2018 in Asian music
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- January 2 – Police in India arrest singer and instrumentalist Ghazal Srinivas following claims of sexual harassment by an employee of his radio station.[1]
- 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.[2]
- January 16 – Chinese fans and musicians pay tribute to Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries, who performed in China in 2011.[3]
- January 21 – The Voice of Mongolia talent contest is launched on Mongol TV, and is eventually won by Enguun.[4]
- March 2 – The 14th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival opens in Jakarta, Indonesia, lasting until 4 March.[5]
- March 25 – Sinta Wullur's Tagore's Fireflies is premièred at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, during the Debussy Festival.[6]
- April – Indonesian actress and singer Maudy Ayunda releases a volume of autobiography in English, titled Dear Tomorrow.[7]
- 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.
Albums
- AGA – Luna (January 22)[8]
- Arkona – Khram (January 19)[9]
- Band-Maid – World Domination (February 14)
- Gugudan – Act. 4 Cait Sith (February 1)[10]
- Koda Kumi
- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Japamyu (September 26)[13]
- Morning Musume – Hatachi no Morning Musume (February 7)
- Seungri – The Great Seungri (July 20)[14]
Classical
- Bishnu Priya – The Good Immigrant[15]
- Alexander Rahbari – My Mother Persia
Opera
- Toshio Hosokawa and Marcel Beyer – Erdbeben.Träume.
- Gity Razaz – Fault Lines[16]
Musical films
- 7 Din Mohabbat In (Pakistan)
- Amma I Love You (India)
- Bhaijaan Elo Re (India)[17][18]
- Brihaspathi (India)
- Fanney Khan (India)
- Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi (India)[19]
- Inspector Notty K (Bangladesh)
- Jaane Kyun De Yaaron (India)
- Kids on the Slope (Japan)
- Manto (India - Urdu)[20]
- Noor Jahaan (Bangladesh)
- Ang Panahon ng Halimaw (Philippines)[21]
- Super Hero (film) (Bangladesh)[22]
- Teefa in Trouble (Pakistan)
- TokiRes the Movie: MIRACLE6 (Japan)
Deaths
- January 3 – Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva, Turkmen opera singer and music educator, 87[23]
- January 15 – Sujud Sutrisno, 64, Indonesian street drummer and singer, 64[24]
- January 16 – Shammi Akhtar, Bangladeshi playback singer, 60 (breast cancer)[25]
- January 22 – Ceylon Manohar, Indian actor and playback singer, 73[26]
- January 25 – Sabar Koti, Indian singer, 58[27]
- January 31 – Hwang Byungki, South Korean gayageum player, 81[28]
- February 5 – Jockie Soerjoprajogo, 63, Indonesian musician and songwriter[29]
- March 1 – Arabinda Muduli, 56, Indian musician and singer[30]
- May 2 – Vadim Mulerman, 79, Soviet singer[31]
- May 4 – Abi Ofarim, 80, Israeli singer and dancer[32]
- May 6
- Arun Date, 84, Indian singer[33]
- Gurukrushna Goswami, 84, Indian lyricist[34]
- May 16 – Hideki Saijo, 63, Japanese singer (heart failure)[35]
- July 30 – Khayyam Mirzazade, 82, Azerbaijani composer and academic[36]
- August 1 – Umbayee, 66, Indian ghazal singer (cancer)[37]
- August 5 – Ellen Joyce Loo, 32, Canadian-born Hong Kong singer (fall)[38]
- September 19 – Buren Bayaer, 58, Chinese singer and journalist (heart attack)[39]
- October 2 – Balabhaskar, 40, Indian violinist, composer and record producer (cardiac arrest)[40]
- October 9 – Nitin Bali, 47, Indian singer (traffic collision)[41]
- October 13 – Annapurna Devi, 91, Indian classical musician[42]
- October 14
- Aziza Niyozmetova, 46, Uzbekistani singer[43]
- Saleem, 57, Malaysian singer (traffic collision)[44]
- October 16 – Du Yuwei, 19, Chinese singer (suicide)[45]
- October 18 – Ayub Bachchu, 56, Bangladeshi singer-songwriter[46]
- October 30
- Rico J. Puno, 65, Filipino pop singer (heart failure)[47]
- Yashwant Dev, 91, Indian poet and composer[48]
- November 14 – Masahiro Sayama, 64, Japanese pianist.[49]
- November 22 – Imrat Khan, 83, Indian sitar player[50]
- November 27 – Mohammed Aziz, 64, Indian playback singer (heart attack)[51]
- December 22 – Indonesian musicians killed in the Sunda Strait tsunami:
- Windu Andi Darmawan, drummer (Seventeen).[52]
- Muhammad Awal Purbani, bassist (Seventeen).[53]
- Herman Sikumbang, 36, guitarist (Seventeen).[54]