2014 in music
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This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2014 in music.
Contents
Specific locations
- African music
- American music
- Asian music
- Australian music
- Brazilian music
- British music
- Canadian music
- Chinese music
- Danish music
- European music (Continental Europe)
- Finnish music
- French music
- German 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
Albums released
Awards
Category/Organization | 2014 MTV Video Music Awards August 24, 2014 |
2014 MTV Europe Music Awards November 9, 2014 |
American Music Awards of 2014 November 23, 2014 |
2015 Grammy Awards February 8, 2015 |
2015 Billboard Music Awards May 17, 2015 |
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Best Album | N/A | N/A | N/A | Morning Phase Beck |
1989 Taylor Swift |
Best Song | N/A | "Problem" Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea |
"Dark Horse" Katy Perry featuring Juicy J |
"Stay with Me" Sam Smith |
"All About That Bass" Meghan Trainor |
Best Video | "Wrecking Ball" Miley Cyrus |
"Dark Horse" Katy Perry featuring Juicy J |
N/A | "Happy" Pharrell Williams |
"Shake It Off" Taylor Swift |
Best Artist | N/A | N/A | One Direction | N/A | Taylor Swift |
Best New Artist | Fifth Harmony | 5 Seconds of Summer | 5 Seconds of Summer | Sam Smith | Sam Smith |
Bands formed
- Antemasque
- American Wrestlers
- Cheat Codes
- FFS
- Maddie & Tae
- Missio
- No Devotion
- Oh Wonder
- Operation: Mindcrime
- Saint Asonia
- Sheer Mag
- Slaves
- Sofi Tukker
- Stereo Kicks
- You+Me
Bands reformed
- American Football
- Atreyu
- Babes In Toyland
- Basement
- Breaking Benjamin
- Constantines
- Copeland
- Deep Dish
- Despised Icon
- Design the Skyline
- Erase Errata
- Failure
- Haste the Day
- L7
- The Libertines
- Luna
- The Matches
- Metro Station
- Midtown
- Mineral
- Nickel Creek
- OutKast
- Ride
- Saosin
- Sleater-Kinney
- Slowdive
- Trick Pony
- The Unicorns
Bands on hiatus
Bands disbanded
- Abandon All Ships
- The Allman Brothers Band
- Anberlin
- As Blood Runs Black
- Austrian Death Machine
- Beady Eye
- Beastie Boys
- Beneath the Sky
- The Blackout
- Bleeding Through
- Bomb the Music Industry!
- Brown Bird
- Camp Freddy
- Chimaira
- The Civil Wars
- Clipse
- Company of Thieves
- Crystal Castles
- Danity Kane
- The Dangerous Summer
- Eleventyseven
- For All Those Sleeping
- Guided by Voices
- Jethro Tull
- The Knife
- Lestat
- LFO
- The Luchagors
- Morning Parade
- The Move
- Orbital
- Nightmare Boyzzz
- Nachtmystium
- Pink Floyd
- The Rapture
- Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine
- Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
- Slaughterhouse
- Smith Westerns
- The Swellers
- Ten Second Epic
- There for Tomorrow
- Vista Chino
- Vivian Girls
- WC and the Maad Circle
Deaths
January
- 13 – Ronny Jordan (51), British guitarist.[1]
- 27 – Pete Seeger (94), American guitarist.[2]
February
- 5 – Samantha Juste (69), English-American singer and television host.[3]
- 8 – Finbarr Dwyer (67), Irish accordionist and fiddler.[4]
- 17 – Frank Wappat (84), British DJ and singer.[5]
- 24 – Franny Beecher (92), American guitarist.[6]
- 25
- Paco de Lucía (66), Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer and producer.[7]
- Peter Callander (74), English songwriter and record producer.[8]
March
- 5 – Dave Sampson (73), English singer.[9]
- 6 – Marion Stein (Thorpe) (87), British pianist.[10]
April
- 2 – Lyndsie Holland (75), English actress and singer.
- 7 – John Shirley-Quirk (83), British operatic bass-baritone.[11]
- 16 – Stan Kelly-Bootle (84), British songwriter, author and computer engineer.[12]
- 18 – Brian Priestman (87), British conductor (Denver Symphony Orchestra).[13]
May
- 25 – Herb Jeffries (100), American singer and actor.[14]
June
- 18 – Horace Silver (85), American jazz pianist.[15]
- 21 – Jimmy C. Newman (86), country music singer.[16]
July
- 11 – Charlie Haden (76), American upright-bassist.[17]
- 19 – Lionel Ferbos (103), American trumpeter.[18]
- 24 – Christian Falk (52), Swedish record producer and musician.[19]
August
- 3 – Yvette Giraud (97), French singer and actress.[20]
- 15 – Svein Nymo (61), Norwegian violinist and composer.[21]
- 17 – Pierre Vassiliu (76), Swiss-born French singer.[22]
- 19 – Kåre Kolberg (78), Norwegian composer.[23]
- 23 – Inga Juuso (68), singer and actress.[24]
- 24 – Aldo Donati (66), Italian singer, composer and television personality, (cerebral hemorrhage)[25]
- 29
September
- 2 – Antonis Vardis (66), Greek composer and singer.[28]
- 8 – Gerald Wilson (96), American jazz trumpeter.[29]
- 12 – Joe Sample (75), American pianist.[30]
- 17 – George Hamilton IV (77), American country music singer.[31]
- 18 – Kenny Wheeler (84), Canadian jazz composer, trumpeter and flugelhorn player.[32]
October
- 10 – Olav Dale (55), Norwegian jazz saxophonist, composer and orchestra leader.[33]
- 16 – Tim Hauser (72), American jazz singer.[34]
- 25 – Jack Bruce (71), Scottish bassist, composer and orchestra leader.[35]
November
- 6 – Maggie Boyle (57), British folk singer and musician (cancer).[36]
- 14 – Mike Burney (70), British jazz saxophonist.[37]
- 15 – Cherry Wainer (79), South African-born British organist (Lord Rockingham's XI).[38]
- 17 – Jeff Fletcher (36), British guitarist (Northern Uproar).[39]
- 20 – Arthur Butterworth (91), English composer and conductor.[40]
December
- 8 – Knut Nystedt (99), Norwegian composer.[21]
- 12 – John Persen (73), Norwegian composer.[41]
- 24 – Buddy DeFranco (91), American jazz clarinetist.[42]
- 31 – Michael Kennedy (88), English writer on music.
