According to Wikipedia.com, J-POP is 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 kayōkyoku (Japanese pop music until 1980s) in the Japanese music scene.
It was coined by the Japanese media to distinguish Japanese music from foreign music and now refers to most of Japanese popular music.
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In the late 1980s, a new and unqiue trend also emerged in Japanese rock music: the visual kei a movement notable by male bands who wore make up and extravagant hair styles and androgynous costumes.
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