2017 in American music explained

The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2017 in music in the United States.

Notable events

January

• 6 — Dropkick Murphys released their first album in four years, 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory.
• 9 — Little Big Town performed the National Anthem at the third annual College Football Playoff National Championship at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
• 27 — Bell Biv DeVoe released their first album in sixteen years, Three Stripes.
  • Lauren Alaina released her first album in a little over five years, Road Less Traveled.

February

• 5 — Luke Bryan performed the National Anthem, and Lady Gaga performed during halftime at Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium in Houston.^[1] Lady Gaga's halftime set garnered 117.5 million television viewers, becoming the second most-watched Super Bowl halftime show in history.
• 6 — Jipsta^[2] released his third studio album, Ban2oozle, marking his return to the industry since recovering from the injuries sustained during a hate crime attack in March 2014.^{[3] [4]}
• 12 — The 59th Annual Grammy Awards, hosted by James Corden, took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Adele won the most awards of the night with five wins including Album of the Year for 25. This is the second time she has won Album of the Year after winning for her previous album in 2012, and is the second female to win the award more than once after Taylor Swift. She also won both Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Hello". Adele ties Paul Simon for the most Grammys won in the general categories, with 7. Chance the Rapper becomes the first ever unsigned artist to win a Grammy. The awards he won are Best New Artist, Best Rap Performance, and Best Rap Album.
• 17 — Alison Krauss released her first solo studio album in seventeen and a half years, Windy City.

March

• 5 — The iHeartRadio Music Awards took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
• 10 — The Shins released their first album in five years, Heartworms.^[5]
• Josh Turner released his first album in five years, Deep South.^[6]

April

• 2 — The 52nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
• 7 — Michelle Branch released her first studio album in 14 years, Hopeless Romantic.
• 21 — Incubus released their first album in six years, 8.

May

• 5 — Blondie released their first album in six years, Pollinator.
  • At the Drive-In released In•ter a•li•a, their first studio album in 17 years.
• 12 — Danzig released their first album in seven years, Black Laden Crown.
• 18 — Chris Cornell, frontman for Soundgarden and Audioslave, dies in Detroit after performing a concert with Soundgarden. It was found that he had hanged himself in his Detroit hotel room, at the age of 52. Fans and media outlets took notice of Cornell's choice of date and method and their direct parallels with the suicide of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis exactly 37 years prior; Joy Division's music was popular among the members of Soundgarden.
• 21 — The Billboard Music Awards took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
• 23 — Chris Blue won the twelfth season of The Voice. Lauren Duski was named runner-up. Aliyah Moulden and Jesse Larson finished third and fourth place respectively.

June

• 7 — The CMT Music Awards took place at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
• 9 — Katy Perry released her first album in four years, Witness.
  • Glen Campbell released his final studio album and first in four years, Adios.
  • Chuck Berry's first studio album in 38 years (as well as his final album), Chuck, was released, less than 3 months after his death.
• 23 - Imagine Dragons released their 3rd album (and their first album in 2 years), Evolve.
• 30 — Jay-Z released his first album in four years, 4:44.
  • TLC released their first album in fifteen years, TLC.

July

• 7 — Haim released their first album in four years, Something to Tell You.
• 15 — Dodger Stadium hosts the first night of the Classic West concert. This is the full first Eagles live performance after the death of January 2016 founding member Glenn Frey, his place has been taken by his son Deacon Frey and American Country artist Vince Gill with supporting acts The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan.
• 16 — Dodger Stadium also hosts the second night of the Classic West concert with Earth, Wind & Fire, Journey, and Fleetwood Mac.
• 20 — Linkin Park and former Stone Temple Pilots and Dead by Sunrise frontman Chester Bennington is found dead at his Los Angeles home from hanging himself. He was 41. Parallels were tied to the suicide even more, on what would have been Chris Cornell's 53rd birthday.^[7]
• 21 — Parmalee released their first album in four years, 27861.

August

• 4 — Randy Newman released his first studio new album in nine years, Dark Matter.^[8]
  • Dan Wilson released his first solo album in ten years, Re-Covered.^[9]
• 8 — Legendary country music singer, songwriter Glen Campbell died after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for six years.^[10]
• 11 — Kesha released her first album in five years, Rainbow.
• 25 — Taylor Swift released "Look What You Made Me Do", the lead single from her sixth studio album Reputation. The music video gained 43.2 million views in 24 hours, which broke the 24-hour Vevo record previously held by Adele.
• 27 — The MTV Video Music Awards took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California.

