Sakurazaka46’s “I want tomorrow to come” rises to No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Oct. 30, selling 559,181 CDs in its first week.
The 10th single by the popular girl group topped physical sales while coming in at No. 12 for downloads, No. 5 for streaming, No. 68 for radio airplay, and No. 71 for video views.
Creepy Nuts’ “Otonoke” slips to No. 2. While down a notch from the top spot, points for the Dandadan opener is on the rise, with streaming up by about 108% from the week before from 8,460,000 to 9,130,000 streams, and video up by 101%.
Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “Lilac” continues to hold at No. 3. Points for each metric have decreased slightly as the former No. 1 hit logs its 29th week on the tally, coming in at No.15 for downloads, No. 2 for streaming, and No. 5 for video and karaoke.
M!LK’s “Everybody Good Job!” soars 47-4 to break into the top 5. The title track off the five-man group’s sixth major-label release sold 71,036 copies to hit No. 2 for sales while coming in at No. 56 for streaming.
Rosé & Bruno Mars’ “APT.” also shoots to No. 5 from No. 96. The track debuted on the Japan Hot 100 at No. 96 after its release on Oct. 18. The earwormy repetition of “apateu” (apartment) made a splash on social media, and streams for the track increased by about 6 times, downloads and videos by about 2.5 times, and radio by 8 times from the week before. It’s the first time a Western song entered the top 5 of the Japan Hot 100 since Coldplay and BTS’s “My Universe” in October 2021. “APT.” is also charting at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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 Oct. 21 to 27, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.
