Editing Timeline of musical events (section)

== 2020s ==
{{Main|2020s in music}}
*'''[[2026 in American music]]'''
*'''[[2025 in music]]''', '''[[2025 in American music]]'''
**Deaths of [[Peter Yarrow]], [[Sam Moore]], [[David Lynch]], [[Garth Hudson]], [[Unk]], [[Aaron Rossi]], [[Marianne Faithfull]], [[Irv Gotti]], [[Dave Jerden]], [[Rick Buckler]], [[Snowy Fleet]], [[Jerry Butler]], [[Voletta Wallace]], [[Chris Jasper]], [[Roberta Flack]], [[Roy Ayers]], [[Brian James (guitarist)|Brian James]], [[Les Binks]], [[Clem Burke]], [[Roy Thomas Baker]], [[Mike Peters (musician)|Mike Peters]], [[Dale Henderson]], [[Rick Derringer]]
*'''[[2024 in music]]''', '''[[2024 in African music]]''', '''[[2024 in Asian music]]''', '''[[2024 in British music]]''', '''[[2024 in American music]]''', '''[[2024 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2024 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2024 in Philippine music]]''', '''[[2024 in Scandinavian music]]''', '''[[2024 in South Korean music]]'''
**Deaths of [[Chris Karrer]], [[Glynis Johns]], [[David Soul]], [[Larry Collins (guitarist)|Larry Collins]], [[James Kottak]], [[Audie Blaylock]], [[Bill Hayes (actor)|Bill Hayes]], [[Laurie Johnson]], [[Marlena Shaw]], [[Frank Farian]], [[Melanie (singer)|Melanie]], [[Wayne Kramer]], [[Aston "Family Man" Barrett]], [[Toby Keith]], [[Mojo Nixon]], [[Bobby Tench]], [[Eric Carmen]], [[Pete Rodriguez (boogaloo musician)|Pete Rodriguez]], [[Steve Harley]], [[Michael Ward (musician)|Michael Ward]], [[Jerry Abbott]], [[Clarence "Frogman" Henry]], [[Mister Cee]], [[Dickey Betts]], [[Mike Pinder]], [[Duane Eddy]], [[Richard Tandy]], [[Gary Floyd]], [[Steve Albini]], [[Charlie Colin]], [[Doug Ingle]], [[Mark Gormley]], [[Richard M. Sherman]], [[Rodger Fox]], [[Cayouche]], [[Doug Dagger]], [[Ed Mann]], [[Colin Gibb]], [[Brother Marquis]], [[C.Gambino]], [[Rose-Marie (singer)|Rose-Marie]], [[Enchanting (rapper)|Enchanting]], [[Françoise Hardy]], [[Johnny Canales]], [[Skowa]], [[Dario G]], [[Buzz Cason]], [[James Chance]], [[Kinky Friedman]], [[John Mayall]], [[Chino XL]], [[Greg Kihn]], [[Jack Russell (musician)|Jack Russell]], [[Fatman Scoop]], [[Rich Homie Quan]], [[Sérgio Mendes]], [[Herbie Flowers]], [[Will Jennings]], [[Zoot Money]], [[Tommy Cash]], [[Tito Jackson]], [[Nick Gravenites]], [[Dick Diamonde]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Cissy Houston]], [[Liam Payne]], [[Paul Di'Anno]], [[DJ Clark Kent]], [[Phil Lesh]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[Shel Talmy]], [[Peter Sinfield]], [[Chuck Woolery]], [[Bob Bryar]], [[Lennie De Ice]], [[Anita Bryant]], [[John Sykes]]
*'''[[2023 in music]]''', '''[[2023 in African music]]''', '''[[2023 in Asian music]]''', '''[[2023 in British music]]''', '''[[2023 in American music]]''', '''[[2023 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2023 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2023 in Philippine music]]''', '''[[2023 in Scandinavian music]]''', '''[[2023 in South Korean music]]'''
