J-pop, natively also known simply as pops, 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. J-pop replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene.
Toshinobu "Toshi" Kubota is a Japanese singer, songwriter, musician, music producer, and radio personality. He has produced six million-seller records and thirty-three Top 40 singles during his career. Kubota is currently part of Sony Music Japan. In addition, he has composed and written songs for many singers including Hiromi Iwasaki, Misia, Toshinori Yonekura, Kyōko Koizumi, and many other recording artists.
TVXQ is a South Korean duo formed by SM Entertainment in 2003. They were originally a five-member boy band consisting of Hero Jaejoong, U-Know Yunho, Micky Yoochun, and Xiah Junsu, and Max Changmin. They were immediately launched to mainstream recognition following the release of their first physical single "Hug" (2004), which peaked at number four on the MIAK monthly music chart. Their first studio albums Tri-Angle (2004) and Rising Sun (2005) were both top sellers, pushing the band's popularity beyond Korea. Under Avex, TVXQ entered the Japanese market with their first Japanese album Heart, Mind and Soul (2006), but it was met with limited success.
Jealousy is the third studio album by Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, then known as simply X. The album was released on July 1, 1991, by Sony, as the band's second major label release. Jealousy is the band's best-selling album, having sold more than one million copies, it topped the Oricon chart and stayed on the chart for 50 weeks. The album's singles would also reach the top three on the chart. It is their last album under the name "X", before changing to "X Japan", and the last to feature Taiji on bass, who would be replaced by Heath.
Girls' Generation, also known as SNSD, is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun. Originally a nine-piece ensemble, member Jessica departed from the group in September 2014. Among the prominent South Korean figures and most popular K-pop groups worldwide, Girls' Generation has earned numerous accolades and the honorific nickname "The Nation's Girl Group" in their home country.
CNBLUE is a South Korean pop rock band formed in 2009. The band consists of Jung Yong-hwa, Kang Min-hyuk (drums), and Lee Jung-shin (bass). First bassist Kwon Kwang-jin left the band after they released their debut Japanese extended play Now or Never in 2009, and was replaced by Lee Jung-shin. Lee Jong-hyun left the band on August 28, 2019.
South Korean boy band 2PM has released twelve studio albums, three compilation albums, two EPs, and thirty-nine singles.
Catalogue Victor→Mercury 87–99 is the seventh compilation album by Buck-Tick, released on March 7, 2012. It compiles all of their singles released while signed to Victor Entertainment, from 1988's "Just One More Kiss" to 1999's "Miu". It and Catalogue Ariola 00–10 were released on the same day in celebration of Buck-Tick's 25th anniversary.
Kono Hi no Chime o Wasurenai is the first album by the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. It was released in Japan on September 19, 2012 by Avex Group.
Sandaime J Soul Brothers, formerly simply J Soul Brothers and also known as Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe, are a J-pop vocal and dance group formed by Exile ex-leader and producer Hiroyuki Igarashi in Japan in 1991. Sandaime J Soul Brothers are managed by Hiroyuki's talent agency LDH and are a part of the supergroup, Exile Tribe. Reformed exclusively by Exile's Vocal Battle Audition in 2010, Sandaime J Soul Brothers released their first single "Best Friend's Girl" in November 2010, which peaked at number three on the Oricon Singles Chart. Their self-titled debut album J Soul Brothers, released in 2011, also peaked at number three. In 2013, they achieved their first number-one record with their third album Miracle.
The Best/Blue Impact is an album by Japanese group Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe. It was released on January 1, 2014. It reached the number-one place on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart and stayed at number-one for four weeks. It was the 4th best-selling album in the first half of the year in Japan, with 323,798 copies and it was the 6th best-selling album of the year in Japan, with 347,363 copies.
Exile Tribe Revolution is an album by Japanese group Exile Tribe. It was released on August 27, 2014. It reached number one on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart. It was the eighth best-selling album of the year in Japan, with 333,998 copies sold.
Planet Seven is the 5th album by Japanese group Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe. It was released on January 28, 2015. It reached the number-one place on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart and stayed at number-one for two weeks. It was the best-selling album in the first half of the year in Japan, with 820,470 copies and it was the 2nd best-selling album of the year in Japan, with 868,247 copies.
Metal Resistance is the second studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Babymetal. It was first released on March 29, 2016, in Japan through BMD Fox Records, and on April 1, 2016, worldwide through earMusic, RED Associated Labels (RAL), and Sony Music Entertainment. Most work for the album began in 2014, shortly after the release of the band's debut album Babymetal. The members of the band describe the album as more diverse in heavy metal, with the recurring theme acquired while on tour.
Japanese rock, sometimes abbreviated to J-rock, is rock music from Japan. Influenced by American and British rock of the 1960s, the first rock bands in Japan performed what is called group sounds, with lyrics almost exclusively in English. Folk rock band Happy End in the early 1970s are credited as the first to sing rock music in the Japanese language. Punk rock bands Boøwy and The Blue Hearts and hard rock/heavy metal groups X Japan and B'z led Japanese rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s by achieving major mainstream success.
We Are X is the 2017 soundtrack album to the documentary film We Are X, containing a compilation of songs by Japanese heavy metal band X Japan. It was released on March 3, 2017 by Sony Music's Legacy Recordings. In the first week of the release of the album it reached No. 4 in Japan's Oricon Albums Chart. It also reached No. 1 in the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart, No. 3 in the UK Soundtrack Albums Chart and No. 27 in the main UK Albums Chart, making it their first appearance on the UK chart.
The JSB World is a greatest hits album by Japanese pop boy-band Sandaime J Soul Brothers. It was released on March 29, 2017. It was number-one on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart on its release, selling 356,772 copies. It was also number-one on the Billboard Japan Weekly Top Albums Sales Chart. By the end of 2017 the album had sold a total of 467,005 copies.
"Ryusei" is a song recorded by Japanese group Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe. It was released on June 25, 2014 by rhythm zone and later included in his fifth studio album Planet Seven (2015). Musically, "Ryusei" it is a J-pop song with an EDM beat. Upon its release, it peaked at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart and due to its commercial success, topped the Billboard Japan Hot 100 of the Year 2015.
Ima ga Omoide ni Naru made is the fourth album by Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. It was released on 17 April 2019. The album reached the top position on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart, with 446,618 copies sold. It also reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums and Top Albums Sales charts.
Koya Rosado Elliott, better known by his stage name Elly, is a Japanese dancer and rapper. He is a performer(dancer) of J-Pop dance and vocal group Sandaime J Soul Brothers and a former member of Gekidan Exile.
