Japan is known as the largest market for music for physical media (albums) globally and the second-largest overall music market (behind the United States).
Here are some of the Kpop Groups that are charting on this week's Billboard Japan Hot 100:
9. #100 I Can't Stop Me - TWICE
More than seven months released but still charting on Billboard Japan Hot 100, placing at #100 in the chart. I Can't Stop Me also peak #1 position in US World Digital Song Sales.
8. #95 Not Alone - Seventeen
The king of synchronization charting at #95 with their Japanese song Not Alone. This is SEVENTEEN's first Japanese single in 2021.
7. #93 Stay Gold -BTS
A soothing song from BTS debuted last year at #9 on Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100, a significant achievement for a Japanese song by a Korean act. Now, this Japanese song is currently at #93 on the chart.
6. #79 In The Morning - ITZY
A record-breaking song from ITZY, this song becomes The fastest music video to reach 100 million views on Youtube by a 4th gen group and debut at #79.
5. #77 Next Level - AESPA
A rookie girl group is dominating on Billboard Japan with their new song Next Level. Their new music video Next Level surpassed 25 million views in just 24 hours, breaking their old record on Black Mamba. This week their new song debuts at #77 in Billboard Japan Hot 100.
4. #31 Film Out - BTS
The second Japanese digital single by BTS and a month-old song debuts #31 on Billboard Japan Hot 100. This song becomes the first Japanese song to debut at #1 in Digital Song Sales Chart history.
3. #19 Kura Kura - TWICE
TWICE receives a lot of achievements and awards in Japan. That is why it is no surprise that this song is on the chart. Kura Kura reached a new peak in Billboard Japan Hot 100, placing at #3 last week, and this week, it is #19 on the chart.
2. #8 Dynamite - BTS
A nine months old song of BTS placed #8 on Billboard Japan Hot 100. This becomes BTS's third music video to reached 1 billion views on Youtube after DNA and Boy With Luv. It is also the Most liked music video of BTS, with almost 28 million likes.
1. #2 Butter - BTS
This latest BTS song is charting high even it is just released in a week. It smashes records in other social media platforms, including; Youtube and Spotify. It becomes the Biggest 24 Hour MV Debut on Youtube, garnering 108.2M views, Biggest MV Premiere on YouTube with 3.9M viewers, Biggest Debut on Spotify Global with 11.042M streams, and The Largest single-day streams in Spotify history with 20.9M streams. This week it debuts #2 on Billboard Japan Hot 100.
View the full chart of Billboard Japan Hot 100 here.
Japan is Bangtan and twice land, it’s nice to see other groups doing well too. Japan is not easy to chart, so congrats to everybody on this list
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