Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Yonezu Kenshi defeat SKE48 and DA PUMP. DA PUMP is back this week, facing off against a newcomer. Find out what Ronald thought of the songs that topped the singles charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!
This week, Kis-My-Ft2 topped the Hot 100 single chart with their single “LOVE.”
Utada Hikaru topped the Hot Albums chart for the third consecutive week with her album “Hatsukoi.”
DA PUMP topped the Streaming Songs chart for the fourth non-consecutive week with their single “U.S.A.”
DA PUMP topped the Download Songs chart with their single “U.S.A.”
Utada Hikaru also topped the Download Albums chart for the third consecutive week with “Hatsukoi.”
We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback. This is where we look back on what topped Oricon this week 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.
This week’s guests were Mrs. GREEN APPLE, Hey! Say! JUMP, Porno Graffitti, and THE RAMPAGE.
Mrs. GREEN APPLE – Ao to Natsu
Hey! Say! JUMP – COSMIC☆HUMAN
Porno Graffitti – Breath
THE RAMPAGE – HARD HIT
This week’s episode featured DA PUMP. This episode marks DA PUMP’s debut on SONGS. Their song “U.S.A.” has been a viral sensation this year, leading to the group emerging back into the spotlight. The group was popular at one time, so much so that they were on Kohaku Uta Gassen five times. But what happened to make them disappear? DA PUMP is interviewed to find out why.
DA PUMP – Gokigendazee! ~Nothing But Something~ / If… / We can’t stop the music / U.S.A.
This week’s guests were Sada Masashi, Naoto Inti Raymi, Little Glee Monster, and Takamiy.
Sada Masashi x Naoto Inti Raymi, Little Glee Monster – Password Syndrome
Little Glee Monster – Sekai wa Anata ni Waraikakete Iru
Naoto Inti Raymi – Hibiscus
Takamiy -Bara to Tsuki to Taiyou ~The Legend of Versailles
Sada Masashi – Reborn ~Usotsuki~
The months of July – August is a strong box office period in Japan as it sees the start of summer vacation and includes the Obon festival holidays. It is also when potential ¥3 billion blockbuster films are released. Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (released April 13), now on its 15th week at the charts, is currently the year’s top grossing film with ¥8.63 billion.
Giving it compeition is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (released July 14) which opened the Summer Box Office Season massively with 833,190 admissions (¥1.217 billion) and reached the ¥2 billion mark in just 4 days.
Foreign films to be released in the next weeks include Incredibles 2 (August 1), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (August 3) and Ocean’s 8 (August 10). Now we look at the other notable domestic films squeezing in competition for the Summer Box office chart. Arama, what’s on your movie lookout for the Summer?
