The following is an overview of the year

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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

. 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 This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2009 in music. Specific locations *2009 in American music *2009 in Australian music *2009 in British music *2009 in Canadian music *2009 in European music (Continental Europe) *2009 in ...

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

* 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 prom ...

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 , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that ...

, were

Arashi is a Japanese boy band consisting of five members formed under the Johnny & Associates talent agency. The members are Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto. Arashi officially formed on September 15, 199 ...

, with and

Exile Exile or banishment 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 ...

Albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2009, according to

. The best-selling album of the year, '' All the Best! 1999–2009'', sold more than 1.43 million copies.

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 Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else. Examples include the leopard's spotted coat, the b ...

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Merzbow is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita, best known for a style of harsh noise music. Since 1980, Akita has released over 500 recordings and collaborated with numerous artists. The name Merzbow comes from the German dada a ...

*January 21 - ''Shin-shiro'' by

Sakanaction are a Japanese rock band from Sapporo, Hokkaido. Their music is a fusion of alternative rock, electronic, pop, and new wave styles. The band consists of five members: Ichiro Yamaguchi, Motoharu Iwadera, Ami Kusakari, Emi Okazaki, and Keiichi ...

*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 is a Japanese music composer, best known for his contributions in video games. He serves as the representative director of Noisycroak, a Tokyo-based sound design company focused on game soundtracks. ''Echochrome II'' holds the Guinness World Re ...

and Naoki Sato *February 4 – '' Antenna'' by

GO!GO!7188 Go!Go!7188 (Go Go Nana Ichi Hachi Hachi), also known simply as Go!Go!, was a Japanese rock band with influences spanning from surf rock to punk rock to J-pop. History In June 1998, Yumi Nakashima (nicknamed Yuu) and Akiko Hamada (nicknamed ...

*March 4 – '' Kyūtai'' by

MUCC is a Japanese visual kei Rock music, rock band, formed in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1997. The classic line up of Tatsuro (singer), Tatsuro on vocals, Miya (musician), Miya on guitar, Yukke on bass, and Satochi on drums was solidified in 1999 foll ...

*March 9 – '' Remio Best'' by Remioromen *March 17 – '' Hayley Sings Japanese Songs 2'' by

Hayley Westenra Hayley Dee Westenra (born 10 April 1987) is a New Zealand classical crossover singer. Her first internationally released album, '' Pure'', reached number one on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million copies worldwide ...

*March 18 – '' Akiko Infinity Kokia: Balance'' by Kokia *March 18 – ''

Harmonia In Greek mythology, Harmonia (; /Ancient Greek phonology, harmoˈnia/, "harmony", "agreement") is the goddess of harmony and concord. Her Greek opposite is Eris (mythology), Eris and her Roman mythology, Roman counterpart is Concordia (mythol ...

'' 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 is a Japanese singer-songwriter and producer. Nicknamed the "Empress of Pop" on account of her influence throughout Asia, she is widely recognized for her versatile music production, songwriting, and live performances. Hamasaki is the List of ...

*May 27 – ''

Dream A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensation (psychology), sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around ...

'' by

Yuna Ito is an American-born former pop singer and actress who was active in Japan. Ito made her musical debut in Japan with the single, " Endless Story", which was used as one of the theme songs for the popular 2005 film '' Nana''; she also starred in ...

*May 27 – ''

Family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

'' by May J. *June 10 – '' Shio, Koshō'' by

Greeeen Gre4n Boyz (stylized as GRe4N BOYZ), until March 2024 named Greeeen (stylized as GReeeeN), is a Japanese all-male vocal group from Kōriyama in Fukushima Prefecture, comprising the four members: HIDE, navi, 92 (read as "kuni"), and SOH. They de ...

*June 24 – '' Hocus Pocus'' by Kaela Kimura *July 15 – ''

Fight Combat (French language, French for ''fight'') is a purposeful violent Conflict (process), conflict between multiple combatants with the intent to harm the opposition. Combat may be armed (using weapons) or unarmed (Hand-to-hand combat, not usin ...

'' by Mayumi Iizuka *August 5 – '' Calling'' by

Kobukuro , a Japanese band (music), band, formed in 1998 and made its major label debut in 2001. The name is a portmanteau of the two members' family names, Kentarō Kobuchi and Shunsuke Kuroda. Members * * The duo's visual appearance is striking due ...

*August 19 – '' All the Best! 1999–2009'' by

*September 2 – '' Box Emotions'' by Superfly *September 9 -''

Emotions Emotions are physical and mental states brought on by neurophysiology, neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavior, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or suffering, displeasure. There is ...

