Achievements

Where ZEN's music has travelled. Numbers from TuneCore Japan's milestones and charts, and from YouTube Studio, with the original screens shown below.

Heard in other people's videos

UGC means videos made by listeners and creators. These are plays of ZEN's pieces in user-generated and short videos, as counted by TuneCore (milestones reached in October and November 2026).

TuneCore certified milestone card: Drops of Sunlight by Zen Healing Japan, 20 million UGC and short-video plays
Drops of Sunlight: 20 million+ (TuneCore certified milestone)
TuneCore certified milestone card: A Gentle Song by Zen Healing Japan, 10 million UGC and short-video plays
A Gentle Song: 10 million+ (TuneCore certified milestone)

On the charts

New Age charts on iTunes Store and Apple Music, as recorded by TuneCore Japan.

  • Drops of Sunlight — No. 1 in Australia (July 2023) and Taiwan (March 2023); No. 2 in Japan (May 2024) and Vietnam (March 2025)
  • A Gentle Song — No. 1 in Kazakhstan (April 2020); No. 2 in Japan (May 2026)
  • The Summer I Met You — No. 1 in Thailand (June 2020)
  • Sakura Season — No. 1 in Kazakhstan (April 2020)
  • Piano Sketch (Wandering Japan) — No. 2 on the New Age Albums chart in Japan (June 2026) and Canada (February 2023); on Apple Music's New Age Albums chart in more than twenty countries, including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines
  • A Gentle Song is also on a Spotify study playlist in Turkey

Seven years of releases, and over 100 million views in 28 days

ZEN has been releasing piano music since 2019. Across the 28 days from 17 February to 16 March 2026, ZEN's music was viewed 101,474,091 times on YouTube, largely through its use in short videos. From 1 January to 6 November 2026 the total is 367,368,407 views. These figures are YouTube Studio's "Total reach": views of the official artist channel plus views of other channels' videos that use ZEN's music. The screens below are the original YouTube Studio reports.

YouTube Studio total reach for Zen Healing Japan, 17 February to 16 March 2026: 101,474,091 views
YouTube Studio, total reach by track, 17 Feb to 16 Mar 2026: 101,474,091 views
YouTube Studio total reach for Zen Healing Japan, 1 January to 6 November 2026: 367,368,407 views
YouTube Studio, total reach by track, 1 Jan to 6 Nov 2026: 367,368,407 views

Listen

Apple Music · Spotify · YouTube · TuneCore artist page · Albums

Milestones show thresholds reached, not exact totals. Figures are as reported by TuneCore Japan, YouTube Studio and the platforms.