City pop
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City pop is a loosely defined form of Japanese pop music that emerged in the mid-1970s and peaked in popularity during the 1980s. It was originally termed as an offshoot of Japan's Western-influenced
A VIP Liner bus with drawings of the city pop singer Mariya Takeuchi by Mari Yamazaki
Mariya Takeuchi
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Mariya Takeuchi is a Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as the "Queen of City Pop", Takeuchi is one of the best-selling music artists in Japan with over 16 million records sold.
City pop
…cheesy, mainstream, disposable music, going so far as calling it 'shitty pop'." Since the 2010s, city pop has seen a resurgence with artists such as Mariya Takeuchi gaining an international online following, as well as becoming a touchstone for the sample-based microgenres known as vaporwave and future funk. Kim…
Mariya Takeuchi
Takeuchi's yearbook photo, 1973
Takeuchi in 2019