This week, NEWS topped the Hot 100 single chart with their single “Top Gun.”
Zutto Mayonaka de Ii no ni. topped the Hot Albums chart with his new mini album “Ima wa Ima de Chikai wa Emi de.”
Official HIGE DANdism topped the Streaming Songs chart for the fourth consecutive week with their single “Pretender.”
Yonezu Kenshi topped the Download Songs chart for the second consecutive week with his digital single “Umi no Yuurei.”
U-Know topped the Download Albums chart with his debut mini album “True Colors.”
Girl group Perfume has announced the release of a brand new compilation album titled Perfume The Best “P Cubed”. The announcement was made on the groups radio show “Perfume LOCKS!” broadcast on Tokyo FM.
The album will contain over 50 songs in total, 52 to be exact has been reported so far. Spanning 3 discs all of the songs included will be digitally remastered specifically for this album. One of the new songs included on the album”Nana Nana Nairo“, already made it’s radio debut.
This is Perfume’s 3rd best album overall, the last being 2012’s “Perfume Global Compilation LOVE THE WORLD”. The album will also mark the beginning of the groups 15th anniversary celebrations since making their major debut with “Linear Motor Girl”.
On July 13, TBS will air this year’s edition of its annual mid-year music special, “Ongaku no Hi.” The show will begin at 2 PM that day and end at 5 AM the following day. Nakai Masahiro and TBS announcer Azumi Shinichiro will host the show for the ninth consecutive year.
With the Tokyo Olympics taking place next year, the theme of this year’s show is “Ase (sweat).” The show’s perfomers will sweat in various performances and projects.
The first set of performers for “Ongaku no Hi 2019” was recently announced. The list includes the likes of Arashi (who will be making their debut), Sandaime J Soul Brothers, E-girls, DA PUMP, V6, and Keyakizaka46. Check out the full list below!
On July 6, the seventh edition of Nippon TV’s mid-year music special, “THE MUSIC DAY”, will air. This year’s show is subtitled “Jidai.” The show will start at 1:30 PM JST that day and end at 10:54 PM JST. Arashi’s Sakurai Sho will serve as host for the show, just how he has in previous years. He’ll be joined by Nippon TV announcers Hatori Shinichi and Miura Asami. In addition to airing in Japan, “THE MUSIC DAY 2019 ~Jidai~” will also air in seven Asian countries on the GEM tv channel.
“THE MUSIC DAY 2019 ~Jidai~” will feature ten special medleys. The annual “Johnny’s Shuffle Medley” will feature various groups, including Arashi, performing their debut songs. Arashi will also perform a special 20th anniversary medley. There will be a “Piano Medley” featuring Kiyozuka Shinya on piano, with vocals by Kaela Kimura, Nishida Toshiyuki, Daichi Miura, and Sukima Switch. There will also be a “High Tone Medley” featuring Ohno Masatoshi, Koyanagi Yuki, Tegoshi Yuya, and Hirose Kohmi. AKB48, Kiritani Kenta, Sandaime J Soul Brothers, DA PUMP, and Pikotaro will perform in the hit medley titled “Saisei 1 Oku Cho e Medley.”
This week’s guests were HYDE, SHISHAMO, and HY.
HYDE – ANOTHER MOMENT
SHISHAMO – Nee,
HY – no rain no rainbow
This week’s episode was a King & Prince special.
King & Prince – Naughty Girl / Kimi ni Arigatou / Cinderella Girl / Sha-la-la Hajikeru Love / Kimi wo Matteru / Bounce To Night
This week’s episode featured HYDE. This is his first appearance on SONGS. This episode follows HYDE on his recent US tour.
HYDE – HONEY / ZIPANG / ANOTHER MOMENT
This week’s guests were THE ALFEE, Uno Misako, Yokoyama Daisuke, and Momoiro Clover Z.
THE ALFEE x Uno Misako x Yokoyama Daisuke x Momoiro Clover Z – Sekiyou ga Naiteiru
Momoiro Clover Z – The Diamond Four
Yokoyama Daisuke – Hallelujahlujah
Uno Misako – LOST
THE ALFEE – Hajimari no Uta
