Winners of Music Awards Japan (MAJ) 2025 - Grand Ceremony (22 May 2025)

Here are the winners announced during the grand ceremony of Music Awards Japan 2025 on 22 May 2025:

Song of the Year: "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts

Artist of the Year: Mrs. GREEN APPLE

New Artist of the Year: tuki.

Album of the Year: "LOVE ALL SERVE ALL" by Fujii Kaze

Top Global Hit from Japan: "Idol" by YOASOBI

Best Song - Asia: "Supernova" by aespa

Best Viral Song: "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts

Best of Listeners' Choice - Japanese Song: "GOAT" by Number_i

Special Award - Korean Popular Music: "God of Music" by SEVENTEEN

Special Award - Chinese Popular Music: "Shao guan wo" by Zhou Shen

Special Award - Thai Popular Music: "Ghost" by Jeff Satur

Special Award - Indonesian Popular Music: "Bunga Hati" by Salma Salsabil

Special Award - Vietnamese Popular Music: "Tai Sinh" by Tung Duong

Special Award - Philippine Popular Music: "Raining in Manila" by Lola Amour

Best of Listeners' Choice - International Song: "Neva Play (feat. RM of BTS)" by Megan Thee Stallion

Best Japanese Hip Hop / Rap Artist: Creepy Nuts

Best Idol Artist / Group: Snow Man

MAJ Timeless Echo: Yazawa Eikichi

Karaoke of the Year - J-pop: "Lilac" by Mrs. GREEN APPLE

Karaoke of the Year - Enka / Kayokyoku: "Showa Katagi" by Tendo Yoshimi

Special Award - Oshi-katsu request Artist of the Year: Number_i

Song of the Year for Creators: "Idol" by YOASOBI

Winners of Music Awards Japan (MAJ) 2025 - Premiere Ceremony (21 May 2025)

The Music Awards Japan (abbreviated as MAJ), is a music awards show held by the Japanese music industry to honour music talents from Asia, Japan and the Western regions and introduce Asian music to the global audience. The awards are organized by the Japan Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (CEIPA) in collaboration with the Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). CEIPA was founded by the five major music organizations of the Japanese music industry i.e. the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), the Japan Association of Music Enterprises, the Federation of Music Producers Japan, the Music Publishers Association of Japan, and the All Japan Concert & Live Entertainment Promoter's Conference and is responsible for the organization, marketing and hosting of the Music Awards Japan.

The list of eligible works and artists was generated through an automatic system based on data from Oricon, Billboard Japan, GfK Japan, Luminate, Usen, Daiichi Kosho Company, JASRAC etc. The artist concerned must have released at least one work during the qualification period of 29 January 2024 to 26 January 2025. 

The nominees (up to 5 per category) were then decided by a panel from the Japanese music industry. An international panel then decided on the winner for each category. However, the following categories' nominees and winners were selected through a public voting exercise via Spotify:

• Best of Listeners' Choice: Japanese Song
• Best of Listeners' Choice: International Song

The winners for the inaugural edition of MAJ will be announced over two days i.e. during the premiere ceremony on 21 May and the grand ceremony on 22 May, both held at Rohm Theater in Kyoto.

* Note that the announcement website provides links to various streaming/download portals to listen to the winning songs.

* The delayed-live stream of the grand ceremony can be viewed here.

Here are the winners announced during the premiere ceremony:

Best Japanese Song: "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts

Best J-Rock Song: "SPECIALZ" by King Gnu

Best Japanese Hip Hop / Rap Song: "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts

Best Japanese R&B / Contemporary Song: "Automatic" by Utada Hikaru

Best Japanese Dance Pop Song: "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts

Best Japanese Alternative Song: "more than words" by Hitsujibungaku

Best Japanese Singer-Songwriter Song: "Kaiju no Hanauta" by Vaundy

Best Idol Culture Song: "Watashi no ichiban kawaii tokoro" by FRUITS ZIPPER

Best Anime Song: "Idol" by YOASOBI

Best Enka / Kayokyoku: "Kurenai no chou" by Yamauchi Keisuke

Best Revival Hit Song: "Peppermint Blue" by Ohtaki Eiichi

Best Cross-Border Collaboration Song: "Feelin' Go(o)d" by Fujii Kaze / A.G. Cook

Best Instrumental Song: "aruarian dance" by Nujabes

Best Vocaloid Culture Song: "Senbonzakura" by Kurousa

Best Music Video: "Idol" by YOASOBI

Best Dance Performance: "Otonablue" by Atarashii Gakko!