'' by

Thelma Aoyama is a Japanese pop and Contemporary R&B, R&B singer. She is part Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians, Afro-Trinidadian and Japanese. She is known for her collaboration song with SoulJa, "Koko ni Iru yo" and her answer song "Soba ni Iru ne". In Sep ...

*September 16 - '' Best Ai'' by Ai *September 23 – '' Ayaka's History 2006–2009'' by

Ayaka , known simply by the mononym Ayaka, is a female Japanese singer, songwriter and record producer formerly signed to Warner Music Japan. Born in Osaka, she moved to Tokyo to pursue a singing career. She married actor Hiro Mizushima on February ...

*October 21 – '' Best Scandal'' by

Scandal A scandal can be broadly defined as the strong social reactions of outrage, anger, or surprise, when accusations or rumours circulate or appear for some reason, regarding a person or persons who are perceived to have transgressed in some way a ...

*November 11 - '' Canaan Inspired Album'' by Faylan and Annabel *November 25 – ''

Aurora An aurora ( aurorae or auroras), also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly observed in high-latitude regions (around the Arc ...

'' by Nico Touches the Walls *November 25 - '' Canaan Original Sound Track: Ai'' by

Hikaru Nanase is a Japanese unisex given name meaning "light" or "radiance". Written forms Hikaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * 光, "light" * 輝, "radiance" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. It is more ...

*December 2 – '' Aisubeki Mirai e'' by

*December 9 – '' Carol'' by Chara *December 9 – ''

I Am I Am or I'm may refer to: Language and literature * "I Am that I Am", a common English translation of the response God used in the Hebrew Bible when Moses asked for His name ** I am (biblical term), a Christian term used in the Bible * "I Am" ( ...

'' by Mao Denda *December 16 – ''Past by

Namie Amuro Namie Amuro ( ; ; born September 20, 1977) is a retired Japanese singer. She rose to prominence as a Japanese idol, teen idol, and transitioned into a leading Pop music, pop artist due to her versatility across music styles and visual presentatio ...

*December 23 – '' Anime's Compilation Best'' by Kotoko *December 23 – '' Hajimari no Uta'' by Ikimono-gakari *'' 13 Japanese Birds'' by

Groups established

Angerme , formerly , is a Japanese idol girl group from the musical collective Hello! Project, which originally consisted of four former Hello! Pro Egg (''Hello! Project'' trainees) members that left Egg in 2010 and became full-time members of ''Hello ...

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ClariS Claris International Inc., formerly FileMaker Inc., is a computer software development company formed as a subsidiary company of Apple Inc., Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) in 1987. It was given the source code and copyrights to several program ...

Flower Flowers, also known as blooms and blossoms, are the reproductive structures of flowering plants ( angiosperms). Typically, they are structured in four circular levels, called whorls, around the end of a stalk. These whorls include: calyx, m ...

Gacharic Spin Gacharic Spin is a Japanese rock band formed in Tokyo in 2009. Initially releasing music independently, they later signed with Victor Entertainment then Nippon Crown. Known for their flamboyant, aggressive performances, they have toured Japa ...

* Oldcodex *

Passepied The passepied (, "pass-foot", from a characteristic dance step) is a French court dance. Originating as a kind of Breton branle, it was adapted to courtly use in the 16th century and is found frequently in 18th-century French opera and balle ...

* Passpo *

SDN48 SDN48 (read ''S.D.N. Forty-Eight'', short for Saturday Night 48) was a Japanese idol girl group, created and produced by Yasushi Akimoto. SDN48 was created based on an "adult idol" concept. Former AKB48 member Kayo Noro was chosen as the captain ...

Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku is a Japanese female Japanese idol, idol group. The group's name is officially shortened to . The group was created by 3B Junior, the third section of the talent agency Stardust Promotion. Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku is considered a "little sister" g ...

Sphere A sphere (from Ancient Greek, Greek , ) is a surface (mathematics), surface analogous to the circle, a curve. In solid geometry, a sphere is the Locus (mathematics), set of points that are all at the same distance from a given point in three ...

* YuiKaori

Groups disestablished

* BeForU *

Bleach Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color from (i.e. to whiten) fabric or fiber (in a process called bleaching) or to disinfect after cleaning. It often refers specifically t ...

* GAM * Kuroyume *

Two-Mix Two-Mix (temporarily known as II MIX⊿DELTA) is a J-pop, Japanese pop duo formed in 1995 by Minami Takayama (vocals and composer) and Shiina Nagano (synthesizer, composer and lyricist). Their style is fast Electronic music, electronic Pop music, ...

Deaths

* Jasmine You dies on August 9.

References

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Events

Awards

Number-ones

Best-sellers

Artists

Albums

Albums released

Groups established

Groups disestablished

Deaths

See also

References