A comprehensive weekly chart will be created, listing the top 300 entries from those songs that ranked in either the Billboard JAPAN Hot 100's six metrics (radio airplay, CD sales, downloads, streaming, music video views, and karaoke) or the Top User Generated Songs chart.
Then, the year will be divided into six 2-month periods. For each period, the above-mentioned comprehensive weekly charts will be used to determine the top 100 songs for each period.
Finally, the selected 100 songs from below six periods will be ranked based on total points in and a year-end original chart will be created.
For the songs that ranked in multiple periods, its highest ranking will be considered, After removing the duplicates, all remaining songs on this year-end original chart will be considered entries.

・All of the Japan-based Voting Members must vote
・Voting Members must select between 2 to 5 entries from the submitted works
*Self-selection is allowed; multiple votes on one selection are not allowed

・All Japan-based and overseas Voting Members must vote (Overseas Voting Members will only vote in the final round)
・Voting Members will be able to rank up to three works from the nominated works (1st place 4 points, 2nd place 2 points, 3rd place 1 point).
*Each Voting Member may choose how many places to vote for
*Self-selection is allowed; multiple votes on one selection are not allowed
*For artists with multiple entered songs, only the highest ranked song will be considered, therefore five songs from five distinct artists will become finalists

Artists and those involved in the songwriting, composition, and arrangement of the work, such as producers, recording engineers, mixing engineers, mastering engineers, instrumentalists, directors, managers, and A&R employees

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