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...

Universal Music LLC (Japanese: ユニバーサル ミュージック合同会社, Hepburn: Yunibāsaru myūjikku Gōdō gaisha), often referred to as just Universal Music Japan or UMJ, is...

SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as SonyMusic), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony...

EMI Music Japan Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社EMIミュージック・ジャパン, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha EMI Music Japan), formerly Toshiba EMI (東芝イーエムアイ株式会社, Tōshiba EMI Kabushiki-gaisha)...

Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan. Japan's Ministry of Education classifies hōgaku (邦楽, lit. 'Japanese music') as a category...

abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as pops (ポップス, poppusu), is the name for a form of popular music that entered the...

57), Japanese music was released on records and performed in concerts, and there were charts, awards, contests and festivals. During that year, Japan continued...

also referred to as Warner Music International or Warner Music Entertainment and has divisions worldwide such as Australia, Japan and all over Europe. These...

singles Billboard Japan number-one albums Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles Japan portal Music portal 2024 in Japan Music of Japan "Number_iの音楽活動がついに始動...

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The year 2020 in Japanese music. All at Once Arcana Project Beatcats BIN Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu EXIT Go to the Beds JO1 Morfonica Nature NCT Dream Nemophila...

"elegant music") is a type of Japanese classical music that was historically used for imperial court music and dances. Gagaku was developed as court music of...

56), Japanese music was released on records and performed in concerts, and there were charts, awards, contests and festivals. During that year, Japan continued...

The top music artists in Japan include Japanese artists with claims of 15 million or more record sales or with over 2 million subscribers. Japan is the...

had a 21.5% share in the global music market. Sony Music and BMG remained separate in Japan, although BMG Music Japan was wholly owned by Sony BMG. On...

The year 2023 in Japanese music. Billlie Bite a Shock [ko] Candy Tune DXTeen IMP. Kiss Kiss The Jet Boy Bangerz from Exile Tribe Le Sserafim MiSaMo NCT...

Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation...

Japanese music accounted for sixty percent of record sales in the Japanese music market in 1979 (Shōwa 54), the rest being sales of foreign music. During...

55), Japanese music was released on records and performed in concerts, and there were charts, awards, contests and festivals. During that year, Japan continued...

undergoing a population decline. Japan's culture is well known around the world, including its art, cuisine, film, music, and popular culture, which includes...

X Japan (Japanese: エックス・ジャパン, Hepburn: Ekkusu Japan) is a Japanese rock band from Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer and pianist Yoshiki and lead vocalist...

The year 2021 in Japanese music. ≠Me AB6IX ASP Be First Enhypen Ho6la INI Itzy Loona Naniwa Danshi NIK Rocket Punch Treasure Miku Kobato [ja] (as Cluppo)...

The MTV Video Music Awards Japan (MTV VMAJ for short) are the Japanese version of the MTV Video Music Awards. Like the MTV Video Music Awards in the United...

The year 2022 in Japanese music. &Team Boysgroup Classy ExWhyZ Fruits Zipper Golden Child Ive Kep1er The Last Rockstars Lil League from Exile Tribe Metamuse...

The Weeknd in Japan was released on November 21, 2018, by Universal Music Japan to commemorate Tesfaye's first performance in Japan, at the Makuhari...

Traditional Japanese musical instruments, known as wagakki (和楽器) in Japanese, are musical instruments used in the traditional folk music of Japan. They comprise...

2013 MTV Video Music Awards Japan Eiichi Ohtaki dies on December 30. Move 2013 in Japan 2013 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 2013...

Japanese hip hop is hip hop music from Japan. It is said to have begun when Hiroshi Fujiwara returned to Japan and started playing hip hop records in the...

This page is a timeline of Japanese music and also indexes the individual year in Japanese music pages. 1888 - Kimigayo adopted as national anthem 1897...

Sony Music Group (SMG) is the umbrella American multinational company that controls Sony's recording and music publishing business of Japan based Sony...