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In 1984 (Shōwa 59), Japanese music was released on records and performed in concerts, and there were charts, awards, contests and festivals.
During that year, Japan continued to have the second largest music market in the world.[1][2]
Awards, contests and festivals
[edit]The 13th Tokyo Music Festival was held on 1 April 1984.[3] The 26th Osaka International Festival (Japanese: 大阪国際フェスティバル) was held from 13 to 25 April 1984.[4] The 27th Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 13 May 1984.[5] The 28th Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 7 October 1984.[6] The final of the 15th World Popular Song Festival was held on 28 October 1984.[7][8] The final of the 13th FNS Music Festival was held on 18 December 1984.[9] The 26th Japan Record Awards were held on 31 December 1984.[10] The 35th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen was held on 31 December 1984.[11]
Concerts
[edit]A Super Rock '84 concert was held in Seibu Stadium.[12] The farewell concert of Saki Kubota was held at Kudan Kaikan in Tokyo on 26 November 1984.[13][14][15][16]
Number one singles
[edit]The following reached number 1 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart:[17][18][19][20]
| Issue date | Song | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| January 2 | "Moshimo Ashita ga..." | Warabe |
| January 9 | ||
| January 16 | ||
| January 23 | ||
| January 30 | ||
| February 6 | ||
| February 13 | "Rock'n Rouge" | Seiko Matsuda |
| February 20 | ||
| February 27 | ||
| March 5 | ||
| March 12 | "Ichiban Yarō" | Masahiko Kondō |
| March 19 | "Wine Red no Kokoro" | Anzen Chitai |
| March 26 | ||
| April 2 | "Nagisa no Haikara Ningyo / Kaze no Magical" | Kyōko Koizumi |
| April 9 | "Katsu!" | Shibugakitai |
| April 16 | ||
| April 23 | "Southern Wind" | Akina Nakamori |
| April 30 | ||
| May 7 | ||
| May 14 | "Kanashikute Jealousy" | The Checkers |
| May 21 | "Jikan no Kuni no Alice / Natsu Fuku no Eve" | Seiko Matsuda |
| May 28 | ||
| June 4 | "Kishidō" | Toshihiko Tahara |
| June 11 | ||
| June 18 | "Kejime Nasai" | Masahiko Kondō |
| June 25 | ||
| July 2 | "Meikyū no Andorōra / Dunk" | Kyōko Koizumi |
| July 9 | ||
| July 16 | "Amaoto wa Chopin no Shirabe" | Asami Kobayashi |
| July 23 | ||
| July 30 | ||
| August 6 | "Jukkai (1984)" | Akina Nakamori |
| August 13 | "Pink no Mozart" | Seiko Matsuda |
| August 20 | "Ao ni Kaita Ren'ai Shōsetsu" | Toshihiko Tahara |
| August 27 | "Jukkai (1984)" | Akina Nakamori |
| September 3 | "Hoshikuzu no Stage" | The Checkers |
| September 10 | ||
| September 17 | ||
| September 24 | "Eien ni Himitsu sa" (永遠に秘密さ) | Masahiko Kondō |
| October 1 | "Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge" | Kyōko Koizumi |
| October 8 | ||
| October 15 | ||
| October 22 | "Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Shima" | Tomoyo Harada |
| October 29 | "Koibito-tachi no Pavement" | The Alfee |
| November 5 | "Woman "W no Higeki" Yori" | Hiroko Yakushimaru |
| November 12 | "Heart no Earring" | Seiko Matsuda |
| November 19 | ||
| November 26 | "Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa" | Akina Nakamori |
| December 3 | "Julia ni Shōshin" | The Checkers |
| December 10 | ||
| December 17 | ||
| December 24 | ||
| December 31 | "The Stardust Memory" | Kyōko Koizumi |
Number one albums and LPs
[edit]Music Labo
The following reached number 1 on the Music Labo chart:
- 31 December: 9.5 Carats - Yōsui Inoue[21]
- 24 December: Windy Shadow - Seiko Matsuda[22]
