Dominating the weekly single charts for March 14th is super group Arashi and their single “Wild at Heart” selling just over 550,000 copies (release details). SDN48 and their final single “Makeoshimi Congratulations” edged into second spot with over 74,000...

Arashi with their 37th single “Wild at Heart” will surpass the 500,000 sold mark and easily top the singles charts this past week.  On the album charts last week’s #1 continues in that spot this week - Ikimonogakari's latest album “NEWTRAL” with over...

TV Asahi’s music show “MUSIC STATION” performers for the Friday February 24th show has been released - J Soul Brothers, Ikimonogakari, Dream Morning Musume, Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, Hey! Say! JUMP, and BONNIE PINK...

J Soul Brothers will launch their 6th single, “Go my way” on March 7th. As a preview they just exposed the short version of the music video via the avex Youtube channel. The video features footage from their “EXILE TRIBE” dome tour concert performances this...

The charts for December 2011 are dominated by another 1+ million selling single by AKB48 with their “Uekara Mariko” selling a huge 1,273,748 and putting it nearly 1 million ahead of the second place single. The rest of the top 5 singles is dominated by boy groups with ...

AKB48’s newest single, “Ue kara Mariko” sold over 1 million copies making AKB48 the first group ever to have 4 consecutive first week million selling singles. They are tied now with rock band GLAY with 5 consecutive million selling singles (their first single of the...

A strong month for powerhouses Arashi (#1 single, #7 album), AKB48 (#7 single) and its sister group SKE48 (#2 single) and subgroups Not Yet (#4 single), French Kiss (#5 single), and Johnny’s Entertainment groups Sexy Zone (#3 single) and Kanjani8 (#2...

Sandaime J Soul Brothers second album, “TRIBAL SOUL” is now set for a December 7th release and will include singles “FIGHTERS” and “Refrain” for a total of 11 tracks. More details on the release including jacket covers...

TV Asahi’s music show “MUSIC STATION” guest lineup for their show for Friday December 2nd - KAT-TUN, Koda Kumi, Sandaime J Soul Brothers, JUJU, Perfume, and Yuzu. More details on the performances follow, Each group is on...

SKE48 easily took top honors last week on the singles charts with the release of their newest single, “OkiDoki” selling over 380,000 copies. On the album charts, KinKi Kids album “K Album” sold 151,000 copies to land in the top position. In the...

A close battle with the singles but EXILE and their release Rising Sun/Itsuka Kitto… edged out Fukuyama Masaharu’s Kazoku ni Naoru yo/fighting pose. Rounding out the top 10 is Pistol from Acid Black Cherry. Singles for September 2011 1. “Rising Sun/Itsuka...

Wow! A great charitable cause, "The Great East Japan Earthquake Recovery Festival 2011," is set will be held on October 29th and 30th to support the disaster victims from this past March’s Tohoku earthquake and resulting tsunami. The event features a jam-packed line-up of jpop music groups and comedians which will...

Landing in the #1 spot this past week was J Soul Brothers (3rd Generation) with their first #1 and 4th single, “FIGHTERS.” The song sold over 83,000 copies to beat the latest release from KinKi Kids member Domoto Tsuyoshi. Previous week's #1 "Kazoku ni Narou yo / fighting pose" from Fukuyama...