Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 2020

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Little Richard 1940s - 2010s Pop/Rock, R&B, Religious, Rock & Roll, Early R&B, New Orleans R&B, Black Gospel, Gospel
Ennio Morricone 1940s - 2020s Stage & Screen, Classical, Film Music, Film Score, Original Score, Soundtracks
McCoy Tyner 1960s - 2020s Jazz, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Modern Big Band, Avant-Garde Jazz, Global Jazz, Hard Bop, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Standards
Van Halen 1970s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Arena Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Pop-Metal, Heavy Metal
Harold Budd 1960s - 2020s Avant-Garde, Electronic, New Age, Pop/Rock, Classical, Ambient, Neo-Classical, Experimental, Experimental Electronic, Minimalism, Avant-Garde Music, Chamber Music
Charlie Daniels 1950s - 2020s Country, Pop/Rock, Religious, Country Gospel, Gospel, Southern Rock, Urban Cowboy, Country-Rock, Traditional Country
Jerry Jeff Walker 1960s - 2020s Country, Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Outlaw Country, Progressive Country, Country-Folk, Country-Rock
Charley Pride 1960s - 2020s Country, Country-Pop, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Traditional Country
John Prine 1960s - 2010s Folk, Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Progressive Folk
Billy Joe Shaver 1960s - 2020s Country, Pop/Rock, Americana, Country-Rock, Honky Tonk, Outlaw Country, Progressive Country, Singer/Songwriter
Lee Konitz 1940s - 2010s Jazz, Cool, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Saxophone Jazz
Bill Withers 1960s - 2000s R&B, Soul, Smooth Soul, Singer/Songwriter
Kenny Rogers 1950s - 2010s Country, Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Country-Pop, Soft Rock, Urban Cowboy, AM Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock
Tony Rice 1970s - 2010s Country, Folk, Bluegrass, Progressive Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass, New Acoustic
Mazzy Star 1980s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
Mac Davis 1960s - 2020s Country, Pop/Rock, AM Pop, Country-Pop, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Soft Rock
MF Doom 1980s - 2020s Rap, Underground Rap, Left-Field Rap, Golden Age, Alternative Rap
Tony Allen 1960s - 2020s International, R&B, Afro-beat, Funk, African Traditions, Nigerian, West African
Eddie Van Halen 1960s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Arena Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Guitar Virtuoso, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop-Metal
K.T. Oslin 1960s - 2010s Country, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Country, Country-Pop, Adult Contemporary
Andrew Weatherall 1980s - 2020s Electronic, Pop/Rock, Club/Dance, House, Left-Field House, Techno, Alternative Dance, Alternative/Indie Rock
Trini Lopez 1950s - 2020s Vocal, Pop/Rock, Early Pop/Rock, Vocal Pop, AM Pop
Gary Peacock 1950s - 2020s Jazz, Free Jazz, Post-Bop, Modern Creative, Avant-Garde Jazz, Improvisation
Betty Wright 1950s - 2020s R&B, Soul, Southern Soul, Funk, Pop-Soul, Quiet Storm
Juliette Gréco 1940s - 2010s Vocal, Pop/Rock, International, French Pop, French, Italian Music, Vocal Pop, Western European Traditions
Joe Diffie 1980s - 2020s Country, Contemporary Country, New Traditionalist, Progressive Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country
Jimmy Heath 1940s - 2020s Jazz, Hard Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Big Band, Post-Bop, Saxophone Jazz
Armando Manzanero 1950s - 2020s Latin, Pop/Rock, International, Jazz, Classical, Bolero, Western European Traditions
Bucky Pizzarelli 1950s - 2010s Jazz, Vocal, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Standards
Helen Reddy 1960s - 2010s Pop/Rock, Vocal, Stage & Screen, Adult Contemporary, AM Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Cast Recordings, Musical Theater, Show Tunes
Justin Townes Earle 2000s - 2020s Country, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Americana, Alt-Country
Carl Reiner 1940s - 2020s Comedy/Spoken, Sketch Comedy, Comedy
Emitt Rhodes 1960s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Baroque Pop, AM Pop
Claudio Roditi 1970s - 2010s Jazz, Global Jazz, Hard Bop, Latin Jazz, Post-Bop, Brazilian Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz, Film Score
DAF 1970s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Electronic, Alternative/Indie Rock, Industrial, Post-Punk, Industrial Dance, Alternative Dance
Hal Willner 1970s - 2020s Jazz, Experimental Ambient, Film Score, Modern Creative
Jarabe de Palo 1990s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Rock en Español
Pop Smoke 2010s - 2020s Rap, Drill, East Coast Rap, Contemporary Rap
Stanley Cowell 1960s - 2020s Jazz, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Free Jazz
Claude Bolling 1940s - 2020s Jazz, Classical, Swing, Big Band
Joan of Arc 1990s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Emo, Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Rock, Experimental Rock
Julian Bream 1950s - 2000s Classical, Easy Listening, Chamber Music, Concerto, Guitar/Easy Listening
Henry Grimes 1950s - 2020s Jazz, Free Jazz, Hard Bop
Ellis Marsalis 1940s - 2020s Jazz, Classical, Hard Bop, Keyboard, Post-Bop, Bop, New Orleans Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Trumpet Jazz
Ira Sullivan 1950s - 2020s Jazz, Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz, Hard Bop
Giuseppi Logan 1960s - 2010s Jazz, Free Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
José Padilla 1990s - 2020s Electronic, Ambient House, Downtempo, Club/Dance, Ambient
Peter Green 1960s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Blues, Blues-Rock, British Blues, Regional Blues, Electric Blues, Modern Electric Blues, British Psychedelia, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Guitar Virtuoso, Psychedelic/Garage, Rock & Roll
Wallace Roney 1970s - 2020s Jazz, Post-Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Lucky Peterson 1970s - 2020s Blues, R&B, Modern Electric Blues, Contemporary Blues, Soul-Blues, Retro-Soul, Soul