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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 80. Chapters: Enka, Eurobeat, Gagaku, J-pop, Japanese folk music, Japanese hip hop, Japanese jazz, Shibuya-kei, Shinto music, Ry k ka, Music of Cowboy Bebop, Noh, T.M.Revolution, Tour of Secret, Johnny & Associates, Kay kyoku, DJ Sharpnel, Tiana Xiao, Tsugaru-jamisen, Electric Mole, Da Pump, Uchuu Sentai Noiz, J-ENT, Gekokuj Xstasy, PureBoys, B-flower, Warabe uta, Kawachi ondo, Zazen Extasy, Hatsuiku Status Gokiritsu Japon, NYC, Otemoyan, Sh, Sing! aiko, Dai Ikkai Ringohan Taikai no Moyou, Yuma Nakayama, Mongol800, Yuri Ichii, Onna no Michi, Itsuki Lullaby, Danmono, Diamond, Shimabara Lullaby, Goshu ondo, Etenraku, Min'y, Saibara, Group Sounds, Takeda Lullaby, June, Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2007-2008 Anniversary, Honkyoku, Shizuko Kasagi, Uzi, The Kiddie, Kotaro Oshio, Ch goku Region Lullaby, Japan Gold Disc Award, Heike Ondo, DJ Muro, Ry teki, Hichiriki, Onkyokei, Kick the Can Crew, Edo Lullaby, Popjapan.tv, Kitty GYM, Get set Go!! BeForU Astronauts Set, List of Japanese hip hop musicians, Esashi oiwake music, Shomyo, Strike Party!!!, Cradle Orchestra, saka no onna, Bushi, Togaku, Ayu no Deji Deji Nikki, Kita no Yadokara, Komabue, Nagauta, Komagaku, Kawa no Nagare no Y ni, R kyoku, J ruri, Suizen, Brief & Trunks, Takahata buritama. Excerpt: J-pop jeipoppu), an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a loosely-defined musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music such as The Beatles, and replaced kay kyoku ("Lyric Singing Music," a term for Japanese pop music from the 1920s to the 1980s) in the Japanese music scene. The term was coined by the Japanese media to distinguish Japanese music from foreign music, and now refers to most Japanese popular music. According to 2010 global music industry market share data from the International Federation of the Phonogra...