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Billboard Japan is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine Billboard. 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, and manages, among others, the website www.billboard-japan.com and several "Billboard Live"-branded music clubs located in the country.

In February 2008, Hanshin Contents Link, under licence from Billboard, launched the Billboard Japan Hot 100 music chart. As of 2016, the list of charts compiled by Billboard Japan also included an albums chart named Billboard Japan Hot Albums, sales-only-based charts Top Singles Sales, Top Albums Sales, Top Jazz Albums Sales, and Top Classical Albums Sales, a radio-airplay chart named Radio Songs, an animation music chart named Hot Animation, and a chart for foreign songs named Hot Overseas.

Since 2010, 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

Artists

Music Labo

Music Labo (Japanese: ミュージック・ラボ) was a music magazine in Japan, published from 1970 to 1994. Billboard Publications bought 45% of that business to create Billboard Japan/Music Labo in 1971. Music Labo published a number of record charts including the "Hot 150", the "Hot 100", and the "Hot 50". The Music Labo charts were used for the "Japan" section of "Hits of the World" in Billboard. There were Billboard and Music Labo Awards at the Tokyo Music Festival.

See also

• Billboard Japan Hot 100
• Billboard Japan Music Awards

References

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2. "Hanshin Contents Link, the operator of Billboard Japan":
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14. ^ "ビルボード・ジャパン、2020年12月2日発表分より5つの新チャートを発表". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). December 2, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
15. "Billboard JAPAN、新チャート"ニコニコ VOCALOID SONGS TOP20"をスタート". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
16. "【ビルボード】"ニコニコ VOCALOID SONGS TOP20"、約3か月ぶりに再開 再開後初の首位は吉田夜世「オーバーライド」が獲得". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). September 11, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
17. ^ "ビルボードジャパンが始める新たなグローバル・チャートとは？". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). September 14, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
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21. "ビルボード・ジャパン、12/26より"Hot Albums"チャートの算出方法を変更". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). December 19, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
22. "新チャート"Hot Albums" 第1回を制したのはSuperfly『WHITE』！ μ'sは惜しくも2位に" [Superfly's White appears at #1 on the new "Hot Albums" Charts, followed by μ's at #2]. Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
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27. Billboard. 1 February 1975. p 72.
28. See, for example, Billboard, 5 February 1994, p 42; and 13 November 1971, p 64.
29. "First Tokyo Music Festival". Billboard. 3 June 1972. pp 46 & 47.

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