AKB48 tops the singles chart with 10th anniversary single Kimi wa Melody selling a strong 1.2 million copies. Their 43rd single overall returns key graduated members Maeda Atsuko, Oshima Yuko, and others with future ace Miyawaki Sakura as center. NEWS tops...

AKB48 tops the final singles chart of 2015 with Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby now with a three week total pushing it over the 1 million copies sold mark. Their 42nd single is the graduation single for 1st gen member Takahashi Minami. In 2nd spot is L'arc-en-Ciel...

AKB48 tops the singles chart with Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby selling over 920,000 copies. Their 42nd single is the graduation single for 1st gen member Takahashi Minami but unfortunately ends their record setting streak of 21 consecutive 1+ million selling singles opening week. back number tops...

J Soul Brothers tops the singles charts with Summer Madness selling over 194,000 copies. Fictional idol group μ's (Muse) lands at #2 with single SUNNY DAY SONG/?←HEARTBEAT - both songs featured their new anime movie Love Live! The School Idol Movie...

Kis-My-Ft2 tops the weekly singles chart* with 12th single Thank you Jan! selling a strong 435,000 copies. Pulling into #2 is BiBi unit from μ’s (Muse) with single that features two character songs from Love Live! School Idol Festival Game...

KANJANI8 tops the Oricon weekly singles charts with 31st single Gamushara Koshinkyoku (がむしゃら行進曲) selling over 201,000 copies. The single has tie-up as the theme song for NTV drama Jigoku Sensei Nu~be~ staring member Maruyama Ryuhei and the 3rd and final of their 10th anniversary releases....

HKT48 tops the singles chart with their 3rd single Sakura Minna de Tabeta selling over 276,000 copies - its also their 3rd #1 single. Acid Black Cherry lands in the #2 spot with 18th single Kimi ga Inai, Anohi Kara… Anime tied releases are lead...

Kis-My-Ft2 tops the singles charts with 10th single Hikari no Signal selling over 202,000 copies. The boy idol group is 10 for 10 charting #1 and this single has tie-up as the theme song for anime movie Doraemon shin Nobita no dai Makyou. Idol group C-ute...

Topping this week’s singles charts is popular AKB48 idol Mayu Watanabe (Mayuyu) and her 3rd solo single “Hikaru mono tachi / Sayonara no Hashi” selling over 91,000 copies. The single’s coupling track “Sayonara no Hashi” is featured as the...

Topping the singles charts are the boy idols of Kis-My-Ft2 and their 5th single “Ai no Beat” selling a strong 258,000 copies. Their streak of #1 singles continues as all 5 of their releases have charted #1. Also making a strong presence is 2PM with their delayed...

Topping the singles charts is idol group NMB48 with their 6th single “Kitagawa Kenji” - the AKB48 sister group’s 5th #1 single - selling 317,000 copies. Second spot goes to new 5-member EXILE unit The SECOND and their debut single “THINK ...

TV Asahi’s music show “MUSIC STATION” guest lineup for the Friday January 27th airing has just been released - ayaka, SKE48, Kim Hyun Joong, and JUJU - are all set to perform. More details on the performances follow, Featured on...

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 ...

TV Asahi’s long running weekly music show “MUSIC STATION” will be off next week December 16th while they prepare for their mega year-end show “MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2011.” The 4-hour event will be broadcast live from Chiba Makuhari Messe on December 23rd starting at 7:00PM.  More...

For the second week ten new singles have hit the Oricon weekly charts and the boys from KAT-TUN are on top with their 17th consecutive #1 single “BIRTH.” Korean mega-duet Tohoshinki (TVXQ) in a strong second spot with their winter ballad “Winter Rose.”...

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...