This topic covers events and articles related to 2022 in music.
Specific locations
African music American music Asian music Australian music Brazilian music British music Canadian music Chinese music Czech music Danish music European music Finnish music French music German music Icelandic music Indonesian music Irish music Italian music Japanese music Latin music Malaysian music Mongolian music Nigerian music Norwegian music Philippine music Polynesian music Scandinavian music South Korean music Swedish music Taiwanese music Vietnamese music
Specific genres Afrobeats Classical Country Electronic Jazz Latin Heavy metal Hip-hop Progressive rock Rock K-pop J-pop
Albums released
Awards 64th Annual Grammy Awards (USA) 2022 Billboard Music Awards (USA) 2022 Brit Awards (UK) 2022 Juno Awards (Canada) 2022 MAMA Awards (Asia) 2022 MTV Video Music Awards Japan (Japan) 2022 MTV Video Music Awards (USA) 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards (Europe) 2022 American Music Awards (USA) 36th Golden Disc Awards (South Korea) 64th Japan Record Awards (Japan) Pulitzer Prize for Music (USA) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) Mercury Prize (UK) Polar Music Prize (Sweden) Polaris Music Prize (Canada) Eurovision Song Contest 2022 (Europe) 31st Seoul Music Awards (South Korea) • •
Bands formed
Acid Angel from Asia Apink Chobom Astro – Jinjin & Rocky ATBO Blank2y Boysgroup Brigitte Calls Me Baby Classy Collar CSR The Dare ExWhyZ Fruits Zipper Fifty Fifty Got the Beat H1-Key ILY:1 Irris Kep1er Lapillus The Last Rockstars Le Sserafim Lolly Talk Lil League from Exile Tribe L.S. Dunes Mamamoo+ Metamuse Mimiirose MyGO!!!!! NewJeans Nmixx Ocha Norma Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe She's Green Strayz TAN Tempest TNX Travis Japan Trendz Væb Viviz XG Younite
Returning Performers Britney Spears (first song since 2020)
Soloist debuts
Akari Akase Anji Salvacion Baekho Bailey Zimmerman Cent Chihiro Chittiii Cho Mi-yeon Choi Ye-na Cloud Wan Eden Golan Glaive Jeremy Lee Jelo The Weirdo Kaori Oinuma Kayan9896 Kent Itō Kihyun Kim Jong-hyeon Krystian Wang Lauren Spencer-Smith Lee Chan-hyuk Lil Mabu Markus Megan Moroney Miyeon Nayeon Phoebus Ng SennaRin Seulgi Shanaia Gomez Wonpil Xiumin Yerin Yoshino Aoyama Yuju Yuki Yomichi
Bands reformed
The Academy Is... Be Your Own Pet Big Bang The Blackout Bluebottle Kiss Coal Chamber DNCE Doping Panda EXID The Gaslight Anthem Get Scared Girls' Generation Hanoi Rocks Kara Kisschasy The Mars Volta Mötley Crüe Mrs. Green Apple Pantera Pavement Pink Floyd (a one off recording, "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!", in aid of Ukrainian Humanitarian relief, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine) Pity Sex The Prodigy Pulp Rival Schools Roxy Music Sleep Sunk Loto Sunny Day Real Estate TISM Unwound Yellowcard t.A.T.u.
