Billboard Japan

Billboard Japan is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine Billboard.[1] It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway), holding an exclusive licence from Billboard's parent company to the Billboard brand name in Japan,[2][3][4][5] and manages, among others, the web site www.billboard-japan.com and several "Billboard Live"-branded music clubs located in the country.[6]

In February 2008 Hanshin Contents Link, under licence from Billboard, launched the Billboard Japan Hot 100 music chart.[7][8] As of 2016, the list of charts compiled by Billboard Japan also included an albums chart named Billboard Japan Hot Albums,[9] sales-only-based charts Top Singles Sales, Top Albums Sales, Top Jazz Albums Sales, and Top Classical Albums Sales, a radio-airplay chart named Radio Songs, an animation music chart named Hot Animation, and a chart for foreign songs named Hot Overseas.[10]

Since 2010 Billboard Japan holds an annual awards ceremony called the Billboard Japan Music Awards, which honors artists, both Japanese and foreign, who had achieved best results in Billboard Japan music charts during the previous year.

Charts

Songs
Chart title Chart type Number of positions Description
Hot 100 Combined 100 Charts for domestically released songs; first launched on March 3, 2008.[11]
Hot Overseas Combined 20 Charts for internationally released songs.
Radio Songs Airplay 20 Defunct since 2017
Download Songs Digital 100 Launched in 2017 after Radio Songs Chart became defunct
Streaming Songs Streaming 100 Launched in 2017 after Radio Songs Chart became defunct
Hot Animation Combined 20 Charts for anime and video game music; first launched on December 1, 2010.[12]

Singles
Chart title Chart type Number of positions Description
Top Singles Sales Physical 100 Charts for physical sales for singles

Albums
Chart title Chart type Number of positions Description
Hot Albums Combined 100 First launched on June 4, 2015.[13]
Download Albums Digital 100 Launched in 2017 with Download Songs.
Top Album Sales Physical 100
Top Jazz Album Sales Physical 100
Top Classical Album Sales Physical 100

See also

References
  1. "Billboard Japan Unveils Chart Redesign, Opens Voting for Artist of the Year Ahead of Music Awards 2014". Billboard. 15 December 2014.
  2. "Hanshin Contents Link, the operator of Billboard Japan":
    Billboard 8 January – 26 March 2011. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 8 January – 26 March 2011. pp. 9–. ISSN 0006-2510.
    "Billboard Japan Music Awards Name Exile Artist of The Year". Billboard. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
    "Crisis Management: Music Biz Offers Support to Japan after Quake". Billboard. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
    Billboard 8 January – 26 March 2011. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 8 January – 26 March 2011. p. 5. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. "'Billboard Live' Venues To Roll Out In Japan". Billboard. 14 September 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  4. Billboard 18 August 2007. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 18 August 2007. p. 34–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. "阪神、ビルボードと提携 ライブハウスを来夏開業" (in Japanese). 14 September 2006. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  6. "Billboard Brings Music to Japanese Ears". Direct Marketing News. 4 October 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2006.
  7. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Finds Global Audience". Billboard. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  8. "日本版ビルボードチャート始まる　オンエア数も加味" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  9. Mariko Okada (6 February 2016). "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Adds YouTube Views & Lyric Data to Chart Formula". Billboard.
  10. "Charts | Billboard JAPAN" (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  11. "Billboard Japan Chartsビジネス開始のお知らせ" [Announcement regarding the beginning of business with the Billboard Japan Charts]. Kyodo News (in Japanese). 2008-02-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  12. "ビルボードジャパン新チャート提供開始のお知らせ" [Announcement regarding the beginning the Billboard Japan Charts]. Kyodo News (in Japanese). 2010-12-01. Archived from the original on 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  13. "新チャート"Hot Albums" 第1回を制したのはSuperfly『WHITE』！　μ'sは惜しくも2位に" [Superfly's White appears at #1 on the new "Hot Albums" Charts, followed by μ's at #2]. Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
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