Timeline of Japanese music
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This page is a timeline of Japanese music and also indexes the individual year in Japanese music pages.
1880s
- 1888 - Kimigayo adopted as national anthem
1890s
- 1897 - Gunkan kōshinkyoku
1910s
- 1910 - Nipponophone founded
- 1912 - 1st Japanese symphony: Kachidoki to Heiwa by Kōsaku Yamada[1]
- 1914: Katyusha's Song
1920s
- 1921 - Inno Meiji by Kōsaku Yamada;[2] Sendō Kouta
- 1927 - Akatombo
1930s
- 1931 - King Records founded
- 1932 - Seki Taneko releases "Akemi no Uta" (あけみの唄), composed by Masao Koga, with lyrics by Hara Asao[3][4]
- 1934 - Nagauta Symphony
1940s
- 1942 - Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association founded
- 1946 - 1st Mainichi Film Award for Best Music; 1st broadcast of NHK Nodo Jiman
- 1947 - Shizuko Kasagi released Tokyo Boogie Woogie[5][6]
1950s
- 1951 - 1st Kōhaku Uta Gassen
- 1954 - Godzilla includes music by Akira Ifukube
- 1959 - 1st Japan Record Awards[7]
1960s
- 1961 - 1st broadcast of Minna no Uta
- 1962 - 1st broadcast of Shichiji ni aimashō
- 1963 - Sukiyaki reaches number 1 in the USA; estimated 5,000 jukeboxes[8]
- 1964 - 1st broadcast of Music Fair; 3rd largest record market[9]
- 1967 - Oricon founded; $96 million records production;[10] Japanese musicians sell more records than foreigners;[11] Akiko Nakamura released Nijiiro no mizūmi;[12] Hibari Misora released Makkana Taiyō;[13] The Jaguars released "Kimi Ni Aitai" and "Dancing Lonely Night" (ダンシング・ロンリー・ナイト);[14][15] The Carnabeats released "Sukisa Sukisa Sukisa" and Koi O Shiyoyo Jenny[16]
- 1968 - 1st broadcast of Yoru no Hit Studio; CBS/Sony founded; Ox released Girl Friend and Swan No Namida[17]
- 1969 - 1st Yamaha Popular Song Contest; 2nd largest record market.[18]
1970s
- 1970 - 1st World Popular Song Festival; 1st Japan Music Awards; 1st publication of Music Labo; Nippon Music Foundation established; approx start of jukebox boom;[19] debut of Miki Hirayama[20]
- 1971 - Debut of Saori Minami, Mari Amachi and Rumiko Koyanagi[21]
- 1972 - 1st Tokyo Music Festival; Naomi Chiaki released Kassai[22]
- 1974 - 1st FNS Music Festival
- 1978 - 1st broadcast of The Best Ten[23]
- 1979 - Number one singles include Chameleon Army, Young Man (Y.M.C.A.) and Ihojin.
1980s
- 1980 - Number one singles include Ihojin and I'm in the Mood for Dancing
- 1981 - A Long Vacation
- 1982 - Number one singles include Matsu wa and Second Love
- 1983 - Number one singles include Second Love, ½ no Shinwa, Flashdance... What a Feeling, Kinku and Cat's Eye
- 1984 - Number one singles include Southern Wind, Amaoto wa Chopin no Shirabe, Jukkai (1984) and Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa
- 1985 - Debut of Miho Morikawa[24]
- 1986 - 1st broadcast of Music Station
1990s
- 1990 - Debut of Rumi Shishido[25]
- 1991 - Debut of Mi-Ke[26]
- 1993 - 1st broadcast of Count Down TV
- 1994 - 1st broadcast of Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
- 1996 - 1st broadcast of Utaban; debut of dos[27]
- 1998 - 1st broadcast of Channel A
2000s
- 2004 - 1st broadcast of Bokura no Ongaku
- 2005 - 1st broadcast of J-Melo
- 2006 - 1st broadcast of Idoling!!!; 1st broadcast of Rock Fujiyama
- 2007 in Japanese music
- 2008 in Japanese music
- 2009 in Japanese music
2010s
- 2010 in Japanese music
- 2011 in Japanese music
- 2012 in Japanese music
- 2013 in Japanese music
- 2014 in Japanese music
- 2015 in Japanese music
- 2016 in Japanese music
- 2017 in Japanese music
- 2018 in Japanese music
- 2019 in Japanese music
2020s
- 2020 in Japanese music
- 2021 in Japanese music
- 2022 in Japanese music
- 2023 in Japanese music
- 2024 in Japanese music
- 2025 in Japanese music
See also
- List of Oricon number-one singles
- List of Oricon number-one albums
- List of best-selling singles in Japan by year
References
- Tokyo Ongaku Gakko. Kinsei Hogaku Nempyo. Rokugatsu-Kan. Volume 1. 1912. Volume 2. 1914. Volume 3. 1927.
