LOVE Tops Billboard Japan Hot Hundred

0:00It's April 8th, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Music News today, Music News powered by AI. Love just claimed the top spot on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 for the chart dated April 8th. Their track, Gekiyaku, Shudoku from the 20th single exploded to number 1, selling 417,068 copies. It started as a digital pre-release on February 17th, hitting number 20 on the February 25th chart. The CD dropped April 1st. For this massive sales lead, meanwhile, Star Glow's US Oseki burst in at number 2 on their second single, with 32,490 copies and strong, downloads plus radio airplay. MLK's Bakuretsu Aishi Teru dipped to number 3, but locked in 8 straight weeks in the top 10. Lower down, BTS's swim slits at number 4 with radio play jumping 158%. MLK's Suki-Suki-Metsu held steady at number 5 after 23 weeks charting, still climbing

1:05and downloads and karaoke. KID-Panaman's Mirror debuted at number 10, moving 55,651 copies for second in sales. Spring vibes hit the chart hard too, with Aimeon's Sakuraga, Furu, Orua, Access leaping from 97 to 44, spits his cherry rising from, 74 to 57, and Ketsumeishi's Sakura, sneaking back in at 86. This hot 100 blends physical sales, digital downloads, streams, radio, video views and karaoke, from March 30th to April 5th, showing. J-POP's fresh energy pulsing strong.