Music Newbie in need of Suggestions.

[Kira00]

I think you should try Tamaki Nami, Utada Hikaru,Ichikawa Chiaki, Tainaka Sachi and Mizuki Nana if you want some pop.And maybe L'arc~en~ciel, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, UVERworld, Porno graffiti for some rock. You can also try High and Migthy Color ^^

[clumsynlazy]

I would strongly recommend Ishikawa Chiaki and some of the See-Saw songs. BACK-ON is a pretty good rock band and Nobodyknows+ is pretty good for rap.

[AkaiYuki]

I recommend listening to every single I've Sound artist you could get your hands on. I love anything they put out, Eiko Shimamiya who did songs for Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni also part of I've sound. Also try Arai Akino and DEFINITELY get some Miyuki Hashimoto.

[hakushi_no_sakura]

Here's a list of artists I recommend. I included a sample video so you can see if you like them or not.

Love Psychedelico Right Now
Halcali Twinkle Star
Psycho le Cemu Gekiai Merry Go Round
Shiina Ringo Tsumiki Asobi
W (aka. double U) Miss Love Tantei
Perfume Polyrhythm
Aira Mitsuki Colorful Tokyo Sounds NO. 9

[OceanBlue]

I'm going to try to find more stuff from Mikuni Shimokawa and Sachi Tainaka. I need to listen to more stuff from Yuna Ito and I need to try Miyuki Hashimoto.

Sorry, I've been kind of busy, so I'm being slow on this.

[Usag-Tora]

Yuna Ito is definitely a must listen-to. She is just phenomenal.
Otherwise, I guess really does depend on your type of music. I love Ai Otsuka, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, TWO-MIX, m.o.v.e., T.M.Revolution, access, ORANGE RANGE, FLOW, Younha. But my tastes are kind of all over the map.

[OceanBlue]

Yuna Ito is definitely a must listen-to. She is just phenomenal.
Otherwise, I guess really does depend on your type of music. I love Ai Otsuka, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, TWO-MIX, m.o.v.e., T.M.Revolution, access, ORANGE RANGE, FLOW, Younha. But my tastes are kind of all over the map.

Actually, I've heard of a lot of the ones you mentioned.
I never could get myself to like High and Mighty Color, Flow, or Orange Range...

[an3h]

try Stephanie. She had a marvelous voice...for me :P
Ai Otsuka as pretty good too
or you should try Angela Aki...

[ryuu]

I always thought Lia and MELL were part of the I've Sound group. I'll check them out.

yup MELL is an I'VE Girls but Lia is not, she's just sang some of I'VE SOUND music for some occasion, and she's not part of the I"VE SOUND Girls.

and i agree with an3h, stephanie is really good. she's my favorite artist right now. and angela aki must be in your list too.

if you like I'VE SOUND music, you should try hear FIVE RECORD music. they are in the same music type. some of their artist are, AYANE (not ayana i've), KAORI and KURENAI (if im not mistaken)

[aku_baru]

What ur type of music?
Rock : B'z (my choice), Laruku, Tokyo Jihen, Shiina Ringo, Spitz, Remioromen (Spitz and Remioromen Like Slow rock kind for this lately), FLOW, GLAY, Tsuchiya Anna, OLIVIA Lufkin, Amano Tsukiko
Slow rock : Mr. Children, Chage and Aska (my choice), Southern All Stars, Sukima Switch, Suneohair
Rock with Rap and techno sound : Orange Range (my choice), Dragon Ash
Rock Visual Key : BUCKTICK (my choice), SID, Janne Da Arc, Alice Nine
Pop like RnB : Hirai Ken, Chemistry, Tohoshinki (my choice)
Pop with trance : Suzuki Ami (my choice), Tamaki Nami, Tommy February6
Pop with Good Vocal...: Hikaru Utada, Nakashima Mika(a lot of her songs sounds Jazz) Aki Angela, Stephanie, Dreams Come True (my choice), Onitsuka Chihiro, Hitoto Yo
PopRock: Suga Shikao, Jinn, Ikimonogakari, Monkey Majik, Salyu (my choice)
RnB : Amuro Namie (my choice), Ai, Double, Bennie K, EXILE, HiD
HipHop : Rip Slyme (my choice), Home Made Kazoku
Techno : Capsule (my choice), I don't know any more....
Folk Song like Pop : Sasagawa Miwa, Atari Kousuke (my choice), Rimi Natsukawa

I don't know what is I'VE Sound...

[beruuyo]

SID SID and more SID!

[mistjaslyn]

I prefer to listen to guy groups' songs. NEWS will be a good choice. EXILE too. =D

[puchu]

If you like suneohair maybe spitz will work for you or maybe suga shikao
As for myself my fav band are back-on, greeeen, UVERWORLD, and home made kazoku
For female singer round table feat NINO, HALCALI.

just for note: greeeen and back on they merging into new band named bareeeeeeeeeen

[ansgon]

My favourite choice for you was Ayumi hamasaki, UVERworld, Aqua Timez, Yui, Kat-Tun, FLOW, NEWS, T.M. Revolution, Nami Tamaki

you can try them out, hope you like it...

[natcaasi]

The Abe Mao album Free was not too bad.. if you like some rock and melancholy songs...
And Kylee's (forgot her surname heard it on youtube) Vacancy Single ... she is/sounds like Avril Lavigne? with some Japanese heritage mixed in so it may not count and her songs are in English
And for some R&B you could try the older RSP songs like Lifetime Respect.
And not to forget Ayaka Hirahara and Chatmonchy ...
The others have been mentioned earlier ... i think ... and those that i have mentioned may also be repeets