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| B'z discography | |
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| Studio albums | 22 |
| Live albums | 20 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Singles | 54 |
Japanese rock duo B'z has released 22 studio albums, 12 compilation albums, nine extended plays (EP), 62 singles, and 20 live albums. [lower-alpha 1] With more than 86 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. [1] [2]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications |
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| B'z |
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| Off the Lock |
| 33 |
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| Break Through |
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| Risky |
| 1 |
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| In the Life |
| 1 |
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| Run |
| 1 |
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| The 7th Blues |
| 1 |
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| Loose |
| 1 |
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| Survive |
| 1 |
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| Brotherhood |
| 1 |
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| Eleven |
| 1 |
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| Green |
| 1 |
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| Big Machine |
| 1 |
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| The Circle |
| 1 |
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| Monster |
| 1 |
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| Action |
| 1 |
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| Magic |
| 1 |
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| C'mon |
| 1 |
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| Epic Day |
| 1 |
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| Dinosaur |
| 1 |
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| New Love |
| 1 |
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| Highway X |
| 1 |
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| B'z TV Style Songless version |
| 2 |
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| B'z TV Style II Songless version |
| 17 |
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| B'z The Best "Pleasure" |
| 1 |
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| B'z The Best "Treasure" |
| 1 |
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| B'z The "Mixture" |
| 1 |
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| The Ballads ~Love & B'z~ |
| 1 |
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| The Complete B'z |
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| B'z The Best "Pleasure II" |
| 1 |
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| B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure" |
| 1 |
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| B'z The Best "Ultra Treasure" |
| 1 |
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| B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 |
| 1 |
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| B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012 |
| 2 |
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||
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| VHS | DVD [12] | Blu-ray [13] | ||||
| Just Another Life | 1 | — | — | |||
| Live Ripper |
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| 1 | 5 | — | |||
| Once Upon a Time in Yokohama: B'z Live Gym'99 "Brotherhood" |
| 1 | — | — | ||
| A Beautiful Reel. B'z Live-Gym 2002 Green: Go Fight Win |
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Typhoon No.15 ~B'z Live-Gym The Final Pleasure "It's Showtime!!" in Nagisaen~ |
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| B'z Live-Gym 2006: Monster's Garage |
| — | 1 | — |
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| B'z Live in Nanba |
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| B'z Live-Gym Hidden Pleasure: Typhoon No.20 |
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| B'z Live-Gym Pleasure 2008: Glory Days |
| 1 | 26 |
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| B'z Live-Gym 2010 "Ain't No Magic" at Tokyo Dome |
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| B'z Live Gym 2011-C'mon- |
| 1 | 1 |
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| B'z Live Gym 2008 Action |
| 2 | 1 |
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| B'z Live Gym 2005 -Circle of Rock- |
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| B'z Live Gym 2001 -Eleven- |
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| B'z Live-Gym Pleasure 2013 Endless Summer -XXV BEST- |
| 2 | 1 |
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| B'z Live-Gym 2015 -Epic Night- |
| 2 | 2 |
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| B'z Live-Gym 2017–2018 "Live Dinosaur" |
| 1 | 1 |
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| B'z Live-Gym Pleasure 2018 -Hinotori- |
| 1 | 1 |
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| B'z Live-Gym -Whole Lotta New Love- |
| 1 | 1 |
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| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||
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| Bad Communication |
| 12 |
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| Wicked Beat |
| 3 |
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| Mars |
| 1 |
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| Friends |
| 1 |
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| Friends II |
| 1 |
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| Devil |
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| B'z |
