The following is a list of weekly number-one singles on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart in 2021.
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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January 4 | "Beautiful" | NEWS | [1] |
January 11 | "Homura" | LiSA | [2] |
January 18 | [3] | ||
January 25 | "Shūkan Umakuiku Yōbi" | Johnny's West | [4] |
February 1 | "Grandeur" | Snow Man | [5] |
February 8 | "Boku wa Boku o Suki ni Naru" | Nogizaka46 | [6] |
February 15 | "Koiochi Flag" | SKE48 | [7] |
February 22 | "Kimi to Mitai Sekai" | Kanjani Eight | [8] |
March 1 | "Boku ga Boku Janai Mitai da" | SixTones | [9] |
March 8 | "Luv Bias" | Kis-My-Ft2 | [10] |
March 15 | "Usseewa" | Ado | [11] |
March 22 | "Roar" | KAT-TUN | [12] |
March 29 | "One Last Kiss" | Hikaru Utada | [13] |
April 5 | "Let's Music" | Sexy Zone | [14] |
April 12 | "Take a Picture" | NiziU | [15] |
April 19 | [16] | ||
April 26 | "Ban" | Sakurazaka46 | [17] |
May 3 | "Not Alone" | Seventeen | [18] |
May 10 | '"Born to Be Wild" | JO1 | [19] |
May 17 | "Something New" | Johnny's West | [20] |
May 24 | "Negative Fighter" | Hey! Say! JUMP | [21] |
May 31 | "Magic Touch" | King & Prince | [22] |
June 7 | "Butter" | BTS | [23] |
June 14 | [24] | ||
June 21 | "Gomen ne Fingers Crossed" | Nogizaka46 | [25] |
June 28 | "Pale Blue" | Kenshi Yonezu | [26] |
July 5 | "Fushigi" | Gen Hoshino | [27] |
July 12 | "Butter" | BTS | [28] |
July 19 | [29] | ||
July 26 | "Hello Hello" | Snow Man | [30] |
August 2 | "Permission to Dance" | BTS | [31] |
August 9 | "Dekkai Ai" | Johnny's West | [32] |
August 16 | "Natsu no Hydrangea" | Sexy Zone | [33] |
August 23 | "Mascara" | SixTones | [34] |
August 30 | "Real" | JO1 | [35] |
September 6 | "Gunjō Runaway" | Hey! Say! JUMP | [36] |
September 13 | "Ano Koro no Kimi o Mitsuketa" | SKE48 | [37] |
September 20 | "We Just Go Hard" | KAT-TUN feat. AK-69 | [38] |
September 27 | "Fear" | Kis-My-Ft2 | [39] |
October 4 | "Kimi ni Shikarareta" | Nogizaka46 | [40] |
October 11 | "Nemohamo Rumor" | AKB48 | [41] |
October 18 | "Koi Furu Tsukiyo ni Kimi Omou" | King & Prince | [42] |
October 25 | "Nagaredama" | Sakurazaka46 | [43] |
November 1 | "Akeboshi" | LiSA | [44] |
November 8 | "Tteka" | Hinatazaka46 | [45] |
November 15 | "Gifted" | Be First | [46] |
November 22 | "Ubu Love" | Naniwa Danshi | [47] |
November 29 | [48] | ||
December 6 | "Sing-Along" | Hey! Say! JUMP | [49] |
December 13 | "Secret Touch" | Snow Man | [50] |
December 20 | "Zankyosanka" | Aimer | [51] |
December 27 | "Bokura no Kisetsu" | JO1 | [52] |
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The discography of Japanese pop and electronic dance group Perfume consists of seven studio albums, three compilation albums, twenty-eight singles and six video albums. Forming in 2001, the group debuted as local Hiroshima idols, releasing two singles through the independent Momiji Label. In 2003, the members moved to Tokyo to further their career as idols. Signing with independent label Bee-Hive Records, the group met electronic producer Yasutaka Nakata of the band Capsule, who began to produce their music from 2003 onward.
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