This week, Nogizaka46 topped the Hot 100 single chart with their single “Jikochuu de Ikou!”

Southern All Stars topped the Hot Albums chart for the second consecutive week with their best album “Umi no Oh, Yeah!!”

DA PUMP topped the Streaming Songs chart for the eighth non-consecutive week with their single “U.S.A.”

DA PUMP topped the Download Songs chart for the fourth non-consecutive week with their single “U.S.A.”

Southern All Stars also topped the Download Albums chart with “Umi no Oh, Yeah!!”

On September 17, MUSIC STATION ULTRA FES 2018 will air. The set of acts was previously announced, and now the second set has been released! It includes names such as Daichi Miura, Keyakizaka46, Suiyoubi no Campanella, Nishino Kana, Perfume, and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. See who else was added below!

Haru Nemuri has been causing some real waves in the international Japanese rock scene lately. Her 2018 album ‘Haru to Shura‘ was a stunning piece of work, gaining interest from a lot of people, even garnering a glowing video by none other YouTuber reviewer Anthony Fantano himself. But she’s not done with 2018 yet. A couple days ago she released the absolutely breathtaking Music Video for her new single ‘kick in the world‘. The song, with it’s gigantic chorus, is a call to arms, a platform for her motto ‘start the new by breaking the old’, and damn it, does she break it.

The video ties in with the 2017 film ‘; the eternal / spring‘ which focuses on a fictional musical group called ‘Utopia’. The song was the theme from the film, but was never released in full until now. The lead is played by actress Imou Haruka, who also features in the music video for ‘kick in the world’. The single is due to be released on the 29th of August. Purchasers of the single will get a code to watch ‘; the eternal / spring’ online. Read on to see the MV and the single details.

Following a relatively quiet year, pop-rock band BIGMAMA have announced that they will be releasing a new studio album titled “-11℃” on October 31st.  Their first major record, and eighth in total, “-11℃” will include the group’s previously released tracks “CRYSTAL CLEAR”, “Strawberry Feels”, and “POPCORN STAR”, as well as nine new tracks for a total of 12.

The album will be released in two different versions, with the Limited Edition to include footage from the band’s August 22nd show at STUDIO COAST.  Ahead of its release, you can listen to previews of all of the record’s tracks on its special website.

Read on below to find the track list for “-11℃”, as well as a teaser uploaded to the group’s Youtube channel.

Just last week we reported that 80s-influenced rock band Newspeak would be releasing their first mini-album “Out Of The Shrinking Habitat” on October 3rd.  Now, in order to promote this release, the group have published the music video for its lead track “Lake” to their Youtube channel.

This PV, directed by Hiroya Brian Nakano, features the band posing as landscapers tending to a pool, alternating between working and enjoying the space.  According to Nakano, the video is meant to represent the theme of this late summer song’s lyrics – that there is more to life than the chaotic shuffle which tends to dominate every day.

You’ll find the music video for “Lake” right after the jump.

This week’s guests were Moriyama Naotaro, HY, Daichi Miura, Miura Yutaro, and Lenny code fiction.

Moriyama Naotaro –  Ningen no Mori

HY – 366 Nichi

Daichi Miura – Be Myself

Miura Yutaro – WITH (10 years after Ver.)

Lenny code fiction – Make my story

One song from 2018 was certified Platinum this month for selling 250,000 copies: Hoshino Gen’s “Doraemon.”

Two songs from 2018 were certified Gold this month for selling 100,000 copies: Utada Hikaru’s “Play A Love Song” and DA PUMP’s “U.S.A.”

One song was certified Million this month for selling 1,000,000 copies: miwa’s “Hiakri e.”

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