2015 in music
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This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2015 in music.
Contents
Specific locations
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- African music
- American music
- Australian music
- Brazilian music
- British music
- Canadian music
- Chinese music
- Danish music
- European music (Continental Europe)
- Finnish music
- French music
- German music
- Icelandic music
- Indian music
- Irish music
- Japanese music
- Malaysian music
- Mongolian music
- North Korean music
- Norwegian music
- Philippine music
- Polynesian music
- South Korean music
- Swedish music
- Taiwanese music
- Vietnamese music
- World music
Specific genres
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Albums released
Awards
| 2015 Billboard Music Awards |
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| Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift – New Artist of the Year: Sam Smith – Top Hot 100 Song: All About That Bass – Top Billboard 200 Album: 1989 |
| 57th Japan Record Awards |
| Grand Prix: "Unfair World" (ja) by Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe • Best Singer: Seiko Matsuda • Best New Artist: Magnolia Factory • Best Song: several |
| 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards |
| Artist of the Year: Big Bang • Album of the Year: Exodus by Exo • Song of the Year: "Bang Bang Bang" by Big Bang • Best Music Video: Bae Bae by Big Bang |
| MTV Video Music Awards |
| Video of the Year: Bad Blood – Best Male Video: Uptown Funk – Best Female Video: Blank Space – Artist to Watch: Fetty Wap |
| MTV Europe Music Awards |
| Best Song: Bad Blood – Best Video: Downtown – Best Female: Rihanna – Best Male: Justin Bieber |
| The 3rd V Chart Awards |
| Top Male Artist : Vision Wei with By Your Side • Top Female Artist: Jane Zhang with You Are Mine (我是我的) • Top Group: Top Combine with Large Pear (鸭梨大) • Top New Artist: Henry Huo |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| Inductees: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band • Joan Jett & The Blackhearts • Green Day • Lou Reed • Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble • Bill Withers |
Bands formed
- 3776
- 1Punch
- Akishibu Project
- April
- Bastarz
- Big Brain
- Billie Idle
- Bish
- Bursters
- CLC
- Day6
- DIA
- Earphones
- Ebisu Muscats
- GFriend
- iamnot
- Idol Renaissance
- Iginari Tohoku San
- iKon
- JJY Band
- Kolme
- La PomPon
- Ladybaby
- lol
- Magnolia Factory
- MAP6
- MeloMance
- Monsta X
- Mrs. Green Apple
- MyB
- Myth & Roid
- N.Flying
- Official Hige Dandism
- Oh My Girl
- OxT
- Pentagon
- Playback
- Pretty Brown
- POP
- Romeo
- Rubber Soul
- Seventeen
- Snuper
- Srv.Vinci
- Sora tob sakana
- Suchmos
- Tacoyaki Rainbow
- The Hoopers
- The Peggies
- TrySail
- Twice
- Unicorn
- UP10TION
- VAV
- VIXX LR
- WANNA.B
- Wednesday Campanella
- Whiteeeen
Soloist debuts
- Aimyon
- Alina Baraz
- Alessia Cara
- Alex Gonzaga
- Amber
- Anly
- Anne-Marie
- Baek Yerin
- Bea Miller
- Choa
- Daoko
- Daya
- Dean
- Declan McKenna
- Dua Lipa
- Elo
- Elsie
- Halsey
- Horan
- Faouzia
- Ferlyn G
- G2
- Gaeko
- G.Soul
- Goo Hara
- Hailee Steinfeld
- Iñigo Pascual
- Jacob Benedicto
- Jang Hyun-seung
- Jeremy Zucker
- Julien Baker
- Jung Yong-hwa
- Junoflo
- Jonghyun
- Julian Trono
- Kiiara
- Lee Hongki
- Lizzy
- Mabel
- Marlo Mortel
- Matteo Guidicelli
- Minah
- Miwoo
- Niel
- Park Jimin
- Patrick Brasca
- Poppy
- Reol
- Reese Lansangan
- Rita De Guzman
- RM
- Sakura Fujiwara
- Shaun
- Taeyeon
- Wuno
- Lee Tae-il
- Ugly Duck
- Yassi Pressman
- Yezi
Bands reformed
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- 13th Floor Elevators
- The Academy Is...
