On June 27, TV Tokyo Music Festival 2018, this year’s edition of TV Tokyo’s mid-year music special will air. The show will start at 5:55 PM JST and end at 10:54 PM JST, making it 30 minutes longer than last year’s show and the biggest TV Tokyo Music Festival ever. TOKIO’s Kokubun Taichi will host the show for the fifth year in a row.
The first set of acts performing on the show has been announced, and it includes the likes of V6, Ken Hirai, Morning Musume. ’18, Mika Nakashima, WANIMA, Kanjani8, Nishino Kana, and Suzuki Airi. See who else is performing below!
This week, AKB48 topped the Hot 100 single chart with their new single “Teacher Teacher.”
Kanjani8 topped the Hot Albums chart with their new best album “GR8EST.”
Bodan Shonen Dan topped the Streaming Songs chart with their single “FAKE LOVE” for the second consecutive week.
Utada Hikaru topped the Download Songs chart with hew new single “Hatsukoi.”
SHINee topped the Download Albums chart with their new EP “The Story Of Light EP.1.”
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, AKB48 topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “Teacher Teacher”, selling 1,661,038 copies in its first week.
Kanjani8 topped the Oricon album chart with their new best album “GR8EST”, selling 305,187 copies in its first week.
Utada Hikaru topped the Oricon digital single chart with hew new single “Hatsukoi”, selling 70,975 copies in its first week.
The Shiina Ringo tribute album “Adam to Eve no Ringo” topped the Oricon digital album chart for the second consecutive week, selling 3,906 copies in its second week.
Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Yonezu Kenshi defeat TWICE and Mr.Children. Kenshi is back this week (but with a different song), facing off against two newcomers. Find out what Ronald thought of the songs that topped the singles charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!
This week’s guests were BiSH, Inoue Sonoko, and Chisato.
BiSH – Life is beautiful
Inoue Sonoko – Remember
Chisato – Jekyll no Sora
This week, King & Prince topped the Hot 100 single chart with their debut single “Cinderella Girl.”
The Shiina Ringo tribute album “Adam to Eve no Ringo” topped the Hot Albums chart.
Bodan Shonen Dan topped the Streaming Songs chart with their single “FAKE LOVE.”
Yonezu Kenshi topped the Download Songs chart with his single “LOSER.”
The Shiina Ringo tribute album “Adam to Eve no Ringo” also topped the Download Albums chart.
It has been announced that girl group Perfume will be heading over to Taiwan for a performance at the SUPER SLIPPA music festival!
SUPER SLIPPA is the largest music festival that takes place in Taiwan. In the past artists such as Jolin Tsai, Carly Rae Jepsen, Rita Ora, and PRONO GRAFFITI have graced the stage at SUPER SLIPPA.
