2015 in Japanese music

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:SHORTDESC:

2015 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
List of years in Japanese music

The year 2015 in Japanese music.

Notable events

[edit | edit source]

Number-ones

[edit | edit source]

Best-selling records

[edit | edit source]

Best-selling albums

[edit | edit source]

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2015, according to Oricon.[2]

Rank Album Artist Copies
1 Japonism Arashi 981,639
2 Planet Seven Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe 868,247
3 Dreams Come True The Best! Watashi no Dorikamu Dreams Come True 828,505
4 Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe! AKB48 780,591
5 0 to 1 no Aida AKB48 687,688
6 Reflection (ja) Mr. Children 576,867
7 Budō (ja) Southern All Stars 534,482
8 Tree Sekai no Owari 484,588
9 Kanjani Eight no genki ga deru CD!! (ja) Kanjani Eight 348,197
10 Kis-My-World Kis-My-Ft2 336,069

Best-selling singles

[edit | edit source]

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling singles in Japan in 2015, according to Oricon.[3]

Rank Single Artist Copies
1 "Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai" AKB48 1,782,707
2 "Halloween Night" AKB48 1,328,411
3 "Green Flash" AKB48 1,045,492
4 "Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby" AKB48 905,490
5 "Coquettish Jūtai Chū" SKE48 702,299
6 "Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru" Nogizaka46 686,539
7 "Taiyō Nokku" Nogizaka46 678,481
8 "Inochi wa Utsukushii" Nogizaka46 620,555
9 "Aozora no Shita, Kimi no Tonari" Arashi 571,597
10 "Don't Look Back!" NMB48 530,830

Awards

[edit | edit source]

Albums released

[edit | edit source]

January

[edit | edit source]
Date Album Artist Genre Labels
28 Planet Seven[4] Sandaime J Soul Brothers J-pop Rhythm Zone

February

[edit | edit source]
Date Album Artist Genre Labels
4 Colour by Number[5] Monkey Majik Rock Binyl Records
11 Imademo[6] Kim Hyun-joong Universal Music Japan
18 Call Me...[7] Pentagon Goemon Records
25 Last Song[8] Seo In-guk Nippon Crown

March

[edit | edit source]
Date Album Artist Genre Labels
4 Epic Day[9] B'z Hard rock, pop rock Vermillion Records
18 Action[10] U-KISS Avex Trax
After School Best[11] After School Avex Trax
25 19: Road to Amazing World[12] Exile Rhythm Zone

April

[edit | edit source]
Date Album Artist Genre Labels
1 Present[13] Donghae & Eunhyuk Avex Trax
15 2PM of 2PM[14] 2PM Epic Records Japan

September

[edit | edit source]
Date Album Artist Genre Labels
16 Positive Tofubeats J-pop Unborde
30 Colors[15] CNBLUE Rock Warner Music Japan

November

[edit | edit source]
Date Album Artist Genre Labels
18 New Beginning[16] Band-Maid Hard rock, heavy metal Gump Records
Close to You Max Changmin J-pop Avex Trax
25 Love Letter Jun. K J-pop Epic Records Japan

December

[edit | edit source]
Date Album Artist Genre Labels
2 Yellow Dancer[17] Gen Hoshino Speedstar Records
16 For You[18] Infinite Delicious Deli Records
23 °Cmaj9[19] Cute J-pop Zetima

Debuting

[edit | edit source]
Main article: List of Japanese musical groups (2010s) § 2015

Debuting groups

[edit | edit source]

Debuting soloists

[edit | edit source]

Deaths

[edit | edit source]

See also

[edit | edit source]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  8. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  9. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  10. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  11. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  12. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  13. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  14. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  15. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  16. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  17. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  18. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  19. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Retrieved from "http://70.231.62.181/index.php?title=2015_in_Japanese_music&oldid=22572347"