This week, Jaejoong topped the Combined Single chart with his single “Brava!! Brava!! Brava!! / Ray of Light”, with 48,165 points in its first week in the chart’s top 10.

GLAY topped the Combined Album chart with their new best album “REVIEW II ~BEST OF GLAY~”, with 66,568 points in its first week.

Jaejoong also topped the Single chart with “Brava!! Brava!! Brava!! / Ray of Light”, selling 45,820 copies in its first week.

GLAY also topped the Album chart with “REVIEW II ~BEST OF GLAY~”, selling 64,106 copies in its first week.

Official HIGE DANdism topped the Digital Single chart for the seventh non-consecutive week with their single “I LOVE…”, selling 40,229 copies in its ninth week.

Official HIGE DANdism also retook the top spot on the Digital Album chart with their album “Traveler”, selling 2,058 copies in its 23rd week, topping the chart for the fifth non-consecutive week.

Official HIGE DANdism also topped the Streaming chart with “I LOVE…”, with 5,960,324 streams in its ninth week, topping the chart for the fifth consecutive week.

We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback! This is where we look back on what topped the charts this week 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.

This week’s guests were AKB48, Stray Kids, and Kawachi REDS.

AKB48 – Shitsuren, Arigatou

Stray Kids – My Pace -Japanese ver-

Kawachi REDS – Tokei Jikake no Oretachi

Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS are prepping for the release of their very first single of 2020 titled “Movin’ On”. This will be the groups 26th single overall, and will be available for streaming/purchase digitally beginning on March 23rd, 2020.

“Movin’ On” has been described as an upbeat inspirational song, perfectly describing JSB’s third generation. The song is full of “exhilarating singing” and makes liberal use of drum and bass, the description predicts that this will become a future live anthem for the group. “Movin’ On” was produced by longtime JSB collaborator STY, who has helped created most of their biggest hits.

This week’s guests were Kayama Yuzo to The Yanchars, Nana Mizuki, NEWS, Momoiro Clover Z, Kon Natsumi, Tokunaga Hideaki, Daichi Miura, and Hata Motohiro.

Kayama Yuzo to The Yanchars – Za Lonely Hearts Oyaji Band

Nana Mizuki x NEWS – Zettaiteki Kofukuron

Momoiro Clover Z – Odoru Ponpokorin

Kon Natsumi – On My Own

Tokunaga Hideaki x Daichi Miura x Hata Motohiro – Rainy Blue

Earlier today, “Kinkyu Namahoso! FNS Ongaku Tokubetsu Bangumi Haru wa Kanarazu Kuru” aired. The show included performances by Koda Kumi, NUMBER GIRL, NEWS, Kanjani8, Nogizaka46, AI, AKB48, E-girls, and more. Check it out below!

In 2013 Kiko Mizuhara participated in a photo shoot for the cosmetics conglomerate SHISEIDO. The photos required that Kiko appear naked, something that isn’t uncommon in the modeling industry. Unfortunately, what happened behind the scenes was another story.

While the photoshoot was taking place, roughly 20 high ranking executives within SHISEIDO came to watch the photo shoot. Kiko stated that she didn’t want anyone unneeded to watch her, let alone 20 people, but her request was denied. She was told that all of the executives needed to be there so that they can properly see if the photos were up to standard.

Before BALLISTIK BOYZ debuted, they were compared to BTS, due to the groups’ similar names, number of members, visuals, and music style. This wasn’t the first time that KPop fans accused groups from other parts of Asia of copying KPop, with acts such as China’s OK Bang and Thailand’s Candy Mafia garnering the same comparisons.

This is ironic due to the fact that KPop is a blend of various music styles from around the world, primarily the US and Japan. However, it has now gained its own identity, one known for mixing genres and having a focus on eye-catching choreography and music videos.

So why have KPop companies not taken on these alleged copycat groups? Dong Sunhwa of The Korea Times spoke to a number of music industry officials to find out why.