2015 in Japanese music

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The year 2015 in Japanese music .

Notable events

Number-ones

Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

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

Contents

RankAlbumArtistCopies
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 AKB48687,688
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

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

RankSingleArtistCopies
1"Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai" AKB48 1,782,707
2"Halloween Night"AKB481,328,411
3"Green Flash"AKB481,045,492
4"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"AKB48905,490
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

Albums released

January

DateAlbumArtistGenreLabels
28 Planet Seven [4] Sandaime J Soul Brothers J-pop Rhythm Zone

February

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

March

DateAlbumArtistGenreLabels
4 Epic Day [9] B'z Hard rock, pop rock Vermillion Records
18Action [10] U-KISS Avex Trax
After School Best [11] After School Avex Trax
2519: Road to Amazing World [12] Exile Rhythm Zone

April

DateAlbumArtistGenreLabels
1Present [13] Donghae & Eunhyuk Avex Trax
152PM of 2PM [14] 2PM Epic Records Japan

September

DateAlbumArtistGenreLabels
16 Positive Tofubeats J-pop Unborde
30 Colors [15] CNBLUE Rock Warner Music Japan

November

DateAlbumArtistGenreLabels
18 New Beginning [16] Band-Maid Hard rock, heavy metal Gump Records
Close to You Max Changmin J-pop Avex Trax
25Love Letter Jun. K J-pop Epic Records Japan

December

DateAlbumArtistGenreLabels
2Yellow Dancer [17] Gen Hoshino Speedstar Records
16For You [18] Infinite Delicious Deli Records
23 °Cmaj9 [19] Cute J-pop Zetima

Debuting

Debuting groups

Debuting soloists

Deaths

See also

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