List of number-one digital singles of 2009 (Japan)

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The highest-selling digital singles in Japan are ranked in the RIAJ Digital Track Chart, published by Recording Industry Association of Japan . The chart week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday. The final December 29 chart week was merged with the following week (12/30-1/5)'s tally, due to New Year's celebrations (in a similar manner to Oricon).

The RIAJ Digital Track chart was a record chart that ranks the best selling digital singles in Japan, with data provided by the Recording Industry Association of Japan from April 2009. The chart measures cellphone downloads. On July 27, 2012, the service that tracked the charts was shut down.

Recording Industry Association of Japan organization

The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) 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.

Oricon Inc., established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as Original Confidence Inc., which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002.

Contents

Chart history

Issue dateSongArtist(s)Reference(s)
April 7"It's All Love!" Kumi Koda & Misono [1]
April 14"Kiss Kiss Kiss" Beni [2]
April 21"Someday" Exile [3]
April 28"Yume o Mikata ni" Ayaka [4]
May 5"Ashita ga Kuru Nara" Juju with Jay'ed [5]
May 12 [6]
May 19 [7]
May 26"Haruka" Greeeen [8]
June 2 [9]
June 9 [10]
June 16 [11]
June 23"Sad to Say" Jasmine [12]
June 30"Tanpopo" Yusuke [13]
July 7"Aitai" Miliyah Kato [14]
July 14"Minna Sora no Shita"Ayaka [15]
July 21"Hotaru no Hikari" Ikimono-gakari [16]
July 28"Yasashii Hikari"Exile [17]
August 4 [18]
August 11"Sunrise (Love Is All)" Ayumi Hamasaki [19]
August 18 [20]
August 25"Tsutaetai Koto ga Konna Aru noni" Infinity 16 welcomez
Waka-danna from Shōnan no Kaze & Jay'ed		 [21]
September 1 [22]
September 8 [23]
September 15"Sono Saki e" Dreams Come True featuring Fuzzy Control [24]
September 22"Shunkashūtō" Hilcrhyme [25]
September 29"Yell"Ikimono-gakari [26]
October 6"Shunkashūtō"Hilcrhyme [27]
October 13 [28]
October 20"Motto..." Kana Nishino [29]
October 27"Boku wa Kimi ni Koi o Suru" Ken Hirai [30]
November 3"Motto..."Kana Nishino [31]
November 10"Ichō"Yusuke [32]
November 17"Futatsu no Kuchibiru"Exile [33]
November 24 [34]
December 1"Dear..."Kana Nishino [35]
December 8"Fanfare" Mr. Children [36]
December 15"Kimi ga Suki" Shota Shimizu [37]
December 22"Hatsukoi" Masaharu Fukuyama [38]

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