5 — Luke Bryan performed the National Anthem, and Lady Gaga performed during halftime at Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium in Houston.[1] Lady Gaga's halftime set garnered 117.5 million television viewers, becoming the second most-watched Super Bowl halftime show in history.
6 — Jipsta[2] released his third studio album, Ban2oozle, marking his return to the industry since recovering from the injuries sustained during a hate crime attack in March 2014.[3][4]
18 — Chris Cornell, frontman for Soundgarden and Audioslave, dies in Detroit after performing a concert with Soundgarden. It was found that he had hanged himself in his Detroit hotel room, at the age of 52. Fans and media outlets took notice of Cornell's choice of date and method and their direct parallels with the suicide of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis exactly 37 years prior; Joy Division's music was popular among the members of Soundgarden.
15 — Dodger Stadium hosts the first night of the Classic West concert. This is the full first Eagles live performance after the death of January 2016 founding member Glenn Frey, his place has been taken by his son Deacon Frey and American Country artist Vince Gill with supporting acts The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan.
10 — Taylor Swift released her sixth studio album Reputation. It went on to sell 1,238,000 units in the US, and 2,000,000 worldwide in its first week of release.[17]