Dance and Disco Music of Japan
In the year 1984, American artists Michael Jackson’s album Thriller became the first album by a western musician to sell over one million ...
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In the year 1984, American artists Michael Jackson’s album
Thriller became the first album by a western musician to sell over one million
copies in Japanese Oricon charts history. His pattern is cited as one of the
models for Japan dance music, leading the fame of Avex group and Johnny & Associates.
In 1990, Avex Trax started to produce the super Eurobeat series in
Japan. The Eurobeat in Japan led the popularity of the orchestra dance form
Para Para. While Avex’s musicians like every Little Thing and Ayumi Hamasaki
became well-known in 1990s, new names in the late 90s included Hikaru Utada and
Morning Musume. Hikaru Utada’s debut album, first love, went on to be the
highest-selling album in Japan with over 7 million copies sold, whereas Ayumi
Hamasaki became Japan’s top selling female and solo musician and morning Musume
remains one of the most popular girl orchestras in the Japanese pop music
industry.