- ^ Handbook of Japanese Music in the Modern Era, p 256.
- ^ Music on the Move, p 123
- ^ The Movie Times. No 432: 11 April 1932. p 77. Google
- ^ JASRAC No. 000-4690-6
- ^ Nagahara. Tokyo Boogie-Woogie: Japan's Pop Era and Its Discontents. 2017. p 1.
- ^ Rediscovering Japan's Age of Boogie: How Kasagi Shizuko and Hattori Ryōichi Transformed Entertainment. Nippon.com. 18 October 2023.
- ^ 1959年12月27日、第1回日本レコード大賞が開催。受賞曲は水原弘「黒い花びら」. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 27 December 2017.
- ^ Billboard. 6 July 1963. p 41.
- ^ Billboard. 8 August 1964, p 8.
- ^ Japan Report. Vol 14. No 2: 31 January 1968. p 8.
- ^ The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music. p 355.
- ^ 1967年10月10日、中村晃子の「虹色の湖」が発売～"一人GS"と呼ばれる理由. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 10 October 2018.
- ^ ちょうど50年前･1967/5/25 GSブームから生まれた美空ひばりの大ヒット'真っ赤な太陽'リリース【大人のMusic Calendar】. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 25 May 2017.
- ^ 67年10月5日はザ・ジャガーズのシングル第2作「ダンシング・ロンリー・ナイト」の発売日. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 5 October 2018.
- ^ Charts: Oricon; Sega Enterprises; Oricon International.
- ^ 50年前の今日、ザ・カーナビーツ「恋をしようよジェニー」がリリースされた. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 15 September 2017.
- ^ 1968/5/5 失神パフフォーマンスのオックス/ガール・フレンドリリース【大人のMusic Calendar】. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 5 May 2017.
- ^ Billboard. 19 December 1970, p J-16.
- ^ Karaoke Around the World: Global Technology, Local Singing. p 183.
- ^ 47年前の本日、平山三紀が「ビューティフル・ヨコハマ」でデビュー. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 10 November 2017.
- ^ 1971年の音楽界 フォーク台頭、洋楽ロック浸透、女性アイドル確立. News ポストセブン. 9 February 2021.
- ^ 1972年9月10日、音楽史に残る名曲、ちあきなおみ「喝采」がリリース. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 10 September 2018.
- ^ 「1978」エンタメプレイバック. ZAKZAK. 23 June 2023.
- ^ 森川美穂デビュー35周年、ガールポップシーンをけん引した真の歌姫. Re:minder. 22 July 2020.
- ^ 宍戸留美、デビュー曲「コズミック・ランデブー」ほかソニーミュージック時代の全音源が全世界配信. CDJournal. 20 January 2021.
- ^ 1991年(平成3年)2月14日、Mi-Keのデビュー曲「想い出の九十九里浜」がリリース～“カタログ・ソング”と言われる所以とは？. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 14 February 2018.
- ^ Mark Schilling. The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture. 1997. Weatherhill. 4th printing. 2004. p 103.
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