A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

Welcome to the first Songs of the Week of 2025. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mariel Fechik, Mark Moody, Matt the ...

Plus: Prizes have been added in new categories including the “Co-creation categories” linked to companies involved in music.

We know this because the word for ‘poem’ in old Japanese, uta, is also the word for ‘song’, and there is a tradition of the oral performance and recitation of Japanese poetic compositions that remains ...

A new era for the Japanese music industry arrives on May 22 when the Japan Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion ...

Thinking that our song will be playing at movie theaters gives us butterflies,” said ILLIT in a press release. “We’re sure ...

This is the first time that a single song has held both top spots. Since its release in ... an increasing number of songs by Japanese artists have been exceeding 100 million streams.

South Korean broadcaster MBN is tapping into the nostalgia boom with its "Korea-Japan Top Ten Show," launched in May. The program brings together singers from both nations to perform iconic songs ...

According to the Spotify ranking, "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" was the most played song in Japan during ... GREEN APPLE was the top band/artist among the Japanese public. Mashle anime adapts the same ...