Angela Aki discography | |
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![]() Aki performing in 2013, in Iwamizawa, Hokkaido. | |
Studio albums | 7 |
EPs | 1 |
Compilation albums | 2 |
Singles | 13 |
Video albums | 5 |
The discography of Japanese musician Angela Aki consists of seven studio albums, two compilation albums, one extended play, thirteen singles, and five video albums. Her debut album, These Words , was released independently in the United States in early 2000 and was sung entirely in English. [1] After returning to Japan in 2003, Aki followed this with a Japanese-language extended play, One , released under Virgo Music in 2005. [2] [3] [4]
Game musician Nobuo Uematsu offered Aki the chance to sing the theme song for the game Final Fantasy XII after hearing one of her demos in 2003. [2] Aki made her major debut under the Sony Music Japan sub-label Epic Records Japan in 2005 with the single "Home" and released the Final Fantasy XII theme song "Kiss Me Good-Bye" in 2006. [5] Her debut album, Home (2006), was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. [6]
Her most commercially successful singles were released between 2006 and 2008: "This Love" (2006), which was used as an ending theme song for the anime Blood+ , "Sakurairo" (2007), and "Tegami (Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e)" (2008), which was the compulsory song learnt by junior high choirs for the 2008 Nationwide Contest of Music sponsored by NHK. [5] "Sakurairo" has been certified gold twice by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, while "This Love" and "Tegami (Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e)" have been certified multi-platinum. [7] [8] [9] [10] Aki's second and third albums, Today (2007) and Answer (2009), both debuted at number one on the Oricon albums chart. [11] [12] For the fifth anniversary since her major-label debut single "Home", Aki released White (2011), an album composed of a mix of new songs, re-recordings, and covers. [13] In 2012, Aki released Songbook , a collection of Western music covers from her discography that she had performed on her NHK Educational TV television show Angela Aki no Songbook in English. [14]
After releasing her first greatest hits album Tapestry of Songs: The Best of Angela Aki in 2014, Aki took an indefinite hiatus from music in Japan, moving to the United States to enrol in a music school to learn how to write musicals. [5]
Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales (JPN) [15] [A] | Certifications | |||||||
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JPN [16] | KOR Overseas [17] [B] [C] | TWN East Asian [20] [D] [E] | |||||||||
These Words | — | — | — | ||||||||
Home |
| 2 | — | 6 | 553,000 | ||||||
Today |
| 1 | — | 9 | 202,000 |
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Answer |
| 1 | — | 10 | 171,000 |
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Life |
| 5 | 37 | — | 54,000 | ||||||
White |
| 4 | 37 | — | 33,000 | ||||||
Blue |
| 14 | — | 10 | 19,000 | ||||||
Angela Aki Sings Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni (アンジェラ・アキ sings 『この世界の片隅に』) |
| 17 | — | — | 1,721 [24] | ||||||
"—" denotes items which did not chart, were not released in the listed regions, or released before the creation of the Gaon Albums Chart. |
Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales (JPN) [15] |
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JPN [16] | |||
Songbook |
| 11 | 13,000 |
Tapestry of Songs: The Best of Angela Aki |
| 3 | 67,000 |
Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales (JPN) [15] |
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JPN [16] | |||
One |
| 88 | 9,000 |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (JPN) [15] | Certifications | Album | ||||||
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Oricon Singles Charts [16] | Billboard Japan Hot 100 [25] [F] [G] | ||||||||||
