Creepy Nuts' “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” extends its reign on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 to three weeks on the chart released on February 14.
The MASHLE The season 2 opener saw a roughly 13.8% increase in streams from the previous week, garnering 20,118,604 weekly streams and holding onto the No. 1 spot for the metric. This number ranks fourth on the all-time list for weekly streams, behind BTS's “Butter,” YOASOBI's “Idol,” and Official HIGE DANDism's “Subtitle.” “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” also dominated downloads with 16,450 units, up 26.7%, and karaoke soared 63-32. Total points for the hip-hop banger have gained 14.5% since last week.
On the chart covering the week ending February 11, seven songs in the top 10 remained in the same position as the previous week. “Bansanka” by tuki. at No. 2 garnered 2,218,839 video views (up 1.4%) to set the metric for the first time, and both downloads and streaming for the soulful ballad remain relatively flat.
Next up are three of 2023's biggest hits, Ado's “Show,” YOASOBI's “Idol,” and two songs by Ms. GREEN APPLE (“Que Sera Sera” and “Nachtmusik”).
OWV's eighth single “BREMEN,” its only top 10 debut this week at No. 9, sold 48,912 CDs in its first week to earn the band its first CD sales No. 1 and highest position to date on the Japan Hot 100. The figure is up about 6.3% from the four-piece's previous single, “Let Go”. The latter track also scored points on radio airplay, coming in at No. 12 for the count.
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 February 5 to 11, here. For more on Japan's music and charts, visit Billboard Japan's English Twitter account.
