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    • Source: 2011 in Japanese music

      • 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


      Oricon number-one albums
      Oricon number-one singles
      Hot 100 number-one singles
      RIAJ Digital Track Chart number-one singles


      Best-sellers




      = Artists

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      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.


      = Albums

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


      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 10 – Baby Action by Scandal
      August 17 – SMAP Aid by SMAP
      September 21 – After Eden by Kalafina
      September 28 - DocumentaLy by Sakanaction
      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.


      See also


      2011 in Japan
      2011 in Japanese television
      List of Japanese films of 2011


      References

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