2011 in Japanese music

none 2011 2011 Japanese music The following is an overview of the year 2011 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 2011 in music. Events May 31 – July 18 – The First Japan Arena Tour (Girls' Generation) December 31 – 62nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen Awards June 25 – 2011 MTV Video Music Aid Japan December 30 – 53rd Japan Record Awards Number-ones Oricon number-one albums Oricon number-one singles Hot 100 number-one singles RIAJ Digital Track Chart number-one singles Best-sellers Artists The following is a list of the 5 best-selling music artists in Japan in 2011 by value of sales, including sales of records and of DVDs and Blu-rays, according to Oricon. http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2011/12/oricon-announces-2011s-yearly-ranking-for-artist-total-sales/ Oricon announces 2011's yearly ranking for "Artist Total Sales"! December 19, 2011 September 9, 2016 tokyohive 6Theory Media, LLC Rank Artist Value 1 AKB48 16.282 billion 2 Arashi 15.369 billion 3 Exile 5.603 billion 4 Kara 4.926 billion 5 Shōjo Jidai 4.049 billion Albums The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2011, according to Oricon. http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2011/12/oricon-announces-full-list-for-2011-yearly-album-ranking Oricon announces full list for "2011 Yearly Album Ranking" December 19, 2011 September 9, 2016 tokyohive 6Theory Media, LLC Rank Album Artist Copies 1 Beautiful World Arashi 907,589 2 Koko ni Ita Koto AKB48 829,645 3 Negai no Tō ja 願いの塔 Negai no Tō Exile 743,242 4 Born This Way Lady Gaga 658,554 5 Girls' Generation Shōjo Jidai 642,054 6 Checkmate! Namie Amuro 484,336 7 Super Girl Kara 450,595 8 Musicman (album) ja MUSICMAN (桑田佳祐のアルバム) Musicman Keisuke Kuwata 414,725 9 SMAP Aid ja SMAP AID SMAP Aid SMAP 413,943 10 Ikimonobakari: Members Best Selection Ikimono-gakari 397,459 Albums released The following section includes albums by Japanese artists released in Japan in 2011 as well as Japanese-language albums by foreign artists released in the country during this year. January 19 – Eight by Do As Infinity January 26 – Go by Girugamesh February 9 – I Wanna Go to Hawaii. by Alexandros February 23 – Musicman (album) ja MUSICMAN (桑田佳祐のアルバム) Musicman by Keisuke Kuwata March 2 — Dejavu by Koda Kumi March 9 – Negai no Tō ja 願いの塔 Negai no Tō by Exile March 23 – Brand-new idol Society by BiS March 30 – 7 Berryz Times by Berryz Kobo April 27 – Checkmate! by Namie Amuro June 1 – Cherish by Seiko Matsuda June 1 – Girls' Generation by Girls' Generation June 8 – Echo by Nothing's Carved in Stone June 8 – Koko ni Ita Koto by AKB48 July 6 – Beautiful World by Arashi July 20 – Luv Songs by Che'Nelle July 27 – C'mon by B'z August 3 – Dum Spiro Spero by Dir En Grey August 10 – Baby Action by Scandal August 17 – SMAP Aid ja SMAP AID SMAP Aid by SMAP September 21 – After Eden by Kalafina September 28 - DocumentaLy by Sakanaction November 17 – Fight by Kanjani Eight November 23 – Super Girl by Kara November 30 – Republic of 2PM by 2PM December 7 – Memories by Garnet Crow Debuting artists List of Japanese musical groups (2010s)#2011 Deaths Yoshiko Tanaka dies on April 21 from Breast Cancer. Joe Yamanaka dies on August 7. Popular singer Joe Yamanaka dies at 64 Kyodo News http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/08/107570.html January 23, 2020 See also 2011 in Japan 2011 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 2011 References