- Namie Amuro discography
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Namie Amuro discography Releases ↙Studio albums 9 ↙Live albums 9 ↙Compilation albums 4 ↙Singles 36 ↙Video albums 3 ↙Music videos 57 The discography of Namie Amuro, contains 9 studio albums, 5 compilation albums, thirty-six singles, 3 video albums, 10 Live DVDs and 57 music videos. Amuro has also collaborated with Verbal of M-Flo and Ryōsuke Imai for her Suite Chic project.
Namie Amuro made her musical debut as the lead vocalist of Super Monkey's in 1992 under the label Toshiba EMI. In 1995 she released her first single as a solo artist, "Taiyou no Season", under the same label. That same year, she released her first studio album Dance Tracks Vol.1, which topped the Oricon weekly chart and charted for forty-four weeks and has sold over 2,000,000 copies.[1] Only nine days after its release, Amuro released "Body Feels Exit", her first single under her new label Avex Trax.[2]
In 1996 Amuro released her first album under Avex Trax titled Sweet 19 Blues, which reached #1 on the Oricon Album Chart with an amazing 1,921,850 copies sold opening week, selling over 4 millions units in Japan during its original chart run[34].
Her 1997 single "Can You Celebrate?" sold 2,750,220 making it Japan's best selling single by a solo female artist and was the best selling single of that year, the single followed by the highly successful album Concentration 20. Her first greatest hits album 181920 was released prior to her hiatus in 1998.
After a leave of absence, Namie returned to the music scene with the 2000 album "Genius 2000", but from then on she faced decreasing sales. Upon joining Suite Chic, Namie Amuro began transitioning from just a pop artist to also a R&B artist. This is evident with her 2003 album Style.
In 2005 she released her seventh solo album, Queen of Hip-Pop, topped the Oricon chart, and doubled the sale of her previous albums. It also topped the charts in Taiwan, this album is often regarded as her comeback in the music industry.
Her seventh studio album, Play (2007) debuted at the top of the charts outselling her previous album. It and was followed by "60s 70s 80s" (2008), Which got the #1 spot on the Oricon weekly and the monthly chart. On July 30, 2008, Amuro released her first greatest hits album, Best Fiction, since transitioning to R&B music. It spent six consecutive weeks at the number-one position on the Oricon weekly charts,[3] Selling over 1,840,088 copies and was elected as "the best album of the year" at the 50th Japan Record Awards.[4]
Contents
Studio albums
Year Information Japan
Weekly
Chart
[5]Taiwan
Albums
ChartSales (Japan) /
ShipmentsCertification 1995 Dance Tracks Vol.1 - Release: October 16, 1995
- Label: Toshiba-EMI
1 — 2,000,000 (RIAJ) 2× Million (JP)[6] 1996 Sweet 19 Blues - Release: July 22, 1996
- Label: Avex Trax
1 — 3,700,000[7] (RIAJ) 4,000,000 (Avex)[7]
3× Million (JP)[8] 1997 Concentration 20 - Release: July 24, 1997
- Label: Avex Trax
1 — 2,350,000[9] (RIAJ) 2× Million (JP)[10] 2000 Genius 2000 - Release: January 26, 2000
- Label: Avex Trax
1 — 802,740 (RIAJ) 1,000,000 (Avex)
3× Platinum Break the Rules - Release: December 20, 2000
- Label: Avex Trax
2 — 334,520 (RIAJ) Platinum 2003 Style - Release: December 10, 2003
- Label: Avex Trax