See also
References
- ^ Fordham, John (22 January 2014). "Ronny Jordan obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (2014-01-28). "Pete Seeger, Champion of Folk Music and Social Change, Dies at 94". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ^ "Samantha Juste – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ "The Death Has Occurred of Finbarr Dwyer". Rip.ie. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Veteran BBC radio broadcaster Frank Wappat dies". BBC News. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ Lifton, Dave (2014-02-25). "Franny Beecher, Guitarist for Bill Haley & the Comets, Dies at 92". UltimateClassicRock.com. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ^ Strange, Martyn (2014-02-26). "Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia dies at 66". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ^ "Peter Callander | M Magazine : PRS for Music Online Magazine". M-magazine.co.uk. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ Wilkinson, Lee (March 8, 2014). "Dave Sampson". The Stage. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ John Amis (2014-03-07). "Marion Thorpe obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
- ^ Barry Millington (2014-04-09). "John Shirley-Quirk obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
- ^ liverpoolecho Administrator. "Liverpool singer-songwriter Stan Kelly has died". liverpoolecho.
- ^ "Brian Priestman, 87, former Denver Symphony conductor".
- ^ Barnes, Mike (2014-05-25). "Herb Jeffries, Pioneering Black Singing Cowboy of the Movies, Dies at 100". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ^ Keepnews, Peter (2014-06-18). "Horace Silver, 85, Master of Earthy Jazz, Is Dead". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ^ Flowers, Christina (June 21, 2014). "Grand Ole Opry performer Jimmy C. Newman dies at 86". Retrieved June 22, 2014.
- ^ Tamarkin, Jeff (2014-07-12). "Charlie Haden Dead at 76". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ^ "Legendary jazz trumpeter Lionel Ferbos dead at 103". Buenos Aires Herald. 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ^ "Artisten Christian Falk död". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "French singer Yvette Giraud, big in Japan, dies aged 97".
- ^ a b Bjørdal, Sondre (2014-12-09). "– Han var en gnistrende kraft" (in Norwegian). Vårt Land. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ^ Le chanteur Pierre Vassiliu est mort (in French)
- ^ Hedstrøm, Åse (2014-08-26). "Nekrolog: Kåre Kolberg". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ^ Emberland, Torkil; Helland, Astrid Øvre (2014-08-23). "Inga Juuso er død". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ^ "Addio ad Aldo Donati, autore dell'inno storico della Lazio". 24 August 2014.
- ^ "Sangeren Jan Groth er død". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ^ Muere a los 79 años el cantante Peret, padre de la rumba catalana (in Spanish)
- ^ Zikakou, Ioanna. "Prominent Greek Singer Antonis Vardis Passes Away - GreekReporter.com".
- ^ Yardley, William (2014-09-09). "Gerald Wilson, Versatile Jazz Arranger, Is Dead at 96". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ^ Keepnews, Peter (2014-09-12). "Joe Sample, Crusaders Pianist Who Went Electric, Dies at 75". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ^ Cooper, Peter (September 17, 2014). "George Hamilton IV, 50-year Opry star, dies at age 77". The Tennessean. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ^ Keepnews, Peter (2014-09-21). "Kenny Wheeler, Influential Sound in Jazz, Dies at 84". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
- ^ "Til minne om Olav Dale" (in Norwegian). Vestnorsk.JazzINorge.no. 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
- ^ Weber, Bruce (2014-10-17). "Tim Hauser, the Founder of the Manhattan Transfer, Dies at 72". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ^ Kreps, Daniel (2014-10-25). "Cream Bassist Jack Bruce Dead at 71". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ^ Schofield, Derek (10 November 2014). "Maggie Boyle obituary" – via The Guardian.
- ^ "Mike Burney 1944–2014 R.I.P." thejazzbreakfast. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "Cherry Wainer – obituary".
- ^ "Jeff Fletcher: Family pays tribute to Northern Uproar guitarist killed in Stockport horror crash". Manchester Evening News. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Death of Arthur Butterworth".
- ^ Boine, Marianne (2014-12-14). "John Persen er død" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ^ Strum, Charles (2014-12-24). "Buddy DeFranco, 91, Versatile Jazz Clarinetist, Dies at 91". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-15.