2009 in Japanese music

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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

December 31 – 60th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

Awards

May 30 – 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
December 30 – 51st Japan Record Awards

Number-ones

Best-sellers

Artists

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

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
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 [ja]	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

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

Groups disestablished

Deaths

Jasmine You dies on August 9.^[3]

References

^ ^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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[tokyograph-1] "Arashi sweeps 2009 sales rankings". tokyograph. December 17, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2016.

[2] "年間　CDアルバムランキング 2009年度". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 26, 2016.

[3] "Versailles' Jasmine You Passes Away". jame-world.com. 2009-08-09. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

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