1979 in Japanese music

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Japanese music accounted for sixty percent of record sales in the Japanese music market in 1979 (Shōwa 54), the rest being sales of foreign music.^[1] During that year, Japan continued to have the second largest music market in the world.^[2]

^ Billboard. 26 May 1979. p J-26.
^ Billboard. 22 December 1979. p 14.

[1] Billboard. 26 May 1979. p J-26.

[2] Billboard. 22 December 1979. p 14.

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