In music industry jobs news this week, Dreamliner, Sedlmayr, SMP Philippines, CAA, GoDigital, Sun, Klaris, Symphonic and Position make executive moves ...

Takuya Chigira had a front seat for J-pop history. The CEO of Japanese talent agency Cloud Nine attended Matsuri ’25, a concert held in Los Angeles last March that brought together three of Japan’s ...

A handful of anime series made a huge splash with fans when they first debuted, but these once-popular shows have been all ...

The term “generative AI music” is a bit of a misnomer, since AI doesn’t actually generate any music. Instead, these programs “train” themselves by scraping information from all the actual, ...

Watch their reactions as iconic J-Pop hits from nearly five decades play, highlighting the evolution, surprises, and ...

The platform has published its FY 2025 results, in which it reported that its membership subscription revenues rose 13.3% ...

Ian Munsick signed with Triple Tigers Records, J-pop boy group Number_i inked with WME and more recent music artist signings.

J-pop has never been a single sound so much as a moving target. It’s a glossy, restless ecosystem where hook-heavy songwriting collides with rock guitars, bedroom electronics, hip-hop swagger and R&B ...

I have often written about how Japan influenced me growing up, mostly from its culture of entertainment and history. But I never expected the persistent companionship of Japanese music to find me ...

The Japanese seven-member band “9PM,” acclaimed at their summer live shows, now takes the stage as “The Nightfall.” The venue is Bacovino, a wine-themed bar in Seattle known for its relaxed atmosphere ...

The Delaware State Fair announced more music stars headed to Harrington this summer. One of them has a favorite song with over 1B Spotify plays.

During the first weekend of December, Vaundy performed his first-ever live set outside of Japan. The acclaimed Japanese singer-songwriter and producer, often cited as one of the leading artists in ...