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The word awesome in "15 Awesome Albums for Beginners to J-Pop" is somehow out of place. This list mostly introduces you to basic J-Pop music from basic idol groups (9 out of the 15 albums are from girl/boygroups).
Why not make a list to introduce people to western pop music and include *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, Take That, One Direction, Jonas Brothers, Destiny's Child, Pussycat Dolls and Atomic Kitten. Than add an album of Madonna from ten years ago, the worst Mariah Carey album out there, an album of Britney Spears, Rihanna and Katy Perry and last but not least one from Avril Lavigne.
This list would be equally "diverse". I mean, not that a lot of those artists wouldn't be iconic to one point or another, but this list can't show how great and diverse pop music can be.
It's a nice fun fact that "First Love" is the best selling album in Japan ever, but it's by far Utada's worst album.
What I can't stand about the whole J-Pop fandom is people ALWAYS!!!!!!! (yes, I'm angry about it) forget that there is much more to discovere than idol groups, Ayu, Koda, Namie and Utada. Of course idol groups have high sales atm, but that doesn't mean other artists sell nothing at all and aren't popular. People forget that high sales aren't equal to good music and if I would be introduced to western pop music with a list similar to the one I posted I wouldn't be impressed. Same goes for the list with those "awesome" J-Pop albums. It's a shame people reduce J-Pop to idol groups and if anything this list is an introduction to what's popular at the moment.
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