1986 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1986.
Overview of the events of 1986 in music
Specific locations
Specific genres
Events
January 30 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland , Ohio, holds its first induction ceremony with many rock pioneers attending.[ 1] February 25
March 8 – After almost a year, Houston's debut album topped the charts and remained for 7 weeks, followed by another on May 17 .May 3 – The 31st Eurovision Song Contest , held in Bergen , Norway , is won by Belgium with the song "J'aime la vie ", performed by Sandra Kim . At 13 years old, Kim is the youngest-ever Eurovision winner.May 28 – The Monkees held a press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City to announce officially that they will embark on a 100-plus city tour. The tour became one of the biggest grossing tours of the year.[ 2] June 10 – Bob Geldof is awarded an honorary UK knighthood in recognition of his work in organizing Live Aid and other concerts that raised millions of dollars for the starving people of Africa.[ 3] June 15
June 30 – Madonna releases her "True Blue " album, which tops the charts in over 28 countries & becomes the best selling album of 1986.[ 4] August 9 – Queen performed the band's final concert of the Magic Tour at Knebworth Park , which would be the last performance of the band with singer Freddie Mercury and bassist John Deacon . Later Mercury would be diagnosed with AIDS in 1987, passing away in 1991, and Deacon would retire from the band in 1997.September 27 – A tour bus carrying the heavy metal band Metallica crashes in Sweden, killing their influential bassist, Cliff Burton .[ 5] October – Popular music magazine Q
November 17 –18 – Billy Eckstine makes his final recordings, later released on his album Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter [ 6] December 12 – The Smiths play Brixton Academy, the last gig before their dissolution.[ 7] Approximate date – Axé (music) originates in Salvador, Bahia , Brazil.
Bands disbanded
Albums released
Release date unknown
Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions
in the charts of 1986.
#
Artist
Title
Year
Country
Chart entries
1
Falco "Rock Me Amadeus "
1985
UK 1 – Mar 1986, US BB 1 – Feb 1986, Canada 1 – Dec 1985, Sweden 1 – Aug 1985, Sweden (alt) 1 – Sep 1985, Austria 1 – May 1985, Germany 1 – Jun 1985, Republic of Ireland 1 – Apr 1986, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1986, France 2 – Nov 1985, Switzerland 2 – Jun 1985, Netherlands 3 – May 1986, South Africa 3 of 1986, Norway 6 – Apr 1986, Italy 18 of 1985, US CashBox 19 of 1986, Poland 24 – Jun 1985, POP 29 of 1986, US BB 30 of 1986, Germany 50 of the 1980s, RYM 63 of 1985, Scrobulate 65 of 80s, KROQ 74 of 1986
2
Madonna "Papa Don't Preach "
1986
UK 1 – Jun 1986, US BB 1 – Jul 1986, Sweden 1 – Aug 1986, Norway 1 – Jul 1986, Italy 1 of 1986, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jun 1986, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Mar 1987, Netherlands 2 – Jun 1986, Switzerland 2 – Jul 1986, Poland 2 – Aug 1986, Germany 2 – Jul 1986, Austria 4 – Aug 1986, Australia 9 of 1986, US CashBox 18 of 1986, US BB 19 of 1986, POP 35 of 1986, 37 in 2FM list, RYM 43 of 1986, Germany 215 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 761
3
Berlin "Take My Breath Away "
1986
UK 1 – Oct 1986, US BB 1 – Jul 1986, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1986, Sweden 1 – Sep 1986, Republic of Ireland 1 – Oct 1986, Oscar in 1986, Switzerland 2 – Oct 1986, Germany 3 – Sep 1986, Austria 4 – Nov 1986, Norway 4 – Oct 1986, Poland 4 – Nov 1986, Australia 6 of 1986, POP 7 of 1986, US BB 13 of 1992, RYM 16 of 1986, US CashBox 21 of 1986, Italy 37 of 1986, TOTP 37, Scrobulate 80 of 80s, OzNet 251, Germany 310 of the 1980s
4
Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls "
1985
UK 1 – Nov 1985, US BB 1 – Mar 1986, Norway 1 – Jan 1986, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1986, US CashBox 2 of 1986, Switzerland 2 – Jan 1986, Netherlands 3 – Jan 1986, Sweden 3 – Jan 1986, Germany 3 – Jan 1986, Austria 5 – Feb 1986, France 7 – Oct 1985, KROQ 11 of 1984, Poland 14 – Jan 1986, RYM 15 of 1985, US BB 16 of 1986, South Africa 18 of 1986, Scrobulate 32 of 80s, POP 43 of 1986, Germany 232 of the 1980s, WXPN 478, OzNet 694, Acclaimed 890
