Mai Kuraki discography | |
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Studio albums | 15 |
Compilation albums | 6 |
Video albums | 23 |
EPs | 1 |
Singles | 56 |
Remix albums | 3 |
Promotional singles | 16 |
The discography of Japanese singer Mai Kuraki consists of fifteen studio albums, six compilation albums, twenty-three video albums, three remix albums, fifty-six singles, and sixteen promotional singles. Kuraki debuted in 1999, while she was still in high school, through Giza Studio. The label initially marketed Kuraki in the United States under the name Mai K, and released the single "Baby I Like" (1999). However, the single was a commercial failure which prompted the label to send her back to Japan. There, they released her single "Love, Day After Tomorrow", which peaked at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart and was certified million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). The second single, "Stay by My Side" became her first number one single on the chart. Kuraki's debut album, Delicious Way , topped the Oricon Albums Chart and was certified triple million by the RIAJ. [1]
In 2001, her second album Perfect Crime was released, and it became another million seller, certified quadruple-platinum by the RIAJ. "Winter Bells", released in 2002 became her second number one single on the Oricon Singles Chart, and its parent album, Fairy Tale , topped the Albums Chart. It sold over 700,000 copies in Japan and earned a triple-platinum certification from the RIAJ. The albums If I Believe (2003), Wish You the Best (2004), Fuse of Love (2005), and Diamond Wave (2005) all charted within the top three of the Albums Chart. Both If I Believe and Wish You the Best peaked at number one on the Albums Chart. The former sold over 400,000 copies and was certified two-times platinum by the RIAJ while the latter sold more than 950,000 copies and was certified million by the RIAJ. Kuraki's next studio album release, One Life (2008) charted outside the top 10, peaking at number 14 on the Albums Chart. [1] However, the follow-up to One Life titled Touch Me! (2009) peaked at number one, earning a gold certification. Her second compilation album All My Best (2009) sold over 250,000 copies in Japan and was certificated platinum. The follow-up albums Future Kiss (2010) and Over the Rainbow (2012) peaked at number 3 and 2, respectively, on the Oricon Albums Chart. Her third compilation album Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope (2014) sold over 67,000 copies and was certificated gold. Her 11th album Smile (2017) sold only 29,000 copies in Japan and failed commercially but its follow-up single "Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)" become her best-selling song in 2010's, and the best selling song by a solo female singer in 2017.
She has also collaborated with Tak Matsumoto of B'z on the single "Imitation Gold", which peaked at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart. In 2009, she was featured on the single "Sunao ni Ienakute" by Zard, a rearranged version of the band's 1991 song of the same title. The single peaked at number five on the Oricon Singles Chart.
Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales (JPN) [2] | Certifications | ||||||
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Delicious Way |
| 1 | — | — | — | 3,530,000 | ||||
Perfect Crime |
| 1 | — | 1,320,000 |
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Secret of My Heart (as Mai-K) |
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Fairy Tale |
| 1 | — | 731,000 |
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If I Believe |
| 1 | — | 445,000 |
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Fuse of Love |
| 3 | — | 13 | 1 | 185,000 |
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Diamond Wave |
| 3 | — | 13 | 2 | 132,000 |
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One Life |
| 14 | — [upper-alpha 6] | 12 | 1 | 89,000 |
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Touch Me! |
| 1 | — [upper-alpha 7] | 12 | 1 | 90,000 |
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Future Kiss |
| 3 | — [upper-alpha 8] | 11 | 3 | 65,000 | ||||
Over the Rainbow |
| 2 | — [upper-alpha 9] | 14 | 2 | 50,000 | ||||
Smile |
| 4 | 7 | — | — | 30,000 | ||||
Kimi Omou: Shunkashūtō |
| 3 | 4 | — | — | 30,000 | ||||
Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei |
| 3 | 5 | — | — | 29,000 | ||||
Unconditional Love |
| 4 | 6 | — | — | 21,000 | ||||
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Wish You the Best |
| 1 | — | — | — | 956,000 |
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All My Best | 1 | — [upper-alpha 11] | 18 | 2 | 257,000 |
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Request Best "My & Mai" |
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Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope |
| 2 | — [upper-alpha 12] | 19 | 4 | 67,000 |
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Mai Kuraki x Meitantei Conan Collaboration Best 21: Shinjitsu wa Itsumo Uta ni Aru! | 4 | 4 | — | — | 79,000 | |||||
Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You |
| 6 | 6 | — | — | 29,000 | ||||
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JPN DVD | JPN Blu-ray | TWN [28] [upper-alpha 13] | |||||
First Cut |
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Mai Kuraki & Experience First Live 2001 in Zepp Osaka |
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Mai Kuraki & Experience First Live Tour 2001 Eternal Moment |
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Mai Kuraki "Loving You..." Tour 2002 Final 2.27 in Yokohama Arena |
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Mai Kuraki "Loving You..." Tour 2002 Complete Edition |
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My Reflection |
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Mai Kuraki 5th Anniversary Edition Grow, Step by Step |
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Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2005 Like a Fuse of Live and Tour Documentary of "Chance for You" |
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Brilliant Cut: Mai Kuraki Live & Document |
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Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2008 "Touch Me!" |
| 4 | — | 3 | |||
10th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Tour "Best" |
| 10 | — | 8 | |||
Happy Happy Halloween Live 2010 |
| 9 | — | 4 | |||
Mai Kuraki Premium Live One for All, All for One |
| 9 | — | 5 | |||
Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2012: Over the Rainbow |
| 6 | — | 3 | |||
Mai Kuraki Symphonic Collection in Moscow |
| 15 | — | 3 | |||
Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live: Opus 1 |
| 14 | — | 5 | |||
Mai Kuraki Live Project 2013 "Re:" |
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Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live: Opus 2 |
| 34 | — | 3 | |||
15th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2014 BEST “151A” ~Premium~ |
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Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live: Opus 3 |
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Mai Kuraki Live Project 2017: Sawage Live |
| 9 | 9 | — | |||
Mai Kuraki Live Project 2018 "Red It be: Kimi Omou Shunkashūtō" |
| 18 | 21 | — | |||
20th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Live Project 2019 "Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei" |
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Mai Kuraki Live Project 2021 "Unconditional Love" |
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Mai Kuraki Premium Symphonic Concert 2022 |
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"—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the G-Music chart, or items that did not chart. |
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Cool City Production Vol. 2 "Mai-K's Re-Mix" [32] |
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Cool City Production Vol. 3 "Mai-K's Club Side" [32] |
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Cool City Production Vol. 4 "Mai-K" Feel Fine! [32] |
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Forever for You |
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JPN Oricon [3] | JPN Hot [35] [upper-alpha 14] [upper-alpha 15] | JPN Anime [35] [upper-alpha 16] | TWN [5] | TWN East Asian [6] [upper-alpha 17] | ||||||||
"Baby I Like" (as Mai-K) [50] | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | Secret of My Heart | |||||
"Love, Day After Tomorrow" | 2 | 63 | — | — | — |
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"Stay by My Side" | 2000 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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"Secret of My Heart" | 2 | — [upper-alpha 18] | — | — | — |
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"Never Gonna Give You Up" | 2 | — | — | — | — |
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"Simply Wonderful" | 2 | — | — | — | — |
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"Reach for the Sky" | 3 | — | — | — | — |
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"Tsumetai Umi" | 2001 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
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"Start in My Life" | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Stand Up" | 2 | — | — | — | — |
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"Always" | 2 | — | — | — | — |
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"Can't Forget Your Love" | 2 | — | — | — | — |
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"Perfect Crime" (Single Edit) | — | — | — | — | Perfect Crime | |||||||
"Winter Bells" | 2002 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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"Feel Fine!" | 2 | — | — | — | — |
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"Like a Star in the Night" | 2 | — | — | — | — |
