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… ...

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 ...

Remember 'PPAP', the song which blew up the Internet in 2016? Well, Piko Taro, the Japanese comedian behind the song, is back with another viral hit (well, it's actually more of a re-imagining of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 patterns, ...

MANILA, Philippines – As the Philippine National Police (PNP) elevated its anti-drug campaign, its mascot PO1 Bato or “Tsip Bato,” recently covered the viral Japanese song Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen ...

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 ...