Top 40 Chart hit singles
Other Chart hit singles
Notable singles
Other Notable singles
Published popular music
Malcolm Arnold – Symphony No. 9 Pascal Bentoiu – Symphony No. 7 ("Volume"), Op.29Elliott Carter – String Quartet No.4George Crumb – An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) for amplified flute and percussion (three players).George Crumb – Federico's Little Songs for Children for soprano, flute/piccolo/alto flute/bass flute, and harpMario Davidovsky – Salvos for flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, violin and celloJacob Druckman – Reflections on the Nature of Water , for solo marimbaLudovico Einaudi – Movimento Peter Eötvös – Chinese Opera Morton Feldman
For Christian Wolff , for flute and piano/celestaFor Stefan Wolpe , for choir and 2 vibraphonesLorenzo Ferrero
La fuga di Foscolo Anemia (film score)Passacaglia, for flute, clarinet, and string quartet
Intermezzo "Portella della Ginestra"
Ninna-nanna Karel Goeyvaerts –
Martun Israelyan
Violin Concerto
Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano
Wojciech Kilar – Orawa , a symphonic poem for a string orchestraGyörgy Kurtág – Three Ancient Inscriptions , for voice and pianoAlvin Lucier – Hommage to James Tenney , for double bass and pure wave oscillatorWitold Lutoslawski – Chain 3 for orchestraPer Nørgård
Viola Concerto No. 1 Remembering Child
Najader (The Naiads )Krzysztof Penderecki – The Song of Cherubin Paul Schoenfield – Café Music for Piano Trio
Opera
Musical television
Births
January 1
January 2 – Trombone Shorty , American trumpet and trombone playerJanuary 3 – Lloyd Polite , American singer (N-Toon )January 5 – Teppei Koike , Japanese singer and actorJanuary 6 – Alex Turner , English singer and guitarist (Arctic Monkeys )January 7 – Megan Washington , Australian musician and singer-songwriterJanuary 9 – Wengie , a Chinese Australian YouTuber, vlogger, pop singer, and voice actress.January 11 – Mithoon , Indian film score composer and singerJanuary 17 – Chloe Rose Lattanzi , American singer and actressJanuary 20
January 22 – Ella Edmondson , British musicianJanuary 24
January 26
January 28 – Michael Paynter , Australian singer-songwriter and musician (the Veronicas, Delta Goodrem)February 2 – Blaine Larsen , American country singerFebruary 5 – Kevin Gates , American rapper, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneurFebruary 6 – U-Know , Korean singer (TVXQ )February 8 – Anderson .Paak , American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and drummerFebruary 11 – Hudson Mohawke , a Scottish producer, composer, and DJFebruary 14 – Tiffany Thornton , American actressFebruary 15 – Amber Riley , American actress, stage performer, singer and authorFebruary 19 – Maria Mena , Norwegian singerFebruary 21 – Charlotte Church , Welsh singer-songwriter, activist and actressFebruary 23 – Skylar Grey , American singer-songwriterFebruary 25 – Danny Saucedo , Swedish singerFebruary 26
Crystal Kay , Japanese singer-songwriter, radio host and actressJuliet Simms , American singer-songwriter and model (front woman of Automatic Loveletter)Oscar Holter , a Swedish record producer and songwriter based in the United States (Taylor Swift, Charli XCX, Hailee Steinfeld, The Weeknd)February 27 – Ashthon Jones , American singerMarch 3 – Stacie Orrico , American singer-songwriter and occasional actressMarch 4 – Saif Nabeel , Iraq singerMarch 6
March 9
March 12 – Danny Jones , British musician, singer and guitarist (McFLY )March 13 – Rose Elinor Dougall , English singer-songwriter and musician (Mark Ronson, The Pipettes)March 14 – Este Haim , American multi-instrumentalist and singer (member of sisterhood and Los Angeles pop rock band Haim )March 15
March 17
March 18 – Lykke Li , Swedish singer-songwriter and modelMarch 20
Dean Geyer , South African–Australian singer-songwriter and actorOscar Görres , Swedish songwriter, record producer and musicianRuby Rose , Australian model, DJ, recording artist, actress, television presenter, MTV VJMarch 22 – Amy Studt , English singer-songwriter and musicianMarch 26
