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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]
The 33rd Otaka prize was won by Akira Miyoshi.[12]
Concerts
[edit]A Super Rock '84 concert was held in Seibu Stadium.[13] The farewell concert of Saki Kubota was held at Kudan Kaikan in Tokyo on 26 November 1984.[14][15][16][17]
Number one singles
[edit]The following reached number 1 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart:[18][19][20][21]
| Issue date | Song | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 January | "Moshimo Ashita ga..." | Warabe |
| 9 January | ||
| 16 January | ||
| 23 January | ||
| 30 January | ||
| 6 February | ||
| 13 February | "Rock'n Rouge" | Seiko Matsuda |
| 20 February | ||
| 27 February | ||
| 5 March | ||
| 12 March | "Ichiban Yarō" | Masahiko Kondō |
| 19 March | "Wine Red no Kokoro" | Anzen Chitai |
| 26 March | ||
| 2 April | "Nagisa no Haikara Ningyo / Kaze no Magical" | Kyōko Koizumi |
| 9 April | "Katsu!" | Shibugakitai |
| 16 April | ||
| 23 April | "Southern Wind" | Akina Nakamori |
| 30 April | ||
| 7 May | ||
| 14 May | "Kanashikute Jealousy" | The Checkers |
| 21 May | "Jikan no Kuni no Alice / Natsu Fuku no Eve" | Seiko Matsuda |
| 28 May | ||
| 4 June | "Kishidō" | Toshihiko Tahara |
| 11 June | ||
| 18 June | "Kejime Nasai" | Masahiko Kondō |
| 25 June | ||
| 2 July | "Meikyū no Andorōra / Dunk" | Kyōko Koizumi |
| 9 July | ||
| 16 July | "Amaoto wa Chopin no Shirabe" | Asami Kobayashi |
| 23 July | ||
| 30 July | ||
| 6 August | "Jukkai (1984)" | Akina Nakamori |
| 13 August | "Pink no Mozart" | Seiko Matsuda |
| 20 August | "Ao ni Kaita Ren'ai Shōsetsu" | Toshihiko Tahara |
| 27 August | "Jukkai (1984)" | Akina Nakamori |
| 3 September | "Hoshikuzu no Stage" | The Checkers |
| 10 September | ||
| 17 September | ||
| 24 September | "Eien ni Himitsu sa" (永遠に秘密さ) | Masahiko Kondō |
| 1 October | "Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge" | Kyōko Koizumi |
| 8 October | ||
| 15 October | ||
| 22 October | "Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Shima" | Tomoyo Harada |
| 29 October | "Koibito-tachi no Pavement" | The Alfee |
| 5 November | "Woman "W no Higeki" Yori" | Hiroko Yakushimaru |
| 12 November | "Heart no Earring" | Seiko Matsuda |
| 19 November | ||
| 26 November | "Kazari ja Nai no yo Namida wa" | Akina Nakamori |
| 3 December | "Julia ni Shōshin" | The Checkers |
| 10 December | ||
| 17 December | ||
| 24 December | ||
| 31 December | "The Stardust Memory" | Kyōko Koizumi |
Number one albums and LPs
[edit]Music Labo
The following reached number 1 on the Music Labo chart:
- 9 July: The Best Year of My Life - Off Course[22]
- 16 July and 23 September: Ninkimono De Ikou - Southern All Stars[23]
- 1 October: Ocean Side - Momoko Kikuchi[24]
- 8 October: Triad - Mariko Takahashi[25]
- 15 October: La Vie En Rose - Kōji Kikkawa[26]
- 22 October and 29 October: Possibility - Akina Nakamori[27]
- 5 November: Hajimemashite - Miyuki Nakajima[28]
- 12 November, 19 November and 26 November: Seiko Town - Seiko Matsuda[29]
- 3 December: Make It Big - Wham![30]
- 10 December: No Side - Yumi Matsutoya[31]
- 17 December: Motto Checkers - Checkers[32]
- 24 December: Windy Shadow - Seiko Matsuda[33]
- 31 December: 9.5 Carats - Yōsui Inoue[34]
Oricon
The following reached number 1 on the Oricon LP chart:[35]
