Editing Timeline of musical events (section)

== 2010s ==
{{Main|2010s in music}}
*'''[[2019 in music]]''', '''[[2019 in African music]]''', '''[[2019 in American music]]''', '''[[2019 in Asian music]]''', '''[[2019 in British music]]''', '''[[2019 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2019 in Danish music]]''', '''[[2019 in European music]]''', '''[[2019 in Finnish music]]''', '''[[2019 in Icelandic music]]''', '''[[2019 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2019 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2019 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2019 in Philippine music]]''', '''[[2019 in Scandinavian music]]''', '''[[2019 in South Korean music]]''', '''[[2019 in Swedish music]]'''
*Deaths of [[Michel Legrand]], [[André Previn]], [[Doris Duke]], [[Peggy Lipton]], [[Doris Day]], [[Dr. John]], [[João Gilberto]], [[Ric Ocasek]], [[Ginger Baker]], [[Juice WRLD]], [[Keith Flint]], [[Nipsey Hussle]]
**Notable releases:
*** [[Maggie Rogers]]’ ''[[Heard It In A Past Life]]''
***[[Ariana Grande]]'s ''[[Thank U, Next]]''
***[[Madonna]]'s ''[[Madame X (album)|Madame X]]''
***[[Bring Me the Horizon]]'s ''[[Amo (Bring Me the Horizon album)|Amo]]''<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/bring-me-the-horizon-on-their-emotional-new-album-amo-everything-boils-down-to-love-in-the-end-2370874 | title=Bring Me the Horizon on how divorce and trauma shaped new album 'Amo': 'Everything boils down to love in the end'| website=[[NME]]| date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
***[[Lewis Capaldi]]'s ''[[Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent]]''
***[[Tool (band)|Tool]]'s ''[[Fear Inoculum]]''<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/09/tool-album-2019/ | title=Maynard James Keenan says Tool's new album is coming in 2019| date=2018-09-10}}</ref>
***[[Tyler, The Creator]]'s ''[[Igor (album)|Igor]]''
***[[Toby Marlow]] and Lucy Moss' musical ''[[Six (musical)|Six]]'' (originally performed in 2017) debuts in the West End
