Billboard Japan Hot 100

Japanese record chart for songs

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).

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 "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis in the issue dated April 30, 2008.[3] The current number-one on the chart as of the issue dated April 16, 2025, is "Kusushiki" by Mrs. Green Apple.[4]

## Methodology

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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]

## Lists of Billboard Japan number-one singles

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### Weekly number ones

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

### Year-end number ones

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Year  | Title  | Artist(s)

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2008  | "Kiseki"  | Greeeen
2009  | "Ichibu to Zenbu"  | B'z
2010  | "Troublemaker"  | Arashi
2011  | "Everyday, Katyusha"  | AKB48
2012  | "Manatsu no Sounds Good!"
2013  | "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie"
2014  | "Guts!"  | Arashi
2015  | "Ryusei"  | Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe
2016  | "Tsubasa wa Iranai"  | AKB48
2017  | "Koi"  | Gen Hoshino
2018  | "Lemon"  | Kenshi Yonezu
2019
2020  | "Yoru ni Kakeru"  | Yoasobi
2021  | "Dry Flower"  | Yuuri
2022  | "Zankyōsanka"  | Aimer
2023  | "Idol"  | Yoasobi
2024  | "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born"  | Creepy Nuts

## Song milestones

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### Most weeks at number one

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No. of weeks  | Song  | Artist  | Release year  | Ref.

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22  | "Idol"  | Yoasobi | 2023  | [11]
19  | "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born"  | Creepy Nuts | 2024  | [12]
13  | "Subtitle"  | Official Hige Dandism | 2022  | [13]
"Show"  | Ado | 2023  | [14]
11  | "Koi"  | Gen Hoshino | 2016  | [13]
9  | "Zankyōsanka"  | Aimer | 2021
8  | "Homura"  | Lisa | 2020
7  | "Lemon"  | Kenshi Yonezu | 2018
"Pretender"  | Official Hige Dandism  | 2019
"I Love..."  | 2020
6  | "Yoru ni Kakeru"  | Yoasobi  | 2019
"New Genesis"  | Ado  | 2022

### Most total weeks on the Billboard Japan Hot 100

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Legend

| Currently charting in the top 100
‡  | Currently charting in the top 10

* Only the top 30 songs with the most weeks are included
* Source:[15][16]

