2022 in Asian music

See also: Timeline of musical events

Events

• January 12 – Indonesian singer Ardhito Pramono is arrested for possession of marijuana. ^[1]
• January 23 – The 31st Seoul Music Awards are held in South Korea, hosted by Kim Sung-joo, Boom, and Kim Seol-hyun. ^[2] Winners include NCT 127, Lim Young-woong and BTS.
• February 18 – Modhaus announce the launch of the world's first "fan-participating girl group", TripleS. ^[3]
• February – Punjabi hip hop singer Sidhu Moose Wala faces a court case for contravening the election code of conduct while a candidate for the Indian National Congress. ^[4]
• April 11 – Sidhu Moose Wala's latest single insults some of the voters responsible for his failure in the 2022 Punjab state assembly elections. ^[5]
• May 19 – The family of Balwinder Safri, Indian banghra singer from Birmingham, ask New Cross Hospital not to switch off his dialysis machine while he is in a coma after suffering brain damage during an operation. ^[6]
• July 19 – Balwinder Safri is reported to have made a "miracle recovery" after several months in a coma. ^[7]
• July 28 – During a concert by Cantopop dance group Mirror in the Hong Kong Coliseum, an overhead screen falls onto the stage, injuring two on stage. ^{[8] [9] [10]}
• September 1 – The English-language film Tár is released, featuring a performance by the Siam Sinfonietta (portraying a Filipino orchestra). ^[11]
• October 14 – Asia Song Festival is held at Yeouido Park in Seoul and features performers from South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Kazakhstan. ^[12]
• December 10–11 – The UNIK Asia Festival was held in Central Harbourfront Event Space. ^[13]

Albums

• Onewe (South Korea) – Planet Nine: Voyager (January 4) ^[14]
• Hikaru Utada (Japan) – Bad Mode (January 19) ^[15]
• Boris (Japan) – W (January 21) ^[16]
• Cloud Wan – The Cloud (December 19) ^[17]
• Confess (Iran) – Revenge at All Costs (January 21) ^[18]
• @onefive (Japan) – 1518 (February 2) ^[19]
• Girish and The Chronicles – Hail to the Heroes (February 11) ^[20]
• Gin Lee – Time & Faith (July 12) ^[21]
• JAM Project (Japan) – Max the Max ~JAM Project Best Collection XIV ^[22]
• Scandal (Japan) – MIRROR (January 26) ^[23]
• Bloodywood (India) – Rakshak (February 18) ^[24]
• Janice Vidal – Daughter (December 19) ^[25]
• Jay Fung – Love & Loss (December 28) ^[26]
• Koda Kumi (Japan) – Heart (March 2) ^[27]
• Nigo (Japan) – I Know Nigo! (March 25) ^[28]
• Lim Young-woong (South Korea) – Im Hero ^[29]
• Acid Eyes (South Korea) – Cherry Gene (June 6) ^[30]
• Stray Kids (Japan) – Circus (June 22) ^[31]

Classical

• Unsuk Chin (South Korea) – Scherben der Stille (Shards of Silence), for violin and orchestra ^[32]
• Huang Ruo (China) – A Dust in Time (first recording) ^[33]
• Toshio Hosokawa (Japan) – Yukio Mishima’s Hanjo ^[34]

Film, TV and video game scores

• Hideyuki Fukasawa – Orient (Japan) ^[35]
• Anup Rubens – Bangarraju (India - Telugu) ^[36]

Musical films

• Ishrat Made in China (Pakistan), score by Shani Arshad with music by various artists ^[37]
• Laal Singh Chaddha (India - Hindi), with music by Pritam and lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya. ^[38]
• Ponniyin Selvan: I (India - Tamil), with music by A. R. Rahman ^[39]