***[[Charli XCX]]'s ''[[Charli (album)|Charli]]''
***[[Lana Del Rey]]'s ''[[Norman Fucking Rockwell!|Norman F***ing Rockwell!]]''
***[[Taylor Swift]]'s ''[[Lover (Taylor Swift album)|Lover]]''
***[[FKA Twigs]]'s ''[[Magdalene (album)|Magdalene]]''
***[[MadGibbs|Freddie Gibbs & Madlib]]'s ''[[Bandana (album)|Bandana]]''
***[[Weyes Blood]]'s ''[[Titanic Rising]]''
***[[Carly Rae Jepsen]]'s ''[[Dedicated (Carly Rae Jepsen album)|Dedicated]]''
***[[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]]' ''[[Ghosteen]]''
***[[DaBaby]]' ''[[Baby on Baby]]''
***[[Thom Yorke]]' ''[[Anima (Thom Yorke album)|Anima]]''
***[[BTS]]' ''[[Map of the Soul: Persona]]''
***[[Billie Eilish]]'s ''[[When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?]]''
***[[Babymetal]]'s ''[[Metal Galaxy]]''
*'''[[2018 in music]]''', '''[[2018 in African music]]''', '''[[2018 in American music]]''', '''[[2018 in Australian music]]''', '''[[2018 in British music]]''', '''[[2018 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2018 in Chinese music]]''', '''[[2018 in Danish music]]''', '''[[2018 in European music]]''', '''[[2018 in Finnish music]]''', '''[[2018 in Icelandic music]]''', '''[[2018 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2018 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2018 in Philippine music]]''', '''[[2018 in Scandinavian music]]''', '''[[2018 in South Korean music]]''', '''[[2018 in Swedish music]]'''
**Deaths of [[Hugh Masekela]], [[Tom Rapp]], [[Vic Damone]], [[Bud Luckey]], [[Fredo Santana]], [[Craig Mack]], [[Avicii]], [[XXXTentacion]], [[Jimmy Wopo]], [[Joe Jackson (manager)|Joe Jackson]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Mac Miller]], [[Dolores O'Riordan]], [[Charles Aznavour]], [[Pete Shelley]]
**Notable releases:
***[[Ariana Grande]]'s ''[[Sweetener (album)|Sweetener]]''
***[[Christina Aguilera]]'s ''[[Liberation (Christina Aguilera album)|Liberation]]''
***[[Earl Sweatshirt]]'s ''[[Some Rap Songs]]''
***[[Car Seat Headrest]]'s ''[[Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)]]'', a reworking of their 2011 album ''[[Twin Fantasy]]''
***[[Migos]]' ''[[Culture II]]''
***[[Nasty C]]'s ''[[Strings and Bling]]''
***[[Camila Cabello]]'s ''[[Camila (album)|self-titled album]]''
***[[Panic! At the Disco]]'s ''[[Pray for the Wicked]]''
***[[Kendrick Lamar]]'s ''[[Black Panther: The Album]]'' for the 2018 [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] film ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]''
***[[Cardi B]]'s ''[[Invasion of Privacy (album)|Invasion of Privacy]]''
***[[Kacey Musgraves]]'s ''[[Golden Hour (Kacey Musgraves album)|Golden Hour]]''
***[[Parquet Courts]]' ''[[Wide Awake!]]''
***[[A Perfect Circle]]'s ''[[Eat the Elephant]]''
***[[Kanye West]]'s ''[[Ye (album)|Ye]]''
***[[Nas]]'s ''[[Nasir (album)|NASIR]]''
***[[Mac Miller]]'s ''[[Swimming (Mac Miller album)|Swimming]]''
***[[Eminem]]'s ''[[Kamikaze (Eminem album)|Kamikaze]]''
***[[Paul McCartney]]'s ''[[Egypt Station]]''
***[[Brockhampton (band)|Brockhampton]]'s ''[[Iridescence (album)|Iridescence]]''
***[[Kids See Ghosts]]'s ''[[Kids See Ghosts (album)|self-titled album]]''
***[[Khruangbin]]'s ''[[Con Todo el Mundo]]''
***[[Molchat Doma]]'s ''[[Etazhi]]''
***[[Daughters (band)|Daughters]]' ''[[You Won't Get What You Want]]''
***[[Noname (rapper)|Noname]]'s ''[[Room 25]]''
***[[Tim Hecker]]'s ''[[Konoyo]]''
***[[Jon Hopkins]]'s ''[[Singularity (Jon Hopkins album)|Singularity]]''
***[[Nicolas Jaar|Against All Logic]]'s ''[[2012–2017]]''
***[[BTS]]' ''[[Love Yourself: Tear]]''
***[[Exo]]'s ''[[Don't Mess Up My Tempo]]''
***[[Blackpink]]'s ''[[Square Up (EP)|Square Up]]''
***[[Monsta X]]'s ''[[Take.1 Are You There?]]''
*'''[[2017 in music]]''', '''[[2017 in African music]]''', '''[[2017 in American music]]''', '''[[2017 in Australian music]]''', '''[[2017 in British music]]''', '''[[2017 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2017 in Chinese music]]''', '''[[2017 in Danish music]]''', '''[[2017 in European music]]''', '''[[2017 in Finnish music]]''', '''[[2017 in Icelandic music]]''', '''[[2017 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2017 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2017 in Philippine music]]''', '''[[2017 in Scandinavian music]]''', '''[[2017 in South Korean music]]''', '''[[2017 in Swedish music]]'''
**Deaths of [[Tom Petty]], [[Chester Bennington]], [[Al Jarreau]], [[Fats Domino]], [[Allan Holdsworth]], [[Chuck Berry]], [[J. Geils]], [[John Wetton]], [[Larry Coryell]], [[Svend Asmussen]], [[Chris Cornell]], [[Gregg Allman]], [[Butch Trucks]], [[Rosalie Sorrels]], [[Prodigy (rapper)|Prodigy]], [[Glen Campbell]], [[Walter Becker]], [[Grant Hart]], [[Walter "Junie" Morrison]], [[Jaki Liebezeit]], [[Holger Czukay]], [[David Cassidy]], [[Johnny Hallyday]], [[Keely Smith]], [[Malcolm Young]], [[Pierre Henry]] and [[Lil Peep]]
**The [[One Love Manchester]] event takes place after the devastating Manchester Arena bomb attacks, following an [[Ariana Grande]] concert.
