This page is a timeline of Japanese music and also indexes the individual year in Japanese music pages.
1870s
1880s
- 1888 - Kimigayo adopted as national anthem
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
- 1980 - Number one singles include Ihojin and I'm in the Mood for Dancing
- 1981 - A Long Vacation
- 1982 - Number one singles include Matsu wa and Second Love
- 1983 - Number one singles include Second Love, ý no Shinwa, Flashdance... What a Feeling, Kinku and Cat's Eye
- 1984 - Number one singles include Southern Wind, Amaoto wa Chopin no Shirabe, Jukkai (1984) and Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa
- 1985 - Number one singles include Meu amor é..., Akaitori Nigeta and Sand Beige (Sabaku e)
- 1986 - 1st broadcast of Music Station; number one singles include Desire (JÃ
Ânetsu), Gypsy Queen, Fin, JÃÂ ne, Otto Chikan!, Osaki ni Shitsurei, Koi wa Question and Aozora no Kakera
- 1987 - Number one singles include No More Renai Gokko, Tango Noir, Katatsumuri Samba, Blonde, Sayonara no Kajitsutachi, Kindan no Telepathy, Nanpasen and Catch Me
- 1988 - Number one singles include Stranger Tonight, Al-Mauj, You're My Only Shinin' Star, Stardust Dream, Tattoo, Fu-ji-tsu, Mermaid, Mugon... Iroppoi and Witches
- 1989 (ShÃ
Âwa 64 / Heisei 1) - Number one singles include Koi Hitoyo, Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It Into Love), Rosécolor, Namida wo Misenaide ~Boys Don't Cry~, Liar, Arashi no Sugao, Return to Myself, Diamonds, Sekai de Ichiban Atsui Natsu, Samishii Nettaigyo, KÃ
Âsa ni Fukarete and One Night in Heaven (Mayonaka no Angel)
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also
References