Timeline of Japanese music

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

1910s

1910 - Nipponophone founded

1930s

1931 - King Records founded

1940s

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

1950s

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

1960s

1961 - 1st broadcast of Minna no Uta
1962 - 1st broadcast of Shichiji ni aimashō
1964 - 1st broadcast of Music Fair
1967 - Oricon founded
1968 - 1st broadcast of Yoru no Hit Studio; CBS/Sony founded
1969 - 1st Yamaha Popular Song Contest

1970s

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^[1]
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 in Japanese music
1986 - 1st broadcast of Music Station

1990s

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

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

2020s

References

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

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

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[1] 「１９７８」エンタメプレイバック. ZAKZAK. 23 June 2023.

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