2016 in European music

2016 in music
By location
Brazil Canada Europe United Kingdom Ireland Japan Philippines South Korea Sweden United States
By genre
country classical heavy metal hip-hop opera Latin
By topic
List of albums released

2016 in continental European music in geographical order.

Scandinavia

German number ones
EFF, a project of Felix Jaehn is immediately successful with their first single "Stimme".
Kurdish-German rapper Azad, Bosse, Schiller, AnnenMayKantereit, all have #1 albums.

French #1s
Imany has a European hit with "Don't be so shy". It's a #1 in Germany, Austria, Poland and Russia.

2 January - Michel Delpech, French singer-songwriter and actor, 69
9 January - Jānis Vaišļa, Latvian musician (Pirates of the Sea), 46 (cardiac amyloidosis)^[1]
6 February - Eddy Wally, Belgian singer, 83^[2]
21 February - Piotr Grudziński, 40, Polish guitarist (Riverside).^[3]
22 February - Hans Reffert, German musician and composer, 69^[4]
23 February - Johnny Murphy, Irish musician and actor (The Commitments), 72 ^[5]
5 March - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor and cellist, 86^[6]
26 April - Gabriele Sima, Austrian opera singer, 61^[7]
29 April - Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian operatic baritone, 91^[8]
17 May - Huguette Dreyfus, French harpsichordist, 87^[9]Huguette Dreyfus, 87, French harpsichordist.^[10]
2 June - Corry Brokken, Dutch singer, Eurovision Song Contest 1957 winner, 83^[11]

Countries

Finalists (by final results)	Ukraine (winner) Australia Russia Bulgaria Sweden France Armenia Poland Lithuania Belgium Netherlands Malta Austria Israel Latvia Italy Azerbaijan Serbia Hungary Georgia Cyprus Spain Croatia United Kingdom Czech Republic Germany

Semi-final 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estonia Finland Greece Iceland Moldova Montenegro San Marino

Semi-final 2	Albania Belarus Denmark Ireland Macedonia Norway Slovenia Switzerland

Withdrawn	Romania

Artists

Finalists (by final results)	Jamala Dami Im Sergey Lazarev Poli Genova Frans Amir Iveta Mukuchyan Michał Szpak Donny Montell Laura Tesoro Douwe Bob Ira Losco Zoë Hovi Star Justs Francesca Michielin Samra Sanja Vučić ZAA Freddie Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz Minus One Barei Nina Kraljić Joe and Jake Gabriela Gunčíková Jamie-Lee

Semi-final 1	Argo Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala Greta Salóme Highway Jüri Pootsmann Lidia Isac Sandhja Serhat

Semi-final 2	Agnete Eneda Tarifa Ivan Kaliopi Lighthouse X ManuElla Nicky Byrne Rykka

Withdrawn	Xavier Naidoo Ovidiu Anton

Songs

Finalists (by final results)	"1944" "Sound of Silence" "You Are the Only One" "If Love Was a Crime" "If I Were Sorry" "J'ai cherché" "LoveWave" "Color of Your Life" "I've Been Waiting for This Night" "What's the Pressure" "Slow Down" "Walk on Water" "Loin d'ici" "Made of Stars" "Heartbeat" "No Degree of Separation" "Miracle" "Goodbye (Shelter)" "Pioneer" "Midnight Gold" "Alter Ego" "Say Yay!" "Lighthouse" "You're Not Alone" "I Stand" "Ghost"

Semi-final 1	"Falling Stars" "Hear Them Calling" "I Didn't Know" "Ljubav je" "Play" "Sing It Away" "The Real Thing" "Utopian Land"

Semi-final 2	"Blue and Red" "Dona" "Fairytale" "Help You Fly" "Icebreaker" "Soldiers of Love" "Sunlight" "The Last of Our Kind"

Withdrawn	"Chameleon" "Moment of Silence"

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