- A-ha
- Aiden
- Alexisonfire
- Armor for Sleep
- At the Drive-In
- Bay City Rollers
- The Black Eyed Peas
- Black Grape
- The Bluetones
- Brooks & Dunn
- Busted
- The Corrs
- Daphne and Celeste
- Dashboard Confessional
- Digable Planets
- Disturbed
- Evanescence
- Faithless
- Good Charlotte
- LCD Soundsystem
- Lush
- The Matches
- Pist.On
- The Promise Ring
- Rainbow
- Royal Trux
- Savatage
- Simply Red
- The Starting Line
- Supertramp
- Symphony Number One
- Thrice
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Underoath
- Ween
Bands disbanded
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- 3 Inches of Blood
- Avi Buffalo
- The Black Crowes
- Bloodhound Gang
- Burzum
- California Breed
- Cali Swag District
- CBS Orchestra
- Cobra Starship
- Device
- Eastern Conference Champions
- Erase Errata
- Flesh for Lulu
- Framing Hanley
- Funeral For a Friend
- Goodbye to Gravity
- G.R.L.
- I, the Breather
- James Last Orchestra
- Kill Hannah
- Klaxons
- Maybeshewill
- Mean Creek
- MellowHype
- Mötley Crüe
- Motörhead
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- Noah and the Whale
- Obits
- Odd Future
- The Replacements
- Rise to Remain
- The Rosso Sisters
- Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts
- Sleeper Agent
- Stereo Kicks
- Texas in July
- The Weakerthans
Deaths
January
- 1 – Matthew Cogley (30), British musician and songwriter (Failsafe).[1]
- 6 – Lance Percival (81), British actor and singer.[2]
- 13 – Ronnie Ronalde (91), British siffleur and yodeller.
- 19 – Ward Swingle (87), American jazz singer (The Swingle Singers).
- 22 – Joan Hinde (81), British trumpet player.
- 27 – Margot Moir (55), Scottish-born Australian singer (The Moir Sisters).[3]
- 29 – Danny McCulloch (69), British bassist (Eric Burdon & The Animals).
February
- 12 – Steve Strange (55), British musician (Visage).[4]
- 21 – Clark Terry (94), American jazz trumpeter.[5]
- 22 – Erik Amundsen (78), Norwegian jazz upright-bassist.[6]
- 23 – Ron Edgar (68), American rock drummer (The Music Machine)
March
- 21 – Jørgen Ingmann, (89), Danish guitarist.[7]
April
- 1 – Dave Ball (65), British musician (Procol Harum).[8]
- 3 – Andrew Porter (86), British organist, music critic, and opera director[9]
- 10 – Ronald Hambleton (97), English-born Canadian broadcaster and music critic (Toronto Star).[10]
- 13 – Ronnie Carroll (80), Northern Irish singer.
- 17 – Brian Couzens (86), British music industry executive (Chandos Records).[11]
May
- 6 – Dottie Dillard (91), American pop singer (The Anita Kerr Quartet)
- 14 – B.B. King (89), American blues guitarist.[12]
- 20 – Bob Belden (58), American jazz saxophonist.[13]
- 23 – Marcus Belgrave (78), American jazz trumpeter.[14]
- 31 – Slim Richey (77), American jazz guitarist.[15]
June
- 11 – Ornette Coleman (85), American jazz saxophonist.[16]
- 12 – Monica Lewis (93), American singer and actress.[17]
- 21 – Gunther Schuller (89), American composer, conductor, and horn player.[18]
- 27 – Joe Bennett (75), American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones)
July
- 1
- Val Doonican (88), Irish-born singer.
- Edward Greenfield (86), British music critic and broadcaster.[19]
- 13 – Eric Wrixon (68), British musician from Belfast, Northern Ireland (Them, Thin Lizzy).[20]
- 22
- Daron Norwood (49), American country music singer
- Eddie Hardin (66), British singer-songwriter and pianist (The Spencer Davis Group and Axis Point).
- 31 – Pamela Brandt (68), American country-rock bassist, singer and songwriter (The Deadly Nightshade)
August
- 1 – Cilla Black (72), British singer and presenter.
- 12 – John Scott (59), British organist and choirmaster.[21]
- 14 – Jazz Summers (71), British music manager (Scissor Sisters, The Verve, Snow Patrol), (lung cancer)[22]
- 20 – Laurent Rossi (67), French singer, songwriter, and record producer (Bimbo Jet)
September
- 4 – Hal Willis (82), Canadian country music singer
- 29 – Phil Woods (83), American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer[23]
October
- 9 – Larry Rosen (75), American drummer, entrepreneur, and music producer.[24]
- 22 – Mark Murphy (83), American singer.[25]
November
- 5 – Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (92).[26]
- 25 – Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer (74).[27]
December
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Scott Weiland on stage—2009-07
- 3 – Scott Weiland (48), American musician, singer and songwriter (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver and Art of Anarchy)
- 28 – Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister (70), English musician, singer and songwriter (Motörhead, Hawkwind, The Rockin' Vickers)
- 30 – Zjef Vanuytsel (70), Belgian folk singer.
- 31 – Natalie Cole (65), American singer, songwriter, and actress (congestive heart failure).[28]
See also
References
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