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• 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
• 2010 in South Korean music

Specific genres

• 2010 in alternative rock
• 2010 in classical music
• 2010 in country music
• 2010 in heavy metal music
• 2010 in hip hop music
• 2010 in Latin music
• 2010 in jazz
• 2010 in opera
• 2010 in South Korean music
• 2010 in Japanese music

Albums released

• List of 2010 albums

Deaths

January

• 8 – Otmar Suitner (87), Austrian conductor
• 10 – Dick Johnson (84), American big band clarinetist ^[1]
• 13
  • Teddy Pendergrass (59), American R&B singer
  • Jay Reatard (29), American indie rock singer
• 18 – Kate McGarrigle (63), Canadian folk singer (Kate & Anna McGarrigle)
• 26 – Dag Frøland (64), Norwegian comedian, singer and variety artist ^[2]

February

• 6 – John Dankworth (82), English jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer ^[3]
• 13 – Dale Hawkins (73), American rockabilly singer
• 14 – Doug Fieger (54), American power pop singer and guitarist (The Knack)
• 23 – Chilly B (47), American electro rapper (Newcleus)
• 27 – Larry Cassidy (56), British post-punk singer and guitarist (Section 25)

March

• 4 – Amalie Christie (96), Norwegian pianist ^[4]
• 6 – Mark Linkous (47), American alternative rock singer (Sparklehorse)
• 7 – Tony Campise (67), American jazz saxophonist ^[5]
• 17 – Alex Chilton (59), American power pop singer (The Box Tops, Big Star)
• 23 – Marva Wright (62), American blues and jazz singer ^[6]
• 28 – Herb Ellis (88), American jazz guitarist ^[7]

April

• 8 – Malcolm McLaren (64), British new wave musician and rock manager
• 13 – Steve Reid (66), American jazz drummer
• 14 – Peter Steele (48), American heavy metal singer (Type O Negative)
• 18 – Devon Clifford (30), Canadian indie rock drummer (You Say Party)
• 19 – Guru (43), American rapper (Gang Starr)
• 21 – Gustav Lorentzen (62), Norwegian folk singer and entertainer in Knutsen & Ludvigsen (Cardiac arrest) ^[8]
• 29 – Johannes Fritsch (68), German composer and violist ^[9]

May

• 5 – Alfons Kontarsky (77), German pianist ^[10]
• 9 – Lena Horne (92), American jazz singer ^[11]
• 16
  • Ronnie James Dio (67), American heavy metal singer (Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell)
  • Hank Jones (91), American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer ^[12]
• 23 – Billy Francis (68), American rock keyboardist (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
• 24 – Paul Gray (38), bassist for Slipknot ^[13]
• 30 – Kristian Bergheim (83), Norwegian jazz saxophonist ^[14]

June

• 5 – Arne Nordheim (78), Norwegian composer ^[15]
• 6 – Marvin Isley (56), American R&B bassist (The Isley Brothers)
• 7 – Stuart Cable (40), British alternative rock drummer (Stereophonics)
• 16 – Garry Shider (56), American funk guitarist (Parliament-Funkadelic)
• 21
  • Larry Jon Wilson (69), American country singer
  • Chris Sievey (54), British singer and comedian
• 23 – Pete Quaife (68), British rock bassist (The Kinks)
• 24 – Fred Anderson (81), American jazz tenor saxophonist ^[16]

July

• 10 – Sugar Minott (54), Jamaican reggae singer
• 12 – Tuli Kupferberg (80), American psychedelic musician and poet (The Fugs)
• 15 – Knut Stensholm (56), Norwegian drummer (Sambandet) ^[17]
• 19 – Andy Hummel (59), American power pop bassist (Big Star)
• 23 – Willy Bakken (59), Norwegian guitarist and popular culture writer ^[18]
• 26 – Al Goodman (67), American R&B singer (Ray, Goodman & Brown)

August

• 3 – Bobby Hebb (72), American singer-songwriter and musician
• 6
  • Catfish Collins (66), American funk guitarist (The J.B.'s, Parliament-Funkadelic)
  • Chris Dedrick (63), American sunshine pop singer, guitarist and arranger (The Free Design)
• 14 – Abbey Lincoln (80), American jazz singer ^[19]
• 19 – Michael Been (60), American alternative rock singer and bassist (The Call)

September

• 3 – Mike Edwards (62), American rock cellist (Electric Light Orchestra)
• 13 – Jarosław Kukulski (66), Polish composer

October

• 5 – Jack Berntsen (69), Norwegian philologist, songwriter and folk singer ^[20]
• 10 – Solomon Burke (70), American R&B singer
• 16 – Eyedea (28), American rapper (Eyedea & Abilities)
• 20 – Ari Up (48), British post-punk singer (The Slits)
• 25 – Gregory Isaacs (59), Jamaican reggae singer

November

• 25 – Peter Christopherson (55), British industrial musician (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Coil)