No. of weeks  | Song  | Artist  | Peak  | Release year

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353

| "Marigold"  | Aimyon | 1  | 2018

338

| "Lemon"  | Kenshi Yonezu | 1  | 2018

313

| "Pretender"  | Official Hige Dandism | 1  | 2019

308

| "Takane no Hanako-san"  | Back Number | 3  | 2013

285

| "Ao to Natsu"  | Mrs. Green Apple | 7  | 2018

284

| "Tenbyō no Uta"  | Mrs. Green Apple featuring Sonoko Inoue | 16  | 2018

252

| "Yoru ni Kakeru"  | Yoasobi | 1  | 2019

247

| "115 Man Kilo no Film"  | Official Hige Dandism  | 11  | 2018

233

| "Dry Flower"  | Yuuri | 2  | 2020

233

| "Hakujitsu"  | King Gnu | 2  | 2019

226

| "Wherever You Are"  | One Ok Rock | 4  | 2010

219

| "Inferno"  | Mrs. Green Apple  | 17  | 2019

214

| "Gunjō"  | Yoasobi  | 6  | 2020

194

| "Kaijū no Hanauta"  | Vaundy | 2  | 2020

192

| "Suiheisen"  | Back Number  | 2  | 2021

188

| "Shape of You"  | Ed Sheeran | 4  | 2017

185

| "Kanade"  | Sukima Switch | 27  | 2004

178

| "I Love..."  | Official Hige Dandism  | 1  | 2020

175

| "Kaibutsu"  | Yoasobi  | 2  | 2021

174

| "Boku no Koto"  | Mrs. Green Apple  | 7  | 2019

173

| "Betelgeuse"  | Yuuri  | 2  | 2021

171

| "Cinderella Boy"  | Saucy Dog | 4  | 2021

166

| "Mela!"  | Ryokuoushoku Shakai | 37  | 2020

163

| "W / X / Y"  | Tani Yuuki | 3  | 2021

163

| "Uchiage Hanabi"  | Daoko and Kenshi Yonezu  | 1  | 2017

157

| "Himawari no Yakusoku"  | Motohiro Hata | 2  | 2014

152

| "Kirari"  | Fujii Kaze | 2  | 2021

151

| "Dance Hall"  | Mrs. Green Apple  | 8  | 2022

149

| "Silent Majority"  | Keyakizaka46 | 1  | 2016

147

| "Tada Kimi ni Hare"  | Yorushika | 22  | 2018

### Other songs that have charted for at least 100 weeks

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No. of weeks  | Song  | Artist  | Peak  | Release year

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146

| "Happy End"  | Back Number  | 4  | 2016

146

| "Christmas Song"  | Back Number  | 1  | 2015

144

| "Gurenge"  | Lisa | 2  | 2019
"Kimi wa Rock o Kikanai"  | Aimyon  | 11  | 2017

143

| "Sayonara Elegy"  | Masaki Suda | 3  | 2018

141

| "Wataridori"  | Alexandros | 3  | 2015
"Dynamite"  | BTS | 2  | 2020

139

| "Koi"  | Gen Hoshino | 1  | 2016

134

| "Eine Kleine"  | Kenshi Yonezu  | 19  | 2014

133

| "Ryusei"  | Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe | 1  | 2014

131

| "Subtitle"  | Official Hige Dandism  | 1  | 2022

131

| "Citrus"  | Da-ice | 7  | 2020

130

| "Soranji"  | Mrs. Green Apple  | 10  | 2022

128

| "Loser"  | Kenshi Yonezu  | 3  | 2016

127

| "Odoriko"  | Vaundy  | 15  | 2021

127

| "Mixed Nuts"  | Official Hige Dandism  | 1  | 2022
"Nan demo Nai yo,"  | Macaroni Empitsu  | 4  | 2021
"Naked Heart"  | Aimyon  | 4  | 2020

125

| "Shin Takarajima"  | Sakanaction | 1  | 2015

122

| "Romanticism"  | Mrs. Green Apple  | 11  | 2019

120

| "Fukakōryoku"  | Vaundy  | 36  | 2020
"Walking with You"  | Novelbright  | 33  | 2018

117

| "Haru no Hi"  | Aimyon  | 2  | 2019

114

| "Peace Sign"  | Kenshi Yonezu  | 1  | 2017
"Neko"  | Dish// | 9  | 2017

113

| "Shake It Off"  | Taylor Swift | 4  | 2014

112

| "Hanabi"  | Mr. Children | 1  | 2008
"TT"  | Twice | 3  | 2016

111

| "Mahō no Jūtan"  | Takaya Kawasaki  | 20  | 2020

110

| "Hanataba"  | Back Number  | 3  | 2011

109

| "Zankyōsanka"  | Aimer | 1  | 2021
"No Doubt"  | Official Hige Dandism  | 11  | 2018

108

| "Cry Baby"  | Official Hige Dandism  | 4  | 2021

107

| "Kiseki"  | Greeeen | 1  | 2008
"Machigai Sagashi"  | Masaki Suda  | 2  | 2019

105

| "Billimillion"  | Yuuri  | 6  | 2023
"Boy with Luv"  | BTS featuring Halsey | 7  | 2019

105

| "Idol"  | Yoasobi  | 1  | 2023

104

| "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"  | Taylor Swift  | 2  | 2012

103

| "Que Sera Sera"  | Mrs. Green Apple  | 3  | 2023

103

| "Happy"  | Pharrell Williams | 5  | 2013
"See You Again"  | Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth | 7  | 2015

101

| "Heroine"  | Back Number  | 2  | 2015
"Kick Back"  | Kenshi Yonezu  | 1  | 2022

