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Originally Posted by Corvina
If we're speaking about JPop icons, one of the biggest female, maybe even the biggest, is Hibari Misora. She made Enka music, but later also Kayokyoku, which is another older term for JPop. Hibari Misora wasn't just a singer, she is considered a cultural icon in Japan and even got the Medal of Honor.
She sold 68 million while living and up to the 21st century she apparently sold about 80 million records.
Her last song "Kawa no Nagare no Yo ni" is probably one of the most known songs ever. There are tributes to her every year, she has her own museum, and I bet pretty much everbody in Japan (still) knows her.
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Well I don't wanna bring the oricon pain, but I kinda thought that the top selling artists in Japanese history (where B'z are #1 and Mr.Children are #2 etc.) is a list of all times, like, if hibari misora really sold 80 million copies overall, at least in Japan, then she should be on top of that list, unless if I got everything wrong and oricon never counted vinyls or releases in general that were released before a certain time period.
I thought that they covered at least the whole century, or everything at all.
I personally know that oricon covers at least everything since the 60s included (and if she had any hit releases they didn't sell over a million post 1960).
I would never question her popularity though since it is enormous she became like a constant of Japanese culture even after her death.
Also kawa no nagare no youni was chosen as the most popular japanese song of all times in a poll of over 10 million people.