2011 in Japanese music

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The following is an overview of the year 2011 in Japanese music. It includes notable awards, lists of number-ones, yearly best-sellers, albums released, groups established and disestablished, deaths of notable Japanese music-related people as well as any other relevant Japanese music-related events. For overviews of the year in music from other countries, see 2011 in music.

Events

May 31 – July 18 – The First Japan Arena Tour (Girls' Generation)
December 31 – 62nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

Awards

June 25 – 2011 MTV Video Music Aid Japan
December 30 – 53rd Japan Record Awards

Number-ones

Best-sellers

Artists

The following is a list of the 5 best-selling music artists in Japan in 2011 by value of sales, including sales of records and of DVDs and Blu-rays, according to Oricon.[1]

Rank	Artist	Value
1	AKB48	¥16.282 billion
2	Arashi	¥15.369 billion
3	Exile	¥5.603 billion
4	Kara	¥4.926 billion
5	Shōjo Jidai	¥4.049 billion

Albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2011, according to Oricon.[2]

Rank	Album	Artist	Copies
1	Beautiful World	Arashi	907,589
2	Koko ni Ita Koto	AKB48	829,645
3	Negai no Tō	Exile	743,242
4	Born This Way	Lady Gaga	658,554
5	Girls' Generation	Shōjo Jidai	642,054
6	Checkmate!	Namie Amuro	484,336
7	Super Girl	Kara	450,595
8	Musicman	Keisuke Kuwata	414,725
9	SMAP Aid	SMAP	413,943
10	Ikimonobakari: Members Best Selection	Ikimono-gakari	397,459

Albums released

The following section includes albums by Japanese artists released in Japan in 2011 as well as Japanese-language albums by foreign artists released in the country during this year.

January 19 – Eight by Do As Infinity
January 26 – Go by Girugamesh
February 23 – Musicman by Keisuke Kuwata
March 9 – Negai no Tō by Exile
March 23 – Brand-new idol Society by BiS
March 30 – 7 Berryz Times by Berryz Kobo
April 27 – Checkmate! by Namie Amuro
June 1 – Cherish by Seiko Matsuda
June 1 – Girls' Generation by Girls' Generation
June 8 – Echo by Nothing's Carved in Stone
June 8 – Koko ni Ita Koto by AKB48
July 6 – Beautiful World by Arashi
July 20 – Luv Songs by Che'Nelle
July 27 – C'mon by B'z
August 3 – Dum Spiro Spero by Dir En Grey
August 17 – SMAP Aid by SMAP
September 21 – After Eden by Kalafina
November 17 – Fight by Kanjani Eight
November 23 – Super Girl by Kara
November 30 – Republic of 2PM by 2PM
December 7 – Memories by Garnet Crow

Debuting artists

Deaths

Yoshiko Tanaka dies on April 21 from Breast Cancer.
Joe Yamanaka dies on August 7.[3]

References

"Oricon announces 2011's yearly ranking for "Artist Total Sales"!". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. December 19, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
"Oricon announces full list for "2011 Yearly Album Ranking"". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. December 19, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
"Popular singer Joe Yamanaka dies at 64". Kyodo News. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

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[1] "Oricon announces 2011's yearly ranking for "Artist Total Sales"!". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. December 19, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2016.

[2] "Oricon announces full list for "2011 Yearly Album Ranking"". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. December 19, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2016.

[death-3] "Popular singer Joe Yamanaka dies at 64". Kyodo News. Retrieved January 23, 2020.