2021 in Asian music

Musical films

• Anita, a movie about Cantopop singer Anita Mui
• Laal Singh Chaddha (India - Hindi), with music by Pritam
• Revue Starlight: The Movie (Japan)
• Sing a Bit of Harmony (Japan), with music by Ryō Takahashi
• Tangra Blues (India - Bengali), starring Parambrata Chatterjee, with music by Nabarun Bose

Deaths

• January 4
• Lee Heung-kam, 88, Cantonese opera star
• Elias Rahbani, 82, Lebanese lyricist and composer (COVID-19)
• Chacha Sherly, 29, Indonesian singer (traffic collision)
• January 5 – Vennelakanti, 63, Indian lyricist (heart attack)
• January 15 – Lệ Thu, 77, Vietnamese singer
• January 17 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, 89, Indian classical singer
• January 22 – Narendra Chanchal, 80, Indian singer
• January 27 – Trung Kiên, 81, Vietnamese classical singer.
• February 4 – Ma Zenghui, 85, Chinese single-string performer
• February 15 – Golnoush Khaleghi, 80, Iranian music researcher, composer, and arranger.
• February 17 – Ali Hossain, 80, Bangladeshi composer
• February 18 – Isaac Thomas Kottukapally, about 73, Indian film score composer
• March 17 – Mayada Basilis, 54, Syrian singer (cancer)
• March 21 – Trisutji Kamal, 84, Indonesian composer
• March 29 – Keiko Toyama, 87, Japanese pianist
• March 30 – Diljaan, 31, Indian singer (traffic accident)
• April 2 – Shaukat Ali, 76, Pakistani folk singer
• April 11 – Mita Haque, 58, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer (COVID-19)
• May 1 – Debu Chaudhuri, 85, sitarist (complications from COVID-19)
• May 4
• Genji Kuniyoshi, 90, Japanese singer, person of Cultural Merit
• Sarena Li, 31, Hong Kong singer (adenoid cystic carcinoma)
• May 6
• Comagan, 48, Indian singer, composer and actor (COVID-19)
• Prateek Chaudhuri, 49, Indian sitarist (COVID-19)
• Prem Dhoj Pradhan, 82, Nepalese musician, singer and composer
• May 7
• G. Anand, 67, Indian playback singer (COVID-19)
• Vanraj Bhatia, 93, Indian film composer
• May 10 – Abdolvahab Shahidi, 98, Iranian barbat player, singer and composer
• May 12 – Maran, 48, Indian actor and singer (COVID-19)
• May 22 – Raamlaxman, 78, Indian composer
• June 5 – S. B. John, 86/87, Pakistani ghazal singer
• June 8 – Farhad Humayun, 42, Pakistani singer and drummer (Overload).
• June 18 – Takeshi Terauchi, 82, Japanese rock guitarist
• July 10 – Murali Sithara, 65, Indian composer and music director
• July 23 – Fakir Alamgir, 71, Bangladeshi folk and pop singer
• August 2 – Kalyani Menon, 80, Indian playback singer
• August 6 – Wang Wenjuan, 94, Chinese opera performer
• August 15 – Jagjit Kaur, 93, Indian Hindi/Urdu playback singer
• August 25 – Subhankar Banerjee, 55, Indian tabla player
• August 26 – JB Tuhure, 78, Nepali protest singer and politician
• September 7 – Tanwa Rasitanoo, 50, Thai Luk thung and Phleng phuea chiwit singer
• September 8 – Pulamaipithan, 85, Indian Tamil lyricist
• September 27 – Chris Ho, Singaporean singer (Zircon Lounge), musician and radio DJ, age unknown (stomach cancer)
• October 15 – Pornsak Songsaeng, 60, Thai luk thung and mor lam singer (heart attack)
• October 17 – Bruce Gaston, 74, American-born Thai classical musician
• October 22 – Janali Akbarov, 81, Azerbaijani khananda/mugham folk singer
• November 2 – Sabah Fakhri, 88, Syrian tenor
• November 12 – Lakshman Wijesekara, 73, Sri Lankan actor, singer and composer (Miss Jenis).
• November 21 – Gurmeet Bawa, 77, Indian Punjabi folk singer
• November 22 – Asya Sultanova, 98, Azerbaijani composer
• November 26 – Bichu Thirumala, 80, Indian Malayalam lyricist
• November 30 – Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, 66, Indian Telugu lyricist
• December 4 – Thoppil Anto, 81, Indian playback singer and composer
• December 16 – Bogalay Tint Aung, 99, Burmese composer and writer

By country

• 2021 in Chinese music
• 2021 in Japanese music
• 2021 in Philippine music
• 2021 in South Korean music

See also

• 2021 in music

References