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Initially a glam rock-inspired band, Japan developed their sound and androgynous look to incorporate electronic music and foreign influences. Japan achieved success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, releasing nine UK top 40 hits, including the 1982 top 5 hit single "Ghosts", and scoring a UK top 5 with the live album Oil on Canvas (1983). Six ...
- David Sylvian
David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt; 23 February 1958) is an...
- Mick Karn
Initially with Karn as lead vocalist, their band christened...
- Rob Dean
Japan. Dean joined Japan in 1975 at the age of 20. The band...
- David Sylvian
The discography of British art pop / new wave band Japan, including their reformation as Rain Tree Crow, consists of 6 studio albums, 17 compilations albums, 1 live album, and 4 video releases.
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List of best-selling music artists in Japan. The top music artists in Japan include Japanese artists with claims of 15 million or more record sales or with over 2 million subscribers. Japan is the largest physical music market in the world and the second largest overall behind the United States, and the biggest in Asia, according to ...
ArtistYears ActiveGenreSales1988–presentJ-pop / R&B / New wave / City pop44.94 million [13]1968–presentPop rock / Jazz fusion / Folk rock / ...39.39 million [14] [15]1988–presentPop rock / Power pop / Progressive rock38.80 million [13]1999–2020 (Hiatus)Pop / rock / R&B38.44 million [13]May 21, 2020 · Japan were a British art rock band co-founded by David Sylvian who notched hit singles like Ghosts and were hugely influential on new wave. Published on. May 21, 2020. By. uDiscover Team. Photo...
Japan is the second-largest music market in the world and the following lists cover the top-selling albums in the country of Japan, based on information provided by the Recording Industry Association of Japan and Oricon Inc.
AlbumArtistReleasedSales10 March 19997,672,12020 May 19985,136,0001 October 19974,875,98028 March 20014,472,353ジャパン （Japan）は、 イギリス の ニュー・ウェイヴ ・ バンド 。 デヴィッド・シルヴィアン を中心に 1974年 結成。 1982年 解散。 歴史 [ 編集] デヴィッド・シルヴィアンとその弟 スティーヴ・ジャンセン 、デヴィッドの親友であった ミック・カーン を中心に結成。 カーンの兄の結婚式にバンドとして最初のお披露目をした。 当初はカーンをリード・ボーカルとして練習していたが、本番直前になって怖じ気づいたカーンが、シルヴィアンに無理矢理頼み込んでボーカルを代わってもらい、以降はシルヴィアンがリード・ボーカルとなった。
Barbieri has played with the band Porcupine Tree since the early '90s and released his first solo album, "Things Buried," in 2005. Sylvian has since married, and divorced, former Prince protégé Ingrid Chavez, and, among other projects, started his own label, Samadhisound. Hoshiko, Seiichi.
