Babymetal is booming stateside, thanks to irresistible hits and "Kawaii"

Who knew that a three-piece, girl metal idol group would break the record Japanese artists have been trying so hard to break for the last 50 years? Countless artists have tried—ranging from R&B singer Toshinobu Kubota, pop goddess Utada Hikaru and Harajuku’s favorite Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. The list goes on and on. Yet Babymetal is the first Japanese act in almost half a century to appear on the U.S. B