2018 in Asian music

• January 2 – Police in India arrest singer and instrumentalist Ghazal Srinivas following claims of sexual harassment by an employee of his radio station.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Latest-News/2018-01-02/Ghazal-Srinivas-remanded-for-10-days-in-sexual-harassment-case/349449|title=Ghazal Srinivas remanded for 10 days in sexual harassment case|website=The Hans India|date=2 January 2018|access-date=18 January 2018}}
• January 4 – It is reported that British singer Jessie J will be among the competitors in the new season of Chinese talent show The Singer 2018, to be broadcast on Hunan TV.{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/04/jessie-j-set-compete-chinese-tv-talent-competition-angela-chang-wang-feng-7202931/?ito=cbshare|title=Jessie J 'set to compete in a Chinese TV talent competition against Angela Chang and Wang Feng'|website=Metro UK|date=4 January 2018|access-date=18 January 2018}}
• January 16 – Chinese fans and musicians pay tribute to Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries, who performed in China in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/chinese-musicians-fans-mourn-cranberries-singer-oriordan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118231248/http://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/chinese-musicians-fans-mourn-cranberries-singer-oriordan|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 18, 2018|title=Chinese musicians, fans mourn Cranberries singer O'Riordan|website=Asia One|access-date=18 January 2018}}
• January 21 – The Voice of Mongolia talent contest is launched on Mongol TV, and is eventually won by Enguun.{{cite web|url=https://montsame.mn/en/read/135266|title=Ts.Enguun becomes winner of Voice of Mongolia show|author=B. Batchimeg|date=28 May 2018|website=Montsame|access-date=8 May 2020}}
• March 2 – The 14th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival opens in Jakarta, Indonesia, lasting until 4 March.{{cite web | url=https://www.everfest.com/e/jakarta-international-java-jazz-festival-jakarta-utara-indonesia | title=Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2018 | publisher=EverFest.com | accessdate=2017-10-19}}
• March 25 – Sinta Wullur's Tagore's Fireflies is premièred at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, during the Debussy Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.bcmg.org.uk/commissioning/sinta-wullur-tagore-s-fireflies/|title=Sinta Wullur - Tagore's Fireflies|website=Birmingham Contemporary Music Group|access-date=25 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525133854/http://www.bcmg.org.uk/commissioning/sinta-wullur-tagore-s-fireflies/|archive-date=25 May 2018|url-status=dead}}
• April – Indonesian actress and singer Maudy Ayunda releases a volume of autobiography in English, titled Dear Tomorrow.{{cite web|url=https://bentangpustaka.com/read/33943/mengenal-lebih-dekat-maudy-ayunda-dalam-medium-cetak.html|title=Mengenal Lebih Dekat Maudy Ayunda dalam Medium Cetak!|date=4 April 2018|website=Bentang|access-date=17 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010431/https://bentangpustaka.com/read/33943/mengenal-lebih-dekat-maudy-ayunda-dalam-medium-cetak.html|archive-date=18 December 2018|url-status=dead}}
• August – Armand Maulana, Anggun and Titi DJ are announced as judges for Season 3 of The Voice Indonesia, along with singers Vidi Aldiano and :id:Anindyo Baskoro as joint coaches.

• AGA – Luna (January 22){{cite news |title=AGA's album "LUNA" topping the charts. AGA: "I cried immediately when I heard it" |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E7%9C%BE%E6%A8%82%E8%BF%B7/156855/aga%E5%A4%A7%E7%A2%9F-luna-%E6%A9%AB%E6%8E%83%E5%94%B1%E7%89%87%E5%BA%97%E9%8A%B7%E9%87%8F%E6%A6%9C-%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E6%B6%88%E6%81%AF%E5%BE%8C%E5%8D%B3%E5%96%8A |publisher=HK01 |date=4 February 2018}}
• Arkona – Khram (January 19){{cite web|title=Details Of New Album 'Khram' Issued By Arkona|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=137571|website=Metal Underground|accessdate=28 October 2017|date=16 October 2017}}
• Band-Maid – World Domination (February 14)
• Gugudan – Act. 4 Cait Sith (February 1){{Cite web|url=http://www.edaily.co.kr/news/news_detail.asp?newsId=01466166619081328&mediaCodeNo=258|script-title=ko:구구단, 신보 발표 2월 1일로 연기 '앨범 완성도 위해'|language=ko|work=edaylish|date=25 January 2018|publisher=Naver|access-date=17 December 2018|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623141534/http://www.edaily.co.kr/news/news_detail.asp?newsId=01466166619081328&mediaCodeNo=258|url-status=dead}}
• Koda Kumi
• And (February 28){{cite web|url=http://nekopop.com/2017/12/koda-kumi-announces-first-album-of-2018/|title=Koda Kumi Announces First Album of 2018|work=Neko Pop|date=December 31, 2017|accessdate=January 30, 2018}}
• DNA (August 22){{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2018-08-21/|title=デイリー アルバムランキング2018年08月21日付 (Daily Album Rank 2018.08.21)|work=Oricon|date=August 21, 2018|accessdate=August 23, 2018}}
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Japamyu (September 26){{cite web | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2018-10-08/p/2/ | title=オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2018年09月24日～2018年09月30日 11～20位}}
• Morning Musume – Hatachi no Morning Musume (February 7)
• Seungri – The Great Seungri (July 20){{Cite web|url=https://www.soompi.com/2018/07/02/bigbangs-seungri-announces-long-awaited-solo-album-release-date-1st-teaser/|title=Update: BIGBANG's Seungri Drops A New Teaser For "The Great Seungri" On Comeback Day|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720141523/https://www.soompi.com/2018/07/02/bigbangs-seungri-announces-long-awaited-solo-album-release-date-1st-teaser/|archive-date=2018-07-20|url-status=live}}

