Events January 7 – Neha Kakkar becomes the first Indian singer to win a YouTube Diamond Award. 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. 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. May 2 – The BBC selects Chinese-born percussionist Fang Zhang as the BBC Young Musician of 2020. June – Iwan Fals wins the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 Telkomsel Awards. Other award winners include Tulus, Raisa and Noah. October 22 – Yes I Am Student is released, marking Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala's debut as a film actor.
Albums Aisyah Aziz – Pearls (10 September) Band-Maid – Unseen World (January 20) Chaya Czernowin – Heart Chamber Chai – Wink Jace Chan – Processing (May 14) Joyce Cheng – Joyce to the World (December 28) Gray – Grayground Kyuso Nekokami – Mormot Lab Lil Mariko – Lil Mariko MC Cheung Tin-fu – Have a Good Time (December 22) Mirror – One and all (January 20) Morissette – Signature (EP) (August 20)
Classical Toshio Hosokawa – Violin Concerto (Genesis) Film, TV and video game scores Yuki Kajiura – Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night Alam Khan – Swapner Thikana Devi Sri Prasad – Cirkus Akira Yamaoka – The Medium (video game)
Musical films Anita, a movie about Cantopop singer Anita Mui Laal Singh Chaddha (India - Hindi), with music by PritamAamir Khan and Pritam along with team Lal Singh Chaddha work together in Panchgani. Bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved on 27 February 2020. Revue Starlight: The Movie (Japan) Sing a Bit of Harmony (Japan), with music by Ryō Takahashi Tangra Blues (India - Bengali), starring Parambrata Chatterjee, with music by Nabarun Bose
Deaths January 4 Lee Heung-kam, 88, Cantonese opera star， SCMP. 2021-01-04 Elias Rahbani, 82, Lebanese lyricist and composer (COVID-19) Chacha Sherly, 29, Indonesian singer (traffic collision)Pihak Label Musik Benarkan Kematian Chacha Sherly Eks Trio Macan January 5 – Vennelakanti, 63, Indian lyricist (heart attack)Lyricist Vennelakanti passes away January 15 – Lệ Thu, 77, Vietnamese singer January 17 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, 89, Indian classical singer January 22 – Narendra Chanchal, 80, Indian singerतूने मुझे बुलाया शेरावालिये... गाने वाले भजन सम्राट नरेंद्र चंचल जालंधर को मानते थे कर्मभूमि, निधन से शोक की लहर January 27 – Trung Kiên, 81, Vietnamese classical singer. February 4 – Ma Zenghui, 85, Chinese single-string performer February 15 – Golnoush Khaleghi, 80, Iranian music researcher, composer, and arranger.گلنوش خالقی، هنرمند پیشکسوت موسیقی درگذشت February 17 – Ali Hossain, 80, Bangladeshi composer February 18 – Isaac Thomas Kottukapally, about 73, Indian film score composer March 17 – Mayada Basilis, 54, Syrian singer (cancer) March 21 – Trisutji Kamal, 84, Indonesian composer March 29 – Keiko Toyama, 87, Japanese pianist March 30 – Diljaan, 31, Indian singer (traffic accident) April 2 – Shaukat Ali, 76, Pakistani folk singer April 11 – Mita Haque, 58, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer (COVID-19) May 1 – Debu Chaudhuri, 85, sitarist (complications from COVID-19) May 4 Genji Kuniyoshi, 90, Japanese singer, person of Cultural Merit【速報】戦後の宮古民謡の第一人者、国吉源次さん死去 90歳 Sarena Li, 31, Hong Kong singer (adenoid cystic carcinoma)歌手李明蔚不敵癌魔病逝 終年31歲 May 6 Comagan, 48, Indian singer, composer and actor (COVID-19) Prateek Chaudhuri, 49, Indian sitarist (COVID-19) Prem Dhoj Pradhan, 82, Nepalese musician, singer and composer May 7 G. Anand, 67, Indian playback singer (COVID-19) Vanraj Bhatia, 93, Indian film composer May 10 – Abdolvahab Shahidi, 98, Iranian barbat player, singer and composer May 12 – Maran, 48, Indian actor and singer (COVID-19) May 22 – Raamlaxman, 78, Indian composer June 5 – S. B. John, 86/87, Pakistani ghazal singer June 8 – Farhad Humayun, 42, Pakistani singer and drummer (Overload). June 18 – Takeshi Terauchi, 82, Japanese rock guitarist「エレキの神様」ギタリストの寺内タケシさん死去...82歳 July 10 – Murali Sithara, 65, Indian composer and music director July 23 – Fakir Alamgir, 71, Bangladeshi folk and pop singer August 2 – Kalyani Menon, 80, Indian playback singer August 6 – Wang Wenjuan, 94, Chinese opera performer August 15 – Jagjit Kaur, 93, Indian Hindi/Urdu playback singer August 25 – Subhankar Banerjee, 55, Indian tabla player August 26 – JB Tuhure, 78, Nepali protest singer and politician September 7 – Tanwa Rasitanoo, 50, Thai Luk thung and Phleng phuea chiwit singer September 8 – Pulamaipithan, 85, Indian Tamil lyricist September 27 – Chris Ho, Singaporean singer (Zircon Lounge), musician and radio DJ, age unknown (stomach cancer) October 15 – Pornsak Songsaeng, 60, Thai luk thung and mor lam singer (heart attack)"พรศักดิ์ ส่องแสง" เสียชีวิตจากภาวะหัวใจวายเฉียบพลัน แฟนเพลงร่วมไว้อาลัย October 17 – Bruce Gaston, 74, American-born Thai classical musician October 22 – Janali Akbarov, 81, Azerbaijani khananda/mugham folk singer November 2 – Sabah Fakhri, 88, Syrian tenor November 12 – Lakshman Wijesekara, 73, Sri Lankan actor, singer and composer (Miss Jenis). November 21 – Gurmeet Bawa, 77, Indian Punjabi folk singer November 22 – Asya Sultanova, 98, Azerbaijani composer November 26 – Bichu Thirumala, 80, Indian Malayalam lyricist November 30 – Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, 66, Indian Telugu lyricist December 4 – Thoppil Anto, 81, Indian playback singer and composer December 16 – Bogalay Tint Aung, 99, Burmese composer and writer
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