(BEST CITY POP GUIDE TO USE) City Pop Digest

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This is a ranking chart that u/rocket_brown on the CityPop subreddit made to help others recommend City Pop artist to others who don't know where to start on their musical journey. Don't think of this as a "Good Music vs Bad music" type of list, but rather a Ranking of who some would take priority over recommending to someone. This is HIGHLY subjective.
S-TIER
(MANDATORY LISTENING)

These Artists are Pioneers & Helped Define the genre. They also have an Extensive library of quality City Pop Music.
  1. Anri
  2. Casiopea
  3. Junko Ohashi
  4. Mariya Takeuchi
  5. Masayoshi Takanaka
  6. Taeko Ohnuki
  7. Tatsuro Yamashita
  8. Toshiki Kadomatsu
  9. T Square
  10. Yoshino Fujimaru
  11. Eiichi Ohtaki
  12. EPO
  13. Harry Honsono
  14. Junko Yagami
  15. Makoto Matsushita
  16. Miki Matsubara
  17. Minako Yoshida
  18. Omega Tribe
  19. Toshinobu Kubota
  20. Yellow Magic Orchestra
  21. Yumi Arai (Yumi Matsutoya)
A-TIER
Not mandatory listening, have a very exceptional & unique library of City Pop and have songs that are considered iconic to the genre.

  1. Abe Yasuhiro
  2. AB's
  3. Amii Ozaki
  4. Bread & Butter
  5. Haruko Kuwana
  6. Hi Fi Set
  7. Hiroshi Sato
  8. Issei Endoh
  9. Kazuhito Murata
  10. Kenji Ohmura
  11. Meiko Nakahara
  12. Momoko Kikuchi
  13. Noriko Miyamoto
  14. Chu Kosaka
  15. Ryuichi Sakamoto
  16. Dreams Come True
  17. Jadoes
  18. Junk Fujiyama
  19. Kazumi Watanabe
  20. Kingo Hamada
  21. Mai Yamane
  22. Noriki
  23. Shigeru Matsuzaki
  24. Shigeru Suzuki
  25. Takako Mamiya
  26. Yukihiro Takahashi
  27. Yurie Kokubu
  28. Tetsuji Hayashi
B-TIER
While their music isn't groundbreaking to the genre, they provide some excellent examples of City Pop Music

  1. Aru Takamura
  2. Cindy
  3. H20
  4. Hitomi Toyama
  5. Katsumi Horri Project
  6. Kengo Kurozumi
  7. Sentimental City Romance
  8. Akira Terao
  9. Kiyoshi Sugimoto
  10. Narumin & Etsu
  11. Seiko Matsuda
  12. Soap
  13. Spectrum
  14. Stardust Revue
  15. Terumasa Hino
  16. Masahiroh Kuwana
  17. TM Network
  18. Tony
  19. Yasuko Agawa
  20. Moonriders
  21. Chocolate Lips / Miho Fujiwara
  22. Kahoru Kohiruimaki
  23. Ginji Ito
  24. Kimiko Kasai
  25. Koh Suzuki
  26. Mari Ijima
  27. Hiroyuki Namba
  28. Mizuki Koyama
  29. Motoyoshi Iwasaki & WINDY
  30. PAO
  31. Piper
  32. Hideki Saijo
  33. RAJIE
  34. Sadao Watanabe
  35. Sai Etsuko
  36. So Nice
  37. Super Pumpkin
  38. Tomoko Aran
  39. Yoichi Takizawa
C-TIER
Artists who are not considered City Pop Artists, but may have songs in their catalog that are.

  1. Blend
  2. Masahiro Kuwana
  3. Carol
  4. The Cools Rockabilly Club
  5. Crystal King
  6. Hako Yamasaki
  7. Kyozo Nishioka
  8. Masahito Arai
  9. Miki Asakura
  10. Myx
  11. Shigeo Sekito
  12. Southern All Stars
  13. Yasuyuki Okamura
  14. Ann Lewis
  15. Ayako Aya
  16. Char
  17. Crystal King
  18. Hiromi Go
  19. Jullan
  20. Kenjiro Sakiya
  21. Makoto Kubota & The Sunset Gang
  22. Masanori Ikeda
  23. Pink Lady
  24. Sadistic Mika Band
  25. SHOGUN
  26. Yasuyuki Okamura
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