Best Viral Song: "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts

Top Japanese Song in Asia: "Lemon" by Yonezu Kenshi

Top Japanese Song in Europe: "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts

Top Japanese Song in North America: "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts

Top Japanese Song in Latin America: "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts

Best International Pop Song in Japan: "APT." by ROSE & Bruno Mars

Best International Rock Song in Japan: "feelslikeimfallinginlove" by Coldplay

Best International Hip Hop / Rap Song in Japan: "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar

Best International R & B / Contemporary Song in Japan: "we can't be friends (wait for your love)" by Ariana Grande

Best International Alternative Song in Japan: "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" by Billie Eilish

Best K-pop Song in Japan: "Ditto" by NewJeans

Best Jazz Album: "Step Into Paradise - LIVE IN TOKYO -" by Yano Akiko x Hiromi

Best Classical Album: "Opus" by Sakamoto Ryuichi

Best Japanese Song Artist: Mrs. GREEN APPLE

Best J-Rock Artist: King Gnu

Best Japanese R & B / Contemporary Artist: Utada Hikaru

Best Japanese Dance Pop Artist: Atarashii Gakko!

Best Japanese Alternative Artist: Hitsujibungaku

Best Japanese Singer-Songwriter: Fujii Kaze

Largest Live Audience: WEST.

Best Radio-Break Song: "Ai ga issou mellow" by Rikon Densetsu

Best Dance / Electronic Song in association with JDDA: "Edison" by Suiyoubi no Campanella

Best DJ in association with JDDA: DJ Nobu

JASRAC Awards - Top 10 most heard/sung songs in Japan in 2024 + J-drama and J-movie theme song winners in past years

JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers) announced the winners for its JASRAC Awards which honours the most heard and sung songs for the year based on the amount of music copyright royalties paid to their creators. This award was first given out in 1982 and started off with just two winners per year i.e. the domestic and international categories before it changed to its current format of having the gold, silver and bronze awards for the domestic top 3 along with the International Award and Foreign Song Award in 1988 (for the year 1987).

Some interesting things to note:

- Only songs under JASRAC's management are eligible. As such, songs entrusted to other copyright management companies such as NexTone are not eligible for the award. In the event that the sub-copyrights are distributed to multiple companies, only the portion managed by JASRAC is considered to be eligible for consideration for this award.

NexTone holds its own NexTone Award which was first established in 2017. Due to the above condition, you will notice that the winners for both awards tend to be quite different especially if the copyright is managed exclusively on one side but not the other.

- The JASRAC data is compiled based on the following sources:

• Sales of physical media such as records and CDs
• Number of requests on cable broadcasts and request programs
• Use of the song in broadcasts such as TV and radio as well as in movies
• Sales of video software such as DVDs and Blu-ray discs
• Number of times the song is sung at karaoke
• Distribution of the song through channels such as online games, ringtones and music streaming/download portals
• Use of the song in pachinko machines

- Compared to other music awards, past winners tend to be songs that have been used as background music (accompaniments, soundtracks) for television anime and movies, or songs that have been used as commercial songs. This trend is especially evident in the International Award and Foreign Song Award, where all winning songs for the International Award since its inception in 1988 have been background music songs.

- In terms of the domestic gold award winners, most of them were enka songs which were heavily used in karaoke during the 1980s. The first time that a non-enka song won this award was in 1987 (for the year 1986).

- The International Award honours the domestic song which got the most copyright payments from overseas while the Foreign Song Award is for a non-Japanese work that earned the most royalties for the year.

