Kenshi Yonezu’s “IRIS OUT” stays atop the Billboard JAPAN Hot 100 for the eighth straight week, on the chart released Nov. 12.
Across individual metrics, the Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc theme continues to dominate streaming, video views, and karaoke, while coming in at No. 3 for both radio airplay and downloads, and No. 15 for CD sales. Radio impressions saw a 168% increase from the previous week.
Until now, Yonezu’s longest-running No. 1 was “Lemon,” which led for a total of seven weeks. “IRIS OUT” has now surpassed this record with eight weeks at the summit. Among all artists, the track now ties for the sixth-most total weeks at No. 1 in Japan Hot 100 chart history.
List of All-Time Total Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100
YOASOBI “Idol” 22 weeks
Creepy Nuts “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” 19 weeks
Ado “Show” 13 weeks
Official Hige Dandism “Subtitle” 13 weeks
Aimer “Zankyosanka” 9 weeks
LiSA “Homura” 8 weeks
Kenshi Yonezu “IRIS OUT” 8 weeks
Official Hige Dandism “Pretender” 7 weeks
Mrs. GREEN APPLE “Lilac” 7 weeks
Official Hige Dandism “I LOVE…” 7 weeks
Kenshi Yonezu “Lemon” 7 weeks
Yonezu and Hikaru Utada’s “JANE DOE” returns to No. 2. Though overall points for the ending theme of the same movie declined, the track rises from No. 5 last week. Yonezu also scores multiple entries this week: “1991” climbs from No. 9 to No. 5, while “Plazma” comes in at No. 50, “KICK BACK” at No. 70, and “BOW AND ARROW” at No. 89.
HANA’s “Blue Jeans” rises 11-3 this week, while the group’s “My Body” lands at No. 6 — one of seven songs the girls have on the chart this week. AiNA THE END’s “On the Way” rebounds from No. 12 to No. 4, marking her first return to the top five in about two months.
MAZZEL’s “Only You” debuts at No. 8. The lead track from their upcoming single of the same name, due out Nov. 26, leads downloads and hits No. 3 for video views and No. 27 for streaming with its advance digital release. Outside the top 10, Tatsuro Yamashita’s “MOVE ON” bows at No. 12. Featured in Daihatsu’s TV commercial for its kei-type vehicle MOVE, the song from the veteran singer-songwriter’s first single in two years earns the week’s No. 1 in radio.
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 Nov. 3 to 9, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.
