YOASOBI Scores 21st Week Atop Japan Hot 100 as SixTONES Debut at No. 2

YOASOBI’s “Idol” continues to steadily break its own record as it logs its 21st consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Sept. 6.

The music video accompanying “Idol” sailed past 300 million YouTube views on Saturday (Sept. 2), and the song has racked up 400 million total streams as of Wednesday (Sept. 6), breaking the record for fastest to hit the milestone.

While falling slightly in downloads (3-2 with 8,202 units) and radio airplay (20-27), the Oshi no Ko opener still sits at No. 1 for streaming (11,816,572 weekly streams), video views, and karaoke.

SixTONES’ “CREAK,” the theme of the drama series Knockin’ on Locked Door starring member Hokuto Matsumura, debuts at No. 2 on the Japan Hot 100 this week. The latest single by the six-member group sold 471,285 CDs in its first week after dropping Aug. 30, ruling physical sales. The track is off to a good start, coming in at No. 2 for radio and No. 5 for video. 

At No. 3 is Nogizaka46’s “Ohitorisama Tengoku,” which soared to No. 2 last week after launching with over 700,000 CDs. The single sold 65,606 copies this week and hits No. 2 for sales, boosted by a campaign that offered a chance to win autographed copies. The girl group’s latest single moves 20-29 for downloads (1,732 units), 35-54 for video, 26-10 for radio, and 74-78 for streaming on this week’s tally, keeping the song in the top 3 on its second week after release.

King Gnu’s “SPECIALZ” bows at No. 4 on the Japan Hot 100. The opener for the Shibuya Incident story arc of the TV anime series Jujutsu Kaisen dropped digitally on Sept. 1 following the anime’s premiere the day before. The latest track by the popular four-man band rules downloads with 28,311 units while coming in at No. 6 for streaming (5,980,562 streams) and No. 75 for radio. The CD version dropped Wednesday (Sept. 6), so the track is expected to perform well again on next week’s song chart.

Another Jujutsu Kaisen-related track, Tatsuya Kitani’s “Where Our Blue Is,” rises 7-5 on the Japan Hot 100 this week. The track is currently at No. 2 for streaming (8,277,423 streams), No. 7 for downloads (5,457 units), No. 6 for video, No. 57 for sales, and No. 59 for radio. The song has remained in the top 10 of the Japan Hot 100 for the ninth straight week, peaking at No. 2 for two of them.

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 Aug. 28 to Sept. 3, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English Twitter account.

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