LINE MUSIC fan rankings

LINE MUSIC’s current fan ranking puts Mrs. GREEN APPLE in first place and BTS in third, in a public tally tied to MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026. (music.line.me) On LINE MUSIC’s official ranking page, the weekly chart for April 5 to April 11 shows Mrs. GREEN APPLE with 22,102,310 points, Number_i with 15,827,959, and BTS with 14,972,113. The page says the ranking converts LINE MUSIC streams and Yahoo! JAPAN search activity into points. (music.line.me) LINE MUSIC says the counting period for this fan award began on March 2, 2026, and runs through May 31, 2026, with weekly updates posted around 11 a.m. on Thursdays. The final result is scheduled to be announced on June 13, 2026, at MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026 in Tokyo. (music.line.me) This is not the main artist prize at MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN. LINE MUSIC says the category is a newly created “Fandom Special Award” called “Best Fandom Artist powered by LINE MUSIC & Yahoo! Search,” and it measures fan action rather than a vote by industry jurors. (music.line.me) The main awards use a different system. MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN says its winners are chosen by more than 5,000 music professionals, while public participation is limited to selected categories. (musicawardsjapan.com ) The mechanics favor artists with organized digital fanbases in Japan, because only plays inside the LINE MUSIC app count and only searches through Yahoo! JAPAN channels count toward the score. LINE MUSIC also says full-song plays and setting an act as “My Oshi,” or favorite artist, can raise a user’s contribution. (music.line.me) That design helps explain why a Japanese pop-rock act and a Korean group can compete on the same chart. LINE MUSIC launched in Japan in June 2015, and LY Corporation now operates both LINE and Yahoo! JAPAN after a 2023 group reorganization. (linecorp.com) (lycorp.co.jp) Mrs. GREEN APPLE already entered the 2026 awards cycle with broad institutional recognition beyond the fandom chart. The band’s official site says it was selected in numerous MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026 categories, including Best Artist Award and the fandom special award. (mrsgreenapple.com) The ranking is still a moving target, with more than five weeks left before the May 31 cutoff. For now, the official page shows a contest shaped as much by repeat listening and search behavior as by the traditional awards-season question of who critics and industry voters prefer. (music.line.me)