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| B'z |
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| Friends III |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | ||
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| "Dakara Sono Te o Hanashite" (lit. "So Let Go of that Hand"; だからその手を離して) | 1988 | — | — | B'z | |||
| "Kimi no Naka de Odoritai" (lit. "I Wanna Dance Inside You"; 君の中で踊りたい) | 1989 | — | — | Off the Lock | |||
| "Lady-Go-Round" | 1990 | 39 | — | Break Through | |||
| "Be There" | 3 | — |
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| "Taiyō no Komachi Angel" (lit. "Town Angel from the Sun"; 太陽のKomachi Angel) | 1 | — |
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| "Easy Come, Easy Go!" | 1 | — |
| Risky | |||
| "Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night…" (lit. "Lovely One" Good Night..."; (愛しい人よGood Night...) | 1 | — |
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| "Lady Navigation" | 1991 | 1 | — |
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| "Alone" | 1 | — |
| In The Life | |||
| "Blowin'" | 1992 | 1 | — |
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| "Zero" | 1 | — |
| Run | |||
| "Ai no mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake o Kizutsukenai" (lit. "Even if Love is Selfish, You're the Only One I Won't Hurt"; (愛のままにわがままに 僕は君だけを傷つけない) | 1993 | 1 | — |
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| "Hadashi no Megami" (lit. "Barefoot Goddess"; (裸足の女神) | 1 | — |
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| "Don't Leave Me" | 1994 | 1 | — |
| The 7th Blues | ||
| "Motel" | 1 | — |
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| "Negai" (lit. "Wish"; ねがい) | 1995 | 1 | — |
| Loose | ||
| "Love Me, I Love You" | 1 | — |
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| "Love Phantom" | 1 | — |
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| "Mienai Chikara (Invisible One)/Move" (ミエナイチカラ~Invisible One~) | 1996 | 1 | — |
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| "Real Thing Shakes" | 1 | — |
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| "Fireball" | 1997 | 1 | — |
| Survive | ||
| "Calling" | 1 | — |
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| "Liar! Liar!" | 1 | — |
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| "Samayoeru Aoi Dangan" (lit. "Wandering Sapphire Bullet"; さまよえる蒼い弾丸) | 1998 | 1 | — |
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| "Home" | 1 | — |
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| "Giri Giri Chop" (ギリギリChop) | 1999 | 1 | — |
| Brotherhood | ||
| "Kon'ya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni" (lit. "On the Hill Overlooking the Moon Tonight"; 今夜月の見える丘に) | 2000 | 1 | — |
| Eleven | ||
| "May" | 1 | — |
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| "Juice" | 1 | — |
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| "Ring" | 1 | — |
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| "Ultra Soul" | 2001 | 1 | 36 |
| Green | ||
| "Gold" | 1 | — |
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| "Atsuki Kodō no Hate" (lit. "The Result of this Hot Heartbeat"; 熱き鼓動の果て) | 2002 | 1 | — |
| Green | ||
| "It's Showtime!" | 2003 | 1 | — |
| Big Machine | ||
| "Yasei no Energy" (lit. "Wild Energy"; 野性のEnergy) | 1 | — |
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| "Banzai" | 2004 | 1 | — |
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| "Arigato" | 1 | — |
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| "Ai no Bakudan" (lit. "Love Bomb"; 愛のバクダン) | 2005 | 1 | — |
| The Circle | ||
| "Ocean" | 1 | — |
| Monster | |||
| "Shōdō" (lit. "Impulse"; 衝動) | 2006 | 1 | — |
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| "Yuruginai Mono Hitotsu" (lit. "One Sure Thing"; ゆるぎないものひとつ) | 1 | — |
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| "Splash!" | 1 | — |
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| "Eien no Tsubasa" (永遠の翼) | 2007 | 1 | — |
| Action | ||
| "Super Love Song" | 1 | — |
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| "Burn (Fumetsu no Face)" (Burn -フメツノフェイス-) | 2008 | 1 | 1 |
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| "Ichibu to Zenbu/Dive" (lit. "Some & All/Dive"; イチブトゼンブ／Dive) | 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| Magic | ||
| "My Lonely Town" | 1 | 1 |
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| "Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo" (lit. "Goodbye Painful Days"; さよなら傷だらけの日々よ) | 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| C'mon | ||
| "Don't Wanna Lie" | 1 | 2 |
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| "Go for It, Baby (Kioku no Sanmyaku)" (Go for it, Baby –キオクの山脈) | 2012 | 1 | 1 |
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| "Uchōten" (lit. "Ecstasy"; 有頂天) | 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| Epic Day | ||
| "Red" | 1 | 1 |
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| "Seimei/Still Alive" (lit. "Declaration/Still Alive"; 声明/Still Alive) | 2017 | 1 | 1 |
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| "Stars" | 2023 | 1 | 4 |
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| "Friction" | 2007 | — | Action | ||
| "Into Free -Dangan-" | 2012 | 16 |
| B'z(2012 EP) | |
| "Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru" | 2016 | 13 | Non-album singles | ||
| "Fukiarenasai" | 15 | ||||
| "Kimi to Nara" (lit. "When I’m With You"; きみとなら) | 2021 | 37 | |||
| "Sexual Violet No. 1" (セクシャルバイオレットNo.1) | — | Take Me to Kazemachi!: Takashi Matsumoto 50th Anniversary Tribute Album | |||
| "Unite" | 9 | Highway X | |||
| "Sleepless" | 2022 | 18 | |||
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