**Deaths of [[Gangsta Boo]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Lisa Marie Presley]], [[Robbie Bachman]], [[Van Conner]], [[David Crosby]], [[Top Topham]], [[Tom Verlaine]], [[Barrett Strong]], [[Burt Bacharach]], [[Trugoy]], [[Wayne Shorter]], [[Steve Mackey]], [[Gary Rossington]], [[Jim Gordon (musician)|Jim Gordon]], [[Bobby Caldwell]], [[Fuzzy Haskins]], [[Keith Reid]], [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]], [[Harry Belafonte]], [[Gordon Lightfoot]], [[Rolf Harris]], [[Andy Rourke]], [[Pete Brown]], [[Chas Newby]], [[Tina Turner]], [[Cynthia Weil]], [[Astrud Gilberto]], [[Rick Froberg]], [[Mo Foster]], [[Coco Lee]], [[Jane Birkin]], [[Tony Bennett]], [[Sinéad O'Connor]], [[Randy Meisner]], [[Carl Davis]], [[Sixto Rodriguez]], [[Robbie Robertson]], [[Magoo (rapper)|Magoo]], [[Bernie Marsden]], [[Jimmy Buffett]], [[Steve Harwell]], [[Gary Wright]], [[Bruce Guthro]], [[Carla Bley]], [[The 45 King]], [[Charlie Dominici]], [[Mars Williams]], [[Geordie Walker]], [[Shane MacGowan]], [[Denny Laine]], [[Colin Burgess (musician)|Colin Burgess]], [[Eric Moyo]], [[Torben Ulrich]], [[Tom Smothers]], [[Sandra Reaves-Phillips]]
**Notable releases:
***[[Travis Scott]]'s ''[[Utopia (Travis Scott album)|Utopia]]''
***[[100 gecs]]' ''[[10,000 Gecs]]''
***[[Blur (band)|Blur]]'s ''[[The Ballad of Darren]]''
***[[Black Country, New Road]]'s ''[[Live at Bush Hall]]''
***[[King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard]]'s ''[[PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation]]''
***[[Metallica]]'s ''[[72 Seasons]]''
***[[Paramore]]'s ''[[This Is Why]]''
***[[Young Fathers]]' ''[[Heavy Heavy]]''
***[[Miley Cyrus]]' ''[[Endless Summer Vacation]]''
***[[NewJeans]]' ''[[Get Up (EP)|Get Up]]''
*'''[[2022 in music]]''', '''[[2022 in African music]]''', '''[[2022 in Asian music]]''', '''[[2022 in British music]]''', '''[[2022 in American music]]''', '''[[2022 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2022 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2022 in Philippine music]]''', '''[[2022 in Scandinavian music]]''', '''[[2022 in South Korean music]]'''
**Deaths of [[Ronnie Spector]], [[Meat Loaf]], [[Jon Zazula]], [[Mark Lanegan]], [[Gary Brooker]], [[Betty Davis]], [[Timmy Thomas]], [[Taylor Hawkins]], [[Chris Bailey (musician, born 1956)|Chris Bailey]], [[Gilbert Gottfried]], [[Jewell (singer)|Jewell]], [[Vangelis]], [[Andy Fletcher (musician)|Andy Fletcher]], [[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]], [[Ronnie Hawkins]], [[Trouble (rapper)|Trouble]], [[Alec John Such]], [[Jim Seals]], [[Q Lazzarus]], [[Olivia Newton-John]], [[Lamont Dozier]], [[PnB Rock]], [[Ramsey Lewis]], [[Jesse Powell]], [[Pharoah Sanders]], [[Coolio]], [[Loretta Lynn]], [[Angela Lansbury]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[D.H. Peligro]], [[Takeoff (rapper)|Takeoff]], [[Aaron Carter]], [[Gal Costa]], [[Nik Turner]], [[Keith Levene]], [[Irene Cara]], [[Christine McVie]], [[Bob McGrath]], [[Jet Black]], [[Thom Bell]], [[Sidhu Moose Wala]]
**American [[Heavy metal music|Heavy Metal]] band [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] Announces 40th Anniversary tour, returning to the United States for the first time since 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brandvold |first=Michael |date=2022-01-12 |title=W.A.S.P. Announce US Tour Dates for 40 Years Live World Tour 2022 |url=https://www.waspnation.com/post/w-a-s-p-announce-us-tour-dates-for-40-years-live-world-tour-2022 |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Wasp |language=en}}</ref>
