The year 2016 in

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Events

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 artists in Japan in 2016 by value of sales, including sales of records and of DVDs and Blu-rays, according to

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Albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2016, according to

Singles

Oricon

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling singles in Japan in 2016, according to

Billboard Japan

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling singles in Japan in 2016, according to

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's year-end Top Singles Sales chart.

Awards

* 58th Japan Record Awards * 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Albums released

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Debuting

Debuting groups

* 3B junior * Batten Girls * B.I.G * Bis * Chai * Chelmico * CLC * CocoSori * DYGL * FEMM * FlowBack * Gang Parade * Hiragana Keyakizaka46 * Hotshot * iKon * Keyakizaka46 * Musubizm * OnePixcel * Poppin'Party *

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* Reol * Rock A Japonica * ShuuKaRen * Tempalay * The Sixth Lie * The World Standard * Yahyel * Zenbu Kimi no Sei da.

Debuting soloists

* Aina Aiba * Asaka * Ayaka Sasaki * Kanna Hashimoto * Kyuhyun * Manami Numakura *

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* Momo Asakura *

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 ...

* Mone Kamishiraishi *

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* Rie Murakawa * Taichi Mukai * Uru

Deaths

*February 10 – Asami Nagakiya, 30, Japanese steel pan player (suspected murder)Body identified Japanese pannist found dead
/ref> *April 3 – Kōji Wada, 42, Japanese singer and songwriter (pharyngeal cancer)

References

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