In 1990 (Heisei 2), Japanese music was released on records, and there were charts, awards, contests and festivals.

During that year, Japan continued to have the second largest music market in the world,Billboard. 2 June 1990. p J-24. twelve percent of all recorded music sales took place in that country, and the value of recorded music sold there was $2.9818 billion."Music sales rise in face of slump". Music Week. 12 October 1991. p 4.

Awards, contests and festivals The 32nd Osaka International Festival (Japanese: 大阪国際フェスティバル) was held from 7 April to 11 May 1990.1990年度のラインナップ. Asahi Shimbun Foundation. The international contest of the 19th Tokyo Music Festival was held on 1 June 1990."(S) Tokyo Music Festival 7:00-8:54 p.m. TBS, MBS, CBC" in "Today's Choice". The Japan Times. 1 June 1990. No 32810. p 18. col 4.Wilson Phillips. Entertainment Weekly. 31 August 1990. The 4th Teens' Music Festival was held on 8 August 1990.TEENS' MUSIC FESTIVAL '90全国フェスティバル. Yamaha Music Foundation. The national contest of the 4th "Band Explosion" festival was held on 26 October 1990,BAND EXPLOSION '90日本大会. Yamaha Music Foundation. and the international contest was held on 28 October 1990.BAND EXPLOSION '90世界大会. Yamaha Music Foundation. The final of the 19th FNS Music Festival was held on 11 December 1990."(S) FNS Song Grand Prix 7:30-9:48 p.m. FUJI, KTV, THK" in "Today's Choice". The Japan Times. 11 December 1990. No 32999. p 18. col 4. The 32nd Japan Record Awards were held on 31 December 1990.第32回 日本レコード大賞. Japan Composer's Association. The 41st NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen was held on 31 December 1990.第41回NHK紅白歌合戦. NHK.

Southern All Stars won the grand prix for Japanese artist of the year at the 4th Japan Gold Disc Awards.The Japan Gold Disc Successive Award.第4回 日本ゴールドディスク大賞.

Number one singles Oricon

The following reached number 1 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart:See the weekly issues of Oricon magazine

Issue date Song Artist 1 January "" Tatsuro Yamashita 8 January (No information) 15 January "Christmas Eve" Tatsuro Yamashita 22 January "Kuchibiru Kara Biyaku" Shizuka Kudo 29 January "Midnight Taxi" Miho Nakayama 5 February "Aku no Hana" Buck-Tick 12 February "Kuchibiru Kara Biyaku" Shizuka Kudo 19 February "" Hikaru Genji 26 February "" Rie Miyazawa 5 March "" Lindberg 12 March "" Kyōko Koizumi 19 March "Imasugu Kiss Me" Lindberg 26 March "" Complex 2 April "Imasugu Kiss Me" Lindberg 9 April "Sexy Music" Wink 16 April 23 April "Roman Hikō" Kome Kome Club 30 April "Oh Yeah!" Princess Princess 7 May 14 May "" 21 May "Senryū no Shizuku" Shizuka Kudo 28 May "" Kyosuke Himuro 4 June "" Eikichi Yazawa 11 June "Jealousy O Nemurasete" Kyosuke Himuro 18 June "Sayonara Jinrui" Tama 25 June "Taiyō no Komachi Angel" B'z 2 July "" 9 July "Odoru Pompokolin" B.B.Queens 16 July "" TM Network 23 July "Odoru Pompokolin" B.B.Queens 30 July "Dear Friend" Akina Nakamori 6 August "Jōnetsu no Bara" The Blue Hearts 13 August "Dear Friend" Akina Nakamori 20 August "Odoru Pompokolin" B.B.Queens 27 August "" Hikaru Genji 3 September "Odoru Pompokolin" B.B.Queens 10 September 17 September 24 September 1 October "Watashi ni Tsuite" Shizuka Kudo 8 October "" TMN 15 October "Easy Come, Easy Go!" B'z 22 October 29 October 5 November "Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night..." 12 November "" Hikaru Genji 19 November "Mizu ni Sashita Hana" Akina Nakamori 26 November "" 3 December "Julian" Princess Princess 10 December "Silent Eve" Midori Karashima 17 December 24 December "Ai wa Katsu" Kan 31 December

