List of years in Asian music
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Events

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  • January 7Neha Kakkar becomes the first Indian singer to win a YouTube Diamond Award.[citation needed]
  • January 10 – Pakistani singer-songwriter Jawad Ahmad releases a protest song, ""Kisana", on social media, drawing attention to a farmers' protest movement in India and Pakistan.[1]
  • March 18 – Mumbai-based composer Joseph Conrad Mendoza is accused of borrowing the music and lyrics for his song "We Can Achieve" from "Count on me, Singapore", a national song composed by Hugh Harrison in 1986. Singapore's Ministry of Culture, holders of the copyright on the song, dispute Mendoza's claim that he wrote the song in the early 1980s and lost the original tapes in a flood.[2]
  • May 2 – The BBC selects Chinese-born percussionist Fang Zhang as the BBC Young Musician of 2020.[3]
  • June – Iwan Fals wins the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 Telkomsel Awards. Other award winners include Tulus, Raisa and Noah.[4]
  • October 22Yes I Am Student is released, marking Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala's debut as a film actor.[5]

Albums

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Classical

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Opera

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Film, TV and video game scores

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Musical films

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Deaths

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By country

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ Maroosha Muzaffar (18 March 2021). "Indian composer accused of copying nationalist anthem from Singapore". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2021-03-18. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  3. ^ Imogen Tilden (2021-05-02). "Percussionist Fang Zhang wins BBC Young Musician 2020". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  4. ^ "Iwan Fals Receives Telkomsel Award 2021". Livik. June 19, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
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  7. ^ "BAND-MAID、ニューアルバム "Unseen World" のティザー映像公開 毎週新コンテンツも公開へ" [Band-Maid releases teaser video for new album "Unseen World" Weekly new content]. Spice (in Japanese). January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  8. ^ Andrew Clements (2021-03-18). "Czernowin: Heart Chamber review – distinctive composer's opera on love is aurally sumptuous". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  9. ^ Singh, Surej (January 19, 2021). "Chai release new single 'Action', announce new album 'Wink'". NME. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  10. ^ "Rising Hong Kong singer Jace Chan shares how she overcame self-doubt to become the daring artist she is now". SCMP Young Post. 13 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Joyce Cheng released new album after 5 years". am730 newspaper. 29 December 2021.
  12. ^ Hwang, Duha (September 26, 2021). "그레이 - grayground" [Gray - grayground.]. Rhythmer (in Korean).
  13. ^ "キュウソネコカミ、ミニアルバム "モルモットラボ" 全曲トレーラーを公開" [Kyuso Nekokami releases trailer for all songs of mini album "Mormot Lab"]. Barks (in Japanese). January 1, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
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  21. ^ "Ranveer Singh and Rohit Shetty bring 'Seeti Maar' hitmaker Devi Sri Prasad on board for Cirkus". Bollywood Hungama. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
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  23. ^ Aamir Khan and Pritam along with team Lal Singh Chaddha work together in Panchgani. Bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved on 27 February 2020.
  24. ^ "New Revue Starlight Anime Film Reveals Visual, May 21 Debut". Anime News Network. December 6, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
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  30. ^ Lyricist Vennelakanti passes away
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  33. ^ तूने मुझे बुलाया शेरावालिये... गाने वाले भजन सम्राट नरेंद्र चंचल जालंधर को मानते थे कर्मभूमि, निधन से शोक की लहर (in Hindi)
  34. ^ "Nghệ sĩ nhân dân Trung Kiên qua đời". Tuoi Tre (in Vietnamese).
  35. ^ "曲艺名家马增蕙病逝 -中工文化-中工网". culture.workercn.cn.
  36. ^ گلنوش خالقی، هنرمند پیشکسوت موسیقی درگذشت (in Persian)
  37. ^ "Noted composer Ali Hossain passes away". The Daily Star. 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  38. ^ "പ്രശസ്ത സംഗീത സംവിധായകൻ ഐസക്ക് തോമസ് കോട്ടുകപ്പള്ളി അന്തരിച്ചു|homage|Isaac Thomas Kottukapally". East Coast Daily Malayalam. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  39. ^ "Tributes pour in for Syrian singer Mayada Basilis: 'Reality is ugly with your death'". The National News. 18 March 2021.
  40. ^ "Komponis dan pianis Trisutji Kamal meninggal dunia". Antara News. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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  42. ^ Sehgal, Manjeet (30 March 2021). "Punjabi singer Diljaan dies in car accident near Amritsar". India Today. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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  44. ^ "Rabindra Sangeet singer Mita Haque no more". Risingbd Online Bangla News Portal. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  45. ^ "Sitar maestro Pandit Devabrata Chaudhuri dies of Covid-19 complications". The Indian Express. 2021-05-01. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  46. ^ 【速報】戦後の宮古民謡の第一人者、国吉源次さん死去 90歳 (in Japanese)
  47. ^ 歌手李明蔚不敵癌魔病逝 終年31歲 Archived 2021-06-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
  48. ^ "Visually impaired musician Comagan passes away". The Hindu. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  49. ^ "Renowned Sitar Player Prateek Chaudhuri Dies of Covid-19 at 49". News18. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  50. ^ "Senior musician Prem Dhoj Pradhan passes away". Himalayan Times. May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  51. ^ "Veteran Telugu playback singer G. Anand succumbs to COVID-19". The Hindu. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  52. ^ "Legendary composer Vanraj Bhatia passes away; Hansal Mehta mourns the loss". fakazahq. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  53. ^ "Iranian vocalist Abdolvahab Shahidi dies at 99". Tehran Times. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  54. ^ "Tamil actor Maran passes away from COVID-19 complications". www.zoomtventertainment.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  55. ^ Hum Aapke Hain Koun music director Raam Laxman dies at 78
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  57. ^ "Pakistani singer Farhad Humayun passes away". The News. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  58. ^ 「エレキの神様」ギタリストの寺内タケシさん死去…82歳 (in Japanese)
  59. ^ "Malayalam music director Murali Sithara found dead". New Indian Express. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  60. ^ "Folk singer Fakir Alamgir no more". Dhaka Tribune. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  61. ^ "Singer Kalyani Menon passes away at 80". The Indian Express. 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
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  68. ^ "Veteran musician and radio DJ Chris Ho dies of stomach cancer". Asia One. September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  69. ^ "พรศักดิ์ ส่องแสง" เสียชีวิตจากภาวะหัวใจวายเฉียบพลัน แฟนเพลงร่วมไว้อาลัย (in Thai)
  70. ^ "Musician Bruce Gaston dies aged 74". Bangkok Post. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  71. ^ "Скончался народный артист Азербайджана Джанали Акберов". trend.az (in Russian). Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  72. ^ "Syrian singer Sabah Fakhri dies aged 88: 'The light of music went out in the Levant'". National News. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  73. ^ "Veteran musician Lakshman Wijesekara passes away". Daily News. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  74. ^ Bagga, Neeraj. "Punjabi singer Gurmeet Bawa dies at 77". The Tribune. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  75. ^ "Ушла из жизни композитор Ася Султанова". Vestikavkaza. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021. (in Russian)
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