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1 Events  





2 Awards  





3 Number-ones  





4 Best-sellers  



4.1  Artists  





4.2  Albums  







5 Albums released  





6 Groups established  





7 Groups disestablished  





8 See also  





9 References  














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List of years in Japanese music
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    The following is an overview of the year 2008inJapanese music. It includes notable awards, lists of number-ones, yearly best-sellers, albums released, groups established and disestablished, deaths of notable Japanese music-related people as well as any other relevant Japanese music-related events. For overviews of the year in music from other countries, see 2008 in music.

    Events[edit]

    Awards[edit]

    Number-ones[edit]

    Best-sellers[edit]

    Artists[edit]

    The best-selling music artist in Japan in 2008 by value of sales, including sales of records and of DVDs and Blu-rays, according to Oricon, was Exile, with ¥19.58 billion.[1]

    Albums[edit]

    The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2008, according to Oricon.[2]

    Rank Album Artist
    1 Exile Love [ja] Exile
    2 Best Fiction Namie Amuro
    3 5296 Kobukuro
    4 Exile Catchy Best [ja] Exile
    5 Heart Station Hikaru Utada
    6 Exile Ballad Best [ja] Exile
    7 B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure" B'z
    8 A Complete: All Singles Ayumi Hamasaki
    9 And I Love You [ja] Dreams Come True
    10 Ā, Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu. Greeeen

    Albums released[edit]

    The following section includes albums by Japanese artists released in Japan in 2008 as well as Japanese-language albums by foreign artists released in the country during this year.

    Groups established[edit]

    Groups disestablished[edit]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Arashi sweeps 2009 sales rankings". tokyograph. December 17, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  • ^ "年間 CDアルバムランキング 2008年度". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 26, 2016.

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