4 1 250,000 (RIAJ) Platinum[11] 2005 Queen of Hip-Pop - Release: July 13, 2005
- Label: Avex Trax
2 1 500,000 (RIAJ) 2× Platinum 2007 Play - Release: June 27, 2007
- Label: Avex Trax
1 1 541,000 (RIAJ) 2× Platinum 2009 Past < Future - Release: December 16, 2009
- Label: Avex Trax
1 1 600,000 (RIAJ) 2× Platinum Compilations
Year Information Weekly
Albums
Chart
[5]Sales (Japan) /
ShipmentsCertification 1996 Original Tracks Vol.1 - Release Date: September 30, 1996
- Released As Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's
- Label: Avex Trax
3 419,000 (RIAJ) 1998 181920 - Release Date: January 28, 1998
- Label: Avex Trax
- Singles: "Dreaming I was Dreaming"
1 2,000,000 (RIAJ) 2× Million (JP)[12] 2002 Love Enhanced Single Collection - Release Date: March 13, 2002
- Label: Avex Trax
- Singles: "Say the Word", "Lovin' It", "I Will"
3 315,000 (RIAJ) Platinum (JP) 2008 Best Fiction - Release Date: July 30, 2008
- Label: Avex Trax
- Singles: "60s 70s 80s"
1 1,850,000 (RIAJ) Million (JP)[13] 2011 Checkmate! - Release: April 27, 2011
- Label: Avex Trax
- Collaboration Album
1 500,000[14] (RIAJ) 2× Platinum Suite Chic albums
See also: Suite Chic#DiscographyYear Information Peak
positionSales
(Japan)2003 When Pop Hits the Fan - Released: February 26, 2003
4 200,000 When Pop Hits the Lab - Release Date: March 26, 2003
65 Album appearances
Release Artist Album Original Title 09/18/2003 Zeebra Tokyo's Finest "After Party" feat. 安室奈美恵 09/25/2003 Heartsdales Sugar Shine "Wet 'N Wild" feat. Suite Chic 03/29/2005 Jhett aka Yakko for Aquarius Jhett "Do or Die" feat. 安室奈美恵 02/15/2006 Zeebra The New Beginning "Do What U Gotta Do" feat. AI, 安室奈美恵, & Mummy-D 03/28/2007 M-flo Cosmicolor Luvotomy / m-flo loves 安室奈美恵 05/28/2008 Double The Best Collaboration Black Diamond / Double & 安室奈美恵 04/29/2009 Ravex Trax ROCK U feat. 安室奈美恵 12/01/2010 Ai The Last A.I. FAKE feat. 安室奈美恵 03/16/2011 Verbal Visionair BLACK OUT feat. Lil Wayne & Namie Amuro - Not listed are re-releases or special/limited editions. Information for such releases are available in the respective albums page.
Singles
Year Title Oricon singles sales chart peak positions and sales Album Daily
[citation needed]Weekly
[15]Monthly
[citation needed]Yearly
[citation needed]Debut
[16]Overall
[16]1995 "Taiyō no Season"[n 1] — 5 10 56 69,750 611,000 Dance Tracks Vol. 1 "Stop the Music"[n 1] — 4 8 65 174,020 528,000 "Body Feels Exit" 1 3 1 70 221,420 882,000 Sweet 19 Blues "Chase the Chance" 1 1 2 10 225,090 1,362,000 1996 "Don't Wanna Cry" 1 1 2 9 323,910 1,372,000 "You're My Sunshine" 1 1 3 13 434,230 1,099,000 "Sweet 19 Blues" (Re-cut single) 1 2 5 64 101,830 453,000 "A Walk in the Park" 1 1 3 13 233,460 1,067,000 Concentration 20 1997 "Can You Celebrate?" 1 1 1 1 828,480 2,296,000 "How to Be a Girl" 1 1 1 23 328,560 772,000 "Dreaming I Was Dreaming" 1 1 4 42 204,530 559,000 181920 "Can You Celebrate?" (Maxi Single) 1 1 3 54 280,060 452,000 Non-album single 1998 "I Have Never Seen" 1 1 2 29 333,210 657,000 Genius 2000 1999 "Respect the Power of Love" 1 2 3 40 200,610 492,000 "Toi et Moi" 3 3 8 81 121,970 272,000 Non-album single "Something 'bout the Kiss"[n 2] 3 3 7 87 179,670 369,000 Genius 2000 2000 "Love 2000"[n 3] 3 4 11 108 165,940 228,000 "Never End" 1 2 6 32 268,920 640,000 Break the Rules "Please Smile Again" 2 2 12 116 94,520 217,000 2001 "Think of Me / No More Tears" 5 7 16 162 55,920 113,000 "Say the Word" 3 3 13 109 64,070 184,000 Love Enhanced Single Collection 2002 "I Will" 4 7 10 149 37,680 95,000 "Wishing on the Same Star" 2 2 15 150 37,990 97,000 Style 2003 "Shine More" 4 8 29 220 27,938 52,000[17] "Put 'Em Up" 7 7 28 275 21,725 41,000 "So Crazy / Come" 3 8 30 264 18,868 49,000 2004 "Alarm" 6 11 23 196 21,049 50,000 Queen of Hip-Pop "All for You" 4 6 14 83 28,003 113,000 "Girl Talk / The Speed Star"[n 4] 1 2 14 97 41,717 106,000 2005 "Want Me, Want Me" 2 2 7 100 48,106 103,000 "White Light / Violet Sauce" 5 7 18 228 31,325 73,000[18] Play 2006 "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick / Ningyo" 2 2 15 125 43,548 80,000[19] 2007 "Baby Don't Cry" 3 3 5 48 52,168 144,000 "Funky Town" 2 3 14 146 34,292 54,000[20] 2008 "60s 70s 80s" 1 1 5 19 114,719 293,000 Best Fiction 2009 "Wild / Dr." 1 1 11 45 75,456 119,000 Past < Future 2010 "Break It / Get Myself Back" 2 3 12 80 58,557 85,000[21] 2011 "Naked / Fight Together / Tempest" 2 2 11 — 60,254 101,000 "Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! / Love Story / Higher" — — — — Other charted songs
Year Title Charts Album Billboard Japan Hot 100 RIAJ Digital Track Chart 2007 "Hide and Seek" — 7* Play "Pink Key" — 41* 2008 "Do Me More" 14 10* Best Fiction "Sexy Girl" — 14* 2009 "Copy That" — 44 Past < Future "Fast Car" 5 24 "Love Game" — 75 "The Meaning of Us" — 22 "My Love" 42 47 *charted on monthly ringtone Reco-kyō Chart.
Single appearances
Release Artist Title Oricon singles sales chart peak positions and sales Daily Weekly Monthly Yearly Debut Overall 06/01/1995 Sister Rabbits "Issun Momo Kintarō" — 100 — — 3,250 3,250 01/01/1997 TK presents Konetto "You Are the One" 1 1 1 7 310,630 1,225,000 12/27/2001 Namie Amuro & Verbal "Lovin' it" — 8 11 — 56,070 72,000 12/18/2002 Suite Chic "Good Life" feat. Firstklas / Just Say So feat. Verbal" — 35 — — 4,844 26,000 02/05/2003 Suite Chic "Uh Uh,,,,,, feat. AI / Baby Be Mine" — 22 44 — 11,312 30,000 21/03/2010 Ai "Fake feat. Namie Amuro" 5 8 — — 10,848 16,000 Concert DVDs
Information Amuro Namie First Anniversary Live in Marine Stadium - Originally released: December 4, 1996 (VHS)[n 5]
- Run time: 111 minutes
- Special guest(s): m.c.AT, MAX, Sam, Sheila E., Tetsuya Komuro
- Comments: Recorded live in Chiba Marine Stadium, Chiba Prefecture, Japan in 1996.
Namie Amuro Concentration 20 Live in Tokyo Dome - Originally released: December 3, 1997[n 5]
- Run time: 111 minutes
- Comments: Recorded live in Tokyo Dome during her "Mistio Presents Namie Amuro Summer Stage '97 Cocentration 20" tour. The concert contains an interview with the artist.
Namie Amuro Tour "Genius 2000" Namie Amuro Tour 2001 "Break the Rules" - Originally released: November 19, 2003[n 5]
- Run time: 106 minutes
- Sales:
- Comments: Recorded live in Yoyogi Stadium, Tokyo (Japan) in 2001. The release of the DVD was delayed two years. A fanclub exclusive release of the concert was released uncut but a general release of the concert edited out performances of "Try Me ~私を信じて~", "太陽のSeason", and "HimAWArI"
Namie Amuro So Crazy Tour Featuring Best Singles 2003-2004 - Released: September 23, 2004
- Run time: 126 minutes
- Sales: 67,000
- Comments: Recorded live in Tokyo International Forum Hall A, Tokyo (Japan) in 2004.
