# 2018 in Asian music
## Events

* January 2 – Police in India arrest singer and instrumentalist Ghazal Srinivas following claims of sexual harassment by an employee of his radio station.
* 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.
* January 16 – Chinese fans and musicians pay tribute to Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries, who performed in China in 2011.
* January 21 – The Voice of Mongolia talent contest is launched on Mongol TV, and is eventually won by Enguun.
* March 2 – The 14th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival opens in Jakarta, Indonesia, lasting until 4 March.
* March 25 – Sinta Wullur's Tagore's Fireflies is premièred at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, during the Debussy Festival.
* April – Indonesian actress and singer Maudy Ayunda releases a volume of autobiography in English, titled Dear Tomorrow.
* 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)
* Arkona – Khram (January 19)
* Band-Maid – World Domination (February 14)
* Gugudan – Act. 4 Cait Sith (February 1)
* Koda Kumi
** And (February 28)
** DNA (August 22)
* Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Japamyu (September 26)
* Morning Musume – Hatachi no Morning Musume (February 7)
* Seungri – The Great Seungri (July 20)

## Classical

* Bishnu Priya – The Good Immigrant
* Alexander Rahbari – My Mother Persia

## Opera

* Toshio Hosokawa and Marcel Beyer – Erdbeben.Träume.
* Gity Razaz – Fault Lines

## Musical films

* 7 Din Mohabbat In (Pakistan)
* Amma I Love You (India)
* Bhaijaan Elo Re (India)
* Brihaspathi (India)
* Fanney Khan (India)
* Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi (India)
* Inspector Notty K (Bangladesh)
* Jaane Kyun De Yaaron (India)
* Kids on the Slope (Japan)
* Manto (India - Urdu)
* Noor Jahaan (Bangladesh)
* Ang Panahon ng Halimaw (Philippines)
* Super Hero (film) (Bangladesh)
* Teefa in Trouble (Pakistan)
* TokiRes the Movie: MIRACLE6 (Japan)

## Deaths

* January 3 – Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva, Turkmen opera singer and music educator, 87
* January 15 – Sujud Sutrisno, 64, Indonesian street drummer and singer, 64
* January 16 – Shammi Akhtar, Bangladeshi playback singer, 60 (breast cancer)
* January 22 – Ceylon Manohar, Indian actor and playback singer, 73
* January 25 – Sabar Koti, Indian singer, 58
* January 31 – Hwang Byungki, South Korean gayageum player, 81
* February 5 – Jockie Soerjoprajogo, 63, Indonesian musician and songwriter
* March 1 – Arabinda Muduli, 56, Indian musician and singer
* May 2 – Vadim Mulerman, 79, Soviet singer
* May 4 – Abi Ofarim, 80, Israeli singer and dancer
* May 6
** Arun Date, 84, Indian singer
** Gurukrushna Goswami, 84, Indian lyricist
* May 16 – Hideki Saijo, 63, Japanese singer (heart failure)
* July 30 – Khayyam Mirzazade, 82, Azerbaijani composer and academic
* August 1 – Umbayee, 66, Indian ghazal singer (cancer)
* August 5 – Ellen Joyce Loo, 32, Canadian-born Hong Kong singer (fall)
* September 19 – Buren Bayaer, 58, Chinese singer and journalist (heart attack)
* October 2 – Balabhaskar, 40, Indian violinist, composer and record producer (cardiac arrest)
* October 9 – Nitin Bali, 47, Indian singer (traffic collision)
* October 13 – Annapurna Devi, 91, Indian classical musician
* October 14
** Aziza Niyozmetova, 46, Uzbekistani singer
** Saleem [ms], 57, Malaysian singer (traffic collision)
* October 16 – Du Yuwei, 19, Chinese singer (suicide)
* October 18 – Ayub Bachchu, 56, Bangladeshi singer-songwriter
* October 30
** Rico J. Puno, 65, Filipino pop singer (heart failure)
** Yashwant Dev, 91, Indian poet and composer
* November 14 – Masahiro Sayama, 64, Japanese pianist.
* November 22 – Imrat Khan, 83, Indian sitar player
* November 27 – Mohammed Aziz, 64, Indian playback singer (heart attack)
* December 22 – Indonesian musicians killed in the Sunda Strait tsunami:
** Windu Andi Darmawan, drummer (Seventeen).
** Muhammad Awal Purbani, bassist (Seventeen).
** Herman Sikumbang, 36, guitarist (Seventeen).

## By country

* 2018 in Chinese music
* 2018 in Japanese music
* 2018 in Philippine music
* 2018 in South Korean music