Sony Music Updates: News and More

≒JOY’s first single “Gyakuin Disco” debuted at number one on both the Oricon weekly singles rankings and the Billboard JAPAN Top Singles Sales, with first week sales exceeding 100,000 copies!

Let your voice and performance reach the world! SACRA MUSIC, a label that distributes music, mainly anime songs, not only in Japan but also to the world, is holding auditions for female vocalists, limited to those aged 20 and over!

Global boy band “NEXZ” to hold press conference and talk event announcing their Japanese debut!! “NEXZ × Spotify TALK EVENT” will be suddenly archived and available on YouTube for 2 weeks only!!

To celebrate the release of ≒JOY’s first single “Gymnasium Disco”, the band will be holding their first special release event at Stella Town Omiya!

To celebrate the anniversary of Uru’s debut, her three albums to date will be digitally released as a complete edition that includes both original songs and cover songs!

Mika Nakashima’s new song “UNFAIR”, written and composed by herself, has been chosen as the opening theme for the TRUMP TV anime series “Delico’s Nursery”!

TOOBOE x Mimicking Meta “Itai no Itai no Tonde ike” MV released! New A-photo and the third release of the joint tour are also revealed!

NEXZ will make their long-awaited Japan debut on Wednesday, August 21st with their first Japan EP, “Ride the Vibe (Japanese Ver.) / Keep on Moving”!!!

≒JOY Today, to commemorate the release of their first single “Gymnasium Disco”, they will be broadcasting a special live stream entitled “≒JOY 1st Single Release Commemorative Broadcast! ~Summer is Here! ≒JOY Hot Chi Chi Party~”!

≒JOY’s 1st single includes a new song, “Never Give Up! Live!” Music video now available! ≒JOY is always on your side! A gentle, supportive song to help you live without giving up!

Kujira has announced the release of a four-song EP. The song features GLIM SPANKY’s Matsuo Remi and Nakagawa Shinnosuke of 36km per hour.

≒JOY’s first single “Taiikukan Disco” debuted at number one on the Oricon daily single rankings!

ALI releases “MY LIFE. MY DESTINY” featuring Thai popular rapper LAZYLOXY! Marika Kai appears in the lyric video!

The PV for the TV anime “Senpai wa Otokonoko”, for which Kujira will be in charge of both the opening and ending songs, has been released, showing both songs for the first time! It has been revealed that the feat artist for the ending song is “Nishina”!

≒JOY’s 1st single, “Dreaming (Heart) Idol” new song music video released! Amano Kanoe takes the center position in this cute and sparkling idol song full of straightforward love!

KID PHENOMENON to appear at special event for TV anime “Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story”!

Global boy band “NEXZ” to perform at “Meiji Yasuda J.League World Challenge 2024 powered by docomo”!

≒JOY 6/13 (Thu) 19:00 ~ A live broadcast special to commemorate the release of the 1st single “Gymnasium Disco” “Near Joy 1st Single Release Commemorative Broadcast! ~ Summer is here! Near Joy Hot Party ~” will be broadcast!

TOOBOE releases new song “Itai no Itai no Tonde ike” digitally! In their joint live performance with Chevon, they will be performing covers of each other’s songs for this day only!

Global boy band “NEXZ” has been selected to appear on the cover of their first magazine, “NYLON JAPAN”, and will be making their first appearance wearing Louis Vuitton!

Global boy band “NEXZ” will hold their first showcase in Japan!! In August, they will be going on a homecoming tour of the members’ hometowns, and the official fan club is now accepting entries for the fastest advance ticket reservations!!

ClariS will hold the final performance of their first live tour in about four and a half years, “ClariS SPRING TOUR 2024 ~Tinctura~”, at TOKYO DOME CITY HALL!

Akase Akari is a popular TikToker with over 1.4 million followers. She will be holding a release event for her second single, “Itsuka Kanaeta Kutakute”!

The music video for Akase Akari, a popular TikToker with over 1.4 million followers,’s new song “Itsuka Kanaeta Kutakute” (theme song for the Saturday NTV drama “Hanasaki Mai ga Damattenai”) has surpassed 1 million views!

NEXZ, the first boy band from JYP in about six years since Stray Kids, has finally released “Ride the Vibe” with Japan-only bonuses!!

9Lana’s first EP “DOLL” was released today! All of the current 9Lana, who sings with different “voices”, is here.

“MAN WITH A MISSION” will be heading to UK & Europe following their North American tour!

NEXZ, the first boy band from JYP in about six years since Stray Kids, is doing great on the Korean Hanteo charts with their first Korean release, Ride the Vibe, which ranked 3rd weekly!

Comedian Matayoshi Naoki (Peace) will appear live as the first guest on Nippon Broadcasting System’s “Kitani Tatsuya’s All Night Nippon X (Cross).”

=LOVE will hold a special live concert to celebrate the release of their 16th single “Norotte Norotte” at the Matsushita IMP Hall in Osaka!!

NEXZ, JYP’s first boy band in about 6 years since Stray Kids, has reached number 1 in the daily charts on the Hanteo charts with their first Korean release, “Ride the Vibe”!!!

“MAN WITH A MISSION” will release the music video for “I’ll be there,” the theme song for the Thursday drama “Believe – A Bridge to You,” in commemoration of TV Asahi’s 65th anniversary, at 10pm today, May 23rd (Thurs)!!

KID PHENOMENON’s latest single “ONE DAY” has been selected as Nippon Kogakuin’s 2024 CM song!

Hitrie’s 10th anniversary debut double A-side single “On the Frontline / Senseless Wonder (ReREC)” details and artwork released!

Idol groups “=LOVE”, “≠ME” and “≒JOY” produced by Rino Sashihara. A joint concert “Ikonoijoy 2024” by three groups will be held on Saturday, September 28th!

Natori’s new single “Absolute Zero” is finally released today, May 22nd (Wednesday)! Announcing additional performances of 2nd ONE-MAN LIVE “Theatrical ~ Re-performance ~”!