Most listened Japanese artists and songs on Spotify for the past 5 years

I used Google Translate, so forgive the mistakes.

The most played songs in Japan in the last 5 years

1. Run at night / YOASOBI

2. Pretender / Official Hige Dandism

3. Dynamite / BTS

4. Hakujitsu / King Gnu

5. Dried flower / Yuuri

6. 1.15 million kg film / Official Hige Dandism

7. I LOVE… / Official Hige Dandism

8. Marigold / Aimyon

9. Naked Heart / Aimyon

10. Fate / Official Hige Dandism

The most played artist in Japan in the last 5 years

1. BTS

2. Official Hige Dandism

3. Aimyon

4. YOASOBI

5. TWICE

6. ONE OK ROCK

7. Mrs. GREEN APPLE

8. King Gnu

9. back number

10. Arashi

The most played Japanese artist abroad in the last 5 years

1. ONE OK ROCK

2. RADWIMPS

3. LiSA

4. Hiroyuki Sawano

5. Linked Horizon

6. Kenshi Yonezu

7. Joe Hisaishi

8. Aimer

9. YOASOBI

10. Eve

The most played songs by Japanese artists abroad in the last 5 years

1. unravel / TK from Rin and Shigure

2. Tokyo Drift (Fast & Furious) – From “The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift” Soundtrack /

Teriyaki Boyz

3. Gurenge / LiSA

4. Silhouette / KANA-BOON

5. Blue Bird / Ikimonogakari

6. Kaikai Kitan / Eve

7. Peace Sign / Kenshi Yonezu

8. Racing into the Night / YOASOBI

9. Kyōran Hey Kids!! / THE ORAL CIGARETTES

10. crossing field / LiSA

Japan's most listened to Spotify official playlist in Japan in 5 years

1. Tokyo Super Hits!

2. Hot Hits Japan

3. Heisei Pop History

4. This Is Official Hige Dandism

5. Spotify Japan soaring chart

Japan's most listened to Spotify official playlist overseas in 5 years

1. Tokyo Super Hits!

2. Anime Now

3. Tokyo Rising

4. Big in Japan

5. aloe

Top songs playlist

Source: https://realsound.jp/2021/11/post-900207.html

As expected, Japanese songs are heavily carried by anime overseas. 8/10 of the most listened artists work with anime and 8/10 of the most listened songs are anime songs (+1 song from Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift). Anime Now is even the #2 playlist.

Official Hige Dandism with 4 songs in the top 10 and 10 in the top 100. Definitely the MVP.

Aimyon with 2 songs in the top 10 and 6 in the top 100.

Yoasobi with only 1 song in the top 10, but 8 in the top 100.

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How big is Spotify in Japan? The streams aren't impressive for a country with 125M people. UK gets more streams with way lesser population.

Not that big yet – Japan is behind on streaming. It accounted for only 17% of their music revenue in 2020. In the UK it was 66%. LINE Music is also bigger than Spotify Japan.

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Isn't LINE easy to manipulate by kpop fans? Shocking that japan still has so many people buying music in physical format and playing them.

Yes, LINE Music is flooded by Japanese K-pop fans.

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What about Apple music when compared to Spotify? Worse or better? Apple in general is a flop outside of USA.

No idea