Space of Hip-Pop: Namie Amuro Tour 2005 - Released: March 15, 2006
- Run time: 108 minutes
- Sales: 100,000+
- Comments: Recorded live in Tokyo International Forum Hall A, Tokyo (Japan) in 2005.
Namie Amuro Best Tour "Live Style 2006" - Released: February 21, 2007
- Run time: 112 minutes
- Sales: 100,000+
- Comments: Recorded live in Yoyogi National Gymnasium. Contains interview with Namie and her staff in Okinawa.
Namie Amuro "Play" Tour 2007-2008 - Originally released: February 27, 2008
- Run time: 115 minutes
- Sales: 128,000
- Comments: Recorded live in Tokyo International Forum Hall A, Tokyo (Japan) in 2007. All songs from the album Play are performed with the exception of Pink Key being an encore performance along with Can You Celebrate and Say the word
Namie Amuro Best Fiction tour 2008-2009 - Originally released: September 9, 2009
- Run time: N/A
- Sales: 286,000
- Comments: The show at Yokohama Arena on March 7, 2009 was filmed and photographed for media outlets in print and television. Snippets of performances for "NEW LOOK," "Dr.," "WILD," and "Top Secret" were aired on several major entertainment news programs on March 8, 2009.
Filming for a DVD release of the tour took place on June 20 and June 21, 2009 at Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan. DVD/Blu-ray Disc release has confirmed to be released 09.09.2009.
Namie Amuro PAST<FUTURE tour 2010 - Originally released: December 15, 2010
- Run time: 117 minutes
- Sales: 184,000+
- Comments: She performed all songs from the album Past Future with two new songs Break It/Get Myself Back and "ROCK STEADY," "Sexy Girl," "FUNKY TOWN," "CAN'T SLEEP, CAN'T EAT, I'M SICK," "WANT ME, WANT ME," "Baby Don't Cry," "Do Me More," "WHAT A FEELING" from the album Best Fiction and collaboration songs like "BLACK DIAMOND" and "ROCK U."
Namie Amuro LIVE STYLE 2011 - Originally released: December 21, 2011
- Run time:
- Sales:
Video albums
Information 181920 films - Released: July 1, 1998
- Run time: 42 minutes
- Track list: "Body Feels Exit", "Chase the Chance", "Don't Wanna Cry", "You're My Sunshine", "A Walk in the Park", "Can You Celebrate?", "How to Be a Girl", "Dreaming I Was Dreaming"
- Comments: First video compilation released tying into her first greatest hits compilation, "181920" (1998). Unlike the album, it does not contain the videos for "Try Me ~私を信じて~", "太陽のSEASON", "Stop the Music", and "Sweet 19 Blues" although they were produced and aired during the release of their respective singles.
Filmography - Released: March 7, 2001
- Run time: 43 minutes
- Track list: "I Have Never Seen", "Respect the Power of Love", "Something 'bout the Kiss", "Love 2000", "Never End", "Please Smile Again", "Think of Me", "Think of Me (Non-edit)"
- Comments: Second video compilation compiling the videos for singles released from December 1998 to January 2001.
Filmography 2001-2005 - Released: December 7, 2005
- Run time: 56 minutes
- Comments: A compilation of music videos pertaining to solo Namie Amuro singles released from August 2001 to November 2005.
- Sales: 130,000+
- RIAJ Certificate: Gold[22]
Other
Release Artist Title Comment 09/01/1995 Various Artist Dj Groove A DJ'ing video with a cameo from Namie Amuro. 09/14/1996 Namie Amuro Namie Amuro World A rare video released by Lawson convenience stores. 03/13/2002 Namie Amuro 181920 films + filmography A special DVD containing both her original music video compilations only available on VHS prior. 03/26/2003 Suite Chic When Pop Hits the Pix A DVD containing the two music videos "GOOD LIFE" and "Uh Uh,,,,,," filmed for the Suite Chic project. 01/19/2005 Zeebra The Live Animal '03 ~Tokyo's Finest~ A tour recording from Zeebra. Namie Amuro makes an appearance to perform their song "After Party" from his album, Tokyo's Finest. Yearly Sales
Year Sales 1995 2,527,680 1996 9,266,900 1997 6,237,360 1998 2,702,380 1999 1,790,660 2000 1,888,130 2001 631,030 2002 578,443 2003 609,158 2004 438,565 2005 630,813 2006 161,839 2007 829,344 2008 1,868,541 2009 797,980 2010 659,744 2011 640,987 (as of june) Total Sales in Japan Around 32,259,554 Promotional videos
- "Body Feels Exit"
- "Chase the Chance"
- "Don't Wanna Cry"
- "You're My Sunshine"
- "A Walk in the Park"
- "Can You Celebrate?"
