Collaboration Fever: Duets
Our latest playlist doubles up on singers with a selection of duets from the last six decades.
In Japan as elsewhere, vocal duets have been a popular, if somewhat rare, form of song since the dawn of the popular music industry. In more recent times, collaborations between singers have become so common, the novelty has almost worn off. Not that that's a bad thing: artists have built entire careers off the back of a fortuitous 'featuring' credit, and it remains one of the best ways for established acts to reach new listeners.
In the first of a series of playlists celebrating Japanese music's embrace of the collaboration trend, we present a selection of duets dating from the early 1960s to the present day. The featured songs cover genres from enka and kayokyoku through to anison and J-rap, so you should find something you like.
Happy listening.
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