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
, 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
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 2018 in Philippine music
 2018 in South Korean music

See also 
 2018 in music

References 

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