Second in sales, second on radio — and first — TWS's 'SODA SODA'

In three lines

• TWS's 'SODA SODA' took number one on Billboard Japan's 'JAPAN Hot 100'.
• It's the August 12 edition, covering August 3 to 9.
• In the component metrics it was second in sales and second on radio, yet first on total points.

Yesterday's chart

Item	Detail
Chart	Billboard Japan 'JAPAN Hot 100'
Published	August 12 (tracking Aug 3–9)
Rank	No. 1 · 8,916 total points
No. 2	ME:I '花咲く道' 8,093 points
Components	Sales 2nd · Radio 2nd
CDs	307,037 (Billboard Japan tally)

Number one in its first week on the chart. It's the group's second 'JAPAN Hot 100' number one; the first was their Japanese debut single in June 2025.

How two seconds become one first

The component metrics are what stand out. Second in sales, second on radio, and first on the total.

A composite chart weights several metrics and adds them. So a song that ranks evenly high across metrics can beat one that dominates a single metric. That's how a song that is first in nothing can be first overall.

The structure also means fandom firepower alone can't carry it all the way. A fandom can push physical sales; it can't push radio. Placing second in both at once means placing high through two different routes.

A different result on Oricon

The same week, Oricon's weekly singles ranking had it second with 225,853 copies. First on Billboard Japan, second on Oricon.

The two charts count different things. Oricon's weekly singles chart centres on physical sales, while Billboard Japan's 'JAPAN Hot 100' adds streaming, radio and downloads to sales.

That's how one song can be first and second in the same week. It's also why the chart's name matters before its number does.

What this number doesn't say

225,000 in the first week is the group's best for a Japanese release, past their previous high.

First-week sales, though, are closer to a measure of fandom size at that moment. How far a song travelled shows up in whether it's still on the chart weeks later.

Japanese activity continues: 'Summer Sonic 2026' appearances on August 14 and 16, and Fukuoka shows from August 28 to 30.

That's the last of the numbers. Now, the music.