On this edition of 514, Ayumi Hamasaki drops an album bomb with several songs from her 1999 studio album LOVEppears appearing (some pun intended) on the chart for the first time. The highest of which is the 6th single released from the album, Appears, which positions itself at the top spot of the chart. It is the first ever song by a Japanese soloist to top the chart, as well as the 2nd biggest rise to #1 (10 positions, behind Monaleo's Beating Down Yo Block [24 positions]) and 2nd longest amount of time to reach the top spot (7th week, behind LOONA's Voice and Ariana Grande's POV [8th week]). The single knocks down Olivia Rodrigo's Good 4 U, which previously topped the chart for 3 consecutive weeks but this week slips to 2nd place.
Aespa and Willow ft. Travis Barker reach new heights with their songs Next Level and t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l reaching #3 and #4; this marks the first time Aespa has reached the top 3 and the first time either Willow or Travis Barker have reached the top 5 of 514. On the contrary, falling down in the top 10 are the City Girls' controversial Twerkulator, which previously peaked at #2 last week but now falls to #5, and Olivia Rodrigo's Traitor, which peaked at #5 last week but now drops to #8. Returning to the top 10 once again is IZ*ONE's Violeta, which also records the highest rise of the week, ascending 35 positions from #44 all the way up to #9. It quite literally trades places with Monaleo's Beating Down Yo Block, which suffers a major 35-positions drop from the top 10 and lands at #44, inverse to Violeta's movements this week.
A whopping 16 songs debut on the chart this week, the highest of which goes to Ayumi Hamasaki's Trauma, which premieres on 514 at #6. A large majority of these debuts are from Japanese artists, and while most are from Hamasaki, other J-pop icons like Namie Amuro, Koda Kumi, and virtual pop singer Hatsune Miku make their first ever appearances on 514 in this week's installment.
Two songs re-enter the chart this week: VanJess and Phony Ppl's Caught Up, and Janet Jackson's 1994 single Any Time, Any Place return to 514 at #31 and #41 respectively. The latter places just behind another Jam & Lewis production, Somewhat Loved, their new single which features vocals from Mariah Carey. The song debuts at #40 on the chart, with less than a day of tracking.
Debuts of the week:
- #6 Trauma - Ayumi Hamasaki
- #10 Whatever - Ayumi Hamasaki
- #15 Monochrome - Ayumi Hamasaki
- #17 End Roll - Ayumi Hamasaki
- #19 Too Late - Ayumi Hamasaki
- #20 Vogue - Ayumi Hamasaki
- #21 Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land - MARINA
- #26 TABOO - Koda Kumi
- #27 And Then - Ayumi Hamasaki
- #28 And Then We Kiss - Britney Spears
- #35 Kanariya - Ayumi Hamasaki
- #40 Somewhat Loved (There You Go Breakin' My Heart) - Jam & Lewis ft. Mariah Carey
- #42 B Who I Want 2 B - Namie Amuro ft. Hatsune Miku
- #45 Bliss - Mariah Carey
- #46 Boys & Girls - Ayumi Hamasaki
- #50 Go There With You - Victoria Monét
Re-entries of the week:
- #31 Caught Up - VanJess ft. Phony Ppl (peak: #6, weeks: 8)
- #41 Any Time, Any Place - Janet Jackson (peak: #30, weeks: 2)
- Number 1 Up by 10Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks7
- Number 2 Down by 1Peak1 (for 3 weeks)Weeks4
- Number 3 Up by 1Peak3Weeks4
- Number 4 Up by 4
t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l
WILLOW ft. featuring Travis Barker
From the album: lately I feel EVERYTHING
Peak4Weeks7 - Number 5 Down by 3Peak2Weeks3
- Number 6 DebutPeak6Weeks1
- Number 7Peak7Weeks2
- Number 8 Down by 3Peak5Weeks3
- Number 9 Up by 35Peak4Weeks10
- Number 10 DebutPeak10Weeks1
- Number 11 Down by 8Peak3Weeks3
- Number 12 Up by 20Peak12Weeks2
- Number 13 Down by 3Peak2Weeks17
- Number 14 Up by 14Peak14Weeks2
- Number 15 DebutPeak15Weeks1
- Number 16 Up by 5Peak4Weeks4
- Number 17 DebutPeak17Weeks1
- Number 18 Down by 1Peak17Weeks2
- Number 19 DebutPeak19Weeks1
- Number 20 DebutPeak20Weeks1
- Number 21 DebutPeak21Weeks1
- Number 22 Down by 2Peak20Weeks3
- Number 23 Up by 8Peak23Weeks2
- Number 24 Down by 1Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks9
- Number 25 Down by 10Peak13Weeks8
- Number 26 DebutPeak26Weeks1
- Number 27 DebutPeak27Weeks1
- Number 28 DebutPeak28Weeks1
- Number 29 Up by 18Peak13Weeks5
- Number 30 Down by 1Peak29Weeks3
- Number 31 Re-EntryPeak6Weeks8
- Number 32 Down by 26Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks10
- Number 33 Down by 11Peak14Weeks6
- Number 34 Down by 8Peak14Weeks14
- Number 35 DebutPeak35Weeks1
- Number 36 Down by 20Peak10Weeks5
- Number 37 Up by 2Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks20
- Number 38 Up by 4Peak17Weeks6
- Number 39 Down by 15Peak24Weeks2
- Number 40 Debut
Somewhat Loved (There You Go Breakin' My Heart)
Jam & Lewis ft. featuring Mariah Carey
From the album: Jam & Lewis, Vol. 1
Peak40Weeks1 - Number 41 Re-EntryPeak30Weeks2
- Number 42 DebutPeak42Weeks1
- Number 43 Up by 3Peak43Weeks2
- Number 44 Down by 35Peak1 (for 2 weeks)Weeks7
- Number 45 DebutPeak45Weeks1
- Number 46 DebutPeak46Weeks1
- Number 47 Up by 1
Bundles
Kayla Nicole ft. featuring Taylor Girlz
Peak47Weeks2 - Number 48 Down by 23Peak25Weeks2
- Number 49 Up by 1Peak10Weeks4
- Number 50 DebutPeak50Weeks1
- Number 12 DropoutPeak12Weeks2
- Number 13 DropoutPeak13Weeks2
- Number 14 DropoutPeak14Weeks1
- Number 18 DropoutPeak18Weeks11
- Number 19 DropoutPeak15Weeks2
- Number 27 DropoutPeak6Weeks3
- Number 30 DropoutPeak5Weeks5
- Number 33 DropoutPeak33Weeks1
- Number 34 DropoutPeak5Weeks9
- Number 35 DropoutPeak1 (for 8 weeks)Weeks33
- Number 36 DropoutPeak2Weeks5
- Number 37 DropoutPeak9Weeks2
- Number 38 DropoutPeak38Weeks1
- Number 40 DropoutPeak3Weeks9
- Number 41 DropoutPeak4Weeks9
- Number 43 DropoutPeak9Weeks8
- Number 45 DropoutPeak45Weeks1
- Number 49 DropoutPeak16Weeks7