Sunan karaoke ya samo asali ne daga kalmomin Jafananci "fanko" da "ƙungiyar makaɗa". Dogaro da mahallin, karaoke na iya nufin nau'in filin nishaɗi, raira waƙa ga waƙoƙi, da kuma na'urar da za a sake buga baya. Ba tare da mahallin ba, koyaushe muna ɗaukar hoton makirufo, haske mai haske na allon tare da biyan kuɗi, da yanayi mai ban sha'awa. Don haka, menene karaoke?

Babu wata takamaiman amsa ga tambayar yaushe karaoke ya fara bayyana. Idan muka yi magana game da raira waƙa ga kiɗan da ba shi da waƙa, to tun a cikin 1930s, akwai fayilolin vinyl tare da bayanan baya, waɗanda aka yi niyya don ayyukan gida. Idan muka yi magana game da dan wasan karaoke, an fara kirkirar samfarin ne a Japan a farkon shekarun 1970 ta hanyar sihiri da mawaki Daisuke Inoue, wanda ya yi amfani da abubuwan baya a lokacin wasan kwaikwayonsa ya huta da sauri yayin da yake kiyaye matakin fyaucewa masu sauraro.

Jafananci sun daɗa son yin waƙa a bayan fage wanda ba da daɗewa ba, sabon masana'antar kera-karaoke don sanduna da kulake ya bayyana. A farkon 1980s, karaoke ya haye tekun ya sauka a Amurka. Na farko, an ba ta kafada mai sanyi, amma bayan ƙirƙirar 'yan wasan karaoke na gida, ya zama sanannen gaske. Labarin "Juyin Halittar Karaoke" zai baku cikakken bayani game da tarihin karaoke.

Muryar mawaƙin ta yi tafiya ta cikin makirufo zuwa tashar hadawa, inda ta gauraya ta sanya wajan baya. Bayan haka, an watsa shi tare da kiɗa zuwa tsarin sauti na waje. Masu wasan kwaikwayon suna karanta subs daga fuskar talabijin. A bangon baya, an kunna bidiyo na kiɗa na asali ko takamaiman fim da aka buga tare da abun ciki na tsaka tsaki.