PLAVE’s ‘Kakurenbo’ Hits No. 1 as Mrs. GREEN APPLE Charts 23 Songs on Japan Hot 100

PLAVE’s “Kakurenbo” debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the chart released July 16.

The Japan debut single by the five-member K-pop virtual idol group launched with 388,211 copies after being released on July 9, topping sales and coming in at No. 5 for radio airplay.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “breakfast” rises 5-2 this week. The three-man band’s latest hit is at No. 1 for radio, No. 20 for downloads, No. 2 for streaming, and No. 8 for video. The hitmakers have three other singles charting in the top 10, with “KUSUSHIKI” moving 3-4, “Darling” returning to No. 8, and “Lilac” holding at No. 10. “KUSUSHIKI” marks its 15th week on the chart, topping streaming this week and coming in at No. 1 for streaming, No. 6 for video, No. 20 for karaoke, No. 34 for downloads, and No. 87 for radio.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s best-of album 10 went on sale July 8, triggering a resurgence in streams to land 23 songs by the band on the Japan Hot 100 this week. The album sold 772,214 copies in its first week to take the top spot in album sales.

Bowing at No. 3 is M!LK’s “Ao no oto.” The five-member J-pop boy band’s seventh single is being featured in Sea Breeze commercials starring member Hayato Sano and sold 184,542 copies in its first week, the highest figure so far for the group. The track hits No. 2 for sales and No. 32 for streaming.

BE:FIRST’s “Sora” debuts at No. 5. Written as the compulsory number for the middle school division of the 92nd NHK All-Japan School Choir Competition, the song launched with 26,388 downloads to hit No. 1 for metric, while coming in at No. 16 for streaming, No. 15 for video, and No. 56 for radio. Also debuting at No. 7 is THE YELLOW MONKEY’s “CAT CITY,” the opener for the animated TV series Nyaight of the Living Cat. The veteran rock band’s new single sold 55,864 copies in its first week to come in at No. 3 for sales, while hitting No. 18 for downloads and No. 15 for radio.

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 July 7 to 13, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.