**Notable releases:
***[[Katy Perry]]'s ''[[Witness (Katy Perry album)|Witness]]''
***[[Taylor Swift]]'s ''[[Reputation (Taylor Swift album)|Reputation]]''
***[[Imagine Dragons]]' ''[[Evolve (Imagine Dragons album)|Evolve]]''
***[[Jay Z]]'s ''[[4:44 (album)|4:44]]''
***[[Linkin Park]]'s ''[[One More Light]]''
***[[Sepultura]]'s ''[[Machine Messiah (album)|Machine Messiah]]''
***[[The xx]]'s ''[[I See You (The xx album)|I See You]]''
***[[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]]'s ''[[The Thrill of It All (Sam Smith album)|The Thrill of It All]]''
***[[Stormzy]]'s ''[[Gang Signs & Prayer]]''
***[[Demi Lovato]]'s ''[[Tell Me You Love Me (Demi Lovato album)|Tell Me You Love Me]]''
***[[Dua Lipa]]'s ''[[Dua Lipa (album)|self-titled debut album]]''
***[[Sampha]]'s ''[[Process (Sampha album)|Process]]''
***[[Ed Sheeran]]'s ''[[÷ (album)|÷]]''
***[[Thundercat (musician)|Thundercat]]'s ''[[Drunk (Thundercat album)|Drunk]]''
***[[Lorde]]'s ''[[Melodrama (Lorde album)|Melodrama]]''
***[[Pasek and Paul]]'s [[The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|soundtrack]] to the 20th Century Fox musical film ''[[The Greatest Showman]]''
***[[Kendrick Lamar]]'s ''[[Damn (Kendrick Lamar album)|DAMN.]]''
***[[Rag'n'Bone Man]]'s ''[[Human (Rag'n'Bone Man album)|Human]]''
***[[SZA]]'s ''[[Ctrl (SZA album)|Ctrl]]''
***[[Drake (musician)|Drake]]'s ''[[More Life]]''
***[[Smino]]'s ''[[blkswn]]''
***[[Tyler, The Creator]]'s ''[[Flower Boy]]''
***[[Brockhampton (band)|BROCKHAMPTON]]'s ''[[Saturation (Brockhampton album)|Saturation]]'', ''[[Saturation II]]'', and ''[[Saturation III]]''
***[[Rex Orange County]]'s ''[[Apricot Princess]]''
***[[Father John Misty]]'s ''[[Pure Comedy]]''
***[[Ryuichi Sakamoto]]'s ''[[async (album)|async]]''
**[[Luis Fonsi]] and [[Daddy Yankee]] release the record breaking hit single "[[Despacito]]".
*'''[[2016 in music]]''', '''[[2016 in African music]]''', '''[[2016 in American music]]''', '''[[2016 in Asian music]]''', '''[[2016 in Australian music]]''', '''[[2016 in Brazilian music]]''','''[[2016 in British music]]''', '''[[2016 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2016 in Chinese music]]''', '''[[2016 in Danish music]]''', '''[[2016 in European music]]''' ([[Continental Europe]]), '''[[2016 in Finnish music]]''', '''[[2016 in French music]]''', '''[[2016 in German music]]''', '''[[2016 in Icelandic music]]''', '''[[2016 in Indian music]]''', '''[[2016 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2016 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2016 in Malaysian music]]''', '''[[2016 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2016 in Philippine music]]''', '''[[2016 in Scandinavian music]]''', '''[[2016 in South Korean music]]''', '''[[2016 in Swedish music]]''', '''2016 in Vietnamese music'''
**Deaths of [[Juan Gabriel]], [[Paul Bley]], [[Pierre Boulez]], [[Elizabeth Swados]], [[David Bowie]], [[Paul Kantner]], [[Glenn Frey]], [[Leif Solberg]], [[Harald Devold]], [[George Martin]], [[Naná Vasconcelos]], [[Keith Emerson]], [[Merle Haggard]], [[Christina Grimmie]], [[Glenn Yarbrough]], [[Dan Hicks (singer)|Dan Hicks]], [[Maurice White]], [[Pete Burns]], [[John Berry (Beastie Boys)|John Berry]], [[Vanity (singer)|Vanity]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[Oscar Brand]], [[Mose Allison]], [[Nick Menza]], the members of [[Viola Beach]], [[Fred Hellerman]], [[Leonard Cohen]], [[Leon Russell]], [[Sharon Jones]], [[Phife Dawg]], [[Greg Lake]] and [[George Michael]] 
