Editing J-pop (section)

====Anime music, image song and vocaloid====
{{Further|Anime song|Image song|Vocaloid}}

During the late 2000s and the early 2010s, the [[music in Japanese animation|anime music industry]], such as voice actors and [[image song]]s, added weight to Japanese music. Though anime music was formerly influenced by J-pop and ''visual kei'' music, Japanese indie music apparently influenced the genre at the 2006 [[FanimeCon]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fm20060622a3.html |title=Anime, J-indie equals 'Woodstock for geeks'|newspaper=The Japan Times|date=2006-06-22|access-date=2009-10-08}}</ref> In 2007, after [[sampling (music)|sampling]] voice actress [[Saki Fujita]]'s voice to develop it, [[Vocaloid]] [[Hatsune Miku]] was released, and many songs featuring Hatsune Miku were shown on the [[Nico Nico Douga]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asiaone.com/Digital/Features/Story/A1Story20080513-64968.html|title=Meet Japan's virtual idol|publisher=[[AsiaOne]]|date=2008-05-13|access-date=2010-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904045830/http://www.asiaone.com/Digital/Features/Story/A1Story20080513-64968.html|archive-date=2009-09-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> Some of the musicians featuring Hatsune Miku, such as [[Livetune]] and [[Supercell (band)|Supercell]], joined large record companies in Japan. Livetune released ''Re: Package'' on [[Victor Entertainment]] on August 27, 2008,<ref name="supercell3">{{Cite web| url=http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/pickup/20090310/1024495/?P=3 |script-title=ja:音楽シーンに異変？ 「初音ミク」チャートインの理由|page=3|publisher=[[Nikkei Business Publications]]|date=2009-03-13|access-date=2010-05-25|language=ja}}</ref> and Supercell released ''[[Supercell (album)|Supercell]]'' on [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|Sony Music]] on March 4, 2009.<ref name="supercell1">{{Cite web|url=http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/pickup/20090310/1024495/?P=1|script-title=ja:音楽シーンに異変？ 「初音ミク」チャートインの理由|page=1|publisher=[[Nikkei Business Publications]]|date=2009-03-13|access-date=2010-06-15|language=ja}}</ref> The albums ''Re: Package'' and ''Supercell'' were not brought under the control of the [[copyright]] system of the [[Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers]] (JASRAC), breaking the tradition that the musicians under the major labels affiliated with the system.<ref name="supercell3" />

In June 2009, voice actress [[Nana Mizuki]]'s album ''[[Ultimate Diamond]]'' became the first voice actor album to reach number one on the Oricon weekly charts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/66771/full/|script-title=ja:デビュー9年目の水樹奈々、声優史上初の首位獲得に「夢のような出来事」|publisher=Oricon|date=2009-06-09|access-date=2009-07-21|language=ja}}</ref> The fictional all female band Hōka-go Tea Time, from the anime series ''[[K-On!]]'', released the mini-album ''Hōka-go Tea Time'' on July 22, 2009. The mini-album debuted at number one on the Oricon weekly album charts, becoming the first album by anime characters to reach number one.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/67988/full/|script-title=ja:"けいおん！"の放課後ティータイム、アニメキャラとして史上初の1位|trans-title=Hōkago Tea Time of K-On! became the first anime characters to reach the number-one position|publisher=Oricon|date=2009-07-28|access-date=2009-07-28|language=ja}}</ref> In May 2010, ''Exit Tunes Presents Vocalogenesis feat. Hatsune Miku'' became the first album featuring Vocaloids to reach number one on the Oricon weekly charts, replacing Hideaki Tokunaga's ''Vocalist 4'', which had topped the charts for four consecutive weeks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/76554/full/|script-title=ja:初音ミク"ボーカロイドアルバム"が徳永を押さえ、初首位|publisher=[[Oricon]]|date=2010-05-25|access-date=2010-05-25|language=ja}}</ref>