• Bishnu Priya – The Good Immigrant{{Cite web |url=https://nationalsawdust.org/event/ferus-festival-bishi/ |title=National Sawdust, 11 January 2018 programme |access-date=18 January 2018 |archive-date=8 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108165427/https://nationalsawdust.org/event/ferus-festival-bishi/ |url-status=dead }}
• Alexander Rahbari – My Mother Persia

• Toshio Hosokawa and Marcel Beyer – Erdbeben.Träume.
• Gity Razaz – Fault Lines{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/the-american-dream-as-american-nightmare-an-opera-for-our-time/2018/01/21/37f82c82-fed4-11e7-bb03-722769454f82_story.html | title=The American Dream as American nightmare: An opera for our time | author=Anne Midgette | work=Washington Post | date=2018-01-21 | accessdate=2018-01-27}}

• 7 Din Mohabbat In (Pakistan)
• Amma I Love You (India)
• Bhaijaan Elo Re (India){{cite web|url=http://www.ittefaq.com.bd/entertainment/2018/05/14/157054.html|title=ভাইজানের 'বেবি জান' সামনে এল|first=Daily|last=Ittefaq|publisher=ittefaq.com.bd|access-date=14 May 2018|archive-date=14 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514134947/http://www.ittefaq.com.bd/entertainment/2018/05/14/157054.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ektibd.com/2018/05/13/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9C/|title='বেবি জান' শিরোনামে ভাইজান এলো রে ছবির প্রথম গান প্রকাশ|first=Ekti|last=Bangladesh|publisher=ektibd.com|access-date=14 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515043807/https://www.ektibd.com/2018/05/13/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9C/|archive-date=15 May 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
• Brihaspathi (India)
• Fanney Khan (India)
• Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi (India){{cite web|url=https://www.saavn.com/s/album/hindi/Happy-Phirr-Bhag-Jayegi-2018/xnx7CHdPtS4_|title=Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |date=2 August 2018 |publisher=Saavn}}
• Inspector Notty K (Bangladesh)
• Jaane Kyun De Yaaron (India)
• Kids on the Slope (Japan)
• Manto (India - Urdu){{cite news|url=https://scroll.in/reel/892727/watch-nagri-nagri-from-manto-charts-the-writers-journey-across-decades|title='Nagri Nagri' from 'Manto' charts the writer's journey across decades|work=Scroll.In|date=31 August 2018|accessdate=31 August 2018}}
• Noor Jahaan (Bangladesh)
• Ang Panahon ng Halimaw (Philippines){{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_41364.html |title=Press Releases: 68th Berlinale |date=22 January 2018 |accessdate=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072337/https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_41364.html |archive-date=2018-01-23 |url-status=dead }}
• Super Hero (film) (Bangladesh){{cite news |last1=Nafiu |first1=Rummana Foisal |date=1 July 2018 |title=Shakib Khan's 'Super Hero': A VFX fiasco |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/2018/07/01/shakib-khan-s-super-hero-a-vfx-fiasco |work=Dhaka Tribune}}
• Teefa in Trouble (Pakistan)
• TokiRes the Movie: MIRACLE6 (Japan)

