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  "slug": "miki-matsubara",
  "name": "Miki Matsubara",
  "description": "Miki Matsubara appears once in our City Pop list, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/miki-matsubara/",
  "appearanceCount": 1,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1979,
    "last": 1979
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 3,
    "list": "City Pop"
  },
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    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "city-pop",
      "name": "City Pop",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/city-pop/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "miki-matsubara--mayonaka-no-door-stay-with-me",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/miki-matsubara--mayonaka-no-door-stay-with-me/",
      "title": "Mayonaka no Door / Stay With Me",
      "year": 1979,
      "label": "Canyon",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Recorded when she was nineteen. The intro is four bars of pure confidence, and four decades on it did the same thing to streaming that Plastic Love did.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Miki%20Matsubara%20Mayonaka%20no%20Door%20%2F%20Stay%20With%20Me",
          "exact": false
        },
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          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=lags8E4hvow",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 3,
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        "slug": "city-pop",
        "name": "City Pop",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/city-pop/"
      },
      "artist": "Miki Matsubara"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}