=LOVE Wins Best Girls Idol Culture Song Award at MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026

Av Sam 15 juni 2026 Oversatt fra engelsk

=LOVE's song "Tokubechu, Shite" won the Best Girls Idol Culture Song Award (Group/Solo) at the MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026 ceremony on June 13. The award is voted on by music industry professionals.

Producer Rino Sashihara commented on the win. "I understand this award is decided by votes from people in the music industry," she said. "As someone who has been in this business for a while, I feel it is an immense honor that a song I've been involved with has been evaluated in this way. Thank you to everyone who voted."

The song, released in February 2025, has surpassed 1.7 billion cumulative streams. It has also generated over 22 billion views in related content on TikTok.

The group's 20th single, "Gekiyaku Chudoku," released on April 1, 2026, topped both the Billboard Japan and Oricon weekly singles charts. It is the group's seventh single to achieve this double chart-topping feat, with shipments exceeding 500,000 copies.

=LOVE recently concluded their 8th Anniversary Premium Tour with a final performance at Yokohama Stadium on April 18-19, drawing approximately 70,000 attendees. The group is scheduled to perform at Tokyo's MUFG Stadium (National Stadium) on June 20-21 for a stadium live event expected to draw around 120,000 people over two days.