2016 in continental European music in geographical order.
Events
13 February – All four members of British rock band Viola Beach, and their manager, are killed when their car crashes off a bridge and into a river in Södertälje, Sweden. 22 April – is forced to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest because of failure to repay an old debt. 14 May – win the Eurovision Song Contest, in Stockholm, Sweden, with the song "1944", performed by Jamala.
Scandinavia Main article for Scandinavian music in 2016
Denmark Main article for Danish music in 2016 Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Danish #1s
Finland Main article for Finnish music in 2016 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Finnish #1 singles2015, #1 albums
Norway Main article for Norwegian music in 2016 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Norway charts
Sweden Main article for Swedish music in 2016 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Swedish #1 singles and albums
Netherlands Dutch #1 singles
Ireland Main article for Irish music in 2016
UK Main article for British music in 2016
Germany 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.
Switzerland and Austria Swiss #1s
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 List of Polish #1 singles Czech #1 singles Hungarian #1 singles
Deaths 2 January – Michel Delpech, French singer-songwriter and actor, 69 9 January – Jānis Vaišļa, Latvian musician (Pirates of the Sea), 46 (cardiac amyloidosis)Jānis Vaišļa from Pirates of the Sea has died 6 February – Eddy Wally, Belgian singer, 83Eddy Wally overleden 21 February – Piotr Grudziński, 40, Polish guitarist (Riverside).RIVERSIDE Guitarist PIOTR GRUDZINSKI Dead At 40 22 February – Hans Reffert, German musician and composer, 69Mannheim: Rockgitarrist Hans Reffert gestorben 23 February – Johnny Murphy, Irish musician and actor (The Commitments), 72 http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/the-commitments-actor-johnny-murphy-known-for-his-role-as-joey-the-lips-fagan-dies-aged-72-34477857.html 'The Commitments' actor Johnny Murphy, known for his role as Joey 'The Lips' Fagan, dies aged 72 5 March – Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor and cellist, 86Austrian conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt dies aged 86 5 March – François-Eudes Chanfrault, French composer, 41 22 April — Ojārs Grīnbergs, Latvian singer, 73 Умер Оярс ГринбергсMūžībā aizgājis latviešu estrādes dziedātājs Ojārs Grinbergs 26 April – Gabriele Sima, Austrian opera singer, 61Kammersängerin Gabriele Sima tot 29 April – Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian operatic baritone, 91У Києві помер відомий оперний співак Дмитро Гнатюк 11 May – Peter Behrens, German drummer, actor, musician, and clown, 68 17 May – Huguette Dreyfus, French harpsichordist, 87Disparition de la claveciniste Huguette Dreyfus Huguette Dreyfus, 87, French harpsichordist.Disparition de la claveciniste Huguette Dreyfus 2 June – Corry Brokken, Dutch singer, Eurovision Song Contest 1957 winner, 83Corrie Brokken (83) overleden 26 July – Roye Albrighton, German musician (Nektar), 67 27 July – Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer, 87Finnish composer Rautavaara dies at 87 7 August – Dolores Vargas, Spanish singer, 80 22 August – Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician, 94
References
External links European Music Council