Bullet Train’s ‘AwA AwA’ Rises to No. 1, Rosé & Bruno Mars’ ‘APT.’ to No. 2 on Japan Hot 100

Bullet Train’s “AwA AwA” hits No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Nov. 13, shooting to the top spot from No. 49.

The 21st single by the nine-member J-pop boy band debuted on the chart last week at No. 49 after being digitally released on Oct. 28 and hitting No. 26 for streaming. The CD version hit stores on Nov. 6 and launched with 185,442 first-week copies — the most so far for the group — to top physical sales, and the track also comes in at No. 32 for downloads, No. 27 for streaming, and No. 3 for radio airplay this week. This is the second time Bullet Train, known as Chotokkyu in their home country, rules the Japan Hot 100, the first time being seven and a half years ago with “Cho Nebagiba Dance” in 2017.

Rosé & Bruno Mars’ “APT.” continues to inch up the chart, rising a notch to No. 2 this week. The pop-punk collab has been a hit all over the world, holding at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 for the third week, and in Japan, streams have increased to 112% compared to the previous week, downloads to 120%, radio to 108%, and video to 102%. The track rules streaming this week, the first song by Western acts to do so since Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You.”

Creepy Nuts’ “Otonoke” falls to No. 3. While streams, downloads, radio and video views have all decreased slightly, points for karaoke doubled and the track hits No. 66 for the metric.

BE:FIRST’s “Sailing” debuts at No. 4. The ending theme song for the anime series Special Edited Version – One Piece: Fish-Man Island Saga tops downloads and comes in at No. 13 for streaming, No. 9 for radio, and No. 19 for video.

AKASAKI’s “Bunny Girl” climbs 8-6. Since it bowed on the chart on Oct. 9th, the number of streams and video views for the song has continued to increase, with streams up to 113% and video views up to 119% compared to the week before.

The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.

See the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from Nov. 3 to 10, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.