Billboard Japan Releases Its 2026 Mid-Year Charts

Billboard Japan has released its 2026 mid-year charts! This chart covers the period from 11/24/25 to 5/24/26.

Yonezu Kenshi‘s “IRIS OUT” topped the Hot 100 singles chart.

BTS‘ “ARIRANG” topped the Hot Albums chart.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE topped the Top Artists chart for the third consecutive year.

Arashi‘s “Five” topped the Download Songs chart.

Ohmori Motoki‘s “OITOMA” topped the Download Albums chart.

Yonezu Kenshi’s “IRIS OUT” also topped the Streaming Songs chart.

Snow Man‘s “BANG!! / SAVE YOUR HEART / Odoroze!” topped the Top Single Sales chart.

BTS’ “ARIRANG” also topped the Top Album Sales chart.

Hot 100

1. Yonezu Kenshi – IRIS OUT
2. M!LK – Sukisugite Metsu!
3. Mrs. GREEN APPLE – lulu.
4. King Gnu – AIZO
5. HANA – Blue Jeans
6. M!LK – Bakuretsu Aishiteru
7. HANA – ROSE
8. AiNA THE END – Kakumei Dochu -On the Way-
9. Yonezu Kenshi x Utada Hikaru – JANE DOE
10. Snow Man – Charismax

Hot Albums

1. BTS – ARIRANG
2. HANA – HANA
3. King & Prince – STARRING
4. Number_i – No.II
5. Various Artists – Dear Jubilee -RADWIMPS TRIBUTE-
6. Various Artists – Cho Kaguya-hime!
7. XG – THE CORE – Kaku
8. Mrs. GREEN APPLE – ANTENNA
9. BE:FIRST – BE:ST
10. Fujii Kaze – Prema

Top Artists

1. Mrs. GREEN APPLE
2. HANA
3. back number
4. Yonezu Kenshi
5. M!LK
6. BTS
7. Chanmina
8. Official HIGE DANdism
9. Vaundy
10. Snow Man
11. Number_i
12. King Gnu
13. RADWIMPS
14. BE:FIRST
15. Sakanaction
16. Mr.Children
17. Fujii Kaze
18. King & Prince
19. Arashi
20. =LOVE

Chart breakdown

Download Songs

1. Arashi – Five: 162,788
2. Number_i – 3XL: 124,085
3. Snow Man – Odoroze!: 107,259
4. Yonezu Kenshi – IRIS OUT: 98,584
5. Snow Man – STARS: 96,715
6. King Gnu – AIZO: 89,949
7. Mrs. GREEN APPLE – lulu: 81,829
8. M!LK – Sukisugite Metsu!:64,392
9. Tamaki Koji – Fanfare: 61,380
10. Inaba Koshi – Touch: 58,290

Download Albums

1. Ohmori Motoki – OITOMA: 22,380
2. BTS – ARIRANG: 20,139
3. Mr.Children – Ubugoe: 15,162
4. Various Artists – Cho Kaguya-hime!: 13,725
5. HANA – HANA: 11,672
6. Mrs. GREEN APPLE – 10: 11,185
7. Travis Japan – ’S TRAVELERS: 10,813
8. Yorushika – Nininsho: 10,089
9. Number_i – DAiLY&LOVE: 8,832
10. Number_i – DAiLY&SUN: 7,291

Streaming Songs

1. Yonezu Kenshi – IRIS OUT: 251,567,795
2. M!LK – Sukisugite Metsu!: 174,285,537
3. Mrs. GREEN APPLE – Lilac: 165,152,466
4. HANA – Blue Jeans: 161,492,609
5. Mrs. GREEN APPLE – lulu: 149,615,141
6. HANA – ROSE: 148,377,400
7. King Gnu – AIZO: 133,780,775
8. Mrs. GREEN APPLE – Darling: 125,404,519
9. AiNA THE END – Kakumei Dochu -On the Way-: 118,899,226
10. Mrs. GREEN APPLE – Soranji: 117,387,701

Top Single Sales

1. Snow Man – BANG!! / SAVE YOUR HEART / Odoroze!: 987,006
2. Nogizaka46 – Biryani: 781,492
3. AKB48 – Nagori Zakura: 773,194
4. Naniwa Danshi – HARD WORK: 754,532
5. INI – PULSE: 737,877
6. Nogizaka46 – Saigo ni Kaidan wo Kakeagatta no wa Itsu da?: 733,654
7. M!LK – Bakuretsu Aishiteru / Sukisugite Metsu!: 713,189
8. Sakurazaka46 – The growing up train: 626,702
9. Hinatazaka46 – Cliffhanger: 614,277
10. Choutokkyuu – Gachi Muchu!: 590,774

Top Album Sales

1. BTS – ARIRANG: 706,961
2. &TEAM – We on Fire: 705,543
3. SixTONES – MILESixTONES -Best Tracks-: 656,234
4. ENHYPEN – THE SIN:VANISH: 388,914
5. Ae! group – Runway: 348,484
6. timelesz – MOMENTUM: 338,685
7. TOMORROW X TOGETHER – 7TH YEAR:A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns: 273,230
8. King & Prince – STARRING: 269,976
9. Nogizaka46 – My respect: 251,526
10. TWS – NO TRAGEDY: 248,771