Tomonari Sora's 'Demons Banquet' at No. 1 for second week on Billboard Japan Heatseekers Songs Chart

Tomonari Sora's 'Demons Banquet' is at No. 1 for the second week in a row on Billboard Japan's Heatseekers Songs chart, dated February 28, counting the week ending February 25.

This chart extracts fast-rising artists based on radio airplay, downloads, streaming and video views among the metrics that make up the weekly Billboard Japan Hot 100 Songs chart.

The 2002-born singer-songwriter's demo version of the track went viral after it was posted on TikTok in November and was officially released digitally on January 10.

“Demons Banquet” comes in at No. 10 for video views, No. 59 for downloads and No. 66 for streaming, gaining 40% in total points from last week.

At No. 2 on Heatseekers Songs is Swetty's “prezakia”. This track was released on December 4th by the SoundCloud-based artist and gained attention after ONE OK ROCK singer Taka gave it a shout out on Instagram Live in late January.

Meanwhile, TOMOO's “Present” debuts on the chart at No. 7. The 28-year-old artist sings about love in a pop and upbeat, upbeat track on her latest release, which earned points mostly at radio this week .

Other first entries on this chart this week include “DANCING IN THE ROOM” by the Humbreaders (humb-bread-ers), “Itai Itai Ai” by Risky Melody, “Watashi to Watashi” by E.scene and “Hijoshudan” by WHITE SCORPION. ” asobi's “All In My Head” also climbs the chart to enter the top 20 at No. 18.

Some rules regarding the Billboard Japan Heatseekers Songs chart include: songs that have entered the top 300 in at least one Japan Hot 100 count for three consecutive weeks, including the count week, are eligible. the list does not include artists who have entered the top 20 of the Japan Hot 100 or the top 10 of the Japan Hot Albums chart after appearing on the Heatseekers list. Artists / acts charted in the top 20 for at least 4 months (17 weeks) of the last 6 months (26 weeks) are excluded. and if any excluded artists clearly refer to the artist name as “Feat”. etc., excluding their songs.

◎ Billboard JAPAN Heatseekers Songs Top 20

(Data collected: February 19-25, 2024)

1. “Demons Banquet” / Tomonari Sora

2. “junky” / sweet

3. “Zenhoukou Bishoujo” / noa

4. “request” / krage

5. “Obsessed” / Ayumu Imazu

6. “Planet” / ako

7. “Present” / TOMOO

8. “AtoZ” / Tokimekkii

9. “SARIGIWA NO ROMANTICS” / See-Saw

10. “Konton Boogie” / Jon-YAKITORY

11. “DANCING IN THE ROOM” / Humbreaders

12. “Itai Itai Ai” / Risky Melody

13. “Love Jetaime” / Mahiru Coda

14. “My dream girls” / NACHERRY

15. “Watashi to Watashi” / E.scene

16. “Futsunanteiranaiyo” / TENSONG

17. “ANPANMAN TAISOU” / Dreaming

18. “All In My Head” / asobi

19. “Hijoshudan” / WHITE SCORPIO

20. “Ba-Bang to Suisan! Bang Bravern” / Bravern (Kenichi Suzumura)