100

| "Ai o Komete Hanataba o"  | Superfly | 7  | 2008

### Most weeks in the top ten

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No. of weeks  | Song  | Artist(s)  | Year(s)

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| "Lemon"  | Kenshi Yonezu | 2018–2019 and August 2020

| "Dry Flower"  | Yuuri | 2020–2022

| "Yoru ni Kakeru"  | Yoasobi | 2020–2021

| "Pretender"  | Official Hige Dandism | 2019–2020

| "Marigold"  | Aimyon | 2018–2019

| "Kaijū no Hanauta"  | Vaundy | 2023–2024

| "Dynamite"  | BTS | 2020–2021

| "Hakujitsu"  | King Gnu | 2019–2020

| "Gurenge"  | Lisa | 2019–2020 and January 2021

| "Idol"  | Yoasobi | 2023–2024

| "W / X / Y"  | Tani Yuuki  | 2022–2023

| "Shukumei"  | Official Hige Dandism  | 2019–2020

### Japan Hot 100 number ones by foreign artists

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There are only five Western songs that have topped the Japan Hot 100.

* Leona Lewis – "Bleeding Love"
* Mika – "Blame It on the Girls"
* Lady Gaga – "Born This Way"
* The Wanted – "Glad You Came"
* Rosé and Bruno Mars – "Apt."

In addition, Afrojack was featured artist of two number one's by Sandaime J Soul Brothers, "Summer Madness" and "Scarlet". However, official website of Billboard does not list these songs on discography of these featured artists. For number one songs by Korean artists, see List of K-pop songs on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[citation needed]

## See also

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* Billboard Japan
* Billboard Japan Music Awards
* List of artists who reached number one on the Japan Hot 100

## References

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1. ^ "Press Release" (PDF). Billboard (in Japanese). Hanshin Contents Link. 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2009-08-30.[dead link‍]
2. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
3. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
4. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 [2025/04/16 公開]". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved April 16, 2025.
5. ^ a b Dai Onojima. "Japan Hot100がリニューアル" (in Japanese). Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
6. ^ a b "Japan Hot100がリニューアル". December 9, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-06.
7. ^ "日本版BillboardチャートがYouTubeの再生回数を加えリニューアル、チャートの中身が分かる新サービスもスタート". May 28, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-29.
8. ^ "ビルボードジャパンの総合チャートに"カラオケ"指標が誕生! 大手2社による初のデータ提供が実現". November 28, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-11-29.
9. ^ "Billboard JAPANチャート、ルックアップ&Twitter指標を2023年度チャートより廃止". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). October 26, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
10. ^ ビルボードジャパンがストリーミングデータを拡充、セールス数&ポイントも一部公開へ (in Japanese). Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
11. ^ "【ビルボード】YOASOBI「アイドル」19週ぶりの総合首位奪還、「葬送のフリーレン」新OPヨルシカ「晴る」がトップ10入り". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). May 22, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
12. ^ "【ビルボード】Creepy Nuts「Bling-Bang-Bang-Born」通算19度目の総合首位、まもなく最終回となるMY FIRST STORY × HYDE「夢幻」が上昇". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). June 26, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
13. ^ a b "【ビルボード】YOASOBI「アイドル」4部門で1位獲得、自己最高となる7週連続総合首位 INI「FANFARE」総合2位にジャンプアップ". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). May 31, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
14. ^ "【ビルボード】Ado「唱」総合13連覇、星野源「光の跡」が3位デビュー". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). January 10, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
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16. ^ "Chart Insight". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved April 16, 2025.

## External links

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* Current Billboard Japan Hot 100 on billboard-japan.com (in Japanese) by Hanshin Contents Link
* Billboard Japan Hot 100 by Billboard – The issue date is that of not Billboard Japan Hot 100 but "U.S." Billboard Hot 100
* Hanshin Contents Link, the company that compiles Billboard Japan charts (a division of the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings)

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Billboard Japan Download Songs|

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Billboard charts

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