Billboard Japan
{{short description|Japanese edition of the Billboard magazine}}
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Billboard Japan is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine Billboard.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6406322/billboard-japan-chart-redesign-music-awards-2014-voting|title=Billboard Japan Unveils Chart Redesign, Opens Voting for Artist of the Year Ahead of Music Awards 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=15 December 2014}} 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,"Hanshin Contents Link, the operator of Billboard Japan":
{{cite magazine|title=Billboard 8 January – 26 March 2011|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D0b70DQT1HkC&q=%22Hanshin+Contents+Link,+the+op+erator+of+Billboard+Japan%22&pg=RA9-PA4|date=8 January – 26 March 2011|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=9–|issn=0006-2510}}
{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1179121/billboard-japan-music-awards-name-exile-artist-of-the-year|title=Billboard Japan Music Awards Name Exile Artist of The Year|magazine=Billboard|date=1 March 2011|access-date=15 April 2016|archive-date=19 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819142733/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1179121/billboard-japan-music-awards-name-exile-artist-of-the-year|url-status=dead}}
{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1178782/crisis-management-music-biz-offers-support-to-japan-after-quake|title=Crisis Management: Music Biz Offers Support to Japan after Quake|magazine=Billboard|date=28 March 2011|access-date=15 April 2016|archive-date=16 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116155909/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1178782/crisis-management-music-biz-offers-support-to-japan-after-quake|url-status=dead}}
{{cite magazine|title=Billboard 8 January – 26 March 2011|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D0b70DQT1HkC&pg=RA5-PA53|date=8 January – 26 March 2011|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=5|issn=0006-2510}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1350338/billboard-live-venues-to-roll-out-in-japan|title='Billboard Live' Venues To Roll Out In Japan|magazine=Billboard|date=14 September 2006|access-date=11 April 2016|archive-date=7 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707135749/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1350338/billboard-live-venues-to-roll-out-in-japan|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|title=Billboard 18 August 2007|magazine = Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Q4EAAAAMBAJ&q=Hanshin+Contents+Link&pg=PA34|date=18 August 2007|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=34–|issn=0006-2510}}{{cite web|url=http://www.47news.jp/CN/200609/CN2006091401004831.html|title=阪神、ビルボードと提携 ライブハウスを来夏開業|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103135131/http://www.47news.jp/CN/200609/CN2006091401004831.html|date=14 September 2006|archive-date=3 November 2013|access-date=11 April 2016|language=ja}} and manages, among others, the website www.billboard-japan.com and several "Billboard Live"-branded music clubs located in the country.{{cite web|url=http://www.dmnews.com/multichannel-marketing/billboard-brings-music-to-japanese-ears/article/92891/|title=Billboard Brings Music to Japanese Ears|work=Direct Marketing News|date=4 October 2006|access-date=4 October 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624093636/http://www.dmnews.com/multichannel-marketing/billboard-brings-music-to-japanese-ears/article/92891/|archive-date=24 June 2016|url-status=dead}}
In February 2008, Hanshin Contents Link, under licence from Billboard, launched the Billboard Japan Hot 100 music chart.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045309/billboard-japan-hot-100-finds-global-audience|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100 Finds Global Audience|magazine=Billboard|date=22 May 2008|access-date=11 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/culture/update/0228/OSK200802280089.html|title=日本版ビルボードチャート始まる オンエア数も加味|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302003756/http://www.asahi.com/culture/update/0228/OSK200802280089.html|archive-date=2 March 2008|access-date=11 April 2016|url-status=dead|language=ja}} As of 2025, the list of charts compiled by Billboard Japan also included an albums chart named Billboard Japan Hot Albums,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6583203/billboard-japan-hot-100-youtube-views-lyric-data|title=Billboard Japan Hot 100 Adds YouTube Views & Lyric Data to Chart Formula|magazine=Billboard|date=6 February 2016|author=Mariko Okada}} physical-sales-only-based charts Top Singles Sales and Top Albums Sales, download-only-based charts Download Songs and Download Albums, an animation music chart named Hot Animation, and a chart for foreign songs named Hot Overseas, etc.{{cite web |title=JAPAN Charts {{!}} Charts |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/ |website=Billboard Japan |access-date=January 7, 2025 |language=ja}}
From 2010 to 2016, Billboard Japan holds an annual awards ceremony called the Billboard Japan Music Awards, which honors domestic and international artists who achieved the best results on Billboard Japan{{'}}s music charts during the previous year.
Charts
=Singles and tracks=
=Albums=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Type ! scope="col" | Positions ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Description |
| scope="row" | Hot Albums
| style="text-align:center" | Physical sales + | style="text-align:center" | 100 |
|
|---|
| scope="row" | Top Albums Sales
| style="text-align:center" | Physical sales | style="text-align:center" | 100 |
|
| scope="row" | Download Albums
| style="text-align:center" | Digital sales | style="text-align:center" | 100 | |
=Artists=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Positions ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Description |
| scope="row" | Artist 100
| style="text-align:center" | 100 | |
|---|
| scope="row" | Hot 100 Lyricists
| style="text-align:center" | 100 | |
| scope="row" | Hot 100 Composers
| style="text-align:center" | 100 | |
''Music Labo''
{{see also|w:ja:ビルボード#日本におけるビルボード}}
{{nihongo|Music Labo|ミュージック・ラボ}} was a music magazine in Japan, published from 1970 to 1994.[https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000000036675 週刊ミュージック・ラボ]. National Diet Library. Billboard Publications bought 45% of that business to create Billboard Japan/Music Labo in 1971."BPI acquires 45% of Japanese Weekly". Billboard. 27 March 1971. [https://books.google.com/books?id=4AgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4 p 4]."Japan Paper, Billboard Tie". Billboard. 19 December 1970. pp [https://books.google.com/books?id=mSkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1 1] & 6. The magazine published a number of record charts including the "Hot 150", the "Hot 100","Toshiba-EMI, CBS/Sony & Disco Pace Japan Charts in 1976". Billboard. 29 January 1977. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7kQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT73 p 65]. and the "Hot 50".Billboard. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LPoiAQAAMAAJ 1 February 1975]. p 72. The Music Labo charts were used for the "Japan" section of "Hits of the World" in Billboard.See, for example, Billboard, 5 February 1994, [https://books.google.com/books?id=IwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42 p 42]; and 13 November 1971, [https://books.google.com/books?id=-Q8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA64 p 64]. There were Billboard and Music Labo Awards at the Tokyo Music Festival."First Tokyo Music Festival". Billboard. 3 June 1972. pp [https://books.google.com/books?id=8ycEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46 46] & 47.
See also
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- [http://www.billboard-japan.com Billboard Japan]{{in lang|ja}}
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