Events January 12 – Indonesian singer Ardhito Pramono is arrested for possession of marijuana. 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. September 1 – The English-language film Tár is released, featuring a performance by the Siam Sinfonietta (portraying a Filipino orchestra). 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) @onefive (Japan) – 1518 (February 2) 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 Hanjo

Film, TV and video game scores Hideyuki Fukasawa – Orient (Japan) Anup Rubens – Bangarraju (India - Telugu)

Musical films Ishrat Made in China (Pakistan), score by Shani Arshad with music by various artists Laal Singh Chaddha (India - Hindi), with music by Pritam and lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya. Ponniyin Selvan: I (India - Tamil), with music by A. R. Rahman

Deaths January 2 – , 54, Indonesian singer, actress and TV presenter. January 8 – Sornphet Sornsuphan, 73, Thai luk thung singer. January 9 – Desmond de Silva, 78, Sri Lankan singer January 17 – Neela Wickramasinghe, 71, Sri Lankan singer and composer February 1 – Hiroshima, Japanese drummer (G.I.S.M.) (death announced on this date) February 6 – Lata Mangeshkar, 92, Indian playback singer February 16 Dorce Gamalama, 58, Indonesian singer and television presenter (COVID-19) Bappi Lahiri, 69, Indian singer, composer and record producer (complications from obstructive sleep apnea) February 22 Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay, 92, Turkish trumpeter Jayananda Lama, 65, Nepalese folk singer and actor March 13 – Li Guangxi, 92, Chinese operatic tenor著名男高音歌唱家李光曦逝世享年93岁，代表作有《祝酒歌》等 March 22 – Eva Castillo, 52, Filipina singer March 25 – Keith Martin, 55, Filipino singer March 30 – Jun Lopito, 64, Filipino guitarist April 6 – Wen Hsia, 93, Taiwanese singer and actor Republished as: April 8 – Nagai Sriram, 41, Indian Carnatic violinist April 15 – Koji, 49, Japanese guitarist of La'cryma Christi (esophageal cancer)KOJIが安らかに旅立ちました April 17 – Prafulla Kar, 83, Indian Oriya singer, songwriter and musician May 10 – Shivkumar Sharma, 84, Indian composer and santoor player May 29 , 99, Chinese opera performer.巨星陨落！豫剧大师马金凤病逝，享年100周岁 Sidhu Moose Wala, 28, Indian Punjabi singer, actor and politician (shot) May 31 – KK, 53, Indian playback singer (heart attack) June 8 – Song Hae, 95, South Korean television host and singerVeteran MC Song Hae Passes Away June 18 – Adibah Noor, 51, Malaysian singer and actress (ovarian cancer) June 23 – Yuri Shatunov, 48, Russian singer (heart attack) July 3 – Miu Chu, 40, Taiwanese singer (breast cancer) July 8 – Alam Khan, 78, Bangladeshi composer (lung cancer) July 13 – Rubina Qureshi, 81, Pakistani Sindhi classical singer July 18 – Bhupinder Singh, 82, Indian ghazal singer (COVID-19 and colorectal cancer) July 26 – Balwinder Safri, 63, Indian folk singer July 31 – Nirmala Mishra, 83, Tollywood playback singer August 11 Mohamed Huzam, 52, Maldivian playback singer Shimoga Subbanna, 83, Indian Kannada playback singer August 12 – Ebrahim Qanbari-Mehr, 93, Iranian musical instrument maker August 20 – Nayyara Noor, 71, Pakistani playback singer August 27 – Georges Al Rassi, 42, Lebanese actor, singer and songwriter (car accident) August 29 – John P. Varkey, 52, Indian guitarist, songwriter and composer September 10 – Choichi Terukina, 90, Japanese Ryukyuan musician and sanshin player October 7 – Toshi Ichiyanagi, 89, Japanese pianist and composer December 9 Jovit Baldivino, 29, Filipino singer and actor (intracranial aneurysm) Qamar Gula, 70, Afghan Pashto language singer December 10 – Sulochana Chavan, 89, Indian Marathi singerडेस्क, एबीपी माझा एंटरटेनमेंट (2022-12-10). "Sulochana Chavan Passes Away : ज्येष्ठ लावणी सम्राज्ञी सुलोचना चव्हाण काळाच्या पडद्याआड". marathi.abplive.com (in Marathi). Retrieved 2022-12-10. December 10 – Nihal Nelson, 76, Sri Lankan vocalist, songwriter and composer

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