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Best city pop artists of the 1990s

Hip-hop moved to the center and has not left. Grunge cleared out the arena rock standing in front of it. Dance music grew an audience that listened at home rather than in a club, while sample clearance got expensive enough that producers had to get sharper about what they took.

Everyone who released a city pop album in the 1990s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Casiopea№ 1Casiopea3 albums here
  1. 2Mariya TakeuchiMariya Takeuchi1 album here
  2. 3Tatsuro YamashitaTatsuro Yamashita2 albums here
  3. 4Tomoko AranTomoko Aran7 albums here
  4. 5JUNKO YAGAMIJUNKO YAGAMI1 album here
  5. 6Hiroshi SatoHiroshi Sato2 albums here

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