Arashi’s ‘Kite’ Sails to No. 1 on Japan Hot 100
Arashi’s “Kite” soars to No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Japan Hot 100, selling 636,590 copies during the chart week dated July 27 to Aug. 2.
The quintet’s 58th single took the top spot by a wide margin after leading physical sales and look-ups, while also coming in at No. 2 for Twitter and No. 26 for radio airplay.
A bit of chart trivia: the super-group’s previous single, “Brave,” debuted at No. 2 on the Japan Hot 100 last September after a close contest against the writer of “Kite” -- hitmaker Kenshi Yonezu, who topped that week’s chart with “Uma to Shika.” “Brave” actually sold more CDs than “Kite” with 708,595 copies that week, coming in at No. 1 for sales, No. 2 for look-ups, No. 3 for Twitter, and No. 56 for radio. The weekly total for “Kite” was 39,590, surpassing “Brave,” which clocked in at 35762.05.
Arashi has another song in the top 10, “In the Summer,” which rises a notch to No. 5 after debuting at No. 6 last week. The veteran Johnny & Associates boy band is apparently ramping up its activities, as they now have less than six month until they go into indefinite hiatus as a group at the end of the year.
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The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, radio airplay, Twitter mentions, YouTube and GYAO! video views, Gracenote look-ups, audio streams from Amazon Music Unlimited, Apple Music, AWA, Google Play Music, KKBOX, LINE MUSIC, Rakuten Music, RecMusic provided by Gfk Japan, dHits, Uta Pass and Spotify, plus karaoke data from Daiichikosho and XING.
Billboard Japan Hot 100 Top 10 (dated July 26 to Aug. 2):
1. [97] Kite / Arashi (636,590 copies / none / none)
2. [2] Yoru Ni Kakeru / YOASOBI (none / 18,587 downloads / 10,154,795 streams)
3. [3] Kousui / Eito (none / 40,620 downloads / 8,941,927 streams)
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[]: Position last week
( ): Physical sales / downloads / streams (Top 50 only)
This article originally appeared on Billboard Japan.
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嵐の「カイト」は今週のBillboard Japan Hot 100で1位に急上昇し、7月27日から8月2日までのチャートウィークで636,590部を販売しました。