[ayu'ssong]

This is just an interesting thought that came to mind. Living in the US, I was wondering how the perspective is on Jpop in Japan. In America pop(meaning mostly stuff like Britney, and N'Sync) is pretty much a joke except for probably kids in primary and such (at least in places I know) and i wouldn't know any people who would admit they listened to pop. So simply put, USpop isn't really that legitimate in the terms of being respectable music, or music respected by a wide range, and imo is bad to my ears. So I was wondering how Jpop is viewed respectively in Japan. IMO I think it's good, but I don't know since I don't live there. Like could you go around saying you listened to Ayu or something and that would be all right.
I don't know if I got my point across, and I sorry if I offended anybody who likes American pop, cuz this is mostly from my experiences, and I tried to make it objective, so if anybody is from Japan or knows about this, plz share some insight, thx.