Bands disbanded
April Aswad Brutality Will Prevail The Birds of Satan Botopass Bvndit BugAboo blessthefall Castanets CLC D-Crunch DEL48 The Delfonics The Detroit Cobras Empire Every Time I Die Gauze Genesis The Ghost of Paul Revere Girlkind Girlpool The Golden Palominos Go to the Beds Grim Reaper Ho6la Hot Issue The Judds Kids See Ghosts Kikagaku Moyo The Linda Lindas Low Roar Lunarsolar mewithoutYou The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Mighty Diamonds Migos MVP Neverland Express Noisia NU'EST Okilly Dokilly Predia Press to Meco Procol Harum Pupy y Los que Son, Son The Pussycat Dolls Redsquare Roberts and Barrand The Saints The Shadows of Knight Summer Camp Super Girls Supergrass Sweet Trip Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders Torche TRCNG Whitesnake Waterson:Carthy We Girls Why Don't We With Confidence Wisin & Yandel
Bands on hiatus Brockhampton BTS Circa Survive DIA Florida Georgia Line Keane Laboum Little Mix Lovelyz Mary's Blood The Peggies Violent Soho Yoshimotozaka46
Deaths January 1 – Mighty Bomber, 93, Trinidadian calypso singer 2 Ana Bejerano, 60, Spanish pop singer (Mocedades) Kenny J, 69, Trinidadian calypso and soca singer Traxamillion, 42, American hip hop producer Jay Weaver, 42, American Christian rock bassist (Big Daddy Weave) 3 – Lewis Jordan, 74, American pop guitarist and singer (The Jordan Brothers) 4 Jessie Daniels, 58, American R&B singer (Force MDs) Andrzej Nowak, 63, Polish heavy metal guitarist (TSA) 5 Dale Clevenger, 81, American classical French hornist Neil Nongkynrih, 51, Indian classical pianist 6 Carlo Meliciani, 92, Italian opera singer Calvin Simon, 79, American funk singer (Parliament-Funkadelic) Yoram Taharlev, 83, Israeli pop lyricist 7 Harpdog Brown, 59, Canadian blues singer and harmonica player Koady Chaisson, 37, Canadian folk banjoist (The East Pointers) Bobby Harrison, 82, British psychedelic rock drummer and singer (Procol Harum, Freedom, Snafu) Marc Dé Hugar, 52, Australian glam metal guitarist (Candy Harlots) R. Dean Taylor, 82, Canadian pop singer-songwriter 8 Marilyn Bergman, 93, American pop lyricist Ramdas Kamat, 90, Indian Marathi theatre singer Michael Lang, 77, American tour promoter and producer 9 Maria Ewing, 71, American opera singer James Mtume, 76, American jazz and R&B multi-instrumentalist (Mtume) Desmond de Silva, 78, Sri Lankan pop and baila singer 10 Gerry Granahan, 89, American rock and roll and pop singer-songwriter Francis Jackson, 104, British classical organist and composer Khan Jamal, 75, American jazz vibraphonist Burke Shelley, 71, British heavy metal singer and bassist (Budgie) 11 Bruce Anderson, 72, American experimental rock guitarist (MX-80) Martin Carrizo, 50, Argentine rock and heavy metal drummer (A.N.I.M.A.L., Indio Solari) Rosa Lee Hawkins, 76, American pop and R&B singer (The Dixie Cups) Jordi Sabatés, 73, Spanish sunshine pop and classical pianist (Pic-Nic) 12 Everett Lee, 105, American classical violinist and conductor Waiphot Phetsuphan, 79, Thai Luk Thung singer Ronnie Spector, 78, American R&B and pop singer (The Ronettes) 13 CPO Boss Hogg, 52, American rapper Fred Parris, 85, American doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Five Satins) Sonny Turner, 82, American R&B singer (The Platters) Fred Van Hove, 84, Belgian free jazz pianist 14 Dallas Frazier, 82, American country singer-songwriter Greg Webster, 84, American funk drummer (Ohio Players) 15 Ralph Emery, 88, American radio disc jockey Jon Lind, 73, American folk rock and pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (Howdy Moon) Rachel Nagy, 48, American blues rock singer (The Detroit Cobras) Beverly Ross, 87, American pop singer-songwriter (Ronald & Ruby) 16 – Carmela Corren, 83, Israeli-Austrian pop singer 17 – Armando Gama, 67, Portuguese pop singer 18 Dick Halligan, 78, American jazz rock multi-instrumentalist (Blood, Sweat & Tears) and film composer Freddie Hughes, 78, American gospel and soul singer Tito Matos, 53, American bomba percussionist (Viento de Agua) 19 – Badal Roy, 82, Indian-American jazz fusion tabla player 20 Meat Loaf, 74, American rock singer Tom Smith, 65, American experimental rock multi-instrumentalist (To Live and Shave in L.A., Peach of Immortality) Elza Soares, 91, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer Karolos Trikolidis, 74, Austrian classical conductor 21 – Terry Tolkin, 62, American music journalist and music executive (Elektra Records), coined the term "alternative music" 22 Kirti Shiledar, 69, Indian