Events
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. 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) 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 HanjoFilm, TV and video game scores Hideyuki Fukasawa – Orient (Japan) Anup Rubens – Bangarraju (India - Telugu)
Musical filmsIshrat Made in China (Pakistan), score by Shani Arshad with music by various artistsLaal Singh Chaddha (India - Hindi), with music by Pritam and lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya.Ponniyin Selvan: I (India - Tamil), with music by A. R. Rahman