 –Plan B, English hip hop rapper
• Byul, South Korean singer
• October 24 –Adrienne Bailon, American singer and actress
• October 26 –Houston, American R&B singer
• October 29
  • Amit Sebastian Paul, Swedish singer (A-Teens)
  • Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor/musician
• October 30 –Diana Karazon, Jordanian singer

• November 7 –Forrest Kline, American singer and songwriter (Hellogoodbye)
• November 10 –Miranda Lambert, American country musician
• November 14
  • Lil Boosie, American rapper
  • Chelsea Wolfe, American singer-songwriter
• November 16
  • Fallon Bowman, South African–born guitarist (Kittie)
  • K, South Korean singer
• November 17 –El Guincho, a Spanish musician, singer, and record producer
• November 20 –Future, American rapper
• November 22 –Xiao Yu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter
• November 23 –Tristen Gaspadarek, American singer-songwriter and musician
• November 24 –Adam22, American hip hop podcaster
• November 27 –Nyla, Jamaican singer and songwriter (Brick & Lace)
• November 28
  • Rostam Batmanglij, American record producer, musician, singer, songwriter, and composer (Vampire Weekend)
  • Tyler Glenn, American alternative singer (Neon Trees)

• December 3 –Sherri DuPree, American singer-songwriter
• December 12 –Katrina Elam, American country singer-songwriter
• December 15 –Brooke Fraser, New Zealand singer-songwriter, musician
• December 17
  • Kosuke Saito, Japanese DJ
  • Domino Kirke, British-American singer, doula, and actress
• December 29 –Jessica Andrews, American country music singer
• December 31 –Sayaka Ichii, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)

• unknown
  • Dan Sultan, Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter-guitarist
  • Joseph Tawadros, Egyptian-born Australian oud virtuoso
  • Riopy, French-born British pianist and composer. (worked withLana Del Rey)

• January 5 –Amy Evans, operatic soprano and actress, 98
• January 7 –Edith Coates, operatic mezzo-soprano, 74
• January 12 -Rebop Kwaku Baah, rock and jazz percussionist withTraffic andCan, 38
• January 28 –Billy Fury, singer, 42 (heart attack)
• January 31 –Lorraine Ellison, soul singer, 51

• February 4 –Karen Carpenter, singer and drummer, 32 (cardiac arrest due toanorexia nervosa)
• February 8
  • Charles Kullman, operatic tenor, 80
  • Alfred Wallenstein, cellist, 84
• February 12 –Eubie Blake, pianist, 96
• February 18 –Leopold Godowsky, Jr., violinist and chemist, 82
• February 22 – SirAdrian Boult, conductor, 93
• February 23 –Herbert Howells, organist and composer, 90
• February 28 –Winifred Atwell, Trinidadian pianist, 69

• March 6 –Cathy Berberian, singer and composer, 57
• March 7
  • Igor Markevitch, Ukrainian composer and conductor, 70
  • William Walton, British composer, 80

• April 4 –Danny Rapp (Danny and the Juniors), 41 (suicide by gunshot)
• April 5 –Cliff Carlisle, country and blues singer, 79
• April 13 –Dolo Coker, jazz pianist and composer, 55
• April 14 –Pete Farndon (The Pretenders), English bassist, 30 (drug overdose)
• April 17 –Felix Pappalardi, American producer and bassist, 43 (gunshot)
• April 23 –Earl Hines, American jazz pianist, 79
• April 30
  • Muddy Waters, blues singer and guitarist, 70 (heart attack)
  • George Balanchine, Russian-American choreographer, 79

• May 23
  • George Bruns, film composer, 68
  • Finn Mortensen, composer and music critic, 61
• May 25 –Paul Quinichette, saxophonist, 67

• June 2 –Stan Rogers, folk musician, 33
• June 25 –Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer, 67^[27]

• July 4 –Claus Adam, cellist, 66
• July 5 –Harry James, bandleader, 67
• July 12 –Chris Wood, rock musician, 39
• July 23 –Georges Auric, French composer, member ofLes Six, 84
• July 27 –Jerome Moross, composer, conductor and orchestrator, 69
• July 30 –Howard Dietz, lyricist, 86

• August 2 –James Jamerson, bassist, 47
• August 3 –Helge Bonnén, pianist and composer, 87
• August 6 –Klaus Nomi, singer, 39 (complications from AIDS)
• August 13 –Zdeněk Liška, Czech film composer, 61
• August 14 –Omer Létourneau, pianist, organist, composer and conductor, 92
• August 17 –Ira Gershwin, American lyricist, 86
• August 24 –Arkady Filippenko, composer, 71

• September 5 –John Gilpin, dancer, 53 (heart attack)
• September 11 –Brian Lawrance, Australian bandleader, 74^[28]
• September 24 –Isobel Baillie, operatic soprano, 88
• September 25 –Paul Jacobs, American pianist, 53 (complications from AIDS)

• October 16
  • Øivin Fjeldstad, violinist and conductor, 80
  • George Liberace, violinist and arranger, 72

• November 3 –Alfredo Antonini, conductor, 82
• November 7 –Germaine Tailleferre, composer, only female member ofLes Six, 88^[29]
• November 15 –John Grimaldi, English keyboard player and songwriter (Argent), 28
• November 19 –Tommy Evans, bassist of the rock groupBadfinger, 36 (suicide)

• December 6 –Lucienne Boyer, French singer, 80
• December 11 –Simon Laks, Polish composer and violinist, 82
• December 28 –Dennis Wilson, American singer, songwriter and drummer, 39 (drowned)

• date unknown
  • Antonio Mairena, Andalusianflamenco singer, 73 or 74
  • Pat Smythe, Scottish-born jazz pianist, 59 or 60

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