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Events

May 9 – Chinese musician and composer Gao Xiaosong is arrested after causing a road accident in Beijing. He receives a six-month jail sentence^[1] and loses his place as a judge in the new China's Got Talent series.
July 25 – China's Got Talent is broadcast for the first time, by Dragon Television.

Albums

AKB48 – Koko ni Ita Koto (Japan)^[2]
Aynur Aydın – Emanet Beden (Turkey)
Anne Curtis – Annebisyosa (Philippines)
Dinesh Agrahari Deewana, Mamta Sharma and Indu Sonali – Jaan Marbu Ka (India)
Bülent Ersoy – Aşktan Sabıkalı (Turkey)
Ethnix – Ga'aguim (Israel)
Gugun Blues Shelter – Satu Untuk Berbagi (Indonesia)^[3]
Leessang – Asura Balbalta (South Korea)^[4]
Nima Rumba – Rangau Ki Ma (Nepal)
Erik Santos – Awit Para Sa'yo (Philippines)
Ali Zafar – Jhoom (Pakistan)

Classical

Mehdi Hosseini – Monodies

Opera

The Chinese Orphan, by Lei Lei, with a libretto by Zou Jingzhi^[5]
Dr. Sun Yat-sen, by Huang Ruo, with libretto by Candace Mui-ngam Chong. It is her first opera libretto,^[6]

Deaths

January 3 – Suchitra Mitra, Indian singer, 86^[7]
January 19 – Hira Devi Waiba, Nepali folk singer, 71 (injuries from a fire)^[8]
January 24 – Bhimsen Joshi, Indian classical vocalist, 88
February 8 – Roza Baglanova, Kazakh singer, People's Artist of the USSR, 89^[9] (Russian)
February 20 – Malaysia Vasudevan, Indian actor and playback singer, 66^[10]^[11]
April 21 – Yoshiko Tanaka, Japanese actress and singer (Candies), 55 (breast cancer)^[12]
April 29 – Vladimir Krainev, Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, 67 (aortic aneurysm)^[13]
May 23 – Pilu Momtaz, Bangladeshi pop singer, 52^[14]
May 31 – Ram Man Trishit, Nepali lyricist, 70 (kidney problems)^[15]
June 5 – Azam Khan, Bangladeshi pop singer, 61 (cancer)^[16]
June 14 – Asad Ali Khan, Indian musician, 74^[17]
July 27 – Rei Harakami, Japanese musician, 40 (cerebrovascular disease)^[18]
December 8 – Minoru Miki, 81, Japanese composer

References

^ Lee Hannon and Yan Weijue (17 May 2018). "Gao Xiaosong gets 6 months for reckless driving". China Daily. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
^ "AKB48 ：上半期売り上げ前年2．5倍の66億円オリコン2冠". Mainichi Shimbun Digital Co.Ltd (in Japanese). MANTANWEB. 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
^ January 31, 2011. Album Indonesia Terbaik 2011 Archived 2012-01-15 at the Wayback Machine. rollingstone.co.id. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
^ 리쌍, 7집 '아수라발발타' 각종 음원차트 1~10위 까지 올킬 TV Daily
^ "CHNCPA". Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
^ Janice Leung, "Candace Chong: The playwright who draws inspiration from a complicated world" (Background on Candace Chong) on scmp.com/magazines. Retrieved 5 June 2014
^ "News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates". News18. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
^ "Hira Devi dies of burn injuries". www.telegraphindia.com.
^ "В Алма-Ате умерла народная артиста СССР Роза Багланова, которой "Сталин аплодировал стоя"". Газета.Ru.
^ "'malaysia' Vasudevan Passed Away - Malaysia Vasudevan - - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com". www.behindwoods.com. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
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^ "元「キャンディーズ」の田中好子さん死去 - MSN産経ニュース". Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
^ "Умер российский пианист Владимир Крайнев". www.kommersant.ru. April 29, 2011.
^ "Pop Sensation of Yesteryears Pilu Momtaz Passes Away". The Daily Star. May 24, 2011.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Pop Guru Azam Khan is dead". bdnews24.com. 2011-06-05. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08.
^ "Rudra veena exponent Ustad Asad Ali Khan passes away". DNA India. 2011-06-14.
^ "Musician Rei Harakami suddenly passes away at 40 | tokyohive.com". tokyohive.com.

[1] Lee Hannon and Yan Weijue (17 May 2018). "Gao Xiaosong gets 6 months for reckless driving". China Daily. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

[2] "AKB48 ：上半期売り上げ前年2．5倍の66億円オリコン2冠". Mainichi Shimbun Digital Co.Ltd (in Japanese). MANTANWEB. 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2011-06-24.

[3] January 31, 2011. Album Indonesia Terbaik 2011 Archived 2012-01-15 at the Wayback Machine. rollingstone.co.id. Retrieved January 16, 2012.

[4] 리쌍, 7집 '아수라발발타' 각종 음원차트 1~10위 까지 올킬 TV Daily

[5] "CHNCPA". Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2018-05-25.

[6] Janice Leung, "Candace Chong: The playwright who draws inspiration from a complicated world" (Background on Candace Chong) on scmp.com/magazines. Retrieved 5 June 2014

[7] "News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates". News18. Retrieved July 17, 2019.

[8] "Hira Devi dies of burn injuries". www.telegraphindia.com.

[9] "В Алма-Ате умерла народная артиста СССР Роза Багланова, которой "Сталин аплодировал стоя"". Газета.Ru.

[10] "'malaysia' Vasudevan Passed Away - Malaysia Vasudevan - - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com". www.behindwoods.com. Retrieved July 18, 2019.

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[12] "元「キャンディーズ」の田中好子さん死去 - MSN産経ニュース". Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2019-07-15.

[13] "Умер российский пианист Владимир Крайнев". www.kommersant.ru. April 29, 2011.

[14] "Pop Sensation of Yesteryears Pilu Momtaz Passes Away". The Daily Star. May 24, 2011.

[15] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[16] "Pop Guru Azam Khan is dead". bdnews24.com. 2011-06-05. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08.

[17] "Rudra veena exponent Ustad Asad Ali Khan passes away". DNA India. 2011-06-14.

[18] "Musician Rei Harakami suddenly passes away at 40 | tokyohive.com". tokyohive.com.

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