2016 in Japanese music

The year 2016 in Japanese music.

Events

 * 67th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

Number-ones

 * Oricon number-one albums
 * Oricon number-one singles
 * Hot 100 number-one singles

Artists
The following is a list of the 5 best-selling music artists in Japan in 2016 by value of sales, including sales of records and of DVDs and Blu-rays, according to Oricon.

Albums
The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in Japan in 2016, according to Oricon.

Oricon
The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling singles in Japan in 2016, according to Oricon.

Billboard Japan
The following is a list of the top 10 best-selling singles in Japan in 2016, according to Billboard Japan's year-end Top Singles Sales chart.

Awards

 * 58th Japan Record Awards
 * 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Debuting groups

 * 3B junior
 * Batten Girls
 * B.I.G
 * Bis
 * Chai
 * Chelmico
 * CLC
 * CocoSori
 * DYGL
 * FEMM
 * FlowBack
 * Gang Parade
 * Hiragana Keyakizaka46
 * Hotshot
 * iKon
 * Keyakizaka46
 * Musubizm
 * OnePixcel
 * Poppin'Party
 * Pyxis
 * Reol
 * Rock A Japonica
 * ShuuKaRen
 * Tempalay
 * The Sixth Lie
 * The World Standard
 * Yahyel
 * Zenbu Kimi no Sei da.

Debuting soloists

 * Aina Aiba
 * Asaka
 * Ayaka Sasaki
 * Kanna Hashimoto
 * Kyuhyun
 * Manami Numakura
 * Miku Itō
 * Momo Asakura
 * Momoka Ariyasu
 * Mone Kamishiraishi
 * Reina Ueda
 * Rie Murakawa
 * Taichi Mukai
 * Uru

Deaths

 * February 10 – Asami Nagakiya, 30, Japanese steel pan player (suspected murder)
 * April 3 – Kōji Wada, 42, Japanese singer and songwriter (pharyngeal cancer)