2022 in Asian music

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## Events

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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

## Musical films

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* 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

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* 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

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

## See also

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* 2022 in music

## References

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