**Notable releases:
***[[Pink Floyd]] and [[Andriy Khlyvnyuk]]'s "[[Hey, Hey, Rise Up!]]"
***[[Black Country, New Road]]'s ''[[Ants from Up There]]''
***[[Denzel Curry]]'s ''[[Melt My Eyez See Your Future]]''
***[[Mitski]]'s ''[[Laurel Hell]]''
***[[Big Thief]]'s ''[[Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You]]''
***[[Charli XCX]]'s ''[[Crash (Charli XCX album)|Crash]]''
***[[Rosalía]]'s ''[[Motomami]]''
***[[Viagra Boys]]' ''[[Cave World]]''
***[[Black Midi]]'s ''[[Hellfire (Black Midi album)|Hellfire]]''
***[[Zeal & Ardor]]'s ''[[Zeal & Ardor (album)|Zeal & Ardor]]''
***[[Voivod (band)|Voivod]]'s ''[[Synchro Anarchy]]''
***[[Kendrick Lamar]]'s ''[[Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers]]''
***[[JID]]'s ''[[The Forever Story]]''
***[[Angel Olsen]]'s ''[[Big Time (Angel Olsen album)|Big Time]]''
***[[Harry Styles]]' ''[[Harry's House]]''
***[[Bad Bunny]]'s ''[[Un Verano Sin Ti]]''
***[[Beyoncé]]'s ''[[Renaissance (Beyoncé album)|Renaissance]]''
***[[SZA]]'s ''[[SOS (SZA album)|SOS]]''
***[[Taylor Swift]]'s ''[[Midnights]]''
*'''[[2021 in music]]''', '''[[2021 in African music]]''', '''[[2021 in British music]]''', '''[[2021 in Asian music]]''', '''[[2021 in American music]]''', '''[[2021 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2021 in European music]]''', '''[[2021 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2021 in Philippine music]]''', '''[[2021 in Scandinavian music]]''', '''[[2021 in South Korean music]]'''
**Deaths of [[Gerry Marsden]], [[Sophie (musician)|Sophie]], [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[Young Dolph]], [[Phil Spector]], [[Samuel E. Wright]], [[Gift of Gab (rapper)|Gift of Gab]], [[Joey Jordison]], [[Bunny Wailer]], [[Tom T. Hall]], [[Michael Nesmith]], [[Hub (bassist)|Hub]], [[Milford Graves]], [[Anita Lane]], [[Biz Markie]], [[Dusty Hill]], [[Jerzy Matuszkiewicz]], [[Don Everly]]
**Notable releases:
***[[Black Country, New Road]]'s ''[[For the First Time (Black Country, New Road album)|For the First Time]]''
***[[Weezer]]'s ''[[OK Human]]''
***[[Julien Baker]]'s ''[[Little Oblivions]]''
***[[Lana Del Rey]]'s ''[[Chemtrails over the Country Club]]''
***[[Taylor Swift]]'s ''[[Fearless (Taylor's Version)]]'' and ''[[Red (Taylor's Version)]]''
***[[Adele]]'s ''[[30 (album)|30]]''
***[[ABBA]]'s ''[[Voyage (ABBA album)|Voyage]]'', with a [[ABBA Voyage|virtual concert of the same name]] that accompanies both the album and a few of its songs, along with plenty of the band's older songs, premiering in London the following year.
***[[Kanye West]]'s ''[[Donda]]''
***[[Lana Del Rey]]'s ''[[Blue Banisters]]''
***[[Radiohead]]'s ''[[Kid A Mnesia]]''
***[[Iron Maiden]]'s ''[[Senjutsu (album)|Senjutsu]]''
***[[Turnstile (band)|Turnstile]]'s ''[[Glow On]]''
***[[Tyler, the Creator]]'s ''[[Call Me If You Get Lost]]''
***[[Black Midi]]'s ''[[Cavalcade (Black Midi album)|Cavalcade]]''
***[[Little Simz]]'s ''[[Sometimes I Might Be Introvert]]''
***[[Injury Reserve]]'s ''[[By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Injury Reserve album)|By the Time I Get to Phoenix]]''
***[[Squid (band)|Squid]]'s ''[[Bright Green Field]]''
***[[Silk Sonic]]'s ''[[An Evening with Silk Sonic]]''
***[[JPEGMafia]]'s ''[[LP!]]''
***[[Brockhampton (band)|Brockhampton]]'s ''[[Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine]]''
***[[Lingua Ignota (musician)|Lingua Ignota]]'s ''[[Sinner Get Ready]]''
***[[Magdalena Bay (group)|Magdalena Bay]]'s ''[[Mercurial World]]''
***[[Japanese Breakfast]]'s ''[[Jubilee (Japanese Breakfast album)|Jubilee]]''
***[[Olivia Rodrigo]]'s [[Sour (album)|''SOUR'']]
***[[Doja Cat]]'s ''[[Planet Her]]''
***[[Billie Eilish]]'s ''[[Happier Than Ever]]''
***[[Lorde]]'s ''[[Solar Power (album)|Solar Power]]''
***[[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]]'s ''[[If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power]]''
***[[Coldplay]]'s ''[[Music of the Spheres (Coldplay album)|Music of the Spheres]]''
***[[Floating Points]], [[Pharoah Sanders]], and the [[London Symphony Orchestra]]'s ''[[Promises (Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra album)|Promises]]''
