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).