September

• 8 — Living Colour released their first album in eight years, Shade.
  • Jack Johnson released his first album in four years, All the Light Above It Too.^[11]
  • Erin McCarley released her first album in five years, YUYĪ.^[12]
  • Troy Gentry of the country music duo Montgomery Gentry was killed in a helicopter crash hours before a concert in New Jersey. He was 50 years old.^[13]
• 22 — Fergie released her first album in eleven years, Double Dutchess.^[14]
  • The Killers released their first album in five years, Wonderful Wonderful.^[15]

October

• 1 — During Jason Aldean's set at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, a gunman opens fire, killing 60 people and injuring 869 others.
• 2 — Tom Petty dies of cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, California at the age of 66.
• 6 — L.A. Guns released their first album in five years, The Missing Piece.
• 13 — Jessie James Decker released her first studio album in nine years, Southern Girl City Lights.
  • P!nk released her first album in five years, Beautiful Trauma.^[16]

November

• 8 — The 51st CMA Awards took place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. This marked the tenth year in a row that Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood have co-hosted the show.
• 10 — Taylor Swift released her sixth studio album Reputation. It went on to sell 1,238,000 units in the US, and 2,000,000 worldwide in its first week of release.^[17]
• 14 – Stone Temple Pilots hire former Dry Cell vocalist Jeff Gutt as their new official lead singer, replacing the late Chester Bennington after a two-year hiatus.
• 17 — Tim McGraw & Faith Hill released their first collaborative album, The Rest of Our Life. The album is Hill's first studio release in twelve years.^[18]
• 19 — The American Music Awards took place at the Microsoft Theater.

December

• 1 — Danielle Bradbery released her first album in four years, I Don't Believe We've Met.
  • — Morbid Angel released their first album in six years, Kingdoms Disdained.
  • — Glassjaw released Material Control, their first album in 15 years.
• 8 — Walker Hayes released his first album in six years, Boom.
• 19 — Chloe Kohanski won the thirteenth season of The Voice. Addison Agen was named runner-up. Brooke Simpson and Red Marlow finishing third and fourth place respectively.

Bands reformed

• The Ace of Cups
• As I Lay Dying
• Audioslave^{[19] [20] [21] [22]}
• Company of Thieves
• Eagles^[23]
• Eighteen Visions
• House vs. Hurricane^[24]
• Iron Monkey
• Jawbreaker
• Light This City
• Madina Lake^[25]
• My American Heart
• Nachtmystium
• The Shaggs
• Sugarland
• Tripping Daisy
• Xscape

Bands formed

• Illuminati Hotties
• Powerflo

Bands on hiatus

• Beach Weather
• Faith No More
• Linkin Park
• Sleepwave
• The Summer Set

Bands disbanded

• Alex & Sierra
• Audioslave
• Bad Seed Rising
• Chairlift
• Cheap Girls
• Cibo Matto
• Cinderella
• Coal Chamber
• The Dillinger Escape Plan
• Emblem3
• Friendzone
• Howler
• Letlive
• Metro Station
• Mindless Behavior
• Mobb Deep
• Montgomery Gentry
• Poured Out
• The Roches
• A Skylit Drive
• Spawn of Possession
• Those Who Fear
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Trap Them
• A Tribe Called Quest
• Vanna
• The Walters
• William Control
• Yellowcard
• Your Memorial

Albums released in 2017

January

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
6	Nomad	Chasing Safety	Metalcore
	11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory^[26]	Dropkick Murphys
	Echolocation^[27]	Gone Is Gone	Hard rock
	ReAniMate 3.0: The CoVeRs^[28]	Halestorm	Rock
13	Forever	Code Orange	Metalcore
	Only the Lonely	Colony House	Indie rock
	Oczy Mlody^[29]	The Flaming Lips	Alternative rock
	Rise	Danny Gokey	Christian pop
	Puxico^[30]	Natalie Hemby	Country
	The Yunahon Mixtape	Oso Oso	Emo
	^[31]	PnB Rock	Hip hop
	Feel Your Feelings Fool!^[32]	The Regrettes	Punk rock
	Roman Lips^[33]	Omar Rodríguez-López	Electronic
20	AFI^[34]	AFI
	Fifteen Years	The Early November	Acoustic
	^[35]	John Mayer
	Kidz Bop 34^[36]	Kidz Bop	Pop
	Fénix^[37]	Nicky Jam	Reggaeton
	Palisades^[38]	Palisades	Electronicore
	The Last Text EP^[39]	Jacob Sartorius	Pop
	Vessels^[40]	Starset
27	Three Stripes^[41]	Bell Biv DeVoe
	Drawing the Target Around the Arrow	CEP
	Life Without Sound^[42]	Cloud Nothings	Indie rock
	Tourist in This Town^[43]	Allison Crutchfield
	The Devil Don't Sleep	Brantley Gilbert
	Red Sea Road^[44]	Ellie Holcomb	CCM
	After All These Years^[45]	Brian & Jenn Johnson
	SweetSexySavage^[46]	Kehlani	Alternative R&B
	Gods of Violence^[47]	Kreator	Thrash metal
	Road Less Traveled^[48]	Lauren Alaina
	Culture^[49]	Migos	Hip hop
	Nothing Feels Natural^[50]	Priests	Post-punk
	Zen Thrills	Omar Rodríguez-López	Electronic
	Ty Segall^[51]	Ty Segall
	A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat	Train
	The Continuous Evilution of Life's ?'s^[52]	Twiztid	Horrorcore
	Now 61^[53]	Various Artists	Various

