Events in Music
Billboard Music Awards
May 1 26th Billboard Music Awards: Drake wins 12; Arian Grande, Ella Mai, and Luke Combs win
Film Premiere
May 16 "Rocketman" film based on life of singer Elton John starring Taron Egerton premieres at the Cannes Film Festival
- May 19 64th Eurovision Song Contest won by Duncan Laurence of the Netherlands
Weddings in Music
- May 1 Actress Sophie Turner (23) and singer Joe Jonas (29) are married by an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas
Deaths in Music
Doris Day (1922-2019)
May 13 American singer ("Sentimental Journey; "Que Sera, Sera"), actress known as the "girl next door" (Pillow Talk; The Man Who Knew Too Much), and animal rights activist, dies of pneumonia at 97
- May 13 Jerome Callet, American musician and designer of brass instruments, dies at 89
- May 19 Alfred Janson, Norwegian jazz and classical pianist and composer (Passacaglia Vendetta; Variations over Variations on a Norwegian Folk Tune), dies at 82
- May 30 Leon Redbone [Dickran Gobalian], American blues and jazz musician ("Seduced"; Theme to Mr. Belvedere), dies at 69
- May 31 Roky Erickson [Roger Kynard], American musician (The 13th Floor Elevators - "Starry Eyes"; "Don't Slander Me"), dies at 71