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Greatest Hits Vol. 2: ABBA: Discomate November 1979 1 (LP/CT) 16 Anzen Chitai IV: Anzen Chitai: Kitty November 1985 1 (LP/CT/CD) 17 Shōwa: Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi: Toshiba EMI March 1989 1 (CD) 18 Footloose: Soundtrack CBS/Sony April 1984 1 (LP) 19 Koibito yo: Mayumi Itsuwa: CBS/Sony September 1980 1 (LP/CT) 20 Zettai Checkers: The Checkers: Pony ...
In 2022, Universal Music Japan reissued limited editions of a total of 107 albums from the 1970s and '80s under "City Pop Selections by Universal Music", showing the resurgence of popularity of the city pop genre. [31] Another collection is the Aldelight City Pop Collection (2023) from Sony Music. [32]
Initially a glam rock-inspired band, Japan developed their sound and androgynous look to incorporate art rock, [6] electronic music and foreign influences. Japan achieved success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, releasing nine UK top 40 hits, including the 1982 top 5 hit single "Ghosts", and scoring a UK top 5 with the live album Oil on ...
Guinness World Records certified that Thelma Aoyama's "Soba ni Iru ne" is the best-selling full-track digital download single in Japan with over 8 million copies. [5] Machiko Soga's "Oba-Q Ondo" sold estimate 2 million single and 4 million sonosheet in Japan. [6] However, a sonosheet was not a regular 7-inch single.
The following is a list of artists and bands associated with the city pop music genre during the late 1970s and 1980s (not necessarily solely city pop artists). Groups and artists with aliases are listed by the first letter in their name, and individuals are listed by their surname.
In the 1990s, the term J-pop came to refer to all Japanese popular songs except enka. [2] During this period, the Japanese music industry sought marketing effectiveness. Notable examples of commercial music from the era were the tie-in music from the agency Being and the follow-on, Tetsuya Komuro's disco music. [104]
Best Hit Album: Pink Lady: Victor December 1977 1 (LP) 9 Saturday Night Fever: Soundtrack Polydor February 1978 1 (LP) 10 10 "Numbers" Carat: Southern All Stars: Victor April 1979 2 (LP/CT) 11 Nishoku no Koma: Yōsui Inoue Polydor October 1974 1 (LP/CT) 12 Yumekuyō: Masashi Sada: Warner/Pioneer: April 1979 1 (LP/CT) 13 Adoro, La Reine de Saba ...
Plastics, or the Plastics, were a short-lived Japanese new wave band who rose to prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s. [1] Their music was a major influence on Japanese pop music and their songs have been covered by many bands, most notably Polysics, Pizzicato Five, and Stereo Total.