February

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
3	I Decided.^[54]	Big Sean	Hip hop
	Grace Street	Big Wreck	Rock
	^[55]	Reba McEntire
	After the Party	The Menzingers
	Remnants	LeAnn Rimes	Country
	Snowdonia	Surfer Blood
	Fin^[56]	Syd	Alternative R&B
10	Zombies on Broadway	Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
	Songs of Cinema^[57]	Michael Bolton	Adult contemporary
	Plata O Plomo^[58]	Fat Joe & Remy Ma	Hip hop
	Memories Are Now^[59]	Jesca Hoop	Sub pop
	Drogas Light^[60]	Lupe Fiasco
	Evolution^[61]	Once Human	Melodic death metal
	The Grinding Wheel^[62]	Overkill	Thrash metal
	FIVE^[63]	Prince Royce
	Checkered Past (EP)	Save Ferris	Ska punk
14	Teardrops on My Tombstone	Mickey Avalon
17	Prisoner	Ryan Adams
	I'm Only Dreaming^[64]	Eisley
	Plural	Electric Guest	Indie pop
	FUTURE	Future
	The Chief^[65]	Jidenna	R&B
	Windy City^[66]	Alison Krauss	Country
	Terrible Human Beings^[67]	The Orwells
	All Your Fault	Bebe Rexha	Pop
	Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood	Sun Kil Moon
	Parachute^[68]	The Verve Pipe	Alternative rock
20	Odyssey^[69]	Eve to Adam	Hard rock
24	Colliding By Design^[70]	Acceptance	Alternative rock
	The Tourist^[71]	Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
	Hndrxx	Future
	The Breaker^[72]	Little Big Town	Country
	Inception^[73]	Sanctuary
	Lower the Bar^[74]	Steel Panther
	Suicide Silence^[75]	Suicide Silence	Deathcore

March

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
3	Bruises	Dia Frampton
	The Manson Family	Heart Attack Man
	American Teen	Khalid
	50 Song Memoir	The Magnetic Fields	Indie pop
	Voids^[76]	Minus the Bear
10	In Droves^[77]	Black Map	Alternative metal
	Millport	Greg Graffin	Indie folk
	Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora	Darkest Hour
	Heartworms	The Shins	Indie rock
	Deep South	Josh Turner
17	Rekihndled^[78]	Greg Kihn Band	Rock
	Salutations^[79]	Conor Oberst
	Climate Change^[80]	Pitbull
	Rather You Than Me^[81]	Rick Ross	Hip hop
	Hot Thoughts^[82]	Spoon^[83]	Indie rock
24	Whiplash Splash	The Dollyrots	Pop punk
	WildHorse^[84]	RaeLynn	Country
	Rock and Roll Bye Bye	Skaters	Garage rock
31	Bloodlust^[85]	Body Count	Heavy metal
	Triplicate^[86]	Bob Dylan
	As the Sun Sleeps^[87]	Invidia
	Emperor of Sand^[88]	Mastodon	Heavy metal
	Brand New Day^[89]	The Mavericks
	Already All Ready^[90]	La'Porsha Renae	R&B

April

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
7	Hopeless Romantic	Michelle Branch	Indie pop
	All-Amerikkkan Badass^[91]	Joey Bada$$	Hip hop
	Memories...Do Not Open^[92]	The Chainsmokers	Pop
	L.A. Divine^[93]	Cold War Kids
	Coming Home^[94]	Falling in Reverse	Metal
	Pure Comedy^[95]	Father John Misty
	The Far Field^[96]	Future Islands
	August by Cake^[97]	Guided by Voices
	Every Where Is Some Where^[98]	K.Flay
	Lovely Little Lonely^[99]	The Maine
	The World's Best American Band	White Reaper
13	Guppy	Charly Bliss
14	Hamartia^[100]	Novembers Doom	Doom metal
	The Search for Everything	John Mayer	R&B, blues, rock, pop
	DAMN.	Kendrick Lamar	Hip hop
	WICK^[101]	Royal Thunder	Hard rock
21	Guppy	Charly Bliss
	How Will You Know If You Never Try	Coin
	Be Myself	Sheryl Crow	Rock
	Side B	Christina Grimmie
	8^[102]	Incubus	Alternative rock
	Love and War^[103]	Brad Paisley	Country
	Wrangled^[104]	Angaleena Presley	Country
28	Places	Lea Michele	Pop
	Sad Clowns & Hillbillies	John Mellencamp
	God's Problem Child	Willie Nelson	Country
	Makes Me Sick	New Found Glory	Pop punk
	50 Years of Blonde on Blonde	Old Crow Medicine Show
	What Now	Sylvan Esso
	Shine	Wale	Hip hop

