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Mrs. GREEN APPLE dominates Billboard Japan’s mid-year domestic charts for 2025, rounding up the weeks from Nov. 25, 2024 through May 25, 2025.
On the Japan Hot 100 song chart, the three-man band’s “Lilac” leads the list for the first half of the year. “Lilac” was released on April 12, 2024, and featured as the opening theme song for the anime show Oblivion Battery. The track became a long-running hit, topping the Japan Hot 100 five times during the tallying period for the 2025 mid-year chart.
Rosé & Bruno Mars’ “APT.” follows at No. 2. The global hit led the Japan Hot 100 on the chart released Nov. 20, becoming the first song by a Western act to hit No. 1 on the tally in about eleven and a half years, since The Wanted’s “Glad You Came” in May 2013.
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At No. 3 is Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “Bitter Vacances.” The theme song for the live-action movie Saint Young Men became the third-fastest song to rack up 100 million streams for the band. Four songs by the hitmakers have charted in the mid-year top five, the first time any act has accomplished this feat.
Frontman and principal songwriter Motoki Omori comments, “I’m thrilled. I also feel humbled, but the fact that so many people are listening to our music just makes me so happy. I’d like to continue making music sincerely from now on as well. Thank you.” Guitarist Hiloto Wakai says, “It makes me really happy to know that our music is reaching so many people in this way. ‘Lilac’ is a song from last year, and since we aim to make songs that will be loved for a long time, it’s very gratifying. Thank you.” Keyboardist Ryoka Fujisawa notes, “Mrs. GREEN APPLE is celebrating its tenth anniversary since its debut this year. From the time we formed the band, we’ve continued to place importance on putting out the music that Omori writes, so I feel very happy and grateful that it’s being listened to by many and appreciated like this. Thank you.”
Mrs. GREEN APPLE also rules the mid-year Hot Albums chart, with its fifth studio set ANTENNA leading the list. The project dropped on July 5, 2023 and came in at No. 1 for streaming and No. 7 for downloads during the 2025 mid-year tallying period.
Snow Man’s best-of album THE BEST 2020 – 2025 follows at No. 2. The collection by the nine-member group sold 1,616,736 copies during the tallying period and topped the album sales chart. SixTONES’ fifth album GOLD is at No. 3. All of the sextet’s albums, including this one, has hit No. 1 on the Hot Albums tally.
And Mrs. GREEN APPLE rounds out the mid-year trifecta as the top artist on the Japan Artist 100 chart, compiled from the results of the Japan Hot 100 and Hot Albums charts. 20 songs by the “Darling” hitmakers have charted in the mid-year top 100.
back number follows at No. 2. The veteran three-man band’s latest hit is “Blue Amber,” being featured as the theme song of a currently ongoing drama series. At No. 3 is singer-songwriter Vaundy, who has five songs including “Kaiju no Hanauta” and “Fuujin” charting in the top 100.
The globalization of music has been gaining momentum in recent years, with Japanese artists performing overseas more proactively and a brand-new international music award, MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN, launching this year. On Billboard Japan’s Global Japan Songs Excl. Japan chart that tallies songs from the country that are popular abroad, Creepy Nuts’ “Otonoke” rules the mid-year round-up. The Dandadan opener has become a global hit following the rap duo’s breakout smash “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born.” “Otonoke” also topped the country and region specific Japan Songs rankings in six countries and regions, tallying the weeks from Nov. 22, 2024 through May 22, 2025.
“‘Otonoke’ has topped the mid-year Global Japan Songs excl. Japan chart for 2025, a ranking of songs from our country that are being listened to globally. Thank you so much!” comment Creepy Nuts. “We’re really proud of ‘Otonoke,’ so we’re glad to know so many people from around the world are enjoying it. We also look forward to being able to visit the countries where our songs are being listened to and perform live there. Thank you for your continued support!”
Billboard Japan Hot 100 Mid-Year Chart 2025
1. “Lilac” / Mrs. GREEN APPLE
2. “APT.” / Rosé & Bruno Mars
3. “Bitter Vacances” / Mrs. GREEN APPLE
4. “Que Sera Sera” / Mrs. GREEN APPLE
5. “Darling” / Mrs. GREEN APPLE
6. “Soranji” / Mrs. GREEN APPLE
7. “Otonoke” / Creepy Nuts
8. “Kawaii Dakeja Dame Desuka?” / CUTIE STREET
9. “IKUOKUKONEN” / Omoinotake
10. “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” / Creepy Nuts
Billboard Japan Hot Albums Mid-Year Chart 2025
1. ANTENNA / Mrs. GREEN APPLE
2. THE BEST 2020 – 2025 / Snow Man
3. Attitude / Mrs. GREEN APPLE
4. strobo / Vaundy
5. No.Ⅰ / Number_i
6. replica / Vaundy
7. Rosie / Rosé
8. Hello! We’re timelesz / timelesz
9. LOST CORNER / Kenshi Yonezu
10. BAD HOP / BAD HOP
Billboard Japan Artist 100 Mid-Year Chart 2025
1. Mrs. GREEN APPLE
2. back number
3. Vaundy
4. Kenshi Yonezu
5. Official HIGE DANdism
6. YOASOBI
7. Aimyon
8. Creepy Nuts
9. Snow Man
10. CHANMINA
Billboard Japan Global Japan Songs Excl. Japan Mid-Year Chart 2025
1. “Otonoke” / Creepy Nuts
2. “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” / Creepy Nuts
3. “Idol” / YOASOBI
4. “Shinunoga E-Wa” / Fujii Kaze
5. “ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)” / LiSA
6. “TOKYO DRIFT (FAST & FURIOUS)” / TERIYAKI BOYZ
7. “Mayonaka no Door – Stay With Me” / Miki Matsubara
8. “It’s Going Down Now” / Lotus Juice/Azumi Takahashi
9. “NIGHT DANCER” / imase
10. “Racing into the Night” / YOASOBI
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