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May 7, 2021 Unprecedented times lead to unexpected sights. In the throes of a pandemic, that means a Fuji Rock Festival lineup featuring … zero international acts. A year after “postponing” (PR talk for “canceling”) one of Japan’s marquee summer music festivals due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizer Smash Japan is moving ahead with Fuji Rock 2021 from Aug. 20 to 22 at the Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata Prefecture. It won’t be like any previous edition of the event: Attendance will be limited and those who show up must use a special app to register personal information. Va...

BTS top a third IFPI chart for 2020 -- the Global Album Sales tally.

BTS’ MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 tops IFPI’s 2020 Global Album Sales Chart A countdown of the top ten albums will begin at 13.00 GMT on Twitter and Instagram with the winner announced at 15.00 GMT. OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE IFPI 1th March 2021 – IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, has announced that BTS’ MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 is the winner of 2020’s IFPI Global Album Sales Chart. The chart combines global sales of physical and digital album downloads to rank the top albums of the year. This marks the third Global Chart...

Japanese Creative Collective Release Debut Album 'THE MILLENNIUM PARADE' The highly anticipated album skyrocketed to #4 on the Apple Music Pre-Save chart.by TV News Desk Today, Japanese creative collective millennium parade have released their debut full length record, 'THE MILLENNIUM PARADE', via Sony Music Japan. The highly anticipated album skyrocketed to #4 on the Apple Music Pre-Save chart upon announcement, coming in just behind top artists Zayn, Lana Del Rey, and Kings of Leon. The album released with a limited edition box set containing the album on CD, Blu-Ray a cassette, 3 collect...

Jan 14, 2021 Last year marked a paradigm shift for the music industry in Japan. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a move toward digital, an area the nation’s labels and artists have long bristled at embracing. With people stuck at home, unable to go to concerts or pop into CD stores, companies had to adapt to the internet, whether by uploading entire discographies to subscription streaming services or putting on livestreamed shows. In 2020, J-pop finally caught up with the 21st century. Even in the new year, however, the novel coronavirus continues to disrupt the country’s music ...