# 2009 in Japanese music

The following is an overview of the year 2009 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 2009 in music.

## Events

* December 31 – 60th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

## Awards

* May 30 – 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
* December 30 – 51st 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

The two best-selling music artists in Japan in 2009 by value of sales, including sales of records and of DVDs and Blu-rays, according to Oricon, were Arashi, with ¥14.46 billion and Exile.

### Albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2009, according to Oricon. The best-selling album of the year, All the Best! 1999–2009, sold more than 1.43 million copies.
| Rank | Album | Artist |
| 1 | All the Best! 1999–2009 | Arashi |
| 2 | Supermarket Fantasy | Mr. Children |
| 3 | Shio, Koshō | Greeeen |
| 4 | Aisubeki Mirai e | Exile |
| 5 | Exile Ballad Best [ja] | Exile |
| 6 | Ayaka's History 2006–2009 | Ayaka |
| 7 | Do You Dreams Come True? | Dreams Come True |
| 8 | Remio Best | Remioromen |
| 9 | Box Emotions | Superfly |
| 10 | Calling | Kobukuro |

## Albums released

The following section includes albums by Japanese artists released in Japan in 2009 as well as Japanese-language albums by foreign artists released in the country during this year.
* January 14 – Camouflage by Merzbow
* January 21 - Shin-shiro by Sakanaction
* January 28 – 4 Akogare My Star by Cute
* January 28 – 5 by Flow
* February 4 - 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de Original Soundtrack by Hideki Sakamoto and Naoki Sato
* February 4 – Antenna by GO!GO!7188
* March 4 – Kyūtai by MUCC
* March 9 – Remio Best by Remioromen
* March 17 – Hayley Sings Japanese Songs 2 by Hayley Westenra
* March 18 – Akiko Infinity Kokia: Balance by Kokia
* March 18 – Harmonia by Akiko Shikata
* March 18 – Kokia Infinity Akiko: Balance by Kokia
* March 21 – Do You Dreams Come True? by Dreams Come True
* March 25 – Next Level by Ayumi Hamasaki
* May 27 – Dream by Yuna Ito
* May 27 – Family by May J.
* June 10 – Shio, Koshō by Greeeen
* June 24 – Hocus Pocus by Kaela Kimura
* July 15 – Fight by Mayumi Iizuka
* August 5 – Calling by Kobukuro
* August 19 – All the Best! 1999–2009 by Arashi
* September 2 – Box Emotions by Superfly
* September 9 -Emotions by Thelma Aoyama
* September 16 - Best Ai by Ai
* September 23 – Ayaka's History 2006–2009 by Ayaka
* October 21 – Best Scandal by Scandal
* November 11 - Canaan Inspired Album by Faylan and Annabel
* November 25 – Aurora by Nico Touches the Walls
* November 25 - Canaan Original Sound Track: Ai by Hikaru Nanase
* December 2 – Aisubeki Mirai e by Exile
* December 9 – Carol by Chara
* December 9 – I Am by Mao Denda
* December 16 – Past<Future by Namie Amuro
* December 23 – Anime's Compilation Best by Kotoko
* December 23 – Hajimari no Uta by Ikimono-gakari
* 13 Japanese Birds by Merzbow

## Groups established

* Angerme
* bump.y
* ClariS
* Flower
* Gacharic Spin
* Oldcodex
* Passepied
* Passpo
* SDN48
* Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku
* Sphere
* YuiKaori

## Groups disestablished

* BeForU
* Bleach
* GAM
* Kuroyume
* Two-Mix

## Deaths

* Jasmine You dies on August 9.