March 28 – Lady Gaga , American singer-songwriter, activist, pianist and actorApril 1 – Kid Ink , American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producerApril 2
April 4 – Eunhyuk , Korean singer (Super Junior )April 7 - Choi Si-won , South Korean singer (Super Junior )April 8
April 9 – Leighton Meester , An American actress, singer and modelApril 16 – Penny, American R&B singer (Git Fresh )April 19 - Zhou Mi , Chinese-South Korean singerApril 23
April 24 – Kellin Quinn , American singer-songwriter and musician (He is the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the Post-Hardcore band Sleeping with Sirens. Duet with Maggie Lindemann )April 28 – Jenna Ushkowitz , South Korean-born American actress, singer and podcast hostApril 29 – Qveen Herby , American rapper, singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.April 30 – Dianna Agron , American actress, singer and dancerMay 5 – Bart Baker , American parody artistMay 6 - Emily Armstrong , American musician, singer, songwriter (Linkin Park , Dead Sara )May 8 – Tommy English (producer) , American songwriter and producerMay 12 – Emily VanCamp , Canadian French actress, dancer and martial artistMay 13 – Alexander Rybak , Norwegian singerMay 14
May 16
May 17 – Hannah Lux Davis , American music video directorMay 21
May 29 - No Min-woo , South Korean rapper (TRAX )May 30
May 31
June 4 - Park Yoo-chun , South Korean singer (TVXQ )June 5 – Gin Wigmore , New Zealand singer-songwriterJune 6 – Leslie Carter , American pop singer (Sister of Aaron Carter and Nick Carter ) (D. 2012)June 9
June 10
June 13
June 17 – Lingua Ignota , born Kristin Hayter, American classically trained neoclassical industrial multi-instrumentalist and activist against abuseJune 24 – Solange Knowles , American singer-songwriter, activist, model and actress (Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams)June 25 – Aya Matsuura , Japanese singerJune 26 – Jordan Fish , British keyboardist, singer-songwriter and producerJune 27 – Drake Bell , American actor/singer/musicianJune 28 – Kellie Pickler , American Idol singerJune 29 – Austin Drage , British actor and singerJuly 1 – Agnez Mo , Indonesian diva singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress.July 2 – Lindsay Lohan , American actress, musician, singer-songwriter, documentary-maker, businesswoman and model (Samantha Ronson , Hilary Duff , Aliana Lohan )July 5 – Adam Young, American singer-songwriter and producer (Owl City , Sky Sailing )July 16 – Misako Uno , Japanese singer (Attack All Around )July 17 – Jason Aalon Butler , American musician (Letlive , Fever 333 , Pressure Cracks), married to Gin Wigmore Dana , South Korean actress and singerJuly 21 – Rebecca Ferguson , British singer-songwriterJuly 28 – Alexandra Richards , American DJAugust 1 – Marissa Paternoster , American artist, singer and guitarist (Screaming Females)August 19 – Christina Perri , American singer/songwriter, musician and artistAugust 23
August 26
August 27 – Mario , American R&B singer and songwriterAugust 28 – Florence Welch , English musician, singer-songwriter, music producer, author, poet and performer (Florence and the Machine )August 29 – Lea Michele , American singer, actressSeptember 3 – OMI , Jamaican singerSeptember 6
September 8 – Leah LaBelle , Canadian-born American singerSeptember 10 – Ashley Monroe , American country music singer-songwriter (Pistol Annies )September 12 – Emmy Rossum , American actress and singerSeptember 12 – Kobasolo , Japanese singerSeptember 15
September 17 – SOPHIE , Scottish music producer, songwriter, and DJSeptember 19 – Ilya Salmanzadeh , Swedish music producerSeptember 21 – Lindsey Stirling , American violinist, dancer, YouTuber, record producer and performance artistSeptember 22 – Casisdead , a UK rap and grime MC, songwriter, record producer, music video director and entrepreneur from Tottenham, London.September 27 – Alison Wonderland , Australian electronic dance music DJ, producer and singerNatasha Thomas , Danish singer and songwriterOctober 1 – Jurnee Smollett-Bell , American actress and singerOctober 6 – Meg Myers , American singer-songwriterOctober 12 – Boi-1da , Canadian record producer and songwriterOctober 15 - Lee Donghae , South Korean singer (Super Junior )October 24 – Drake , Canadian rapperOctober 25 – Didi Benami , American singerOctober 28 – Aki Toyosaki , Japanese actress and singer (K-On! )October 29 – Nataly Dawn , American musicianNovember 2 – Ryan Hurd , American singer and songwriterNovember 3
