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Originally Posted by sonicl
Japanese music has already crossed over into the underground, but you will never get Japanese artists in the commercial Top 40 because people who buy that sort of music like to be able to sing along to it.
The nearest you're ever likely to get to a Japanese invasion is bands with Westernised Japanese, playing music with a tiny bit of Japanese influence, with English lyrics. And those artists will effectively be novelty acts.
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Case in point: That "Woo-Hoo" song by the 5.6.7.8's....It's appearance in a major movie and ubiquitous TV commercials has made that song famous even if people like my middle-aged parents have no recognition for the name 5.6.7.8's.