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"Make My Day" | 2 | — | — | — | — |
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"Time After Time (Hana Mau Machi de)" | 2003 | 3 | 100 | — | — | — |
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"Kiss" | 3 | — | — | — | — |
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"Kaze no La La La" | 3 | — | — | — | — |
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"Ashita e Kakeru Hashi" | 2004 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
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"Love, Needing" | 2005 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
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"Dancing" | 5 | — | — | — | — |
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"P.S My Sunshine" | 8 | — | — | — | — |
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"Growing of My Heart" | 7 | — | — | — | — |
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"Best of Hero" | 2006 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
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"Diamond Wave" | 7 | — | — | — | — |
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"Shiroi Yuki" | 4 | — | — | — | 20 |
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"Season of Love" | 2007 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
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"Silent Love (Open My Heart)" | 9 | — | — | — | — |
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"Be With U" | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Yume ga Saku Haru" | 2008 | 5 | 12 | — | — | — |
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"You and Music and Dream" | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Ichibyōgoto ni Love for You" | 7 | 18 | — | 15 | 3 |
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"24 Xmas Time" | 7 | 7 | — | 18 | 2 |
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"Puzzle" | 2009 | 3 | 6 | — | 20 | 6 |
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"Revive" | 55 | — | Future Kiss | |||||||||
"Beautiful" | 2 | 5 | — | — | 3 |
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"Eien Yori Nagaku" | 2010 | 4 | 6 | — | 15 | 7 |
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"Drive Me Crazy" | — | — | Future Kiss | |||||||||
"Summer Time Gone" | 4 | 8 | — | 13 | 4 |
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"1000 Mankai no Kiss" | 2011 | 4 | 9 | — | 14 | 3 |
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"Mō Ichido" | 7 | 29 | — | — | — |
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"Your Best Friend" | 6 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 3 |
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"Strong Heart" | 4 [upper-alpha 19] | 63 | — | 3 [upper-alpha 19] | — |
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"Koi ni Koishite" | 2012 | 7 | 13 | 2 | — | 7 |
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"Special Morning Day to You" | — | — | ||||||||||
"Try Again" | 2013 | 6 | 9 | 1 | — | 3 |
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"Wake Me Up" | 2014 | 2 [upper-alpha 19] | 75 | — | — | — |
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"Muteki na Heart" | 5 | 6 | 3 | — | — |
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"Stand by You" | — | — | ||||||||||
"Yesterday Love" | 2017 | 3 [upper-alpha 20] | — | 14 [70] | — | — |
| Smile | ||||
"Togetsukyo (Kimi Omou)" | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
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| Mai Kuraki x Meitantei Conan Collaboration Best 21: Shinjitsu wa Itsumo Uta ni aru! | ||||
"Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai" | 2019 | 4 | 13 | 4 | — | — |
| Let's Goal!: Barairo no Jinsei | ||||
"Barairo no Jinsei" | — [upper-alpha 21] | 19 | — | — | ||||||||
"Zero kara Hajimete" | 2021 | 1 [upper-alpha 19] | — [upper-alpha 22] | — | — | — |
| Unconditional Love | ||||
"—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the G-Music or Billboard charts, or items that did not chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (JPN) [2] | Certifications | Album | |||||||
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JPN Oricon [73] | JPN Hot 100 [4] [upper-alpha 23] | TWN East Asian [6] [upper-alpha 24] | ||||||||||
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (Experience featuring Mai Kuraki) | 2003 | — | — | — | Experience 2 | |||||||
"Imitation Gold" (Tak Matsumoto featuring Mai Kuraki) | 1 | — | — | 81,000 |
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"Sunao ni Ienakute" (Zard featuring Mai Kuraki) | 2009 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 50,000 | Zard Forever Best: 25th Anniversary | ||||||
"Doushite Suki Nandarou" (Nerdhead featuring Mai.K) | 2011 | 15 | 65 | — | 9,000 | Behind the Truth | ||||||
"Hitori, Hitotsu" (As a part of a group of 16 voices) | 2015 | 123 | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||
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"Come On! Come On!" | 2001 | — | Perfect Crime | |||||||
