Editing Music of Japan (section)

====Dance and disco music====
{{Further|Eurobeat|Para Para}}

In 1984, American musician [[Michael Jackson]]'s album ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'' became the first album by a Western artist to sell over one million copies in Japanese [[Oricon]] charts history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/entertainers/090626/tnr0906261505028-n1.htm|script-title=ja:【マイケル急死】日本でもアルバム売り上げ１位を獲得|publisher=Sankei Shimbun|date=2009-06-26|access-date=2009-06-27|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629071716/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/entertainers/090626/tnr0906261505028-n1.htm|archive-date=2009-06-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> His style is cited as one of the models for Japanese [[dance music]], leading the popularity of [[Avex Group]] musicians and dancers.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

In 1990, [[Avex Trax]] began to release the [[Super Eurobeat]] series in Japan. [[Eurobeat]] in Japan led the popularity of group dance form [[Para Para]]. While Avex's artists such as [[Every Little Thing (band)|Every Little Thing]] and [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] became popular in the 1990s, in the late 1990s [[Hikaru Utada]] and [[Morning Musume]] emerged. Hikaru Utada's debut album, ''[[First Love (Hikaru Utada album)|First Love]]'', became the highest-selling album in Japan selling over 7 million copies, while [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] became Japan's top selling female and solo artist, and Morning Musume remains one of the most well-known girl groups in the Japanese pop music industry.