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FYOP<\/a><\/div>

On November 12, 2025, B’z released their twenty-third album, FYOP .<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Highway X<\/a><\/div>

On August 10, 2022, B’z released their twenty-second album, Highway X .<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Friends III<\/a><\/div>

Later, on December 8, they released their first mini-album in 25 years, Friends III .<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Kimi to Nara<\/a><\/div>

A new song was also released, titled “Kimi to Nara”.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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B’z catalog<\/a><\/div>

On May 21, 2021, the majority of the B’z catalog was made available on online music services, such as Spotify and Apple Music , worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Sexual Violet No. 1<\/a><\/div>

B’z covered “Sexual Violet No. 1” by Masahiro Kuwana for 2021’s Take Me to Kazemachi! , a tribute album to the song’s lyricist, Takashi Matsumoto .<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, B’z made their entire Live-Gym<\/a><\/div>

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, B’z made their entire Live-Gym catalog available to watch on YouTube for free, including their most recent one, “Whole Lotta New Love”, for a limited time .<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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On January 17, 2019, B’z was announced as the first, and so far only<\/a><\/div>

On January 17, 2019, B’z was announced as the first, and so far only, Japanese headliner for Japan’s Summer Sonic festival in its twenty-year history. The band previously played the festival in 2007, 2009, and with Aerosmith during a special event, dubbed “Aerosonic”, in 2013. On April 10, the band…
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In 2013, the group was the third highest-earning artist by total<\/a><\/div>

In 2013, the group was the third highest-earning artist by total sales revenue in Japan with \u00a55.379 billion. In 2015, they released their nineteenth studio album, Epic Day , as well the singles ” Uch\u014dten ” and ” Red “. In August 2017, the band released B’z Complete Single Box…
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In 2011, they came back as B’z with their forty-eighth single, “<\/a><\/div>

In 2011, they came back as B’z with their forty-eighth single, ” Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo “, which was written for and used as a commercial song for Pepsi NEX. They released their eighteenth studio album, C’mon , on July 27, 2011, which also featured their forty-ninth single,…
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