Events

*January –

Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. Personal life and early career Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tami ...

is awarded the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

by the Indian government for his contributions to Film Music. *

March 1 Events Pre-1600 *509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first Roman triumph, triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor ...

– Opening of the 15th

Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival (JJF) is one of the largest jazz festivals in the world and arguably the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere, held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The annual jazz festival is held every early March and was designed to ...

* March 18 – Opening night of "Sadhu for the Music", a unity concert arranged by

Imee Ooi Imee Ooi FRSA ( ; ) is a Chinese-Malaysian record producer, composer, and singer who composes and arranges music for classic Buddhist chant, mantra and dharani. She performs her compositions in Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan and Mandarin. In 1997 she ...

. * April 30 – Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra announces that Osmo Vänskä will be its next musical director, as from January 2020. * June 13 – The Chinese Opera Festival opens at the Xiqu Centre in

Kowloon Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...

Albums

IV of Spades IV of Spades (stylized as IV OF SPADES, pronounced "four of spades") is a Filipino rock band from Metro Manila, Philippines, consisting of vocalist, bassist and keyboardist Zild Benitez, vocalist and lead guitarist Blaster Silonga, and drummer ...

– ''

ClapClapClap! ''ClapClapClap!'' (stylized as CLAPCLAPCLAP!) is the debut studio album by Filipino band IV of Spades. It was released on January 18, 2019 by Warner Music Philippines. The album features songs that were previously released as singles, namely "In M ...

'' (January 18) *Arinjoy Trio – ''Arinjoy Trio'' (March) * Babymetal – ''

Metal Galaxy ''Metal Galaxy'' is the third studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Babymetal. It was first released in Japan on October 8, 2019, with an international release following on October 11, 2019. The album was released through BMD Fox Records in J ...

'' (October 8) *

Band-Maid Band-Maid (stylized as BAND-MAID® until 2016) is a Japanese rock band formed in 2013, consisting of singer Saiki Atsumi, guitarist/singer Miku Kobato, lead guitarist Kanami Tōno, bassist Misa, and drummer Akane Hirose. The band combines a rock ...

– '' Conqueror'' (December 11) *

Soumik Datta Soumik Datta (born c. 1983) is a Bengali-born British Indian musician and composer, who specialises in the sarod. He was born in Mumbai and brought up in London. His brother is the photographer and filmmaker Souvid Datta. Sons of banker father Sou ...

– ''King of Ghosts'' * December Avenue – '' Langit Mong Bughaw'' (December 20) *

The Hu The Hu (stylized as The HU) is a Mongolian folk metal band formed in 2016. With traditional Mongolian instrumentation, including the Morin khuur, the Tovshuur, and Mongolian throat singing, the band calls their style of music "hunnu rock", ''h ...

– ''

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'' (September 13) * iKon – ''

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'' (January 7) *

Isyana Sarasvati Isyana Sarasvati (born 2 May 1993) is an Indonesian singer-songwriter. She is a graduate of Singapore's Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and London's Royal College of Music. Known for her original compositions, she wrote all of the songs on her 2015 ...

– ''

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'' (November 29) * Monsta X – ''

Take.2 We Are Here ''Take.2 We Are Here'' is the second part of the second Korean-language studio album by the South Korean boy group Monsta X. It was released by Starship Entertainment and distributed by Kakao M on February 18, 2019. It consists of ten songs, incl ...

'' (February 18) *

Parekh & Singh Parekh & Singh are an Indian dream pop duo from the city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. The duo consists of Nischay Parekh (vocals, guitar, synths) and Jivraj Singh (drums, electronics). History Background The two met as tee ...

– ''Science City'' (May 12) *

Astha Raut Astha Raut ( ne, आस्था राउत) (born 30 April ) is a singer from Nepal. Her first hit song was a remix song ''Saal Ko Paata Tapari'' (सालकाे पात टपरी) from a collection album ''Addiction 2''. She rece ...

– ''Aadhar 2'' (November 28)

Classical

Akira Nishimura is a Japanese composer from Osaka. Biography Nishimura studied composition and musical theory on a graduate course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He also studied Asian traditional music, religion, aesthetics, cosmology and ...

– ''Azure Dragon'' (for string quartet)

Opera

* Aftab Darvishi and Miranda Lakerveld – ''Turan Dokht'' * Keith Lai – ''Wenguang Explores the Valley'' *

– ''Asters''

Film and TV scores

4 Musics 4Musics is an Indian music composers group from Kerala consisting of four core members: Jim Jacob, Eldhose Alias, Biby Mathew, and Justin James. The group was founded in 2003. Their debut album, ''Mazhathulli'', was released in 2007. Follo ...

