Japanese music accounted for sixty percent of record sales in the Japanese music market in 1979 (Shà Âwa 54), the rest being sales of foreign music. During that year, Japan continued to have the second largest music market in the world.
The 12th (Japanese: æ¥拋³ã¼ãÂÂãÂȋ¼ã«ã¹大è³Â) were held in 1979. The 21st (Japanese: 大éªå½éÂÂãÂÂã§ã¹ãÂÂã£ãÂÂã«) was held from 8 to 24 April 1979. The 17th Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 6 May 1979. The Tokyo Music Festival was held on 17 June 1979. The 18th Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 7 October 1979.
The 10th World Popular Song Festival was held from 9 to 11 November 1979. The song by Crystal King, and the song Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean by Bonnie Tyler, won the grand prix awards.
The 10th Japan Music Awards were held on 23 November 1979.
The final of the 8th FNS Music Festival was on 18 December 1979. The grand prize winner was Hideki Saijo.
The 21st Japan Record Awards were held on 31 December 1979. The song by Judy Ongg won the Japan Record Award.
The NHK KÃ Âhaku Uta Gassen was held on 31 December 1979.
The 28th Otaka prize was won by Yoriaki Matsudaira.
The "Japan Jam" was held on 4 to 5 August. The Southern All Stars appeared.
Oricon
The following reached number 1 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart:
The Best Ten
The following reached number 1 on The Best Ten chart:
Oricon
The following albums reached number 1 on the Oricon chart:
Music Labo
The following reached number 1 on the Music Labo chart:
Cash Box
The following reached number 1 on the Cash Box chart:
The song "Omidezake", by Sachiko Kobayashi, was number 1 on The Best Ten annual chart for 1979, announced on 27 December 1979.
The program "Mirage Love USA" was broadcast by Tokyo FM. (Cf .)
The music of Nomugi Pass, by Masaru Sato, won the 34th Mainichi Film Award for Best Music. The music of The Castle of Cagliostro is by Yuji Ohno, and the singer of (or "Fire Treasure") is (ãÂÂãÂÂã¼).
New music songs were number 1 on the Oricon singles chart for most of 1979.
The record industry grossed $62 million in January. Average sales for the 1979 Christmas and New Year season were ten percent higher than those of the 1978 Christmas and New Year season, with particularly high sales for ABBA, Saki Kubota, Masashi Sada and Alice.
PolyGram and Young Japan agreed to enter into a partnership.
The song "Kiss in the Dark", by Pink Lady, reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States of America. Pink Lady were the first Japanese musicians to enter the record charts in the United States since Kyu Sakamoto in 1963.
Yellow Magic Orchestra did a world tour in October and November 1979.
Foreign music
In 2008, Shà «kan Shà Âwa Taimuzu featured Judy Ongg on the back cover as person of the moment (Japanese: æÂÂã®人) for 1979.