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Be First

The correct title of this article is Be:First. It appears incorrectly here due to technical restrictions.

Be:First (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese dance and vocal boy band formed and managed by BMSG and signed to B-ME, a joint record label with Avex.[1] The group was formed on August 13, 2021 and debuted on November 3, 2021, through the reality competition show The First, which is hosted by Sky-Hi.[2][3] The group consists of seven members: Sota, Shunto, Manato, Ryuhei, Junon, Ryoki, and Leo.

Be:First
Logo of Be:First
Logo of Be:First
Background information
OriginJapan
GenresJ-pop
Years active2021–present
Labels
  • BMSG
  • B-Me
Members
  • Sota
  • Shunto
  • Manato
  • Ryuhei
  • Junon
  • Ryoki
  • Leo
Websitebefirst.tokyo

The group are BMSG's first act, after Sky-Hi created the company feeling there were many problems in the Japanese music industry including talent having only a few places to show themselves in Japan, and instead would opt to go to Korean companies, hereby creating an outflow of Japanese talent to Korea.[4]

Name

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The group's name, Be:First, was chosen with the intention of "always aiming for the top", and Sky-Hi hopes that the group will "continue to respect and love the fact that others are number one at the same time as they continue to be number one themselves".[5] Their official fandom name is Besty (stylized in all caps), which was coined by combining the first and last two letters of the group's name to mean bestie (best friend).[6]

History

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2021: Formation and debut

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On April 2, the audition of The First (stylized in all caps) started airing on Nippon Television Network's information program Sukkiri and online streaming service Hulu.[7] On August 13, the group name and members were announced on the last episode of the audition program.[8] On August 16, the group's digital pre-debut track, "Shining One", was released.[9]

On the Billboard Japan chart released on August 25, their digital pre-debut track, "Shining One", made its first appearance at number one on the Download Songs, number two on the Streaming Songs, and number two on the overall Japan Hot 100.[10] The song was also ranked number one on the Oricon Weekly Digital Single ranking on the same day, and ranked first on the Oricon Weekly Streaming ranking. Be:First became the second artists in history to achieve this double crown that the same work has reached number one in both the weekly digital single and streaming rankings simultaneously.[11]

Despite their pre-debut, Be:First performed on several TV programs, including NTV's Sukkiri (August 25) and Buzz Rhythm 02 (September 10), NHK's Shibuya no Oto (September 11), and TV Tokyo's Premiere Melodix! (September 11).[12][13][14][15] The group was also featured in the industry magazine Nikkei Entertainment.[16] Be:First appeared on September 18 as the opening act at SuperSonic 2021, a music festival held as an alternative event to Summer Sonic Festival, and gave their first performance in front of an audience.[17]

On 3rd November, they made their major debut with the release of their first single "Gifted", which topped the Billboard Japan Hot 100. Within a week of the release, it had more than 14 million streams, the third-highest number of weekly streams in Oricon history behind BTS and LiSA.[citation needed]

2022–present: Be:1

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Be:First collaborated with Jonas Blue to release the Japanese version of "Don't Wake Me Up" on July 13, 2022.[18] The group released their debut studio album Be:1 (stylized in all caps) on August 31, preceded by their first two singles, "Gifted.", and "Bye-Good-Bye".[19] The album topped the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart.[20] Be:1 was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for having sold over 100,000 copies,[21] with them later embarking on their first national tour, Be:First 1st One Man Tour "Be:1" 2022–2023

They released a number of charting songs in 2022 and 2023, including the number-one songs "Bye-Good-Bye", "Scream", "Boom Boom Back"[22] and "Mainstream".[23] Following the digital release of "Bye-Good-Bye", Be:First became the first artist in Oricon history to achieve number one rankings in both downloads and streams in same week for a single work three times – the previous two being "Shining One" and "Gifted".[24] In another achievement, with the release of "Scream" Be:First became the first artist to have five songs win two number-one Oricon digital-ranking titles for a single work within the same week.[25] With "Boom Boom Back", Be:First achieved their seventh number one on Oricon's Weekly Digital Song chart. The song also was number one on the Streaming chart giving them a digital "double crown", thus breaking their own record and making them artist with the most digital double crowns for a single work in history.[26] They continued break records when Mainstream topped both the Oricon Digital Song Ranking and Streaming Ranking bringing their total number of digital "double crowns" to seven, the most for any artist in Oricon history.[27]

