J-pop

J-pop (ジェイポップ “jeipoppu”), an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku (“Lyric Singing Music,” a term for Japanese pop music from the 1920s to the 1980s) in the Japanese music scene. The term was coined by the Japanese media to distinguish Japanese music from foreign music, and now refers to most Japanese popular music. Edit this Artist photo: KOKIA

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Thursday 21 June 2012
WORLD TOUR 2012 「ROCK YOUR BEATS」
May'nConcert 		Key Club
Los Angeles CA, United States
34.090889 -118.388861

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Saturday 23 June 2012
WORLD TOUR 2012 「ROCK YOUR BEATS」
May'nConcert 		Yoshi's San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
37.781716 -122.432367

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Friday 3 August 2012
少年ナイフ
White MysteryConcert 		Memorial Union Terrace
Madison, WI, United States
43.076118 -89.399663

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Saturday 4 August 2012
少年ナイフ
Shonen KnifeConcert 		7th Street Entry
Minneapolis MN, United States
44.978266 -93.276081

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Sunday 5 August 2012
少年ナイフConcert The Aquarium
Fargo, ND, United States
46.87909 -96.787711

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Thursday 9 August 2012
少年ナイフConcert Dante's
Portland OR, United States
45.523043 -122.673376

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  • bakaneko90

    No BoA doesn't belong because every Korean bands sings in Japanese...

    Wednesday evening

  • bleachgeek4973

    lol @ RADWIMPS being tagged as this. Seriously bro?

    Monday morning

  • Raesyricon

    Could someone please tell me (preferably on my profile ^.^) some good j-pop albums?

    April 2012

  • guiilhermee

    http://youtu.be/tNa2sjI5BfA

    April 2012

  • greeeener

    BoA is Korean but she sings pop music in Japanese as well. So yeah, she belongs here.

    April 2012

  • BarneyJWY

    lol Boa?

    April 2012

  • Madrangue

    J-noise is better.

    April 2012

  • Mercenarion

    Boris did release a J-pop album last year, so they qualify.

    April 2012
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