December

• 9 – James Moody (85), American jazz saxophonist ^[3]
• 17 – Captain Beefheart (69), American blues singer ^[21]
• 26 – Teena Marie (54), American R&B singer and bassist.
• 28 – Billy Taylor (89), American jazz pianist ^[22]
• 30 – Bobby Farrell (61), Aruban singer (Boney M)

Songs released in 2010

Date	Song	Artist
January 18	Baby	Justin Bieber
	If We Ever Meet Again	Timbaland featuring Katy Perry
February 19	Blah Blah Blah	Kesha featuring 3OH!3
February 27	We No Speak Americano	Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP
March 9	Watagatapitusberry	Pitbull featuring Sensato del Patio, Black Point, Lil Jon and El Cata
March 22	OMG	Usher featuring will.i.am
April 13	Like a G6	Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs and Dev
April 29	Not Afraid	Eminem
May 7	California Gurls	Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg
May 11	If I Had You	Adam Lambert
May 14	Your Love Is My Drug	Kesha
May 30 (US only)	Dynamite	Taio Cruz
June 25	DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love	Usher featuring Pitbull
	Love the Way You Lie	Eminem and Rihanna
June 28	Club Can't Handle Me	Flo Rida featuring David Guetta
July 13	Take It Off	Kesha
July 23	Teenage Dream	Katy Perry
August 23 (UK only)	Dynamite	Taio Cruz
September 14	Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)	Pitbull featuring T-Pain
September 14	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People
October 5	Raise Your Glass	Pink
October 22	We R Who We R	Kesha
October 25	No Love	Eminem featuring Lil Wayne
October 25	Yeah 3x	Chris Brown
October 26	Firework	Katy Perry
	The Show Goes On	Lupe Fiasco
	Whip My Hair	Willow Smith
October 29	Rocketeer	Far East Movement featuring Ryan Tedder
November 5	The Time (Dirty Bit)	The Black Eyed Peas

Musical films

• Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II

See also

• Music portal

• Timeline of musical events
• 2010 in television

References

1. Mergner, Lee (2010-12-01). "Jazz clarinetist Dick Johnson dies at 84". JazzTimes . Retrieved 2016-02-26.
2. Johansen, Øystein David; Pettersen, Jonas (2010-01-26). "Revykongen Dag Frøland er død". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-21.
3. Keepnews, Peter (2010-12-10). "James Moody, Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 85". The New York Times . Retrieved 2016-02-27.
4. "Amalie Christie". Store norske leksikon . 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
5. Corcoran, Michael (2010-03-08). "Jazz great Tony Campise dies at 67". Austin360.com . Retrieved 2016-04-15.
6. Spera, Keith (2010-03-23). "New Orleans blues singer Marva Wright dies at 62". The Times-Picayune . Retrieved 2016-11-07.
7. Keepnews, Peter (2010-03-30). "Herb Ellis, Jazz Guitarist, Is Dead at 88". The New York Times . Retrieved 2016-04-15.
8. Furberg, Kristoffer (2010-04-21). "Gustav Lorentzen døde av hjertestans". Adresseavisa (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-21.
9. Anon. 2010. "Die Sinnlichkeit der Elektronik: Nachruf: Der Komponist Johannes Fritsch ist tot—In Darmstadt hinterlässt er viele Spuren". Echo online (3 May; archived 3 September 2014; accessed 14 September 2017).
10. Anon., "Pianist Alfons Kontarsky gestorben", Westfälische Nachrichten, May 7, 2010.
11. Harmetz, Aljean (2010-05-10). "Lena Horne, Singer and Actress, Dies at 92". The New York Times . Retrieved 2016-04-15.
12. Keepnews, Peter (2010-05-17). "Hank Jones, Versatile Jazz Pianist, Is Dead at 91". The New York Times . Retrieved 2016-04-15.
13. "Slipknot bassist Paul Gray found dead". Theguardian.com. May 24, 2010.
14. Stendahl, Bjørn (2010-06-02). "Kristian Bergheim er død". Jazzarkivet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-03-27.
15. "Composer Nordheim dead at 78" (in Norwegian). NewsInEnglish.no. 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
16. Chinen, Nate (2010-06-24). "Tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson nurtured generations of Chicago jazz". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 2016-11-06.
17. Smevoll, Vegard (2010-07-20). "- Det er veldig trist". Adresseavisa (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
18. "Rockearkeologen Willy B. er død" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
19. Chinen, Nate (2010-08-14). "Abbey Lincoln, Bold and Introspective Jazz Singer, Dies at 80". The New York Times . Retrieved 2016-04-15.
20. Berg, Vidar (2010-10-05). "Jack Berntsen døde tirsdag". Avisa Nordland (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-21.
21. Johnston, Maura (2010-12-17). "Captain Beefheart Dead at Age 69". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 2016-04-15.
22. Keepnews, Peter (2010-12-29). "Billy Taylor, Jazz Pianist, Dies at 89". The New York Times . Retrieved 2016-04-15.