Masterpieces that sing of beauty. Recommended popular songs.
This is a song list that gathers tracks themed around beauty and being beautiful.
Most of the songs praise a lover’s beauty, but they also celebrate many other beautiful things—names, birds, stars in the night sky, sunsets, and more.
Please enjoy comparing them as you listen.
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A masterpiece singing of beauty. Recommended popular songs (41–50)
You are more beautiful than a rose.Fuse Akira

Akira Fuse is a singer who has been active on the front lines since the 1960s, releasing numerous hit songs with a vocal ability uncommon among Japanese singers.
This work is a single released in 1979 and was used as a commercial song for a cosmetics advertisement.
The actress appearing in the commercial was Olivia Hussey, who was extremely popular at the time, and the commercial led to her marriage to Akira Fuse.
Bird’s PoemSugita Kaoru

A work released in 1981 by actress Kaoru Sugita.
It was used as an insert song for a TV drama in which she appeared.
The imagery of delicate, pure white bird feathers is skillfully combined with soft elements like snow and clouds, creating an overall gentle, airy impression.
Beautiful EnergyKai Band

Kai Band is a rock band formed in the mid-1970s.
The frontman is Yoshihiro Kai.
In this work, unlike usual, the lead vocals were handled by drummer Hideo Matsufuji.
Released in 1980.
The song was used in a cosmetics commercial, and the woman who appears in it was said to have been drawn with the immensely popular Agnes Lum in mind.
Loving too muchCHEMISTRY

This is a masterpiece that blends the beautiful timbre of the piano with the powerful, soaring vocals of the accomplished singer duo CHEMISTRY.
The contrast between a sophisticated urban mood and the nobility of romance invites you into a romantic world, resulting in a track that also suits mature, adult scenes.
The moon is beautiful, isn’t it?miwa

Singer-songwriter miwa, who grew up surrounded by music thanks to her family’s influence and made her major debut while still in high school.
The track “Tsuki ga Kirei desu ne” from her EP “Tsuki ni Negai wo,” released on November 15, 2023, lingers in the ear with its piano-and-strings-focused ensemble and melodies that evoke a sense of Japanese tradition.
The title and lyrics, inspired by an anecdote about the famed novelist Soseki Natsume, seem to convey a refined beauty.
It’s a lyrical ballad whose delicate arrangement resonates deeply with the heart.
EARTHMuramatsu Takatsugu

This piece, performed as a flute and piano duo, is a grand work themed around the Earth’s environment and the beauty of nature.
The flute’s gentle melodies and the piano’s rich resonance intertwine exquisitely, evoking the sensation of traveling through the great outdoors.
The structure begins with a quiet introduction, gradually unfolds into a dramatic development, and finally moves toward a tranquil close.
This dynamic contour brings deep emotional expression to the music and captivates listeners.
It’s a recommended piece for those who want to feel their love for nature and the Earth through music, and for anyone who wishes to fully savor the charm of the flute.
“Ombra mai fu” from the opera “Xerxes”Georg Friedrich Händel

An aria from Act I of Handel’s opera Xerxes.
King Xerxes I of Persia, resting comfortably in the shade of a tree, sings of his love for the plane tree’s shade, declaring that never before has there been such dear, gentle, and pleasant shade.
It’s a piece that evokes dappled sunlight, a gentle breeze, and the enveloping comfort of a soothing canopy of leaves.

