As the 45-second-long novelty song enters at No. 77, it rewrites the mark for the shortest hit ever to make the chart. By Gary Trust He has a pen. He has an apple. Now he has a Billboard Hot 100 ...
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese comedian behind the viral hit “PPAP” is astonished by the global success of his “pen-pineapple-apple-pen” song. Dressed in his trademark yellow outfit with snake and leopard ...
At the end of August 2016, PIKOTARO uploaded a video called "PPAP (Pen-Pinapple-Apple-Pen)" on YouTube that instantly went viral and reached the Billboard Hot 100 (dated October 29), making him the… ...
Like it or loathe it: it’s damn difficult get away from the pineapples, apples and pens flooding the internet right now. That’s perhaps thanks to one Japanese singer-songwriter in particular, Pikotaro ...
Unh! Ever since the comical Pikotaro — who dons an iconic yellow outfit with a leopard-print scarf — came up with the catchy Pen Pineapple Apple Pen (PPAP) song, his popularity has skyrocketed. Apart ...
Pikotaro still can't believe it all. Two days before he sits down with The Japan Times, the performer saw that American DJ duo The Chainsmokers had changed their Twitter name to "Pineapple & Pen," a ...