TOMORROW X TOGETHER and other artists will perform at the '2025 Annual Music Awards' on December 29, showcasing the year's most streamed songs.
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TOMORROW X TOGETHER, ILLIT, and CORTIS will appear on NTV's 'Announcement! The Most Listened to Song of the Year - Annual Music Awards 2025' broadcast from 5:30 PM on December 29. This is a music festival to conclude 2025 on NTV. Music listened to this year on streaming services will gather! Based on Spotify's streaming data, the 'most listened to song of the year' will be introduced. What were the most listened to songs and artists this year? A live performance by luxurious artists will be delivered in a 5 hour and 30 minute live broadcast from Hotel New Otani Makuhari, the longest in the program's history. This time, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, whose song released at the end of last year surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify as of September 7, making it their 17th song to achieve 100 million streams, has been confirmed to appear. Additionally, CORTIS, who debuted this August and surpassed 200 million streams on Spotify for their 1st EP, achieving the fastest cumulative play count among K-POP newcomers this year, will also perform. Furthermore, CUTIE STREET, whose debut song 'Is it not enough to be cute?' surpassed 200 million streams and has over 7 billion total views on TikTok, and XG, whose song released last year ranked 15th on Spotify's Viral Chart 'Viral 50' and charted in 34 countries including the USA, UK, Japan, and Korea, will also appear. LiSA, whose representative song 'Gurenge' surpassed 400 million cumulative streams in the latest 'Oricon Weekly Streaming Ranking' announced on October 22, and JO1, whose song 'BE CLASSIC' made it onto the Mediabase Top 100 Radio Airplay chart as the first Japanese artist, will also perform. Other artists who have been a hot topic this year, both domestically and internationally, such as AiScReam (Agnri Onishi, Wakana Okuma), ILLIT, Da-iCE, Chō Tokimeki♡Sendenbu, Daichi Miura, and ROIROM, will gather at Hotel New Otani Makuhari. Additionally, a one-night-only collaboration performance by Hikawa Kiyoshi with T. Komuro has been decided. Hikawa's song 'Party of Monsters,' released in June this year and produced by Komuro, will be performed for the first time on terrestrial broadcasting as 'Hikawa Kiyoshi with T. Komuro' at the Annual Music Awards stage. Furthermore, Tetsuya Komuro will participate in a live piano performance of TM NETWORK's classic song 'SEVEN DAYS WAR,' which Hikawa Kiyoshi will sing. Look forward to this special dream stage for one night only. Shizuka Kudo's singing has also been confirmed. Kudo will perform a special cover of the song that was most listened to on Spotify this year, written by Miyuki Nakajima, with whom she has collaborated on over 20 songs and shares deep respect. There will also be a collaborative performance by ORANGE RANGE, CUTIE STREET, and Chō Tokimeki♡Sendenbu, featuring a special medley of four songs including ORANGE RANGE's classic hits 'Locoroco' and 'Please! Senorita.' They will sing together with ORANGE RANGE and create a luxurious stage with original choreography. Enjoy this festival gathering luxurious artists suitable for the year-end. - Stray Kids & NEXZ confirmed to appear on NTV's 'Announcement! The Most Listened to Song of the Year' on December 29 - TREASURE confirmed to appear on NTV's 'Announcement! The Most Listened to Song of the Year' covering a BIGBANG song. ■ Program Overview 'Announcement! The Most Listened to Song of the Year - Annual Music Awards 2025' December 29 (Monday) 5:30 PM - 10:54 PM <MC> Jun Shison, Yuko Araki <Performing Artists> AiScReam (Agnri Onishi, Wakana Okuma), ILLIT, Ado, XG, ORANGE RANGE, CUTIE STREET, Shizuka Kudo, Creepy Nuts, Tetsuya Komuro, CORTIS, JO1, SKY-HI, STARGLOW, Stray Kids, Da-iCE, Chō Tokimeki♡Sendenbu, Chō Tokkyū, T.N.T, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Travis Japan, TREASURE, Kento Nakajima, Naniwa Danshi, Number_i, NEWS, NEXZ, HANA, BE:FIRST, Kiyoshi Hikawa, MAZZEL, Daichi Miura, LiSA, ROIROM ■ Related Links 'Announcement! The Most Listened to Song of the Year - Annual Music Awards 2025' Official Website ■ Program Overview 'Announcement! The Most Listened to Song of the Year - Annual Music Awards 2025' December 29 (Monday) 5:30 PM - 10:54 PM <MC> Jun Shison, Yuko Araki <Performing Artists> AiScReam (Agnri Onishi, Wakana Okuma), ILLIT, Ado, XG, ORANGE RANGE, CUTIE STREET, Shizuka Kudo, Creepy Nuts, Tetsuya Komuro, CORTIS, JO1, SKY-HI, STARGLOW, Stray Kids, Da-iCE, Chō Tokimeki♡Sendenbu, Chō Tokkyū, T.N.T, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Travis Japan, TREASURE, Kento Nakajima, Naniwa Danshi, Number_i, NEWS, NEXZ, HANA, BE:FIRST, Kiyoshi Hikawa, MAZZEL, Daichi Miura, LiSA, ROIROM ■ Related Links 'Announcement! The Most Listened to Song of the Year - Annual Music Awards 2025' Official Website.
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