Deaths

• January 2 – Nindy Ellesse  [ id ], 54, Indonesian singer, actress and TV presenter. ^[40]
• January 8 – Sornphet Sornsuphan, 73, Thai luk thung singer. ^[41]
• January 9 – Desmond de Silva, 78, Sri Lankan singer ^[42]
• January 17 – Neela Wickramasinghe, 71, Sri Lankan singer and composer ^[43]
• February 1 – Hiroshima, Japanese drummer (G.I.S.M.) ^[44] (death announced on this date)
• February 6 – Lata Mangeshkar, 92, Indian playback singer ^[45]
• February 16
  • Dorce Gamalama, 58, Indonesian singer and television presenter (COVID-19) ^[46]
  • Bappi Lahiri, 69, Indian singer, composer and record producer (complications from obstructive sleep apnea) ^[47]
• February 22
  • Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay, 92, Turkish trumpeter ^[48]
  • Jayananda Lama, 65, Nepalese folk singer and actor ^[49]
• March 13 – Li Guangxi, 92, Chinese operatic tenor ^[50]
• March 22 – Eva Castillo, 52, Filipina singer ^[51]
• March 25 – Keith Martin, 55, Filipino singer ^[52]
• March 30 – Jun Lopito, 64, Filipino guitarist ^[53]
• April 6 – Wen Hsia, 93, Taiwanese singer and actor ^[54]
• April 8 – Nagai Sriram, 41, Indian Carnatic violinist ^[55]
• April 15 – Koji, 49, Japanese guitarist of kei rock band La'cryma Christi (esophageal cancer) ^[56]
• April 17 – Prafulla Kar, 83, Indian Oriya singer, songwriter and musician ^[57]
• May 10 – Shivkumar Sharma, 84, Indian composer and santoor player ^[58]
• May 29
  • Ma Jinfeng  [ zh ], 99, Chinese opera performer. ^[59]
  • Sidhu Moose Wala, 28, Indian Punjabi singer, actor and politician (shot) ^[60]
• May 31 – KK, 53, Indian playback singer (heart attack) ^[61]
• June 8 – Song Hae, 95, South Korean television host and singer ^[62]
• June 18 – Adibah Noor, 51, Malaysian singer and actress (ovarian cancer) ^[63]
• June 23 – Yuri Shatunov, 48, Russian singer (heart attack) ^[64]
• July 3 – Miu Chu, 40, Taiwanese singer (breast cancer) ^[65]
• July 8 – Alam Khan, 78, Bangladeshi composer (lung cancer) ^{[66] [67]}
• July 13 – Rubina Qureshi, 81, Pakistani Sindhi classical singer ^[68]
• July 18 – Bhupinder Singh, 82, Indian ghazal singer ^[69]
• July 26 – Balwinder Safri, 63, Indian folk singer ^[70]
• July 31 – Nirmala Mishra, 83, Tollywood playback singer ^[71]
• August 11
  • Mohamed Huzam, 52, Maldivian playback singer ^[72]
  • Shimoga Subbanna, 83, Indian Kannada playback singer ^[73]
• August 12 – Ebrahim Qanbari-Mehr, 93, Iranian musical instrument maker ^[74]
• August 20 – Nayyara Noor, 71, Pakistani playback singer ^[75]
• August 27 – Georges Al Rassi, 42, Lebanese actor, singer and songwriter (car accident) ^[76]
• August 29 – John P. Varkey, 52, Indian guitarist, songwriter and composer ^[77]
• September 10 – Choichi Terukina, 90, Japanese Ryukyuan musician and sanshin player ^[78]
• October 7 – Toshi Ichiyanagi, 89, Japanese pianist and composer ^[79]
• December 9
  • Jovit Baldivino, 29, Filipino singer and actor (intracranial aneurysm) ^[80]
  • Qamar Gula, 70, Afghan Pashto language singer ^[81]
• December 10 – Sulochana Chavan, 89, Indian Marathi singer ^[82]
• December 10 – Nihal Nelson, 76, Sri Lankan vocalist, songwriter and composer ^[83]

By country

• 2022 in Chinese music
• 2022 in Japanese music
• 2022 in Philippine music
• 2022 in South Korean music

See also

• 2022 in music

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