We’re going to start off with a little background first. The Recording Industry Of Japan updates its certifications for digital songs monthly. The certifications are for the previous month. So this month, they released June’s certifications. Next month, they’ll release this month’s certifications. The certifications are as follows: Million (1 million), Triple Platinum (750,000) Double Platinum (500,000), Platinum (250,000), and Gold (100,000).

Some songs are certified in a timely manner while others are certified kinda randomly. I’m not sure why this is. On January 1 of this year, there was a change. Chaku-Uta Full (Japanese feature phone downloads) and PC downloads (computer downloads) were combined, most likely due to the demise of the Japanese feature phone market in light of the rise of smartphones. This also explains why there hasn’t been any Chaku-Uta (ringtone) certifications as of late.

 

With that being said, here are June’s certifications:

 

Million:
Takako Matsu – Let It Go ~Ari no Mama de~ (Japanese Version) (3/19/14)
mihimaru GT – Kibun Joujou↑↑ (5/3/06)

 
Triple Platinum:
ayaka – Okaeri (5/14/08)
Rake – 100 Man Kai no 「I love you」 (3/2/11)

 
Platinum:
Namie Amuro – TSUKI (1/29/14)
angela – Shangri-La (9/9/08)
EXILE – Kimi ga Iru Kara (11/7/07)
Onmyo-Za – Kouga Ninpouchou (9/12/08)
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Invader Invader (5/8/13)
Superfly – Yasashii Kimochi de (7/22/09)
May J. – Let It Go ~Ari no Mama de~ (End Song) (1/5/14)

 
Gold:
ayaka – Nijiiro (4/28/14)
UVERworld – GOLD (3/31/10)
EXILE TAKAHIRO – Love Story (2/26/14)
Kishidan – Kenka Joto (5/21/14)
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Kimi ni 100 Percent (1/25/13)
Kobukuro – Mitsubachi (12/14/11)
Superfly – Bi-Li-Li Emotion (10/16/13)
Yu Takahashi – Honto no Kimoch (11/3/10)
Nishino Kana – We Don’t Stop (5/21/14)
Nana Mizuki – COSMIC LOVE (2/6/08)
LiSA – Rising Hope (5/7/14)
Avicii – Wake Me Up (7/31/13)
Bruno Mars – Marry You (10/5/10)
Flo Rida – Club Can’t Handle Me (7/21/10)

 

To get you up to speed on the year so far, here are the combined certifications for songs released so far this year:

 

Million:

Takako Matsu – Let It Go ~Ari no Mama de~ (Japanese Version) (3/19/14)

 

Platinum:

Namie Amuro – TSUKI (1/29/14)

May J. – Let It Go ~Ari no Mama de~ (End Song) (1/5/14)

Idina Menzel – Let It Go (2/26/14)

Rihwa – Haru Kaze (2/5/14)

 

Gold:

ayaka – Nijiiro (4/28/14)

EXILE TAKAHIRO – Love Story (2/26/14)

Kishidan – Kenka Joto (5/21/14)

Nishino Kana – We Don’t Stop (5/21/14)

JUJU – Hot Stuff (2/19/14)

SEKAI NO OWARI – Snow Magic Fantasy (1/29/14)

EXILE ATSUSHI – Aoi Ryu (2/12/14)

Ketsumeishi – Californie (2/26/14)

SEKAI NO OWARI – Honoo to Mori no Carnival (4/16/14)

Ken Hirai – Grotesque feat. Namie Amuro (4/23/14)

Mr.Children – Hanatareru (5/24/14)

Sayaka Kanda, Takako Matsu – Umarete Hajimete (For The First Time In Forever (Japanese Version)) (3/19/14)

LiSA – Rising Hope (5/7/14)

Sayaka Kanda, Natsuki Inaba, Sumire Morohoshi – Yukidaruma Tsukurou (Do You Want To Build A Snowman? (Japanese Version)) (3/19/14)

Pharrell Williams – Happy (1/22/14)