With the second half of 2021 starting, billboard Japan announced the JAPAN HOT 100 hits for the year so far. Surprising no one, vocalist Yuuri’s hit song “Dry Flower” has taken the number one spot on the HOT 100 Songs, with female vocalist LiSA taking second with her tune “Homura”, and Korean boy group BTS’s “Dynamite” taking third. Something else of note is that duo YOASOBI has placed in the top 10 with “Yoru ni Kakeru”, “Kaibutsu”, and “Gunjou”.

For the HOT Albums, popular six-member Johnny’s boy group SixTONES has taken first with their album 1ST, with THE BOOK by YOASOBI taking second and SOUNDTRACKS by Mr. Children taking third. Also noteworthy, Johnny’s Entertainment artists take up four of the ten artists list with Hey! Say! JUMP, Johnny’s WEST, and Sexy Zone placing on the charts as well.

Lastly, for TOP Artist, if you’ve been following the ORICON CHARTS then it is no surprise that the duo YOASOBI took the number one spot with 13 songs charted in JAPAN HOT 100. Of these, nine songs were ranked within the 100th place and five songs within the 10th place, demonstrating the duo’s strength in the digital domain through avenues such as downloads and streaming.

We at OTY would like to congratulate all the artists for their successes over the past six months and hope that the remainder of the year will end strong with amazing works.