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The following is an overview of the year 2009 in Japanese music. It includes notable awards, lists of number-ones, yearly best-sellers, albums released, groups established and disestablished, deaths of notable Japanese music-related people as well as any other relevant Japanese music-related events. For overviews of the year in music from other countries, see 2009 in music.
Events
[edit]- December 31 – 60th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
Awards
[edit]- May 30 – 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
- December 30 – 51st Japan Record Awards
Number-ones
[edit]- Oricon number-one albums
- Oricon number-one singles
- Hot 100 number-one singles
- RIAJ Digital Track Chart number-one singles
Best-sellers
[edit]Artists
[edit]The two best-selling music artists in Japan in 2009 by value of sales, including sales of records and of DVDs and Blu-rays, according to Oricon, were Arashi, with ¥14.46 billion and Exile.[1]
Albums
[edit]The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2009, according to Oricon.[2] The best-selling album of the year, All the Best! 1999–2009, sold more than 1.43 million copies.[1]
| Rank | Album | Artist |
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| 1 | All the Best! 1999–2009 | Arashi |
| 2 | Supermarket Fantasy | Mr. Children |
| 3 | Shio, Koshō | Greeeen |
| 4 | Aisubeki Mirai e | Exile |
| 5 | Exile Ballad Best | Exile |
| 6 | Ayaka's History 2006–2009 | Ayaka |
| 7 | Do You Dreams Come True? | Dreams Come True |
| 8 | Remio Best | Remioromen |
| 9 | Box Emotions | Superfly |
| 10 | Calling | Kobukuro |
Albums released
[edit]The following section includes albums by Japanese artists released in Japan in 2009 as well as Japanese-language albums by foreign artists released in the country during this year.
- January 14 – Camouflage by Merzbow
- January 21 - Shin-shiro by Sakanaction
- January 28 – 4 Akogare My Star by Cute
- January 28 – 5 by Flow
- February 4 - 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de Original Soundtrack by Hideki Sakamoto and Naoki Sato
- February 4 – Antenna by GO!GO!7188
- March 4 – Kyūtai by MUCC
- March 9 – Remio Best by Remioromen
- March 17 – Hayley Sings Japanese Songs 2 by Hayley Westenra
- March 18 – Akiko Infinity Kokia: Balance by Kokia
- March 18 – Harmonia by Akiko Shikata
- March 18 – Kokia Infinity Akiko: Balance by Kokia
- March 21 – Do You Dreams Come True? by Dreams Come True
- March 25 – Next Level by Ayumi Hamasaki
- May 27 – Dream by Yuna Ito
- May 27 – Family by May J.
- June 10 – Shio, Koshō by Greeeen
- June 24 – Hocus Pocus by Kaela Kimura
- July 15 – Fight by Mayumi Iizuka
- August 5 – Calling by Kobukuro
- August 19 – All the Best! 1999–2009 by Arashi
- September 2 – Box Emotions by Superfly
- September 9 -Emotions by Thelma Aoyama
- September 16 - Best Ai by Ai
- September 23 – Ayaka's History 2006–2009 by Ayaka
- October 21 – Best Scandal by Scandal
- November 11 - Canaan Inspired Album by Faylan and Annabel
- November 25 – Aurora by Nico Touches the Walls
- November 25 - Canaan Original Sound Track: Ai by Hikaru Nanase
- December 2 – Aisubeki Mirai e by Exile
- December 9 – Carol by Chara
- December 9 – I Am by Mao Denda
- December 16 – Past<Future by Namie Amuro
- December 23 – Anime's Compilation Best by Kotoko
- December 23 – Hajimari no Uta by Ikimono-gakari
- 13 Japanese Birds by Merzbow
Groups established
[edit]- Angerme
- bump.y
- ClariS
- Flower
- Gacharic Spin
- Oldcodex
- Passepied
- Passpo
- SDN48
- Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku
- Sphere
- YuiKaori
Groups disestablished
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- Jasmine You dies on August 9.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Arashi sweeps 2009 sales rankings". tokyograph. December 17, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
- ^ "年間 CDアルバムランキング 2009年度". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
- ^ "Versailles' Jasmine You Passes Away". jame-world.com. 2009-08-09. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
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