- The record companies for the top 3 songs are also honoured for their role and efforts in popularizing the winning songs.

- In the 2025 edition for the year 2024, the gold award went to YOASOBI's Idol which is written by Ayase. Note that the song also won the same award last year.

And here is the top 10 ranking for 2024:

Gold Award: Idol - YOASOBI

Silver Award: Bling-Bang-Bang-Born - Creepy Nuts

Bronze Award: Shou - Ado

No.4: Kawa no nagare no you ni - Misora Hibari

No.5: Tensai Bakabon - Idol Four

No.6: Toshishita no otokonoko - Candies

No.7: M.LEAGUE Koushiki Anthem - Kawase Mikihiko & Sato Yoko

No.8: ONE PIECE BGM

No.9: Genki wo dashite - Takeuchi Mariya

No.10: SPECIALZ by King Gnu

International Award: ONE PIECE BGM

Foreign Song Award: SOUL BOSSA NOVA - Quincy Jones

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Since the 1990s, there have been quite a number of drama theme songs/tie-ups honoured in the JASRAC Awards so just to highlight some of them (drama title in brackets and the years are based on the time they were released) below:

1991

Gold Award: Love story wa totsuzen - Oda Kazumasa (Tokyo Love Story)

1992

Gold Award: SAY YES - Chage & Aska (101 kaime no proposal)

Bronze Award: Kimi ga iru dake de - Kome Kome Club (Sugao no mama de)

1993

Silver Award: Manatsu no yo no yume - Matsutoya Yumi (Dare nimo ienai)

1994

Gold Award: survival dAnce ~ no no cry more ~ - trf (17-sai - at seventeen)

1995

Silver Award: CRAZY GONNA CRAZY - trf (Gaman dekinai!)

1997

Gold Award: CAN YOU CELEBRATE? - Amuro Namie (Virgin Road)

Silver Award: FACE - globe (Kanojotachi no kekkon)

Bronze Award: HOWEVER - Glay (Ryakudatsu Ai Abunai Onna)

1998

Gold Award: Time goes by - Every Little Thing (Amai Kekkon)

2000

Silver Award: SEASONS - Hamasaki Ayumi (Tenkiyoho no koibito)

2001

Gold Award: EVERYTHING - MISIA (Yamato Nadeshiko)

Silver Award: Can You Keep A Secret? - Utada Hikaru (HERO)

Bronze Award: Lion Heart - SMAP (Food Fight)

2003

Gold Award: Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana - SMAP (Boku no ikiru michi)

2004

Gold Award: Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana - SMAP (Boku no ikiru michi)

2005

Gold Award: Hana by ORANGE RANGE (Movie - Ima, ai ni yukimasu)

Bronze Award: Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana - SMAP (Boku no ikiru michi)

2006

Silver Award: Sakura - Kobukuro (Ns' Aoi)

Bronze Award: Konayuki - Remioromen (1 litre no namida)

2007

Gold Award: Flavor of Life - Utada Hikaru (Hana Yori Dango 2)

2008

Bronze Award: Kiseki - GReeeeN (ROOKIES)

2009

Gold Award: Kiseki - GReeeeN (ROOKIES)

2013

Bronze Award: Time goes by - Every Little Thing (Amai Kekkon)

2015

Silver Award: Ito - Nakajima Miyuki (Seija no koshin / Rikou / movie - Ito)

2016

Gold Award: Nakajima Miyuki (Seija no koshin / Rikuou / movie - Ito)

2017

Gold Award: Koi - Hoshino Gen (Nigeru wa haji daga, yaku ni tatsu)

2019

Gold Award: Lemon - Yonezu Kenshi (Unnatural)

Bronze Award: Nakajima Miyuki (Seija no koshin / Rikuou / movie - Ito)

2020

Silver Award: Pretender - Official Hige Dandism (Confidence Man JP)

Bronze Award: Lemon - Yonezu Kenshi (Unnatural)

From the list, you can observe the following trends:

- The number of drama/movie theme songs which won awards was evidently much higher in the 90s and early 2000s which somehow coincides with the waning influence and popularity of TV dramas and their theme songs in the past decade or so, considering that no drama theme song won an award in the past 4 years.

