The J-Pop genre has dominated both Asian and worldwide music markets, and been an influence for popular international artists including Gwen Stefani, Lady Gaga, and David Bowie. Who in the world isn’t familiar with Sony Music Entertainment, one of the biggest record companies in the world, and Yamaha, the largest manufacturer of Musical instruments in the world? However, nowadays Japan is second largest music market in the world, and exerts tremendous influence over musical trends, attracting worldwide audiences. Throughout most of the 20th Century, Japanese music was not widely listened to. Nowadays, Japanese Popular Music is hugely popular and is increasingly gaining influence and respect worldwide. The 1990’s saw the emergence of the more recognizable pop and dance culture, with rhythm and blues (R and B), electronic, and bubble-pop genres emerging later on. This consisted of more electronic and experimental sounds, utilising many different instruments and having deeper messages involving social movements and politics. The 1970’s and 1980’s saw the emergence of what in Japan was termed ‘New Music’.
After the Second World War, American influences of Boogie-woogie and Blues genres were taken on by Japanese artists, and rock and roll took off in the 1950’s and carried on through the ‘swinging sixties’. Over the decades J-Pop changed and diversified, broadly following international music trends. Japanese Pop Music, usually known as J-Pop, has a long history, much longer than many people might think! The origins can be found way back in the Showa Period when Jazz Music was popular in Japan, and many Jazz musicians came onto the scene.
The Significance of Japanese Pop Music in The World
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