2021 in European music
# 2021 in European music

This article covers events in 2021 in continental European music, arranged in geographical order.

## Events

* 1 January – The Vienna Philharmonic's annual Neujahrskonzert, conducted by Riccardo Muti, takes place without a live audience for the first time in the history of the concert, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
* 4 January – Dutch National Opera and Ballet announces that Stijn Schoonderwoerd will be its new general director (algemeen directeur), effective from 1 February.

## Scandinavia

### Top hits

* Danish number-one hits of 2021
* Finnish number-one singles of 2021, Finnish number-one albums of 2021
* Norwegian number-one songs in 2020
* Swedish number-one singles and albums in 2021

## Netherlands

* Dutch number-one singles of 2021

## Germany

* German number-one hits of 2021

## Switzerland and Austria

* Swiss number-one hits of 2021

## France

* French number-one hits of 2021

## Italy

* Italian number-one hits of 2021

## Eastern Europe/ Balkans

* List of Polish number-one singles of 2021
* Czech number-one songs of the 2020s
* Hungarian number-one singles of the 2020s

## Deaths

* 1 January
   * Carlos do Carmo, 81, Portuguese fado singer
   * Jan Vering, 65, German gospel singer
* 3 January – Tasso Adamopoulos, 76, Greek-French violist and pedagogue (from COVID-19)
* 4 January – Alexi Laiho, 41, Finnish death metal singer and guitarist (Children of Bodom) (death announced on this date)
* 10 January – Thorleif Torstensson, 71, Swedish dansband singer, guitarist and saxophonist (Thorleifs) (COVID-19)
* 16 January – Pave Maijanen, 70, Finnish rock keyboardist (Hurriganes, Dingo)
