2017 in American music

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. Lady Gaga's halftime set garnered 117.5 million television viewers, becoming the second most-watched Super Bowl halftime show in history.
• 6 — Jipsta 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.
• 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.
• Josh Turner released his first album in five years, Deep South.

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.
• 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.
  • Dan Wilson released his first solo album in ten years, Re-Covered.
• 8 — Legendary country music singer, songwriter Glen Campbell died after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for six years.
• 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.
  • Erin McCarley released her first album in five years, YUYĪ.
  • 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.
• 22 — Fergie released her first album in eleven years, Double Dutchess.
  • The Killers released their first album in five years, Wonderful Wonderful.

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.

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.
• 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.
• 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
• Company of Thieves
• Eagles
• Eighteen Visions
• House vs. Hurricane
• Iron Monkey
• Jawbreaker
• Light This City
• Madina Lake
• My American Heart
• Nachtmystium
• The Shaggs
• Sugarland
• Tripping Daisy
• Xscape

Bands formed

• Powerflo

Bands on hiatus

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

Bands disbanded

Albums released in 2017

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Top songs on record

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

• "Bad and Boujee" – Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert (3 weeks)
• "Black Beatles" – Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane (6 weeks in 2016, 1 week in 2017)
• "Bodak Yellow" – Cardi B (3 weeks)
• "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber (16 weeks)
• "Humble" – Kendrick Lamar (1 week)
• "I'm the One" – DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne (1 week)
• "Look What You Made Me Do" – Taylor Swift (3 weeks)
• "Perfect" – Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé (2 weeks)
• "Rockstar" – Post Malone feat. 21 Savage (8 weeks)
• "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran (12 weeks)
• "Starboy" – The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk (1 week)
• "That's What I Like" – Bruno Mars (1 week)

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

See also

• 2010s in music

References