They embarked on their Be:First Arena Tour 2023–2024 "Mainstream", their first national arena tour. It was held from November 1, 2023, through February 24, 2024, in nine cities with a total of 22 shows.[28] They further added four more shows for March and April, Be:First Live in Dome 2024 "Mainstream" – Masterplan, with two shows each at the Tokyo Dome and Kyocera Dome.[29]

Members

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  • Sota (島しま雄つよし 壮大そうだい, Shimao Sōta)
  • Shunto (久保くぼ 舜しゅん斗と, Kubo Shunto)
  • Manato (廣瀨ひろせ 真人まさと, Hirose Manato)
  • Ryuhei (黒田くろだ 竜平りゅうへい, Kuroda Ryūhei)
  • Junon (池亀いけがめ 樹いつき音おん, Ikegame Junon)
  • Ryoki (三さん山やま 凌しのげ輝てる, Miyama Ryōki)
  • Leo (上村うえむら 礼あや王おう, Kamimura Reo)

Discography

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected details, chart positions, sales and certifications
Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
JPN
[30] 		JPN
Cmb.
[31] 		JPN
Hot
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Be:1 1 1 1
2:Be
  • Released: August 26, 2024
  • Label: BMSG
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, CD+BD, DL, streaming
 1 1 1

Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released, certifications and album name
Title Year Peaks Sales Certifications Album
JPN
[37] 		JPN
Cmb.
[38] 		JPN
Hot
[39]
"Gifted." 2021 2 2 1
  • RIAJ:
Be:1
"Bye-Good-Bye" 2022 3 2 1
  • RIAJ:
"Smile Again" 2023 2 2 2 2:Be
"Salvia" 8 8 41 Non-album singles
"Mainstream" 2 2 1 2:Be
"Masterplan" 2024 2 2 1
  • RIAJ: Gold (phy.)[51]
"Hush-Hush"[52]
(with Ateez) 		— 6 1
"Royal"
(with Ateez) 		— — 22 Non-album single

Promotional singles

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List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released, certifications and album name
Title Year Peaks Certifications Album
JPN
Cmb.
[38] 		JPN
Hot
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"Shining One" 2021 3 2
  • RIAJ: Gold (st.)[53]
 Be:1
"Kick Start" 5 7 "Gifted."
"Brave Generation" 2022 7 6 Be:1
"Betrayal Game" 3 3
"Don't Wake Me Up"
(with Jonas Blue) 		26 16 Together
"Scream" 3 1 Be:1
"Boom Boom Back" 2023 2 1
  • RIAJ: Gold (st.)[54]
 2:Be
"Glorious" 10 7
"Set Sail" 2024 9 12 "Masterplan"
"Gifted" (orchestra version) 8 13 Non-album single
"Blissful" 2 1 2:Be

Other charted songs

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List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peaks Album
JPN
Hot
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"BF Is..." 2022 70 Be:1
"Great Mistakes" 2023 80 "Smile Again"

