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]
Deaths
- 2 January – Ferdi Tayfur, 79, Turkish singer, actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter[4]
- 9 January – P. Jayachandran, 80, Indian playback singer[5]
- 27 January – Emilia Contessa, 67, Indonesian singer and actress (heart attack)[6]
- 2 February – Barbie Hsu, 48, Taiwanese singer and actress (pneumonia)[7]
- 7 February – Song Dae-kwan, 78, South Korean trot singer[8]
- 15 February – Pratul Mukhopadhyay, 82, Indian singer and songwriter[9]
- 21 February – Khalil Fong, 41, Hong Kong singer and songwriter[10]
- 9 March – Garimella Balakrishna Prasad, 76, Indian classical musician and composer[11]
- 11 March – Ayumi Ishida, 76, Japanese actress and singer[12]
- 17 March – Mankombu Gopalakrishnan, 77/78, Indian lyricist[13]
- 25 March – Sanjida Khatun, 91, Bangladeshi musicologist[14]
- 26 March – Shushama Das, 94, Bangladeshi folk singer[15]
- 6 April – Pongsri Woranuch, 85, Thai luk thung singer[16]
- 10 April – Titiek Puspa, 87, Indonesian singer and songwriter[17]
- 12 April – Pilita Corrales, 85, Filipina singer and songwriter[18]
- 27 May – Freddie Aguilar, 72, Filipino musician and singer-songwriter[19]
- 1 July – Hamdan ATT, 79, Indonesian dangdut singer[20]
- 13 July – Yunita Ababiel, 61, Indonesian dangdut singer[21]
- 18 July – M. K. Muthu, 77, Indian actor, playback singer and politician[22]
- 1 August – Arif Babayev, 87, Azerbaijani singer[23]
- 9 August – NoB, 61, Japanese singer (kidney cancer)[24]
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.
- ^ "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.