2022 in Asian music
Events
- January 12 – Indonesian singer Ardhito Pramono is arrested for possession of marijuana.
- January 23 – The 31st Seoul Music Awards are held in South Korea, hosted by Kim Sung-joo, Boom, and Kim Seol-hyun. 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.
- 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.
- April 11 – Sidhu Moose Wala's latest single insults some of the voters responsible for his failure in the 2022 Punjab state assembly elections.
- 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.
- July 19 – Balwinder Safri is reported to have made a "miracle recovery" after several months in a coma.
- 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.
- September 1 – The English-language film Tár is released, featuring a performance by the Siam Sinfonietta.
- 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.
- December 10–11 – The UNIK Asia Festival was held in Central Harbourfront Event Space.
Albums
Classical
Film, TV and video game scores
Musical films
Deaths
- January 2 -, 54, Indonesian singer, actress and TV presenter.
- January 8 - Sornphet Sornsuphan, 73, Thai luk thung singer.
- January 9 - Desmond de Silva, 78, Sri Lankan singer
- January 17 - Neela Wickramasinghe, 71, Sri Lankan singer and composer
- February 1 - Hiroshima, Japanese drummer
- February 6 - Lata Mangeshkar, 92, Indian playback singer
- February 16
- *Dorce Gamalama, 58, Indonesian singer and television presenter
- *Bappi Lahiri, 69, Indian singer, composer and record producer
- February 22
- * Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay, 92, Turkish trumpeter
- * Jayananda Lama, 65, Nepalese folk singer and actor
- March 13 - Li Guangxi, 92, Chinese operatic tenor
- March 22 - Eva Castillo, 52, Filipina singer
- March 25 - Keith Martin, 55, Filipino singer
- March 30 - Jun Lopito, 64, Filipino guitarist
- April 6 - Wen Hsia, 93, Taiwanese singer and actor
- April 8 - Nagai Sriram, 41, Indian Carnatic violinist
- April 15 - Koji, 49, Japanese guitarist of kei rock band La'cryma Christi
- April 17 - Prafulla Kar, 83, Indian Oriya singer, songwriter and musician
- May 10 - Shivkumar Sharma, 84, Indian composer and santoor player
- May 29
- *, 99, Chinese opera performer.
- *Sidhu Moose Wala, 28, Indian Punjabi singer, actor and politician
- May 31 - KK, 53, Indian playback singer
- June 8 - Song Hae, 95, South Korean television host and singer
- June 18 - Adibah Noor, 51, Malaysian singer and actress
- June 23 - Yuri Shatunov, 48, Russian singer
- July 3 - Miu Chu, 40, Taiwanese singer
- July 8 - Alam Khan, 78, Bangladeshi composer
- July 13 - Rubina Qureshi, 81, Pakistani Sindhi classical singer
- July 18 - Bhupinder Singh, 82, Indian ghazal singer
- July 26 - Balwinder Safri, 63, Indian folk singer
- July 31 - Nirmala Mishra, 83, Tollywood playback singer
- August 11
- * Mohamed Huzam, 52, Maldivian playback singer
- * Shimoga Subbanna, 83, Indian Kannada playback singer
- August 12 - Ebrahim Qanbari-Mehr, 93, Iranian musical instrument maker
- August 20 - Nayyara Noor, 71, Pakistani playback singer
- August 27 - Georges Al Rassi, 42, Lebanese actor, singer and songwriter
- August 29 - John P. Varkey, 52, Indian guitarist, songwriter and composer
- September 10 - Choichi Terukina, 90, Japanese Ryukyuan musician and sanshin player
- October 7 - Toshi Ichiyanagi, 89, Japanese pianist and composer
- December 9
- * Jovit Baldivino, 29, Filipino singer and actor
- * Qamar Gula, 70, Afghan Pashto language singer
- December 10 - Sulochana Chavan, 89, Indian Marathi singer
- December 10 - Nihal Nelson, 76, Sri Lankan vocalist, songwriter and composer
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