There is a SNS(social networking service) for music that called Last.fm.
This is a excellent SNS for music that they played music and make library, introduced me to artists of recommendations from the taste.
It is a British-born SNS. So Western Europe people has more users than in Japan. Membership number of users has not been published in recent years, 240 countries around the world, more than 20 million people are using at the time in 2008. I know, not the sales, which artists music that you have listened to a lot of people actually. I can take close to the popularity of the actual statistics rather than the operation of the media.
The point is, it we can know that the popular artists in music geeks around the world now.
This time I will write this based on these results.
Japanese *visual music is popular abroad.
This is the category that is most listened artist in Japan. The reason is influence of Japanese anime culture.
For example the case of L'Arc~en~Ciel, "READY STEADY GO" is the theme song of "Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no renkinjutsushi)" by far the most popular. Below second place followed by "Driver's High" (GTO), "Blurry Eyes" (DNA), "DAYBREAK'S BELL" (Gundam 00), and "LOST HEAVEN" (Fullmetal Alchemist Theatre). All Top 5 is a theme song of popular anime. In Japan, the impression singing the theme song anime L'Arc~en~Ciel is thin. However overseas influence has come out clearly. In Japan, it is difficult to believe that this will come to the top five songs so much.
Also most foreigners answered the influence of anime and drama is what they knew J-POP. Indeed, anime *otaku are so many at foreigners.
*visual music=Source is slogan called "PSYCHEDELIC VIOLENCE CRIME OF VISUAL SHOCK" that was invented X JAPAN HIDE.
*otaku=Refers to a person who is immersed, absorbed in the field of something. Prefixes are used as the field.
Surprisingly little listener on the whole, such as a Arashi or AKB48 (idol group) popular in Japan.These often do not have regular overseas compared to other J-POP, and it might be not distribution do much in place. By the way, Asian countries have a high profile in order to perform the way, often live.
Also tie that anime songs, such as composer Yoko Kanno (Macross, Cowboy Bebop), Joe Hisaishi (Ghibli) - The Artists such as voice actor Maaya Sakamoto and Nana Mizuki is so popular. The popularity of the artist and voice actor Maaya Sakamoto is outstanding. This is the influence of the popular anime "Macross series" in overseas markets. The popularity of anime in overseas suggests.
L'Arc~en~Ciel
Macross F Theatre
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