# Billboard Japan

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 2025, the list of charts compiled by Billboard Japan also included an albums chart named Billboard Japan Hot Albums, 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.
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

| Title | Type | Positions | Description |
| Japan Hot 100 | Physical sales + digital sales + streaming + airplay + video playback + karaoke | 100 | Charts for comprehensive released songs First launched on March 3, 2008 |
| Hot Animation | Physical sales + digital sales + streaming + airplay + video playback + karaoke | 20 | Charts for anime and video game music songs First launched on December 1, 2010 |
| Hot Overseas | Physical sales + digital sales + streaming + airplay + video playback + karaoke | 20 | Charts for internationally released songs by Western artists First launched on December 9, 2013 |
| Top Singles Sales | Physical sales | 100 | Chart for top-selling physical singles sales One of the component charts of the Japan Hot 100 |
| Download Songs | Digital sales | 100 | Chart for top-selling digital song sales One of the component charts of the Japan Hot 100 Launched on October 9, 2017, after Radio Songs Chart became defunct |
| Streaming Songs | Streaming | 100 | Chart for top-streaming songs One of the component charts of the Japan Hot 100 Launched on October 9, 2017, after Radio Songs Chart became defunct |
| Top User Generated Songs | Video playback | 20 | Chart for top-user-generated views songs from YouTube views One of the component charts of the Japan Hot 100 Launched on December 7, 2020 |
| Heatseekers Songs | Digital sales + streaming + airplay + video playback | 20 | Chart for songs from new artists that have never attained the top 20 of the Japan Hot 100. Launched on December 7, 2020 |
| Niconico Vocaloid Songs Top 20 | Video views + video uploading + comments + likes | 20 | Chart for Vocaloid songs posted in video hosting service Niconico Launched on December 7, 2022 Discontinued between the week of June 12 and September 4, 2024, due to the cyberattack on Niconico. |
| Global Japan Songs Excl. Japan | Digital sales + streaming | 20 | Chart for Japanese comprehensive released songs from territories outside Japan Launched on September 14, 2023 |
| Japan Songs (South Korea) | Digital sales + streaming | 20 | Chart for Japanese comprehensive released songs from South Korea Launched on September 14, 2023 |
| Japan Songs (Singapore) | Digital sales + streaming | 20 | Chart for Japanese comprehensive released songs from Singapore Launched on September 14, 2023 |
| Japan Songs (India) | Digital sales + streaming | 20 | Chart for Japanese comprehensive released songs from India Launched on September 14, 2023 |
| Japan Songs (France) | Digital sales + streaming | 20 | Chart for Japanese comprehensive released songs from France Launched on September 14, 2023 |
| Japan Songs (UK) | Digital sales + streaming | 20 | Chart for Japanese comprehensive released songs from the United Kingdom Launched on September 14, 2023 |
| Japan Songs (Thailand) | Digital sales + streaming | 20 | Chart for Japanese comprehensive released songs from Thailand Launched on November 9, 2023 |
| Japan Songs (South Africa) | Digital sales + streaming | 20 | Chart for Japanese comprehensive released songs from South Africa Launched on November 9, 2023 |
| Japan Songs (US) | Digital sales + streaming | 20 | Chart for Japanese comprehensive released songs from the United States Launched on November 9, 2023 |
| Japan Songs (Brazil) | Digital sales + streaming | 20 | Chart for Japanese comprehensive released songs from Brazil Launched on November 9, 2023 |
| Hot Shot Song | Digital sales + streaming + video playback | 20 | Chart for the most increased songs in Japan from the previous week Launched on December 4, 2024 |
| Japan Songs (Taiwan) | Digital sales + streaming | 20 | Chart for Japanese comprehensive released songs from Taiwan Launched on December 5, 2024 |
| Japan Songs (Germany) | Digital sales + streaming | 20 | Chart for Japanese comprehensive released songs from Germany Launched on December 5, 2024 |

### Albums

| Title | Type | Positions | Description |
| Hot Albums | Physical sales + digital sales + streaming | 100 | Charts for comprehensive released albums (include extended plays) Launched on June 4, 2015, replaced from Top Albums |
| Top Albums Sales | Physical sales | 100 | Chart for top-selling physical album sales One of the component charts of the Hot Albums |
| Download Albums | Digital sales | 100 | Chart for top-selling digital album sales Launched on October 9, 2017 One of the component charts of the Hot Albums |

### Artists

| Title | Positions | Description |
| Artist 100 | 100 | Chart for the artists who earned points at Japan Hot 100 and Hot Albums Launched on December 7, 2020 |
| Hot 100 Lyricists | 100 | Chart for the lyricists who earned points at Japan Hot 100 Launched on December 7, 2020 |
| Hot 100 Composers | 100 | Chart for the composers who earned points at Japan Hot 100 Launched on December 7, 2020 |

## Music Labo

Music Labo (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. The magazine 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.