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The year 2016 in
Japanese music In Japan, music includes a wide array of distinct genres, both traditional and modern. The word for "music" in Japanese is 音楽 (''ongaku''), combining the kanji 音 ''on'' (sound) with the kanji 楽 ''gaku'' (music, comfort). Japan is the world ...
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Events

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67th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen The was the 67th edition of NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen, held on December 31, 2016, live from NHK Hall from 19:15 (JST) to 23:45 (JST), with a 5-minute break for the latest news. This is the 28th Heisei Era edition. The broadcast schedule was announ ...


Number-ones

* Oricon number-one albums * Oricon number-one singles * Hot 100 number-one singles


Best-sellers


Artists

The following is a list of the 5 best-selling
music artist A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...
s in Japan in 2016 by value of sales, including sales of records and of DVDs and Blu-rays, according to
Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
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Albums

The following is a list of the top 10
best-selling albums in Japan Japan is the Global music industry market share data, second-largest music market in the world and the following lists cover the top-selling albums in the country of Japan, based on information provided by the Recording Industry Association of Jap ...
in 2016, according to
Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
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Singles


Oricon

The following is a list of the top 10
best-selling singles in Japan Japan has the second largest music market in the world. In 1962, Tokushin music reports was founded and became the leading provider of music sales in Japan. However their reports and charts are only available to industry insiders and are not avail ...
in 2016, according to
Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
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Billboard Japan

The following is a list of the top 10
best-selling singles in Japan Japan has the second largest music market in the world. In 1962, Tokushin music reports was founded and became the leading provider of music sales in Japan. However their reports and charts are only available to industry insiders and are not avail ...
in 2016, according to
Billboard Japan ''Billboard Japan'' is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine ''Billboard''. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway), holding an exclusive licence from ''Bi ...
's year-end Top Singles Sales chart.


Awards

* 58th Japan Record Awards *
2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan was held in Tokyo on October 26, 2016 and was hosted by Rip Slyme. Nominees Nominations were announced on September 1, 2016. Best Video of the Year Hikaru Utada — " Manatsu no Tōriame"' Best Male Video ...


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Debuting


Debuting groups

* 3B junior * Batten Girls * B.I.G * Bis * Chai *
Chelmico chelmico (チェルミコ ''cherumiko'') is a female rap duo from Japan composed of Rachel Watashiga and Mamiko Suzuki, known professionally as Rachel and Mamiko, respectively. 'chelmico' is a portmanteau of the duo's names. Career chelmico ...
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CLC CLC may refer to: Religion * Christian Life Centre, a number of individual and networked Pentecostal churches in Australia * Christian Life Community, an international association of lay Christians * Church of the Lutheran Confession, an American ...
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CocoSori CocoSori (Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Kor ...
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DYGL DYGL are a four-piece indie rock band from Tokyo, Japan. Three members of the band, Akiyama, Kachi, and Kamoto, were also members of five-piece indie rock band Ykiki Beat, which officially disbanded in 2017. Band members * Nobuki Akiyama – ...
* FEMM * FlowBack *
Gang Parade , stylized as GANG PARADE (formerly known as Pla2me (プラニメ) and POP (ピォピ)) is a Japanese idol, Japanese alternative idol girl group formed in 2014. In 2020, Gang Parade split into two groups: Go to the Beds and Paradises. They resumed ...
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Hiragana Keyakizaka46 is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group was established as a subgroup of Keyakizaka46 named Hiragana Keyakizaka46 on November 30, 2015, and was renamed and spun off into its own group on February 11, 2019. The group's ...
* Hotshot *
iKon iKon (), stylized as iKON, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2015 by YG Entertainment, consisting of six members: Jay, Song, Bobby, DK, Ju-ne and Chan. Originally a seven-piece band, leader B.I departed from the group in June 2019. Init ...
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Keyakizaka46 , formerly , is a Japanese idol girl group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group was created on August 21, 2015, becoming Nogizaka46's first sister group under the Sakamichi Series. Following the resignation of group's center Yurina Hirate and ...
* Musubizm *
OnePixcel OnePixcel was a Japanese idol girl group formed in 2015. They released their debut EP, ''Zero'', on June 22, 2016. They disbanded on June 25, 2021. History OnePixcel was formed in late 2015 and debuted in June 2016 with the EP, ''Zero''. Their ...
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Poppin'Party Poppin'Party is a Japanese all-female band that was formed in 2015 as part of Bushiroad's media franchise ''BanG Dream!''. The group's members are voice actresses who portray fictional characters in the franchise's anime series and mobile game ''B ...
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Rock A Japonica is a Japanese girl idol group managed by Stardust Promotion. It was formed in 2015 with five members from 3B Junior (out of 26 in total): Ami Uchiyama, Luna Naitō, Ruka Shiina, Chiho Takai, and Misato Hirase. The name of the group implies the ...
* ShuuKaRen *
Tempalay is a Japanese Lo-fi music, lo-fi psychedelic pop band that formed in 2014. Biography Tempalay was formed in 2014, when Ryōto Ohara and Yūya Takeuchi met drummer Natsuki Fujimoto in Tokyo. The band's vocalist Ryōto Ohara, originally from K ...
* The Sixth Lie * The World Standard * Yahyel * Zenbu Kimi no Sei da.


