Japanese Geji Song Tradition

1March, 1999, 16-year-old new singer Yudota released his first album "First Love", which sold 7.65 million, once again breaking the historical record, and this record has never been challenged. Her appearance led Japan's R&; B: This type of popularity makes the market for female solo singers strong in the next few years.

1 99965438+1October1,the new singer Ayumi Hamasaki released her first original album "A Song for XXX". This album made Ayumi Hamasaki the first Japanese female singer to win the sales champion for three weeks in 18 years, ranking first in five weeks in total. Then, Ayumi Hamasaki's popularity began to expand rapidly, and the sales of several albums exceeded 2 million, finally becoming the highest-selling individual singer in Japanese history. At this time, Utoda and Ayumi Hamasaki, two female singers, almost dominated the whole market, and the media often described the market situation as "Geji showdown". On March 28th, 20001,Ayumi Hamasaki's special album A BEST and Utoda's original album Distance were released at the same time. Utoda won the highest sales volume in the world rankings, while Ayumi Hamasaki won various fashion awards that year. In 200 1 year, the number of newcomers to society dropped to the lowest level in 50 years. It is conceivable that at this time, the two monopolized the music scene.

Kuraki Mai debuted at 1999, when the Japanese industry was in the decline of the influence of small families, and Mihia, Utoda and other R&; The heyday of B singer's popularity. Kuraki Mai made a successful debut in this trend, and in 2000, she won the ORICON annual charts, with the total single sales of 65,438+0, the total album sales and the second place in the artist category. After that, her second album "Perfect Crime" and her special album "Good Luck" also made millions of sales.

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Utoda, Ayumi Hamasaki, Kuraki Mai, Ringo Ashe, Mihia, Aiko, Yuki Koyanagi, Suzuki Yamei, Bao Er.