Puffy AmiYumi discography

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Puffy AmiYumi discography
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Puffy AmiYumi live at Japan Expo 2009 (Paris, France)
Studio albums14
Compilation albums8
Singles41
DVDs12

The discography for Japanese pop/rock duo Puffy AmiYumi consists of 14 studio albums, 8 compilation albums, 2 remix albums, 12 video albums and 41 singles. Their first single Asia no Junshin became an instant hit in Japan where it sold more than a million records and help to catapult the group. [1] Jet-CD is their most successful album (having sold more than a million copies only in Japan), [2] Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi is their most successful single (having sold more than 1.5 million copies only in Japan). [3] They have sold more than 15 million records worldwide. [4]

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
JPN
[5]
US
World

[6]
AmiYumi3
Solo Solo
  • Released: August 6, 1997
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
2
Jet CD
  • Released: April 4, 1998
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
1
Fever*Fever
  • Released: June 23, 1999
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
3
Spike
  • Released: October 12, 2000
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
10
The Hit Parade
  • Released: October 24, 2002
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
10
Nice
  • Released: January 22, 2003
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
20
59
  • Released: March 31, 2004
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
Splurge 199
Honeycreeper
  • Released: September 26, 2007
  • Label: Kioon Music
27
PUFFY AMIYUMI x PUFFY
  • Released: March 25, 2009
  • Label: Kioon Music
Bring it!
  • Released: June 17, 2009
  • Label: Kioon Music
17
Thank You
  • Released: March 9, 2011
  • Label: Kioon Music
25
The Puffy27

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
JPN
[5]
PRMX
  • Released: December 31, 1999
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
28
The Very Best of Puffy/AmiYumi Jet Fever
  • Released: July 5, 2000
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
2
An Illustrated History
PRMX Turbo
  • Released: September 18, 2003
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
  • Released: May 11, 2005
  • Label: Kioon Music
49
Hit&Fun
  • Released: February 14, 2007
  • Label: Kioon Music
9
15
  • Released: November 23, 2011
  • Label: Kioon Music
21
20th Anniversary Best Album (非脱力派宣言)
  • Released: April 6, 2016
  • Label: Warner Music Japan
14

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
JPN
[7]
"Asia no Junshin" (アジアの純真)19963AmiYumi
"Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi" (これが私の生きる道)1Jet CD
"Circuit no Musume" (サーキットの娘)19971
"Nagisa ni Matsuwaru Et Cetera" (渚にまつわるエトセトラ)1
"Mother/Nehorina hahorina" (MOTHER/ネホリーナハホリーナ)5
"Ai no Shirushi" (愛のしるし)19983
"Tararan/Puffy no Tōrmen" (たららん/パフィーのツアーメン)4Fever*Fever
"Puffy de Rumba" (パフィー de ルンバ)14
"Nichiyoubi no Musume" (日曜日の娘)199915
"Yume no tame ni" (夢のために)12
"Umi e to/Pool Nite" (海へと/プールにて)200015Spike
"Boogie Woogie No. 5" (ブギウギ No.5)22
"Atarashii hibi" (あたらしい日々)200128Nice
"Aoi Namida" (青い涙)32The Hit Parade
"Hurricane" (ハリケーン)200236
"Akai Buranko/Planet Tokyo" (赤いブランコ/Planet Tokyo)45Nice
"Sunrise"20043459
"Hajimari no Uta/Nice Buddy" (はじまりのうた/ナイスバディ)200533Splurge
"Hi Hi"Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
"Mogura Like" (モグラライク)200633Splurge
"Tokyo I'm on My Way"58
"Hazumu Rhythm" (ハズムリズム) (with Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra)15Hit&Fun
"Hataraku Otoko" (働く男)41
"Boom Boom Beat" (Boom boom beat/お江戸流れ星IV)200747Honeycreeper
"Oriental Diamond/Kuchibiru Motion" (オリエンタル・ダイヤモンド/くちびるモーション)
"All Because of You"200834Bring It!
"My Story" (マイストーリー)44
"Hiyori Hime" (日和姫)200938
"Dareka ga" (誰かが)3015
"R.G.W."201044Thank You!
"Happy Birthday" (ハッピーバースデイ)2011
"Sweet Drops"3415
"Tomodachi no Wao!" (トモダチのわお!)201220th Anniversary Best Album
"Datsu Dystopia" (脱ディストピア)2013
"Himitsu no Gimme Cat 〜Ufufu Honto yo〜" (秘密のギミーキャット 〜うふふ 本当よ〜)2014
"Colorful Wave Surfers"2015Non-album single
"Puffypipoyama" (パフィピポ山)The Puffy
"Bouken no Dadada" [8] (冒険のダダダ)2017
Susume Nonsense" [9] (すすめナンセンス)2018
"Hō yare ho" [10] (ほうやれほ)2020Non-album single
"Pathfinder" [11] 2021The Puffy
"SweetSweet" [12] 2023

DVDs

The release date on DVD is in parentheses
  1. RUN! PUFFY! RUN! 1996 (2000)
  2. TOUR! PUFFY! TOUR! 1997 (2000)
  3. Jet Tour '98 (2000)
  4. Jet 1998 (2000) - Music videos, including Chinese version of "Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi"
  5. Fever*Fever 1999 (2000) - Concert footage from Fever Fever tour
  6. CLIPS (2000.07.05 and VHS) #15 [13]
  7. PUFFY SPIKE Daisakusen (2001) - Concert footage
  8. Rolling Debut Revue - Canada USA Tour 2002 (2002)
  9. Funclips Funclub (2005) #99 [14]
  10. TOUR! PUFFY! TOUR! 10 Final (2006) # 168 [15]
  11. Sparks Go Go 15th Special Junk! Junk! Junk! (2006) #186 [16]
  12. Sparks Go Go 20th Anniversary Special (Junk! Junk! Junk! 2010) #58 [17]

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References

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