Hinatazaka46 Debuts at No. 1 as Official HIGE DANdism Leads Streaming on Japan Hot 100

Hinatazaka46’s fourth single, “Sonnakotonaiyo,” debuts at No. 1 on the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Feb. 17 to 23, selling 556,724 copies in its first week.

The J-pop girl group leads physical sales and look-ups, while also faring relatively well in the digital metrics of the chart’s methodology: No. 4 for downloads, No. 8 for Twitter mentions, No. 14 for radio airplay, No. 49 for streaming, and No. 73 video views.

Official HIGE DANdism’s “I LOVE…” drops to No. 2 after leading the tally for two consecutive weeks. Figure-wise, the pop ballad slowed down slightly in downloads (from 36,897 to 35,081 units; No. 1 for the metric), while increasing in streaming (from 7,023,425 to 7,088,189 streams; No. 1) and video views (from 4,621,488 to 5,627,248 plays; No. 3), resulting in 3,500 more total points from the week before, but not enough to hold the No. 1 position against Hinatazaka46’s single that sold more than 550,000 copies.

While many of the songs strong on the digital front were pushed back by the single with strong physical sales this week, LiSA’s “Gurenge” holds steady at No. 4. The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba opener continues to rise in downloads, streaming and video views, and is set to join HIGE DAN’s “Pretender” and King Gnu’s “Hakujitsu” as one of the long-running fixtures in the upper ranks of the Japan Hot 100.

The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, radio airplay, Twitter mentions, YouTube and GYAO! video views, Gracenote look-ups, audio streams from Amazon Music Unlimited, Apple Music, AWA, Google Play Music, KKBOX, LINE MUSIC, Rakuten Music, RecMusic provided by Gfk Japan, dHits, Uta Pass and Spotify, plus karaoke data from Daiichikosho and XING.

Billboard Japan Hot 100 Top 10 (dated Feb. 17 to 23)

1. [-] Sonnakotonaiyo / Hinatazaka46 (556,724 copies / 16,808 downloads / 973,855 streams)
2. [1] I LOVE… / Official HIGE DANdism (5,174 copies / 35,081 downloads / 7,088,189 streams)
3. [2] Pretender / Official HIGE DANdism (none / 13,713 downloads / 6,035,092 streams)
4. [4] Gurenge / LiSA (2,831 copies / 27,640 downloads / 4,965,496 streams)
5. [3] Hakujitsu / King Gnu (none / 13,205 downloads / 6,304,199 streams)
6. [52] FIESTA / IZ*ONE (none / 4,095 downloads / 2,227,763 streams)
7. [7] D.D. / Snow Man (13,856 copies / none / none)
8. [6] Doron / King Gnu (none / 10,071 downloads / 3,826,857 streams)
9. [13] Imitation Rain / SixTONES (7,625 copies / none / none)
10. [9] Shukumei / Official HIGE DANdism (none / 5,974 downloads / 3,744,421 streams)