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… ...
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - November 01, 2016) - Global Sensation Pikotaro, a singer and songwriter from Chiba, Japan has taken the globe by storm with his infectious PPAP song. With his kinky ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pikotaro, the mastermind behind the viral smash-hit “PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen),” rang in the New Year with not one but two live performances of the track. “PPAP” went viral in September; it first ...
Comedian Pikotaro, whose "PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)" song has gone viral, disclosed in a recent news conference in Tokyo that the song's music video cost just 100,000 yen to make. Pikotaro speaks ...