Snow Man’s ‘CHARISMAX’ Bows at No. 1, BE:FIRST’s ‘Secret Garden’ at No. 2 on Japan Hot 100

Snow Man’s “CHARISMAX” debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the chart released Sept. 3.

The nine-member boy band’s latest single, released digitally on Aug. 25, set new personal records for both first-week downloads and streams, topping the former metric and coming in at No. 16 for the latter. The track also hit No. 2 for video views and radio airplay. This marks Snow Man’s second Japan Hot 100 chart-topper this year following “SERIOUS,” and their eleventh No. 1 of its career. The group has been accelerating its global expansion, performing at this year’s SUMMER SONIC BANGKOK 2025 and on the K-pop music program M COUNTDOWN, while also launching pop-up shops　beginning in Seoul.

BE:FIRST’s “Secret Garden” bows at No. 2. The popular boy band’s latest single, released Aug. 25, is currently being featured in Unilever’s promotional campaign. Downloads for the track launched with 31,085 units, surpassing the group’s previous release “Sora” in July to hit No. 2 for the metric. It also tops radio and video, while coming in at No. 2 for streaming.

HANA’s “Blue Jeans” holds at No. 3, staying in the top 3 for the seventh consecutive week since its debut on the Japan Hot 100.

Debuting at No. 4 is STU48’s “Kizutsuku koto ga seishun da” with 210,234 copies sold in its first week, and Cho Tokimeki Sendenbu’s “Heart na mune no uchi” follows at No. 5 with 113,433 copies sold. 

Elsewhere on the tally, Stray Kids’ “CEREMONY” charts for the second week, jumping 63-28 with streams gaining 222% compared to the previous week. Fujifabric’s poignant end-of-summer classic called “Wakamono no subete” from 2008 soars 73-44, surging in streams (137%) and radio airplay (186%).

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 Aug. 25 to 31, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.