May

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
5	In Spades	The Afghan Whigs	Alternative rock
	In•ter a•li•a	At the Drive-In
	Pollinator	Blondie
	The Days We Had^[105]	Day Wave
	Noenemies	Flobots
	Everybody^[106]	Logic	Hip hop
	Big Bad Luv	John Moreland	Country
	No Shape	Perfume Genius
		Chris Stapleton
12	Night Drive	Cannons	Indie rock
	Young Stunners	Junior Prom	Alternative rock
	After Laughter^[107] ^[108]	Paramore	Alternative rock
	Welcome Home	Zac Brown Band	Country
19	Shake the Shudder^[109]	!!!
	Step into Light^[110]	Fastball
	Things Change	Grabbitz
	One More Light^[111]	Linkin Park
	In the Wind	Magic Giant
	Undercurrent^[112]	Matisyahu
	Loner	Missio	Electronic
	Connect the Dots^[113]	MisterWives	Indie pop
	Crooked Teeth	Papa Roach
	Back to Us	Rascal Flatts	Country
	You're Welcome^[114]	Wavves
26	Black Laden Crown	Danzig
	Kids in the Street	Justin Townes Earle	Country
	Other People's Greatest Hits	Patent Pending
26	3-D The Catalogue	Kraftwerk

June

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
2	We the People	Adrenaline Mob
	Last Young Renegade^[115]	All Time Low
	Waiting on a Song^[116]	Dan Auerbach	Blues rock
	Gone Now^[117]	Bleachers
	I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone^[118]	Chastity Belt
	City of No Reply	Amber Coffman	Indie rock
	Life Is Good^[119]	Flogging Molly
	Hopeless Fountain Kingdom	Halsey	Pop
9	The Click	AJR
	Chuck	Chuck Berry	Rock
	Saturation	Brockhampton
	All Is Vanity	Christina Grimmie
	Heart Break^[120]	Lady Antebellum	Country
	Witness	Katy Perry	Pop
	Purple Rain Deluxe	Prince	Pop
	Trouble Maker^[121]	Rancid	Punk rock
	Wolves^[122]	Rise Against	Melodic hardcore
	You Don't Own Me Anything	The Secret Sisters	Country
	Planetarium^[123]	Sufjan Stevens/Bryce Dessner/Nico Muhly/James McAlister
16	Fake Sugar^[124]	Beth Ditto	Rock
	Paradise	Broadside	Pop punk
	Living Arrangements	Color Film
	Abysmal Thoughts^[125]	The Drums
	Crack-Up	Fleet Foxes
	Incorruptible	Iced Earth	Heavy metal
	The Nashville Sound	Jason Isbell
	Woodstock^[126]	Portugal. The Man
23	Mosaic^[127]	311
	The Underside of Power	Algiers	Experimental rock
	ƎVOLVE	Imagine Dragons	Rock
	Big Fish Theory	Vince Staples	Hi hop
	Grateful	DJ Khaled
30	Man of the World^[128]	Baio	Indie rock
	4:44	Jay-Z	Hip Hop
	LANY	LANY	Electropop
	Unparalleled Universe	Origin	Technical death metal
	Don't You Worry, Honey	Sir Sly
	Hydrograd	Stone Sour	Alternative rock
	TLC	TLC
	Mister Mellow^[129]	Washed Out

July

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
7	Something to Tell You	Haim
	Girl Disrupted	Sevyn Streeter
14	Juniper Road	Dishwalla	Alternative rock
	Quazarz: Robed in Rareness	Shabazz Palaces	Experimental hip hop
	Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star
	Out in the Storm^[130]	Waxahatchee	Indie rock
19	Add Violence (EP)	Nine Inch Nails	Industrial rock
21	Sacred Hearts Club	Foster the People
	The Knife	Goldfinger	Pop punk
	Lust for Life	Lana Del Rey	Pop
	Lay It on Down^[131]	Kenny Wayne Shepherd	Rock
	Flower Boy	Tyler, The Creator	Alternative hip hop, Jazz rap, Soul
28	Paranormal	Alice Cooper	Rock
	Content	Joywave
	Tremendous Sea of Love	Passion Pit
	Red Hands Black Deeds	Shaman's Harvest	Rock
29	A Black Mile to the Surface	Manchester Orchestra	Indie rock

