Puffy AmiYumi discography

Puffy AmiYumi discography
Puffy AmiYumi live at Japan Expo 2009 (Paris, France)
Studio albums 13
Compilation albums 6
Singles 32
DVDs 12

The discography for Japanese pop/rock duo Puffy AmiYumi consists of 13 studio albums, 4 compilation albums, 2 remix albums, 12 video albums and 32 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]

Albums

Studio albums

# Information
1st /
Debut
Album
AmiYumi
  • Released: July 22, 1996
  • Chart peak: #3[5]
  • Singles: "Asia no Junshin"
2nd Album Solo Solo
  • Released: August 6, 1997
  • Chart peak: #2[6]
  • Singles: "Honey (Onuki Ami)", "V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N (Yoshimura Yumi)"
3rd Album Jet-CD
  • Released:April 4, 1998
  • Chart peak: #1[7]
  • Singles: "Kore Ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi", "Circuit no Musume", "Nagisa ni Matsuwaru ET Cetera", "Mother/Neholina Haholina", "Ai no Shirushi"
4th Album Fever*Fever
  • Released:June 23, 1999
  • Chart peak: #3[8]
  • Singles: "Tararan", "Puffy de Rumba", "Nichiyoubi no Musume", "Yume no Tameni"
5th Album/1st N.A. Album Spike
  • Released: October 12, 2000
  • Chart peak: #10[9]
  • Singles: "Umi Eto", "Boogie Woogie No.5"
6th Album Hit Parade
  • Released: October 24, 2002
  • Chart peak: #10[10]
  • Singles: "Aoi Namida", "Hurricane"
7th Album/3rd N.A. Album Nice.
  • Released: January 22, 2003
  • Chart peak: #20[11]
  • Singles: "Atarashii Hibi", "Akai Buranko"
8th Album 59
  • Released:March 31, 2004
  • Chart peak: #62[12]
  • Singles: "Sunrise"
9th Album/4th N.A. Album Splurge
  • Released: June 28, 2006
  • Chart peak: #19[13]
  • Singles: "Hajimari no Uta/Nice Buddy", "Mogura Like", "Tokyo I'm On My Way"
10th Album/5th N.A. Album Honeycreeper
  • Released: September 26, 2007
  • Chart peak: #27[14]
  • Singles: "Boom Boom Beat/Oh Edo NagareboshiIV", "Oriental Diamond/Kuchibiru Motion"
11th Album PUFFY AMIYUMI x PUFFY
  • Released: March 25. 2009
  • Chart peak: #97[15]
  • Singles:
12th Album/6th N.A. Album Bring it!
  • Released: June 17, 2009
  • Chart peak: #17[16]
  • Singles: "All Because of You", "My Story", "Hiyori Hime"
13th Album Thank You
  • Released: March 9, 2011
  • Chart peak: #25 [17]
  • Singles: "R.G.W.", "Happy Birthday"

Compilation albums

  1. Puffy Re-Mix Project (PRMX) (1999) # 28 [18]
  2. The Very Best of Puffy/AmiYumi Jet Fever (2000) #2 [19]
  3. An Illustrated History (2002) U.S.
  4. PRMX Turbo (2003) #179 [20]
  5. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (2004) U.S. (2005) Japan #49 [21]
  6. Hit&Fun (2007) #9[22]
  7. 15 (2011)
  8. 20 Anniversary Best Album (2016)[23]

North American albums

# Information
1st N.A. album Spike
  • released: May 1, 2001
  • chart peak: #10
  • singles: "Love So Pure", "Wild Girls on Circuit"
2nd N.A. album An Illustrated History
  • released: May 21, 2002
  • chart peak:
  • singles: "True Asia", "That's the Way It Is", "Talalan", "Sunday Girls", "Friends", "Electric Beach Fever", "Sign of Love", "Puffy's Rule", "Neholina", "Jet Police"
3rd N.A. album Nice.
  • released: August 12, 2003
  • chart peak: #20
  • singles: "Urei", "Teen Titans Theme", "Planet Tokyo"
4th N.A. album Splurge
  • released: July 25, 2006
  • chart peak: #19
  • singles: "Nice Buddy", "Girl Machine Gun, ""Call Me What You Like", "Mole-Like", "Tokyo, I'm On My Way"
5th N.A. album Honeycreeper
  • released: October 23, 2007
  • chart peak: #27
  • singles: "Boom Boom Beat", "Oriental Diamond", "Ghost PUFFY", "So Long, Summer", "Lip Motion", "You and the Motorbike", "Fast Car"
6th N.A. album Bring It!
  • released: July 21, 2009
  • chart peak: #17
  • singles: "All Because of You", "My Story", "Hiyori Hime"

