2025 in Asian music
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Events
- 4–5 January – The 39th Golden Disc Awards are held in Fukuoka, Japan, to recognise achievements in South Korean music. Winners included Aespa and Seventeen.[1]
- 16 January – The PPMF 2024 Ryan Cayabyab Awards ceremony is held at the BGC Arts Center in Manila. The award honors two OPM icons: recipients are singers Celeste Legaspi and Odette Quesada.[2]
- 19 January – The annual Wish 107.5 Music Awards are held at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines.[3]
- 12 August – Sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar stars in a Proms concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, including the live première of three compositions from her recorded albums.[4]
Musical films
- Dhumketu (Bengali), with music by Anupam Roy, Nilayan Chatterjee and Indraadip Dasgupta[5]
- Rangga & Cinta (Indonesia), with music by Anto Hoed and Melly Goeslaw[6]
- Sinagtala (Philippines), with music by Francis Reyes[7]
- Tu Meri Poori Kahani (Hindi), with music by Anu Malik[8]
Deaths
- 2 January – Ferdi Tayfur, 79, Turkish singer, actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter[9]
- 9 January – P. Jayachandran, 80, Indian playback singer[10]
- 27 January – Emilia Contessa, 67, Indonesian singer and actress (heart attack)[11]
- 2 February – Barbie Hsu, 48, Taiwanese singer and actress (pneumonia)[12]
- 7 February – Song Dae-kwan, 78, South Korean trot singer[13]
- 15 February – Pratul Mukhopadhyay, 82, Indian singer and songwriter[14]
- 21 February – Khalil Fong, 41, Hong Kong singer and songwriter[15]
- 9 March – Garimella Balakrishna Prasad, 76, Indian classical musician and composer[16]
- 11 March – Ayumi Ishida, 76, Japanese actress and singer[17]
- 17 March – Mankombu Gopalakrishnan, 77/78, Indian lyricist[18]
- 25 March – Sanjida Khatun, 91, Bangladeshi musicologist[19]
- 26 March – Shushama Das, 94, Bangladeshi folk singer[20]
- 6 April – Pongsri Woranuch, 85, Thai luk thung singer[21]
- 10 April – Titiek Puspa, 87, Indonesian singer and songwriter[22]
- 12 April – Pilita Corrales, 85, Filipina singer and songwriter[23]
- 27 May – Freddie Aguilar, 72, Filipino musician and singer-songwriter[24]
- 1 July – Hamdan ATT, 79, Indonesian dangdut singer[25]
- 13 July – Yunita Ababiel, 61, Indonesian dangdut singer[26]
- 18 July – M. K. Muthu, 77, Indian actor, playback singer and politician[27]
- 1 August – Arif Babayev, 87, Azerbaijani singer[28]
- 9 August – NoB, 61, Japanese singer (kidney cancer)[29]
- 11 August – Hemanta Dutta, Indian lyricist, 83[30]
- 13 September – Akiko Tsuruga, 58, Japanese jazz musician and composer[31]
- 19 September – Zubeen Garg, 52, multilingual Indian singer and multi-instrumentalist (scuba diving accident)[32]
- 1 October – Thế Hiển, 69, Vietnamese musician[33]
- 21 October – Davey Langit, 38, Filipino singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (spondylodiscitis)[34][35]
- 3 November – Dipak Sarma, 57, Indian flute player (liver disease)[36]
- 17 November – Humane Sagar, 34, Indian playback singer (liver failure)[37]
- 4 December – Budoy Marabiles, 54, Filipino reggae singer (Junior Kilat)[38]
See also
References
- ↑ Yoon, So-yeon (December 2, 2024). "Here are the nominees for the 38th Golden Disc Awards". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
- ↑ "Ryan Cayabyab Awards to honor Celeste Legaspi, Odette Quesada". The Manila Times. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- ↑ "The 10th Wish Music Awards". Wish1075. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ↑ "BBC Proms: Anoushka Shankar - 'Chapters'". Royal Albert Hall. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ↑ Roy, Piya (8 July 2025). "The first song from Dhumketu is a melodious, romantic duet by Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal". t2 Online. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ↑ "Melly Goeslaw dan Anto Hoed Siapkan Lagu Baru untuk Rangga & Cinta". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 5 March 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ Mauricio-Arriola, Tessa (2025-03-19). "Second chances and fresh beginnings at the movies in April". The Manila Times. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
- ↑ "Anu Malik set to make a comeback with Mahesh Bhatt's film 'Tu Meri Poori Kahani;' director calls new album 'hit-back music'". The Times of India. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
- ↑ "Arabesk müziğinin ünlü ismi Ferdi Tayfur hayatını kaybetti". ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ↑ "Legendary singer P Jayachandran passes away at 80". onmanorama.com. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ↑ Rimawati, Eka. "Emilia Contessa Meninggal karena Gagal Jantung". detikjatim (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2025-01-27.
