| B'z The Best "Pleasure II" | ||||
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| Released | November 30, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 71:06 | |||
| Label | Vermillion Records | |||
| Producer | Tak Matsumoto | |||
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B'z The Best "Pleasure II" is the sixth compilation album by the Japanese rock duo B'z. The album sold very well and reached 1st at Oricon, with almost 1.2 million copies sold. [1]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Japan (RIAJ) [2] | Million | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
B'z is a Japanese rock duo consisting of guitarist, composer and producer Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto and vocalist and lyricist Koshi Inaba, known for their energetic hard rock tracks and pop rock ballads. B'z is one of the best-selling music artists in the world and the best-selling in their native Japan, having released 49 consecutive No. 1 singles, 25 No. 1 albums, and 3 No. 1 EPs on the Oricon music charts, and have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
Koshi Inaba is a Japanese vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is best known as the singer and lyricist of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan. He has also had a successful solo career, with five studio albums and five singles topping the Japanese music charts. He collaborated with Slash on single "Sahara" which was released in 2009. In 2017, he released a collaborative album, Chubby Groove, with Stevie Salas under the name "Inaba/Salas".
Brotherhood is the tenth studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on July 14, 1999. "Brotherhood" debuted with over 1,019,270 copies sold and sold over 1,391,850 copies. Brotherhood was the first of only two albums released by Rooms Records and distributed by BMG Japan.
Action is the sixteenth studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on December 5, 2007. It sold 292,687 copies in its first week, reaching #1 at Oricon.
Friends II is the fifth Mini-Album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released in 1996. The album sold 1,466,650 copies and reached No. 1 on Oricon.
B'z The Best "Pleasure" is the third compilation album by the Japanese rock duo B'z and released in 1998. It includes many of the group's hit singles from 1989 to 1998. With the exception of "Be There", all the songs are #1 hits on the Oricon charts.
B'z The Best "Treasure" is the fourth compilation album by the Japanese rock duo B'z. It includes many of their hit singles from 1990 to that date: all 14 songs are #1 hits.
B'z The "Mixture" is a compilation album of remastered hits by the Japanese rock duo B'z. The album reached 1st at Oricon, with almost 1.5 million copies sold.
The Ballads ~Love & B'z~ is the fifth compilation album by the Japanese rock duo B'z. Like its predecessors, it reached 1st at Oricon, with more than 1.7 million copies sold.
Japanese rock duo B'z has released 22 studio albums, 12 compilation albums, eight extended plays (EP), 57 singles and 19 live albums. With more than 82 million sales in Japan, the duo is the best-selling artist in Japan and with 100 million sales one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Typhoon No.15 ~B'z Live-Gym The Final Pleasure "It's Showtime!!" in Nagisaen~ is the fifth live VHS/DVD released by Japanese rock duo B'z. It is a triple DVD which features live footage of one of their famous Live Gym Tours.
Be There is the fourth single by B'z, released on May 25, 1990. The song initially peaked at #7 at Oricon Charts in 1990, and later peaked at #3 in 2003 during its re-release. It was the band's first song recorded specifically as a single not connected with any album. The song appears on 1998's Best "Pleasure" and 2008's Best "Ultra" Pleasure compilations. To date, it has sold over 348,000 copies.
"Lady Navigation" is the eighth single by B'z, released on March 27, 1991. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon chart. The single was re-released in 2003, and re-entered at #6. This song sold over 1,172,000 copies, becoming their first single to sell over one million copies, according to Oricon. It also charted at #7 in the 1991 yearly charts, becoming their first yearly top 10. The song won "the best five single award" at the 6th Japan Gold Disc Award.
Ai no mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake wo Kizutsukenai is a song by B'z, released as their twelfth single, on March 17, 1993. This song is one of B'z many number one singles in Oricon chart. The single was re-released in 2003, and re-entered at #5. The single sold over two-million copies according to Oricon. According to Oricon, the song was their best-selling single in Japan. The song won "the best five single award" at the 8th Japan Gold Disc Award. It was released in the best-of album B'z The Best "Pleasure".
"Giri Giri Chop" is the twenty-sixth single by B'z, released on June 9, 1999. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon chart. "Giri Giri Chop" was used as the sixth opening song for Detective Conan and the song "One" was also used as the theme song for third Detective Conan movie, The Last Wizard of the Century. It became the best selling opening single in the Detective Conan series, with 805,000 units.
B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure" is a compilation double-album by the Japanese hard rock duo B'z. It was released on June 18, 2008, and it is part of their 20th anniversary celebration. It peaked at #1 at Oricon charts and Billboard Japan Top Albums.
B'z Live-Gym Pleasure 2008 -Glory Days- is the nineteenth live DVD released by Japanese rock duo B'z, on February 25, 2009.
B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012 is a compilation album by Japanese hard rock duo B'z. It was released on June 12, 2013, simultaneously with B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998, and it is part of their 25th anniversary celebration. It reached #2 at Oricon charts, while B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 itself reached the top, the same happening at the Billboard Japan Top Albums.
B'z Live-Gym Pleasure 2013 Endless Summer -XXV BEST- is the twenty-fifth live DVD and Blu-ray released by Japanese rock duo B'z, on January 29, 2014. Two version, complete version and standard version, were released. The video sold more than 158,000 copies.
Dinosaur is the twentieth studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on 29 November 2017. It came after a hiatus in which the members released solo projects, including vocalist/lyricist Koshi Inaba's collaborative album with Stevie Salas, Chubby Groove, and guitarist/composer Tak Matsumoto's solo effort enigma and collaborative studio album with Daniel Ho Electric Island, Acoustic Sea.
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