**Notable releases:
***[[David Bowie]]'s ''[[Blackstar (album)|Blackstar]]''
***[[Chance the Rapper]]'s ''[[Coloring Book (mixtape)|Coloring Book]]''
***[[Leonard Cohen]]'s ''[[You Want It Darker]]''
***[[Gwen Stefani]]'s ''[[This Is What the Truth Feels Like]]''
***[[Ariana Grande]]'s ''[[Dangerous Woman]]''
***[[Britney Spears]]' ''[[Glory (Britney Spears album)|Glory]]''
***[[A Tribe Called Quest]]'s ''[[We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service]]''
***[[Nick Jonas]]'s ''[[Last Year Was Complicated]]''
***[[Bruno Mars]]'s ''[[24K Magic (album)|24K Magic]]''
***[[Post Malone]]'s ''[[Stoney (album)|Stoney]]''
***[[Green Day]]'s ''[[Revolution Radio]]''
***[[Blink-182]]'s ''[[California (Blink-182 album)|California]]''
***[[Lady Gaga]]'s ''[[Joanne (album)|Joanne]]''
***[[Beyoncé]]'s ''[[Lemonade (Beyoncé album)|Lemonade]]''
***[[Drake (musician)|Drake]]'s ''[[Views (Drake album)|Views]]''
***Yussef Kamaal's ''[[Black Focus]]''
***[[Rihanna]]'s ''[[Anti (album)|Anti]]''
***[[Tove Lo]]'s ''[[Lady Wood (album)|Lady Wood]]''
***[[The Weeknd]]'s ''[[Starboy (album)|Starboy]]''
***[[Avenged Sevenfold]]'s ''[[The Stage (album)|The Stage]]''
***[[Metal Church]]'s ''[[XI (Metal Church album)|XI]]''
***[[Metallica]]'s ''[[Hardwired... to Self-Destruct]]''
***[[Megadeth]]'s ''[[Dystopia (Megadeth album)|Dystopia]]''
***[[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]'s ''[[For All Kings]]''
***[[Testament (band)|Testament]]'s ''[[Brotherhood of the Snake]]''
***[[Bon Jovi]]'s ''[[This House Is Not for Sale]]''
***[[Kanye West]]'s ''[[The Life of Pablo]]''
***[[Solange Knowles|Solange]]'s ''[[A Seat at the Table]]''
***[[Panic! at the Disco]]'s ''[[Death of a Bachelor]]''
***[[Kendrick Lamar]]'s ''[[Untitled Unmastered]]''
***[[Childish Gambino]]'s ''[["Awaken, My Love!"]]''
***[[Kings of Leon]]'s ''[[Walls (Kings of Leon album)|Walls]]''
***[[Radiohead]]'s ''[[A Moon Shaped Pool]]''
***[[Frank Ocean]]'s ''[[Blonde (Frank Ocean album)|Blonde]]'' and ''[[Endless (Frank Ocean album)|Endless]]''
***[[BTS]]' ''[[Wings (BTS album)|Wings]]''
***[[Babymetal]]'s ''[[Metal Resistance]]''
***[[Justin Timberlake]]'s record breaking single "[[Can't Stop the Feeling]]" (from the [[Trolls (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to the DreamWorks Animation film ''[[Trolls (film)|Trolls]]'').
*'''[[2015 in music]]''', '''[[2015 in American music]]''', '''[[2015 in Australian music]]''', '''[[2015 in British music]]''', '''[[2015 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2015 in Chinese music]]''', '''[[2015 in Danish music]]''', '''[[2015 in European music]]''' ([[Continental Europe]]), '''[[2015 in Finnish music]]''', '''[[2015 in Icelandic music]]''', '''[[2015 in Indian music]]''', '''[[2015 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2015 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2015 in Philippine music]]''', '''[[2015 in South Korean music]]''', '''[[2015 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2015 in Swedish music]]'''
**Deaths of [[Lemmy]], [[Clark Terry]], [[Erik Amundsen]], [[Rod McKuen]], [[John Eaton (composer)|John Eaton]], [[Lesley Gore]], [[Percy Sledge]], [[Ben E. King]], [[B.B. King]], [[Jean Ritchie]], [[Ronnie Gilbert]], [[Ornette Coleman]], [[Theodore Bikel]], [[Bob Johnston]], [[Kurt Masur]], [[Nora Brockstedt]], [[Scott Weiland]], [[Svein Christiansen]], [[Gary Richrath]], [[Dallas Taylor (drummer)|Dallas Taylor]], [[Kim Fowley]], [[James Last]] and [[Natalie Cole]].