- The anime theme songs are the ones which have been hogging this award for the past few years, thanks to the popularity of blockbuster anime titles like "Kimetsu no Yaiba", "NARUTO", "ONE PIECE" and "Oshi no ko".

- There were some songs which were long-running hits as they either won awards in multiple/consecutive years, were used in multiple works and/or resurfaced years later from their first release. Examples include Every Little Thing's "Time goes by", SMAP's "Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana", GReeeeN's "Kiseki", Yonezu Kenshi's "Lemon" and Nakajima Miyuki's "Ito".

I will post about the NexTone Awards another day which will offer a different perspective of what was popular in the past decade. See you then!

Top 20 FujiTV drama theme songs as chosen by 10,000 people

FujiTV's variety programme "Kono sekai wa 1derful" aired a top 20 ranking of FujiTV drama theme songs as chosen by 10,000 people on 17 April 2025. 

• The dramas' titles are reflected within the brackets. 
• The links lead to music videos or live performances of the theme songs.
• The years when the dramas were aired are reflected at the end of each line.

What is clear from this ranking:

• FujiTV's golden age for its dramas were indeed the 90s - the top 10 were all from this era.
• The most "recent" entry in this ranking was already 3 years ago.
• Seems like the dramas from the past 2 years haven't left as much of an impact on viewers unlike some from decades ago which are still remembered fondly.

Are your favourites in this list? 

1) "Love Story wa totsuzen ni" by Oda Kazumasa (Tokyo Love Story) - 1991

2) "SAY YES" by Chage & Aska (101 kaime no proposal) - 1991

3) "Ima sugu Kiss Me" by LINDBERG (Sekai de ichiban kimi ga suki) - 1990

4) "Kimi ga iru dake de" by Kome Kome Club (Sugao no mama de) - 1992

5) "Makenaide" by ZARD (Shiratori Reiko de gozaimasu!) - 1993

6) "Sekaijuu no dare yori kitto" by Nakayama Miho & WANDS (Dare ka ga kanojo wo aishiteru) - 1992

7) "La La La Love Song" by Kubota Toshinobu with Naomi Campbell (Long Vacation) - 1996

8) "YAH YAH YAH" by Chage Aska (Furikaereba yatsu ga iru) - 1993

9) "Kanashimi wa yuki no you ni" by Hamada Shogo (Ai to iu na no moto ni) - 1992

10) "Saboten no hana" by Zaitsu Kazuo (Hitotsu yane no shita) - 1993

11) "Sora mo toberu hazu" by Spitz (Hakusen Nagashi) - 1996

12) "HANABI" by Mr.Children (Code Blue) - 2008

13) "Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana" by SMAP (Boku no ikiru michi) - 2003

14) "TRUE LOVE" by Fujii Fumiya (Asunaro Hakusho) - 1993

15) "Gin no ryu no se ni notte" by Nakajima Miyuki (Dr. Kotoo shinryoujou) - 2003

16) "Everything" by MISIA (Yamato Nadeshiko) - 2000

17) "Subtitle" by Official Hige Dandism (silent) - 2022

18) "Tomorrow never knows" by Mr.Children (Wakamono no subete) - 1994

19) "Love Somebody" by Oda Yuji (Odoru Daisousasen) - 1997

20) "Poison" by Sorimachi Takashi (GTO) - 1998

"KING OF SING" Top 20 singers with the best singing abilities rankings as voted by vocalists (2025)

TBS music program "KING OF SING" released its rankings of top singers with the best singing abilities as voted by 122 vocalists during its broadcast on 20 February 2025. There were two rankings in terms of age groups i.e. 30s and below and 40s and above. 

Check out the lists below to see if your favourites have been included in this ranking!

