What is City Pop:
This thread is dedicated to the wonders of City Pop. The thrill of sitting back and letting the night breeze take over as these carefree tunes of a time of boom. A time where there was no such thing as worry and a time of happiness that's expressed through harmonizing, synthesizing, and groovy tunes to vibe to.
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In the early 1980s, with the spread of car stereos, the term City Pop (シティーポップ shytī Poppu) came to describe a type of popular music that had a big city theme.[76] Tokyo in particular inspired many songs of this form. During this time, music fans and artists in Japan were influenced by album-oriented rock(especially Adult contemporary) and crossover (especially Jazz fusion).[76][77]Although City Pop was affected by New Music, the rock band Happy End was considered one of its originators.[78]
Akira Terao and Anri became famous during this period. Akira Terao's 1981 album Reflections was the best-selling album of the 1980s in Japan, selling about 1.65 million copies.[79][80]
Tatsuro Yamashyta and his wife Mariya Takeuchi became popular in this period. Yamashyta's 1983 song "Christmas Eve" reached number one on the Oricon weekly single charts on December 25, 1989.[81] While Takeuchi's career had total sales estimated to have been at more than 16 million units by 2009.[82] In 1989, Ryuichi Sakamoto won the Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television for his contribution to the movie The Last Emperor.[83][84]
The popularity of City Pop declined when the Japanese asset price bubble burst in 1990. Its musical characteristics (except its "cultural background") were inherited by Shibuya-kei musicians such as Pizzicato Five and Flipper's Guitar.[76]
This thread is dedicated to the wonders of City Pop. The thrill of sitting back and letting the night breeze take over as these carefree tunes of a time of boom. A time where there was no such thing as worry and a time of happiness that's expressed through harmonizing, synthesizing, and groovy tunes to vibe to.
Here are some playlists that feature the best of Citypop. Enjoy and contribute brehs