Classic J-pop artists, songs, decades and similar genres

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List of classic j-pop artists

Here is a list of classic j-pop artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the classic j-pop genre. You can find out what classic j-pop genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	SPITZ	69	9	54	75	31	52	105	1878336
2	Hikaru Utada	66	4	55	64	35	44	115	2986928
3	Mr.Children	64	0	51	65	14	42	121	3003241
4	サザンオールスターズ	62	0	52	80	23	68	131	1305615
5	DREAMS COME TRUE	60	0	61	67	21	61	118	1396714
6	Namie Amuro	59	1	62	82	14	55	121	1425262
7	Ayumi Hamasaki	58	1	56	77	14	43	123	819816
8	Yumi Matsutoya	56	1	69	65	20	62	112	901360
9	L'Arc-en-Ciel	56	1	44	88	1	51	127	763393
10	Masayuki Suzuki	54	3	69	72	21	73	117	240801
11	Ken Hirai	53	0	60	64	44	52	123	843441
12	Noriyuki Makihara	53	0	63	78	26	73	121	757136
13	Masaharu Fukuyama	52	0	55	68	36	55	110	805141
14	Every Little Thing	52	0	55	81	12	52	122	477549
15	JUDY AND MARY	52	5	43	85	6	55	147	648781
16	Kazuyoshi Saito	52	0	54	84	13	56	128	430110
17	Maki Ohguro	52	0	63	86	13	58	120	224484
18	GLAY	52	0	46	84	4	46	131	501252
19	T.M.Revolution	51	0	50	97	3	50	143	337162
20	Toshinobu Kubota	50	0	66	72	20	69	111	122614
21	Ulfuls	50	0	65	91	5	71	122	307018
22	TUBE	49	0	56	73	18	55	123	199287
23	Kome Kome Club	49	0	56	75	18	65	138	326741
24	globe	49	1	62	92	4	49	123	326343
25	Koji Tamaki	48	0	51	47	54	40	119	249599
26	Yoshiki	47	83	17	43	91	4	146	88772
27	Hideaki Tokunaga	47	0	53	46	48	25	102	325511
28	My Little Lover	47	1	53	69	18	47	123	319955
29	TM NETWORK	46	2	61	83	10	64	126	172783
30	Shizuka Kudo	46	0	61	77	25	66	131	118609
31	Kohmi Hirose	46	0	62	78	31	55	123	192563
32	Takako Matsu	46	0	57	50	51	44	112	101124
33	SPEED	45	0	62	86	6	55	125	135038
34	Puffy AmiYumi	44	0	60	81	12	66	136	105310
35	Sharam Q	44	0	56	77	14	62	121	153837
36	Nanase Aikawa	44	4	48	83	18	53	147	156163
37	TRF	44	0	57	91	5	53	126	215141
38	Junichi Inagaki	43	0	67	48	39	56	133	106399
39	Kyosuke Himuro	43	2	49	83	8	56	127	119550
40	m.o.v.e	43	0	57	96	6	62	146	37182
41	Ozawa Kenji	42	0	85	72	57	89	118	80593
42	Yuna Ito	41	0	59	69	19	50	101	113706
43	Denki Groove	41	55	67	82	10	62	130	148412
44	Cocco	41	0	45	67	14	37	134	167749
45	中山美穂 & WANDS	41	0	52	76	46	59	145	1723
46	Matsuko Mawatari	39	0	62	82	15	70	144	12417
47	Takashi Sorimachi	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	5697
48	Pocket Biscuits	37	1	44	94	2	40	149	54869
49	Yasushi Nakanishi	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	11343
50	Tomomi Kahara	37	0	63	87	9	64	107	87380
51	Senri Oe	37	6	61	60	47	57	129	29607
52	H Jungle With t	37	0	58	81	4	62	132	42827
53	class	36	0	56	69	15	52	117	2888
54	Kuroyume	35	0	49	98	0	53	141	47076
55	MAX	35	0	66	91	4	72	137	37838
56	Ryoko Hirosue	34	0	66	89	12	73	120	28343
57	Salyu	34	8	45	51	44	23	114	59706
58	Daijiman Brothers Band	34	0	63	85	28	77	125	12478
59	Le Couple	34	0	61	20	43	24	88	2300
60	Ryuichi Kawamura	33	0	55	65	27	48	135	44802
61	Saruganseki	33	0	64	75	8	71	117	2840
62	hana*hana	32	0	62	68	31	47	128	11086
63	GAO	32	0	61	52	52	44	99	3624
64	Takashi Fujii	32	10	67	86	3	71	116	16068
65	STEADY&CO.	31	0	58	59	13	43	127	17355
66	day after tomorrow	31	0	57	85	2	48	125	14872
67	桑田佳祐＆ Mr.Children	31	0	58	74	1	85	126	38160
68	MOON CHILD	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	9213
69	access	31	3	51	96	1	48	146	24787
70	Kahimi Karie	31	18	58	55	44	55	124	33617
71	Chikako Sawada	30	0	38	43	81	24	115	10305
72	HIRO	29	0	54	84	2	51	126	228
73	L⇔R	29	0	56	67	19	46	123	9443
74	Tatsuya Ishii	28	0	60	91	3	69	108	7131
75	とんねるず	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	20847
76	hiro	28	0	61	85	9	57	118	10263
77	Something Else	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	2586
78	Seishiro Kusunose	27	0	62	88	4	79	132	3299
79	ZOO	27	0	65	93	4	71	120	3907
80	yaen	27	0	64	87	2	68	125	28508
81	girl next door	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	14752
82	Cousin	27	0	50	48	58	16	97	924
83	Yuka Kawamura	27	0	56	62	45	45	123	2370
84	Yasuhiro Yamane	27	0	58	66	28	42	107	5884
85	m.c.A・T	26	8	80	93	0	62	140	5480
86	Ruriko Kuboh	26	0	63	88	12	71	124	10010
87	THE TRABRYU	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	2064
88	佐藤朱美	25	1	54	59	34	31	112	529
89	CoCo	24	1	68	80	29	89	132	6578
90	Yuji Oda	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	4646
91	KATSUMI	23	0	59	83	9	66	131	3883
92	増田惠子・大内義昭	22	0	73	68	10	24	110	413
93	Jungle Smile	22	0	51	81	36	52	126	3514
94	Eriko Tamura	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	3233
95	Yume Suzuki	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	2209
96	蓮井朱夏	21	0	71	74	28	62	117	1242
97	Mana Kana	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1220
98	FUNK THE PEANUTS	21	0	67	82	13	87	111	2537
99	Rie Tomosaka	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	6783
100	GO-BANG'S	19	1	61	91	15	74	132	6718
101	Tomoe Shinohara	18	45	61	94	1	61	160	3098
102	Folder	16	0	72	98	1	59	129	3868
103	Hekiru Shiina	15	0	54	85	8	35	153	3152
104	Izumi Tachibana	14	0	59	85	9	70	111	3006
105	Ranma 1/2 Doco	14	1	57	68	4	83	152	951
106	Michiyo Nakajima	13	0	69	74	18	86	134	1625
107	Azusa Senou	13	0	69	77	17	82	126	1862
108	Kanae	9	0	56	85	1	79	144	99
109	和久井映見	8	0	44	58	47	47	132	1541

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