August

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
4	Brett Eldredge	Brett Eldredge	Country
	One of Us^[132]	Mystery Skulls
	Dark Matter	Randy Newman
	All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell	PVRIS	Electropop
	Revival^[133]	Third Day
	Deadweight	Wage War	Metalcore
	Re-Covered	Dan Wilson
11	Ballads	Paula Cole
	Cost of Living^[134]	Downtown Boys	Punk rock
	Rainbow	Kesha
	Cage Tropical	Frankie Rose	Electropop
14	Road Rage	Quiet Riot
15	Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1	Lil Peep
17	Science Fiction	Brand New
18	Painted Ruins	Grizzly Bear
	1 Up Top Ahk^[135]	Mozzy	Rap
25	Exile in the Outer Ring	EMA	Noise rock
	Legacy^[136]	The Cadillac Three	Southern rock
	Fifth Harmony	Fifth Harmony
	Invitation	Filthy Friends	Alternative rock
	Bad Habits	Giovannie and the Hired Guns	Country rock
	TFCF	Liars	Rock
	Happy Endings	Old Dominion	Country
	Villains	Queens of the Stone Age
	A Deeper Understanding^[137]	The War on Drugs	Indie rock

September

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
1	American Dream^[138]	LCD Soundsystem
	Songs of Bob Dylan^[139]	Joan Osborne	Rock
	The Echo of Pleasure	The Pains of Being Pure at Heart	Indie pop
8	Southern Blood	Gregg Allman
	Native Invader	Tori Amos
	Left Hand Pass	Cannabis Corpse
	Mountain Moves	Deerhoof	Indie rock
	All the Light Above It Too	Jack Johnson
	The Hanged Man^[140]	Ted Leo
	Shade	Living Colour
	YU YĪ	Erin McCarley	Alternative
	Slowheart	Kip Moore	Country
	Play Dead	Mutemath
	Sleep Well Beast	The National	Alternative Rock
	Life Changes^[141]	Thomas Rhett
	Half-Light^[142]	Rostam
	The Lower Side of Uptown	Toadies	Alternative rock
	Closer	Wild Cub
	Okovi	Zola Jesus
15	Rookie	Black Kids
	Golden Rail Motel	Eamon
	Concrete and Gold	Foo Fighters	Rock
	Rebel Heart Tour	Madonna
	Mr. Davis	Gucci Mane	Hip hop
	Wide Open	Michael McDonald
	Prophets of Rage	Prophets of Rage	Rap rock
	Future Friends	Sup3rfruit	Pop
22	Stranger in the Alps	Phoebe Bridgers
	The Amulet	Circa Survive
	Double Dutchess	Fergie	Pop
	Wonderful Wonderful	The Killers	Rock
	Cities in Search of a Heart	The Movielife
	Nobody's Home^[143]	Dalton Rapattoni
	What's That Sound?	Haley Reinhart	Pop
	Gossip	Sleeping with Sirens	Pop rock
	Hiss Spun	Chelsea Wolfe
29	Younger Now	Miley Cyrus	Pop
	Inside a Dream^[144]	Echosmith	Indie pop
	The Centre Cannot Hold	Ben Frost	Electronic
	Destroyers of the Soft Life	J. Roddy Walston and the Business	Southern rock
	Tell Me You Love Me^[145]	Demi Lovato
	The Desaturating Seven	Primus	Progressive rock
	Three Futures	Torres
	Always Foreign	The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die

October

!Date!Album!Artist!Genre (s)

6	Phantom Anthem	August Burns Red	Melodic metalcore
	Offering^[146]	Cults	Indie pop
	Take Me Apart	Kelela	Alternative R&B
	The Missing Peace	L.A. Guns
	Heaven Upside Down	Marilyn Manson
	Perception^[147]	NF
	Poppy.Computer	Poppy	Pop
	You Make It Feel Like Christmas	Gwen Stefani	Christmas
13	Gossip Columns	Marc E. Bassy	Hip hop
	Colors	Beck	Alternative
	Ogilala	William Patrick Corgan	Alternative rock
	Southern Girl City Lights	Jessie James Decker	Country pop
	Yours	Russell Dickerson	Country pop
	Swim Team^[148]	Dirty Heads
	Going Grey	The Front Bottoms
	Mr. Davis	Gucci Mane	Hip hop
	Every Little Thing	Carly Pearce	Country
	Beautiful Trauma	P!nk	Pop
	MASSEDUCTION	St. Vincent
17	Strangler Days^[149]	Middle Class Rut	Alternative rock
20	Let It Snow	98 Degrees	Christmas
	Under the Streetlight	Boyz II Men	R&B
	Losing	Bully
	Christmas Christmas	Cheap Trick
		Keyshia Cole	R&B
	Feel Something	Movements
	Reaper	Nothing,Nowhere
	All American Made	Margo Price
	When Was the Last Time	Darius Rucker	Country
	Warmer in the Winter	Lindsey Stirling
	The Sin and the Sentence	Trivium
	A Long Way from Your Heart	Turnpike Troubadours
	From Then On^[150]	Paul van Dyk	Trance
	Losing Sleep	Chris Young	Country
27	Q, Mike, Slim, Daron	112
	Meaning of Life	Kelly Clarkson
	Finally It's Christmas	Hanson	Christmas
	Five	Hollywood Undead	Rap rock
	Screen Memories	John Maus
	Waves	Rachel Platten	Pop
	Nat King Cole & Me	Gregory Porter	Jazz
	New Wave^[151]	Powerman 5000
	When the Good Guys Win	Granger Smith	Country
	Beach House 3	Ty Dolla Sign	Hip hop
	The Canyon^[152]	The Used
	Pacific Daydream^[153]	Weezer
	The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone	Lee Ann Womack
	Trial by Fire	Yelawolf
	Under the Covers, Vol. II	Ninja Sex Party	Rock, synthpop, progressive rock, glam rock

