Other than J-Pop? I'd recommend anything from classical music to metal. The Ink Spots, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, and Bobby Darin were are all REALLY good artists. Some other good genres would be German or Russian thrash metal, they just really get you pumped lol
Over the last two years there has been a huge increase in male idol groups aside from the typical Johnny's and Exile Tribe bunch, and there isn't really anywhere for me to talk about them all so I'll gonna do it here lol
XOX - These guys debuted back in December last year with their song XXX (kiss kiss kiss). The group consists of 6 models and they're tied to Sony Music and WEGO fashions. They will be releasing their second single 'Ex Summer' on May 3rd 2016.
lol - Signed by Avex and consisting of 3 girls and 2 boys, this groups is officially considered to be the successors of AAA. They debuted with the double a-side single 'Fire / Shake Shake' in August last year and have recently finished promotions for their second single, 'ladi dadi', which released on January 27th 2016.
X4 - The group debuted in 2014 with 4 members, and released an album 'XVISION' in February last year. After the release of their first single, member SJ left the group and the remaining members, Matsushita Yuya, Koudai, and T-Max, continued as a trio. The group later added two new members Shota and Jukiya for their most recent release 'Party Up!!', which released on March 30th 2016.
I would post more group, but 3 is the video limit for posts lol. This link here has a ton of other groups that you should check out too!
Overall, I'd really like to have a thread for all of these amazing groups, since there is already a huge section for female idol groups. I know male idol groups aren't as popular here, but it would nice to have at least one thread for them to be compiled into one, like the general kpop boys and girls threads lol. If a lot of people are interested in me making such a thread, let me know!
Do you guys know Nowisee? Her vocals and the songs are phenomenal. The last time I had this feeling over a voice was Utada Hikaru's. And the MV is Makoto Shinkai'sh. Check it out guys:
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I recently found Hitomi Kaji, she is a new artist under avex. She has done mostly ballads for now, so I hope they'd give her some up beat stuff too. But this is great and she is so beautiful. In a way her voice reminds me of Goto Maki's.
I really miss the Ayu, Kumi, Namuro type of pop divas... I wonder why there hasn't been anybody like them any more.
Found this band(?) after on the charts and found out it was an opening for Kiznaiver (spring 2016 anime), which made me watch the anime itself lol, both are really good so check them out!