Talent Power Ranking recently revealed their top 30 ranking for male artists for the first quarter of 2021. This ranking is the result of a survey done by Architect Co., Ltd., which measures “awareness” (knowing artist’s face and name) and “attractiveness” (wanting to see / listen / know more about them). This survey’s data was collected in February 2021. Architect Co., Ltd. surveyed 4,400 people ages 10 to 69, evenly distributed by age and gender.
Oizumi Yo topped the list, followed by Nagase Tomoya and Yonezu Kenshi. See the full top 30 below!
On April 21, Daichi Miura will release his new single, “Backwards.” The song serves as the campaign song for “adidas 2021 S/S Collection.” Daichi appears in commercial for the collection, along with Hirose Alice.
“Backwards” will be released in three editions: CD+Blu-ray, CD+DVD, and CD only. Three B-sides are included on this single. The second B-side, “About You”, has a choreography video, which is included on the Blu-ray & DVD for this single, along with “Backwards” music video.
Check out more information on Daichi’s new single below!
On April 21, Crystal Kay will release her first cover, “I SING.” The 13 songs on the album, which were chosen via a fan survey, span from the early Heisei era to today.
“I SING” sees Crystal covering an array of artists, including Ken Hirai, Official HIGE DANdism, EXILE, RADWIMPS, and BUMP OF CHICKEN. Several different producers collaborated with Crystal on this album to pay respect to the originals, while allowing Crystal to give the songs her own spin. These producers include Kan Sano, Yaffle, MANABOON, and UTA.
Check out more information on this release below!
Gossip magazines have been buzzing with the rumour that top actor Mackenyu Arata is in a relationship. The gossip magazines didn’t outright give a name, but they gave clues that she is a former child actor in her early 30s who is now retired. She is divorced from a famous stylist and looks wise is said to be similar to Hikari Mitsushima and Suzu Hirose.
Netizens and other gossip magazines put their detective cap on, and many are estimating that the mystery woman is Natsuki Okamoto. Natsuki got her start at just 8 years old with a NHK drama series, besides acting she was a popular model in the magazines “Seventeen”, “CANDy”, and the idol magazine UP to boy.
This week, NiziU topped the Hot 100 single chart for the second consecutive week with their single “Take a picture”, with 39,724 points.
≠ME topped the Hot Album chart with their debut mini album “Cho Tokkyu ≠ME Yuki.”
NiziU also topped the Artist 100 chart
J.Y.Park “The Asiansoul” / Sim Eunjee / Tim Tan / Ciara Muscat / Mayu Wakisaka topped the Hot 100 Lyricists chart.
J.Y.Park “The Asiansoul” / Trippy / Sim Eunjee / Tim Tan / Ciara Muscat topped the Hot 100 Composers chart.
BTS topped the Streaming Songs chart with their digital single “Film out.”
NiziU also topped the Digital Songs chart with “Take a picture.”
YOASOBI retook the top spot on the Download Albums chart with their mini album “THE BOOK”, topping the chart for the seventh non-consecutive week.
This week’s guests were Itsuki Hiroshi, Kawanaka Miyuki, Nishikawa Takanori, Miyazawa Emma, Sayaka Yamamoto, Kozai Kaori, and A.B.C-Z.
Itsuki Hiroshi x Kawanaka Miyuki – Izakaya
Nishikawa Takanori – Kimi Dake ni
Miyazawa Emma – Yakan Hikou
Itsuki Hiroshi – Sake to Namida to Otoko to Onna
Sayaka Yamamoto – Dramatic ni Kanpai
Kawanaka Miyuki – Koi Jouka
Kozai Kaori – Stage Light
A.B.C-Z – Nothin’ but funky
Nishikawa Takanori – Eden through the rough
This week’s guests were Kankaku Pierrot, Co shu Nie, and SAKANAMON.
Kankaku Pierrot – Saisei
Co shu Nie – give it back
SAKANAMON – OTOTOTOTONOO
This week’s episode was a three hour special. This week’s guests were EXILE, A.B.C-Z, Sakurazaka46, DA PUMP, Shimajirou to Nakamatachi, Keropons, AKB48, Sanrio no Character-tachi, Foorin, Macaroni Enpitsu, Nishikawa Takanori, Oda Sakura, Diamond✡Yukai, Crystal Kay, Kawasaki Takaya, Daichi Miura, SEVENTEEN, and Moriyama Naotaro.