**Notable releases:
***[[Twenty One Pilots]]'s ''[[Blurryface]]''
***[[Coldplay]]'s ''[[A Head Full of Dreams]]''
***[[Blur (band)|Blur]]'s ''[[The Magic Whip]]'' 
***[[Kendrick Lamar]]'s ''[[To Pimp A Butterfly]]''
***[[Breaking Benjamin]]'s ''[[Dark Before Dawn]]''
***[[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]'s ''[[Immortalized (Disturbed album)|Immortalized]]''
***[[Electric Light Orchestra|Jeff Lynne's ELO]]'s ''[[Alone in the Universe]]''
***[[Sufjan Stevens]]'s ''[[Carrie & Lowell]]''
***[[Travis Scott]]'s ''[[Rodeo (Travis Scott album)|Rodeo]]''
***[[Adele]]'s ''[[25 (Adele album)|25]]''
***[[Iron Maiden]]'s ''[[The Book of Souls]]''
***[[Tame Impala]]'s ''[[Currents (Tame Impala album)|Currents]]''
***[[Kamasi Washington]]'s ''[[The Epic (album)|The Epic]]''
***[[Slayer]]'s ''[[Repentless]]''
***[[Madonna]]'s ''[[Rebel Heart (Madonna album)|Rebel Heart]]''
***[[Marius Neset]]'s ''[[Pinball (Marius Neset album)|Pinball]]''
***[[Dag Arnesen]]'s ''Grieg, Tveitt & I''
***[[Olga Konkova|Olga Konkova Trio]]'s ''The Goldilocks Zone''
***[[Death Grips]]'s ''[[The Powers That B]]''
***[[Pentatonix]]'s ''[[Pentatonix (album)|self-titled]]''
***[[Lin-Manuel Miranda]]'s ''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]''
***[[Faith No More]]'s ''[[Sol Invictus (album)|Sol Invictus]]''
***[[Demi Lovato]]'s ''[[Confident (Demi Lovato album)|Confident]]''
***[[Selena Gomez]]'s ''[[Revival (Selena Gomez album)|Revival]]''
***[[Oneohtrix Point Never]]'s ''[[Garden of Delete]]''
***[[Carly Rae Jepsen]]'s ''[[Emotion (Carly Rae Jepsen album)|E•MO•TION]]''
***[[2814]]'s ''[[Birth of a New Day]]''
***[[Björk]]'s ''[[Vulnicura]]''
***Death's Dynamic Shroud.wmv's ''[[I'll Try Living Like This]]''
**[[Silento]] releases his hit song ''[[Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)]]'', that creates a viral dance trend.
**[[Wiz Khalifa]] and [[Charlie Puth]] release "[[See You Again]]" for the film, ''[[Furious 7]]'', as a tribute to [[Paul Walker]], who died in a car crash.
**[[Jerry Lee Lewis]] embarks on a final tour of the UK.
*'''[[2014 in music]]''', '''[[2014 in American music]]''', '''[[2014 in Asian music]]''', '''[[2014 in Australian music]]''', '''[[2014 in Brazilian music]]''', '''[[2014 in British music]]''', '''[[2014 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2014 in Chinese music]]''', '''[[2014 in European music]]''' ([[Continental Europe]]), '''[[2014 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2014 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2014 in New Zealand music]]''', '''[[2014 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2014 in Philippine music]]''', '''[[2014 in South Korean music]]''', '''[[2014 in Swedish music]]'''
**Death of [[Phil Everly]], [[Pete Seeger]], [[Casey Kasem]], [[Bobby Womack]], [[Tommy Ramone]], [[Johnny Winter]], [[Robin Williams]], [[Paco De Lucia]], [[Jack Bruce]], [[Bobby Keys]], [[Joe Cocker]]
** [[Ringo Starr]] and [[Paul McCartney]] perform together on 50th anniversary celebration to [[the Beatles]], with performances by various artists. 
