2020 in Asian music
Events
- 11 March - Ibrahim Gökçek and Helin Bölek, members of the Turkish band Grup Yorum, are taken to hospital for treatment in the course of their long-running hunger strike, but they are discharged a week later after refusing treatment.[1]
- 27 July - Mongolian band The Hu go to the top of the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart with their debut album The Gereg.[2]
Albums
- Bombay Jayashri, Saindhavi, Karthik, Pragathi Guruprasad, Priyanka, William Henry Curry, Rajan Somasundaram - Sandham: Symphony Meets Classical Tamil[3]
- BTS - Map of the Soul: 7 (February 21)[4]
- Hiroko Moriguchi - Gundam Song Covers 2 (June 10)[5]
- Joji - Nectar (July 10)[6]
- Unique Salonga - PANGALAN: (March 27)[7]
- Winner - Remember (April 9)
Classical
- Bechara El Khoury – Unfinished Journey[8]
- Jasdeep Singh Degun - Arya[8]
Opera
- Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang – M. Butterfly[9]
Film and TV scores
Musical films
- Chal Mera Putt 2 (India - Punjabi)
- King of Prism All Stars: Prism Show Best 10 (Japan)[11][12]
- Love Aaj Kal (India - Hindi)[13]
- Naan Sirithal (India - Tamil)[14]
- Sarileru Neekevvaru (India - Telugu)[15]
- Shahenshah (Bangladesh)
- Street Dancer 3D (India - Hindi)[16]
Deaths
- January 1 – Katsura Shinnosuke, 67, Japanese rakugoka and musician (leukaemia)
- January 4 – Junko Hirotani, 63, Japanese singer (breast cancer)
- January 19 – Sunanda Patnaik, 85, Indian classical singer[17]
- February 14 – Sonam Sherpa, 48, Indian guitarist (cardiac arrest)[18]
- February 27 – Suthep Wongkamhaeng, 85, Thai luk krung singer[19]
- March 17
- Hsiao Feng Hsien, 79, Taiwanese operatic singer and actress.[20]
- Thái Thanh, 85, Vietnamese-American singer.[21]
- March 29 – Paravai Muniyamma, 82, Indian folk singer and actress[22]
- April 2 – Nirmal Singh Khalsa, 67, Indian singer and priest (COVID-19)[23]
- April 3 – Helin Bölek, 28, Armenian/Turkish singer (hunger strike)[24][25]
- April 6 – M. K. Arjunan, 84, Indian composer.[26]
- April 8 – Glenn Fredly, 44, Indonesian R&B singer-songwriter (meningitis)[27]
- April 10 – Shanti Hiranand, 87, Indian classical singer[28]
- May 5 – Didi Kempot, 53, Indonesian campursari singer[29]
- May 7 – Ibrahim Gökçek, 39/40, Turkish folk musician (hunger strike)[30]
- May 16 – Azad Rahman, 76, Bangladeshi composer[31]
- May 29 – Yogesh, 77, Indian lyricist[32]
- June 1 – Wajid Khan (Sajid–Wajid), 43, Indian composer (complications from kidney infection and COVID-19)[33]
- June 8 – Basen Murmu, 33, Indian singer (cardiac arrest)[34]
- July 30 – Sonam Tshering Lepcha, 92, Indian folk musician and composer[35]
By country
- 2020 in Chinese music
- 2020 in Japanese music
- 2020 in Philippine music
- 2020 in South Korean music
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See also
References
- "Member of banned Turkish folk group dies after hunger strike". The Guardian. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 17 July 2020 - 23 July 2020". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- "A Major event in the world of music- The Hindu Music Review".
- DeVille, Chris (February 24, 2020). "BTS Are K-Pop's Beatles. Map Of The Soul: 7 Is Their White Album". Stereogum. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- "森口博子 、6月10日に「GUNDAM SONG COVERS 2」のリリース決定" [Hiroko Moriguchi to release "GUNDAM SONG COVERS 2" on June 10]. MusicVoice. 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- Mamo, Heran (April 16, 2020). "Joji announces 'Nectar' album & shares intergalactic 'Gimme Love' video". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- "Unique Salonga unveils sophomore album Pangalan – listen". www.bandwagon.asia. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- Melissa Bradshaw (3 February 2020). "Premieres: February's new music". Rhinegold Publishing. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- "The Latest: Gender-bending opera 'M. Butterfly' set for 2020". AP. May 8, 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- "Entha Manchivaadavuraa". India Glitz. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- "KING OF PRISM ALL STARS プリズムショー☆ベストテン". Eiga (in Japanese). Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- "キンプリ新作はプリズムショー総集編!ファン投票でベスト10決定、シンの新ショーも". Natalie. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- Ushnota Paul (19 February 2019). "Imtiaz Ali on his films, inspirations and romance". Telegraph India. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- "Hiphop Tamizha's tweet for trailer & release date of Naan Sirithal". Twitter/HiphopTamizha. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
- "Mahesh Babu apprehensive over 'Sarileru Neekevvaru'... budget". The New Indian Express. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- "Muqabla: Prabhudeva, Varun Dhawan bring back AR Rahman's iconic song after 25 years". Hindustan Times. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- "Eminent classical singer Sunanda Patnaik dies at 85". Prameya News. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- Parikrama lead guitarist Sonam Sherpa passes away at 48
- "Crooner Suthep Wongkamhaeng dies at 86". Bangkok Post. 27 February 2020.
- Taiwanese opera performer Hsiao Feng Hsien dies at 79
- "Danh ca Thái Thanh qua đời - VnExpress Giải Trí". vnexpress.net (in Vietnamese). Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- "Popular folk singer and actress Paravai Muniyamma has passed away". 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- Former Hazoori Ragi Nirmal Singh Khalsa dead due to COVID-19 The Tribune. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- "Member of banned Turkish folk group dies after hunger strike". The Guardian. Associated Press. April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- Kamer, Hatice (April 3, 2020). "288 gündür ölüm orucunda olan Grup Yorum üyesi Helin Bölek hayatını kaybetti". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- Veteran Malayalam music director MK Arjunan Master passes away
- "Glenn Fredly Meninggal karena Sakit Meningitis". Kumparan.com (in Indonesian). 8 April 2020.
- "Hindustani classical singer and Padma Shri awardee, Shanti Hiranand, passes away at 87". The Economic Times. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- "Didi Kempot Tiba di IGD dalam Keadaan Henti Jantung". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-05-05.
- "Grup Yorum member İbrahim Gökçek dies two days after ending death fast". www.duvarenglish.com. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
- Azad Rahaman passes away
- Lyricist Yogesh Gaur passes away
- "Bollywood music composer Wajid Khan passes away". The New Indian Express. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- "Odisha based Santhali singer Basen Murmu passes away at 33". Kalinga TV. 9 June 2020.
- "Sikkim: Famous music composer Sonam Tshering Lepcha passes away at 92". North East Today. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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