LE SSERAFIM and ILLIT Just Went Platinum in Japan and the Streams Are Genuinely Unhinged
LE SSERAFIM's 'CRAZY' and ILLIT's 'Almond Chocolate' both blew past 100 million streams to snag RIAJ platinum. two HYBE girl groups, one very cooked Japanese streaming chart.
it's giving domination. the RIAJ — Japan's official music body, keeping receipts since forever — just handed out platinum certs, and two of them went to HYBE girlies: LE SSERAFIM's 'CRAZY' and ILLIT's 'Almond Chocolate.' both crossed 100 million streams in Japan. one hundred MILLION.
for context on how insane that is: RIAJ hands out silver at 30 million streams, gold at 50 million, and platinum at a cool 100 million. so these two didn't tiptoe over the line, they blew the door off it.
'CRAZY' has been a certified menace since 2024 and clearly refuses to stop charting, while ILLIT's 'Almond Chocolate' — a 2025 Japanese single, adorable name, deadly numbers — proved the rookies are not playing either.
Japan officially certified: both groups ate. no crumbs, only platinum plaques.
Reported by Soompi. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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RIIZE Rose All the Way to No. 1 on Oricon and the Pun Writes Itself
the group’s second EP ‘II’ hit the top of Oricon’s Weekly Album Ranking. rookies no more — these boys are charting like veterans.
RIIZE named the EP 'II' and then rose to no. 1, and we refuse to be mature about it. the second EP took the top of oricon's weekly album ranking, which is not a small room to be the loudest voice in.
the good part is HOW. 'II' entered that chart at no. 31 after its june release and then climbed for four straight weeks until it hit the top. that's not a launch-week spike, that's japan falling in love slowly and in public.
the rest of the receipts: over a million copies moved in four days, making it their fourth million-seller, no. 1 on itunes' top albums chart in six regions, and a platinum certification from QQ Music in china. six members, zero filler.
they'd already pulled an oricon no. 1 with 'RIIZING' back in 2024, so at this point it's a pattern and not a fluke. and they did this one while running the 'RIIZE Playing Game' fan meetups through fukuoka, tokyo and kobe, because rest was never on the itinerary.
BRIIZE, go scream. responsibly, but loudly.
Reported by Korea Herald. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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the man released a solo mini and immediately bodied every other soloist of the year. no notes, only screaming.
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