, Nadirshah,

Dhanush Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, producer, director, lyricist and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Starring in 46 films over his career, among hi ...

and

Madhu Vasudevan Madhu Vasudevan is an Indian author, poet, lyricist and music critic who writes predominantly in Malayalam, English and Hindi. He was honored in the 45th Kerala State Film Awards, 64th Filmfare Awards South and 61st Filmfare Awards South for ...

– ''

Brother's Day ''Brother's Day'' is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Kalabhavan Shajohn in his directorial debut. Produced by Listin Stephen, the film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Prasanna, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Mad ...

'' * Yuki Hayashi – ''Star Twinkle PreCure'' *

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of ...

– '' Thamilarasan'' *

M. Jayachandran Madhusoodanan Jayachandran is an Indian composer, singer, and musician. He has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for a record number of nine times. In 2005, he also won the state award for best male singer. In 2015, he wo ...

– '' Mamangam''

Musical films

*'' A Mero Hajur 3'' (Nepal) *'' Ajab Sanju Ra Gajab Love'' (India - Odia) *'' Chaal Jeevi Laiye!'' (India - Gujarati) *''

Cheer Boys!! is a Japanese novel written by Ryō Asai, first published on October 5, 2010, by Shueisha. It follows the members of a university's all-male cheerleading squad. The novel is loosely based on the real-life men's cheerleading team "Shockers" ...

'' (Japan) *'' Chitralahari'' (India - Telugu) *''

Dearest Anita Dearest may refer to: * ''Dearest'' (2012 film) (''Anata e''), a 2012 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata * ''Dearest'' (2014 film) (''Qin Ai De''), a 2014 Chinese film directed by Peter Chan * "Dearest" (Ayumi Hamasaki song) * ''Dearest'' ...

'' (Hong Kong) *''

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga ''Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga'' () is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film directed by Shelly Chopra Dhar. The screenplay was written by Dhar and Gazal Dhaliwal, with the story inspired by the 1919 novel ...

'' (India - Hindi) *''

Fall in Love at First Kiss ''Fall in Love at First Kiss'' () is a 2019 Chinese–Taiwanese romantic comedy film directed by Frankie Chen. It is based on the manga series ''Itazura na Kiss'' and stars Lin Yun as Yuan Xiangqin, a regular schoolgirl from the F class, and Darr ...

'' (Taiwan) *'' Gully Boy'' (India - Hindi) *''I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change'' (China) *''

Laal Kabootar ''Laal Kabootar'' ( ur, , lit=Red Pigeon) is a 2019 Pakistani action crime thriller film directed by Kamal Khan, produced by Hania Chima and Kamil Chima, and written by Ali Abbas Naqvi. Taha Malik is the music director while Danial Hyatt, son o ...

'' (Pakistan) *'' Love Live! Sunshine!!'' (Japan) *''

Neeyum Njanum ''Neeyum Njanum'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language romance film written and directed by A. K. Sajan. It stars Sharaf U Dheen, Anu Sithara and Siju Wilson. The film was produced by Siyad Koker under the banner of Kokers Films, in associat ...

'' (India - Malayalam) *''

Oru Adaar Love ''Oru Adaar Love'' () is a 2019 Malayalam-language romantic comedy film. The screenplay was written by Sarang Jayaprakash and Lijo Panadan from a story by Omar Lulu, and produced by Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy under his production company Ousepachan ...

'' (India - Malayalam)

Deaths

January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...

– Brian Velasco, born 1977), Filipino drummer (

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) *

January 17 Events Pre-1600 * 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on ...

– S. Balakrishnan, 70, Indian film score composer and music director *

January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...

–

Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul (1 January 1956 – 22 January 2019) was a Bangladeshi lyricist, composer and music director, active since the late 1970s. He was a freedom fighter who joined the Bangladesh Liberation War at the age of 15. He won Ekushey Pada ...

, 63, Bangladeshi lyricist, composer and music director *

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...

–

Pepe Smith Joseph William Feliciano Smith (December 25, 1947 – January 28, 2019) was a Filipino-American singer-songwriter, drummer and guitarist. Known by his stage names Joey Smith and Pepe Smith, he gained prominence as drummer / lead vocalist of Spe ...

, 71, Filipino rock singer and guitarist (

Juan de la Cruz Band The Juan de la Cruz Band was a Filipino rock group formed in 1968, that pioneered what became known as Pinoy rock. Founding guitarist Wally Gonzalez credited his fellow founding member, drummer Edmund Fortuno (a.k.a. "Bosyo"), with having intro ...

