ARASHI‘s “Five” blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the chart released March 11.
The track marks the nationally beloved five-man group’s first new song in five years, released Mar. 4. It’s ARASHI’s 41st week at No. 1 and 38th No. 1 title on the Japan Hot 100, following “Kite,” released as NHK’s theme for the 2020 Summer Olympics/Paralympics. “Five” launches with 123,601 downloads to rule the metric, while also claiming No. 1 for both streaming and video views, and No. 11 for radio airplay.
ARASHI’s No. 1 Singles on Japan Hot 100
“Step and Go”
“One Love”
“truth”
“Beautiful days”
“Believe”
“Ashita no Kioku”
“Everything”
“My Girl”
“Troublemaker”
“Monster”
“To be free”
“Love Rainbow”
“Dear Snow”
“Hatenai Sora”
“Lotus”
“Meikyu Love Song”
“Wild at Heart”
“Face Down”
“Your Eyes”
“Calling”
“Endless Game”
“Bittersweet”
“GUTS!”
“Daremo Shiranai”
“Sakura”
“Aozora no Shita, Kimi no Tonari”
“Ai wo Sakebe”
“Fukkatsu LOVE”
“I seek”
“Power of the Paradise”
“I’ll be there”
“Tsunagu”
“Doors: Yuuki no Kiseki”
“Find The Answer”
“Natsuhayate”
“Kimi no Uta”
“Kite”
“Five”
M!LK’s “Bakuretsu Aishiteru” holds at No. 2 for the second consecutive week. While points across CD sales, downloads, and other metrics declined, streaming edged up slightly, keeping the track inside the top 10 for a fourth straight week. Kenshi Yonezu’s “IRIS OUT” climbs one spot to No. 3, STU48’s “Sukisugite Naku” bows at No. 4, and M!LK’s “Sukisugite Metsu!” follows at No. 5, unchanged from last week.
Elsewhere on the chart, with the World Baseball Classic underway, Koji Inaba’s “Touch” — the Netflix WBC support song — lands at No. 21, while Ado’s “Vivarium,” whose live-action music video has been generating buzz, comes in at No. 26. Remioromen’s hit from 2005 “Sangatsu Kokonoka” (March 9th) resurfaces at No. 46, with downloads up 242% week over week, streaming up 157%, radio up 739%, video up 216%, and karaoke up 150%.
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 Mar. 2 to 8, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.
