J-Pop Appreciation!

Posted August 10, 200618 yr

Omg I think ive become addicted to this stuff!

basically, for those who don't know, its japanese pop music, and it's soo frickin' addictive! XD

fav artists: Utada hikaru; Emiko Shiratori; Ayumi Hamasaki and the H!P All Stars! :rofl:

I'll post some videos tommorrow but I cant be bothered atm so woo! :cheer:

Appreciate the J-Pop! :heart:

August 10, 200618 yr

Author

oh should this go in the lounge? i meant to post it there :P

August 11, 200618 yr

I HATE J-Pop :puke2: a bunch of Japanese idiots trying to be like Europeans and Americans :wacko: seriously .. they really p*** me off! There's only like 1 or 2 songs I like! -_- My boyfriend though, obsesses over it :wacko:

August 11, 200618 yr

What on earth is this? :lol:

Can I hear clips?

August 11, 200618 yr

Author

here are some!

Utada Hikaru (song: First Love)

[flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlbD5Ea1yc8.swf

Ayumi Hamasaki (Song: Bluebird)

[flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G00BHVok89E.swf

The H!P All Stars! (song:

[flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hviowVVznUA.swf

Edited August 11, 200618 yr by Matty.

August 11, 200618 yr

Author

definition of J-Pop

-pop music is an integral part of Japanese popular culture. It is used everywhere: anime, stores, commercials, movies, radio shows, TV shows, and video games. Some television news programs even run a J-pop song during their end credits.

In anime and television shows, particularly dramas, opening and closing songs are changed up to four times per year. As most programs have both opening and closing songs it is possible for one show to use 8 tracks in a single season. In comparison the hour-long American show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which ran for a total of seven seasons (1997-2003), has only 30 songs on its two albums released in the United States. An anime series of the same length could have up to 56 full songs, at least one single, and it would only fill 30 minutes on TV.

The sheer number of songs that are released means the faces of J-pop are constantly changing. Many artists will only release one album and several singles before fading back into anonymity. It is very difficult to stay prominent for longer than this, and artists who sustain their popularity for a decade are considered outstanding. Groups like Dreams Come True, Chage & Aska, B'z, Southern All Stars, the pillows, SPITZ, and TUBE and individual singers NOKKO, Seiko Matsuda, Chisato Moritaka and Yazawa Eikichi that have been popular for over 15 years are considered to be phenomenal successes.

Recently, Jpop has come to the attention of people around the world through video games. Due to the popular trend of importing games from Japan into other countries to obtain games sometimes up to a year before they are released in countries like the United States, Americans and others have been and continue to be exposed to the theme songs, often J-pop sung by famous singers such as Hikaru Utada in the best-selling Square Co., Ltd. game Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2. Her song "Easy Breezy" was also used to promote the Nintendo DS

also at the moment, J-Pop is being lead by young women like utada and Ayumi, who in 6 years have sold a combined total of nearly 100 million records, Ayumi herself has had 27 #1 singles and utada has the biggest selling Debut album and the biggest selling album ever in the history of japan with over 9 million copies sold