***[[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]]'s ''[[G_d's Pee at State's End!]]''
***[[Madlib]]'s ''[[Sound Ancestors]]''
***[[BTS]]' single ''[[Butter (song)|Butter]]''
***[[Tomorrow X Together]]'s ''[[The Chaos Chapter: Freeze]]''
***[[Chungha]]'s ''[[Querencia (album)|Querencia]]''
***[[NCT Dream]]'s ''[[Hot Sauce (NCT Dream album)|Hot Sauce]]''
***[[Twice]]'s ''[[Formula of Love: O+T=＜3]]''
***[[IU (singer)|IU]]'s ''[[Lilac (IU album)|Lilac]]''
***[[Shinee]]'s ''[[Don't Call Me (album)|Don't Call Me]]''
***[[Stray Kids]]' ''[[Noeasy]]''
***[[(G)I-dle]]'s ''[[I Burn]]''
***[[Aespa]]'s ''[[Savage (EP)|Savage]]''
***[[Parannoul]]'s ''[[To See the Next Part of the Dream]]''
***[[Chai (band)|Chai]]'s ''[[Wink (album)|Wink]]''
***[[Måneskin]]'s ''[[Teatro d'ira: Vol. I]]'', which includes the band's commercial breakthrough hit ''[[Zitti e buoni]]'', that won the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2021]].
*'''[[2020 in music]]''', '''[[2020 in African music]]''', '''[[2020 in British music]]''', '''[[2020 in Asian music]]''', '''[[2020 in American music]]''', '''[[2020 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2020 in European music]]''', '''[[2020 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2020 in Philippine music]]''', '''[[2020 in Scandinavian music]]''', '''[[2020 in South Korean music]]'''
**Deaths of [[Pop Smoke]], [[Neil Peart]], [[Bob Shane]], [[McCoy Tyner]], [[Bill Withers]], [[John Prine]], [[Fred the Godson]], [[Little Richard]], [[Kenny Rogers]], [[Florian Schneider]], [[Joe Diffie]], [[Charlie Daniels]], [[Tim Smith (Cardiacs)|Tim Smith]], [[Eddie Van Halen]], [[Mory Kanté]], [[Krzysztof Penderecki]], [[Ennio Morricone]], [[MF Doom]], [[King Von]], [[Nikki McKibbin]], [[Naya Rivera]]
**Notable releases:
***[[The Weeknd]]'s ''[[After Hours (The Weeknd album)|After Hours]]''
***[[Ariana Grande]]'s ''[[Positions (album)|Positions]]''
***[[Selena Gomez]]'s ''[[Rare (Selena Gomez album)|Rare]]''
***[[Westside Gunn]]'s ''[[Pray for Paris]]''
***[[Lady Gaga]]'s ''[[Chromatica]]''
***[[Dua Lipa]]'s ''[[Future Nostalgia]]''
***[[Yves Tumor]]'s ''[[Heaven to a Tortured Mind]]''
***[[Fiona Apple]]'s ''[[Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]''
***[[Phoebe Bridgers]]' ''[[Punisher (album)|Punisher]]''
***[[Run the Jewels]]'s ''[[RTJ4]]''
***[[Tame Impala]]'s ''[[The Slow Rush]]''
***[[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]]'s ''[[Manic (Halsey album)|Manic]]''
***[[Lil Uzi Vert]]'s ''[[Eternal Atake]]''
***[[Testament (band)|Testament]]'s ''[[Titans of Creation]]''
***[[Taylor Swift]]'s ''[[Folklore (Taylor Swift album)|Folklore]]'' and ''[[Evermore (Taylor Swift album)|Evermore]]''
***[[The Microphones]]'s ''[[Microphones in 2020]]''
***[[Paul McCartney]]'s ''[[McCartney III]]''
***[[Oneohtrix Point Never]]'s ''[[Magic Oneohtrix Point Never]]''
***[[Nicolas Jaar|Against All Logic]]'s ''[[2017–2019]]''
***[[Autechre]]'s ''[[Sign (Autechre album)|Sign]]''
***[[Kenshi Yonezu]]'s ''[[Stray Sheep]]''
***[[Ichiko Aoba]]'s ''[[Windswept Adan]]''
***[[Rina Sawayama]]'s ''[[Sawayama]]''
***[[BTS]]' ''[[Map of the Soul: 7]]'' and ''[[Be (BTS album)|Be]]''
***[[Blackpink]]'s ''[[The Album (Blackpink album)|The Album]]''
***[[NCT (group)|NCT]]'s ''[[Neo Zone]]'' and ''[[NCT 2020 Resonance]]''
***[[Twice]]'s ''[[Eyes Wide Open (Twice album)|Eyes Wide Open]]''
***[[Stray Kids]]' ''[[Go Live (album)|Go Live]]''
***[[Yukika Teramoto]]'s ''[[Soul Lady]]''
***[[BoA]]'s ''[[Better (BoA album)|Better]]''
***[[Lee Tae-min|Taemin]]'s ''[[Never Gonna Dance Again (album)|Never Gonna Dance Again]]''
***[[Tomorrow X Together]]'s ''[[Minisode1: Blue Hour]]''
**The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] results in the cancellation or postponement of numerous music-related events scheduled to take place this year, including major tours, festivals and television appearances.