Overview of the events of 2016 in European music
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2016 in continental European music in geographical order.
Events
Scandinavia
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Netherlands
Dutch #1 singles
Ireland
UK
Germany
Switzerland and Austria
France
- French #1s
- Imany has a European hit with "Don't be so shy", with a #1 in Germany, Austria, Poland and Russia.
Italy
Italian number ones
Eastern Europe/ Balkans
Deaths
- 2 January – Michel Delpech, French singer-songwriter and actor, 69
- 9 January – Jānis Vaišļa, Latvian musician (Pirates of the Sea), 46 (cardiac amyloidosis)
- 6 February – Eddy Wally, Belgian singer, 83
- 21 February – Piotr Grudziński, 40, Polish guitarist (Riverside).
- 22 February – Hans Reffert, German musician and composer, 69
- 23 February – Johnny Murphy, Irish musician and actor (The Commitments), 72
- 5 March – Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor and cellist, 86
- 5 March – François-Eudes Chanfrault, French composer, 41
- 22 April — Ojārs Grīnbergs, Latvian singer, 73
- 26 April – Gabriele Sima, Austrian opera singer, 61
- 29 April – Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian operatic baritone, 91
- 11 May – Peter Behrens, German drummer, actor, musician, and clown, 68
- 17 May – Huguette Dreyfus, French harpsichordist, 87Huguette Dreyfus, 87, French harpsichordist.
- 2 June – Corry Brokken, Dutch singer, Eurovision Song Contest 1957 winner, 83
- 26 July – Roye Albrighton, German musician (Nektar), 67
- 27 July – Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer, 87
- 7 August – Dolores Vargas, Spanish singer, 80
- 22 August – Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician, 94
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