8 Japanese record labels with official Youtube channels
By Shay on Dec 13th, 2008We all know how it goes with Japanese music videos on Youtube. They’re on Youtube for just a short time before they’re deleted by the copyright holder. Lame. Sometimes it is the record company but usually its the music video channel whose watermark appears in the corner of the video.
The solution? Corporations and independent labels have began embracing Youtube and uploading their artists’ music videos themselves. It’s a win-win for fans and the record companies! So, here’s a quick list we compiled of 8 Japanese record companies with official channels on Youtube. Some are big, some small and some artists are superstars while others are up-and-coming indie musicians. There’s something for everyone.
Here’s some channels worth checking out:
Number of videos: 315
Artists included: Kimaguren (キマグレン), Aoyama Thelma (青山テルマ), GReeeeN
Number of subscribers: 5,541
Number of videos: 70
Artists included: Sukimaswitch (スキマスイッチ), Suga Shikao (スガ シカオ), Yamazaki Masayoshi (山崎まさよし)
Number of subscribers: 724
Number of videos: 53
Artists included: DOUBLE, Kizuna (キズナ), So’ Fly
Number of subscribers: 1,275
Number of videos: 40
Artists included: SATOMI, Yaida Hitomi (矢井田瞳)
Number of subscribers: 665
Number of videos: 26
Artists included: MUCC, Girugamesh, SID
Number of subscribers: 641
Number of videos: 19
Artists included: 10-FEET, AJISAI, JtoS
Number of subscribers: 82
Number of videos: 17
Artists included: ravex, DJ OZMA
Number of subscribers: 630
Number of videos: 14
Artists included: Sano Motoharu (佐野元春)
Number of subscribers: 514
So go out, watch, and be happy with no worries of impeding deletion. One caveat though: some of PVs are not embeddable. Also, many artists have their own channels so if you find those, check ‘em out.
Know or have any other favorite official channels? Let us know!
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I don’t listen to most of those artists… I think my friend mentioned one of the bands on there so I’m going to take a peek. :D
That’s good there’s at least one :P and hopefully they have a lot of PVs from that artist. With the amount of videos on some of these channels, there are some great opportunities to explore too :)
It’s interesting that there are so many official channels for youtube now and that Universal leads the pack. There is another official channel that I sometimes check out that has Megamasso and stuff. The HearJapan Youtube Channel:
http://jp.youtube.com/user/HearJapan
I’m sure you know HearJapan, http://www.hearjapan.com
I like that companies are finally responding and putting their own Music Videos on YouTube for everyone to see for a long time :p . It’s sad when a music video someone else uploads gets the axe. I hope more artists are added if all goes well. :D
Yeah I’m happy to finally see some of them embrace the benefits of having PVs available online :) Universal is at the top here and they’re also the first big company I saw that had official videos on US Youtube. +3 points to Universal (a lot for a major label :P)
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