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Saturday, April 6, 2013

Top 10 Singles of 1994

1.  Mr. Children                     innocent world
2.  Kohmi Hirose                   Romance no Kamisama
3.  Ryoko Shinohara              Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokorozuyosa
4.  B'z                                 Don't Leave Me
5.  Miyuki Nakajima                Sora to Kimi no Aida ni
6.  Yumi Matsutoya               Hello, My Friend
7.  trf                                 Survival dAnce
8.  Maki Ohguro                    Anata Dake Mitsumeteru
9.  trf                                 Boy Meets Girl
10. WANDS                         Sekai ga Owaru Made wa...

The veterans of Nakajima and Matsutoya are right there in the middle with the latter's "Hello, My Friend"becoming one of her later classics, with the relative veteran of B'z just above them. However, the list showed what would be the advent of the Tetsuya Komuro wave of pop/dance music with Shinohara's theme for the "Street Fighter"movie and trf's big hits. In addition, there were the singers of my early years in Ichikawa, high-voiced Kohmi Hirose and somewhat more gravelly Maki Ohguro. But right at the top was one of the most popular J-Pop bands going into the 21st-century, Mr. Children...and I have yet to talk about any of their music. Time to rectify that situation.


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