YOASOBI’s “Idol” breaks its personal report once more this week on the Billboard Japan Sizzling 100, dated Aug. 2, logging 16 consecutive weeks atop the record.
The 7” vinyl model of the Oshi no Ko opener went on sale July 26, promoting 3,884 copies to energy the monitor 84-12 for bodily gross sales. The track additionally guidelines streaming (16,573,149 weekly streams), video views and karaoke, whereas additionally holding at No. 2 for downloads with 12,425 items and falling barely in radio airplay (17-21). Though “Idol” is slowly dropping momentum, the distinction between this and the monitor at No. 2 continues to be over 2,125 factors and its domination of the Japan track chart continues.
Kenshi Yonezu’s “Spinning Globe” strikes 3-2 this week. The CD model of Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron theme dropped July 26 and lands the monitor at No. 3 for gross sales (74,042 copies). Views for the music video launched the identical day locations the monitor at No. 6 for the metric. These two components had a big influence on this week’s outcomes. The track guidelines downloads with 14,109 items, whereas additionally coming in at No. 2 for radio and No. 14 for streaming with 4,867,268 streams.
Jung Kook’s “Seven” that includes Latto falls 2-3 in its third week on the Japan Sizzling 100. The BTS member’s first solo single holds at No. 2 for streaming (11,407,634 streams) and video, whereas falling 4-10 for downloads with 4,111 items offered this week.
Debuting at No. 4 this week is “Am I prepared?” by Hinatazaka46. The tenth single by the J-pop lady group options third-gen member Hinano Kamimura in middle place. After dropping July 26, the only offered 522,533 copies in its first week to rule gross sales, boosted by a marketing campaign providing on-line meet-and-greets and different particular perks to those that bought the CD.
This week’s Japan Sizzling 100 high 10 additionally sees two different debuts: OCHA NORMA’s new single with a title that roughly interprets to “Barely Emotionally Unstable? Summer time” bows at No. 6 with 107,515 CDs offered (No. 2) plus 1,888 downloads (No. 27), whereas LIL LEAGUE from EXILE TRIBE’s “Greater” bows at No. 7 with 58,938 CDs offered (No. 4), each boosted by first-week bodily gross sales.
Two songs from NewJeans’ 2nd EP ‘Get Up’ charted within the high 20 this week, with “ETA” coming in at No. 11 and “Tremendous Shy” at No. 12. Specifically, “ETA” soared 81-11 fueled by video, streaming, and downloads. The breakout Ok-pop group’s new monitor jumps 23-7 for video after the music video — shot completely on an iPhone 14 Professional — dropped on the identical day because the EP and in addition rises 89-10 for streaming and 75-26 for downloads. The monitor additionally gained factors from its first look on the radio metric at No. 28, leading to its massive climb on the Japan Sizzling 100 this week.
The Billboard Japan Sizzling 100 combines bodily and digital gross sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke information.
See the total Billboard Japan Sizzling 100 chart, tallying the week from July 24 to 30, right here. For extra on Japanese music and charts, go to Billboard Japan’s English Twitter account.
