The idol phenomenon in Japan, which emerged in the 1970s, highlights young artists, often teenage girls, who sing and dance ...

Yamaguchi Momoe, the duo Pink Lady, and Matsuda Seiko were among the most popular pop music idols of the 1970s and 1980s. The niche they carved out in the Japanese entertainment industry is now ...

But my dad loved [British blues musician] Eric Clapton and my mum loved [70s Japanese idol] Yamaguchi Momoe, so I absorbed all kinds of music early on.” But Sawayama also cites London as having ...

By Billboard Japan Billboard Japan’s Women in Music initiative launched in 2022 to celebrate artists, producers and executives who have made significant contributions to music and inspired other ...

Is it J-pop or K-pop. The Japanese group ONE OR EIGHT will be active in Korea in earnest. Group One or Eight held a showcase in Korea at Ilji Art Hall in Gangnam, Seoul on the 26th and expressed their ...

She has also been selected to host a music program in South Korea and is one of the Japanese artists in the spotlight in the country. The radio show marks her first regular program in Japan.

Matsuri ’25 Japanese Music Experience Los Angeles will be held ... Another J-pop record includes “Idol,” which made it to Apple Music’s Top 100: Global and Billboard Global (excluding ...

MBN's "Korea-Japan Top Ten Show" One standout moment featured South Korean singer Kim Da-hyun covering "Nantettatte Idol," a 1985 Japanese ... For decades, Japanese music was almost unheard ...