See also:
1970 in music,
other events of 1971,
1972 in music and the
list of 'years in music'.
For a more complete list of hits by month, see here (http://home.earthlink.net/~yellowbrickroad/1971.htm).
- 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[?]
- December 24 - Ricky Martin
- December 25 - Noel Hogan[?], The Cranberries
- John Dolmayan, System of a Down
- Derrick Plourde, The Ataris