Japanese music accounted for fifty-eight percent of record sales in the Japanese music market in 1975 (Shōwa 50), the rest being sales of foreign music."A Time of Change for Japan's Music Industry". Billboard. 17 April 1976. p 39. During that year, Japan continued to have the second largest music market in the world.Billboard. 6 September 1975. p 4.

Awards, contests and festivals The 18th Osaka International Festival (Japanese: 大阪国際フェスティバル) was held from 7 April to 28 April 1975.1975年度のラインナップ. Asahi Shimbun Foundation. The 9th Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 18 May 1975.第9回 ポピュラーソングコンテスト. Yamaha Music Foundation. The 4th Tokyo Music Festival was held on 13 July 1975.Hideo Eguchi. "Myself Wins Tokyo Fest Intl Contest". Billboard. 26 July 1975. p 78. The final of the 3rd FNS Music Festival was held on 17 July 1975."8:00—Popular Music Grand Prix for 1st Half of 1975". The Japan Times. 17 July 1975. No 27499. p 7. cols 6 & 8. The 1st Nippon Television Music Festival was held on 21 August 1975."NTV Music Festival" in "Music" in "Today's TV Choice". The Japan Times. 21 August 1975. No 27533. p 5. col 2. The 10th Yamaha Popular Song Contest was held on 12 October 1975.第10回 ポピュラーソングコンテスト. Yamaha Music Foundation. The final of the 6th World Popular Song Festival was held on 16 November 1975.第6回世界歌謡祭. Yamaha Music Foundation."6th World Popular Song Festival In Tokyo" (1976) 14 Japan Illustrated: The Japan Times Quarterly Magazine 40 (No 1: January 1976) The final of the 4th FNS Music Festival was held on 16 December 1975.":30 FNS '75 Grand Prix Festival" and ":30 '75 FNS Music Festival". The Japan Times. 16 December 1975. No 27648. p 7. cols 3, 5 & 7. The 17th Japan Record Awards were held on 31 December 1975.第17回 日本レコード大賞. Japan Composer's Association. The 26th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen was held on 31 December 1975.第26回NHK紅白歌合戦. NHK.

The 24th Otaka prize was won by Tōru Takemitsu.尾高賞 in "Archive". NHK Symphony Orchestra.

Number one singles Oricon

The following reached number 1 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart:See the weekly issues of Oricon magazine Issue dateSongArtist(s)6 January""Momoe Yamaguchi13 January20 January27 January3 February"Hajimete no Dekigoto"Junko Sakurada10 February""Goro Noguchi17 February24 February3 March""Kaze10 March17 March24 March31 March""Hiroshi Kamayatsu7 April14 April21 April28 April""5 May12 May19 May""Akira Fuse26 May2 June9 June16 June23 June""30 June7 July14 July21 July28 July""Takashi Hosokawa4 August11 August18 August25 August"1 September""Hiromi Iwasaki8 September15 September22 September""Kenji Sawada29 September6 October13 October20 October27 October""3 November10 November17 November24 November1 December8 December""Hiromi Iwasaki15 December22 December""Yumi Arai29 December

Number one albums and LPs Cash Box

The following reached number 1 on the Cash Box LPs chart: 4 January, 25 January and 1 March: Nishoku no Koma - Yōsui InoueCash Box. 4 January 1975, p 20. 25 January 1975, p 41. 8 March 1975, p 59. 8 February, 15 February, 8 March, 15 March, 3 May, 10 May, 17 May and 28 June: Kōri no Sekai - Yōsui InoueCash Box. 8 February 1975, p 40. 15 February 1975, p 43. 8 March 1975, p 59. 15 March 1975, p 59. 3 May 1975, p 40. 10 May 1975, p 36. 17 May 1975, p 43. 28 June 1975, p 43. 29 March, 12 April, 19 April and 26 April: Sekai No Koibito (Japanese: 世界の恋人) - The Three DegreesCash Box. 29 March 1975, p 43. 12 April 1975, p 45. 19 April 1975, p 48. 26 April 1975, p 55. 5 April, 7 June and 14 June: - KaguyahimeCash Box. 5 April 1975, p 36. 7 June 1975, p 44. 14 June 1975, p 47. 21 June: Zoku Datsu Donzoko (Japanese: 続 脱・どん底) - Cash Box. 21 June 1975, p 42. 12 July: - KazeCash Box. 12 July 1975, p 43. 19 July, 2 August, 9 August, 16 August, 23 August and 30 August: Midori No Chiheisen (Japanese: 緑の地平線) - The CarpentersCash Box. 19 July 1975, p 32. 2 August 1975, p 43. 9 August 1975, p 39. 16 August 1975, p 47. 23 August 1975, p 47. 30 August 1975, p 43. 13 September, 27 September, 4 October and 18 October: - Akira FuseCash Box. 13 September 1975, p 40. 27 September 1975, p 35. 4 October 1975, p 45. 18 October 1975, p 34. 25 October: Good Pages - Yōsui InoueCash Box. 25 October 1975, p 47. 1 November, 8 November, 15 November, 22 November, 29 November, 6 December, 20 December and 27 December: - Kei OguraCash Box. 1 November 1975, p 51. 8 November 1975, p 45. 15 November 1975, p 51. 22 November 1975, p 55. 29 November 1975, p 59. 6 December 1975, p 43. 20 December 1975, p 40. 27 December 1975, p 170.