**Notable releases:
***[[Lady Gaga]] and [[Tony Bennett]]'s ''[[Cheek to Cheek (album)|Cheek to Cheek]]''
***[[Ed Sheeran]]'s ''[[X (Ed Sheeran album)|x]]''
***[[Linkin Park]]'s ''[[The Hunting Party (album)|The Hunting Party]]''
***[[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]'s ''[[.5: The Gray Chapter]]''
***[[Coldplay]]'s ''[[Ghost Stories (Coldplay album)|Ghost Stories]]''
***[[Jackie Evancho]]'s ''[[Awakening (Jackie Evancho album)|Awakening]]''
***[[Taylor Swift]]'s ''[[1989 (Taylor Swift album)|1989]]''
***[[Jake Bugg]]'s ''[[Shangri La (Jake Bugg album)|Shangri-La]]''
***[[Sia]]'s ''[[1000 Forms of Fear]]''
***[[Bob Dylan]]'s ''[[The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete]]''
***[[J. Cole]]'s ''[[2014 Forest Hills Drive]]''
***[[U2]]'s ''[[Songs of Innocence]]''
***[[Beck]]'s ''[[Morning Phase]]''
***[[Freddie Gibbs]] and [[Madlib]]'s ''[[Piñata (Freddie Gibbs and Madlib album)|Piñata]]''
***[[Aphex Twin]]'s ''[[Syro]]''
***[[Machine Girl]]'s ''WLFGRL''
***[[BadBadNotGood]]'s ''[[III (BadBadNotGood album)|III]]''
***[[Todd Terje]]'s ''[[It's Album Time]]''
***[[Arca (musician)|Arca]]'s ''[[Xen (album)|Xen]]''
***[[Babymetal]]'s ''[[Babymetal (album)|self-titled debut album]]''
***[[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]]'s ''[[In the Lonely Hour]]''
***[[Nicki Minaj]]'s ''[[Pinkprint]]''
***[[Pharrell Williams]]'s ''[[Girl (Pharrell Williams album)|Girl]]''
***[[Exodus (American band)|Exodus]]' ''[[Blood In, Blood Out (Exodus album)|Blood In, Blood Out]]''
***[[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[The Endless River]]''
**[[Mark Ronson]] teams up with [[Bruno Mars]] to record the number one hit single ''[[Uptown Funk]]''
*'''[[2013 in music]]''', '''[[2013 in American music]]''', '''[[2013 in Australian music]]''', '''[[2013 in British music]]''', '''[[2013 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2013 in European music]]''' ([[Continental Europe]]), '''[[2013 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2013 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2013 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2013 in South Korean music]]''', '''[[2013 in Swedish music]]'''
**Death of [[Patti Page]], [[Cecil Womack]], [[Lil Snupe]], [[Alvin Lee]], [[Clive Burr]], [[Jeff Hanneman]], [[Lou Reed]], [[Cory Monteith]], and [[Ray Manzarek]].
