Billboard Japan Hot 100

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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. [1] The chart is updated every Wednesday at Billboard-japan.com (JST) and every Thursday at Billboard.com (UTC).

Contents

The first number-one song on the chart was "Stay Gold" by Hikaru Utada on the issue dated January 16, 2008. [2] The first number-one song on the chart by a non-Japanese artist was "Blame It on the Girls" by Mika in the issue dated September 23, 2009. [3] The current number-one on the chart as of the issue dated May 1, 2024, is "Masterplan" by Be First. [4]

Methodology

From the chart's inception in 2008, to December 2010, the chart combined CD single sales data from SoundScan Japan, tracking sales at physical stores across Japan, and radio airplay figures from Japan's then 32 AM and FM radio stations sourced from the Japanese company Plantech. [5] In December 2010, the chart expanded to include sales from online stores, as well as sales from iTunes Japan. [5] From December 2013, Billboard incorporated more digital music stores (such as Recochoku and mora) into the chart. [6] Billboard also added two additional factors: tweets relating to songs from Twitter data collected by NTT DATA, as well as data sourced from Gracenote on the number of times a CDs has been registered as being inserted into a computer. [6] In May 2015, the chart began to include both on-demand streams and YouTube views. [7] Finally, in November 2018, the chart began to include karaoke plays in its formula. [8] In December 2022, the Twitter and Gracenote metrics were removed from the chart. [9]

From December 7, 2016, onwards, Billboard Japan teamed up with GfK Japan to distribute digital sales of each track on the Hot 100 chart (between the positions of number one to number 50) to the public. The companies will distribute the sales from over 3,900 digital stores nationwide, alongside streaming services with Apple Music, Awa and Line Music, which will commence in 2017 and will be recognized as points (similar to album-equivalent sales). [10]

Song milestones

Most weeks at number one

No. of weeksSongArtistRelease year
22"Idol" Yoasobi 2023
13"Subtitle" Official Hige Dandism 2022
"Show" Ado 2023
"Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" Creepy Nuts 2024
11"Koi" Gen Hoshino 2016
9"Zankyōsanka" Aimer 2021
8"Homura" Lisa 2020
7"Lemon" Kenshi Yonezu 2018
"Pretender"Official Hige Dandism2019
"I Love..."2020
6"Yoru ni Kakeru"Yoasobi2019
"New Genesis"Ado2022

Most total weeks on the Billboard Japan Hot 100

Legend
Currently charting in the top 100
Currently charting in the top 10
No. of weeksSongArtistPeakRelease year
303
"Marigold" Aimyon 12018
290
"Lemon" Kenshi Yonezu 12018
263
"Pretender" Official Hige Dandism 12019
258
"Takane no Hanako-san" Back Number 32013
246
"115 Man Kilo no Film"Official Hige Dandism112018
235
"Ao to Natsu" Mrs. Green Apple 72018
234
"Tenbyō no Uta"Mrs. Green Apple featuring Sonoko Inoue 392018
231
"Hakujitsu" King Gnu 22019
226
"Wherever You Are" One Ok Rock 42010
215
"Yoru ni Kakeru" Yoasobi 12019
191
"Gunjō"Yoasobi62020
188
"Shape of You" Ed Sheeran 42017
183
"Dry Flower" Yuuri 22020
178
"I Love..."Official Hige Dandism12020
175
"Kanade" Sukima Switch 272004
172
"Kaibutsu"Yoasobi22021
169
"Inferno"Mrs. Green Apple172019
166
"Mela!" Ryokuoushoku Shakai 372020
161
"Uchiage Hanabi" Daoko and Kenshi Yonezu12017
157
"Himawari no Yakusoku" Motohiro Hata 22014
149
"Silent Majority" Keyakizaka46 12016
144
"Kaijū no Hana Uta" Vaundy 22020
144
"Gurenge" Lisa 22019
"Kimi wa Rock o Kikanai"Aimyon112017
143
"Sayonara Elegy" Masaki Suda 32018
142
"Suiheisen"Back Number22021
141
"Wataridori" Alexandros 32015
"Dynamite" BTS 22020
139
"Koi" Gen Hoshino 12016
134
"Cinderella Boy" Saucy Dog 42021

Other songs that have charted for at least 100 weeks

No. of weeksSongArtistPeakRelease year
134
"Eine Kleine"Kenshi Yonezu192014
133
"Christmas Song"Back Number12015
"Ryusei" Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe 12014
130
"Betelgeuse"Yuuri22021
128
"Loser"Kenshi Yonezu32016
127
"Nan demo Nai yo,"Macaroni Empitsu42021
"Naked Heart"Aimyon42020
124
"Boku no Koto"Mrs. Green Apple72019
"Tada Kimi ni Hare" Yorushika 222018
124
"Shin Takarajima" Sakanaction 12015
"Kirari" Fujii Kaze 22021
123
"Citrus" Da-ice 72020
120
"W / X / Y"Tani Yuuki32021
120
"Walking with You"Novelbright332018
117
"Haru no Hi"Aimyon22019
116
"Fukakōryoku"Vaundy362020
"Happy End"Back Number42016
114
"Peace Sign"Kenshi Yonezu12017
"Neko" Dish// 92017
113
"Shake It Off" Taylor Swift 42014
112
"Hanabi" Mr. Children 12008
"TT" Twice 32016
111
"Mahō no Jūtan"Takaya Kawasaki202020
109
"Zankyōsanka" Aimer 12021
"No Doubt"Official Hige Dandism112018
108
"Cry Baby"Official Hige Dandism42021
107
"Mixed Nuts"Official Hige Dandism12022
106
"Kiseki" Greeeen 12008
"Machigai Sagashi"Masaki Suda22019
105
"Boy with Luv"BTS featuring Halsey 72019
104
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"Taylor Swift22012
103
"Happy" Pharrell Williams 52013
"See You Again" Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth 72015
101
"Dance Hall"Mrs. Green Apple82022

Most weeks in the top ten

No. of weeksSongArtist(s)Year(s)
82
"Lemon" Kenshi Yonezu 2018–2019 and August 2020
78
"Dried Flower" Yuuri 2020–2022
66
"Yoru ni Kakeru" Yoasobi 2020–2021
65
"Pretender" Official Hige Dandism 2019–2020
60
"Marigold" Aimyon 2018–2019
58
"Dynamite" BTS 2020–2021
57
"Kaijū no Hana Uta" Vaundy 2023–2024
55
"Hakujitsu" King Gnu 2019–2020
55
"Gurenge" Lisa 2019–2020 and January 2021
54
"Idol" Yoasobi 2023–2024
42
"W / X / Y"Tani Yuuki2022–2023
41
"Shukumei"Official Hige Dandism2019–2020

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