2020 in Asian music
Events
Albums
Classical
Opera
Film and TV scores
Musical films
Deaths
- January 1 – Katsura Shinnosuke, 67, Japanese rakugoka and musician
- January 4 – Junko Hirotani, 63, Japanese singer
- January 19 – Sunanda Patnaik, 85, Indian classical singer
- February 14 – Sonam Sherpa, 48, Indian guitarist
- February 27 – Suthep Wongkamhaeng, 85, Thai luk krung singer
- March 17
- *, 79, Taiwanese operatic singer and actress.
- *Thái Thanh, 85, Vietnamese-American singer.
- March 29 – Paravai Muniyamma, 82, Indian folk singer and actress
- April 2 – Nirmal Singh Khalsa, 67, Indian singer and priest
- April 3 – Helin Bölek, 28, Armenian/Turkish singer
- April 6 – M. K. Arjunan, 84, Indian composer.
- April 8 – Glenn Fredly, 44, Indonesian R&B singer-songwriter
- April 10 – Shanti Hiranand, 87, Indian classical singer
- May 5 – Didi Kempot, 53, Indonesian campursari singer
- May 7 – Ibrahim Gökçek, 39/40, Turkish folk musician
- May 16 – Azad Rahman, 76, Bangladeshi composer
- May 29 – Yogesh, 77, Indian lyricist
- June 1 – Wajid Khan, 43, Indian composer
- July 30 – Sonam Tshering Lepcha, 92, Indian folk musician and composer
- August 9 – Alauddin Ali, 67, Bangladeshi composer
- August 17 – Pandit Jasraj, 90, Indian classical vocalist
- September 9 – Yopie Latul, 65, Indonesian singer
- September 16 – Alien Huang, 36, Taiwanese singer, actor and television presenter
- September 25 – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, 74, Indian playback singer
- October 8 – Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, 80, Iranian traditional vocalist master
- October 9 – David Refael ben Ami, 70, Israeli singer
- November 10 – Rahayu Supanggah, 71, Indonesian composer
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