November

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
3	American Fall	Anti-Flag	Punk rock
	Unapologetically^[154]	Kelsea Ballerini	Country
	Lee Brice	Lee Brice	Country
	The Dusk in Us	Converge
	Sweet Southern Sugar	Kid Rock
	Red Pill Blues	Maroon 5	Pop
	Texoma Shore	Blake Shelton	Country
	Overexposed	Sleep On It	Pop punk
	Just the Beginning	Grace VanderWaal	Pop
10	Synthesis	Evanescence	Electronica
	Kid Kruschev (EP)	Sleigh Bells	Noise pop
	Reputation^[155]	Taylor Swift
	What If Nothing	Walk the Moon	Rock
17	Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light	Full of Hell	Metalcore
	The Rest of Our Life	Tim McGraw & Faith Hill	Country
	I Fall in Love Too Easy	Katharine McPhee	Pop
	I Knew You When	Bob Seger	Rock
	Syre^[156]	Jaden Smith	Rap
	If All I Was Was Black	Mavis Staples
24	^[157]	Little Mix	Pop
	PRETTYMUCH	PRETTYMUCH	Pop
	No Shame^[158]	Hopsin	Hip hop
	What More Could You Ask for?^[159]	Futuristic	Hip hop

December

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
1	I Don't Believe We've Met	Danielle Bradbery	Country pop
	Material Control	Glassjaw
	Kingdoms Disdained	Morbid Angel	Death metal
		Chris Stapleton	Country
	Change	Cindy Wilson	Pop
8	Aberration^[160] ^[161]	Aidan Baker	Ambient
	What Makes You Country	Luke Bryan	Country
	Wolves	Story of the Year	Melodic hardcore
	Boom	Walker Hayes	Country
15	The Stage (Deluxe Edition)		Heavy metal
	Revival	Eminem	Hip Hop, Rap
	These Are the Days	Lit	Country rock
	No One Ever Really Dies	N.E.R.D.	Alternative hip hop
22	Philthy Fresh 3	Philthy Rich & Stevie J	Hip Hop, Rap
	El Gato The Human Glacier	Gucci Mane	Hip hop, Rap
29	Dedication 6	Lil Wayne	Hip Hop, Rap
	Rubba Band Business	Juicy J	Hip Hop, Rap

Top songs on record

See also: List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2017, List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2017 and Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2017.

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

• • • • • • • • • • "Bad and Boujee" – Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert "Black Beatles" – Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane "Bodak Yellow" – Cardi B "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber "Humble" – Kendrick Lamar "I'm the One" – DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne "Look What You Made Me Do" – Taylor Swift "Perfect" – Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé "Rockstar" – Post Malone feat. 21 Savage "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran

Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.

