The peak and heyday of the Japanese music scene was probably from the late 80s to the early 21st century...

However, in the 80s, the Japanese music scene entered an era of singers and melees.

The eighties of the last century coincided with the heyday of the Japanese economy, and it was also the main stage of the post-war Japanese culture to the world.

Under the tone of fully absorbing the elements of Western music, electronic music that incorporates elements of folk singing has formed a full-fledged J-POP that has swept across Asia.

Its leading figures are all idol girls with fluffy short hair and bright eyes.

If we say that the Yamaguchi Momoe trend in the 70s of the last century reflects the return of traditional Japanese music.

The next 80s was the era of each leading the way and singing for hegemony, and the Japanese music scene in the last decade of Showa entered the Warring States era in which various girl idols competed and competed.

After entering the 90s, the Japanese music scene was not only the world of singers, but also masters from all walks of life, forming an era of a hundred flowers blooming.

Millions of singles, almost no less than five per year, album sales are also reaching new highs.

Male solo singers, female solo singers, rock bands, and idol groups are all exuding their own unique brilliance on the stage of the decade, which has been hailed as the "golden age of Japanese music".

The representatives of the band, including ZARD with Sakai Izumizu as the core, Nantian Stars with Kuwata Yoshisuke as the core, dren, DREAMS COME TRUE, B'z...

Among the SOLO singers, there are also Miyuki Nakajima, who has fed most of the Chinese music circle, Masaharu Fukuyama, who has walked out of the world with his American rock, and other future great singers.

And after entering the twentieth century, the first few years of the century can be regarded as the last afterglow of the Japanese music scene.

If you can sum up the rise of the Japanese music scene in one sentence, it is the 80s, the Japanese music scene went to glory, reached its peak in the 90s, entered the final prologue at the beginning of the 21st century, and finally went into decline.

It was against the backdrop of that decline that Kiyoshi Sakamoto, a reborn man, came into being.

Since his debut in 2004, in just four years, a very strange phenomenon has been created.

Big singers, hot newcomers, when they can't sell records, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's records are big hits!

The more the record market declined, the more Sakamoto Kiyoshi's record sales became, and even set various sales records.

In this context, it is not impossible to call Kiyoshi Sakamoto "the last hope of the Japanese music scene".

Kiyoshi Sakamoto's popularity is not something that can be explained simply.

Maybe it's because of the hit movie theme song, or Sony's proper promotion, or his superb acting skills in the movie, or even because of his talent and age...

I don't know when the name Kiyoshi Sakamoto has been deeply engraved in the hearts of the people of Japan.

Some people compare Kiyoshi Sakamoto with the singer Yutaka Ozaki, who debuted in the 80s.

However, compared to Yutaka Ozaki, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is different.

Because, after his debut in SOLO, he immediately formed a band and focused his attention on the band.

And did not continue to stick to his SOLO path.

If he persists, maybe he can still be as popular as he is now...

If you really want to say that Kiyoshi Sakamoto is like the singer's predecessor, then he should be a combination of Yutaka Ozaki and Masaharu Fukuyama, as well as Kazutoshi Sakurai.

Like Yutaka Ozaki, he is the spiritual leader of today's young people, and like Masaharu Fukuyama, he has perfect external conditions, strong creative talent, and even the soul of a band like Kazutoshi Sakurai.

Such a singer with many qualities may be more difficult not to be popular than to be popular...

And Sakamoto Kiyoshi's development, just like his height, keeps rising, never falling, and there is no pause.

And in 2008, the fourth year of his debut, this is not a long time, but it is not a short debut time, and Sakamoto Kiyoshi has become a top singer at the level of the king of the music world.

And now, only one step away, only one step away, Sakamoto Kiyoshi can stand at the top, with his gradually maturing and sharp eyes, looking down on the entire Japanese music scene!

Therefore, in the year of 2008, Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN must use their powerful fists to sweep away all opponents who dare to stand in front of him and reach the top of the music scene!

And the first victim became Universal.

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The tie-up effect of popular Japanese dramas is what every singer craves.

Because, that means a big sale.

Even a newcomer who has only debuted for a year like this is a newcomer who has become a possible threat to Kiyoshi Sakamoto under the tie-up effect.

But, only, maybe...

The two dramas that premiered on the same day did not have the same fate.

Judging from the ratings, NTV's "Extreme Fresh Master 3" has completely exploded TBS's "ROOKIES"!

One airs two episodes with an average rating of 25 per cent and one has an average rating of 13 per cent

From the perspective of topicality, even if "ROOKIES" has a large number of handsome guys and the addition of a baseball theme with a high national popularity, it is not as good as the combination of "Extreme Fresh Master 3" and Kiyoshi Sakamoto, which is more topical.

