SB19's 'Gento' Tops LINE Music Japan's World Music Top 50

KEY POINTS
- SB19's "Gento" is continuously gaining success in Japan, among other countries
- "Crimzone" also made it to the top 50 songs listened to by Japanese fans
- SB19's pop, hip-hop track "Gento" was released in May
Filipino boy group SB19's hit song "Gento," which has been making waves and promoting Filipino pop music in different parts of the world, recently topped the World Music category of LINE Music Japan, the country's version of Spotify.
As of press time, SB19's "Gento" under the "PAGTATAG!" EP is still at No. 1, followed by City Girls' "Face Down," Celtic Woman's "You Raise Me Up," Hoàng Thùy Linh's "See Tình (Speed Up Version)" and Enya's "Only Time" at the second to fifth spots, respectively.
Meanwhile, "Gento" as a single is currently at the 15th spot. SB19's "Crimzone" also charted on the list at No. 37.
💥#GENTO and #CRIMZONE have reached new heights with their entry onto the World Music Top 50 chart on Line Music! This is a well-deserved recognition for SB19's incredible talent and dedication.❤️🔥👏
— US A'TIN 🇺🇸 OFFICIAL (@US_ATIN) September 27, 2023
Top 1 - GENTO from #PAGTATAG EP
# 15 - GENTO Single
# 37 - Crimzone from… pic.twitter.com/OdSg1UTXHo
LINE Music Japan reportedly has 58 million registered users, per A'TIN Global Society. "SB19 debuting at No. 1 under the World Music category is a BIG BREAK already!" the fanbase account tweeted.
"Almost 50% of the Japanese population of 125 million are listening to music through the LINE Music app in Japan. This is huge! Congratulations!" another fan claimed.
STRAIGHT DEBUT TO #1 in JAPAN 🇯🇵
— A'TIN GL✪BAL S✪CIETY ✵ (@ATINGlobalSoc) September 27, 2023
Line Music Japan has currently 58 million registered users. SB19 debuting at #1 under World Music category is a BIG BREAK already! @SB19Official #SB19#SB19GENTO #GENTO#PAGTATAG #SB19PAGTATAG pic.twitter.com/zMSfsLZkmD
Earlier this month, a Japanese translation of a snippet of "Gento's" lyrics went viral on TikTok. Japanese K-Pop fan account @momonaa.10 captioned it, "Why didn't I know such a good [Filipino song] until now? Too good!"
As of press time, the video has gotten even more viral. From 67,700 views on Sept. 11, the video has now amassed over 448,300 views on TikTok.
Japanese K-Pop fans thanked the uploader for allowing them to discover a new good song. Meanwhile, Filipino A'TIN – SB19 fans – thanked the uploader for introducing "Gento" to their Japanese followers.
@momonaa.10 何で今までこんな良いフィリピンドル知らなかったんだろ…😭良すぎる! GENTO-SB19- 日本語訳 #GENTO#SB19#日本語訳#歌詞動画#ゲント
♬ GENTO - SB19
Interestingly, Japanese pop groups and idols have joined the "Gento" fever as well.
J-Pop groups and idols, including &TEAM's K, Johnny's Jr.'s Kairi Kitano and Sora Ota, Bullet Train's Yuki, Ryugujo's Ito Keigo, MY0NE's Rikuto, TFN's Noa and Kio, INI's Kimura Masaya and Matsuda Jin, former "Boys Planet" contestant Kato Haru and Yogayonara!!!, among many others, uploaded their "Gento" dance challenge entries on TikTok.
"Gento," which was released in May, is a pop, hip-hop track recorded by Filipino boy band SB19 for its "PAGTATAG!" EP. The song, which talks about empowerment, was written by SB19's leader Pablo and co-produced by Joshua Daniel Nase and Simon Servida.
In the song, Pablo used gold mining and refining gold as a metaphor for achieving success.
Aside from Japan, "Gento" has also gained overwhelming success in China, South Korea and Malaysia, among many other countries outside the Philippines.
In an interview with the Philippine media outlet Inquirer, Pablo, Josh, Stell, Ken and Justin shared that "Gento's" popularity "feels like a dream."

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