- "How to Be a Girl"
- "Dreaming I Was Dreaming"
- "I Have Never Seen"
- "Respect the Power of Love"
- "Somethin' Bout the Kiss"
- "Love 2000"
- "Never End"
- "Please Smile Again"
- "Think of Me"
- "Say the Word"
- "I Will"
- "Wishing on the Same Star"
- "Did U"
- "Shine More"
- "Put 'Em Up"
- "So Crazy"
- "Alarm"
- "All For You"
- "Girl Talk"
- "The Speed Star"
- "Want Me, Want Me"
- "WoWa"
- "White Light"
- "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick"
- "Ningyo"
- "Baby Don't Cry"
- "Funky Town"
- "Hide and Seek"
- "Hello"
- "New Look"
- "Rock Steady"
- "What a Feeling"
- "Do Me More"
- "Sexy Girl"
- "Wild"
- "Dr."
- "The Meaning of Us"
- "Fast Car"
- "Love Game"
- "Defend Love"
- "Break It"
- "Get Myself Back
- "Naked"
- "Tempest"
- "Love Story"
With Suite Chic
- "Good Life" (feat. Firstklas)
- "Uh Uh..." (feat. Ai)
With other artists
- "Lovin' It" (feat. Verbal)
- "Do What U Gotta Do" (feat. Zeebra)
- "Luvotomy" (M-Flo & Namie Amuro)
- "Black Diamond" (Double & Namie Amuro)
- "Fake" (Ai & Namie Amuro)
- "Black Out" (Verbal feat. Lil Wayne & Namie Amuro)
- "Wonder Woman" (feat. Ai & Anna Tsuchyia)
- "Make It Happen" (feat. Afterschool)
- "#1" (feat. Kawabata(Chemistry))
- "Unusual" (feat. Yamashita Tomohisa)
Alternative versions
- "Think of Me" (Non-Edit Version)
- "No" (Live Version)
- "Violet Sauce" (Live Version)
- "Hide and Seek" (Live Version)
- "Rock Steady" (Live Version)
- "Fast Car" (Live Version)
Footnotes
- ^ a b Both singles were released before her solo debut but because she is solely accredited to those singles they have been included here as part of her solo discography.
- ^ "Something 'bout the Kiss" was released in two single formats. Because of this both versions of the single have different rankings and sales figures as at the time Oricon did not combine sales of multi-format singles as they do now. The figures listed above pertain to the maxi single (12cm) version which ranked higher than any other version released.
- ^ Although officially released on 01/01/2000, singles released during New Years period generally go on sale before street date due to holiday closing of businesses. The sales amount and ranking indicated for the first week of the single are combined from two weeks of sales as Oricon does not rank single during the New Years week.
- ^ "Girl Talk / The Speed Star" is a double a-side single, however only "Girl Talk" appears on a studio album.
- ^ a b c d These four concerts were all also re-released on March 24, 2005 as limited, low-price DVDs.
Sources
- All Japanese sales and rankings are based solely on the Oricon music ranking system and are listed online through their website Oricon.co.jp. Oricon's archived sales database is available only to paid subscribers.
- Monthly and yearly Oricon chart rankings as well as first week sales numbers were acquired from several Japanese language sites listing Oricon chart rankings and sales including http://homepage1.nifty.com/shislabo/ and http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/.
- All record certifications are awarded by RIAJ and such information regarding certification can be found on their website Riaj.com.
References
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