by YOASOBI “Idol” has surpassed 100 million views on the Billboard JAPAN chart. “Idol” is a song used as the opening theme for the TV anime” [Oshi no Ko]. “It is based on the novel “45510” written by Aka Akasaka, the original author of the anime.
The distribution started on April 12, the date of the anime’s broadcast, and has continued to top the general song chart “JAPAN Hot 100” for five consecutive weeks. On the streaming song chart released on April 19, 2023, the number of plays exceeded 8 million times even though the distribution started on Wednesday, and it won first place for the first time.
The following week, the song surpassed 20 million views in a week for the first time and the third song in history and topped the chart for two consecutive weeks. Furthermore, in the 3rd and 4th weeks, the number of views exceeded 25 million times, and the highest number of weekly views were recorded 2nd and 3rd, respectively. And this week, the 5th week of charting, the total number of views exceeded 100 million for the first time as a song released in 2023.
The number of playbacks this week was 25,860,696 times, setting a personal best record in the 5th week on the chart. Breaking 100 million views in the 5th week of charting is Official HIGE DAN dismExceeding six weeks of “Subtitle” and BTS’s “Butter,” it is the fastest record in Billboard Japan history. Also, as YOASOBI, it exceeds 14 weeks of “Monster,” making it the most immediate.
This song will soon surpass 100 million views on YouTube music videos. ◎ YOASOBI List of songs that have exceeded 100 million streaming views “Yoru ni Kakeru” (Over 900 million views), “Ultramarine” (Over 500 million views), “Monster” (Over 500 million views), “Halzion” (Over 300 million views) “Three primary colors” (Over 200 million views) “Haruka” (Over 200 million views) “Follow that dream” (Over 200 million views) “Encore” (Over 200 million views) “Just a little more” (Over 200 million views) “Maybe” (Over 200 million views) “Blessing” “Gentle comet” “Love letter” “Idol” ◎ Cumulative number of streaming views exceeded 100 million times Top 3 fastest record 2nd place (6 weeks) BTS “Butter” Official HIGE DANdism “Subtitle” 3rd place (7 weeks) LiSA “Fire” Kenshi
Yonezu “KICK BACK” *Billboard JAPAN’s weekly streaming song chart “Streaming Songs,” On-demand music distribution service provided by GfK Japan (Amazon Music (Music streaming for Unlimited and Prime members), Apple Music, AWA, HMVmusic, KKBOX, LINE MUSIC, Rakuten Music, Spotify, TOWER RECORDS MUSIC), playlist type The number of views of YouTube Music provided by music distribution services (d Hits, Uta Pass) and Luminate are totaled.
