List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2011 (Japan)
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This is a list of number one singles on the Billboard
Japan Hot 100
chart in Japan in 2011. The week's most popular songs in Japan, ranked by the Hanshin Corporation and based on radio airplay measured by Plantech and sales data as compiled by SoundScan Japan.
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Japan Hot 100
Japan Hot 100
The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com ....
chart in Japan in 2011. The week's most popular songs in Japan, ranked by the Hanshin Corporation and based on radio airplay measured by Plantech and sales data as compiled by SoundScan Japan.
Chart history
| Date | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| January 3 | "A Winter Fairy Is Melting a Snowman" | Kaela Kimura Kaela Kimura , born , is a Japanese pop rock singer, songwriter, model, and TV presenter.- Career :Born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan to a British father and Japanese mother, Kaela started working as a model in 2002 for the Japanese magazine Seventeen... |
| January 17 | "Toilet no Kamisama Toilet no Kamisama is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Kana Uemura, recounting her thoughts about her late grandmother. It was the leading track from her extended play Watashi no Kakera-tachi, released on March 10, 2010... " |
Kana Uemura Kana Uemura is a Japanese singer-songwriter, who debuted in 2004. She is best known for her song "Toilet no Kamisama", an acoustic ballad about her grandmother, which became a hit in 2010.- Biography :... |
| January 24 | "Dada Dada (song) "Dada" is a song by Japanese rock band Radwimps, released on January 12, 2011 as the first of two singles leading up to the band's sixth album, Zettai Zetsumei.... " |
Radwimps Radwimps is a Japanese rock band, who debuted independently in 2003 and later on major label Toshiba EMI in 2005. The band achieved great commercial success in 2006 album their album Radwimps 4: Okazu no Gohan, and are best known for their later singles "Order Made" and "Dada" , both of which hit number... |
| January 31 | "If" | French Kiss French Kiss (band) is a sub-unit of all-female Japanese pop group AKB48, produced by Yasushi Akimoto.-History:It was announced on June 28, 2010 by Kashiwagi that French Kiss would be formed and debuted with a single , at AKB48 Team-B's stage performance. "Zutto mae kara" was used as the ending theme song for anime... |
| February 7 | "Why? (Keep Your Head Down) Keep Your Head Down (song) "Keep Your Head Down" is a song performed by South Korean duo TVXQ, released in South Korea as a digital single in January 2011 as the lead single from the duo's album of the same name, and was later re-released in Japanese as the duo's thirty-first single in Japan, released on January 26, 2011 by... " |
Tohoshinki TVXQ TVXQ, an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi , is a South Korean pop group formed in 2003 under SM Entertainment. In South Korea they are known as Dong Bang Shin Ki , often abbreviated by international fans as DBSK; they were later introduced in Japan as Tohoshinki under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone... |
| February 14 | "Ultimate Wheels Ultimate Wheels "Ultimate Wheels" is the fourteenth single by Japanese boy band KAT-TUN. It was released on February 2, 2011 by their record label J-One Records... " |
KAT-TUN KAT-TUN KAT-TUN is a Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates in 2001. The group's name is an acronym based on the first letter of each member's family name until the departure of Jin Akanishi in 2010. As of 2010, KAT-TUN stands for Kazuya KAmenashi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Tatsuya Ueda,... |
| February 21 | "Each Other's Way (Tabi no Tochū)" | Exile |
| February 28 | "Sakura no Ki ni Narō Sakura no Ki ni Narō is a 20th single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48, released on February 16, 2011.-Release information:It is the 20th major-label single released by AKB48. It was released in five versions: a limited type-A CD+DVD edition, a regular type-A CD+DVD edition, a limited type-B CD+DVD edition, a regular... " |
AKB48 AKB48 AKB48 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto.The group has achieved enormous popularity in Japan. Its ten latest consecutive singles topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart... |
| March 7 | "Lotus Lotus (Arashi song) "Lotus" is a song recorded by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on February 23, 2011 by their record label J Storm. "Lotus" is currently being used as the theme song to the drama Bartender starring Arashi member Masaki Aiba. The single debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon weekly charts.-Track list:... " |
Arashi Arashi is a Japanese boy band formed under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, which announced the formation of the group on November 3, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii... |
| March 14 | "Eternal Eternal (Jin Akanishi song) -Single information:Single release from Jin Akanishi. Limited edition A comes with a bonus DVD with music video of "Eternal" and its making-of plus cover photo shooting meking-of. Limited edition B comes with a 24-page special photo booklet. Features an alternate cover artwork.-Chart... " |
