• Source: 1979 in Japanese music

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 that year, Japan continued to have the second largest music market in the world.




Awards, contests and festivals


The 12th Japan record sales awards (Japanese: 日本レコードセールス大賞) were held in 1979. The 21st Osaka International Festival (Japanese: 大阪国際フェスティバル) was held from 8 to 24 April 1979. The 17th Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 6 May 1979. The 8th Tokyo Music Festival was held on 17 June 1979. The 18th Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 7 October 1979.
The 10th World Popular Song Festival was held from 9 to 11 November 1979. The song Daitokai by Crystal King, and the song Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean by Bonnie Tyler, won the grand prix awards.
The 10th Japan Music Awards were held on 23 November 1979.
The final of the 8th FNS Music Festival was on the 18 December 1979. The grand prize winner was Hideki Saijo.
The 21st Japan Record Awards were held on 31 December 1979. The song Miserarete by Judy Ongg won the Japan Record Award.
The 30th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen was held on 31 December 1979.




Concerts


The "Japan Jam" was held on 4 to 5 August. The Southern All Stars appeared.




Number one singles


Oricon

The following reached number 1 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart:

The Best Ten
The following reached number 1 on The Best Ten chart:

26 July, 2 August, 9 August and 16 August: Kariforunia Konekushon (California Connection) by Yutaka Mizutani
23 August, 30 August, 6 September, 13 September, 20 September, 27 September: The Galaxy Express 999 by Godiego
27 December: Ihojin by Saki Kubota




Number one albums and LPs


Oricon

The following albums reached number 1 on the Oricon chart:

31 December: Yumegatari by Saki Kubota
Shin'ai Naru Mono e by Miyuki Nakajima reached number 1 on the Oricon chart.
Music Labo
The following reached number 1 on the Music Labo chart:

10 and 17 December: Kisho Tenketsu - Chiharu Matsuyama
26 November and 3 December: Essay - Masashi Sada
12 November and 19 November: Magic Capsule - Godiego
22 October, 29 October and 5 November: The Long Run - Eagles.
24 September, 1 October and 8 October: Breakfast in America - Supertramp
20 August, 27 August, 3 September, 10 September and 17 September: Original Sound Track of Gingatetsudo 999
16 July, 23 July, 30 July, 6 August and 13 August: Morning - Satoshi Kishida
9 July: Kiss Me Please - Eikichi Yazawa
2 July: Alice 7 - Alice
Cash Box
The following reached number 1 on the Cash Box chart:

7 July: Soraotobu Torinoy Nookakeru - Chiharu Matsuyama
9 June and 16 June: Voulez-Vous - ABBA
26 May and 2 June: Yumekuyo - Masashi Sada
21 April and 28 April: Young Man (Y.M.C.A.) - Hideki Saijo
24 February, 17 March, 24 March and 31 March: Sayiyuki - Godiego
17 February: Soundtrack of "Grease"




Annual or year-end charts


The song "Omidezake", by Sachiko Kobayashi, was number 1 on The Best Ten annual chart for 1979, announced on 27 December 1979.




Radio


The program "Mirage Love USA" was broadcast by Tokyo FM. (Cf USA Love Mirage.)




Film and television


The music of Nomugi Pass, by Masaru Sato, won the 34th Mainichi Film Award for Best Music. The music of The Castle of Cagliostro is by Yuji Ohno, and the singer of Hono no Takara Mono (or "Fire Treasure") is Bobby (ボビー).




Music industry



The record industry grossed $62 million in January. Average sales for the 1979 Christmas and New Year season were ten percent higher than those of the 1978 Christmas and New Year season, with particularly high sales for ABBA, Saki Kubota, Masashi Sada and Alice.
PolyGram and Young Japan agreed to enter into a partnership.




Overseas


The song "Kiss in the Dark", by Pink Lady, reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States of America. Pink Lady were the first Japanese musicians to enter the record charts in the United States since Kyu Sakamoto in 1963.
Yellow Magic Orchestra did a world tour in October and November 1979.




Debuts


1 October: Saki Kubota




Other singles released


Zipangu, Pink Typhoon, Nami Nori Pirates, Monday Mona Lisa Club and Do Your Best by Pink Lady
Holy and Bright by Godiego
Kimi wa Bara yori Utsukushī - Akira Fuse
Mayonaka no Door - Miki Matsubara
20 December: Wake Up by "Kazuo Zaitsu"
Foreign music

Wanted by The Dooleys




Other albums released


Solid State Survivor by Yellow Magic Orchestra
Live in Budoukan, Magical Music Tour, Pink Lady and We Are Sexy, by Pink Lady
Okaerinasai by Miyuki Nakajima
Casiopea and Super Flight by Casiopea
In a Model Room by P-Model
Sneaker Dancer by Yōsui Inoue
Moonglow by Tatsuro Yamashita
1 December: Kanashii Hodo Otenki by Yuming




History


In 2008, Shūkan Shōwa Taimuzu featured Judy Ongg on the back cover as person of the moment (Japanese: 時の人) for 1979.




See also


1979 in Japan
1979 in music
w:ja:1979年の音楽




References


"japan 79: a look inside the world's second largest music market". Billboard. 26 May 1979. pp J-1 to J-33.
1979 コンフィデンス年鑑 Confidence Annual Report.
1980 オリコン年鑑 Oricon Annual Report.
Morio Takayanagi. "Japan". Derek Elley (ed). International Music Guide 1979. Tantivy Press. p 96.
International Music Guide 1980.
Judith Glassman. The Year in Music, 1979. Columbia House.
Oricon magazine
Music Labo magazine
新譜ジャーナル magazine

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