**Notable releases:
***[[Lorde]]'s ''[[Pure Heroine]]''
***[[Lady Gaga]]'s ''[[Artpop]]''
***[[Katy Perry]]'s ''[[Prism (Katy Perry album)|Prism]]''
***[[Justin Timberlake]]'s ''[[The 20/20 Experience]]''
***[[Chance The Rapper]]'s ''[[Acid Rap]]''
***[[Tyler, The Creator]]'s ''[[Wolf (Tyler, The Creator album)|Wolf]]''
***[[Daft Punk]]’s ''[[Random Access Memories]]''
***[[Boards of Canada]]’s ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]''
***[[Oneohtrix Point Never]]’s ''[[R Plus Seven]]''
***[[Tim Hecker]]’s ''[[Virgins (album)|Virgins]]''
***[[Jon Hopkins]]’ ''[[Immunity (Jon Hopkins album)|Immunity]]''
***[[William Onyeabor]]’s ''[[Who is William Onyeabor?]]''
***[[Kyary Pamyu Pamyu]] releases ''[[Nanda Collection]]''
***[[Anamanaguchi]] releases ''[[Endless Fantasy]]''
***[[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]]'s ''[[m b v (album)|m b v]]''
***[[Disclosure (band)|Disclosure]]'s ''[[Settle (album)|Settle]]''
***[[Jay-Z]]'s ''[[Magna Carta Holy Grail]]''
***[[Oneohtrix Point Never]]'s ''[[R Plus Seven]]''
**Actress [[Anna Kendrick]] releases ''[[Cups (song)#Anna Kendrick cover|Cups (When I'm Gone)]]'' (featured on the [[Pitch Perfect (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to the film ''[[Pitch Perfect]]'')
*'''[[2012 in music]]''', '''[[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 European music]]''' ([[Continental Europe]]), '''[[2012 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2012 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2012 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2012 in New Zealand music]]''', '''[[2012 in Swedish music]]''', '''[[2012 in South Korean music]]'''
**Death of [[Ian Bargh]], [[Whitney Houston]], [[Etta James]], [[Ravi Shankar]], [[Davy Jones (musician)|Davy Jones]], [[Robert B. Sherman]], [[Earl Scruggs]], [[Levon Helm]], [[Adam Yauch]], [[Donna Summer]], [[Robin Gibb]], [[Doc Watson]], [[Bob Welch (musician)|Bob Welch]], [[Kitty Wells]], [[Jon Lord]], [[Andy Williams]], [[Jenni Rivera]], [[Mitch Lucker]], [[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau]], [[Dave Brubeck]] and [[Richard Rodney Bennett]].
**[[The Beach Boys]] embark on a 2012 world tour celebrating their 50th Anniversary.
**[[Swedish House Mafia]] announce their break up and embark on [[One Last Tour]].
**English singer-songwriter [[Jake Bugg]] releases his debut album, [[Jake Bugg (album)|Jake Bugg]].
**[[Madonna]]'s 12th studio album is released, entitled ''[[MDNA (album)|MDNA]]''. It tops the charts across the globe including the United Kingdom where she becomes the solo artist with the most number one albums and the UK breaks the iTunes pre-order record.<ref>[http://www.prefixmag.com/news/madonna-breaks-itunes-pre-order-record-with-mdna/61765/ Madonna Breaks iTunes Pre-Order Record With 'MDNA' | Prefix<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210225/http://www.prefixmag.com/news/madonna-breaks-itunes-pre-order-record-with-mdna/61765/ |date=March 3, 2016 }}</ref> To support the album she embarks on [[The MDNA Tour]] which grosses over $305&nbsp;million and becomes the second highest grossing female tour, behind her own [[Sticky and Sweet Tour]].
**South Korean pop singer [[Psy]] releases his album ''[[Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1]]'', which includes the viral dance song, ''[[Gangnam Style]]'', that becomes the most viewed YouTube video for 5 years.
**[[Nicki Minaj]] releases her album ''[[Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded]]''
**[[Kesha]] releases ''[[Warrior (Kesha album)|Warrior]]''
**[[Taylor Swift]] releases ''[[Red (Taylor Swift album)|Red]]''
**[[Tame Impala]] releases ''[[Lonerism]]''
**[[Kyary Pamyu Pamyu]] releases ''[[Pamyu Pamyu Revolution]]''
**[[Kendrick Lamar]] releases ''[[good kid, m.A.A.d city]]''
**[[Frank Ocean]] releases ''[[Channel Orange]]''
**[[Lana Del Rey]] releases ''[[Born to Die]]''
**[[Imagine Dragons]] release ''[[Night Visions]]''
**[[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]] release ''[['Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!]]''
**[[Flying Lotus]] releases ''[[Until the Quiet Comes]]''
**[[Blank Banshee]] releases ''[[Blank Banshee 0]]''
*'''[[2011 in music]]''', '''[[2011 in American music]]''', '''[[2011 in Asian music]]''', '''[[2011 in British music]]''', '''[[2011 in Canadian music]]''', '''[[2011 in European music]]''' ([[Continental Europe]]), '''[[2011 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2011 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2011 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2011 in Swedish music]]'''
**Death of [[Gerry Rafferty]], [[Gary Moore]], [[George Shearing]], [[Mike Starr (musician)|Mike Starr]], [[Ferlin Husky]], [[Gil Scott-Heron]], [[Clarence Clemons]], [[Amy Winehouse]], [[Sylvia Robinson]], [[Bert Jansch]], and [[Dobie Gray]].