"Chance for You" (Cinema version) [80] | 2010 | — | Mai Kuraki Single Collection: Chance for You | |||||||
"Anata ga Irukara" (solo or Fantasy on Ice 2011 version with Shizuka Arakawa) | 2011 | — | Mai Kuraki Best 151A: Love & Hope | |||||||
"Serendipity" (Solor or featuring Sensation) | 2015 | — | Smile | |||||||
"Sawage Life" | 2016 | — | ||||||||
"We Are Happy Women" | 2018 | — [upper-alpha 26] | Kimi Omou: Shunkashūtō | |||||||
"Do It!" | — [upper-alpha 27] | |||||||||
"Light Up My Life" | — [upper-alpha 28] | |||||||||
"Koyoi wa Yume wo Misasete" | — | |||||||||
"Can You Feel My Heart" | 2021 | — [upper-alpha 29] | Unconditional Love | |||||||
"Hitori ja Nai" | — | |||||||||
"Proof of Being Alive" [upper-alpha 30] | — | |||||||||
"Veronica" | — | |||||||||
"Secret, Voice of My Heart" | 2022 | — [upper-alpha 31] |
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"Unraveling Love (Sukoshi no Yūki)" | 2023 | — [upper-alpha 32] |
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"Y☺︎u & I" | — |
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"Touch Me!" | 2009 | 16 | 9 | — | Touch Me! | |||||
"Secret Lover" | — | 86 | — | |||||||
"Watashi no, Shiranai, Watashi." | 20 | 23 | — | All My Best | ||||||
"Future Kiss" | 2010 | 30 | 27 | 91 | Future Kiss | |||||
"Tomorrow Is the Last Time" | — | — | 42 | |||||||
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Title | Year | Other performer(s) | Album |
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"I'll Be There" [92] | 2001 | Giza Studio R&B Respect Vol.1: Six Sisters Selection | |
"What Can I Do" [93] | 2002 | Michael Africk | Patapata Hikōsen no Bōken: Original Soundtrack |
"Don't Worry Baby" [94] | Giza Studio Mai-K & Friends Hotrod Beach Party | ||
"The Frozen Sea" | Aika Ohno | Secret Garden | |
"Remember the Time" | 2003 | Experience | Experience I |
"My Story, Your Song" [95] | Stefanie Sun | To Be Continued... | |
"Kotoba ni Dekinai Hodo Suki nanoni" | 2011 | Nerdhead | Behind the Truth |
"Close Christmas" | 2013 | Ikurō Fujiwara | Quatre Saisons Series "Scénario de la Saison" –Automne-" |
"Hirari Maichiru Hana no yo ni" | 2017 | Breakerz | X |
"I Lost" | 2021 | With You | |
"Blue Light Yokohama" | 2024 | Tak Matsumoto | The Hit Parade II |
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"Just Believe You" | 2020 | All at Once | Just Believe You EP |
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The discography of Japanese pop group AAA includes eleven studio albums, six extended plays, seven compilation albums, eight live albums, one cover album, three remix albums, and 52 singles. All of the group's releases have been with Avex Trax, a subsidiary of Avex Group.
The discography of Japanese boy band SMAP consists of 21 studio albums, 5 compilation albums, 23 video albums, and numerous singles. Sports Music Assemble People, abbreviated as SMAP, was formed in 1988 by a group of backup dancers for the boy band Hikaru Genji of Johnny & Associates. The band's initial releases performed poorly on the charts, but the following ones started gaining attention, aided by the group's appearance on their own variety show, SMAP×SMAP. Meanwhile Kimi Iro Omoi single was used in anime Akazukin Chacha broadcast in Japan only. In worldwide broadcast, Kimi Iro Omoi single was replaced by Shoko Sawada. However, that single can only available on MP3 Store, then download between TV Size and Full version. Their 2003 single "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana" sold over two million copies in Japan, becoming one of the best-selling singles in the country. In August 2016, the group announced that they will disband by the year end. Since 2003, all of the band's releases have peaked at number one on the Oricon Albums or Singles Chart. The group has sold over 38,5 million records in Japan.
The discography of Japanese singer-songwriter Kazumasa Oda consists of ten studio albums, four compilation albums, two cover albums, three video albums, and thirty solo singles. Oda began his career as a performer of the folk-rock band Off Course. He began releasing solo material in 1985. His 1991 single "Oh! Yeah!" / "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni" topped the Oricon Singles Chart and was certified two-times million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). When his 2016 compilation album Ano Hi Ano Toki topped the Oricon Albums Chart, Oda became the oldest artist in the country to achieve the accomplishment.
The discography of the Japanese pop group Sandaime J Soul Brothers consists of ten studio albums, two compilation albums, and twenty-six singles. Since the group's original formation in 1999, the group has experienced two line-up changes and reboots, and currently consists of seven members: Naoto Kataoka, Naoki Kobayashi, Ryuji Imaichi, Hiroomi Tosaka, Elly, Takanori Iwata, Kenjiro Yamashita. The group was formed by producer and former Exile member Hiroyuki Igarashi who founded the group's management agency LDH Japan.