- 17 December: Motto Checkers - Checkers[23]
- 10 December: No Side - Yumi Matsutoya[24]
- 3 December: Make It Big - Wham![25]
- 12 November, 19 November and 26 November: Seiko Town - Seiko Matsuda[26]
- 5 November: Hajimemashite - Miyuki Nakajima[27]
- 22 October and 29 October: Possibility - Akina Nakamori[28]
- 15 October: La Vie En Rose - Kōji Kikkawa[29]
- 8 October: Triad - Mariko Takahashi[30]
- 1 October: Ocean Side - Momoko Kikuchi[31]
- 16 July and 23 September: Ninkimono De Ikou - Southern All Stars[32]
- 9 July: The Best Year of My Life - Off Course[33]
Oricon
The following reached number 1 on the Oricon LP chart:[34]
- 9 January, 16 January, 23 January and 30 January: Best Akina Memoires - Akina Nakamori
- 6 February, 13 February and 20 February: Timely!! - Anri
- 27 February and 5 March: Kokinshū - Hiroko Yakushimaru
- 12 March, 19 March, 23 April and 30 April: Thriller - Michael Jackson
- 26 March: Touch Me, Seiko - Seiko Matsuda
- 2 April,[35] 9 April and 16 April: Each Time - Eiichi Ohtaki
- 7 May: Variety - Mariya Takeuchi[36]
- 14 May, 21 May and 28 May: Anniversary - Akina Nakamori
- 4 June and 11 June: Visitors - Motoharu Sano
- 18 June and 25 June: Tinker Bell - Seiko Matsuda
- 10 September: Footloose: Original Soundtrack
Film and television
[edit]The music of MacArthur's Children (1984), by Shin'ichirō Ikebe, won the 39th Mainichi Film Award for Best Music[37] and the 8th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Music (awarded in 1985).[38] The music of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is by Joe Hisaishi.[39] The music of The Return of Godzilla is by Reijiro Koroku.[40] The music of Macross: Do You Remember Love? is by Kentarō Haneda,[41] and includes the song Ai Oboete Imasu ka by Mari Iijima.[42] Big Wave, the soundtrack album of the film "Big Wave", is by Tatsuro Yamashita.[43]
Other singles released
[edit]- Kita Wing by Akina Nakamori
- Otomodachi and Pianissimo De... by Saki Kubota
- Tsugunai by Teresa Teng
- Kimi no Heart wa Marine Blue by S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe
- Mirai Kōkai (Sailing), Sayonara kara Hajimaru Monogatari and December Memory by Yōko Oginome
- Ora Tōkyō sa Iguda by Yoshi Ikuzō
- Never by Mie
- 16 May: Mein Tēma - Hiroko Yakushimaru[44]
- 5 November: Hero: Holding Out for a Hero by Miki Asakura.[45]
Other albums released
[edit]- Silent Love by Akina Nakamori
- Suspense by Pink Lady
- Never by Mie
- After Service by Yellow Magic Orchestra
- Yoruno Sokowa Yawarakana Maboroshi by Saki Kubota
- Teens Romance by Yōko Oginome
- Misty Lady by Mari Hamada
- The Soundgraphy and Down Upbeat by Casiopea
- Another Game and Scuba by P-Model
- Disillusion by Loudness
History
[edit]On 14 May 1984, the Checkers had three songs in the top ten of the Oricon singles chart.[46]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- J-POPの歴史「1984年と1985年、ニューミュージックから新世代へ」. Rolling Stone Japan. 19 December 2019.
- Oricon magazine
- Music Labo magazine
- シンプジャーナル magazine
- 1984 オリコン年鑑 Oricon Annual Report.
- 1985 オリコン年鑑 Oricon Annual Report
- 1984年2月28日、マイケル・ジャクソン『スリラー』がグラミー賞で8部門受賞. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 28 February 2018.
- ^ Tokita and Hughes. The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music. 2008. p 355.
- ^ Gronow and Saunio. International History of the Recording Industry. 1998. Reprinted 1999.p 209.
- ^ "Tokyo Music Festival" and "Music Festival Party" in "Today's TV Choice". The Japan Times. 1 April 1984. No 30608. p 7. cols 2 to 4.
