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Apr 20, 2024 · Not to be classified with simply popular Japanese musicians, these are the top J-Pop singers and groups. Latest additions: Yuuri, Tani Yuuki, Kenshi Yonezu. Most divisive: miwa. Over 14.0K Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of Top J-Pop Bands and Singers. Japanese pop music (known as J-pop) is a mashup of traditional Japanese ...
Chyna [10] (born Joan Marie Laurer; December 27, 1969 – April 17, 2016) was an American professional wrestler, fitness model, bodybuilder, author, actress, adult actress and television personality . She first rose to prominence in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)) in 1997, where she was billed as ...
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Oricon provides accumulated physical sales of all entries on its singles and albums charts (started in 1968 and 1970, respectively). Note that Oricon does not count sales of the records that did not enter or fell off of the charts, unlike Nielsen SoundScan. Therefore, it generally shows fewer numbers than reported sales via record labels, and may n...
50 million or more records
1. B'z 2. Ayumi Hamasaki 3. AKB48
30 million to 49 million records
1. Yumi Matsutoya 2. Glay 3. Arashi 4. Hikaru Utada 5. SMAP
20 million to 29 million records
1. L'Arc-en-Ciel 2. Koda Kumi 3. Akina Nakamori 4. Masaharu Fukuyama 5. Exile
The long-standing second world's biggest music market have seen record sales dominated by their local music acts. A selected group of Western acts have achieved certified units of over 4 million since Japan's music certification system inception by RIAJ in 1989. Various of them debuted before that tracking system, selling millions of their catalogu...
Okamoto, Satoshi (2011). Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968-2010 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 978-4-87131-088-8.Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). オリコン・アルバム・チャートブック(完全版): 1970~2005 [Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005] (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 978-4-87131-077-2.Yamachan Land(Japanese) — Japanese chart archives of selected best-selling artists (last updated December 2007)
In the '80s, few bands had a female members, like all-female band Show-Ya fronted by Keiko Terada, and Terra Rosa with Kazue Akao on vocals. In September 1989, Show-Ya's album Outerlimits was released, it reached number 3 in the Oricon album chart. Folk rock. Happy End is credited as the first rock band to sing in the Japanese language.
The Imperial House (皇室, Kōshitsu), also referred to as the Imperial Family and the House of Yamato, is the imperial family of Japan, consisting of those members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. Under the present Constitution of Japan, the emperor is "the symbol of the State ...
There are several theories as to who was the first Japanese ruler supported by historical evidence: notable candidates are Emperor Yūryaku (r. 456–479) and Emperor Kinmei (r. 539–571), among others. The terms Tennō ('Emperor', 天皇), as well as Nihon ('Japan', 日本), were not adopted until the late 7th century CE.
