KO1KEYZ’s “KO1KEYZ” is at No. 1 on the Billboard JAPAN Hot 100, on the chart released Oct. 14.
The song is the title track of the debut single from the 12-member group formed through PRODUCE 101 JAPAN SHINSEKAI, which made its simultaneous Japan-South Korea debut on Oct. 7. It sold 525,248 copies in its first week to top physical sales and also placed high across the other metrics, coming in at No. 2 for radio airplay, No. 4 for downloads (3,546 units) and No. 10 for video views, giving the act a chart-topper with its debut release.
Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “Kyouhan” rises 8-2, leading radio and hitting No. 3 for video and No. 5 for streaming (5,748,899 streams). The song appears on the band’s sixth original full-length album POPS, released Sept. 30. All 16 of the album’s tracks stay in the top 100 for a second consecutive week, including “Brand New” at No. 7, “lulu.” at No. 16, “Cinderella” at No. 19 and “A Posteriori” at No. 20, bringing the act’s total to 20 charting songs.
EBiDAN’s “Yes! Tokyo” lands at No. 3, topping video and hitting No. 2 for streaming.
STU48’s “Fuyufuku ni Kigaetara” debuts at No. 4. The title track of the group’s 14th single, released Oct. 7, launched with 202,645 copies to place No. 2 for sales. Ayumu Imazu’s “Musubi” jumps 20-5. The love song built around the motif of the “red string of fate,” released digitally Oct. 2, tops streaming (9,304,543 streams) and places No. 8 for both radio and video. FRUITS ZIPPER’s “Power of Love” soars 68-6, selling 72,829 CDs to hit No. 3 for sales.
“swim?,” the first single from KAITO — the solo moniker of King & Prince’s Kaito Takahashi — debuts at No. 8. Released digitally Oct. 5, the track tops downloads with 28,300 units. M!LK’s “Suki Sugite Metsu!” holds at No. 9, while Vaundy’s “Shiwaawase” vaults 49-10. The theme song for the film Mama ga Mou Kono Sekai ni Inakutemo: Watashi no Inochi no Nikki (English title: ALL OUR TOMORROWS), which opened Oct. 2, places No. 9 for downloads and No. 4 for streaming (5,836,205 streams).
Further down the chart, ZUTOMAYO’s “akanesasu” debuts at No. 29 and places No. 2 for downloads. The song was written as the theme for the act’s headlining concert entitled LEGACY ZOMBIE LABO “Bunka Denrai” Nara Heijo-kyo, held Oct. 10 and 11 at Nara Palace Site Historical Park.
aiko’s “Anata no Hana no Iro,” the opening theme for Season 2 of the TV anime Blue Box, also enters at No. 49, hitting No. 4 for radio. LE SSERAFIM’s “Made My Night” surges 100-21. Released digitally in September, the track arrived on a Japan-only CD on Oct. 9, which sold 26,831 copies to place No. 5 for physical sales. back number places 12 songs in the top 100, with “Doushitemo Doushitemo” (English title: “Want Want Want,” No. 91) and “Kaitou” (English title: “Phantom thief,” No. 98) re-entering the chart.
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 Oct. 5 to 11, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.