Oricon

The following reached number 1 on the Oricon LP chart:See the weekly issues of Oricon magazine 20 January and 27 January: - Takuro Yoshida 3 February, 10 February, 17 February, 24 February, 3 March, 10 March, 7 April, 14 April, 21 April, 28 April, 5 May, 12 May, 19 May and 2 June: Kōri no Sekai - Yōsui Inoue 17 March, 24 March and 31 March: - Kaguyahime 26 May and 9 June: Zoku Datsu Donzoko (Japanese: 続 脱・どん底) - 16 June and 23 June: - Kaze 30 June, 7 July, 14 July, 21 July and 28 July: Midori No Chiheisen (Japanese: 緑の地平線) - The Carpenters 4 August, 11 August and 18 August: Good Pages - Yōsui Inoue 25 August, 1 September, 8 September, 15 September, 22 September, 29 September and 6 October: - Akira Fuse 13 October, 20 October, 27 October, 3 November, 10 November, 17 November, 24 November, 1 December, 8 December and 15 December: - Kei Ogura 22 December and 29 December: Akira Fuse Best Album Katamuyita Michishirube (Japanese: 布施明 ベスト・アルバム 傾いた道しるべ) - Akira Fuse (Cf. the single )

Annual charts Akira Fuse's was number 1 in the Cash Box annual singles chart."Japan's Top 40 Singles Of 1975". Cash Box. 17 January 1976. p 42. Yōsui Inoue's Kōri no Sekai was number 1 in the Cash Box annual albums chart."Japan's Top 20 Albums of 1975". Cash Box. 10 January 1976. p 31.

's was number 1 in the Oricon annual singles chart.シングル年度別のヒット曲 TOP 1. Jipang, from Oricon.

Film and television The music of The Fossil, by Tōru Takemitsu, won the 30th Mainichi Film Award for Best Music.第30回 日本映画大賞

Music industry There were 44,000 jukeboxes.John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Paul Oliver and Peter Wicke (eds). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. Continuum. 2003. ISBN 9781847144737. vol 1. p 514. RVC was established."RVC (RCA-Nippon Victor) Details New Label Formation". Cash Box. 20 September 1975. p 54. Most CD-4 records were Japanese."Global CD-4 LPs Now Total 768; 556 From Japan". Cash Box. 18 January 1975. p 40.

Overseas The Sadistic Mika Band toured Great Britain. They departed on 22 September 1975 and returned on 27 October 1975.41年前1975/10/27ロンドンから帰国したサディスティック・ミカ・バンド一行にミカの姿は無かった 【大人のMusic Calendar】. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 27 October 2016. They appeared on the Old Grey Whistle Test."Do what you really want to do while you're still alive": Masayoshi Takanaka, the Japanese guitar hero surfing a second wave in his 70s. The Guardian. 2 March 2026.

Other singles released Rūju no Dengon by Yumi Arai Toshishita no Otokonoko, Uchiki na Aitsu, Sono Ki ni Sasenaide and Heart no Ace ga Detekonai by Candies Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun by Masato Shimon Kita no Yadokara by Harumi Miyako Jidai by Miyuki Nakajima 20 February: Apartment No Kagi (Japanese: アパートの鍵) by Asami Kobayashi1975年2月20日、小林麻美「アパートの鍵」がリリース～70年代アイドル転換期を象徴する作品. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 20 February 2019. 1 August: Mayonaka No Angel Baby (Japanese: 真夜中のエンジェル・ベイビー」がリリース) by 1975年8月1日、平山三紀「真夜中のエンジェル・ベイビー」がリリース. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 1 August 2019.

Other albums released Cobalt Hour by Yumi Arai Toshishita no Otokonoko, Candies Deluxe, Sono Ki ni Sasenaide and Candies' Carnival for 10,000 People by Candies Tropical Dandy by Haruomi Hosono Prism by Ryo Kawasaki Band Wagon by Shigeru Suzuki 25 January: by Chu Kosaka44年前の本日、小坂忠の名盤『ほうろう（HORO）』がリリース. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 25 January 2019. 1 April: released their debut album "Blues Power" (Japanese: ブルーズパワー)1975年4月1日、ウエスト・ロード・ブルース・バンドがアルバム『Blues Power』でバーボン・レーベルからデビュー. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 1 April 2019. 25 April: by 43年前の今日、伝説のアルバムシュガー・ベイブ『SONGS』がリリース. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 25 April 2018. 1 November: Hawaii Champroo (Japanese: ハワイ・チャンプルー) by & The Sunset Gang (Japanese: 久保田麻琴と夕焼け楽団, Makoto Kubota To Yūyake Gakudan)1975年11月1日、久保田麻琴と夕焼け楽団の名盤『ハワイ・チャンプルー』がリリース. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 1 November 2017.

See also Timeline of Japanese music 1975 in Japan 1975 in music w:ja:1975年の音楽

References Ongaku Nenkan Showa 50-nen Ban (Japanese: 音楽年鑑 昭和 50 年版). Ongaku No Tomo Sha. "Made in Japan: A Dynamic Music Industry". Billboard. 1 March 1975. pp J-1 to J-23. (A Billboard Spotlight). "Japan 1975 In Review". Cash Box. 10 January 1976. p 31. "Japan: The Past Six Months". Cash Box. 5 July 1975. Part II - International Section. p 4. コンフィデンス年鑑 '75 Confidence Annual Report コンフィデンス年鑑 '76 Confidence Annual Report コンフィデンス magazine, from Oricon. ["Confidence Weekly"]. Music Labo magazine ミュージック・リサーチ Music Research magazine 新譜ジャーナル magazine Oricon No. 1 Hits 500. Clubhouse (Japanese: クラブハウス). 1998. ISBN 9784906496129. vol 1 (1968~1985). Cash Box. 1 February 1975, p 47. 22 February 1975, p 43. 1 March 1975, p 47. 22 March 1975, p 52. 5 July 1975, p 39. 6 September 1975, p 36. 1975年5月10日クイーン「誘惑のロックン・ロール」がオリコン7位を記録～日本でのオープニングを飾った曲. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 10 May 2019.