Top 20 singers in their 30s and below

1) Oomori Motoki (Mrs. GREEN APPLE)

2) Ado

3) Iguchi Satoru (King Gnu)

4) Yamazaki Ikusaburo

5) Ikuta Rira

6) Fujihara Satoshi (Official Hige Dandism)

7) Yonezu Kenshi

8) Takahata Mitsuki

9) Taka (ONE OK ROCK)

10) Shimizu Miisha

11) Fujii Kaze

12) May J.

13) LiSA

14) Ayaka

15) Miura Daichi

16) Kamishiraishi Mone

17) Shirota Yu

18) Nagaya Haruko (Ryokuoushoku Shakai)

19) Aimyon

20) Ikuta Erika

Top 20 singers in their 40s and above

1) MISIA

2) Tamaki Koji

3) Niizuma Seiko

4) Oda Kazumasa

5) Utada Hikaru

6) Shimazu Aya

7) Yoshida Miwa (DREAMS COME TRUE)

8) Fuse Akira

9) Nakajima Miyuki

10) Inaba Koshi (B'z)

11) Superfly

12) Kubota Toshinobu

13) Hirahara Ayaka

14) Yamadera Koichi

15) Kuwata Keisuke (Southern All Stars)

16) Hirose Koumi

17) Hikawa Kiyoshi

18) Hirai Ken

19) Matsu Takako

20) Ishikawa Sayuri

Top 10 bestselling music artists in 2024 (Oricon)

As seen from the rankings below, it seems like physical music media still accounts for the bulk of sales for music artists in Japan even though digital releases and online streaming are increasingly becoming the preferred medium for music releases by some artists and consumers who do not or buy less physical music media. There are also clear distinctions between the top 10 rankings for both types of media with idol groups featuring more prominently in the physical music media top 10 while bands and solo singers seem to be doing better in terms of digital media. 

However, other than this being solely due to music preferences by consumers of both types of media, one important thing to keep in mind is which medium the artists choose to release their works through. For example, STARTO Entertainment's artists tend not to release their new music on digital platforms except when it comes to releasing them on streaming portals but that's largely restricted to older works. And not every group in their agency makes their music available online so fans can only get their hands on these works through buying CDs and DVDs. On the other hand, some artists choose to release their music exclusively on or largely in digital media formats so that's why they aren't seen in the physical media top 10. Yonezu Kenshi is probably one of the few who is an "all-rounder" to manage both realms equally well because about 56% of his sales come from physical media while the remaining is from digital media. Comparatively, Mrs.GREEN APPLE saw about 76% of their sales from the digital world so that's why they are overall No.2 but nowhere to be seen in the top 10 for physical media.

South Korean boybands seem to be doing really well too as seen from SEVENTEEN and Stray Kids outdoing every group from STARTO other than Snow Man and SixTONES. Looks like they are giving the local idol groups a serious run for their money while 2022's champion BTS is taking a break in the meantime due to military service. However, both groups are not appearing on the upcoming Kouhaku on NHK which is supposedly a reflection of who are popular in the past year - apparently not so for at least the last 2 decades, I think. The absence of female idol groups is also somewhat surprising even though groups like New Jeans and TWICE seem to be featured pretty frequently on TV and the Japanese media but they don't seem to be raking in the bucks through music releases. Maybe it's the concerts and their merchandise which are bringing in the dough rather than through music releases?

* Numbers in brackets indicate the estimated total sales figure in JPY:

Overall top 10 bestselling music artists in 2024

1) Snow Man (JPY 15.42 billion)

2) Mrs.GREEN APPLE (JPY 9.59 billion)

3) SixTONES (JPY 6.47 billion)

4) SEVENTEEN (JPY 6.38 billion)

5) Stray Kids (JPY 6.05 billion)

6) Yonezu Kenshi (JPY 5.84 billion)

7) Ado (JPY 4.61 billion)

8) YOASOBI (JPY 4.37 billion)

9) WEST. (JPY 4.28 billion)

10) INI (JPY 4.12 billion)

Top 10 bestselling artists in 2024 - music releases in physical formats

1) Snow Man (JPY 14.92 billion)

2) SixTONES (JPY 6.35 billion)

