2007 in Japanese music

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The following is an overview of the year 2007 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 2007 in music.

Events

December 31 – 28th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

Awards

May 26 – 2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
December 30 – 49th Japan Record Awards

Number-ones

Best-sellers

Albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2007, according to Oricon.[1]

Rank	Album	Artist
1	Home	Mr. Children
2	Black Cherry	Kumi Koda
3	All Singles Best	Kobukuro
4	The Best Damn Thing	Avril Lavigne
5	A Best 2: White	Ayumi Hamasaki
6	Ai Am Best	Ai Otsuka
7	A Best 2: Black	Ayumi Hamasaki
8	Ketsunopolis 5	Ketsumeishi
9	Can't Buy My Love	Yui
10	Greatest Hits	Sukima Switch

Albums released

The following section includes albums by Japanese artists released in Japan in 2007 as well as Japanese-language albums by foreign artists released in the country during this year.

February 2 – The Marrow of a Bone by Dir En Grey
February 28 – A Best 2: Black by Ayumi Hamasaki
February 28 – A Best 2: White by Ayumi Hamasaki
March 7 – Dear... by Sachi Tainaka
March 7 – Journey by W-inds.
March 14 – BeForU III by BeForU
March 14 – Home by Mr. Children
March 28 – Ai Am Best by Ai Otsuka
April 4 – Can't Buy My Love by Yui
April 18 – 2 Mini: Ikiru to Iu Chikara by Cute
April 18 – Cartoon KAT-TUN II You by KAT-TUN
April 18 – Diary by Shiori Takei
May 23 – 1st GAM: Amai Yuwaku by GAM
June 6 – KJ2 Zukkoke Dai Dassō by Kanjani Eight
June 17 – Ā, Domo. Hajimemashite by Greeeen
July 4 – Circus by FictionJunction Yuuka
July 6 – Fun! Fun! Fun! by Shonen Knife
July 11 – Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute: The Popular Music by Various artists
August 1 – 4th Ai no Nanchara Shisū by Berryz Kobo
August 1 – Greatest Hits by Sukima Switch
August 29 – Ketsunopolis 5 by Ketsumeishi
September 30 – CM Yoko by Yoko Kanno
October 24 – Contact by Minori Chihara
November 7 – Metanoia by Yōsei Teikoku
November 21 – Kiss by L'Arc-en-Ciel
December 5 – Action by B'z
December 5 – Higanbana by Merzbow
December 19 – Kirarin Land by Koharu Kusumi
December 19 – Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth- by Various artists

Groups established

Groups disestablished

Morning Musume Tanjō 10nen Kinentai

References

"年間　CDアルバムランキング 2007年度". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 26, 2016.

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[1] "年間　CDアルバムランキング 2007年度". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 26, 2016.