Billboard Japan is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine Billboard . [1] It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway), holding an exclusive licence from Billboard's parent company to the Billboard brand name in Japan, [2] [3] [4] [5] and manages, among others, the website www.billboard-japan.com and several "Billboard Live"-branded music clubs located in the country. [6]
In February 2008, Hanshin Contents Link, under licence from Billboard, launched the Billboard Japan Hot 100 music chart. [7] [8] As of 2016, the list of charts compiled by Billboard Japan also includes an albums chart named Billboard Japan Hot Albums, [9] sales-only-based charts Top Singles Sales, Top Albums Sales, Top Jazz Albums Sales, and Top Classical Albums Sales, a radio-airplay chart named Radio Songs, an animation music chart named Hot Animation, and a chart for foreign songs named Hot Overseas. [10]
Since 2010, Billboard Japan holds an annual awards ceremony called the Billboard Japan Music Awards, which honors domestic and international artists who achieved the best results on Billboard Japan's music charts during the previous year.
Title | Type | Positions | Description |
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Japan Hot 100 | Physical sales + digital sales + streaming + airplay + video playback + karaoke | 100 |
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Hot Animation | 20 |
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Hot Overseas | 20 |
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Top Singles Sales | Physical sales | 100 |
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Download Songs | Digital sales | 100 |
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Streaming Songs | Streaming | 100 |
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Top User Generated Songs | Video playback | 20 | |
Heatseekers Songs | Digital sales + streaming + airplay + video playback | 20 |
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TikTok Weekly Top 20 | Usage and viewer from TikTok | 20 | |
Niconico Vocaloid Songs Top 20 | Number of video views + video uploading + comments + likes | 20 | |
Global Japan Songs Excl. Japan | Digital sales + streaming | 20 |
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Japan Songs (South Korea) | 20 |
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Japan Songs (Singapore) | 20 |
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Japan Songs (India) | 20 |
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Japan Songs (France) | 20 |
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Japan Songs (UK) | 20 |
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Japan Songs (Thailand) | 20 |
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Japan Songs (South Africa) | 20 |
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Japan Songs (US) | 20 |
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Japan Songs (Brazil) | 20 |
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Title | Type | Positions | Description |
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Hot Albums | Physical sales + digital sales | 100 |
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Top Albums Sales | Physical sales | 100 |
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Download Albums | Digital sales | 100 |
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Title | Positions | Description |
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Artist 100 | 100 |
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Hot 100 Lyricists | 100 |
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Hot 100 Composers | 100 |
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Anime song is a genre of music originating from Japanese pop music. Anime songs consist of theme, insert, and image songs for anime, manga, video game, and audio drama CD series, as well as any other song released primarily for the anime market, including music from Japanese voice actors.
The Billboard Japan Hot 100 is a record chart in Japan for songs. It has been compiled by Billboard Japan and Hanshin Contents Link since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at Billboard-japan.com (JST) and every Thursday at Billboard.com (UTC).
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