Iconic Female J-Pop Albums

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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Namie Amuro has a very iconic overall image (and she uses mostly the same fashion style for the last 20 years to reiforce that). I would say she also has iconic songs and an iconic performance and dance style, but I don't know if she has iconic indivudual performances, or at least, I can't think of Namie's performances that are often copied. I think she has more iconic songs than a whole iconic album. I guess she tried to reach that effect with some of her 2nd peak releases, but I don't know how well it went as it is all very recent.

I agree that Namie probably doesn't have a highly-replicated performance, but I do not think that that is a requirement to be iconic. Sometimes, it is just something that is such a strong moment in time, and something that is remembered for years to come. In that sense, I always think of her Kohaku performance of "Can You Celebrate?" from after her mother was killed, where she is crying on stage. It was such a powerful moment for her, and such a statement of perseverance. In my mind that was a very iconic moment for her.