Question: Japanese artist Cornelius has been described as the modern-day equivalent of which legendary American singer, songwriter and producer?

Context articles: Chewbacca defense
Mika Seeger
The First Question Award
69/96
Bessie (film)
Brian Wilson
96/69
Fantasma (Cornelius album)
Holidays in the Sun (EP)
Cornelius (musician)

A Chewbacca defense is the name in the United States given to a legal strategy in which the aim of the argument seems to be to deliberately confuse the jury rather than to factually refute the case of the other side.
 This term was used in an episode of the animated series "South Park", "Chef Aid", which premiered on October 7, 1998.
 This episode satirized attorney Johnnie Cochran's closing argument defending O. J. Simpson in his murder trial.
 The term has since been commonly used in describing legal cases, especially criminal ones.
 The concept of disguising a flaw in one's argument by presenting large amounts of irrelevant information has previously been described as the modern-day equivalent of a "red herring" or the fallacy "ignoratio elenchi" (irrelevant conclusion).
Mika Seeger is an American ceramic artist.
 Although not primarily a musical artist, she did record a definitive version of "Great Green Gobs of Greasy, Grimy Gopher Guts".
 She is the daughter of Pete Seeger, a legendary American folk musician, and filmmaker Toshi Seeger.
The First Question Award (ザ・ファースト・クエスチョン・アワード) is the debut solo album by the Japanese recording artist Cornelius.
 It was released in 1994 and charted at number four on the Japanese "Oricon" album chart.
 "The First Question Award" includes the singles "The Sun Is My Enemy", "Perfect Rainbow", "(You Can't Always Get) What You Want" and "Moon Light Story".
69/96 is the second solo album by the Japanese recording artist Cornelius.
 It was released in 1995 and charted at number three on the Japanese "Oricon" album chart.
 "Moon Walk" was the only single released from the album.
 A remix album, titled "96/69" was released the following year.
Bessie is an HBO TV film about legendary American blues singer Bessie Smith, and focuses on her transformation as a struggling young singer into "The Empress of the Blues".
 The film is directed by Dee Rees, with a screenplay by Rees, Christopher Cleveland and Bettina Gilois.
 Queen Latifah stars as Smith, and supporting roles are played by Michael Kenneth Williams as Smith's first husband Jack Gee, and Mo'Nique as Ma Rainey.
 The film premiered on May 16, 2015.
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for being the multi-tasking leader and co-founder of the rock band the Beach Boys.
 After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group.
 He is the first pop artist credited for writing, arranging, producing, and performing his own material.
 Because of his unorthodox approaches to song composition and arrangement and mastery of recording techniques, he is widely acknowledged, by critics and musicians alike, as one of the most innovative and influential creative forces in popular music.
96/69 is the first remix album by the Japanese recording artist Cornelius.
 It was released in 1996 and charted at number six on the Japanese "Oricon" album chart.
 The remix album is a companion to Cornelius' second studio album "69/96"; released the previous year.
Fantasma is the third studio album by the Japanese recording artist Cornelius.
 It was released in 1997 and charted at number six on the Japanese "Oricon" album chart.
 "Fantasma" includes the singles "Star Fruits Surf Rider", "Free Fall" and "Chapter 8" (co-written by Robert Schneider and Hilarie Sidney of The Apples in Stereo).
 The latter two singles were released in the UK only.
Holidays in the Sun EP is the second solo release by the Japanese recording artist Cornelius.
 It was released in 1994 and charted at number thirteen on the Japanese "Oricon" album chart.
 It was released in tandem with Cornelius's début single "The Sun Is My Enemy".
Keigo Oyamada (小山田 圭吾 , Oyamada Keigo , born January 27, 1969) , also known by his moniker Cornelius (CORNELIUS（コーネリアス） , Kōneriasu ) , is a Japanese recording artist and producer who co-founded Flipper's Guitar, an influential Shibuya-kei band, and subsequently embarked on a solo career.
 In 1997, he released the album "Fantasma", which landed him praise from American music critics, who called him a "modern-day Brian Wilson" or the "Japanese Beck".