Jin Akanishi Jin Akanishi is a Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, actor, seiyū, and former radio host. Akanishi is a former member of the J-pop group, KAT-TUN, and was one of the two lead vocalists... |
| March 21 | "Yume Tamago Yume Tamago is the third released single by the J-pop group NYC. It was released on March 9, 2011 two days before the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The single was certified Gold by Recording Industry Association of Japan.-Single information:... " |
NYC |
| March 28 | "Shūmatsu Not Yet" | Not Yet Not Yet (band) Not Yet is a sub-unit of the all-female Japanese pop group AKB48.-History:The formation of Not Yet was announced at AKB48's Request Hour Set List Best 100 2011 on January 21, 2011... |
| April 4 | "Utsukushiki Hitobito no Uta Greatest the Hits 2011–2011 -Personnel:* Daisuke - vocals* Maximum the Ryo - guitar, clean vocals* Nao - drums, vocals* Ue-chan - bass guitar, backing vocals... " |
Maximum the Hormone Maximum the Hormone is a Japanese nu metal band from Hachiōji, Tokyo.-1998–2001: Creation, early days and line-up change:Maximum the Hormone was created in 1998 by Daisuke Tsuda and Nao Kawakita. After a couple of regional shows, the band signed a contract with the Japanese rock label Sky Records. A.S.A... |
| April 11 | "Born This Way Born This Way (song) "Born This Way" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga, from her second studio album, Born This Way. Written and produced by Gaga, Fernando Garibay, Jeppe Laursen and DJ White Shadow, "Born This Way" was developed while Gaga was on the road with The Monster Ball Tour... " |
Lady Gaga Lady GaGa Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to... |
| April 18 | "Kazoe Uta" | Mr. Children Mr. Children , commonly called , is a Japanese rock band formed in 1988 by Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa, and Hideya Suzuki. As a group, they are one of the most successful Japanese rock artists, having sold over 50 million records and creating the in the mid 1990s in Japan... |
| April 25 | "Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo is the song and forty-eighth single by Japanese hard rock band, B'z, released on April 13, 2011. It was the first single from their 2011 album, C'mon. The song is written and used for a commercial song of Pepsi NEX. Also the song was first performed on Music Station "Three Hours Special" on April... " |
B'z B'z is a Japanese hard rock duo, composed of and .B'z has released 45 consecutive #1 singles, 24 #1 albums, and sold more than 79 million records in Japan alone... |
| May 2 | "T.W.L" | Kanjani Eight Kanjani Eight is a seven-member Japanese boy band from Japan's Kansai region. They are managed by the multimedia talent agency, Johnny & Associates, and signed to Imperial Records. The group was formed in 2002 and made their CD debut in 2004 as "Johnny's modern enka group", though after the year 2006, their... |
| May 9 | "Mr. Taxi Mr. Taxi "Mr. Taxi" is a song by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. The song is the first single from their first full-length Japanese album, Girls' Generation. It is their comeback single alongside Run Devil Run.- Release :... " |
Girls' Generation Girls' Generation Girls' Generation is a nine-member South Korean electropop girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. The nine members are: Taeyeon , Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun... |
| May 16 | ||
| May 23 | "My Home" | Kanjani Eight |
| May 30 | "White White (song) "White" is the fifteenth single by Japanese boy band KAT-TUN. The track "White" is used in the "Sofina Otona no Bihaku" TV commercial, while "Perfect" is used in Kazuya Kamenashi's Aoki "3D Slim Suits" TV commercial.-Single information:... " |
KAT-TUN |
| June 6 | "Everyday, Kachūsha" | AKB48 |
| June 13 | ||
| June 20 | "365 Nichi Kazoku" | Kanjani Eight |
| June 27 | "Time" | KinKi Kids KinKi Kids is a Japanese duo consisting of Koichi Domoto and Tsuyoshi Domoto under the talent agency Johnny & Associates. Although the members share the same surname, the only relation they have to each other is that they both hail from the Kinki region, hence the duo's name.... |
| July 4 | "Flower Flower (Atsuko Maeda song) "Flower" is Atsuko Maeda's first solo single. It was released in four versions: three regular CD+DVD "act" editions and a limited CD-only theater edition. First pressings of the regular editions came with a photo book , while the theater edition came with either a handshake event ticket or one of... " |
Atsuko Maeda |
| July 11 | "Over Over (Hey! Say! JUMP song) "OVER" is the seventh single by the J-pop group Hey! Say! JUMP, released on June 29, 2011. It was released in three versions: two limited CD+DVD editions and a regular CD-only edition. In its first week 'OVER' sold 265,390 copies, over 18,000 more than the first week sales of their 2007 debut... " |
Hey! Say! JUMP Hey! Say! JUMP Hey! Say! JUMP is a ten-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The name Hey! Say! refers to the fact that all the members were born in the Heisei period and JUMP is an acronym for Johnny's Ultra Music Power... |
| July 18 | "Naminori Kakigōri" | Not Yet |
