Naniwa Danshi Scores Third No. 1 With ‘Doki it,' timelesz's ‘Rock This Party' Debuts at No. 5 on Japan Hot 100
The J-pop boy band's eighth single is being featured as the theme song for AOKI's 'Freshers Fair' commercial starring the seven members. The single launched with 336,529 copies to rule sales, while coming in at No. 4 for downloads and No. 9 for radio airplay. This is the band's third single after 'UBU LOVE' and 'The Answer' to hit No. 1 (and the fourth week, as 'UBU LOVE' stayed atop the chart for two weeks). and 'The Answer').
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Mrs. GREEN APPLE's 'Lilac' follows at No. 2. Streaming and video for the track are down from the previous week, but downloads gained by 104%, radio by 117%, and karaoke by 107%. The Oblivion Battery opener has coasted along in the top 5 for the 46th consecutive week, with six of them at No. 1.
Sakanaction's 'Kaiju' slips a notch to No. 3. While overall points for the Orb: On the Movements of the Earth opener have decreased, streaming rises 3-2 (up 119%) and radio jumps 4-1 (up 147%).
=LOVE's 'Tokubechu, shite' shoots to No. 4 from No. 56. The track marked the girl group's highest first week sales with 302,589 copies, coming in at No. 2 for the metric.
timelesz's 'Rock this Party' debuts at No. 5. This is the first new song by the now eight-man group formerly known as Sexy Zone, after five new members joined through the audition called timelesz project. It's also the first digital release by the boy band since their debut as Sexy Zone. The buzz around the new-member audition powered the track to No.1 for downloads, No. 8 for streaming, No. 53 for radio, and No. 86 for video. In addition, the release of the introductory digital compilation album Hello! We're timelesz including songs from the group's Sexy Zone years has sent 'RUN' and 'Jinsei Yugi' back into the Japan Hot 100. It's been about four and a half years since the former entered the charts (No. 57 this week), and about a year and three months for the latter (No. 95).
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 Feb. 24 to Mar. 2, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan's English X account.
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