3) SEVENTEEN (JPY 5.2 billion)

4) Stray Kids (JPY 4.9 billion)

5) WEST. (JPY 4.28 billion)

6) Naniwa Danshi (JPY 3.79 billion)

7) INI (JPY 3.67 billion)

8) Nogizaka46 (JPY 3.41 billion)

9) Sakurazaka46 (JPY 3.37 billion)

10) Yonezu Kenshi (JPY 3.27 billion)

Top 10 bestselling music artists in 2024 - digital sales and streaming

1) Mrs.GREEN APPLE (JPY 7.3 billion)

2) back number (JPY 3.68 billion)

3) YOASOBI (JPY 3.61 billion)

4) Vaundy (JPY 3.23 billion)

5) Official Hige Dandism (JPY 2.89 billion)

6) Ado (JPY 2.87 billion)

7) Yonezu Kenshi (JPY 2.57 billion)

8) Creepy Nuts (JPY 2.36 billion)

9) King Gnu (JPY 2.29 billion)

10) Aimyon (JPY 2.09 billion)

Top 10 bestselling artists in 2022 - Overall sales (Oricon)

Here is the list of the top 10 bestselling artists in 2022 based on overall sales as tabulated by Oricon. Numbers in brackets indicate the total sales figures in Japanese yen:

1) BTS (12,522,100,000)

2) Snow Man (12,203,400,000)

3) King & Prince (8,612,500,000)

4) SixTONES (7,352,100,000)

5) Nogizaka 46 (7,280,300,000)

6) Naniwa Danshi (7,016,900,000)

7) Ado (5,511,600,000)

8) ARASHI (5,449,200,000)

9) SEVENTEEN (4,961,500,000)

10) Official Hige Dandism (3,783,700,000)

Top 10 bestselling artists in 2022 - Physical sales (Oricon)

Here is the list of the top 10 bestselling artists in 2022 for the physical sales category as tabulated by Oricon. Numbers in brackets indicate the total sales figures in Japanese yen:

1) Snow Man (11,864,000,000)

2) BTS (8,663,400,000)

3) King & Prince (8,417,500,000)

4) SixTONES (7,211,800,000)

5) Naniwa Danshi (6,830,400,000)

6) Nogizaka 46 (6,702,600,000)

7) ARASHI (4,674,600,000)

8) SEVENTEEN (4,126,200,000)

9) Johnny's WEST (3,696,500,000)

10) Kanjani 8 (2,779,600,000)

Top 10 bestselling artists in 2022 - Digital sales (Oricon)

Here is the list of the top 10 bestselling artists in 2022 for the digital sales category as tabulated by Oricon. Numbers in brackets indicate the total sales figures in Japanese yen:

1)  BTS (3,858,700,000)

2) Ado (3,783,000,000)

3) Official Hige Dandism (3,231,700,000)

4) YOASOBI (3,147,300,000)

5) Yuri (2,649,600,000)

6) King Gnu (2,315,600,000)

7) Vaundy (2,231,100,000)

8) back number (2,208,500,000)

9) Aimyon (2,033,400,000)

10) Saucy Dog (1,935,500,000)

Top 10 bestselling music Blu-ray & DVDs in 2022 (Oricon)

Here are the top 10 bestselling music Blu-ray & DVDs in 2022 as tabulated by Oricon. Numbers in the brackets indicate the number of copies sold:

1) This is ARASHI LIVE 2020.12.31 - ARASHI (738,748)

2) Snow Man LIVE TOUR 2021 Mania - Snow Man (569,646)

3) Johnny's Festival ~ Thank you 2021 Hello 2022 ~ - Various Artists (390,595)

4) King & Prince CONCERT TOUR 2021 ~ Re:Sense ~ - King & Prince (387,916)

5) Naniwa Danshi First Arena Tour 2021 # Naniwa Danshi shika katan - Naniwa Danshi (344,039)

6) Feel da CITY - SixTones (302,673)

7) BTS 2021 MUSTER SOWOOZOO - BTS (191,850)