Singles

  1. "Asia no Junshin" (1996) #3[24]
  2. "Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi" (1996) #1[25]
  3. "Circuit no Musume" (1997) #1[26]
  4. "Nagisa ni Matsuwaru etc." (1997) #1[27]
  5. "Mother/Nehorina Hahorina" (1997) #5[28]
  6. "Ai no shirushi" (1998) #3[29]
  7. "Tararan/Puffy no Tourmen" (1998) #4[30]
  8. "Puffy de Rumba" (1998) #14[31]
  9. "Nichiyobi no Musume" (1999) #15[32]
  10. "Yume no tame ni" (1999) #12[33]
  11. "Umi e to/Pool nite" (2000) #15[34]
  12. "Boogie Woogie No. 5" (2000) #22[35]
  13. "Atarashii Hibi" (2001) #28[36]
  14. "Aoi Namida" (2001) #32[37]
  15. "Hurricane" (2002) #36[38]
  16. "Akai Buranko/Planet Tokyo" (2002) #45[39]
  17. "Sunrise" (2004) #24[40]
  18. "Hajimari no Uta/Nice Buddy" (2005) #33[41]
  19. "Hi Hi" (2005) #107[42]
  20. "Mogura Like" (2006) #35[43]
  21. "Tokyo I'm on My Way" (2006) #58[44]
  22. "Hazumu Rizumu" (2006) #15
  23. "Hataraku Otoko" (2006) #41[45]
  24. "Boom Boom Beat/Oh Edo NagareboshiIV " (2007) #47[46]
  25. "Oriental Diamond/Kuchibiru Motion " (2007) #55[47]
  26. "All Because Of You " (2008) #34[48]
  27. "My Story " (2008) #44[49]
  28. "Hiyori Hime " (2009) #38[50]
  29. "Dareka ga " (2009) #30[51]
  30. "R.G.W " (2010) #44[52]
  31. "Happy Birthday " (2011) #56[53]
  32. "Sweet Drops" (2011) #34[54]
  33. "Tomodachi no Wao!" (2012) #85[55]
  34. "Datsu Dystopia" (2013) #102[56]
  35. "Himitsu no Gimme Cat -Ufufu Honto yo-" (2014)
  36. "Colorful Wave Surfers" (2015) [57]
  37. "Puffypipoyama" (2015) [58]#62[59]
  38. "Bouken no Dadada" (2017)

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 [60]
  7. PUFFY SPIKE Daisakusen (2001) - Concert footage
  8. Rolling Debut Revue - Canada USA Tour 2002 (2002)
  9. Funclips Funclub (2005) #99 [61]
  10. TOUR! PUFFY! TOUR! 10 Final (2006) # 168 [62]
  11. Sparks Go Go 15th Special Junk! Junk! Junk! (2006) #186 [63]
  12. Sparks Go Go 20th Anniversary Special (Junk! Junk! Junk! 2010) #58 [64]

Other works

  • Hosted the Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy show.
  • Appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (April 25, 2005) .
  • Played "Electric Beach Fever" and "That's the Way It Is" at Japan's New Year's Eve Countdown show (2005–2006) .
  • Recorded a version of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun with Cyndi Lauper on her album, The Body Acoustic.
  • Recorded the Teen Titans theme song.
  • Recorded the opening theme (Sunrise) for SD Gundam Force.
  • Two songs from PUFFY's Solo Solo album, Yumi Yoshimura's solo song, Kyouki na Futari [Perfect Couple] for an opening theme and Ami Onuki's solo song, Tadaima [I'm Home] for an ending theme were recorded for Hare Tokidoki Buta (Tokyo Pig).
  • Recorded the song Hito Natsu No Keiken on the Yamaguchi Momoe Tribute Album "Tribute Thank You For...".
  • Recorded a cover version of the Guitar Wolf song Can-Nana Fever on a tribute album "I Love Guitar Wolf Very Much".
  • Contributed backing vocals on Sayonara for an early American version and eventual Japanese version of Bleu's album Redhead.
  • Friends Forever was featured on the Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed soundtrack.
  • Urei was featured in What's New Scooby-Doo? episode called Big Appetite in Little Tokyo (second season, first episode).
  • Hi Hi was featured in Chilean telenovela Brujas.
  • Asia no junshin was featured on the compilation album Japan For Sale Vol.1.
  • Asia no junshin was also featured in the arcade game Taiko no tatsujin 5.
  • Atarashii hibi was featured on the compilation album Japan For Sale Vol.2.
  • Hajimari no uta was featured on the compilations albums Jpop CD, Vol. 2 and Pikachu The Movie Song Best 1998-2008. It was also featured in Pokémon movie: Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
  • Nice Buddy was featured in Gossip Girl episode called Seventeen Candles (first season, eighth episode).
  • Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi was featured in Heroes episode called Genesis (first season, first episode).
  • Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi was used in Donkey Konga 3.
  • Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi (The Readymade Darlin' Of Discothèque Track) was used in French/Japanese movie Wasabi .
  • Ai no shirushi was featured in Japanese movies Waterboys and Lovely Complex .
  • Recorded the opening theme (Hataraku Otoko, Unicorn cover) for anime Hataraki Man.
  • Recorded the opening theme (Oh Edo Nagareboshi IV) for anime Oh! Edo Rocket.
  • Recorded the opening theme (Hiyori Hime) for anime Genji Monogatari Sennenki.
  • Recorded the theme (Wedding Bell, Sugar cover) for Japanese drama Konkatsu!.
  • Recorded the theme (Dareka ga) for movie Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire.
  • Recorded the theme (Sweep Drops) for movie Usagi Drop (film).
  • Recorded the song (Now Romantic) for CD compilation Yoshimoto Cover & Best (CD).