• January 3 – Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva, Turkmen opera singer and music educator, 87[http://infoabad.com/novosti-turkmenistana/skonchalas-medeniet-shahberdyeva-turkmenskii-solovei-vokalnogo-iskustva.html Скончалась Медениет Шахбердыева - "туркменский соловей" вокального искусства] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222092210/http://infoabad.com/novosti-turkmenistana/skonchalas-medeniet-shahberdyeva-turkmenskii-solovei-vokalnogo-iskustva.html |date=2018-02-22 }} {{in lang|ru}}
• January 15 – Sujud Sutrisno, 64, Indonesian street drummer and singer, 64[http://regional.kompas.com/read/2018/01/15/18555631/seniman-jalanan-yogyakarta-sujud-kendang-tutup-usia Seniman Jalanan Yogyakarta Sujud Kendang Tutup Usia] {{in lang|id}}
• January 16 – Shammi Akhtar, Bangladeshi playback singer, 60 (breast cancer)[http://www.thedailystar.net/country/noted-bangladeshi-singer-shammi-akhtar-passes-away-1520734 Noted singer Shammi Akhtar passes away]
• January 22 – Ceylon Manohar, Indian actor and playback singer, 73[https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/surangani-singer-ceylon-manohar-passes-away-75205 'Surangani' singer Ceylon Manohar passes away]
• January 25 – Sabar Koti, Indian singer, 58[http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/punjabi-singer-sabar-koti-dies/534299.html Punjabi singer Sabar Koti dies]
• January 31 – Hwang Byungki, South Korean gayageum player, 81[http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/01/31/0200000000AEN20180131002400315.html Korean music master Hwang Byung-ki dies at 82]
• February 5 – Jockie Soerjoprajogo, 63, Indonesian musician and songwriter[https://www.cnnindonesia.com/hiburan/20180205085015-227-273802/yockie-suryo-prayogo-god-bless-meninggal-dunia Yockie Suryo Prayogo 'God Bless' Meninggal Dunia] {{in lang|id}}
• March 1 – Arabinda Muduli, 56, Indian musician and singer{{Cite web |url=http://odishatv.in/odisha/body-slider/bhajan-maestro-arabinda-muduli-passes-away-279330 |title=Bhajan Maestro Arabinda Muduli passes away |access-date=2018-03-04 |archive-date=2018-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301104136/http://odishatv.in/odisha/body-slider/bhajan-maestro-arabinda-muduli-passes-away-279330 |url-status=dead }}
• May 2 – Vadim Mulerman, 79, Soviet singer[https://zn.ua/CULTURE/ushel-iz-zhizni-pevec-vadim-mulerman-282855_.html Ушел из жизни певец Вадим Мулерман] {{in lang|ru}}
• May 4 – Abi Ofarim, 80, Israeli singer and dancer[https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/955204/Abi-Ofarim-dead-death-cause-Esther-Ofarim-Cinderella-Rockefella-songs-age-latest-news Abi Ofarim dead: Cinderella Rockefella singer dies at home after ‘long illness’ age 80]
• May 6
• Arun Date, 84, Indian singer[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/leading-marathi-bhavgeet-singer-arun-date-passes-away-at-84/articleshow/64054530.cms Leading Marathi bhavgeet singer Arun Date passes away at 84]
• Gurukrushna Goswami, 84, Indian lyricist[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/cuttack/lyricist-gurukrushna-goswami-dies-at-84/articleshow/64060383.cms Lyricist Gurukrushna Goswami dies at 84]
• May 16 – Hideki Saijo, 63, Japanese singer (heart failure){{Cite web |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180517_21/ |title=Singer Hideki Saijo dies |access-date=2018-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143203/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180517_21/ |archive-date=2018-06-12 |url-status=dead }}
• July 30 – Khayyam Mirzazade, 82, Azerbaijani composer and academic[http://www.1news.az/news/skonchalsya-narodnyy-artist-hayyam-mirzazade Скончался выдающийся композитор, народный артист Хайям Мирзазаде] {{in lang|ru}}
• August 1 – Umbayee, 66, Indian ghazal singer (cancer)[http://www.thequint.com/hotwire-text/malayalam-ghazal-maestro-umbayee-passes-away Malayalam Ghazal maestro Umbayee passes away]
• August 5 – Ellen Joyce Loo, 32, Canadian-born Hong Kong singer (fall)[https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/hong-kong-pop-star-ellen-joyce-loo-dies-in-fall-from-building-at-age-32 Hong Kong pop star Ellen Joyce Loo dies in fall from building at age 32]
