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The year 2015 in Japanese music.

The sold-out two-day Takashi Matsumoto Official 45th Anniversary Project event was held at the Tokyo International Forum on August 21 and 22, celebrating lyricist Takashi Matsumoto's career. Performances included Matsumoto reuniting with the other two surviving members of pioneering Japanese rock band Happy End.^[1]
66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen on December 31.

Number-ones

Best-selling records

Best-selling albums

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2015, according to Oricon.^[2]

Rank	Album	Artist	Copies
1	Japonism	Arashi	981,639
2	Planet Seven	Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe	868,247
3	Dreams Come True The Best! Watashi no Dorikamu	Dreams Come True	828,505
4	Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!	AKB48	780,591
5	0 to 1 no Aida	AKB48	687,688
6	Reflection [ja]	Mr. Children	576,867
7	Budō [ja]	Southern All Stars	534,482
8	Tree	Sekai no Owari	484,588
9	Kanjani Eight no genki ga deru CD!! [ja]	Kanjani Eight	348,197
10	Kis-My-World	Kis-My-Ft2	336,069

Best-selling singles

The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling singles in Japan in 2015, according to Oricon.^[3]

Rank	Single	Artist	Copies
1	"Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai"	AKB48	1,782,707
2	"Halloween Night"	AKB48	1,328,411
3	"Green Flash"	AKB48	1,045,492
4	"Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"	AKB48	905,490
5	"Coquettish Jūtai Chū"	SKE48	702,299
6	"Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru"	Nogizaka46	686,539
7	"Taiyō Nokku"	Nogizaka46	678,481
8	"Inochi wa Utsukushii"	Nogizaka46	620,555
9	"Aozora no Shita, Kimi no Tonari"	Arashi	571,597
10	"Don't Look Back!"	NMB48	530,830

Awards

Albums released

January

Date	Album	Artist	Genre	Labels
28	Planet Seven^[4]	Sandaime J Soul Brothers	J-pop	Rhythm Zone

February

Date	Album	Artist	Genre	Labels
4	Colour by Number^[5]	Monkey Majik	Rock	Binyl Records
11	Imademo^[6]	Kim Hyun-joong		Universal Music Japan
18	Call Me...^[7]	Pentagon		Goemon Records
25	Last Song^[8]	Seo In-guk		Nippon Crown

March

Date	Album	Artist	Genre	Labels
4	Epic Day^[9]	B'z	Hard rock, pop rock	Vermillion Records
18	Action^[10]	U-KISS		Avex Trax
18	After School Best^[11]	After School		Avex Trax
25	19: Road to Amazing World^[12]	Exile		Rhythm Zone

April

Date	Album	Artist	Genre	Labels
1	Present^[13]	Donghae & Eunhyuk		Avex Trax
15	2PM of 2PM^[14]	2PM		Epic Records Japan

September

Date	Album	Artist	Genre	Labels
16	Positive	Tofubeats	J-pop	Unborde
30	Colors^[15]	CNBLUE	Rock	Warner Music Japan

November

Date	Album	Artist	Genre	Labels
18	New Beginning^[16]	Band-Maid	Hard rock, heavy metal	Gump Records
18	Close to You	Max Changmin	J-pop	Avex Trax
25	Love Letter	Jun. K	J-pop	Epic Records Japan

December

Date	Album	Artist	Genre	Labels
2	Yellow Dancer^[17]	Gen Hoshino		Speedstar Records
16	For You^[18]	Infinite		Delicious Deli Records
23	°Cmaj9^[19]	Cute	J-pop	Zetima

Debuting

Debuting groups

Debuting soloists

Deaths

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