"Home" | 2005 | 38 | — | 15,000 | Home | ||||||
"Kokoro no Senshi" | 2006 | 13 | — | 37,000 | |||||||
"Kiss Me Good-Bye" | 6 | — | 69,000 |
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"This Love" | 6 | — | 63,000 | ||||||||
"Sakurairo" | 2007 | 8 | 72 [H] | 106,000 | Today | ||||||
"Kodoku no Kakera" (孤独のカケラ, "Fragments of Solitude") | 9 | — | 32,000 | ||||||||
"Tashika ni" | 15 | — | 15,000 | ||||||||
"Again" [5] | — | — | |||||||||
"Tegami (Haikei Jūgo no Kimi e)" | 2008 | 3 | 1 | 239,000 | Answer | ||||||
"Ai no Kisetsu" | 2009 | 7 | 6 | 17,000 | Life | ||||||
"Kagayaku Hito" | 2010 | 6 | 6 | 20,000 | |||||||
"Hajimari no Ballad" | 2011 | 17 | 12 | 17,000 | White | ||||||
"I Have a Dream" | — | ||||||||||
"Kokuhaku" | 2012 | 40 | 17 | 4,000 | Blue | ||||||
"Yume no Owari, Ai no Hajimari" (夢の終わり 愛の始まり, "The End of a Dream, the Start of Love") | 2013 | 30 | 14 | 3,000 | Tapestry of Songs | ||||||
"Kono Sekai no Achikochi ni" (この世界のあちこちに, "Here and There in This World") | 2024 | — | TBA | Angela Aki sings Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni | |||||||
"—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in 2008. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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Billboard Japan Hot 100 [25] [I] | |||||||||||
"Rain" [42] | 2005 | — | One | ||||||||
"On & On" [43] | 2006 | — | Today | ||||||||
"Power of Music" [43] | — | "Sakurairo" (single) | |||||||||
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" [44] | 2009 | 61 | Answer | ||||||||
"Answer" | 93 | ||||||||||
"Every Woman's Song" (with Janis Ian) [45] | 2010 | 53 | Life | ||||||||
"Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki" | 2011 | 93 | White | ||||||||
"—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in 2008. |
Title | Album details | Peak positions | |
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JPN DVD [16] | JPN Blu-ray [16] | ||
Angela Aki My Keys 2006 in Budokan |
| 13 | — |
Angela Aki Concert Tour 2007-2008 Today |
| 14 | — |
Piano Hikigatari Live Naniwa no My Keys 2008 in Osakajō Hall & My Keys 2008 in Budokan |
| 23 | — |
Angela Aki Concert Tour 2009 Answer Documentary & Live |
| 53 | — |
Home Sweet Home: 5 Years Best Hit & All Request in Budokan + Awa no My Keys: Piano Hikigatari in Asty Tokushima |
| 65 | 82 |
Angela Aki Concert Tour 2014 Tapestry of Songs: The Best of Angela Aki in Budokan 0804 |
| 72 | 52 |
Title | Artist | Album | Release Date |
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Waltz-steps | machina | Color Me | 2016 |
Ashita wo Kudasai | Masayuki Suzuki | dolce | 2016 |
母と娘の10,000日〜未来の扉〜 (10,000 Days of Mother and Daughter ~A Door to the Future~) | May J feat. Aki Yashiro | Futuristic | 2017 |
初恋のワルツ (First Love Waltz) | Anna | TBD | 2018 |
Anata ni Totte | Saori Yuki | BEGINNING ~Anata ni Totte~ | 2019 |
Polaris | Masayuki Suzuki | ALL TIME ROCK 'N' ROLL | 2020 |
カナリアの歌 (Canary Song) | Emiko Suzuki | 5 senses | 2022 |
Breath | Nozomi Fuuto | 笑顔の場所 (A Place of Smiles) | 2024 |
名前 (Name) | Sakurako Ohara | TBD | 2025 |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Oshinagaki (Konishi no Osobayasan)" (おしながき ~コニシのおそばやさん~, "Menu (Konishi's Soba Shop)")(Yasuharu Konishi featuring Angela Aki) [46] | 2003 | Soba-a-mbient! Music for Your Favorite Soba Shop |
"Fuyu no Hi no W." (冬の日のW., "W. on a Winter Day")(Mimori Yusa featuring Angela Aki) [47] | 2006 | Kyūka Goya |
"Eyes on Me (Live)" [48] | Voices: Music from Final Fantasy [J] | |
"Kiss Me Good-Bye (Live)" [48] | ||
"Meguriuta" (めぐり唄, "Return Song")(Kenta Ebara with Angela Aki) [49] | 2008 | Meguriuta |
"Black Glasses" (Ben Folds with Angela Aki) [50] | 2009 | Ben Folds File |
"Kiss Me Good-Bye (Live)" (Angela Aki with Taro Hakase) [51] | 2011 | Jounetsu Tairiku Live Best |
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