J-Pop
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[Business oportunity] J-POP's overseas business is expanding, especially in Asia, especially through anime tie-ups and music distribution services. In recent years, demand for J-POP has been growing in regions outside of Asia, such as the United States and Latin America. |
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Mayonaka no Door
Japan’s “city pop” music has enjoyed a surge in international popularity in recent years.
The track of the moment is Matsubara Miki’s disco-tinged 1979 hit “Mayonaka no Door/Stay with Me,” which recently topped Spotify’s Global Viral 50 for 18 days straight, broke Apple Music’s J-pop top 10 in 92 different markets, and has already racked up over 100 million plays on YouTube. Songwriter Hayashi Tetsuji talks about his song’s staggering revival.
Yoasobi
YOASOBI is very popular overseas as a J-POP artist. In particular, it has received a large number of plays from overseas on music distribution services such as Spotify.
In particular, “Idol,” released in 2023, became a worldwide hit, becoming the first Japanese-language song to reach No. 1 overall on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S.
Japanese Pop – The growth of the Japanese music…
The Japanese music industry is not only one of the biggest music markets in the world, but a cultural phenomenon too which has resonated with people within and outside of the borders of Japan, especially since the 2000s which saw a stark rise in the popularity of Asian music worldwide.
