The song Idol YOASOBI is the opening theme of the anime OSHI NO KO. The appeal of this song's melody and lyrics are extremely explosive, causing it to quickly climb major charts.
Remarkable achievements on the US Billboard chart
After the success of Yoru ni Kakeru 4 years ago, the group YOASOBI still has not had any work with similar explosive power. Even the group's member Ayase once intended to disband the group if Idol YOASOBI did not achieve success. Luckily, Idol even exceeded what the group expected.
After episode 1 of OSHI NO KO was broadcast, the opening song performed by YOASOBI immediately attracted attention. The work quickly climbed to the top of the Oricon Combined Singles Chart and Billboard Japan Hot 100. Not stopping there, Idol YOASOBI also stood firm for 21 consecutive weeks, breaking the previous longest record of 13 weeks of "Subtitle" - Official Hige Dandism.
Idol also became the song by a Japanese artist with the highest ranking on the US Billboard Global 200 chart (ranked 7th). Idol YOASOBI also ranked first on the Global Excl chart. US, this is also the first time Japan has achieved this achievement.
Idol YOASOBI won the Japan Gold Disc Award 2024
The song Idol is the fastest song to reach 500 million streams in 28 weeks in Japan. The song's MV also set a new record: it is the fastest MV by a Japanese artist to reach 100 million views. What a formidable achievement, isn't it? Idol won Best Animated Video and Song of the Year at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards Japan.
Thanks to the enthusiastic support of fans, Idol's indexes increased rapidly. Oricon and Billboard Japan ranked Idol YOASOBI as the best performing song of 2023 in Japan, in terms of both digital sales and cross-platform streaming metrics.
Idol YOASOBI won the Japan Gold Disc Award 2024
The idol of the group YOASOBI also excellently won the "Song of the year by streaming" award at the prestigious "The Japan Gold Disc Award 2024". The song also made its mark with 3 awards: "Song of the year by download", "Best 5 songs by streaming" and "Best 3 songs by download".
Idol YOASOBI is an extremely addictive song, Hobiverse is confident that you will be hooked the first time you hear it. Idol's victory also proves the great power of online music platforms in bringing songs into contact with fans. Please continue to support the band as well as other anime works to help the anime industry develop even more!