classical singer Don Wilson, 88, American surf rock guitarist (The Ventures) 23 – Beegie Adair, 84, American jazz pianist 24 Osvaldo Peredo, 91, Argentine tango singer Boris Pfeiffer, 53, German folk metal multi-instrumentalist (In Extremo) 25 Hardev Dilgir, 82, Indian folk lyricist Andy Ross, 66, British punk rock singer and guitarist (Disco Zombies) and music executive (Food Records) Pat King, 77–78, Scottish progressive rock bassist (Manfred Mann's Earth Band) 26 – Janet Mead, 84, Australian Christian music singer 27 Alain Bancquart, 87, French classical composer Diego Verdaguer, 70, Argentine-Mexican pop singer 29 – Sam Lay, 86, American blues drummer (The Paul Butterfield Blues Band) 30 Jon Appleton, 83, American electronic composer, co-inventor of the Synclavier Philip Paul, 96, American jazz, blues, and R&B drummer Hargus "Pig" Robbins, 84, American country and rock pianist Norma Waterson, 82, British folk singer (The Watersons) 31 Alejandro Alonso, 69, Mexican Christian rock guitarist Jimmy Johnson, 93, American blues guitarist Trey Johnson, 53, American rock singer and guitarist (Sorta)
February 1 Hiroshima, Japanese hardcore punk drummer (GISM) Glenn Wheatley, 74, Australian rock bassist (The Masters Apprentices) Leslie Parnas, 90, American classical cellist Jon Zazula, 59, American record executive (Megaforce Records) 2 Endo Anaconda, 66, Swiss pop singer-songwriter (Stiller Has) Joe Diorio, 85, American jazz guitarist Willie Leacox, 74, American folk rock drummer (America) 3 – Donny Gerrard, 75, Canadian pop rock singer (Skylark) 4 Kerry Chater, 76, Canadian rock bassist and songwriter (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap) Gianluca Floris, 57, Italian opera singer 5 Rubén Fuentes, 95, Mexican classical and mariachi violinist Damodar Hota, 86, Indian classical singer 6 George Crumb, 92, American classical composer Syl Johnson, 85, American blues guitarist Lata Mangeshkar, 92, Indian playback singer 7 – Zbigniew Namysłowski, 82, Polish jazz multi-instrumentalist 8 – Bruce Greig, 54, American death metal guitarist (Misery Index, Dying Fetus) 9 Betty Davis, 77, American funk singer Ian McDonald, 75, British progressive rock multi-instrumentalist (King Crimson, Foreigner) Nora Nova, 93, Bulgarian pop singer 10 Walter Barylli, 100, Austrian classical violinist Brian Dunning, 71, Irish classical and Celtic flautist (Nightnoise) Roman Kostrzewski, 61, Polish thrash metal singer (Kat) Owen Moran, 62, British new wave bassist (Cook da Books) Steve Salas, 70, American Latin musician (El Chicano, Tierra) 11 – Mike Rabon, 78, American rock singer and guitarist (The Five Americans) 12 Miguel Vicens Danus, 78, Spanish pop-rock bassist (Los Bravos) Howard Grimes, 80, American soul drummer (Hi Rhythm Section) Bob DeMeo, 66, American jazz drummer 13 – King Louie Bankston, 49, American power pop and garage rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Exploding Hearts) 14 Ralf Bursy, 66, German pop singer Sandy Nelson, 83, American rock and roll drummer Roger Segal, 49, American punk rock bassist (Trashlight Vision) 15 Bappi Lahiri, 69, Indian disco singer and composer Sandhya Mukherjee, 90, Indian playback singer Vivi l'internationale, 75, Beninese pop singer 16 – Ramón Stagnaro, 67, Peruvian folk guitarist 17 Dallas Good, 48, Canadian rock singer and guitarist (The Sadies) David Tyson, 62, American R&B singer (The Manhattans) 18 Christopher Scicluna, 62, Maltese pop singer-songwriter (Chris and Moira) Scotty Wray, 64, American country guitarist (The Wrays) 19 Gary Brooker, 76, British progressive rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Procol Harum, The Paramounts, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band) Nightbirde, 31, American pop singer 20 Sami Clark, 73, Lebanese pop singer Jamal Edwards, 31, British music entrepreneur and DJ Sam Henry, 65, American punk drummer (Wipers, The Rats, Napalm Beach) Joni James, 91, American pop singer Nils Lindberg, 88, Swedish classical composer and pianist Teruhiko Saigō, 75, Japanese pop singer Setha Sirichaya, 77, Thai rock singer (The Impossibles) Martin Yeritsyan, 90, Armenian classical violinist 21 – Bernardas Vasiliauskas, 83, Lithuanian classical organist 22 Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay, 92, Turkish jazz trumpeter (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band) Mark Lanegan, 57, American alternative rock singer-songwriter (Screaming Trees, The Gutter Twins, Queens of the Stone Age) Josephine Veasey, 91, British opera singer 23