Mrs. GREEN APPLE achieves historic first triple crown on Billboard Japan's first-half 2025 charts
Billboard Japan has announced the award-winning songs and artists for its first-half 2025 charts.
On the comprehensive song chart "Billboard JAPAN Hot 100," Mrs. GREEN APPLE's song "LILAC," released in April last year, secured the overall top spot. Second place went to "APT." by ROSÉ & Bruno Mars, and third place was "Bitter Vacance" by Mrs. GREEN APPLE. Additionally, four of Mrs. GREEN APPLE's songs charted in the Top 5. This is the first time that four songs by the same artist have charted in the Top 5 of the first-half year chart.
On the comprehensive album chart "Billboard JAPAN Hot Albums," Mrs. GREEN APPLE's 5th album "ANTENNA," released last July, won first place. This work, released in July 2023, recorded No. 1 in streaming and No. 7 in downloads during the tracking period. Snow Man's best album "THE BEST 2020 - 2025" followed in second place, and SixTONES' 5th album "GOLD" was third.
On the "Billboard JAPAN Artist 100" chart, which combines points from the comprehensive song and album charts, Mrs. GREEN APPLE took the top spot. A total of 20 of their songs, including "Que Sera Sera" and "Darling," charted in the comprehensive song Top 100. Second place went to back number, and third to Vaundy. Additionally, on the "Global Japan Songs Excl. Japan" chart, which tracks Japanese songs hitting globally, Creepy Nuts' "Otonoke" secured the top spot for the first half of the year.
Mrs. GREEN APPLE is the first artist to achieve a triple crown on Billboard Japan's first-half year charts. Motoki Ohmori (Vo, G) commented, "I'm truly happy. It's a bit overwhelming, but the fact that so many people are listening to our music makes me genuinely happy. It made me want to continue making good music."
Furthermore, comments from Creepy Nuts (No. 1 on "Global Japan Songs Excl. Japan"), SEVENTEEN (No. 1 on the singles sales chart), Hiiragi Magnetite (No. 1 on "Niconico VOCALOID SONGS & Heatseekers Songs"), Number_i (No. 1 on "Hot Shot Songs"), and DECO*27 (No. 1 on the UGC Song Chart) were also released.
Mrs. GREEN APPLE Comments (No. 1 on First-Half 2025 Comprehensive Song, Comprehensive Album, and Artist Charts)
Motoki Ohmori
I'm truly happy. It's a bit overwhelming, but the fact that so many people are listening to our music makes me genuinely happy. It made me want to continue making good music. Thank you very much.
Hiroto Wakai
The realization that our music is reaching so many people truly makes me happy. "LILAC" is a song from last year, and we ourselves aim to create songs that will be loved for a long time, so I'm really happy. Thank you very much.
Ryoka Fujisawa
Mrs. GREEN APPLE celebrates its 10th debut anniversary this year. Since forming the band, we've always valued outputting the songs Motoki writes, so to be evaluated in this way, and to have so many people listen, makes me truly happy and grateful. Thank you very much.
Creepy Nuts Comment (No. 1 on First-Half 2025 Global Japan Songs Excl. Japan)
Our song "Otonoke" has won first place on Billboard JAPAN's "Global Japan Songs excl. Japan" ranking for the first half of 2025, which tracks hit Japanese songs around the world. Thank you! We are very confident in "Otonoke," so we are delighted that so many people overseas have listened to it. We also hope to visit the countries where people are listening to our songs for live performances. We look forward to your continued support!
SEVENTEEN Comment (No. 1 on First-Half 2025 Top Singles Sales Chart)
Thank you for the honor of our "Shouhikigen" receiving first place on the Billboard JAPAN Top Singles Sales chart for the first half of 2025. We owe this wonderful result to CARAT, who always support us. Thank you so much. The title track "Shouhikigen" is a ballad song that expresses the feeling of struggling with the "expiration date" of emotions in its lyrics. For those who haven't heard it yet, we would be happy if you take this opportunity to listen. We will continue to deliver good music, so please look forward to it!
Hiiragi Magnetite Comment (No. 1 on First-Half 2025 Niconico VOCALOID SONGS & Heatseekers Songs)
I'm truly happy that "Tetris" received first place on both charts! I'm very grateful that this song, which I created by layering my own emotions onto the Russian folk song "Korobushka," has reached so many people.
Number_i Comment (No. 1 on First-Half 2025 Hot Shot Songs)
We are truly happy to hear that "GOD_i" topped the Billboard JAPAN 2025 First-Half "JAPAN Hot Shot Songs." We are grateful to our supporting iLYs and to everyone who listened. We will continue to deliver Number_i-like music to everyone, so please continue to support us.
DECO*27 Comment (No. 1 on First-Half 2025 UGC Song Chart)
I'm so happy that so many people are enjoying "Monitoring," thank you! I also enjoy watching the videos everyone creates, like song covers, dances, and analyses. Please continue to enjoy "Monitoring"!
Source: Music Natalie
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