- 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,[36] 9 April and 16 April: Each Time - Eiichi Ohtaki
- 7 May: Variety - Mariya Takeuchi[37]
- 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[38] and the 8th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Music (awarded in 1985).[39] The music of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is by Joe Hisaishi.[40] The music of The Return of Godzilla is by Reijiro Koroku.[41] The music of Macross: Do You Remember Love? is by Kentarō Haneda,[42] and includes the song Ai Oboete Imasu ka by Mari Iijima.[43] Big Wave, the soundtrack album of the film "Big Wave", is by Tatsuro Yamashita.[44] The soundtrack of Urusei Yatsura includes "Chance On Love" by Cindy (Mayumi Yamamoto: 山本真裕美).[45][46][47][48]
The thousandth episode of Music Fair was broadcast on 1 April 1984.[49]
Classical music
[edit]The Saito Kinen Orchestra was founded.[50]
Debuts
[edit]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[52]
- Never by Mie[53]
- Crazy Night by Loudness[54]
- 16 May: Mein Tēma - Hiroko Yakushimaru[55]
- 5 November: Hero: Holding Out for a Hero by Miki Asakura.[56]
Other albums released
[edit]- Silent Love by Akina Nakamori
- Suspense by Pink Lady
- Never by Mie
- After Service by Yellow Magic Orchestra
- S-F-X by Haruomi Hosono
- 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
- Adventures and Stars and the Moon by T-Square
History
[edit]On 14 May 1984, the Checkers had three songs in the top ten of the Oricon singles chart.[57]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "Billboard Spotlight on Japan: VCRs and CDs Will Be Pacemakers". Billboard. 26 May 1984. pp J-1 to J-11.
- 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.
- LOW IQ 01の青春時代「1番の思春期、匂いまで覚えている1984年」. Rolling Stone Japan. 29 November 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.
- Oricon No. 1 Hits 500. Clubhouse (Japanese: クラブハウス). 1998. ISBN 9784906496129. vol 1 (1968~1985).
- Suzie Suzuki. 1984年の歌謡曲. Eastpress. 2017.
- 『1984年の歌謡曲』そうか、あれは「シティポップ」だったのか. Agora. 13 March 2017.
- 35年前のティーンネイジドリーム、7月20日は【1984年】に時間旅行！. Re:minder. 5 July 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 尾高賞 in "Archive". NHK Symphony Orchestra.
- ^ 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. 21 July 1984, p 62.
- ^ Billboard. 6 October 1984, p 60. 21 July 1984, p 62.
- ^ Billboard. 6 October 1984, p 60.
- ^ Billboard. 13 October 1984, p 68.
- ^ Billboard. 20 October 1984, p 64.
- ^ 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. 10 November 1984, p 66.
- ^ Billboard. 1 December 1984, p 69. 24 November 1984, p 62. 17 November 1984, p 68.
- ^ Billboard. 8 December 1984, p 59.
- ^ Billboard. 15 December 1984, p 69.
- ^ Billboard. 22 December 1984, p 66.
- ^ Billboard. 5 January 1985, p 61.
- ^ Billboard. 12 January 1985, p 56.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 今月の新人. 明星 (Myojo). December 1984. p 158. (Shueisha).
- ^ Kitty Records catalogue number 7DS-0081
- ^ 新旧アニメ「うる星やつら」のオープニングテーマ人気ランキングTOP8！ 第1位は「ラムのラブソング」【2023年最新投票結果】. ITmedia. 8/3/2024.
- ^ うる星やつら(1981)
- ^ "Music Fair '84" in "Today's TV Choice". The Japan Times. 1 April 1984. No 30608. p 7. cols 4 and 5.
- ^ Wade. Composing Japanese Musical Modernity. p 219.
- ^ 今年は「1984年デビュー組」が40周年..."黄金時代"をプロアイドルヲタクが振り返る. Nikkan Gendai. 28 February 2024.
- ^ Oricon
- ^ Oricon
- ^ Nippon Columbia catalogue number AH-528
- ^ 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.