The track included in the new girl group’s second CD single, released on the 16th, marked the highest total weekly points for any song during this year’s tracking period. It dominated downloads, streaming and video views, while coming in at No. 3 for sales and No. 8 for radio airplay. It also racked up the highest number of weekly streams for this year, at 16,247,580 streams.
The top 3 songs with the highest weekly points this year are:
The top 3 for highest weekly streams this year are: 1. HANA, “Blue Jeans,” 16,247,580 streams 2. Mrs. GREEN APPLE, “Lilac,” 15,713,177 streams (on the chart released Jan. 15) 3. Mrs. GREEN APPLE, “Lilac,” 14,041,086 streams (on the chart released Jan. 22)
HANA dominated the top 2 spots this week on the Japan Hot 100, with its debut single “ROSE” rising four notches to No. 2. CD sales gained 257%, streaming 118%, downloads 121%, and karaoke 130% compared to the week before. The septet has three songs charting in the top 10 this week, with “Burning Flower” coming in at No. 9.
Panda Dragon’s “Maji Majinai” debuts at No. 3. The five-member boy band’s first single after signing with Universal Music launched with 92,518 CDs to hit No. 1 for sales.
Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “Darling” follows at No. 4 and “KUSUSHIKI” at No. 5. The former moves 8-4 to return to the top 5 after about three and a half months, powered by a surge in radio (about 16 times more than last week) and gains in downloads and karaoke. The latter comes in at No. 2 for streaming, No. 6 for video, No. 19 for downloads, and No. 20 for karaoke.
Elsewhere on the Japan Hot 100, Kana Nishino’s iconic hit from 2010, “Aitakute Aitakute,” comes in at No. 59. One of the biggest J-pop songstresses from that decade, the singer-songwriter returned to showbiz last year after a break since 2019. The 36-year-old star recently dropped a performance of the longing ballad on THE FIRST TAKE YouTube channel, which led to an increase in downloads, streaming, videos, and karaoke.
Also, with the summer fireworks season underway, another veteran singer-songwriter’s hit from 1999, aiko’s “Hanabi,” is also moving steadily up the chart. The poetic classic about an ending love climbs from No. 97 to No. 84 to No. 80 this week, with streaming, video, and karaoke on the rise.
The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.
See the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from July 14 to 20, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.
