Jpop

Jpop , JPop , JPOP , J-pop or J-Pop is abbreviations for Japanese Popular Music

One calls Jpop the Musique pop Japan ease (in the same manner that the Japanese Rock is called jrock ); it is a sub-genus of the Japanese Musique, influenced by the Western music.

The term of Jpop was '" inventé" by J-Wave, a station of the radio of the band FM, to describe what was up to that point called " New Music". The term is largely used in Japan to describe several musical genres including of the pop, of the rock'n'roll, the Dance, the Rap, and the drunk. In the area of Nagoya the term of Z-pop is used to describe popular songs in the area. J-rock'n'roll, Visual Kei and J-rap is generally regarded as making parties of JPop.

The Japanese stores divide usually their music into four sections: Jpop, Enka (a traditional form of Ballade), traditional, and English/international. Certain songs, like those of Miyuki Nakajima and Anzenchitai, represent a fusion between Enka and Jpop.

History

The history of Jpop can be followed at the same time as that of the Jazz which became popular during the beginning of the Ère Shōwa. The Jazz reintroduced several musical instruments, before used only to play of the classical music or the military marches, in the bars and the clubs. The jazz also added the element of " fun" with the Japanese music scene. Like result, " Ongaku Kissa" (音楽喫茶 - reads. bar with music) became very popular thanks to this musical revival.

Under the pressure of the imperial army during the Second world war, the practice of music jazz was temporarily stopped. At the end of the war, the American soldiers and the Far East Network - who occupied the Japan at that time - introduced a certain number of new musical styles into the country. The Boogie-woogie, the Mambo, the Blues, and the Country music were played by Japanese musicians for the American troops. Songs like the " Tokyo Boogie-Woogie" of Shizuko Kasagi (1948), " Tennessee Waltz" of Chiemi Eri (1951), " Omatsuri Mambo" of Hibari Misora, and " Omoide No Waltz" of Izumi Yukimura became popular. Foreign musicians and groups from which Jazz At the Philharmonic and Louis Armstrong came to play in Japan. 1952 was declared L year of the Boom of the Jazz but the kind itself required a technical high level and was difficult to play. Like result, several Japanese musicians amateurs turned to the country music, much easier to learn and play. One witnessed a proliferation of this musical genre in Japan.

In 1956 the madness of the Rock “roll did not start thanks to a group of country music known under the name of Kosaka Kazuya and the Wagon Masters and their resumption of Heartbreak Hotel of Elvis Presley. The movement rock'n'roll reaches a top in 1959 with the realization of a film including/understanding of the performances of several Japanese groups of music rock'n'roll. However, the scission of the rock'n'roll “roll in the United States was quickly followed by that to Japan. Indeed of many Japanese groups were very influenced by their American equivalents. Some artists tried to amalgamate the Japanese traditional pop music with the rock'n'roll. Among those which reached that point, Kyu Sakamoto with the song " ue wo muite arukō" (reads. " Let us look in the air and avançons"), known elsewhere in the world like " Sukiyaki ". Other artists decided to play of the music and to translate the words of American popular songs, which gave birth to the cover pop . Their popularity decreased however when the radio and television gave to each and everyone the opportunity to listen to the artists at the origin of these songs. However, the concept of Karaoké and its popularity can undoubtedly be allotted to this phenomenon.

During the period going of beginning of the year 70 until the middle of the Eighties, one passed from simple songs with only one guitar in accompaniment to known more complex musical arrangements under the name of New Music . Instead of messages in social matter the songs concentrated on events or the feelings of the life like the love. Takuro Yoshida and Yosui Inoue is two notable artists of this New Music .

In the Eighties the term City Pop was used to describe a popular type of music with a principal town topic. Tōkyō in particular inspired by many songs of this kind. It is difficult to determine a precise limit between the City Pop and the New Music and of many songs corresponds to the two categories. The Wasei Pop (reads. the pop one of Japan) quickly became a current expression to describe at the same time the City Pop and the New Music . With beginning of the year 90, J-pop became the term running to describe the majority of these popular songs.

End of the year 80 had seen the emergence of the one of the Japanese rock groups most popular of all times, Chage and Aska. Duet of singers and male type-setters very popular formed of Chage (Shuji Shibata) and Ryo Aska (Shigeaki Miyazaki), they carried out a series of hits without precedent during the Eighties and Nineties, and became the most famous artists of the Asian rock'n'roll. Their round " Asian Turn II/Impossible" Mission; was the most important round ever organized by a Japanese group - tickets for the 61 dates in Japan, Hong-Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan all were sold as of the first day. Ryo Aska is largely regarded today as one of largest the composer-songwriter of Japan. However, with the emergence of the dance-pop music Japanese inaugurated by Namie Amuro and Tetsuya Komuro during end of the year 90, the popularity of rock groups such as Chage & Aska decreased.

The R' B did not become popular in Japan towards end of the year 90, with the beginnings of Hikaru Utada and its first individual " Automatic/time will tell". Its first album, " First Love" was sold to approximately 7.500.000 of specimens, carrying out the largest sale of albums of all times, and the best sale for a first album. During this time, the pop music was always also popular in Japan with female artists solo like Ayumi Hamasaki, May Kuraki and Ami Suzuki, and of the female groups like Speed and Morning Musume.

Since the beginning of the years 2000, the R' influences B and Hip hop are stronger than ever. Groups which one could describe as J-Hiphop/rock'n'roll as Orange Arranges and Ketsumeishi is with the signal of the classifications Oricon, with some groups of pop/rock'n'roll older like Mr. Children, B' Z and Southern All Stars.

Impact on the Popular culture

The Jpop music forms integral part of the Japanese Culture. It is used everywhere: Animates, stores, publicities, films, radio transmissions or televisual, and video games.

The songs thepop one are often played at fast intervals, and certain people have evil to appreciate it. In the animates or the televisual emissions, and in particular the drama, the songs of opening and end are often changed several times per annum. As the majority of the programs have a song of opening and one of end, it is possible for a program to have up to eight songs in only one season.

The big number of songs which are carried out implies that the " visage" Jpop constantly changes. Several artists will make one individual album and some before disappearing in anonymity. It is very difficult to remain on the front of the scene, and the artists who manage to consolidate their popularity over one decade are regarded as very talented. Groups like Dreams Like True, Chage & Aska, B' Z, Southern All Stars, The pillows, and TUBE which had success lasting more than 15 years can be regarded as phenomenal successes.

The five last years knew the emergence of strange a new phenomenon coming from the east of Japan. Around Fukuoka and Ōita, formed groups at the same time of Japanese and foreign artists saw their popularity progressing suddenly. This popularity drew the attention of several large musical companies, like Sony Japan. One can quote off for example groups Bump Chicken, Fever, Dr. Funkinstein, Flowers, The Routes, Def Tech, F8, and The James Heneghan Acoustic Roadshow.

Sub-genera

Jpop included majority of the musics produced in Japan, and often of the kinds considered as distinct in other countries.

  • songs of Animates

  • Boys band
  • pop
  • Girls band
  • Japanese Rock or Jrock
  • Musique of video game

See too

  • Kayokyoku
  • C-pop
  • List of J-pop artists
  • K-pop

Artists

Female

Masculines

Groups

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