Decent non-English songs/artists?

Not counting Spanish, there are WAY TOO MANY that I know....

ANy good artists in the world music biz, i.e. Jpop, Cpop, Jrock, Kpop, Russian pop (saw an AMV with a Russian pop song called "Reflections" and LOVED IT), etc.?

 

Rammstein is a good German band. =p

 

Joey Yung is a good singer. Sings in Cantonese and Mandrain

 

Where to began :O? Below contain links.

Nakashima Mika
IOSYS etc. etc.
Hirano Aya etc.
Shimamiya Eiko etc.
Perfume etc. etc.

KOTOKO


I know a lot more, but I don't feel like taking the time to list them right now. I'll come back later,

 

The Korean artist, Bi, is great.

 

I recommend Gackt or Hyde or UVERworld.

 

Korean artist- BoA

Japanese artist- Utada Hikaru

 

Korean: The TRAX, DBSK, BoA, Lee Soo Young, Super Junior, Epik High, Lee Jung Hyun, Fly to the Sky, Bae Seul Gi (Ahhhh... I love her~)

Japanese: the GazettE, miyavi, Nakashima Mika, Ito Yuna, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, YUI, Keita Tachibana, Chihiro Onitsuka, B'z, w-inds, Otsuka Ai

 

E Nomine - Fantastic German group. They do some religious-esque sounding music but overall very good. If you get a chance watch some of their music videos. Youtube has a few that I know of.

Russian - I recommend Lube (pronouced Lu-yube or something) or The Russian Red Army Choir.

 

Hmmkay... I know these artists...
German:
E Nomine
Blumchen or whatever xD Technopop FTW!
Rammstein
Germany is well known for rock and trance, lol...

Russian:
t.A.T.u.

That's all for that one *shot*

Korean:
BoA
DBSK

I think that's it xD

Chinese:
Faye Wong
Jolin Tsai

Japanese: (WARNING: LONG LIST!)
Chieko Kawabe
Ayumi Hamasaki
Hikaru Utada
Otsuka Ai
EIKO Shimamiya
Mami Kawada
KOTOKO
Lia
Any I've sound artist
Mika Nakashima
Yuna Ito
Younha (I think she's also Korean...)
Pierrot (please come back to music biz soon! T^T)
SweetS (same thing!)
Do As Infinity (10 years...I guess that's reason enough to disband)
Dir en Grey
Gackt
L'arc~en~ciel
Hyde
TM Revolution
Puffy
Duel Jewel
OLIVIA Lufkin (kyaaaa!!!!!!!! <3333)
Penicillin
MUCC
Rie Tanaka (also a seiyuu)
Houko Kuwashima (also a seiyuu)
HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR
Nami Tamaki
Namie Amuro
Rina Aiuchi
Maaya Sakamoto (go fig, she's the jap voice of Aerith in KH/2!!!)
Nana Mizuki
Nana Kitade
Hitomi Shimatani
Bonnie Pink

Any more?

 

For the japanese section....UVERworld and Mr.Children

 

Jay Chou is a fair Chinese singer who does a wide variety songs on different subjects.

Yui is a fair JRock singer.

 

Yep they are good.

But my favourite foreign band has to be Maximum the Hormone I just love that band.

 

Julie and Ludwig are a great Maltesian group...and that's the only one I can think of besides Utada Hikaru

 

Japanese section: I can see some pople have repeated artists from my list. Defnititely seconding Sakamoto Maaya and Utada. I didn't metion Utada since I assumed you would know of her, considering the fact that she voiced/wrote Hikari and Passion [the Japanese versions of Simple & Clean and Sanctuary(English remakes for the loooooose)].

Moar~

MOSAIC.WAV etc.
Honey Bee etc.
Matsuura Aya
Daburuyu [or W] etc.

W was made up of the two Morning Musume idols Tsuji and Kago-chan. They broke up though, so they no longer make any new releases.

Ogura Yuko etc.
Otsuka Ai

There are always the random gems too that you here as OP or ED in anime.

 

Rammstein and the 69 Eyes which is a rock bad from Finland.

 

I almost forgot for Japanese....Malice Mizer and Matsura Aya. Anything by a voice actor in an anime would work too...

 

D:

the pillows. I can't believe nobody mentioned them. Way better than Gackt or L'arc~en~ciel IMO.

 

The rasmus, that's a great finnish band and sidhharta but that's a band from Slovenia so I don't think they are a good band for you