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"Ue o Muite Arukō" (Japanese: 上を向いて歩こう, "I Look Up as I Walk"), alternatively titled "Sukiyaki", is a song by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto, first released in Japan in 1961. The song topped the charts in a number of countries, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.
In 2007, Japan had the second largest music market in the world. [1] In 1962, Tokushin music reports was founded and became the leading provider of music sales in Japan. However their reports and charts are only available to industry insiders and are not available to the general pu
Hearing the song several times, Benjamin decided to bring it back to England. Due to concerns that the title would be too hard for English-speakers to pronounce or remember, the song was renamed "Sukiyaki", after the Japanese cooked beef dish familiar to the English. The new title was intended to sound both catchy and distinctive in Japanese ...
Song Artist(s) Ref. January 7 "Ihōjin" Sayuri Kume [1] January 14 January 21 January 28 "Daitokai " Crystal King: February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25 March 3 March 10 "Okuru Kotoba " Kaientai March 17 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 "Runaway " Chanels: April 28 May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 June 2 June 9
Enka (演歌) is a Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form, which adopts a more traditional musical style in its vocalism than ryūkōka music, popular during the prewar years.
Song Artist(s) Ref. January 6 "Koi ni Ochite: Fall in Love " Akiko Kobayashi [1] January 13 "Fuyu no Opera-Glass " Eri Nitta: January 20 January 27 February 3 "Banana no Namida " Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi: February 10 "Kuchibiru Network " Yukiko Okada: February 17 "Desire (Jōnetsu)" Akina Nakamori: February 24 Broken Sunset
J-pop (ジェーポップ, jēpoppu) (often stylized in all caps; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as pops (ポップス, poppusu), is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s.
[8] The song is a mosaic of Japanese-oldies-style melodies and contemporary music. The song can be interpreted as Momoiro Clover's (whose popularity is rising) proclamation of war for the top of the Japanese idol music scene, as a declaration of war for an ultimate idol showdown. [5] The B-side "Push" is a cheer anthem. [9]