AKB48‘s “Sentimental Train” ascends to No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Sept. 17 to 23, after the CD offered 1,614,316 copies in its first week. The newest million-seller by the J-pop woman group got here in at No. 1 for bodily gross sales and Twitter mentions, No. Three for look-ups, No. 20 for radio airplay and No. 31 for downloads.
As a comparability, “Sentimental Train” carried out higher than “Ja-Ba-Ja” — one other AKB48 million-selling single launched this 12 months — in first-week bodily gross sales figures and the Twitter/radio/look-up positions of the chart’s metrics, demonstrating that the newest single drew an excessive amount of curiosity earlier than its launch.
Namie Amuro‘s retirement launched 9 of her previous hits into final week’s Japan Hot 100, and even after the hype surrounding her remaining days within the limelight has settled down considerably, her absence seems to be hitting followers laborious. This week, the J-pop icon charts three extra songs for a complete of 12 tracks within the high 100, the very best being her 2016 hit “Hero” at No. Eight and main downloads once more: It led the metric final fall when she introduced her retirement.
DA PUMP‘s No. 2-peaking hit “U.S.A.” rises 4-3, nonetheless ruling streaming and video views for the 13th week and 15th week in a row, respectively.
The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines bodily and digital gross sales, radio airplay, Twitter mentions, YouTube and GYAO! video views, Gracenote look-ups and audio streams from Apple Music, AWA, Google Play Music, KKBOK, LINE MUSIC, Rakuten Music, Recochoku offered by Gfk Japan, in addition to streaming counts based mostly on lyrics displayed on PetitLyrics.
Watch AKB48’s “Sentimental Train” music video right here:
Billboard Japan Hot 100 Top 20 (dated Sept. 17 to 23)
1. Sentimental Train / AKB48
2. Kessen No Toki / Toukendanshi workforce Bakumatsu with Tomoegata Naginata
3. U.S.A. / DA PUMP
4. Lemon / Kenshi Yonezu
5. Idea / Gen Hoshino
6. Ai No Katachi feat. HIDE (GReeeeN) / MISIA
7. Ambivalent / Keyakizaka46
8. Hero / Namie Amuro
9. BDZ / TWICE
10. Arigato / Yu Takahashi
11. Daifuseikai / again quantity
12. Jikochu De Iko! / Nogizaka46
13. Träumerei / YUKI
14. Bedtime Story / Kana Nishino
15. Ikiro / NEWS
16. Akatsuki No Chinkonka / Linked Horizon
17. KOKYAKU Manzokudo Ichii / Yabai T-Shirts Yasan
18. Black Bird / Aimer
19. Marigold / Aimyon
20. Harebare / Kobukuro
