We're only halfway through 2020, yet it has been an exceptionally difficult year for losses in the music industry.
Pioneers like Little Richard and Bill Withers left behind noteworthy careers and we also said goodbye to young voices like Glee's Naya Rivera and Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger.
Here's an ongoing list of artists who have died this year.
Trini Lopez mit spanischer Bäuerin,;ZDF-Show "Auf der Straße nach Süden",;Mallorca/Spanien, Gitarre, Instrument, Hut, (Photo by Peter Bischoff/Getty Images)
(MANDATORY CREDIT Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Ozzy Osbourne band performs on stage on the 'Blizzard Of Ozz' tour, United Kingdom, September-October 1980. Lee Kerslake (drums). (Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - MAY 19: Walter Lure of Joey Ramone Birthday Bashers perform at the Joey Ramone Birthday Bash 2007 at Irving Plaza's The Fillmore New York May 19, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)
Helen Reddy performing on stage, London, 1974. (Photo by Ian Dickson/Redferns)
<> at Ryman Auditorium on August 16, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee.
AUSTIN, TEXAS - JULY 04: Singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver performs onstage during the 46th Annual Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic at Austin360 Amphitheater on July 04, 2019 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/WireImage for Shock Ink)
049944 23: Actor Sean Connery holds up his Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar for "The Untouchables" at the Academy Awards April 11, 1988 in Los Angeles, CA. The Academy Awards are prizes given out annually in Hollywood for excellence in film performance and production. (Photo by John Barr/Liaison)
DARWIN, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 04: Bones Hillman, bass guitarist from Midnight Oil performs during The Great Circle 2017 World Tour on October 4, 2017 in Darwin, Australia. The Great Circle 2017 World Tour will finish with 18 homecoming concerts through October and November which begun in Alice Springs and Darwin. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 24: Harold Budd portrait session backstage at AE Harris Building on November 24, 2011 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. (Photo by Steve Thorne/Redferns)
