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Best city pop songs of the 2000s

The industry lost control of distribution and the music got stranger for it. Blogs did the job radio used to do. The South took the charts outright, and Kanye West began a run of reinventions that outlasted the decade he started it in.

Songs from the city pop albums of the 2000s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.

TOKYO SNIPER cover№ 1雨のシンデレラRYUSENKEI · TOKYO SNIPER
  1. 2TOKYO SNIPER coverスプリング・レインRYUSENKEI · TOKYO SNIPER
  2. 3TOKYO SNIPER coverDANCING INTO FANTASYRYUSENKEI · TOKYO SNIPER
  3. 4TOKYO SNIPER coverTOKYO SNIPERRYUSENKEI · TOKYO SNIPER
  4. 5TOKYO SNIPER cover薄紫色の彼方RYUSENKEI · TOKYO SNIPER
  5. 6TOKYO SNIPER cover恋のラストナンバーRYUSENKEI · TOKYO SNIPER
  6. 7TOKYO SNIPER coverレインボー・シティ・ラインRYUSENKEI · TOKYO SNIPER
  7. 8TOKYO SNIPER cover花びらRYUSENKEI · TOKYO SNIPER
  8. 9TOKYO SNIPER coverタイムマシーン・ラヴRYUSENKEI · TOKYO SNIPER
  9. 10Jazzyster coverREALIZEBLU‐SWING · Jazzyster
  10. 11Jazzyster coverPULSEBLU‐SWING · Jazzyster
  11. 12Jazzyster coverSUMBLU‐SWING · Jazzyster
  12. 13Jazzyster coverFORGIVENESSBLU‐SWING · Jazzyster
  13. 14Jazzyster coverFALLIN'BLU‐SWING · Jazzyster
  14. 15Jazzyster coverPROSECCED BLUBLU‐SWING · Jazzyster
  15. 16Jazzyster coverWHAT'S ON YOUR MINDBLU‐SWING · Jazzyster
  16. 17Jazzyster coverINTERLUDE lotasignalBLU‐SWING · Jazzyster
  17. 18Jazzyster coverA PRAYERBLU‐SWING · Jazzyster
  18. 19Jazzyster coverFREE BREEZEBLU‐SWING · Jazzyster
  19. 20Jazzyster coverENVISAGEBLU‐SWING · Jazzyster
  20. 21Jazzyster coverCHILDISHBLU‐SWING · Jazzyster
  21. 22Jazzyster coverFABULOUSBLU‐SWING · Jazzyster
  22. 23BEST COLLECTION: MOON YEARS coverDear SongKingo Hamada · BEST COLLECTION: MOON YEARS
  23. 24BEST COLLECTION: MOON YEARS coverMidnight Cruisin' (2002 Version)Kingo Hamada · BEST COLLECTION: MOON YEARS
  24. 25BEST COLLECTION: MOON YEARS coverPool & SunglassesKingo Hamada · BEST COLLECTION: MOON YEARS
  25. 26Awakening coverBlue And Moody Music (Wendy's Version)Hiroshi Sato · Awakening
  26. 27Awakening coverAwakening (Kakusei)Hiroshi Sato · Awakening
  27. 28It's A Poppin' Time coverYou Better RunTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  28. 29It's A Poppin' Time coverラブ・スペイスTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  29. 30It's A Poppin' Time coverMarieTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  30. 31It's A Poppin' Time coverサーカス・タウンTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  31. 32It's A Poppin' Time coverソリッド・スライダーTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  32. 33It's A Poppin' Time coverHey There Lonely GirlTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  33. 34It's A Poppin' Time coverエスケイプTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  34. 35It's A Poppin' Time coverキャンディーTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  35. 36It's A Poppin' Time coverペイパー・ドールTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  36. 37It's A Poppin' Time cover素敵な午後はTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  37. 38It's A Poppin' Time coverウインディ・レイディTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  38. 39It's A Poppin' Time coverシルエットTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  39. 40It's A Poppin' Time cover時よTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  40. 41It's A Poppin' Time coverピンク・シャドウTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  41. 42It's A Poppin' Time cover雨の女王Tatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time
  42. 43It's A Poppin' Time coverスペイス・クラッシュTatsuro Yamashita · It's A Poppin' Time

One great song, one bad album

Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.

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