8) KANJANI'S RE:LIVE 8BEAT - Kanjani 8 (166,670)

9) Johnny's WEST LIVE TOUR 2022 Mixed Juice - Johnny's West (163,971)

10) KANJANI 8 STADIUM LIVE 18-sai - Kanjani 8 (157,785)

Top 10 most streamed songs in 2022 (Oricon)

Here are the top 10 most streamed songs in 2022 as tabulated by Oricon. Numbers in the brackets indicate the number of times the song was streamed online:

1) W/X/Y - Tani Yuuki (315,459,618)

2) BETELGEUSE - Yuri (273,338,024)

3) Cinderella Boy - Saucy Dog (273,279,917)

4) Mixed Nuts - Official Hige Dandism (260,522,754)

5) Zankyosanka - Aimer (257,856,685)

6) Shinjidai (Uta from ONE PIECE FILM RED) - Ado (256,429,590)

7) Nandemo nai yo - Macaroni Enpitsu (240,557,593)

8) Habit - SEKAI NO OWARI (220,978,269)

9) Suiheisen - back number (216,100,924)

10) Dry Flower - Yuri (206,142,867)

Top 10 most downloaded digital albums in 2022 (Oricon)

Here are the top 10 most downloaded digital albums in 2022 as tabulated by Oricon. Numbers in the brackets indicate the number of downloads:

1) Uta no uta ONE PIECE FILM RED - Ado (108,337)

2) Kyougen - Ado (44,935)

3) THE BOOK 2 - YOASOBI (34,981)

4) BAD Mode - Utada Hikaru (34,929)

5) Ichi - Yuri (25,382)

6) LOVE ALL SERVE ALL - Fujii Kaze (24,464)

7) Proof - BTS (21,704)

8) Yumin banzai! ~ Matsutoya Yumi 50 shunen kinen best album ~ - Matsutoya Yumi (18,995)

9) THE BOOK - YOASOBI (18,940)

10) Top Gun Maverick Original Soundtrack (18,018)

Top 10 most downloaded digital singles in 2022 (Oricon)

Here are the top 10 most downloaded digital singles in 2022 as tabulated by Oricon. Numbers in the brackets indicate the number of downloads:

1) Zankyosanka - Aimer (408,183)

2) Mixed Nuts - Official Hige Dandism (304,404)

3) Shinjidai (Uta from ONE PIECE FILM RED) - Ado (300,173)

4) KICK BACK - Yonezu Kenshi (204,986)

5) Sakayume - King Gnu (202,658)

6) Subtitle - Official Hige Dandism (198,365)

7) Shukufuku - YOASOBI (191,770)

8) Ichizu - King Gnu (181,751)

9) M87 - Yonezu Kenshi (176,559)

10) Chameleon - King Gnu (173,797)

Top 10 bestselling albums in 2022 (Oricon)

Here are the top 10 bestselling albums in 2022 as tabulated by Oricon. Numbers in the brackets indicate the number of copies sold:

For the full list, please refer here.

1) Snow Labo. S2 - Snow Man (986,018)

2) 1st Love - Naniwa Danshi (850,968)

3) SEVENTEEN JAPAN 1ST EP [DREAM] - SEVENTEEN (668,457)

4) Proof - BTS (600,691)

5) CITY - SixTONES (578,731)

6) Made in - King & Prince (564,523)

7) SEVENTEEN 4th ALBUM [FACE THE SUN] - SEVENTEEN (510,743)

8) Yumin Banzai! ~ Matsutoya Yumi 50 shuunen kinen best album - Matsutoya Yumi (381,399)

9) Time flies - Nogizaka 46 (353,944)

10) Uta no uta ONE PIECE FILM RED - Ado (317,513)

Top 10 bestselling singles in 2022 (Oricon)

Here are the top 10 bestselling singles in 2022 as tabulated by Oricon. Numbers in the brackets indicate the number of copies sold:

For the full list, please refer here.

