Japanese music accounted for fifty-eight percent of record sales in the Japanese music market in 1978 (Shà Âwa 53), the rest being sales of foreign music. During that year, Japan continued to have the second largest music market in the world.
The 20th (Japanese: 大éªå½éÂÂãÂÂã§ã¹ãÂÂã£ãÂÂã«) was held from 10 April to 5 October 1978. The 15th Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 7 May 1978. The Tokyo Music Festival was held on 18 June 1978. The 16th Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 1 October 1978. The final of the 9th World Popular Song Festival was held on 12 November 1978. The final of the 7th FNS Music Festival was held on 19 December 1978. The 20th Japan Record Awards were held on 31 December 1978. The NHK Kà Âhaku Uta Gassen was held on 31 December 1978.
The 27th Otaka prize was won by Teizo Matsumura.
The Candies Final Carnival concert was held on 4 April 1978.
Oricon
The following reached number 1 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart:
Cash Box
The following reached number 1 on the Cash Box chart:
Oricon
The following reached number 1 on the Oricon LP chart:
The music of Empire of Passion, by TÃ Âru Takemitsu, won the 33rd Mainichi Film Award for Best Music. The music ofÃÂ Empire of Passion and (1978), both by TÃ Âru Takemitsu, won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Music (awarded in 1979). is the soundtrack album of Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato.
The Best Ten was first broadcast on 19 January 1978.
There were 317 debuts in 1978. The number of re-debuts was 51.