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1968 in Japanese music

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In 1968 (Shōwa 43), Japanese music was released on records, and there were charts, awards, contests and festivals.

During that year, Japan had the third largest music market in the world.[1]

Awards, contests and festivals

The Tamla-Motown Festival, which was the first soul music festival, began on 12 February 1968.[2] The 11th Osaka International Festival (Japanese: 大阪国際フェスティバル) was held from 11 April to 27 April 1968.[3] The 10th Japan Record Awards were held on 21 December 1968.[4] The 19th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen was held on 31 December 1968.[5]

The 17th Otaka prize was won by Teizo Matsumura.[6]

The Japan Cable Awards were first held in 1968.[7] The Japan Lyricist Awards began in 1968.[8]

Number one singles

Oricon

Main article: List of Oricon number-one singles of 1968

The following reached number 1 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart:[9][10][11]

More information Issue date, Song ...
Issue date Song Artist(s)
January 4[12] "Love You Tokyo [ja]" Los Primos [ja]
January 11
January 18[13]
January 25[14] "Kaette Kita Yopparai [ja]" The Folk Crusaders
February 1[15]
February 8[16]
February 15[17]
February 22[18]
February 26[19] "Koi no Shizuku [ja]" Yukari Itō [ja]
March 4[20]
March 11[21]
March 18[22]
March 25[23] "Yūbe no Himitsu [ja]" Tomoko Ogawa [ja]
April 1[24] "Massachusetts"
Japanese title: (マサチューセッツ)		 Bee Gees
April 8[25] "Koi no Shizuku" Yukari Itō
April 15[26] "Hana no Kubikazari / Ginga no Romance [ja]" The Tigers
April 22[27]
April 29[28]
May 6[29]
May 13[30]
May 20[31]
May 27[32]
June 3[33] "Hoshikage no Waltz [ja]" Masao Sen
June 10[34]
June 17[35]
June 24[36]
July 1[37]
July 8[38] "Emerald no Densetsu [ja]" The Tempters
July 15[39]
July 22[40] "C C C [ja]" The Tigers
July 29[41]
August 5[42]
August 12[43]
August 19[44] "Hoshikage no Waltz" Masao Sen
August 26[45] "C C C" The Tigers
September 2[46]
September 9[47] "The Sound of Silence"
Japanese title: (サウンド・オブ・サイレンス)		 Simon & Garfunkel
September 16[48]
September 23[49] "Koi no Kisetsu" Pinky & Killers [ja]
September 30[50]
October 7[51]
October 14[52]
October 21[53]
October 28[54]
November 4[55]
November 11[56]
November 18[57]
November 25[58]
December 2[59]
December 9[60]
December 16[61] "Ima wa Shiawasekai" (Japanese: 今は幸せかい) Mitsuo Sagawa [ja]
December 23[62] "Koi no Kisetsu" Pinky & Killers
December 30[63]
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Cash Box

International

The following reached number 1 according to the weekly international singles chart published in Cash Box:

Local

The following reached number 1 according to the weekly local singles chart published in Cash Box:

  • 6 January, 13 January, 20 January, 27 January, 3 February, 10 February and 17 February: Love You Tokyo [ja] - Los Primos [ja][78]
  • 24 February, 2 March and 9 March: Nijiiro No Mizuumi [ja] - Akiko Nakamura[79]
  • 16 March, 23 March, 18 May and 25 May: Koi No Shizuku [ja] - Yukari Itoh [ja][80]
  • 30 March, 6 April, 13 April, 27 April, 4 May, 11 May: Yube No Himitsu [ja] - Tomoko Ogawa [ja][81]
  • 1 June, 8 June, 15 June, 22 June, 29 June, 6 July, 13 July, 20 July, 3 August, 10 August, 24 August, 31 August, 7 September, 14 September and 21 September: Hoshikage No Waltz [ja] - Masao Sen[82]
  • 17 August: Otaru No Hito Yo [ja] - Tokyo Romantica [ja][83]
  • 28 September: Shianbashi Blues [ja] - Colo-Ratinos[84]
  • 5 October and 12 October: Kiri Ni Musebu Yoru [ja] - Ken Kuroki [ja][85]
  • 19 October: Yuuzuki [ja] - Jun Mayuzumi[86]
  • 26 October, 2 November, 9 November, 16 November, 23 November, 30 November, 7 December, 14 December and 21 December: Koi no Kisetsu - Pinky & Killers [ja][87]

Number one albums and LPs

Cash Box

The following reached number 1 on the Cash Box albums chart:

  • 20 July and 27 July: Sekai-Wa Bokura-O Matteiru - The Tigers[88] This album is the soundtrack of the film Sekai-Wa Bokura-O Matteiru [ja].[89]
  • 3 August, 10 August, 17 August, 24 August and 31 August: The Tempters First Album (Japanese: ザ・テンプターズ・ファースト・アルバム) - The Tempters[90]
  • 7 September: A.D. 2000 (Japanese: 紀元貮阡年) - The Folk Crusaders.[91] This album was released on 10 July 1968.[92]
  • 19 October: The Golden Cups Album Vol 2 (Japanese: ザ・ゴールデン・カップス・アルバム第2集) - The Golden Cups[93]
  • 21 December: Folk Crusaders in Concert - The Folk Crusaders[94]

Annual charts

Masao Sen's Hoshikage no Waltz [ja] was number 1 in the Oricon annual singles chart.[95] Akira Kurosawa & Los Primos [ja]' Love You Tokyo [ja] was number 1 in the Japanese kayokyoku annual singles chart published in Billboard.[96]

Film and television

The music of The Human Bullet and Gion Matsuri [ja] and Judge and Jeopardy, all by Masaru Sato, won the 23rd Mainichi Film Award for Best Music.[97] Yoru no Hit Studio was first broadcast on 4 November 1968.[98]

Music industry

CBS/Sony was founded.[99]

Other singles released

  • Swan No Namida [ja] by Ox [ja][100]
  • Chiisana Snack [ja] by Purple Shadows [ja][101]
  • 5 March: Anotoki Kimi Wa Wakakatta [ja] by The Spiders[102]
  • 5 May: Girl Friend [ja] by Ox [ja][100]
  • 5 June: "Shinju No Namida" (Japanese: 真珠の涙) by The Spiders[103]
  • 15 June: Xanadu No Densetsu (Japanese: キサナドゥーの伝説) (The Legend of Xanadu) by The Jaguars [ja][104]
  • 20 June: "Ai No Densetsu" (Japanese: 愛の伝説) by The Fingers [ja][105]
  • 1 July: "Aisurutte Kowai" (Japanese: 愛するってこわい) by Jun & Nene [ja][106]
  • 10 July: Hana No Young Town [ja] (Let's Go! Young Town) by The Wild Ones [ja][107]
  • 1 September: Aisuru Kimi Ni [ja] by The Golden Cups[108]
  • 25 September: Hoshizora No Futari (Japanese: 星空の二人) by The Jaguars [ja][109]

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