Explore Japanese City Pop through artists, albums, songs and the people behind the credits. Read original essays, check the evidence and follow the connections.
A source-linked selection of Japanese popular music. Albums, compositions, recordings, release editions and ordered tracks are distinct entries; the entry count is not a count of unique songs.
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Singer and songwriter represented here by RIDE ON TIME and FOR YOU.
Wrote every song on VARIETY, produced by Tatsuro Yamashita.
Represented by her late-1970s solo albums SUNSHOWER and MIGNONNE.
Explore Anri through Heaven Beach and Timely!!.
Released POCKET PARK and Who are you? in 1980.
Singer and producer represented by A LONG VACATION and EACH TIME.
Her TWILIGHT ZONE combines soul, funk and jazz approaches.
Made his album debut with SEA BREEZE in 1981.
Represented here by MAGICAL, a collection featuring A LOVE AFFAIR.
Composed all the songs on her debut album TRANSIT.
Her 1983 album Fuyū Kūkan includes Midnight Pretenders.
His 1970s solo records appear here as broader historical context.
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