It was announced today on Johnny’s net that V6 will disband on November 1.
When all the members turned 40, Morita Go wanted to take on the challenge of being an actor outside of Johnny & Associates. He told his groupmates how he felt and they respected his decision. Upon thinking of V6’s future, the decision to disband was made because “it’s not V6 unless its these six people.”
Go will leave Johnny & Associates on November 1. The remaining members of V6 will stay with the company. The activities of the older part of V6, 20th Century (consisting of Sakamoto Masayuki, Nagano Hiroshi, and Inohara Yoshihiko), will continue; however, the actitivites of the younger part of V6, Coming Century (consisting of Miyake Ken and Okada Junichi), will end.
On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred. To commemorate the tenth anniversary of this event, Ongaku no Hi aired. The first edition of the music special aired in July 2011 as a means of cheering up Japan after the disaster. On this edition, performers include MISIA, Kis-My-Ft2, AI, Kou Shibasaki, and FUNKY MONKEY BABYS. Check out the full show below!
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has named the best selling albums 2020 worldwide. This year, the organization split the usual IFPI Global Album Chart into two separate charts: the IFPI Global Album All Format Chart and the IFPI Global Album Sales Chart. The difference between the two is that the IFPI Global Album All Format Chart counts physical sales, digital downloads, and streaming, while the IFPI Global Album Sales Chart doesn’t count streaming.
Yonezu Kenshi‘s “STRAY SHEEP”, Japan’s best selling album of 2020, ranked at #7 on the IFPI Global Album All Format Chart. The album also ranked at #3 on the IFPI Global Album Sales Chart.
Arashi, who had the best selling album globally of 2019, came in at #9 on the IFPI Global Album Sales Chart with their album “This Is Arashi.” They were followed by King Gnu at #10 with their album “CEREMONY.”
Both charts were topped by BTS‘ “MAP OF THE SOUL: 7.”
Ayumi Hamasaki has released the anticipated new MV for latest song “Haru yo, Koi“! The song is a cover by the legendary singer Yumi Matsutoya. This is the second time Ayu has covered Yumi in her career, the first one “Sotsugyou Shashin” was released 18 years ago on A BALLADS.
“Haru yo, Koi” will be the new track on the upcoming compilation album “A BALLADS 2”. When commenting on the song Ayu stated that she was extremely nervous at covering this song, since it’s so famous and she considers Yumi such a legend in in the industry.
For the MV Ayu wore a luxurious kimonos hand-dyed in Kyoto, it was specially made to give minimal stress to her body as she’s currently pregnant with her second child! Directed by Kazuyoshi Shimoura she is accompanied by her troupe of backup dancers. Check out the full MV below:
This week, Kis-My-Ft2 topped the Hot 100 single chart with their new single “Luv Bias”, with 25,324 points.
Dotsuitare Hompo VS Buster Bros!!! topped the Hot Albums chart with their new mini album “Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- 2nd D.R.B ‘Dotsuitare Hompo VS Buster Bros!!!”
YOASOBI retook the top spot on the Artist 100 chart.
Ayase retook the top spot on the Hot 100 Lyricists chart.
Ayase also topped the Hot 100 Composers chart for the tenth consecutive week.
Yuuri topped the Streaming Songs chart for the sixth consecutive week with his digital single “Dry Flower.”
Shinsei Kamattechan topped the Download Songs chart with their new digital single “Boku no Sensou.”
SHINee topped the Download Album chart with their new album “Don’t Call Me.”
This week, Kis-My-Ft2 topped the Combined Single chart with their new single “Luv Bias”, with 216,039 points in its first week.
Dotsuitare Hompo VS Buster Bros!!! topped the Combined Album chart with their new mini album “Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- 2nd D.R.B ‘Dotsuitare Hompo VS Buster Bros!!!”, with 79,217 points in its first week.
Kis-My-Ft2 also topped the Single chart with “Luv Bias”, selling 213,738 copies in its first week.
Dotsuitare Hompo VS Buster Bros!!! also topped the Album chart with “Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- 2nd D.R.B ‘Dotsuitare Hompo VS Buster Bros!!!”, with 76,333 copies in its first week.
Ado retook the top spot on Digital Single chart with her digital single “Usseewa”, selling 19,543 copies its 19th week, topping the chart for the fourth non-consecutive week .
SHINee topped the Digital Album chart with their new album “Dont’ Call Me”, selling 4,062 copies in its first week.
Ado also topped the Streaming chart with“Usseewa”, with 10,843,712 streams in its 19th week, topping the chart for the third non-consecutive week.
A brand new trailer has been released for the highly anticipated film “Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning“, the 4th film in the successful live-action adaptation starring Takeru Satoh as Kenshin. In this film Kenshin goes up against the mysterious weapon dealer Enishi who controls the dangerous underworld of China. He is played by Mackenyu Arata.
A new action packed trailer was revealed featuring a long snippet of “Renegades“, the official theme song for the film performed by ONE OK ROCK. Check out the full trailer below!
Rock band the GazettE has announced the release of a brand new album titled “MASS”! It is their 10th studio album overall and will be released on May 28th, 2021. This album will celebrate the bands 19 years together since debuting back in April 2002 with the single “Wakaremichi”.
“MASS” will have 11 tracks in total and will also have a global release! The U.S and Japan release will be handled by Sony Music Records, while the UK, Russia, and other EU nations will be released under JPU Records. “BLINDING HOPE” will serve as one of the albums primary promotional songs.
The full MV for “BLINDING HOPE” premiered on the bands official YouTube channel, check it out below:
