Creepy Nuts' “Otonoke” reaches No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, climbing 4-1 on the chart dated October 23.
The opener for the anime series Dandandan it dropped digitally on October 4 and debuted at No. 32 on the chart dated October 9. After peaking at No. 4 last week, the track becomes the hip-hop duo's second No. 1 hit in its third week on the chart.
The accompanying music video for the track boosted its chart position. The standout visuals, which see Creepy Nuts' R-Shitei and DJ Matsunaga appearing in countless numbers, made waves after its October 18 release, reaching No. 2 for video views. Streams for the track also increased by 109% compared to the previous week.
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“Otonoke” also topped Billboard Japan's Global Japan Songs Excl. Japanese chart dated October 17. The track is the most played song from Japan in Singapore, France, the UK, South Africa, the US and Brazil and is quickly becoming Creepy Nuts' next hit both domestically and globally, after long-running mega-hit “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born”.
Snow Man's “One” follows at No. 2. It was featured as the ending song for the anime Blue Lock VS. U-20 JAPANthe track was pre-released from the boy band's fourth album RAYSis set to drop on October 30th. The song rules downloads and hits No. 5 for video this week.
Ms. GREEN APPLE's “Lilac” is at No. 3. The former No. 1 hit is now in its 28th week on the Japan Hot 100 with only slight declines across all chart methodology metrics.
≒JOY's “Hatsukoi Cinderella” (Nearly Equal Joy) debuts at No. 4. Produced by AKB48 alum Rino Sashihara, ≒JOY is a group formed in collaboration with Yoyogi Animation Academy. The six-member girl group's second single sold 130,708 copies to set physical sales this week.
MISAMO's “NEW LOOK” jumps 21-8 to enter the top 10. MISAMO consists of TWICE's MINA, SANA, and MOMO, and the track is off the group's upcoming mini album HIGH TAILORING is expected to be released on November 6. stream for Namie Amuro's cover is up 170% compared to last week and radio is up 325%.
AKASAKI's “Bunny Girl” also climbs 14-10, giving the 18-year-old singer-songwriter his first top 10 hit. “Bunny Girl” was released on October 2 after a portion of the song went viral on TikTok. The track steadily climbed the Japan Hot 100 from No. 40 to No. 14 to No. 10.
The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.
Check out the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, counting the week of October 14-20, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan's English X account.
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