The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week (for the upcoming Billboard Hot 100 dated Jan.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE dominates Billboard Japan’s mid-year domestic charts for 2025, rounding up the weeks from Nov. 25, 2024 through May 25, 2025. On the Japan Hot 100 song chart, the three-man band’s ...

Alternative Airplay has proven to be an area of dominance for Green Day. The band is tied with Red Hot Chili Peppers for the fourth-most Alternative Airplay entries of all time (37), and they also ...

Read the Billboard Japan 2025 year-end chart-topper interview. By Billboard Japan Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “Lilac,” released in April 2024, finishes atop Billboard Japan’s 2025 Year-End Japan Hot 100.

Billboard Japan unveiled its year-end charts for 2024, and Mrs. GREEN APPLE is Artist of the Year, based on the Artist 100 ranking compiled from results of both the Japan Hot 100 and Hot Albums charts ...

Fall's new shoes go graphic with just enough pop for pop stars and attention seekers alike Stars are feeling new kinds of blue this season, proving that denim and music go together like rock and roll ...

Motoki Omori, Hiloto Wakai & Ryoka Fujisawa chat with Billboard Japan to express their gratitude for reaching 10 billion streams. By Billboard Japan Earlier this July, Mrs. GREEN APPLE surpassed 10 ...