List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2016 (Japan)
Chart history

List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2016 (Japan)

Section Title: Chart history
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Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.

January 4	"Christmas Song"	Back Number

January 11	"Torisetsu"	Kana Nishino

January 18	"Boymen Ninja"	Boys and Men

January 25	"Hane"	Koshi Inaba

February 1	"Hikari no Shizuku"	NEWS

February 8	"Ageha"	Generations from Exile Tribe

February 15	"Wanna be!"	Boys and Men

February 22	"Tragedy"	KAT-TUN

February 29	"Letters to Tomorrow"	Aoi Teshima

March 7	"Fukkatsu Love"	Arashi

March 14	"Unlock"	KAT-TUN

March 21	"Kimi wa Melody"	AKB48

March 28	"Gravity"	Kis-My-Ft2

April 4	"Harujion ga Sakukoro"	Nogizaka46

April 11	"Chicken Line"	SKE48

April 18	"Silent Majority"	Keyakizaka46

April 25	"74 Okubun no 1 no Kimi e"	HKT48

May 2	"Gyakuten Winner"	Johnny's West

May 9	"Amagami Hime"	NMB48

May 16	"Shouri no Hi made"	Sexy Zone

May 23	"Maji SUNSHINE"	Hey! Say! JUMP

May 30	"I Seek/Daylight"	Arashi

June 6	"Boku no Namae wo"	back number

June 13	"Tsubasa wa Iranai"	AKB48

June 20	"Beautiful World"	V6

June 27	"L.U.V"	BTOB

July 4	"Hi-Fi☆Days"	The Cinderella Project

July 11	"Namida"	Generations from Exile Tribe

July 18	"Tsumi to Natsu"	Kanjani Eight

July 25	"Koi wo Shiranai Kimi e"	NEWS

August 1	"Bara to Taiyo"	KinKi Kids

August 8	"Hadashi de Summer"	Nogizaka46

August 15	"Boku wa Inai"	NMB48

August 22	"Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai"	Keyakizaka46

August 29	"Kin no Ai, Gin no Ai"	SKE48

September 5	"Sha la la☆Summer Time"	Kis-My-Ft2

September 12	"Love Trip"	AKB48

September 19	"Saikō Kayo"	HKT48

September 26	"Power of the Paradise"	Arashi

October 3	"Zenzenzense"	Radwimps

October 10	"Dumb & Dumber"	iKon

October 17	"Another Starting Line"	Hi-Standard

October 24	"Koi"	Gen Hoshino

October 31

November 7	"Fantastic Time"	Hey! Say! JUMP

November 14	"PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)"	Pikotaro

November 21	"Sayonara no Imi"	Nogizaka46

November 28	"High Tension"	AKB48

December 5	"Koi"	Gen Hoshino

December 12	"Futari Saison"	Keyakizaka46

December 19	"Koi"	Gen Hoshino

December 26

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Chicken Line reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.

final_sentence: Chicken Line reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.