LINE MUSIC Announces Winners of "Best Fandom Artist Special Award" Selected Based on Music Playback and Yahoo! Search Trends

LINE MUSIC Corporation (hereinafter, LINE MUSIC) announced the winning artists of the newly established Fandom Special Award, "Best Fandom Artist powered by LINE MUSIC & Yahoo! Search," at "MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN," one of Japan's largest international music awards organized by the Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (hereinafter, CEIPA), where LINE MUSIC participated as a prize partner.

Today, at "MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026," currently being held at TOYOTA ARENA TOKYO and SGC Hall (TOKYO DREAM PARK) in Tokyo, the winning artists for the Fandom Special Award, "Best Fandom Artist powered by LINE MUSIC & Yahoo! Search," newly established by LINE MUSIC as a prize partner, were decided.

This award is a new initiative where each music fan's daily music activities of "listening and searching" directly contribute to an artist's recognition. Winners were selected by combining points calculated through a unique method based on song playback counts on the "LINE MUSIC" app and artist name search counts on "Yahoo! Search," identifying artists with the highest fan enthusiasm.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE was honored with the first place in the prestigious Fandom Special Award, "Best Fandom Artist powered by LINE MUSIC & Yahoo! Search."

Fandom Special Award: Mrs. GREEN APPLE Crowned First Recipient!

1st Place Mrs. GREEN APPLE (376,273,380 pt)

2nd Place Number_i (364,569,470 pt) 3rd Place Arashi (215,175,126 pt)

4th Place Snow Man (164,126,796 pt) 5th Place BTS (133,193,409 pt)

Overview of the Fandom Special Award "Best Fandom Artist powered by LINE MUSIC & Yahoo! Search"

Category: Fandom Category Award Title: Fandom Special Award "Best Fandom Artist powered by LINE MUSIC & Yahoo! Search" Aggregation Period: March 2, 2026 (Mon) 11:00 to May 31, 2026 (Sun) 23:59 Aggregation Method: Song playback counts on "LINE MUSIC app" and artist name search counts on "Yahoo! Search" Special Website: https://lin.ee/AhGTYZZ

About LINE MUSIC

"LINE MUSIC" is one of Japan's largest music streaming services, offering over 100 million songs across various genres, both Japanese and Western, available anytime, anywhere, according to the user's situation and mood. Beyond just "listening" to music, "LINE MUSIC" allows users to enjoy a complete music experience including "watching" music videos (MVs) and "singing" with karaoke features. Furthermore, through integration with "LINE," users can set their favorite songs as their LINE profile or in chat rooms, and in collaboration with LINE Stickers Premium, paying LINE MUSIC users can use eligible LINE stickers for free, delivering new music experiences unique to LINE.

Official Website: https://music.line.me/about/

About Yahoo! Search

"Yahoo! Search" aims to be a service that answers the "what users want to know" in Japan more comprehensively than anywhere else, providing a search experience specialized for Japan, including tourism, online shopping, and disaster information. It supports users' actions by developing functions that improve service convenience, starting with casual queries like trending news and recipe suggestions, translation, and also promoting the utilization of generative AI.