Tomonari Sora’s “Oni no Utage” has surpassed 100 million cumulative streaming plays on the Billboard JAPAN chart.
On the Streaming Songs chart, it debuted at 66th place on the chart released on February 28, 2024. It has been in the top 20 for nine consecutive weeks since the chart was released on March 27. The song has now surpassed 100 million views, marking its 30th week on the chart. This is also the first time that Tomonari Sora’s songs have exceeded 100 million cumulative views.
“Oni no Utage” is a song released by Tomonari Sora on January 10, 2024. The song sings about a strong obsession with “living,” and has attracted attention for its addictive melody and wordplay with outstanding word sense.
Since its release, it has reached number one on Spotify Japan’s Trending Chart, as well as making it into the top 10 of Spotify Japan’s Top 50 Viral Weekly Chart and Spotify’s daily ranking of the most played songs in Japan.
It also ranked first on Billboard JAPAN’s “Heatseekers Songs” for the first half of 2024, first in the “Recochoku First Half of 2024 Ranking” download new artist ranking, second in JOYSOUND Karaoke’s first half of 2024 overall ranking for “Songs Released in 2024,” and third in DAM’s First Half of 2024 Karaoke Ranking for “Songs Released in the First Half,” making it a hit song that dominated the top of the charts in the first half of the year among all the songs released this year.
“Oni no Utage” gradually became a hot topic on social media after Tomonari Sora posted a demo video on his account in November last year, and by the end of the year it had been viewed over 2.5 million times. Since its digital release, the song has received a lot of attention, with numerous cover songs and dance videos being posted on YouTube and TikTok, which has also been a major factor in its viral hit.
The lyric video, which was released on YouTube on the same day as the digital release, ranked third on YouTube’s weekly music video rankings and has now been viewed over 49 million times. The music video, which was released on March 1st, has also been viewed over 13 million times (as of September 18th).
“Oni no Utage” Lyric Video
In addition, the total number of views of social media-related content (streaming, YouTube, TikTok *including cover videos) has exceeded 1.3 billion, and the numbers are still growing.
Tomonari Sora’s song “Glare Girl,” released on May 15th, is also becoming a viral hit.
The song has been a hit on the USEN Weekly J-POP HIT rankings, Spotify Japan’s Trending Chart, and YouTube’s Weekly Music Video Rankings, and has been selected for J-WAVE’s “SONAR TRAX,” Space Shower TV’s “it!,” MTV’s “Buzz Clip,” and was also chosen as the Monthly Artist for “Buzz Tracker,” a program jointly run by TikTok and Spotify to support artists.
“Glare Girl” Lyric Video
They will be appearing at “MINAMI WHEEL 2024,” one of Japan’s largest live showcase festivals, hosted by FM802, on Sunday, October 13th, and at “Local Green Festival’24,” a festival for enjoying greenery and good music, on Sunday, November 17th, so be sure to check them out.
★Release info.
“Demon’s Feast”
2024.1.10 Digital Release
Download & Streaming:https://tomonarisora.lnk.to/oninoutage
Music Video:https://youtu.be/ljnQNn8We2U
Lyric Video:https://youtu.be/NFzyrPK9rtM
“Glare girl”
2024.5.15 Digital Release
Streaming & Download:https://tomonarisora.lnk.to/niramekko
Music Video:https://youtu.be/czzLsS0DNY8
Lyric Video:https://youtu.be/-oaddU3pPdA
★Live info.
FM802 MINAMI WHEEL 2024
Performance date: Sunday, October 13th
Location: Live houses around Shinsaibashi
https://minamiwheel.jp/
Local Green Festival’24
Performance date: Sunday, November 17th
Location: Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
https://localgreen.jp
★Official information.
Tomonari Sora is a new generation singer-songwriter born in 2002.
He appeared on the J-POP scene like a comet, and each song he releases has become a viral hit.
The catchy melodies, the humorous word sense that is mysterious and poisonous, and the expression of a Japanese worldview became a hot topic.
The song “Oni no Utage,” released in January 2024, dominated the top rankings in the first half of 2024.
“Glare Girl,” released in May of the same year, is currently a viral hit.
From an early age, he wanted to create a country.
He decided to create music, the most familiar world in which people could escape from this difficult world.
He has been self-taught in music production since he was in the fourth grade of elementary school. He is a multi-talented person who not only writes lyrics, composes music, and arranges songs, but also does all the illustrations and music videos himself.
WEBSITE:https://avex.jp/tomonarisora/
TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@tomonarisora
YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/TomonariSora
X (Twitter):https://twitter.com/TomonariSora
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/tomonarisora/