The following is a list of Oricon number-one singles of 2021.
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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January 4 | "Beautiful / Chinchaumakka / Canaria" | NEWS | [1] |
January 11 | "Step and a Step" | NiziU | [2] |
January 18 | "Photograph" | Poppin'Party | [3] |
January 25 | "Shukan Umakuiku Yobi" | 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 | "Gekikara Love / Now Now Ningen / Konna Hazu ja Nakatta!" | Beyooooonds | [11] |
March 22 | "Roar" | KAT-TUN | [12] |
March 29 | "Dream on the Street" | Da Pump | [13] |
April 5 | "Let's Music" | Sexy Zone | [14] |
April 12 | "Breaking Dawn" | Jaejoong | [15] |
April 19 | "Take a Picture / Poppin' Shakin'" | NiziU | [16] |
April 26 | "Ban" | Sakurazaka46 | [17] |
May 3 | "Hitori Janai" | Seventeen | [18] |
May 10 | Challenger ("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 / Beating Hearts" | King & Prince | [22] |
June 7 | "Kimi Shika Katan" | Hinatazaka46 | [23] |
June 14 | "Bokura wa Mada / Magic Carpet Ride" | V6 | [24] |
June 21 | "Gomen ne Fingers Crossed" | Nogizaka46 | [25] |
June 28 | "Pale Blue" | Kenshi Yonezu | [26] |
July 5 | "Hitori ni Shinai yo" | Kanjani Eight | [27] |
July 12 | "Burn" | NEWS | [28] |
July 19 | Border: Hakanai ("Given-Taken") | Enhypen | [29] |
July 26 | "Hello Hello" | Snow Man | [30] |
August 2 | "Un/Pair" | KinKi Kids | [31] |
August 9 | "Dekkai Ai / Kido Airaku" | Johnny's West | [32] |
August 16 | "Natsu no Hydrangea" | Sexy Zone | [33] |
August 23 | "Mascara" | SixTones | [34] |
August 30 | Stranger ("Real") | JO1 | [35] |
September 6 | "Gunjo Runaway" | Hey! Say! JUMP | [36] |
September 13 | "Ano Koro no Kimi wo Mitsuketa" | SKE48 | [37] |
September 20 | "We Just Go Hard" feat. AK-69/"Euphoria" | KAT-TUN | [38] |
September 27 | "Fear / So Blue" | 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 | "Hetare Tachi yo" | STU48 | [44] |
November 8 | "Tteka" | Hinatazaka46 | [45] |
November 15 | A ("Rocketeer"/"Brighter") | INI | [46] |
Since their major label debut in 1997, Japanese male vocal/dance unit Da Pump has released six studio albums, two compilations, one live album, one remix album and twenty six singles. Two of their albums, Beat Ball (2000) and Da Best of Da Pump (2001) have topped the Oricon album charts. The latter album is their most commercially successful album having garnered over a million in sales.
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This is the discography of South Korean rock band F.T. Island. They debuted in 2007 with Cheerful Sensibility.
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Generation Ex, stylized as GENERATION EX, is the second studio album by Japanese boy band Generations from Exile Tribe, released on February 18, 2015. The album contains three previously released singles — "Never Let You Go", "Always With You", and "Sing It Loud"— all of which achieved positions within the top three on the Oricon weekly singles chart.
Snuper is a South Korean boy band formed by Widmay Entertainment in 2015, and is the first Korean pop group from the label. They debuted on November 16, 2015 with the extended play Shall We, its title track "Shall We Dance" and with six-members: Suhyun, Sangil, Taewoong, Woosung, Sangho and Sebin.
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Nogizaka46 has released twenty-eight singles and six albums, as well as numerous music videos and concert performance videos. Million-selling singles have included "Influencer" and "Synchronicity", each of which won a Japan Record Awards Grand Prix, as well as "Kaerimichi wa Tōmawari Shitaku Naru" and "Sing Out!". Album releases include the studio albums Tōmei na Iro, Sorezore no Isu, Umaretekara Hajimete Mita Yume, and Ima ga Omoide ni Naru made. The group also released a compilation of "under" songs, written for members who perform at concerts but are not part of the main selection group for promoting singles, with the title Boku dake no Kimi: Under Super Best. They will release the 10-year-anniversary compilation album, titled Time Flies.
NiziU, also stylized as NIZIU, is a Japanese girl group formed by JYP Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The group is composed of nine members: Mako, Rio, Maya, Riku, Ayaka, Mayuka, Rima, Miihi and Nina. NiziU was formed through the reality-survival program Nizi Project (2020), and debuted on December 2, 2020, with the release of their debut single "Step and a Step".