Breathing the same air of the likes of Adele, Beyoncé, Metallica, and Bruno Mars, comedian Piko-Taro of viral PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen) fame is set to attend the 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards ceremony tomorrow night, February 12.

In the US, the CBS network will broadcast the show live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles and will recognize the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the past year.

Not only has the 46-second song been viewed hundreds of millions of times on YouTube, seen in countless memes across social media, and spawned parodies, PPAP was officially recognized by the Billboard 100 as the shortest song to ever make it on to their charts.

Popular 22-year-old actress Fumika Shimizu has announced her intention to retire from the entertainment industry to commit herself to Happy Science, a controversial new religious and spiritual movement often criticized for being a cult.

Founded in 1986 by CEO Ryuho Okawa, the basic teachings of Happy Science are “Exploration of the Right Mind” and the “Principles of Happiness“. Okawa claims to channel the spirits of Muhammad, Christ, Buddha and Confucius, and is the incarnation of the supreme spiritual being called El Cantare.

Shimizu is most notable for playing Yuki Jojima in Kamen Rider Fourze and Aiko Himeno in HK!!! Hentai Kamen.

Her parents introduced her and her three sisters to the controversial religion at birth, and has since been following it unbeknownst to her agency.

Following 5 years after her major debut, Aimer announces her first ‘Best Selection’ project to hit stores on May 3rd 2017. This special release comes in two albums: blanc and noir. The albums will be a collection of singles, favorite tracks and music videos. blanc revolves around calm, gentle ballads while noir contains more powerful and emotional numbers.  Reflective of the contrasting concepts, the cover art features a black and white cat, each decorated with a crown.

In addition to the title’s tribute to her fan club “Blanc et Noir”, fans will be in for a special treat of four new songs. This includes newly released “Kogoesouna Kisetsu Kara” and “Uta Choufugetsu“, created in part for “Tabegami sama no Fushigina Restaurant”, a Japanese culinary exhibition.

Check out the tracklist and album covers after the jump!

This week’s guests were Sukima Switch, Natsume Mito, Leo Ieiri, and dustbox.

Sukima Switch – Kanade

Natsume Mito – Puzzle

Leo Ieiri – Sorezore no Ashita e

dustbox – Dive

The performers on this week’s show were Saito Kazuyoshi, DANCE EARTH PARTY, and SOLIDEMO. Takito Kenichi was the talk guest.

Saito Kazuyoshi – Iden

DANCE EARTH PARTY – Do it!

SOLIDEMO – Happiness

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This week’s guests were Leo Ieiri, AAA, [Alexandros], Perfume, NEWS, AKB48, and Hoshino Gen.

This week, A.B.C-Z topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “Reboot!!!”, selling 55,652 copies in its first week.

GReeeeN topped the Oricon album chart with their best album “ALL SINGLeeeeS & New Beginning”, selling 21,676 copies in its second week.

Suchmos topped the Oricon digital album chart for the second week in a row with their album “THE KIDS”, selling 5,466 copies in its second week.