Debuting soloists

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Aina Aiba is a voice actress and singer from Japan. She is affiliated with the talent agency Hibiki. Early life Aiba was born in Hokkaido but raised in Osaka. She went and graduated from Amusement Media Voice Actor Talent Academy in 2010. Career Before ...
* Asaka * Ayaka Sasaki *
Kanna Hashimoto is a Japanese actress and former singer. From 2011 to 2017, she was a member of the Fukuoka-based idol girl group Rev. from DVL. During her time with the group, in 2013, a fan-taken photo of her performing went viral on Twitter and 2channel, ...
* Kyuhyun *
Manami Numakura is a Japanese voice actress and former singer. She is affiliated with Arts Vision. Her best-known role is in '' The Idolmaster'' video game franchise where she voices Hibiki Ganaha from the rival group known as Project Fairy. Other major roles ...
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Miku Itō is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Style Cube. Her major voice roles include Nanako Usami in ''Locodol'', Ann Akagi in ''Action Heroine Cheer Fruits'', Kokoro Tsurumaki in ''BanG Dream!'', Miku Nakano in ''The Quintessential ...
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Momo Asakura is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is part of the Music Ray'n agency. After passing an audition held by Music Ray'n, she made her voice acting debut as Yumi in the anime ''My Little Monster''. She played her first main role as Ayumi Otos ...
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Momoka Ariyasu is a Japanese singer and photographer, as well as a former idol and child actress. She is best known as a former member of the all-girl musical group Momoiro Clover Z, in which her signature color was green. Biography Ariyasu was born in Ky ...
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Mone Kamishiraishi is a Japanese actress and singer. She is the older sister of actress and singer Moka Kamishiraishi. Biography Born in Kagoshima, Her family lived in Mexico for three years due to her father's work. She can speak English and a little bit of Spa ...
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Reina Ueda is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Toyama Prefecture. She is affiliated with 81 Produce. Beginning her career as a voice actress in 2012, her first main role was Naru Sekiya, the protagonist of the 2014 anime series '' Hanayamata''. She ...
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Rie Murakawa is a Japanese voice actress, singer and radio personality from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She is currently affiliated with Stay Luck. She is known for her roles as Hotaru Ichijō in ''Non Non Biyori'', Escha Malier in '' Atelier Escha & Logy: ...
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Taichi Mukai is a Japanese singer, songwriter and model from Fukuoka. He was previously a member of the funk band Modio and signed with Miya Terrace in 2017 as a solo artist, releasing his debut studio album, ''Blue''. Mukai has collaborated with a range o ...
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Deaths

*February 10 – Asami Nagakiya, 30, Japanese steel pan player (suspected murder)Body identified Japanese pannist found dead
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Kōji Wada was a Japanese pop singer. He was best known for performing theme songs for several installments of the ''Digimon'' anime television series, including his recording debut in 1999 with his first and most famous single, "Butter-Fly", the theme so ...
, 42, Japanese singer and songwriter (pharyngeal cancer)


See also

* 2016 in Japan * 2016 in Japanese television *
List of Japanese films of 2016 A list of Japanese films that were first released in 2016. Highest-grossing films The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing Japanese films at the Japanese box office during 2016. Film releases January – March April - June J ...


References

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