Deaths

• January 6 – Sylvester Potts, 78, singer (The Contours)
• January 8 – Buddy Bregman, 86, arranger, producer, and composer
• January 9 – Crazy Toones, 45, hip-hop record producer and DJ (WC and the Maad Circle)
• January 10 – Buddy Greco, 90, jazz and pop singer and actor
• January 11 – Tommy Allsup, 85, rockabilly and swing musician
• January 13 –
  • Dick Gautier, 85, actor and singer
  • Richie Ingui, 69, singer (Soul Survivors)
  • Alan Jabbour, 74, fiddler and folklorist
• January 15 – Greg Trooper, 61, singer-songwriter
• January 16 –
  • Charles "Bobo" Shaw, 69, jazz drummer
  • Steve Wright, bassist (The Greg Kihn Band)
• January 18 – Roberta Peters, 86, coloratura soprano
• January 20 –
  • Ronald "Bingo" Mundy, 76, singer (The Marcels)
  • Joey Powers, 82, singer-songwriter
  • Tommy Tate, 71, singer-songwriter
• January 21 –
  • Karl Hendricks, 46, singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Karl Hendricks Trio)
  • Walter "Junie" Morrison, 62, keyboardist (Ohio Players)
  • Maggie Roche, 65, singer-songwriter (The Roches)
• January 23 –
  • Bobby Freeman, 76, singer
  • Marvell Thomas, 75, keyboardist, record producer and arranger
• January 24 –
  • Gil Ray, 60, drummer (Game Theory, The Loud Family)
  • Butch Trucks, 69, drummer (The Allman Brothers Band)
• January 27 – Stan Boreson, 91, comedian, accordionist and singer
• January 28 – Guitar Gable, 79, blues guitarist and singer
• February 5
  • David Axelrod, 85, arranger, composer and record producer (The Electric Prunes)
  • Sonny Geraci, 70, singer (The Outsiders, Climax)
• February 12
  • Barbara Carroll, 92, jazz pianist and singer
  • Robert Fisher, 59, singer (Willard Grant Conspiracy)
  • Al Jarreau, 76, singer
• February 17 – Dave Yorko, 73, guitarist (Johnny and the Hurricanes)
• February 18 – Clyde Stubblefield, 73, drummer
• February 19 – Larry Coryell, 73, jazz guitarist
• February 23 – Leon Ware, 77, singer-songwriter and record producer
• February 28 – Ric Marlow, 91, songwriter and actor
• March 3 – Jim Fuller, 69, guitarist (The Surfaris)
• March 4
  • Valerie Carter, 64, singer-songwriter
  • Tommy Page, 46, singer-songwriter
• March 6
  • Ritchie Adams, 78, songwriter and singer (The Fireflies)
  • Robbie Hoddinott, 62, guitarist (Kingfish)
• March 8 – Dave Valentin, 64, jazz flutist
• March 10 – Joni Sledge, 60, singer (Sister Sledge)
• March 11 –
  • Evan Johns, 60, guitarist (The LeRoi Brothers)
  • Don Warden, 87, country musician and manager
• March 12 –
  • Joey Alves, 63, guitarist (Y&T)
  • Robert "P-Nut" Johnson, 69, singer (Bootsy's Rubber Band, Sweat Band)
• March 13 – Tommy LiPuma, 80, music producer
• March 16 – James Cotton, 81, blues harmonica player
• March 18 – Chuck Berry, 90, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• March 20 –
  • Tony Terran, 90, trumpeter, and session musician
  • Buck Hill, 90, jazz saxophonist
• March 22 – Sib Hashian, 67, drummer (Boston)
• March 24 – Avo Uvezian, 91, Armenian-American jazz pianist, and cigar manufacturer
• March 26 – Jimmy Dotson, 83, blues musician
• March 27 – Arthur Blythe, 76, jazz alto saxophonist, and composer
• March 28 – Terry Fischer, 70, singer (The Murmaids)
• March 30 – Rosie Hamlin, 71, singer (Rosie and the Originals)
• April 1 –
  • Lonnie Brooks, 83, blues singer and guitarist
  • Bob Cunningham, 82, jazz bassist
• April 3 – Brenda Jones, 62, singer (The Jones Girls)
• April 5 – Paul O'Neill, 61, producer, composer and songwriter (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
• April 6 – David Peel, 74, musician and political activist
• April 8 – Keni Richards, 60, drummer (Autograph)
• April 9 – Bob Wootton, 75, guitarist (The Tennessee Three)
• April 10 –
  • Linda Hopkins, 92, actress and blues and gospel singer
  • Banner Thomas, 62, bassist (Molly Hatchet)
• April 11 –
  • J. Geils, 71, guitarist (The J. Geils Band)
  • Scotty Miller, 65, drummer (Instant Funk)
• April 12 –
  • Tom Coyne, 62, Grammy award-winning mastering engineer (21, 25)
  • Barry "Frosty" Smith, 71, drummer (Sweathog, Soulhat)
• April 14 – Bruce Langhorne, 78, folk musician
• April 15 –
  • Matt Holt, 39, singer (Nothingface)
  • Sylvia Moy, 78, songwriter
• April 19 – Dick Contino, 87, accordionist
• April 20 – Cuba Gooding Sr., 72, singer (The Main Ingredient)
• May 2 – Kevin Garcia, 41, bassist (Grandaddy)
• May 9 – Michael Parks, 77, actor and singer
• May 10 – Pierre DeMudd, 64, trumpeter and singer (Dazz Band)
• May 14 – Keith Mitchell, drummer (Mazzy Star)
• May 17 – Chris Cornell, 52, singer-songwriter and musician (Soundgarden, Audioslave)
• May 21
  • Kenny Cordray, 62, guitarist and songwriter
  • Jimmy LaFave, 61, folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Curtis Womack, 74, singer (The Valentinos)