The showdown between the two dramas is the same as the showdown between Kiyoshi Sakamoto and GReeeeN.

From beginning to end, it was "Extreme Freshman 3" that pressed "ROOKIES" to fight, and "ROOKIES" had no power to fight back at all.

This is also reflected in the record sales of Kiyoshi Sakamoto and GReeeeN.

Through the analysis of the hit singles in recent years, it can be found that it is difficult to create a topic and sell the record by relying on the song itself.

The original set of traditional sales and promotion methods in the Japanese music scene, "with the natural fragrance of musk", is no longer enough to cope with the new consumption habits, so it is becoming more and more difficult for singers who become popular by singing to gain a foothold in the music scene.

What's more, it takes the record company's own publicity, and relying on some good TIE-UP, or big topics, to make the work get better sales results.

But this method is often only suitable for idol singers or groups, and individualistic singer-songwriters are required to do human flesh set boards, such publicity work, in addition to not being their specialty, but more importantly, it is out of place.

However, for Kiyoshi Sakamoto, an outlier in the music scene, all this is not a problem at all.

You must know that he is not only the lead singer of THE SUN, but also a singer-songwriter, and the first Heisei actor to star in a box office of more than 10 billion.

Human flesh set board?

Inexistent.

Sony's promotional resources alone were enough to make Kiyoshi Sakamoto's record a big hit.

What's more, with the addition of the TIE-UP effect of "Extreme Fresh Master 3"?!

The "Extreme Freshman" series has always been NTV's ace Japanese drama, and after having a good reputation of 1 and 2 parts, as well as a huge fixed viewership, as a catalyst, as long as there is a hot-blooded youth theme song that can match the theme, it has the possibility of being a big hit.

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto's "さくらのうた", although it is not a very bloody song, but the portrayal of youth is more realistic.

It coincides with the spirit of "Kumiko Yamaguchi" who never admits defeat in "Extreme Fresh Master 3".

Coupled with Sakamoto Kiyoshi's personal national popularity, under the complementarity of each other, "Extreme Fresh Master 3" and Sakamoto Kiyoshi have both received huge benefits.

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With "Extreme Fresh Master 3" once again winning the second week of ratings, the showdown between Kiyoshi Sakamoto and GReeeeN has also come to an end.

In the last week of April, which is also the fifth week of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's album on the shelves, April 29.

"キセキ", the single sold 250,000.

"Cherry Blossom Season", the album sold 400,000.

The gap between the two is even wider than last week.

The release of this week's public trust chart sales was also officially announced, and Universal Music lost in this plan to block Sakamoto Kiyoshi in this time.

After a month, Sakamoto Kiyoshi was blocked by three groups of singers around the world, and his sales still exceeded 1 million, 2 million, and 3 million without any impact!

The winner is decided!

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Regardless of the other side, Kenji Kitano was once again called by the board of directors to reprimand because of this failure, the cumulative sales of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's album were also five weeks after it was put on the shelves, and officially stepped into the three million copies club, becoming the first three million sales album in 2008!

It is also another original album that has sold more than 3 million after 6 years after Hikaru Utada's "DEEP RIVER" in 2002!

also made Kiyoshi Sakamoto's "Cherry Blossom Season" the 21st place on the Japanese album sales chart.

And this ranking,It's not the final ranking of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's album.。。。

Because, the sales figures of the album are still moving upward.

Relying on this album, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also became, second only to Hikaru Utada, the youngest singer of the three million albums.

Although compared to Hikaru Utada, who was 16 years old at the time, his debut album sold 7.65 million copies, setting a record for the number one sales in Japan and even in Asia.

However, 18-year-old Kiyoshi Sakamoto, in the context of the decline of the record market, can still set a record of three million album sales, which is also amazing.

From 1.5 million in one week of pre-sales, to two million in two weeks, and three million in the last five weeks.

This is the song of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's album.

After this battle, the entire music scene once again learned that Sakamoto Kiyoshi is now unstoppable and terrifying.

The title song of the album, "さくらのうた" has also become the most popular song in the college graduation season because of its inspirational lyrics, and is known as the "graduation song".

Because of the extremely high popularity of "さくらのうた", Sony also wants to release this song as a single separately and take the opportunity to make a lot of money.

However, this proposal was rejected by Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

In his opinion, doing so is too cheap.

In the end, it still didn't work.

At the same time that Kiyoshi Sakamoto single-handedly defeated Universal Records and swept the music scene, a person who was very close to him felt very angry because of Universal Records...