1971 in music
See also:
1970 in music,
other events of 1971,
1972 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music'
Events
Albums released
Top hits
Published popular music
Births
- January 11 - Mary J. Blige
- January 11 - Tom Rowlands, Chemical Brothers
- January 17 - Kid Rock
- January 18 - Jonathan Davis, Korn
- January 25 - China Kantner (Daughter of Grace Slick and Paul Kantner)
- February 1 - Ron Welty of The Offspring
- February 2 - Ben Mize, Counting Crows
- February 23 - Jeff Beres, Sister Hazel
- February 26 - Erykah Badu
- March 4 - Feargal Lawler, The Cranberries
- March 5 - John Frusciante, Red Hot Chili Peppers
- April 17 - Selena Quintanilla
- April 20 - Mikey Welsh, Weezer
- May 4 - Mike Dirnt, Green Day
- May 30 - Patrick Dahlheimer, Live
- June 9 - Paul McGuigan, Oasis
- June 18 - Nathan Morris, Boyz II Men
- July 17 - DJ Minutemix, P.M. Dawn
- July 17 - Ed Kowalczyk, Live
- July 23 - Alison Krauss
- September 6 - Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries
- September 24 - Marty Cintron, No Mercy
- October 2 - Tiffany
- October 10 - Evgeny Kissin, pianist
- December 24 - Ricky Martin
- December 25 - Noel Hogan, The Cranberries
- John Dolmayan, System of a Down
- Derrick Plourde, The Ataris
- June 16- Tupac Shakur,Rapper
Deaths
Awards