• May 22 – Mickey Roker, 84, jazz drummer
• May 27 – Gregg Allman, 69, singer-songwriter and musician (The Allman Brothers Band)
• May 29 – Arleen Lanzotti, 73, pop singer (The Delicates)
• May 31 – Bern Nix, 69, jazz guitarist (worked with Ornette Coleman)
• June 8 – Norro Wilson, 79, singer-songwriter and record producer
• June 20
  • Prodigy, 42, rapper (Mobb Deep)
  • Bo Wagner, 72, marimba player (Starbuck)
• June 22 – Jimmy Nalls, 66, guitarist (Sea Level)
• June 28 – Gary DeCarlo, 75, singer-songwriter (Steam)
• July 9 – Erik Cartwright, 66, guitarist (Foghat)
• July 13 – Chris Wong Won, 53, rapper (2 Live Crew)
• July 14 – David Zablidowsky, 38, bass guitarist
• July 20 – Chester Bennington, 41, singer, songwriter, musician (Linkin Park)
• July 25 – Michael Johnson, 72, singer-songwriter
• July 27 – Billy Joe Walker Jr., 64, record producer
• July 28 – D.L. Menard, 85, Cajun singer
• July 31 – Chuck Loeb, 61, drummer (Fourplay)
• August 8 – Glen Campbell, 81, country singer, songwriter, actor
• August 20 – Jerry Lewis, 91, actor and singer
• August 21 – Sonny Burgess, 88, rockabilly singer
• August 22 – John Abercrombie, 73, jazz guitarist
• August 29 – Larry Elgart, 95, jazz bandleader and alto saxophonist
• September 2 – Dave Hlubek, 66, guitarist (Molly Hatchet)
• September 3 – Walter Becker, 67, jazz guitarist, songwriter, record producer (Steely Dan)
• September 8 –
  • Troy Gentry, 50, country singer (Montgomery Gentry)
  • Don Williams, 78, singer
• September 13 – Grant Hart, 56, drummer and songwriter (Hüsker Dü)
• September 22
  • Eric Eycke, 41 heavy metal singer (Corrosion of Conformity)
  • Ammon Tharp, 75, drummer (Bill Deal and the Rhondels)
• September 23 – Charles Bradley, 68, soul singer
• September 27 – CeDell Davis, 91, blues guitarist
• September 30 – Tom Paley, 89, folk guitarist and banjoist
• October 2 – Tom Petty, 66, rock singer and songwriter
• October 4 – Janis Hansen, 74, singer (Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66, The Carnival)
• October 5 – Alvin DeGuzman, 42, hardcore guitarist
• October 6 – Bunny Sigler, 76, singer songwriter and record producer
• October 7 – Jimmy Beaumont, 76, doo-wop singer (The Skyliners)
• October 8 – Grady Tate, 85, jazz drummer and singer
• October 22
  • Al Hurricane, 81, folk singer and songwriter
  • Scott Putesky, 49, guitarist (Marilyn Manson)
• October 24
  • Fats Domino, 89, soul singer
  • Larry Raye, 63, guitarist
• October 27 –
  • Mike Hudson, 61, punk rock singer
  • Dick Noel, 90, big band singer
• October 28 – Bruce Black, 56, heavy metal drummer (Meliah Rage)
• October 29
  • Billy Mize, 88, steel guitarist, band leader and singer-songwriter
  • Keith Wilder, 65, funk singer (Heatwave)
• November 1
  • Katie Lee, 98, folk singer
  • Scott Wily, singer
• November 5
  • Danny Anaya, 52, heavy metal drummer (MX Machine)
  • Robert Knight, 72, singer-songwriter
• November 9
  • Fred Cole, 69, garage singer and guitarist
  • Chuck Mosley, 57, singer-songwriter (Faith No More)
• November 12 – Chad Hanks, 46, bassist (American Head Charge)
• November 15 – Lil Peep, 21, Swedish-American rapper and singer
• November 18 – Ben Riley, 84, jazz drummer
• November 19
  • Warren "Pete" Moore, 79, singer-songwriter (The Miracles)
  • Della Reese, 86, singer and actress
  • Mel Tillis, 85, country singer
• November 21
  • David Cassidy, 67, singer and actor
  • Wayne Cochran, 78, singer-songwriter
• November 22 – Tommy Keene, 59, singer-songwriter
• November 23 –
  • John Coates Jr., 79, jazz pianist
  • Jon Hendricks, 96, jazz singer
• November 24 – Mitch Margo, 70, singer-songwriter (The Tokens)
• November 27 – Robert Popwell, 66, jazz and rock bassist
• November 29 – Robert Walker, 80, blues guitarist
• November 30 – Jim Nabors, 87, actor and singer
• December 2 – Mundell Lowe, 95, guitarist
• December 8 – Gloria Ann Taylor, 73, soul singer
• December 12 – Pat DiNizio, 62, singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Smithereens)
• December 13
  • Dave Christenson, 54, singer (Stabilizers)
  • Willie Pickens, 86 jazz pianist
  • Warrel Dane, 56 heavy metal singer
• December 16
  • Ralph Carney, 61 Rock and jazz saxophonist and clarinetest
  • Richard Dobson, 75 country singer and songwriter
  • Keely Smith, 89 Jazz Singer
• December 17 – Kevin Mahogany, 59 jazz singer
• December 19
  • Jim Forrester, 43 American hard rock guitarist
  • Leo Welch, 85 American gospel blues singer and guitarist
• December 21
  • Roswell Rudd, 82 American jazz trombonist
  • Marylin Tyler, 91 American opera singer
• December 22 – Pam the Funkstress, American hip hop DJ
• December 28 – Curly Seckler, 98 American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist

See also

• 2010s in music

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