Events 10 January – Izna and AllDay Project are among the performers at the 40th Golden Disc Awards in Taiwan. G-Dragon wins Digital Daesang and Stray Kids win Album Daesang. 31 January – Japanese girl group Tokyo Girls' Style is to disband after celebrating its 15th anniversary. 11 February – The 2nd D Awards ceremony is held in South Korea, with Enhypen winning Artist of the Year. 23 April – The Metropolitan Opera announces that the government of Saudi Arabia has withdrawn from a previously discussed eight-year agreement intended to provide $200M USD to the company. 4 May – Japanese alternative idol girl group ASP disband at the end of their seventeenth tour.
Albums Enhypen – The Sin: Vanish (EP; 16 January) Joji – Piss in the Wind (6 February) MiSaMo – Play (4 February)
Musical films Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (Japan), with music by Conisch The RajaSaab (India - Telugu), with music by Thaman S.
Deaths 11 January – Prashant Tamang, 34, Indian singer and film actor 15 January – Raju Bandara, 65, Sri Lankan singer (kidney failure) 25 January – Abhijit Majumdar, 54, Indian composer and music director (liver disease) 2 February – Yuan Wei-jen, 57, Taiwanese singer-songwriter (brain haemorrhage) 4 February – Tōsha Meishō, 84, Japanese hayashi musician 15 February – Kazue Sawai, 85, Japanese koto player 17 February – Shinya, 56, Japanese rock drummer (cancer) 7 March – Vidi Aldiano, 35, Indonesian singer-songwriter (kidney cancer) 27 March – Mahbuba Rahman, 91, Bangladeshi playback artist 8 March – Mantana Morakul, 102, Thai singer and actress 10 March – Thakkali Srinivasan, 72, Indian film director, musician and producer 1 April – Dalia Nausheen, 71, Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet singer 4 April – Sajida Obaed, 68, Iraqi folk singer 7 May – James F. Sundah, 70, Indonesian songwriter 10 July – Mariazelle Goonetilleke, 68, Sri Lankan singer and musician 22 July – Shir-Mohammad Espandar, 98, Iranian donali player 12 August Chen Ying-git, 72, Taiwanese singer Iraj, 93, Iranian singer 20 August Nanda Malini, 82, Sri Lankan singer Vanessa Rangadhol, 30, Taiwanese vocalist (Sugarpop; fall) 21 August – Pranab Patnaik, 88, Indian playback singer 22 August – Kaiser, 65, Burmese singer
See also 2026 in music 2026 in Japanese music 2026 in South Korean music
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