The following is an overview of the year

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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 ...

. 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

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Events

*May 31 – July 18 –

The First Japan Arena Tour (Girls' Generation) The First Japan Arena Tour is the first Japanese concert tour by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation to promote their 2011 self-titled album in Japanese. History It was announced on March 7, 2011, that Girls' Generation would embark ...

*December 31 –

62nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen The , referred to from hereon as "Kōhaku", aired on December 31, 2011 from NHK Hall in Japan beginning from 7:15 p.m. JST. The year's theme was "Ashita o Utaou" ("Let's sing for tomorrow"), which aimed to spread positive thoughts to a country ...

Awards

*June 25 –

2011 MTV Video Music Aid Japan The 2011 MTV Video Music Aid Japan were held in Chiba on June 25, 2011 at the Makuhari Messe. The VMAJ were the culmination of MTV Japan's Music of Hope campaign, the channel's multiplatform response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The ...

*December 30 –

53rd Japan Record Awards The took place at the New National Theater in Tokyo on December 30, 2011. The ceremony was televised in Japan on TBS. Presenters * Masaaki Sakai * Norika Fujiwara * Shinichirō Azumi (TBS commentator) * Sylwia Kato (TBS commentator) * Er ...

Number-ones

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

RIAJ Digital Track Chart number-one singles The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969. The RIAJ's activities include pr ...

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 2011 by value of sales, including sales of records and of DVDs and Blu-rays, according to Oricon.

Albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2011, according to Oricon.

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 – ''

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'' by Do As Infinity *January 26 – '' Go'' by

Girugamesh is a Japanese rock band, formed in 2003. Their name is sometimes stylized with a metal umlaut as girugämesh and is derived from the ''Final Fantasy'' character. They disbanded on July 10, 2016, although announced a new song, to celebrate labe ...

*February 23 – by Keisuke Kuwata *March 9 – by

Exile Exile is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons and peoples suf ...

*March 23 – ''

Brand-new idol Society ''Brand-new idol Society'' is the debut album by Japanese idol group BiS released through the independent label Tsubasa Records on March 23, 2011. The album is the first physical release by the group, being preceded by the free digital single "Ta ...

'' by BiS *March 30 – ''

7 Berryz Times is the seventh album by the Japanese girl idol group Berryz Kobo, released on March 30, 2011 in Japan on the record label Piccolo Town. As with previous albums, it is entirely written and produced by Tsunku. There are a total of ten songs on th ...

'' by Berryz Kobo *April 27 – '' Checkmate!'' by Namie Amuro *June 1 – '' Cherish'' by Seiko Matsuda *June 1 – ''

Girls' Generation Girls' Generation (), also known as SNSD, is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun. Originally a nine-piece ensembl ...

'' by

*June 8 – '' Echo'' by

Nothing's Carved in Stone Nothing's Carved in Stone is a Japanese rock band formed in January 2009. After Ellegarden decided to go into hiatus in 2008, the group's guitarist Shinichi Ubukata created Nothing's Carved in Stone as his solo project. Their debut album ''Paral ...

*June 8 – ''

Koko ni Ita Koto is the third album by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. "Koko ni Ita Koto" was released in Japan on June 8, 2011 by King Records. There are three versions available: Limited Edition (catalog number KIZC-90117/8), Regular Edition (KIZC-117/8), ...

'' by AKB48 *July 6 – '' Beautiful World'' by Arashi *July 20 – ''

Luv Songs Luv Songs (ラブ・ソングス) is the third studio album by Australian recording artist Che'Nelle. It was first released on 20 July 2011 by EMI Music Japan. ''Luv Songs'' is the singer's first cover album. Most of the songs were translated f ...

'' by Che'Nelle *July 27 – '' C'mon'' by

B'z are a Japanese rock duo, consisting of guitarist, composer and producer Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto and vocalist and lyricist Koshi Inaba, 佐伯明『B'z ウルトラクロニクル』ソニー・マガジンズ、2003年。新型光�B'zはなぜ ...

*August 3 – '' Dum Spiro Spero'' by Dir En Grey *August 10 – '' Baby Action'' by Scandal *August 17 – by SMAP *September 21 – '' After Eden'' by Kalafina *September 28 - ''DocumentaLy'' by Sakanaction *November 17 – ''

Fight Combat ( French for ''fight'') is a purposeful violent conflict meant to physically harm or kill the opposition. Combat may be armed (using weapons) or unarmed ( not using weapons). Combat is sometimes resorted to as a method of self-defense, or ...

'' by Kanjani Eight *November 23 – ''Super Girl'' by Kara *November 30 – ''

Republic of 2PM ''Republic of 2PM'' is the first Japanese studio album (third album overall) by South Korean boy band 2PM. It was released on November 30, 2011 in three editions: two CD+DVD editions and a regular edition.

'' by

2PM 2PM (; romanized; ''Tupiem'') is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. The group is composed of six members: Jun. K (formerly known as Junsu), Nichkhun, Taecyeon, Wooyoung, Junho and Chansung. Originally a seven-piece group, fo ...

*December 7 – '' Memories'' by Garnet Crow

Debuting artists

Deaths

* Yoshiko Tanaka dies on April 21 from Breast Cancer. * Joe Yamanaka dies on August 7.

References

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