This week, Nogizaka46 topped the Hot 100 single chart with their single “Yoake Made Tsuyogaranakute mo Ii”, with 41,197 points.
Mariya Takeuchi topped the Hot Albums chart with her new best album “Turntable.”
Official HIGE DANdism topped the Streaming Songs chart for the 16th consecutive week with their single “Pretender.”
Yonezu Kenshi topped the Download Songs chart for the fourth consecutive week with his digital single “Uma to Shika.”
RADWIMPS retook the top spot on the Download Albums chart with the soundtrack “Tenki no Ko”, topping the chart for the sixth non-consecutive week.
On September 18, Perfume will release their 15th anniversary best album, “Perfume The Best ‘P Cubed’.” One of the new songs on the album is titled “Challenger.” A few minutes ago, Perfume released a video on their YouTube channel. In the clip, Perfume announced a contest they’re starting. The group has tasked their fans with coming up with the video concept for the “Challenger” music video! More information on the “Challenger” contest can be found here.
Perfume is doing something else September 18 as well: they’re releasing their full discography to streaming services in Japan. While Perfume has had their songs available for streaming internationally, this was not the case domestically.
Ahead of the release of “Perfume The Best ‘P Cubed'”, Perfume has also released a series of teasers and commercials for the album. Check them out below, along with the “Challenger” contest video!
Today well-known singer/songwriter Yumi Matsutoya published the music video for her latest track “Shinkai no Machi” to her YouTube channel. “Shinkai no Machi” is currently being used as the ending theme song for TV Tokyo’s late night news program “World Business Satellite”.
The PV is a stylish affair which fuses animation and technological imagery with an atmosphere straight out of the 1980s. Self-described as “Neo City Pop”, the song is the first sign of Matsutoya’s upcoming 39th studio album, which will attempt to mesh 70s and 80s fusion and AOR with more modern influences – among them current acts like Suchmos and Sakanaction.
You’ll find the enthralling music video for “Shinkai no Machi” below.
It’s been revealed that veteran singer/songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita will be providing the theme song for the upcoming TBS drama “Grand Maison Tokyo”. The drama, which stars actor Takuya Kimura, focuses on the story of a chef who struggles to earn the coveted third Michelin star for his establishment after being forced to start over from scratch.
This marks the first time which Yamashita has provided a song for a drama starring Kimura in 16 years, when the former’s “RIDE ON TIME” was used as the theme song for popular serial “GOOD LUCK!!”. The track itself, titled “RECIPE”, has been described as an adult love song characterized by mellow rhythms and Tatsuro’s carefree singing voice.
No details about RECIPE’s release have been revealed as of yet, but expect that information to be posted as soon as it’s available. In the meanwhile, check out the most recent teaser for “Grand Maison Tokyo” below.
Pop singer/songwriter Superfly has just announced that she will be releasing a new full-length album titled “0” next year on January 15th. “0” comes nearly five years after the release of the singer’s previous longplay “WHITE” and will be her sixth studio album in total.
Included on the record will be Superfly’s upcoming Asadora theme song “Flare”, along with her previously released tracks “Fall”, “Gifts”, and “Ambitious” – plus an unspecified number of new songs. The album is to be issued in five versions, with the Limited Edition A to include a DVD/Blu-ray containing live footage from the singer’s upcoming Arena tour, while the Limited Edition B will come packaged with a different DVD/Blu-ray containing both live footage from this year’s “FM802 30PARTY MEET THE WORLD BEAT” festival and a Music Video collection.
You’ll find the PVs for “Fall”, Gifts”, and “Ambitious” below, and look forward to further information about “0” as it is made available.
This week’s guests were Suzuki Airi, Macaroni Enpitsu, and AKB48.
Suzuki Airi – IDENTITY
Macaroni Enpitsu – Supernova
AKB48 – Sustainable
On September 18, Mukai Taichi will release his third album, “SAVAGE.” After releasing the music video for the album’s title track, he’s released another music video from the album, this time for the song “ICBU.” “ICBU” stands for “it could be you.” The dance song was produced by Taichi’s labelmate starRo. The music video has a futuristic theme, alternating between muted colors and bold ones. It also features Taichi dabbling in makeup and hair dye. Check it out below!
This week’s guests were Honma Akimitsu, Kiyozuka Shinya, Takahashi Shigeo, and Fujita Nicole.
Kanjani8 x Honma Akimitsu x Kiyozuka Shinya – Natsu no Owari no Harmony (Inoue Yosui & Anzen Chitai cover)