- ↑ "Taiwanese star Barbie Hsu of Meteor Garden fame dies". BBC News. 3 February 2025.
- ↑ "Trot legend Song Dae-kwan dies at 78". Korea Times. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ↑ "Pratul Mukhopadhyay, singer of iconic 'Ami Banglay Gaan Gai', no more". The Daily Star. 15 February 2025.
- ↑ Wang, Hsin-yu; Lo, James (1 March 2025). "Award-winning musician Khalil Fong passes away". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ↑ Subramanyam, Avinash P. (9 March 2025). "TTD Asthana Vidwan Garimella Balakrishna Prasad Departs at 76". www.deccanchronicle.com.
- ↑ "いしだあゆみ 永眠のお知らせ" (in Japanese).
- ↑ "Malayalam lyricist Mankombu Gopalakrishnan passes away". onmanorama. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ↑ "Rabindra Sangeet exponent Sanjida Khatun no more". The Daily Star. 2025-03-25. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ↑ "Ekushey Padak-winning folk singer Sushma Das passes away". The Business Standard. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ↑ "'Queen of Luk Thung' dies at 85". Bangkok Post. 2025-04-07. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ↑ "Titiek Puspa meninggal dunia dalam usia 87 tahun". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ↑ Evangelista, Jessica Ann (2025-04-12). "Pilita Corrales, Asia's Queen of Songs, dies at 85". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ↑ "Freddie Aguilar died of multiple organ failure, says former partner Josephine Quiepo". GMA News. May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- ↑ "Profil Hamdan ATT, Pedangdut Legendaris Indonesia yang Meninggal di 76 Tahun".(in Indonesian)
- ↑ "Profil Yunita Ababiel, Penyanyi Dangdut Maha Cinta yang Meninggal Dunia". inews.id. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ↑ "M K Muthu, Karunanidhi's son and actor, passes away at 77". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ↑ "People's Artist Arif Babayev passed away". Axar.az. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ↑ "アニメ『聖闘士星矢』主題歌担当のNoB（山田信夫）さん、死去 腎臓がんのため 61歳". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). 13 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ↑ "Hemanta Dutta, Veteran Lyricist and Playwright of Assam, Dies at 83". Pratidin Time. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ↑ "Jazz organ star, RIP". Slipped Disc. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ↑ "Celebrated Assamese singer Zubeen Garg passes away after scuba diving accident". Business Today. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ↑ "Nhạc sĩ Thế Hiển, tác giả 'Nhánh lan rừng', qua đời".
- ↑ "Singer-songwriter Davey Langit passes away". ABS CBN. 22 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ↑ "Singer-songwriter Davey Langit passes away". ABS-CBN News. Oct 22, 2025.
- ↑ "Renowned flautist Deepak Sarma passes away at 57 in Chennai". Assam Tribune. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ↑ "Popular Odia singer Humane Sagar passes away at 34, CM Mohan Charan Majhi and Naveen Patnaik mourn his loss". November 18, 2025 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
- ↑ "Visayan musician, Budoy Marabiles, passes away at 54". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
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