Kodoani.com – Oricon confirmed today that YOASOBI’s “Idol” track — the opening theme for the 2023 spring television anime Oshi no Ko — has surpassed 100 million streams in just five weeks since when it was released online on April 21. This is the fastest speed in Oricon’s history.
#YOASOBI has surpassed 100 million streaming views in the fastest idol history. This song, which was created as a result of a fateful encounter with a work called #Oshi no Ko, shows us a lot of new scenery. Thank you very much to all of you who have been involved and to all of you who are listening. Thank you, continue. https://t.co/VbnNNODwfT
— YOASOBI (@YOASOBI_staff) May 16, 2023
In its fifth week, the song recorded 25,632,534 weekly streams and peaked at #1 in Oricon’s latest weekly broadcast chart. The cumulative amount of steam has reached 107,713,480. This is YOASOBI’s 13th song to surpass 100 million streams and the two-member unit has become the artist with the most songs surpassing 100 million streams.
YOASOBI’s official Twitter wrote: “‘Idol’ has surpassed 100 million streams at the fastest speed in history. This song, created from a fateful encounter with Oshi no Ko, gave us I see many new images. Sincere thanks to all of you who participated and listened to this song. Thank you for your continued support.”
At the time of reporting, the music video for “Idol” had over 97.86 million views. It seems certain that this MV will also cross the 100 million mark in the next few days.
Theo: Kodoani.com