Speed, Glue & Shinki was a Japanese Heavy psych power trio supergroup formed in 1970 by guitarist Shinki Chen, and record producer Ikuzo Orita. Orita had previously produced an LP featuring Shinki Chen; who was considered the Japanese equivalent of Jimi Hendrix. T ...

Asin Asin Thottumkal (born 26 October 1985), known mononymously as Asin, is a former Indian actress who appeared predominantly in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She has received three Filmfare Awards. She beg ...

) * March 23 – Shahnaz Rahmatullah, 66, Bangladeshi playback singer * April 20 **

Amar Pal Amar Pal (19 May 1922 – 20 April 2019) was an Indian Bengali folk singer and author. Early life Pal was born in 1922 at Brahmanbaria in British India. His father Mahesh Chandra Pal died when Pal was 10. He learned folk songs from his mother Du ...

, 96, folk singer ** Wu Yili, 89, Chinese-Singaporean classical pianist * May 12 – Hiralal Yadav, 93, Indian folk singer. *

July 19 Events Pre-1600 *AD 64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city. * 484 – Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is re ...

–

Yao Lee Yao Lee (; 10 September 1922 – 19 July 2019), also credited as Yao Li, Yiu Lei and Hue Lee, was a Chinese singer active from the 1930s to the 1970s. She was the sister of Yao Min, also a famous singer and songwriter. She was considered one o ...

, 96, Chinese popular singer * August 1 – , 51, Indonesian actor and singer. *

August 19 Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later know ...

– Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, 92, Indian music director and composer ('' Kabhie Kabhie'', '' Umrao Jaan'', ''

Dil-e-Nadaan ''Dil-e-Nadaan'' () is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language romance film directed by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Jaya Prada and Smita Patil. It is a remake of Sridhar's 1978 Tamil film ''Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirath ...

''), lung infection. * September 12 – Ida Laila, 76, Indonesian singer * November 8 – Ramakant Gundecha, Indian

Dhrupad Dhrupad is a genre in Hindustani classical music from the Indian subcontinent. It is the oldest known style of major vocal styles associated with Hindustani classical music, Haveli Sangeet of Pushtimarg Sampraday and also related to the South Ind ...

performer * November 18 –

Norodom Buppha Devi Norodom Buppha Devi ( km, នរោត្តម បុប្ផាទេវី ; 8 January 1943 – 18 November 2019) was a Cambodian princess, dancer, director of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia, senator, and Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (Ca ...

, 76, Cambodian royal and prima ballerina, Minister of Culture and Fine Arts (1998–2004). was a Cambodian princess, dancer and director of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia. * November 24 **

Goo Hara Goo Hara (; January 3, 1991 – November 24, 2019), also known mononymously as Hara, was a South Korean pop singer and actress. She was a member of the girl group Kara, and had also appeared in television dramas including ''City Hunter'' (201 ...

, 28, South Korean singer (suicide) **

Mobarak Hossain Khan Mobarak Hossain Khan (27 February 1938 – 24 November 2019) was a Bangladeshi musicologist, musician, and writer. He played the surbahar, a bass version of the sitar. Background Khan was born on 27 February 1938. He came from a musical backg ...

, 81, Bangladeshi musicologist, musician, and writer *

November 27 Events Pre-1600 *AD 25 – Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han. * 176 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of " Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the ...

– He Sukun, 25, Chinese singer (suicide) * December 1 – Michael Lai, 73, Chinese composer and actor * December 26 – Nguyễn Văn Tý, 94, Vietnamese composerNhạc sĩ Nguyễn Văn Tý sống cô độc để làm nên những sáng tác để đời

By country

2019 in Chinese music The following is an overview of 2019 in Chinese music. Music in the Chinese language (Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese) and artists from Sinophone, Chinese-speaking areas (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore) will be ...

2019 in Japanese music The year 2019 in Japanese music. Events *70th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen Number-ones * Oricon number-one albums * Oricon number-one singles * Hot 100 number-one singles Awards *61st Japan Record Awards *2019 MTV Video Music Awards Japan Albums rel ...

2019 in Philippine music The following is a list of notable events that are related to Philippine music in 2019. Events May * May 15 – The music video of "St4y Up", a collaboration song by Nadine Lustre was named Favorite Artist of the Year and Favorite Music Vide ...

2019 in South Korean music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2019 in South Korean music. Debuting and disbanding in 2019 Debuting groups * 1Team * 1the9 * 3YE * AB6IX * Ariaz * Argon * BDC * Bvndit * Cherry Bullet * CIX * D1C ...

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