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It is extremely difficult for recording artists to top the charts in two countries, Japan and U.S. that have top 2 largest music markets in the world.(Billboard in the US and Oricon since 1967 and/or Billboard Japan since 2008, two major singles charts from Japan).
Since music consumption in Japan is highly domestic, it is rare that songs by oversea artists reach No.1 in Japanese charts.
On the other hand, as of 2024 only Japanese song that reached No.1 in U.S. is the "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto first released in 1961 in Japan before establishment of major singles charts in Japan.

List of artists who achieved number no.1 on Singles charts of Japan and U.S.

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No.1 on Billboard Hot 100 and Oricon Singles Chart
No.1 on Billboard 100 and Billboard Japan Hot 100
No.1 on Billboard 100, Oricon Singles Chart and Billboard Japan Hot 100
Year of achievement Artist Nationality First No.1 Song in U.S. First No.1 Song in Japan Ref.
1968 Simon & Garfunkel United StatesUnited States "The Sound of Silence" "The Sound of Silence" [1][2]
1971 Bee Gees United KingdomUnited Kingdom "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" "Massachusetts" [3][4]
1983 Irene Cara United StatesUnited States "Flashdance... What a Feeling" "Flashdance... What a Feeling" [5][6]
1995 Celine Dion CanadaCanada "The Power of Love" "To Love You More"
(with Kryzler & Company) 		[7][8]
1997 Elton John United KingdomUnited Kingdom "Crocodile Rock" "Candle in the Wind 1997" [9][10]
2008 Leona Lewis United KingdomUnited Kingdom "Bleeding Love" "Bleeding Love" [11][12]
2011 Lady Gaga United StatesUnited States "Just Dance"
(featuring Colby O'Donis) 		"Born This Way" [13][14]
2015 Afrojack NetherlandsNetherlands "Give Me Everything"
(Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer) 		"Summer Madness"
(Sandaime J Soul Brothers featuring Afrojack) 		[15][16][17][18]
2020 BTS South KoreaSouth Korea "Dynamite" "For You" [19][20]
2024 Bruno Mars United StatesUnited States "Nothin' on You"
(B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars) 		"Apt."
(with Rosé) 		[21][22]

Note: On Billboard Japan and Oricon official website, "Summer Madness" lacks description of "featuring Afrojack" in spite of Official Avex website includes him as featured Artist.[23] The Single released by same artists in 2019, "SCARLET" that reached No.1 on Billboad Japan Hot 100 was given the description of "feat.Afrojack" on the website.

Singles that reached number 1 in both Japan and the U.S.

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Number-one singles on Billboard Hot 100 and Oricon Singles Chart

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1968 - Simon & Garfunkel – "The Sound of Silence"[1][2]
1983 - Irene Cara – "Flashdance... What a Feeling"[5][6]
1997 - Elton John – "Candle in the Wind 1997"[9][10]

Number-one singles on Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Japan Hot 100

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2008 - Leona Lewis – "Bleeding Love"[11][12]
2011 - Lady Gaga" – "Born This Way"[13][14]
2021 - BTS – "Butter"[19][20]
2021 - BTS – "Permission to Dance"[19][20]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 - Simon & Garfunkel". Billboard Magazine. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26.
  2. ^ a b "サイモン&ガーファンクルのシングル売上TOP8作品". Oricon. Archived from the original on 2023-11-21. サウンド・オブ・サイレンス - 発売日 - 1968年06月15日 - 最高順位 - 1位 - 登場回数 - 59週
  3. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 - Bee Gees". Billboard Magazine.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "ビージーズのシングル売上TOP14作品". Oricon (in Japanese). マサチューセッツ - 最高順位 - 1位 - 登場回数 - 30週{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 - Irene Cara". Billboard Magazine.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b "アイリーン・キャラのシングル売上TOP2作品". Oricon (in Japanese). フラッシュダンス - 最高順位 - 1位 - 登場回数 - 34週{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 - Celine Dion". Billboard Magazine.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ セリーヌ・ディオンｗｉｔｈクライズラー＆カンパニーのシングル売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ a b "Elton John Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  10. ^ a b "エルトン・ジョンのシングル売上TOP5作品". Oricon (in Japanese). キャンドル・イン・ザ・ウインド～ダイアナ元英皇太子妃に捧ぐ - 最高順位 - 1位 - 登場回数 - 18週{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ a b "Leona Lewis". Billboard.
  12. ^ a b "レオナ・ルイス". Billboard Japan.
  13. ^ a b "Lady Gaga". Billboard.
  14. ^ a b "レディー・ガガ". Billboard Japan.
  15. ^ "Afrojack – Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  16. ^ "三代目 J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE". Billboard Japan.
  17. ^ "Summer Madness".
  18. ^ "三代目 J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBEのシングル売上TOP20作品". Oricon (in Japanese). Summer Madness - 最高順位 - 1位 - 登場回数 - 29週{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ a b c "BTS Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 5, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  20. ^ a b c "BTS Chart History: Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  21. ^ "Bruno Mars Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  22. ^ "Bruno Mars Chart History: Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2024.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ "Summer Madness". Avex (in Japanese). Summer Madness feat. Afrojack{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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