Music Station
Music Station (ミュージックステーション, Myūjikku Sutēshon), stylised in all caps, is a Japanese music television program. Broadcasting live weekly on TV Asahi since October 24, 1986, it currently airs from 9PM-10PM on Fridays. The program is also colloquially known as M St. (Mステ, Emu Sute), MS (エムエス, Emu Esu), and M Station (Mステーション, Emu Sutēshon). The show is currently syndicated throughout the U.S.
For the Omnifone music service, see MusicStation.Music Station
Music
Tamori
Sarasa Suzuki
Jun Hattori
Sumire Uesaka
Ayane Sakura
Hiroshi Kamiya
Japan
Japanese
1,365
54 minutes (regular)
1 hour 48/54 minutes (two-hour specials)
2 hour 48 minutes (three-hour specials)
4 hour 10 minutes (Music Station Super Live)
TV Asahi
TV Asahi Music
October 24, 1986
The program has been aired internationally on Animax's networks in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other regions from March 2007. It is also broadcast in the United States and Canada through the NHK-owned TV Japan, in Hong Kong via TVB J2, in Singapore through Hello Japan! and in the People's Republic of China through CCTV-15.
History[edit]
Music Station is a weekly one-hour music program similar to the American TRL or the British Top of the Pops. It is home to various performances as well as single rankings and other corners. Many Japanese musical acts make their debut on Music Station, but the show has also hosted many artists from around the world. As of October 2021, over 8,300 songs had been performed on the show.[2]
From October 24, 1986, to March 31, 2000, Music Station was broadcast live on Fridays from 20:00–20:54 JST. It briefly switched to 19:54–20:48 JST from April 14 to September 15, 2000. The show returned to its previous schedule on October 6, 2000, and stayed there until September 13, 2019. After TV Asahi restructured its prime time slot, Music Station has been broadcast from 21:00–21:54 JST since October 18, 2019. This change was done to capture the young audience, whom, according to Tamori, are no longer home at 20:00.[3][4]
On February 12, 2010, the show celebrated its 1000th episode with a special episode.[5] In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Music Station launched its official YouTube channel and an internet show, Young Guns on the Web (based on its Young Guns segment).
Super Live[edit]
In 1992 Music Station introduced their largest yearly live event, the Music Station Super Live. Music Station Super Live is held late December normally occurring just before or just after Christmas, as a Christmas/year-end celebration concert. In 1998, it occurred on Christmas Day. The artists are normally asked about how their year was and how they are planning their year ahead. Initially the specials ran for three hours but as of 2003 have since been expanded to four hours. Super Lives commonly have 20 to 40 artists performing; the 2006 edition featured 43 artists. The 2006 edition of Super Live was also later aired worldwide by Animax across its network in Southeast Asia, premiering on February 17, 2007. The 2007 edition was also aired on February 9 and 10, 2008, on Animax. In 2019, in honor of the network's 60th anniversary, the Music Station Ultra Fes (a special version of the show that aired regularly around fall), and the Super Live was combined to make Music Station Ultra Super Live, a show that ran for over 11 hours (12:00 P.M. JST ~ 11:10 P.M. JST) and was attended by 49 acts.[9]
Music Station Super Live was held at Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Chiba from 1992 to 2003. In 2004, it was held at the Saitama Super Arena. Since 2005, it is held at the Makuhari Messe Event Hall.