2016 in Asian music

Events

• March 29 – The ISCM World Music Days, 2016, festival opens in Tongyeong, South Korea.
• April 26 – The ABU Radio Song Festival 2016 takes place in Beijing, China, with fourteen countries participating.
• May 13 – The Borneo Jazz Festival opens in Miri, Sarawak.
• June 22 – Pakistani singer Amjad Sabri appears on a morning TV show in Karachi. On his way home, his car is fired on by two motorcyclists, fatally injuring Sabri. The killing was claimed by a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban who accused Sabri of blasphemy.
• September 10 – Ah Ruem Ahn of South Korea wins the 15th International Grieg Piano Competition.
• September 10–11 – Ultra Singapore took place.
• October 22 – The ABU TV Song Festival 2016 took place in Bali.
• December – The Turkvision Song Contest took place in Istanbul, Turkey.

Albums

• Babymetal – Metal Resistance
• Band-Maid – Brand New Maid
• Mohsen Chavoshi – Amire Bi Gazand
• Momoiro Clover Z – Hakkin no Yoake
• Exo – Ex'Act
• GOT7 – Moriagatteyo
• Ayumi Hamasaki – Made in Japan
• Shalabee Ibrahim – Hidhaaee Noor
• Imran Mahmudul – Adhek Tumi (with Bappa Mazumder)
• Nogizaka46 – Sorezore no Isu
• Junko Onishi – Tea Times

Classical

• Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol – Harabat / The Intoxicated