2021 in Asian music

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Events

• January 7 – Neha Kakkar becomes the first Indian singer to win a YouTube Diamond Award.[1]
• January 10 – Pakistani singer-songwriter Jawad Ahmad releases a protest song, "“Kisana”, on social media, drawing attention to a farmers' protest movement in India and Pakistan.[2]

Albums

• Band-Maid - Unseen World (January 20)[3]

Film, TV and video game scores

• Akira Yamaoka – The Medium (video game)[4]

Musical films

• Laal Singh Chaddha (India - Hindi), with music by Pritam[5]

Deaths

• January 4
  • Lee Heung-kam, 88, Cantonese opera star[6]
  • Elias Rahbani, 82, Lebanese lyricist and composer (COVID-19)[7]
  • Chacha Sherly, 29, Indonesian singer (traffic collision)[8]
• January 5 – Vennelakanti, 63, Indian lyricist (heart attack)[9]
• January 15 – Lệ Thu, 77, Vietnamese singer[10]
• January 17 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, 89, Indian classical singer[11]
• January 22 – Narendra Chanchal, 80, Indian singer[12]
• January 27 – Trung Kiên, 81, Vietnamese classical singer.[13]

By country

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See also

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References

1. "Neha Kakkar Wins YouTube Diamond Award, Becomes The First Indian Singer To Do So". Republic World. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
2. "Inspired by Indian farm protest, Pakistan singer releases track". Times of India. January 10, 2021.
3. "BAND-MAID、ニューアルバム "Unseen World" のティザー映像公開　毎週新コンテンツも公開へ" [Band-Maid releases teaser video for new album "Unseen World" Weekly new content]. Spice (in Japanese). January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
4. Higham, Michael (8 May 2020). "How Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka Got On Xbox Series X-Exclusive The Medium". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 9 May 2020.
5. Aamir Khan and Pritam along with team Lal Singh Chaddha work together in Panchgani. Bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved on 27 February 2020.
6. "Veteran Cantonese opera singer and actress Lee Heung-kam dies at age 88".， SCMP. 2021-01-04
7. "Elias Rahbani .. The departure of the third of the big brothers". saudi24news.com. 4 January 2021.
8. Pihak Label Musik Benarkan Kematian Chacha Sherly Eks Trio Macan (in Indonesian)
9. Lyricist Vennelakanti passes away
10. "Danh ca Lệ Thu qua đời". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
11. "Legendary Musician Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan Dies At 89". NDTV. January 17, 2021.
12. तूने मुझे बुलाया शेरावालिये... गाने वाले भजन सम्राट नरेंद्र चंचल जालंधर को मानते थे कर्मभूमि, निधन से शोक की लहर (in Hindi)
13. "Nghệ sĩ nhân dân Trung Kiên qua đời". Tuoi Tre (in Vietnamese).