On July 14 at 6:30 PM JST, “2021 FNS Kayousai Natsu” will air. The show will feature performances by the likes of Tokyo Jihen, King & Prince, JO1, Yuuri, Hoshino Gen, Awesome City Club, Yuzu, Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS, LiSA, DISH//, Koda Kumi, and Daichi Miura.

There is a live stream of the show and Arama! Japan will be hosting a chat on Discord so that readers can chat with each other during the show! See more below!

The popular concert series YouTube Music Weekend is back, and this time a roster of over 50 artists will be participating in the event! For just one weekend artists will upload a special concert on their official YouTube channel, but fans have to be quick as it’s only available for streaming for a very limited time.

YouTube Music Weekend’s 3rd installment will take place from Friday July 16th 2021 up until July 18th 2021, each day multiple artists will upload their concert at different times.

This week, Hoshino Gen topped the Hot 100 single chart with his single “Fushigi”, with 16,376 points.

BTS topped the Hot Albums chart for the second consecutive week with their best album “BTS, THE BEST.”

BTS also topped the Artist 100 chart for the fifth consecutive week.

Ayase topped the Hot 100 Lyricists chart.

Ayase also topped the Hot 100 Composers chart.

BTS also topped the Streaming Songs chart for the sixth consecutive week with their digital single “Butter.”

Yonezu Kenshi topped the Download Songs chart for the fourth consecutive week with his single “Pale Blue.”

BTS also topped the Download Albums chart with “BTS, THE BEST.”

This month, two songs from 2021 were certified Platinum for reaching 100,000,000 streams: Awesome City Club‘s “Wasurena” and YOASOBI‘s “Kaibutsu.”

Two songs from 2021 were certified Gold for reaching 50,000,000 streams: NiziU‘s “Poppin’ Shakin'” and “Take a picture.”

Five songs from 2021 were certified Silver for reaching 30,000,000 streams: Ado‘s “Kira Kira”, Suda Masaki‘s “Hoshi wo Aogu”, Hirai Dai‘s “Daimei no nai Kyou”, and BTS‘ “Film out” & “Butter.”

This week’s guests were GENERATIONS, iri, Mameshiba no Taigun, and Artemis no Tsubasa.

GENERATIONS – secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ / Hana / Make Me Better

iri – Uzu

Mameshiba no Taigun – Mame Summer!?

Artemis no Tsubasa – Lock On!!!

Hey, Arama Japan! It’s Friday, so it’s Open Post time! Feel free to chat with your fellow readers about whatever you like! Enjoy!

This week, “MUSIC STATION” revealed the 11th part of its next generation artists project “Spotlight”, and it featured Mukai Taichi.

In his “Spotlight” feature, Taichi performed his song “Reset.” In another video, he also gave an interview in which he talked about his music. Check out the videos below!

This week’s guests were Snow Man, Perfume, GENERATIONS, Kamishiraishi Mone, Ikeda Elaiza, A_o, ENHYPEN, STUTS & Matsu Takako with 3exes, KID FRESINO, and Ikimonogakari.

Snow Man – HELLO HELLO

Perfume – Polygon Wave

GENERATIONS – Make Me Better

Kamishiraishi Mone – Sekaijuu no Dare Yori Kitto

Ikeda Elaiza – Woman “W no Higeki” Yori

A_o – BLUE SOULS

ENHYPEN – Given-Taken [Japanese Ver.]

STUTS & Matsu Takako with 3exes – Presence I (feat. KID FRESINO)

Ikimonogakari – SAKURA