• September 19 – Buren Bayaer, 58, Chinese singer and journalist (heart attack)[http://cnews.chinadaily.com.cn/2018-09/20/content_36949913.htm 蒙古族歌手布仁巴雅尔因去世 享年58岁] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920084401/http://cnews.chinadaily.com.cn/2018-09/20/content_36949913.htm |date=2018-09-20 }} {{in lang|zh}}
• October 2 – Balabhaskar, 40, Indian violinist, composer and record producer (cardiac arrest)[https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/malayalam-vilionist-singer-dies-at-40-1353814-2018-10-02 Violinist Balabhaskar dies a week after car crash that killed his daughter]
• October 9 – Nitin Bali, 47, Indian singer (traffic collision)[https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/singer-nitin-bali-47-dies-in-car-accident-1929444 Singer Nitin Bali, 47, Dies In Car Accident]
• October 13 – Annapurna Devi, 91, Indian classical musician[https://bdnews24.com/people/2018/10/13/legendary-indian-classical-musician-annapurna-devi-dies-at-91 Legendary Indian classical musician Annapurna Devi dies at 91]
• October 14
• Aziza Niyozmetova, 46, Uzbekistani singer[https://upl.uz/misli/8643-news.html Умерла известная узбекская певица Азиза Ниёзметова] {{in lang|ru}}
• {{interlanguage link|Salim Abdul Majeed|ms|Saleem|lt=Saleem}}, 57, Malaysian singer (traffic collision)[https://www.malaymail.com/s/1682681/rock-legend-saleem-of-iklim-dies-at-57 Rock legend Saleem of Iklim dies at 57]
• October 16 – Du Yuwei, 19, Chinese singer (suicide)[https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E6%86%BE-%E5%A5%B3%E6%98%9F%E7%95%B6%E5%B0%8F%E4%B8%89%E8%A2%AB%E7%94%A9-%E5%A5%B9%E5%9C%A8%E5%AE%B6%E4%B8%AD%E7%87%92%E7%82%AD%E4%BA%A1-143504407.html 憾！女星當小三被甩 她在家中燒炭亡]
• October 18 – Ayub Bachchu, 56, Bangladeshi singer-songwriter[https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2018/10/18/celebrated-guitarist-ayub-bachchu-dies Legendary singer Ayub Bachchu dies]
• October 30
• Rico J. Puno, 65, Filipino pop singer (heart failure){{Cite web |url=http://cnnphilippines.com/entertainment/2018/10/30/OPM-singer-Rico-J.-Puno-dead.html |title=OPM legend Rico J. Puno dies at 65 |access-date=2018-10-30 |archive-date=2018-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101165330/http://cnnphilippines.com/entertainment/2018/10/30/OPM-singer-Rico-J.-Puno-dead.html |url-status=dead }}
• Yashwant Dev, 91, Indian poet and composer[https://www.mumbailive.com/en/entertainment/senior-composer-musician-yashvant-deo-passes-away-29727 Veteran Singer Yashwant Dev Dies At The Age Of 91]
• November 14 – Masahiro Sayama, 64, Japanese pianist.[https://www.kawasakijazz.jp/news/detail.php?id=113 【訃報】ジャズピアニスト　佐山雅弘氏のご逝去について] {{in lang|ja}}
• November 22 – Imrat Khan, 83, Indian sitar player[https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/noted-classical-musician-ustad-imrat-khan-dies-in-us/1391285/ Noted Indian classical musician Ustad Imrat Khan dies in US]
• November 27 – Mohammed Aziz, 64, Indian playback singer (heart attack)[https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/nov/27/17112/veteran-singer-mohammed-aziz-dies-of-a-heart-attack-at-64 Veteran singer Mohammed Aziz dies of a heart attack at 64]
• December 22 – Indonesian musicians killed in the Sunda Strait tsunami:
• Windu Andi Darmawan, drummer (Seventeen).{{Cite web|url=http://jabar.tribunnews.com/2018/12/24/breaking-news-jenazah-drummer-seventeen-andi-darmawan-ditemukan|title=BREAKING NEWS: Jenazah Drummer Seventeen, Andi Darmawan Ditemukan|date=24 December 2018}}
• Muhammad Awal Purbani, bassist (Seventeen).[http://www.tribunnews.com/seleb/2018/12/23/sambi-menangis-ifan-seventeen-kabarkan-dirinya-selamat-istri-dan-personel-lainnya-belum-ditemukan Sambi Menangis, Ifan Seventeen Kabarkan Dirinya Selamat, Istri dan Personel Lainnya Belum Ditemukan] {{in lang|id}}
• Herman Sikumbang, 36, guitarist (Seventeen).[https://entertainment.kompas.com/read/2018/12/23/094100310/sambil-menangis-ifan-seventeen-kabarkan-gitaris-dan-drummer-nya-hilang Sambil Menangis, Ifan Seventeen Kabarkan Gitaris dan Drummer-nya Hilang Saat Tsunami Banten] {{in lang|id}}

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