References

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  1. ^ "SKY-HI「才能さいのうを殺ころさない為ために。」新しん会社かいしゃBMSG設立せつりつ、Novel Coreが移籍いせきしてメジャーデビュー（コメントあり）". 音楽おんがくナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "BE:FIRST デビューシングル「Gifted.」リリース". befirst.tokyo (in Japanese). Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  3. ^ "SKY-HIプロデュース7人組にんぐみ「BE：FIRST」誕生たんじょう メンバーに覚悟かくごを問とう一幕ひとまくも【全員ぜんいんコメント】". 中日新聞ちゅうにちしんぶん (in Japanese). ORICON NEWS. August 13, 2021. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "SKY-HI、"奇跡きせきの同どう世代せだい"三さん代目だいめJSB・OMI（登坂とさか広ひろ臣しん）に"突発とっぱつ的てきな"提案ていあん 会場かいじょうの歓声かんせい止やまず＜イノフェス2023＞ - モデルプレス". モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース (in Japanese). October 3, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
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  7. ^ "SKY-HIによるボーイズグループ発掘はっくつオーディション 『THE FIRST』、『スッキリ』放送ほうそう同日どうじつにHuluにて完全かんぜん版ばん配信はいしん". Real Sound (in Japanese). April 2, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
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  9. ^ "SKY-HI主催しゅさいオーディションから生うまれたBE:FIRST、プレデビュー曲きょくMVのプレミア公開こうかい決定けってい" (in Japanese). Retrieved August 15, 2021.
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  11. ^ "SKY-HI主催しゅさいオーディションで誕生たんじょうのBE:FIRST、「Shining One」がデジタルランキング2冠かん【オリコンランキング】". ORICON MUSIC (in Japanese). Retrieved September 19, 2021.
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  15. ^ プレミアMelodiX! [@tx_melodix] (September 13, 2021). "本日ほんじつのラインナップ⇒ 【ゲスト】BE:FIRST、Panorama Panama Town、acane、甘党あまとう男子だんし" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "BE:FIRST 日本にっぽんの音楽おんがく界かいに"革命かくめい"を巻まき起おこす7人にん". 日経にっけいエンタテインメント！2021年ねん10月がつ号ごう (in Japanese). Tokyo: Nikkei Business Publications. September 3, 2021. pp. 112–127. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
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  18. ^ "ジョナス・ブルー×BE:FIRSTコラボ曲きょくリリース「新あたらしい『Don't Wake Me Up』を届とどけられたら」". Oricon (in Japanese). July 13, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  19. ^ "BE:FIRST、新しん録ろく「Be Free」8・1先行せんこう配信はいしん 初はつアルバム『BE:1』全曲ぜんきょくクレジット公開こうかい". Oricon (in Japanese). July 31, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
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  24. ^ "BE:FIRST、最新さいしん作さく「Bye-Good-Bye」で、史上しじょう初はつ通算つうさん3作さくの「同どう一いちアーティスト・作品さくひんの週間しゅうかんデジタルランキング2冠かん」【オリコンランキング】". ORICON NEWS. March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  25. ^ "BE:FIRST、通算つうさん5作さく目めの「デジタルランキング」2冠かん達成たっせい【オリコンランキング】". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  26. ^ "BE:FIRST「Boom Boom Back」が「デジタル2冠かん」達成たっせい【オリコンランキング】". Oricon News. February 22, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  27. ^ "BE:FIRST「Mainstream」、通算つうさん7作さく目めのデジタル2冠かん達成たっせい【オリコンランキング】". ORICON NEWS. September 20, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
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  39. ^ a b c Peaks on the Billboard Japan Hot 100:
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  45. ^ "Japanese single certifications – BE:FIRST – Smile Again" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved May 12, 2023. Select 2023年ねん4月がつ on the drop-down menu
  46. ^ "Japanese single streaming certifications – BE:FIRST – Smile Again" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved April 23, 2024. Select 2024年ねん3月がつ on the drop-down menu
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  50. ^ オリコン週間しゅうかん シングルランキング 2024年ねん04月がつ22日にち～2024年ねん04月がつ28日にち [Oricon Weekly Single Ranking April 22, 2024 – April 28, 2024] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  51. ^ "Japanese single certifications – BE:FIRST – Masterplan" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved May 10, 2024. Select 2024年ねん4月がつ on the drop-down menu
  52. ^ "BE:FIRST×ATEEZがコラボ BE:FIRST×ATEEZ「Hush-Hush」の配信はいしんリリース決定けってい". CDJournal (in Japanese). July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  53. ^ "Japanese single streaming certifications – BE:FIRST – Shining One" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved June 27, 2022. Select 2022年ねん5月がつ on the drop-down menu
  54. ^ "Japanese single streaming certifications – BE:FIRST – Boom Boom Back" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved October 26, 2023. Select 2023年ねん9月がつ on the drop-down menu
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