1) Tsukiyomi / Irodori - King & Prince (1,075,311)

2) Orange Kiss - Snow Man (935,050)

3) Brother Beat - Snow Man (888,974)

4) Suki to iu no wa rock daze! - Nogizaka 46 (678,197)

5) Koko niwa nai mono - Nogizaka 46 (653,998)

6) I (CALL 119/WE ARE) - INI (649,606)

7) The Answer / Sachiare - Naniwa Danshi (637,809)

8) Actually... - Nogizaka 46 (587,172)

9) TraceTrace - King & Prince (570,320)

10) Happy Surprise - Naniwa Danshi (552,394)

Billboard Japan's Top 20 artists in 2022

For the top 100 list, please refer to here.

Note that the ranking is based on the total score derived from physical CD sales, downloads, streaming portals, radio plays on all AM/FM stations nationwide, CD plays on computers, tweets, YouTube views and karaoke requests. You can see the artists' positions for each category here.

In addition, please note that as some artists release their music exclusively on physical CDs or online via streaming and downloading portals, there are dashes reflected in the categories where the artists' music are not available in. For example, Snow Man and King & Prince who are from Johnny's Jimusho do not have their songs available online for streaming or download, have dashes in these two categories

1) Ado

2) YOASOBI

3) Official Hige Dandism

4) Yuri

5) BTS

6) King Gnu

7) Vaundy

8) back number

9) Aimyon

10) Saucy Dog

11) Mrs.GREEN APPLE

12) Snow Man

13) Yonezu Kenshi

14) Aimer

15) TWICE

16) Macaroni Enpitsu

17) Fujii Kaze

18) SEVENTEEN

19) Tani Yuuki

20) King & Prince

Billboard Japan's Top 10 most downloaded songs in 2022

For the top 100 list, please refer to here.

Here are the top 10 most downloaded songs in 2022:

1) Zankyosanka - Aimer

2) Mixed Nuts - Official Hige Dandism

3) Shinjidai (Uta from ONE PIECE FILM RED) - Ado

4) Ichizu - King Gnu

5) Sakayume - King Gnu

6) KICK BACK - Yonezu Kenshi

7) M Hachijuunana - Yonezu Kenshi

8) Chameleon - King Gnu

9) Shukufuku - YOASOBI

10) Subtitle - Official Hige Dandism

Billboard Japan's Top 10 most-streamed songs in 2022

For the top 100 list, please refer to here.

Here are the top 10 most-streamed songs in 2022:

1) W / X / Y - Tani Yuuki

2) BETELGEUSE - Yuri

3) Cinderella Boy - Saucy Dog

4) Nandemo nai yo, - Macaroni Enpitsu

5) Zankyosanka - Aimer

6) Dried Flower - Yuri

7) Suiheisen - back number

8) Mixed Nuts - Official Hige Dandism

9) Shinjidai (Uta from ONE PIECE FILM RED) - Ado

10) Ichizu - King Gnu

Billboard Japan's Top 10 bestselling albums in 2022

For the top 100 list, please refer to here.

Here are the top 10 bestselling albums in 2022:

1) Snow Labo. S2 - Snow Man

2) 1st Love - Naniwa Danshi

3) DREAM - SEVENTEEN

4) CITY - SixTONES

5) Made in - King & Prince

6) Face the Sun - SEVENTEEN

7) Proof (Compact Edition) - BTS

8) Time flies - Nogizaka 46

9) Yuumin bansai! ~ Matsutoya Yumi 50 shuunen kinen best album ~ - Matsutoya Yumi

10) KIZUNA - JO1

Billboard Japan's Top 10 bestselling singles in 2022

For the top 100 list, please refer to here.

Here are the top 10 bestselling singles according to Billboard Japan's 2022 Year-End Charts:

1) Orange Kiss - Snow Man

2) Brother Beat - Snow Man

3) Secret Touch - Snow Man

4) Suki to iu no wa rokku daze! - Nogizaka 46

5) I - INI

6) M - INI

7) Actually... - Nogizaka 46

8) Tsukiyomi / Irodori - King & Prince

9) MIDNIGHT SUN - JO1

10) The Answer / Sachiare - Naniwa Danshi