November 4 – Alexz Johnson , Canadian musician, actress, and philanthropistNovember 5 – BoA , South Korean singer, dancer, songwriter and producerNovember 7 – Toro y Moi , American singer-songwriter, record producer and graphic designerNovember 8 – Nikola Rachelle , British recording artist and songwriterNovember 11 – Jon Batiste , American jazz musicianNovember 14 – Yuna (singer) , Malaysian singer-songwriter.November 15 – Jerry Roush , American singer-songwriter (Of Mice & Men , Sky Eats Airplane , Glass Cloud )November 20 – Oliver Sykes , English heavy metal vocalist, British/Brazilian singer and songwriter (Bring Me the Horizon )November 21 – Colleen Ballinger , American comedian, actress, singer and YouTube personalityNovember 25 – Katie Cassidy , American actress, singer, voice actressNovember 27 – Christina Novelli , English DJ, Singer and songwriterDecember 8 – Kate Voegele , American singer-songwriter and actressDecember 10 – Natti Natasha , Dominican singerDecember 11 – Shuta Sueyoshi , Japanese singerDecember 15 – Xiah , Korean singer (TVXQ )Mikaila , American actress and singer-songwriterDecember 20 – Anoop Desai , American singer-songwriterDecember 26 – Marina Satti , Greek singer, songwriter, and music producerDecember 29 - Colin Brittain , American drummer (Linkin Park )December 30
Unknown: Samantha McClymont , Australian singer-songwriter (Brooke McClymont )
Deaths
January 4 – Phil Lynott , bassist/singer and co-founder of Thin Lizzy, 36 (heart failure & pneumonia)January 6 – Joe Farrell , jazz saxophonist, 48 (bone cancer)January 8 – Pierre Fournier , cellist, 79February 2 – Francisco Mignone , composer, 88February 14 – Edmund Rubbra , composer, 84February 15 – Galliano Masini , operatic tenor, 90March 4
March 11 – Sonny Terry , blues musician, 74March 21 – Raymond Burke , jazz clarinetist, 81March 22 – Mark Dinning , US singer, 52 (heart attack)March 30 – James Cagney , US actor, singer and dancer, 86March 31 – O'Kelly Isley of the Isley Brothers , 48 (heart attack)April 1 – Donald Grobe , operatic tenor, 56April 3 – Peter Pears , opera singer and partner of Benjamin Britten , 75April 6 – Boris Gutnikov , violinist, 54April 8 – Yukiko Okada , singer, 18 (suicide)April 13 – Dorothy Ashby , jazz harpist and composer, 53 (cancer)April 19
June 3 – Anna Neagle , actress, singer and dancer, 81June 13 – Benny Goodman , bandleader, 77June 14 – Alan Jay Lerner , lyricist, 67June 16 – Maurice Duruflé , composer, 84June 17 – Kate Smith , singer, 79June 29 – Dusolina Giannini , operatic soprano, 83July 3 – Rudy Vallee , American singer, 84July 18 – Don Wilkerson , American saxophonistJuly 23 – Kazimierz Sikorski , Polish composer, 91July 31 – Teddy Wilson , American jazz pianist, 73September 27 – Cliff Burton (Metallica ), 24 (tour bus accident)September 28 – Robert Helpmann , dancer and choreographer, 77October 16 – Arthur Grumiaux , violinist, 65October 22 – Thorgeir Stubø , Norwegian jazz guitarist, 42October 29 – Abel Meeropol ('Lewis Allan'), American lyricist, 83November 1 – Sippie Wallace , blues singer, 88November 3 – Eddie Davis , saxophonist, 64November 6 – Elisabeth Grümmer , operatic soprano, 75November 7 – Tracy Pew , bass guitarist, 28 (brain hemorrhage)November 13 – Rudolf Schock , operatic tenor, 71November 18 – Lajos Bárdos , composer and conductor, 87November 22 – Scatman Crothers , singer, dancer and musician, 76December 1 – Horace Heidt , pianist and bandleader, 85December 10 – Kate Wolf , folk singer and songwriter, 44 (leukemia)December 30 – Charles Magnante , accordionist, composer, arranger, author, and educator, 81
Awards
Charts
See also
References
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