- ^ 1984年度のラインナップ. Asahi Shimbun Foundation.
- ^ 第27回 ポピュラーソングコンテスト. Yamaha Music Foundation.
- ^ 第28回 ポピュラーソングコンテスト. Yamaha Music Foundation.
- ^ Billboard. 11 May 1985. p J-6.
- ^ World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo '84. Yamaha Music Foundation catalogue number YL-8406.
- ^ "7:00 (S) FNS Song Festival '84 Grand Prix". The Japan Times. 18 December 1984. No 30864. p 11. cols 1 and 5.
- ^ 第２６回 日本レコード大賞. Japan Composer's Association.
- ^ 第35回NHK紅白歌合戦. NHK.
- ^ Billboard. 15 December 1984, p 31.
- ^ 久保田早紀. Oricon Weekly. Volume 6. 14 December 1984.
- ^ Saki Kubota Farewell Concert (1985) CBS/Sony catalogue number 96ZM3018.
- ^ Akane Maruyama. "大ヒットから40年 二人の「異邦人」の心の旅". 論座 (Ronza). (Asahi Shimbun's website "Webronza"). 30 March 2019.
- ^ "久米小百合さんデビュー40周年 記念BOX「久保田早紀プレミアム」来年1月末発売". Christian Today. 26 December 2019.
- ^ See the weekly issues of Oricon magazine
- ^ 1984年8月13日、松田聖子「ピンクのモーツァルト」がオリコン1位を獲得. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 13 August 2019.
- ^ 1984年7月16日、小林麻美「雨音はショパンの調べ」がオリコン1位を獲得～8年ぶりにリリースされたシングル曲. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 16 July 2019.
- ^ 1984年1月2日、わらべ「もしも明日が…。」がオリコンチャートの1位を獲得. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 2 January 2018.
- ^ Billboard. 12 January 1985, p 56.
- ^ Billboard. 5 January 1985, p 61.
- ^ Billboard. 22 December 1984, p 66.
- ^ Billboard. 15 December 1984, p 69.
- ^ Billboard. 8 December 1984, p 59.
- ^ Billboard. 1 December 1984, p 69. 24 November 1984, p 62. 17 November 1984, p 68.
- ^ Billboard. 10 November 1984, p 66.
- ^ Billboard. 10 November 1984, p 66. 3 November 1984, p 80 (The source of this chart is not stated). 27 October 1984, p 58.
- ^ Billboard. 20 October 1984, p 64.
- ^ Billboard. 13 October 1984, p 68.
- ^ Billboard. 6 October 1984, p 60.
- ^ Billboard. 6 October 1984, p 60. 21 July 1984, p 62.
- ^ Billboard. 21 July 1984, p 62.
- ^ See the weekly issues of Oricon magazine
- ^ 1984年4月2日、大滝詠一『EACH TIME』がオリコン1位を獲得. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 2 April 2019.
- ^ 1984年5月7日竹内まりや『VARIETY』がオリコン・アルバム・チャート1位を記録～世界的に再評価されている「プラスティック・ラブ」収録. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 7 May 2019.
- ^ 第39回 日本映画大賞
- ^ Prizes.
- ^ "A Closer Look Japan's Popular Sound Track Composer: Joe Hisaishi" (1998) 26 Pacific Friend, p 10.
- ^ Galbraith, The Toho Studios Story, 2008, p 341.
- ^ Galbraith, The Toho Studios Story, 2008, p 341.
- ^ The Palgrave Handbook of Music and Sound in Japanese Animation, p 946.
- ^ August Billy. Love Letter to a Record: hanbee on ‘Big Wave’ by Tatsuro Yamashita. Music Feeds. 1 October 2022.
- ^ 1984年5月16日、薬師丸ひろ子「メイン・テーマ」がリリース～歌も映画も転機となった1作. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 16 May 2019.
- ^ シングル売上TOP6作品
- ^ 1984年5月14日、チェッカーズがオリコンのベスト10に3曲同時ランクイン. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 14 May 2018.