Timeline of Japanese music

This page is a timeline of Japanese music and also indexes the individual year in Japanese music pages.

## 1880s

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* 1888 - Kimigayo adopted as national anthem

## 1890s

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* 1897 - Gunkan kōshinkyoku

## 1910s

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* 1910 - Nipponophone founded

## 1930s

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* 1931 - King Records founded

## 1940s

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* 1942 - Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association founded
* 1946 - 1st Mainichi Film Award for Best Music; 1st broadcast of NHK Nodo Jiman

## 1950s

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* 1951 - 1st Kōhaku Uta Gassen
* 1954 - Godzilla includes music by Akira Ifukube
* 1959 - 1st Japan Record Awards[1]

## 1960s

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* 1961 - 1st broadcast of Minna no Uta
* 1963 - Sukiyaki reaches number 1 in the USA
* 1962 - 1st broadcast of Shichiji ni aimashō
* 1964 - 1st broadcast of Music Fair
* 1967 - Oricon founded; Akiko Nakamura [ja] released Nijiiro no mizūmi [ja][2]
* 1968 - 1st broadcast of Yoru no Hit Studio; CBS/Sony founded
* 1969 - 1st Yamaha Popular Song Contest

## 1970s

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* 1970 - 1st World Popular Song Festival; 1st Japan Music Awards; 1st publication of Music Labo; Nippon Music Foundation established
* 1972 - 1st Tokyo Music Festival
* 1974 - 1st FNS Music Festival
* 1978 - 1st broadcast of The Best Ten[3]
* 1979 \- Number one singles include Chameleon Army, Young Man (Y.M.C.A.) and Ihojin.

## 1980s

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* 1980 \- Number one singles include Ihojin and I'm in the Mood for Dancing
* 1981 in Japanese music
* 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

* 1986 - 1st broadcast of Music Station

## 1990s

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* 1993 - 1st broadcast of Count Down TV
* 1994 - 1st broadcast of Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
* 1996 - 1st broadcast of Utaban
* 1998 - 1st broadcast of Channel A

## 2000s

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* 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

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* 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

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* 2020 in Japanese music
* 2021 in Japanese music
* 2022 in Japanese music
* 2023 in Japanese music
* 2024 in Japanese music

## See also

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* List of Oricon number-one singles
* List of Oricon number-one albums

## References

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* Tokyo Ongaku Gakko. Kinsei Hogaku Nempyo. Rokugatsu-Kan. Volume 1. 1912. Volume 2. 1914. Volume 3. 1927.

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ 「１９７８」エンタメプレイバック. ZAKZAK. 23 June 2023.

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Music of Japan

"Kimigayo" (National anthem)

Traditional|

Instruments

| Genres and styles|

*     * Bugaku
* Bushi
* Dainichido Bugaku
* Danmono
* Gagaku
* Gigaku
* Jōruri
* Kouta
* Min'yō
* Nagauta
* Rōkyoku
* Saimon Ondo [ja]
* Komori-uta (lullaby)
* Warabe Uta [ja]
* Kazoe Uta [ja]
* Ekaki Uta [ja]
* Temari Uta [ja]

|

Post Meiji Restoration

(1868–present)|

* Commercial song [ja]
* Gakusēka (student song) [ja]
* Kōka (school song) [ja]
* Ryōka (dormitory song) [ja]
* Daigaku-Ōenka (cheering song of university) [ja]
* Enzetsuka/Enka
* Gunka (military song)
* Jazz
* Kayōkyoku
* Senji-kayō [ja]
* Gunkoku-kayō [ja]
* Radio calisthenics song
* Ryūkōka
* Shichōsonka (municipality song) [ja]
* Shōka [ja]
* Manshū-Shōka [ja]
* Shin-min'yō [ja]

Post-War

(1945–present)|

| 1945–present|

* Kayōkyoku
* Mood-kayō [ja]
* Idol-kayō [ja]
* Group Sounds
* Image song
* J-pop
* Rock

|

1970–present|

* Anime song
* Chiptune
* City pop
* Denpa song
* Disco [ja]
* Electro
* Electropop
* Eurobeat
* Disco [ja]
* Hardcore punk
* Hip hop
* Metal
* Noise
* Noise rock
* Nu-music [ja]
* Ōenka (cheering song)
* Reggae
* Synth-pop
* Ska
* Visual kei
* Italo Disco
* Italo House
* Juliana’s techno

1990–present|

* Bitpop
* Grime
* Being-kei [ja]
* J-core
* Japanese net label scene
* Kawaii metal
* Komuro-kei [ja]
* Onkyokei
* Shibuya-kei
* Akishibu-kei
* Utaite
* Visual kei
* Eroguro kei
* Nagoya kei
* Vocaloid music

Ethnic and regional|

* Ainu music
* Rekuhkara
* Southern Islands

Charts|

| Oricon|

* Singles Chart
* Combined Singles Chart
* Albums Chart
* Combined Albums Chart
* Karaoke Chart

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Billboard Japan|

* Hot 100
* Hot Albums

Other|

* RIAJ Digital Track Chart (discontinued)

Achievements|

* List of best-selling music artists in Japan
* List of best-selling Western artists in Japan
* List of best-selling albums in Japan
* List of best-selling singles in Japan

Record companies|

| "Big 10"

(as of 2024[update])|

* Avex Group
* Sony Music Entertainment Japan
* Universal Music Japan
* King Record Co.
* J Storm
* Victor Entertainment
* Being Inc.
* Warner Music Group
* Pony Canyon
* Teichiku Entertainment

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Others|

* Major
* Independent

Musicians|

* List of musical artists from Japan
* List of Japanese musical groups
* List of J-pop artists
* List of Japanese composers
* List of Japanese hip hop musicians
* List of Japanese singers

Timeline and years|

* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

Online distributors|

* iTunes Store
* Apple Music
* Google Play Music
* Amazon Music
* Spotify
* KKBox (the successor of LISMO Unlimited)
* RecoChoku [ja]
* Music.jp [ja]
* Mora
* Dwango.jp
* E-Onkyo music
* Oricon Music Store
* Line Music
* MySound [ja]
* OTOTOY [ja]
* AWA [ja]

Other topics|

* Awards
* Shinto music
* Min-On Concert Association

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