J-pop boy band SixTONES's "NAVIGATOR" shoots to No. 1 on this week's Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated July 20 to 26, selling 652,277 copies in its first week.
The rising Johnny's group's second single leads physical sales, look-ups and Twitter mentions to rule this week's Japan song chart.
While initial sales of "NAVIGATOR" fell more than 120,000 copies short of the six-man band's Yoshiki-penned debut single, "Imitation Rain," which sold 776,836 copies in its first week, the new single is doing much better in radio airplay at No.
4 -- "Imitation Rain" bowed at No. 9 -- indicating that the group has gained wider recognition since its debut. Japanese star Haruma Miura passed away suddenly July 18 of an apparent suicide.
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