LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT Earn RIAJ Platinum Certifications in Japan
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.
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MONSTA X Win First Music Show Trophy for 'MAGIC'
eight years in and the performance is still sharper than your last situationship's excuses.
not MONSTA X reminding everyone that 'performance group' is a JOB TITLE they hold.
on the September 11 episode of 'Music Bank,' MONSTA X took their first music show win for 'MAGIC,' edging out 82MAJOR's 'Like Fire.' first win of the era, and the smiles said everything.
what makes a MONSTA X stage a MONSTA X stage is the DANCE — the heavy, in-sync, floor-eating choreo that made them legends. 'MAGIC' is built for exactly the kind of high-energy set that turns a room feral, which is to say: perfect random-play-dance bait for anyone brave enough to try that footwork in public.
veterans win. footwork wins. we love to see the aughts kids still bodying it. ✨
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the point dance is single-handedly running my life — and apparently the M Countdown voters too.
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