References

  1. 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会 > 各種統計 > その他のデータ > 年度別ミリオンセラー一覧 > 1996年 [(RIAJ - Statistics - Other Data - List of million-certified compact discs by year - 1996)]. riaj.or.jp (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  2. 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会 > 各種統計 > その他のデータ > 年度別ミリオンセラー一覧 > 1998年 [(RIAJ - Statistics - Other Data - List of million-certified compact discs by year - 1998)]. riaj.or.jp (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  3. Oricon profile and interview (in Japanese)
  4. J!-ENT 50-PAGE SPECIAL FEATURE: Puffy AmiYumi 15th Year Anniversary featuring interviews from 2000-2010 by Dennis A. Amith. Accessed June 19, 2011.
  5. Oricon Style: AmiYumi
  6. Oricon Style: Solo Solo
  7. Oricon Style: Jet-CD
  8. Oricon Style: Fever*Fever
  9. Oricon Style: Spike
  10. Oricon Style: The Hit Parade
  11. Oricon Style: Nice
  12. Oricon Style: 59
  13. Oricon Style: Splurge
  14. Oricon Style: Honeycreeper
  15. Oricon Style: Puffy Amiyumi x Puffy
  16. Oricon Style: Bring it!
  17. Oricon Style: Thank You
  18. Oricon Style: PRMX
  19. Oricon Style: The Very Best of Puffy/AmiYumi Jet Fever
  20. Oricon Style: PRMX Turbo
  21. Oricon Style: Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
  22. Oricon Style: Hit&Fun
  23. Oricon Style: 20th Anniversary Best Album
  24. Oricon Style: Asia no Junshin
  25. Oricon Style: Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi
  26. Oricon Style: Circuit no Musume
  27. Oricon Style: Nagisa ni matsuwaru etc.
  28. Oricon Style: Mother/Nehorina Hahorina
  29. Oricon Style: Ai no Shirushi
  30. Oricon Style: Tararan/Puffy no tourmen
  31. Oricon Style: Puffy de Rumba
  32. Oricon Style: Nichiyoubi no musume
  33. Oricon Style: Yume no Tame ni
  34. Oricon Style: Umi e to/Pool Nite
  35. Oricon Style: Boogie Woogie No. 5
  36. Oricon Style: Atarashii Hibi
  37. Oricon Style: Aoi Namida
  38. Oricon Style: Hurricane
  39. Oricon Style: Akai Buranko/Planet Tokyo
  40. Oricon Style: Sunrise
  41. Oricon Style: Hajimari no Uta/Nice Buddy
  42. Oricon Style: Hi Hi
  43. Oricon Style: Mogura Like
  44. Oricon Style: Tokyo I'm on My Way
  45. Oricon Style: Hataraku Otoko
  46. Oricon Style: Boom Boom Beat/Oh Edo NagareboshiIV
  47. Oricon Style: Oriental Diamond/Kuchibiru Motion
  48. Oricon Style: All Because Of You
  49. Oricon Style: My Story
  50. Oricon Style: Hiyori Hime
  51. Oricon Style: Dareka Ga
  52. Oricon Style: R.G.W.
  53. Oricon Style: Happy Birthday
  54. Oricon Style: Sweet Drops
  55. Oricon Style: Sweet Drops
  56. Oricon Style: Datsu Dystopia
  57. Oricon Style: CLIPS
  58. Oricon Style: Funclips Funclub
  59. Oricon Style: TOUR! PUFFY! TOUR! 10 Final
  60. Oricon Style: Sparks Go Go 15th Special Junk! Junk! Junk!
  61. Oricon Style: Sparks Go Go 20th Anniversary Special (Junk! Junk! Junk! 2010)
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