Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ

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HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP is a Japanese music variety show on Fuji Television hosted by comedy duo Downtown (ダウンタウン) which consists of Hitoshi Matsumoto (松本人志) and Masatoshi Hamada (浜田雅功). It is a very popular show with comical hosts who like to pick on their guests. An episode usually consists of live performances (of recently released songs) from popular artists, chat segments and other fun and games.

Many famous singers such as Ayumi Hamasaki, BoA, Utada Hikaru, and Namie Amuro have performed almost all of their singles on this show. Japanese rock artists such as X Japan, Nightmare, Gackt and L'Arc~en~Ciel have also been on the show performing their hit singles as well as playing games with the hosts.