Number one albums

Music Labo

The following reached number 1 on the Music Labo chart: 8 January: - BoøwyBillboard. 27 January 1990, p 80. 15 January: - Hound Dog"Japan" in "Hits of the World". Billboard. 27 January 1990, p 80. 22 January, 29 January and 5 February: - Southern All StarsBillboard. 10 February 1990, p 74. 24 February 1990, p 77. 10 March 1990, p 83. 12 February: Aku no Hana - Buck-TickBillboard. 24 February 1990, p 77. 5 March: - Tsuyoshi NagabuchiBillboard. 24 March 1990, p 62. 12 March: - Go-Bang'sBillboard. 24 March 1990, p 62. 19 March: - Hiroshi TakanoBillboard. 7 April 1990, p 78. 26 March and 2 April: .Billboard. 7 April 1990, p 78. 21 April 1990, p 30. This album is the soundtrack of Dragon Quest IV. 9 April: - OtokogumiBillboard. 21 April 1990, p 30. 16 April: Rosette - Shizuka KudoBillboard. 5 May 1990, p 72. 23 April: - Barbee BoysBillboard. 5 May 1990, p 72. 30 April: - ComplexBillboard. 19 May 1990, p 74. - Kazumasa OdaBillboard. 2 June 1990, p 78. 5 June: Wink First Live Shining Star - WinkBillboard. 16 June 1990, p 83. 14 July 1990, p 63. 12 June: - Kiyotaka SugiyamaBillboard. 16 June 1990, p 83. 14 July 1990, p 63. I'm Breathless - MadonnaBillboard. 30 June 1990, p 76. Yoru o Yuke - Miyuki NakajimaBillboard. 30 June 1990, p 76. 16 July: - Misato WatanabeBillboard. 28 July 1990, p 63. 23 July and 30 July: Bonga Wanga - Toshinobu KubotaBillboard. 28 July 1990, p 63. 11 August 1990, p 73. 25 August 1990, p 78. 6 August: - Anzen ChitaiBillboard. 11 August 1990, p 73. 25 August 1990, p 78. 27 August: - RebeccaBillboard. 8 September 1990, p 69. 3 September: - Tsuyoshi NagabuchiBillboard. 8 September 1990, p 69. 10 September and 17 September: - Southern All StarsBillboard. 22 September 1990, p 72. Soundtrack of . 24 September: - Senri OeBillboard. 6 October 1990, p 68. 8 October: - RC SuccessionBillboard. 20 October 1990, p 77. 15 October: - UnicornBillboard. 20 October 1990, p 77. - Hideaki TokunagaBillboard. 3 November 1990, p 77. Kokon Tozai - Chisato MoritakaBillboard. 3 November 1990, p 77. 3 November: - TMNBillboard. 17 November 1990, p 71. 10 November: - Dreams Come TrueBillboard. 17 November 1990, p 71. 19 November: Risky - B'zBillboard. 1 December 1990, p 67. 3 December and 10 December: - Yumi MatsutoyaBillboard. 15 December 1990, p 64.

Oricon

The following reached number 1 on the Oricon Albums Chart:See the weekly issues of Oricon magazine 19 February and 26 February: Hurry Up Mode (1990 Mix) by Buck-Tick 24 September: Bust Waste Hip by The Blue Hearts 31 December: Princess Princess by Princess Princess

Annual charts B.B.Queens' Odoru Pompokolin 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 Dreams and Childhood Days, both by Shin'ichirō Ikebe, won the 45th Mainichi Film Award for Best Music.第45回 日本映画大賞 The music of Dreams and Childhood Days and Ruten no umi, all by Shin'ichirō Ikebe, won the 14th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Music (awarded in 1991).Prizes.

Sherry (pseudonym of ) released the Record of Lodoss War OVA song "Kaze No Fantasia" (Japanese: 風のファンタジア).加藤いづみ、足跡を振り返る2枚組自選ベスト. Natalie. 4 April 2014.シングル売上TOP1作品. Oricon News.As to her later career, see Oricon and CDJournal. The music of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water includes the song "" by Miho Morikawa.「ナディア」「ちびまる子ちゃん」...アニソンの歴史を振り返ろう！1990年,1991年編. USEN encore, from USEN. 31 May 2025.

Debuts Rumi Shishido released her debut single "Cosmic Rendezvous"宍戸留美、デビュー曲「コズミック・ランデブー」ほかソニーミュージック時代の全音源が全世界配信. CDJournal. 20 January 2021.宍戸留美. CDJournal. Taeko Nishino released her debut single "A Kyu Kiss"現代日本人名錄 98. Nichigai Associates. 1998. vol 3. p 105.

Other singles released Gallery and Shōnen no Hitomi ni... by Yōko Oginome Yoru ni Hagurete (Where Were You Last Night) and New Moon ni Aimashō by Wink Michi, Kusai Mono ni wa Futa wo Shiro!! and Ame by Chisato Moritaka Semi-sweet Magic and Megamitachi no Bōken by Miho Nakayama Lady-Go-Round and Be There by B'z Yume wo Shinjite by Hideaki Tokunaga Week End by X Japan

Other albums and EPs released The Sheltering Sky by Ryuichi Sakamoto Knock on My Door and '91 Oginome Collection by Yōko Oginome Velvet, Wink Hot Singles and Crescent by Wink Unlimited by Shizuka Kudo All for You, Jeweluna and Collection II by Miho Nakayama Seiko by Seiko Matsuda Natural by T-Square Break Through and Wicked Beat by B'z Colors by Mari Hamada Symphonic Buck-Tick in Berlin by Buck-Tick Kiss My Thang: Toshinobu Kubota's Selection by Toshinobu Kubota Hard Way by Show-Ya The Ghost in Science by Susumu Hirasawa

See also Timeline of Japanese music 1990 in Japan 1990 in music w:ja:1990年の音楽

References Ongaku Nenkan '90 (Japanese: 音楽年鑑 '90). "Japan". Billboard. 2 June 1990. pp J-1 to J-26. (International Spotlight). J-POPの歴史「1990年と91年、音楽業界の規模が倍々ゲーム的に大きくなった始まり」. Rolling Stone Japan. 18 May 2023. 続・J-POPの歴史「1990年と91年、バンドブームと怒涛の日本武道館公演ラッシュ」. Rolling Stone Japan. 12 August 2023. Oricon Weekly magazine (オリコンウィークリー) Music Labo magazine ミュージック・リサーチ Music Research magazine シンプジャーナル magazine. ["The Communication Magazine of Music"]. What's In? magazine 1990 オリコン年鑑 1991 Oricon Year Book オリコン年鑑. Oricon No. 1 Hits 500. Clubhouse (Japanese: クラブハウス). 1998. ISBN 9784906496136. vol 2 (1986~1994).