Eduo Billboard Japan
Author
Albert FloresBillboard Japan is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine Billboard. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway), holding an exclusive licence from Billboards parent company to the Billboard brand name in Japan,"Hanshin Contents Link, the operator of Billboard Japan":
and manages, among others, the website www.billboard-japan.com and several "Billboard Live"-branded music clubs located in the country.
In February 2008, Hanshin Contents Link, under licence from Billboard, launched the Billboard Japan Hot 100 music chart. As of 2016, the list of charts compiled by Billboard Japan also includes an albums chart named Billboard Japan Hot Albums, sales-only-based charts Top Singles Sales, Top Albums Sales, Top Jazz Albums Sales, and Top Classical Albums Sales, a radio-airplay chart named Radio Songs, an animation music chart named Hot Animation, and a chart for foreign songs named Hot Overseas.
Since 2010, Billboard Japan holds an annual awards ceremony called the Billboard Japan Music Awards, which honors domestic and international artists who achieved the best results on Billboard Japans music charts during the previous year.
Charts
Singles and tracks
| Chart title | Chart type | Number of positions | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Hot 100 | physical sales + digital sales + streaming + airplay + video playback + tweets + CD reading on PC | 100 | Charts for comprehensive released songs * First launched on March 3, 2008 |
| Hot Animation | physical sales + digital sales + streaming + airplay + video playback + tweets + CD reading on PC | 20 | Charts for anime and video game music songs * First launched on December 1, 2010 |
| Hot Overseas | physical sales + digital sales + streaming + airplay + video playback + tweets + CD reading on PC | 20 | Charts for internationally released songs by Western artists * First launched on December 9, 2013 |
| Top Singles Sales | physical sales | 100 | Chart for top-selling physical singles sales * One of the component charts of the Japan Hot 100 |
| Download Songs | digital sales | 100 | Chart for top-selling digital song sales * One of the component charts of the Japan Hot 100 * Launched on October 9, 2017 after Radio Songs Chart became defunct |
| Streaming Songs | streaming | 100 | Chart for top-streaming songs * One of the component charts of the Japan Hot 100 * Launched on October 9, 2017 after Radio Songs Chart became defunct |
| Top User Generated Songs | video playback | 20 | Chart for top-user-generated views songs from YouTube views * One of the component charts of the Japan Hot 100 * Launched on December 7, 2020 |
| Heatseekers Songs | digital sales + streaming + airplay + video playback | 20 | Chart for songs from new artists that have never attained the top 20 of the Japan Hot 100. * Launched on December 7, 2020 |
| TikTok Weekly Top 20 | usage and viewer from TikTok | 20 | Chart for songs used in video-focused social networking service TikTok * Launched on December 8, 2021 |
Albums
| Chart title | Chart type | Number of positions | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Albums | physical sales + digital sales + Look Up | 100 | Charts for comprehensive released albums (include extended plays) * Launched on June 4, 2015, replaced from Top Albums |
| Top Albums Sales | physical sales | 100 | Chart for top-selling physical album sales * One of the component charts of the Hot Albums |
| Download Albums | digital sales | 100 | Chart for top-selling digital album sales * Launched on October 9, 2017 * One of the component charts of the Hot Albums |
Artists
| Chart title | Number of positions | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Artist 100 | 100 | Chart for the artists who earned points at Japan Hot 100 and Hot Albums * Launched on December 7, 2020 |
| Hot 100 Lyricists | 100 | Chart for the lyricists who earned points at Japan Hot 100 * Launched on December 7, 2020 |
| Hot 100 Composers | 100 | Chart for the composers who earned points at Japan Hot 100 * Launched on December 7, 2020 |