| July 25 | "Fui ni" | Tomomi Itano Tomomi Itano is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, as well as a soloist.- Biography :In 2005, she joined the all-female Japanese idol group AKB48. After becoming a model for the popular woman's fashion magazine Cawaii!, she released her first photo book titled T.O.M.O.row in April 2009. In early 2010... |
| August 1 | "Superstar" | Tohoshinki |
| August 8 | "Pareo wa Emerald" | SKE48 SKE48 SKE48 is an all-female Japanese theater/idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The audition was held during the summer and debuted in October 2008. SKE48 performs in the newly built studio in the renovated Sunshine Sakae in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, every Saturday... |
| August 15 | "Run for You Run for You "Run For You" is the sixteenth single by Japanese boy band KAT-TUN. The song "Run For You" is featured in a TV commercial for the Suzuki Solio, while "Cosmic Child" will be used in commercials for Wacoal products. "Diamond" will be used as the "image song" for "Dramatic Game 1844".-Single... " |
KAT-TUN |
| August 22 | "Everybody Go" | Kis-My-FT2 Kis-My-FT2 Kis-My-Ft2 is a 7-member Japanese boy band under Johnny & Associates. Their name comes from their members' names: Hiromitsu Kitayama, Kento Senga, Toshiya Miyata, Wataru Yokō, Taisuke Fujigaya, Yūta Tamamori and Takashi Nikaidō.The group was a former Johnny's Jr. unit and debuted August 10, 2011... |
| August 29 | "Tubusani Koi" | Kanjani Eight |
| September 5 | "Flying Get Flying Get - Members :The participating members were chosen by general election. Top 21 voted members will sing the A-side, "Flying Get".- Members :The participating members were chosen by general election. Top 21 voted members will sing the A-side, "Flying Get".- Members :The participating members were... " |
AKB48 |
| September 12 | "Kazoku ni Narō yo" | Masaharu Fukuyama Masaharu Fukuyama is a Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, actor, radio personality, and photographer from Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture. He is the best-selling male solo artist in Japan. He is a member of entertainment company Amuse, Inc. and is known for his low, deep voice. Among fans, he is... |
| September 19 | "Niji no Uta" | Tsuyoshi Domoto Tsuyoshi Domoto is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, television personality, writer and illustrator. Along with Koichi Domoto , he is a member of KinKi Kids, which is a Japanese duo under the management of Johnny & Associates.- Biography :Born in Nara, Domoto joined the... |
| September 26 | "Rising Sun" | Exile |
| October 3 | "Magic Power Magic Power (Hey! Say! JUMP) "Magic Power" is the eighth single release by J-Pop Group Hey! Say! JUMP. It is to be released in three versions: a limited CD+DVD edition 1, a limited CD+DVD edition 2, and a regular CD-only edition... " |
Hey! Say! JUMP |
| October 10 | "Bo Peep Bo Peep Bo Peep Bo Peep "Bo Peep Bo Peep" is a song by South Korean girl group T-ara. It is the first lead track from the album Absolute First Album, the other being "Like The First Time" . The song won 5 weekly #1 awards on KBS Music Bank and SBS Inkigayo. It was later re-recorded in Japanese for the group's debut... " |
T-ara T-ara T-ara is a South Korean girl group formed by Core Contents Media in 2009. Before their debut, there was a high level of interest in the group as they were called "Super Rookies" and had been training for three years prior to debut.... |
| October 17 | "Omoidasenakunaru Sono Hi Made" | Back Number |
| October 24 | "X X X" | L'Arc-en-Ciel |
| October 31 | "Zero" | Bump of Chicken Bump of Chicken Bump of Chicken is a rock group from Sakura, Chiba, Japan. Their members are Fujiwara Motoo, Hiroaki Masukawa, Yoshifumi Naoi and Hideo Masu. Since their inception in 1994, they have released fourteen singles and five albums... |
| November 7 | "Kaze wa Fuiteiru Kaze wa Fuiteiru - Type B :- Theater Edition :- "Kaze wa Fuiteiru" :* Team A: Haruna Kojima, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajō, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda* Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama... " |
AKB48 |
| November 14 | "Meikyū Love Song Meikyū Love Song "Meikyū Love Song " is a song recorded by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on November 2nd, 2011 by their record label J Storm. "Meikyū Love Song" is currently being used as the ending theme song to the drama Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de starring Arashi member Sho Sakurai. The single... " |
Arashi |
| November 21 | "Okie Dokie Okie Dokie is the 7th single by Japanese girl group SKE48. It was released on November 9, 2011.- Type A :- Type B :- Type C :- Theater Edition :- "Okie Dokie" :... " |
SKE48 |
| November 28 | "Sexy Zone" | Sexy Zone Sexy Zone is a five-member Japanese boy band managed by Johnny & Associates.- Overview :* Announced as a group and had press conference in September 29, 2011. Johnny & Associates's CEO Johnny Kitagawa said, "The group name came from Michael Jackson's sexiness". The members are Nakajima Kento, Kikuchi Fuma,... |
| December 5 | "Anata e" | Exile |
See also
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2008 (Japan)
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2009 (Japan)
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2010 (Japan)
External links
- Current Japan Hot 100 on billboard-japan.com by Hanshin Contents Link