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
 * , 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