2022 in Asian music
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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
- 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
- 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
- Hideyuki Fukasawa – Orient (Japan)[35]
- Anup Rubens – Bangarraju (India - Telugu)[36]
Musical films
- 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
- January 2 – Nindy Ellesse, 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 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, 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]