**English singer [[Adele]] released the album ''[[21 (Adele album)|21]]'', which had sold 26.4&nbsp;million copies worldwide according to the [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]], became the best selling album in the past 15 years, and also won six Grammys.
**[[Lady Gaga]] releases her iconic album ''[[Born This Way (album)|Born This Way]]''
**[[Jessie J]] releases her debut studio album, ''[[Who You Are (Jessie J album)|Who You Are]]''
**[[LMFAO (band)|LMFAO]] release the album ''[[Sorry for Party Rocking]]''
**[[Radiohead]] release the album ''[[The King of Limbs]]''
**[[Vektroid]] release the album ''[[Floral Shoppe]]''
**[[Oneohtrix Point Never]] releases the album ''[[Replica (Oneohtrix Point Never album)|Replica]]''
**[[The Caretaker (musician)|The Caretaker]] releases the album ''[[An Empty Bliss Beyond This World]]''
**[[Tim Hecker]] releases the album ''[[Ravedeath, 1972]]''
**[[James Ferraro]] releases the album ''[[Far Side Virtual]]''
**[[Rustie]] releases the album ''[[Glass Swords]]''
**[[C418]] releases ''[[Minecraft (soundtrack)#Minecraft – Volume Alpha|Minecraft – Volume Alpha]]'', the first [[soundtrack album]] to the [[Sandbox game|sandbox video game]] ''[[Minecraft]]''
**[[Robert Lopez]] and ''[[South Park]]'' creators [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]] team up and create the musical ''[[The Book of Mormon (musical)|The Book of Mormon]]''.
**[[Gotye]] releases the album ''[[Making Mirrors]]'', which features the number one hit single "[[Somebody That I Used to Know]]"
**[[Rebecca Black]] releases her debut single, "[[Friday (Rebecca Black song)|Friday]]", to scathing reviews, and being the most disliked YouTube video until it was taken down 6 months later.
*'''[[2010 in music]]''', '''[[2010 in American music]]''', '''[[2010 in Asian music]]''', '''[[2010 in Australian music]]''', '''[[2010 in British music]]''', '''[[2010 in European music]]''' ([[Continental Europe]]), '''[[2010 in Irish music]]''', '''[[2010 in Japanese music]]''', '''[[2010 in New Zealand music]]''', '''[[2010 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[2010 in Philippine music]]''', '''[[2010 in Swedish music]]'''
**Tour of [[Jerry Lee Lewis]].
**[[Metallica]], [[Megadeth]], [[Slayer]] and [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] perform together for the first time as part of [[The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria|the Big 4]] shows.
**Death of [[Teddy Pendergrass]], [[Ed Thigpen]], [[Kate McGarrigle]], [[Ronnie James Dio]], [[Peter Steele]], [[Paul Gray (American musician)|Paul Gray]], [[Lena Horne]], [[Jimmy Dean]], [[Tuli Kupferberg]], [[Eddie Fisher]], [[Joan Sutherland]] and [[Bobby Farrell]].
**Notable releases:
***[[Gorillaz]]'s ''[[Plastic Beach]]''
***[[Flying Lotus]]'s ''[[Cosmogramma]]''
***[[Four Tet]]'s ''[[There Is Love in You]]''
***[[Nicki Minaj]]'s ''[[Pink Friday]]''
***[[Tim Minchin]]'s ''[[Matilda the Musical]]''
***[[Kanye West]]'s ''[[My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy]]''
***[[Katy Perry]]'s ''[[Teenage Dream (Katy Perry album)|Teenage Dream]]''
***[[CeeLo Green]]'s ''[[The Lady Killer (album)|The Lady Killer]]''
***[[Kesha]] releases her first studio album, ''[[Animal (Kesha album)|Kesha]]'', as well as her first EP, ''[[Cannibal (EP)|Cannibal]]''.
***[[Yolanda Be Cool]]'s "[[We No Speak Americano]]"
***[[Bruno Mars]]'s ''[[Doo-Wops and Hooligans]]''
***Australian musical project [[Tame Impala]] releases his debut album ''[[Innerspeaker]]''