# 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 (portraying a Filipino orchestra).
* 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

* Onewe (South Korea) – Planet Nine: Voyager (January 4)
* Hikaru Utada (Japan) – Bad Mode (January 19)
* Boris (Japan) – W (January 21)
* Cloud Wan – The Cloud (December 19)
* Confess (Iran) – Revenge at All Costs (January 21)
* @onefive (Japan) – 1518 (February 2)
* Girish and The Chronicles – Hail to the Heroes (February 11)
* Gin Lee – Time & Faith (July 12)
* JAM Project (Japan) – Max the Max ~JAM Project Best Collection XIV
* Scandal (Japan) – MIRROR (January 26)
* Bloodywood (India) – Rakshak (February 18)
* Janice Vidal – Daughter (December 19)
* Jay Fung – Love & Loss (December 28)
* Koda Kumi (Japan) – Heart (March 2)
* Nigo (Japan) – I Know Nigo! (March 25)
* Lim Young-woong (South Korea) – Im Hero
* Acid Eyes (South Korea) – Cherry Gene (June 6)
* Stray Kids (Japan) – Circus (June 22)

## Classical

* Unsuk Chin (South Korea) – Scherben der Stille (Shards of Silence), for violin and orchestra
* Huang Ruo (China) – A Dust in Time (first recording)
* Toshio Hosokawa (Japan) – Yukio Mishima’s Hanjo

## Film, TV and video game scores

* Hideyuki Fukasawa – Orient (Japan)
* Anup Rubens – Bangarraju (India - Telugu)

## Musical films

* Ishrat Made in China (Pakistan), score by Shani Arshad with music by various artists
* Laal Singh Chaddha (India - Hindi), with music by Pritam and lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya.
* Ponniyin Selvan: I (India - Tamil), with music by A. R. Rahman

## Deaths

* January 2 – Nindy Ellesse [id], 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 (G.I.S.M.) (death announced on this date)
* February 6 – Lata Mangeshkar, 92, Indian playback singer
* February 16
** Dorce Gamalama, 58, Indonesian singer and television presenter (COVID-19)
** Bappi Lahiri, 69, Indian singer, composer and record producer (complications from obstructive sleep apnea)
* 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 (esophageal cancer)
* April 17 – Prafulla Kar, 83, Indian Oriya singer, songwriter and musician
* May 10 – Shivkumar Sharma, 84, Indian composer and santoor player
* May 29
** Ma Jinfeng [zh], 99, Chinese opera performer.
** Sidhu Moose Wala, 28, Indian Punjabi singer, actor and politician (shot)
* May 31 – KK, 53, Indian playback singer (heart attack)
* June 8 – Song Hae, 95, South Korean television host and singer
* June 18 – Adibah Noor, 51, Malaysian singer and actress (ovarian cancer)
* June 23 – Yuri Shatunov, 48, Russian singer (heart attack)
* July 3 – Miu Chu, 40, Taiwanese singer (breast cancer)
* July 8 – Alam Khan, 78, Bangladeshi composer (lung cancer)
* 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 (car accident)
* 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 (intracranial aneurysm)
** 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

## By country

* 2022 in Chinese music
* 2022 in Japanese music
* 2022 in Philippine music
* 2022 in South Korean music