Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “lulu.” logs its second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 for the chart released Jan. 28.
The opener for Season 2 of the anime Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End secures its second consecutive week at the summit after debuting on the chart last week. While video views fall to 54%, streaming to 86% and downloads to 37% of the prior frame, radio surges to 377%, allowing the track to narrowly hold onto the top spot. Meanwhile, Vol. 15 of the comic that the anime series is based on places at No. 11 on the Japan Book Charts “Hot Manga” list dated Jan. 22.
Kenshi Yonezu’s “IRIS OUT” also holds at No. 2. The Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc theme leads streaming for a total of 18 weeks, video for 17 weeks and karaoke for 13 weeks, and remains inside the top 2 on the Japan Hot 100 for the 19th consecutive week.
Debuting at No. 3 is STARGLOW’s “Star Wish,” the title track of the dance-and-vocal group’s debut single. The song by the band formed through the audition project THE LAST PIECE launches with 46,580 copies in its first week to take No. 1 in sales, while also placing at No. 2 for radio airplay, No. 5 for downloads, No. 8 for video and No. 48 for streaming.
King Gnu’s “AIZO” follows at No. 4, down a spot from last week. Bowing at No. 5 is WEST.’s “Aishu,” which leads downloads with 51,773 units and places at No. 30 for radio, No. 93 for streaming and No. 80 for video.
Elsewhere in the top 10, Mr.Children’s “Again” debuts at No. 9. The theme song for TBS’s Nichiyo Gekijo (Sunday Theater) drama Reboot opens at No. 2 for downloads, No. 6 for radio and No. 29 for streaming.
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 Jan. 19 to 25, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.
This story originally appeared on Billboard
