![]() In the 1970's, karaoke became widespread and popular throughout all of Asia and other countries around the world. ![]() The association claimed that he had "thereby providing an entirely new way for people to learn to tolerate each other." ![]() This eventually led to Karaoke boxes - private rooms where you can sing in, well, private.ĭaisuke Inoue was awarded the tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel Peace Prize for "inventing" karaoke. Eventually, it caught on as many hotels and restaurants bought the machines for their stores. Despite the argument, there is no existence of a patent for the machine.ĭuring this era, karaoke was considered as "an expensive fad" since at the time karaoke cost 100 yen - the price of two bento / lunch boxes. Some say that the machine was invented by Daisuke Inoue (Japanese musician) in 1971 while others claim that the audio company Clarion came up with the idea. Although there is still argument who actually came up with the term. Karaoke was "invented" (in quotes because singing with an instrumental track has been around since practically the beginning of singers and performers) in Japan in the 1970's. Karaoke is often stylized as カラオケ (katakana). It is a form of interactive entertainment. ![]() Karaoke combines the Japanese words kara (空) meaning empty and okesutora (オーケストラ) or orchestra. ![]()
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