Rina Sawayama discography | |
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![]() Sawayama performing at Primavera Sound in 2022 | |
Studio albums | 2 |
Live albums | 1 [lower-alpha 1] |
Music videos | 19 [lower-alpha 2] |
EPs | 1 |
Singles | 26 |
B-sides | 1 |
Remix EPs | 1 |
Japanese-English singer-songwriter Rina Sawayama has released two studio albums, one live album, [lower-alpha 1] one extended play, one remix EP and 26 singles.
Sawayama made her debut in April 2013 with the single "Sleeping in Waking". Her first extended play, Rina , was released in October 2017, generating the singles "Tunnel Vision", "Cyber Stockholm Syndrome", "Alterlife" and "Ordinary Superstar".
Sawayama's debut studio album, Sawayama , was released in April 2020, peaking at #80 on the UK Albums Chart and supported by the singles "STFU!", "Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)", "XS", "Chosen Family", "Bad Friend" and "Lucid".
Her second studio album, Hold the Girl , was released in September 2022, with the singles "This Hell", "Catch Me in the Air", its title track, "Phantom", "Hurricanes" and "Frankenstein". The album reached #1 on the Scottish Albums Chart. A CD package of Hold the Girl was released exclusively at Rough Trade, with the second disc "Live at the Roundhouse" serving as Sawayama's first live album. The album was recorded during the Dynasty Tour show in London at the Roundhouse.
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||||
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JPN [3] | JPN Hot [4] | AUS [5] | IRE [6] | SCO [7] | UK [8] | UK Indie [9] | US [10] | US Indie [11] | |||
Sawayama | 166 | — [lower-alpha 3] | — | — | 24 | 80 | 5 | — [lower-alpha 4] | 43 |
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Hold the Girl |
| 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 166 | 23 |
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"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
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Live at the Roundhouse [lower-alpha 1] |
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JPN Dig. | ||
Rina |
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Title | Details |
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Sawayama Remixed |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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JPN Hot [16] | NZ Hot [17] | UK Down. [18] | |||
"Sleeping in Waking" [19] / "Who?" | 2013 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
"Terror" [20] (as Riina) [lower-alpha 6] | — | — | — | ||
"Tunnel Vision" [21] [22] (solo or with Shamir) | 2015 | — | — | — | Rina |
"Where U Are" [23] | 2016 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
"This Time Last Year" [24] | — | — | — | ||
"Cyber Stockholm Syndrome" [25] | 2017 | — | — | — | Rina |
"Alterlife" [26] | — | — | — | ||
"Valentine (What's It Gonna Be)" [27] | 2018 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
"Ordinary Superstar" [28] [29] | — | — | — | Rina | |
"Cherry" [30] | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Flicker" [31] | — | — | — | ||
"STFU!" | 2019 | — | — | — | Sawayama |
"Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)" (solo or Brabo remix featuring Pabllo Vittar) | 2020 | — | — | — | |
"XS" (solo or remix featuring Bree Runway) | — | — | — | ||
"Chosen Family" [32] [33] [lower-alpha 7] (solo or with Elton John) | — | 24 | 62 | ||
"Bad Friend" | — | — | — | ||
"Dance in the Dark" (Spotify Singles) | — | — | — | Sawayama Remixed | |
"Lucid" | — | — | — | Sawayama [lower-alpha 8] | |
"Enter Sandman" [34] | 2021 | — | — | — | The Metallica Blacklist |
"Follow Me" [35] (with Pabllo Vittar) | 2022 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
"This Hell" | — [lower-alpha 9] | — | 50 | Hold the Girl | |
"Catch Me in the Air" | — [lower-alpha 10] | — | — | ||
"Hold the Girl" | 91 | — | — | ||
"Phantom" [38] | — | — | — | ||
"Hurricanes" [39] | — | — | — | ||
"Frankenstein" [40] | — | — | — | ||
"Eye for an Eye" [41] | 2023 | — [lower-alpha 11] | — | — | John Wick: Chapter 4 |
"I'm Free" (with Paris Hilton) | 2024 | — [lower-alpha 12] | — | — | Infinite Icon |
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
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UK [8] | IRE [44] | MLT [45] | NZ Hot [46] | POL [47] | SVK [48] | US Dance [49] | WW Excl. US [50] | ||||
"Beg for You" (Charli XCX featuring Rina Sawayama) | 2022 | 24 | 33 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 195 | Crash | |
"Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard's Wife" (Remix) (Le Sserafim featuring Rina Sawayama) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"Kiss Me" (Empress Of featuring Rina Sawayama) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | For Your Consideration | ||
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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Japan Hot OS [52] | US Dance [53] | |||
"Free Woman" (Clarence Clarity Remix) (Lady Gaga featuring Rina Sawayama) | 2021 | — | 20 | Dawn of Chromatica |
"Imagining" (featuring Amaarae) | 2023 | 17 | — | Hold the Girl: Bonus Edition |
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Associated album | Ref. |
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"Sleeping in Waking" | 2013 | Jack Greeley-Ward | Non-album single | [54] |
"Tunnel Vision" | 2015 | Arvida Byström | Rina | [55] |
"Where U Are" | 2016 | Ali Kurr, Rina Sawayama | Non-album single | [56] |
"Cyber Stockholm Syndrome" | 2017 | Anoushka Seigler | Rina | [57] |
"Ordinary Superstar" | 2018 | Can Evgin | [58] | |
"Cherry" | Isaac Lock | Non-album singles | [59] | |
"Cherry" (Piano Version) | 2019 | Jake Gabbay | [60] | |
"STFU!" | Ali Kurr, Rina Sawayama | Sawayama | [61] | |
"Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)" | 2020 | Eddie Whelan | [62] | |
"XS" | Ali Kurr | [63] | ||
"Bad Friend" | [64] | |||
"Lucid" [lower-alpha 6] | Dave Ferner, Ksenia Kulakova | [65] | ||
"Follow Me" (with Pabllo Vittar) | 2022 | Lauren Kessler | Non-album single | [66] |
"This Hell" | Ali Kurr | Hold the Girl | [67] | |
"Hold the Girl" | [68] | |||
"Hurricanes" | [69] | |||
"Frankenstein" | Jak Payne | [70] |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Associated album | Ref. |
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"Beg for You" (Charli XCX featuring Rina Sawayama) | 2022 | Nick Harwood | Crash | [71] |
"Kiss Me" (Empress Of featuring Rina Sawayama) | 2023 | India Harris | For Your Consideration | [72] |
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