title: 2007 in Japanese music
text: # 2007 in Japanese music
  
  The following is an overview of the year 2007 in Japanese 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 2007 in music.
  
  ## Events
  
  * December 31 – 28th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
  
  ## Awards
  
  * May 26 – 2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
  * December 30 – 49th Japan Record Awards
  
  ## Number-ones
  
  * Oricon number-one albums
  * Oricon number-one singles
  
  ## Best-sellers
  
  ### Albums
  
  The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2007, according to Oricon.
  
  | Rank | Album | Artist |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Home | Mr. Children |
  | 2 | Black Cherry | Kumi Koda |
  | 3 | All Singles Best [ja] | Kobukuro |
  | 4 | The Best Damn Thing | Avril Lavigne |
  | 5 | A Best 2: White | Ayumi Hamasaki |
  | 6 | Ai Am Best | Ai Otsuka |
  | 7 | A Best 2: Black | Ayumi Hamasaki |
  | 8 | Ketsunopolis 5 [ja] | Ketsumeishi |
  | 9 | Can't Buy My Love | Yui |
  | 10 | Greatest Hits [ja] | Sukima Switch |
  
  ## Albums released
  
  The following section includes albums by Japanese artists released in Japan in 2007 as well as Japanese-language albums by foreign artists released in the country during this year.
  
  * February 2 – The Marrow of a Bone by Dir En Grey
  * February 28 – A Best 2: Black by Ayumi Hamasaki
  * February 28 – A Best 2: White by Ayumi Hamasaki
  * March 7 – Dear... by Sachi Tainaka
  * March 7 – Journey by W-inds.
  * March 14 – BeForU III by BeForU
  * March 14 – Home by Mr. Children
  * March 28 – Ai Am Best by Ai Otsuka
  * April 4 – Can't Buy My Love by Yui
  * April 18 – 2 Mini: Ikiru to Iu Chikara by Cute
  * April 18 – Cartoon KAT-TUN II You by KAT-TUN
  * April 18 – Diary by Shiori Takei
  * May 9 – Go to the Future by Sakanaction
  * May 23 – 1st GAM: Amai Yuwaku by GAM
  * June 6 – KJ2 Zukkoke Dai Dassō by Kanjani Eight
  * June 17 – Ā, Domo. Hajimemashite by Greeeen
  * July 4 – Circus by FictionJunction Yuuka
  * July 6 – Fun! Fun! Fun! by Shonen Knife
  * July 11 – Kyohei Tsutsumi Tribute: The Popular Music by Various artists
  * August 1 – 4th Ai no Nanchara Shisū by Berryz Kobo
  * August 1 – Greatest Hits [ja] by Sukima Switch
  * August 29 – Ketsunopolis 5 [ja] by Ketsumeishi
  * September 30 – CM Yoko by Yoko Kanno
  * October 24 – Contact by Minori Chihara
  * November 7 – Metanoia by Yōsei Teikoku
  * November 21 – Kiss by L'Arc-en-Ciel
  * December 5 – Action by B'z
  * December 19 – Kirarin Land by Koharu Kusumi
  * December 19 – Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth- by Various artists
  
  ## Groups established
  
  * 9mm Parabellum Bullet
  * Fuyumi Abe
  * Acid Black Cherry
  * alüto
  * Athena & Robikerottsu
  * Thelma Aoyama
  * Yui Aragaki
  * Aqua5
  * Bright
  * Buono!
  * Coldrain
  * Cherryblossom
  * Chocolove from AKB48
  * Leah Dizon
  * Alan Dawa Dolma
  * Exile The Second
  * Genki Rockets
  * Hey! Say! JUMP
  * Hotch Potchi
  * J-Min
  * Kira Pika
  * Natsumi Kiyoura
  * Love
  * Kelun
  * Teppei Koike
  * Nao Matsushita
  * Masami Mitsuoka
  * Mamoru Miyano
  * Morning Musume Tanjō 10nen Kinentai
  * Uri Nakayama
  * Nichika
  * Nico Touches the Walls
  * Hatsune Okumura
  * On/Off
  * One Ok Rock
  * Ongaku Gatas
  * PureBoys
  * Sakanaction
  * Erika Sawajiri
  * Skin
  * School Food Punishment
  * Sekai no Owari
  * Stephanie
  * Superfly
  * Satomi Takasugi
  * Nana Tanimura
  * Kinoko Teikoku
  * Tomboy
  * Yanokami
  
  ## Groups disestablished
  
  * Morning Musume Tanjō 10nen Kinentai
  