J-Pop
J-pop is Japanese pop music: melodic, carefully produced songs sung mostly in Japanese by solo singers, bands and idol groups.
The name was coined around the late 1980s by Tokyo radio station J-Wave to describe modern, Western-influenced Japanese pop, as distinct from older styles such as kayōkyoku and enka. The music takes in dance pop, rock, R&B and electronic sounds. Idol groups, anime tie-ins and singer-songwriters all sit under the heading.
Artists it is known for: Hikaru Utada, Namie Amuro, Arashi, Yoasobi.
- Family
- J-Pop & Anime
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- Japan, late 1980s to 1990s
- Also called
- Japanese pop
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 7%
About 6,100 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have j-pop among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
J-Pop artists
Ado
YOASOBI
&TEAM
Kenshi Yonezu
ヨルシカ
RADWIMPS
Eve
DECO*27
Fujii Kaze
Creepy NutsThe j-pop artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.