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This is a list of J-pop artists and groups. Originally an evolution of jazz, and coined New Music, the style went on to become known as City Pop, music with an urban theme. Later called Japan-made Pop, the term was shortened to J-pop and now encompasses a wide range of musical styles and genres.
J-pop (often stylized in all caps; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively 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. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s pop and rock music.
This category is for Japanese music groups who perform pop music. For Japanese and non-Japanese performers of J-pop , see Category:J-pop music groups Subcategories
However their reports and charts are only available to industry insiders and are not available to the general public. In 1968 Original Confidence was established and began providing music charts to the general public with data collected from various retailers throughout Japan. This is the list of the best-selling singles, based on the data by ...
AKB48, a Guinness World Record holder for being the "largest pop group", and the best-selling idol group. The following is a list of Japanese musical groups. This includes a list of bands and idol groups, organized by year of debut.
In the 2010s, this chart was largely dominated by idol groups such as AKB48, who had many customers purchasing their singles for bundled goods instead of the songs. The lack of accuracy in what songs received the most listens resulted in Oricon losing popularity to Billboard Japan 's multi-factored charts.
MAX is a Japanese female vocal group. The name is an acronym for "musical active experience". The original members of MAX made their musical debut as members of the Super Monkey's along with lead vocalist Namie Amuro.
The music genre kayōkyoku is regarded as a base of another genre "J-pop". [7] In the 1980s, a part of Japanese idol was independent from kayōkyoku and associated with Japanese rock musicians. [6] Late 80s' popular band Onyanko Club was a band of borderline era between "kayōkyoku" and "J-pop". [18]