Puffy AmiYumi discography

Puffy AmiYumi discography
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]

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
[5] 		US
World
[6]
AmiYumi
  • Released: July 22, 1996
  • Label: Epic Records Japan
 3 —
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
  • Released: June 28, 2006
  • Label: Kioon Music
 19 9
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 Puffy 27 —

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak 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
  • Released: May 21, 2002
  • Label: Bar/None
 —
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

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
JPN
[7]
"Asia no Junshin" (アジアの純真) 1996 3 AmiYumi
"Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi" (これが私の生きる道) 1 Jet CD
"Circuit no Musume" (サーキットの娘) 1997 1
"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) 1998 3
"Tararan/Puffy no Tōrmen" (たららん/パフィーのツアーメン) 4 Fever*Fever
"Puffy de Rumba" (パフィー de ルンバ) 14
"Nichiyoubi no Musume" (日曜日の娘) 1999 15
"Yume no tame ni" (夢のために) 12
"Umi e to/Pool Nite" (海へと/プールにて) 2000 15 Spike
"Boogie Woogie No. 5" (ブギウギ No.5) 22
"Atarashii hibi" (あたらしい日々) 2001 28 Nice
"Aoi Namida" (青い涙) 32 The Hit Parade
"Hurricane" (ハリケーン) 2002 36
"Akai Buranko/Planet Tokyo" (赤いブランコ/Planet Tokyo) 45 Nice
"Sunrise" 2004 34 59
"Hajimari no Uta/Nice Buddy" (はじまりのうた/ナイスバディ) 2005 33 Splurge
"Hi Hi" — Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
"Mogura Like" (モグラライク) 2006 33 Splurge
"Tokyo I'm on My Way" 58
"Hazumu Rhythm" (ハズムリズム) (with Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra) 15 Hit&Fun
"Hataraku Otoko" (働く男) 41
"Boom Boom Beat" (Boom boom beat/お江戸流れ星IV) 2007 47 Honeycreeper
"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" 2008 34 Bring It!
"My Story" (マイストーリー) 44
"Hiyori Hime" (日和姫) 2009 38
"Dareka ga" (誰かが) 30 15
"R.G.W." 2010 44 Thank You!
"Happy Birthday" (ハッピーバースデイ) 2011 —
"Sweet Drops" 34 15
"Tomodachi no Wao!" (トモダチのわお!) 2012 — 20th 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" 2015 — Non-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) 2020 — Non-album single
"Pathfinder"[11] 2021 — The 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]

Other works

  • Hosted the Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Puffy show.
  • Appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (April 25, 2005).[18]
  • Played "Electric Beach Fever" and "That's the Way It Is" at Japan's New Year's Eve Countdown show (2005–2006).[19][20]
  • 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.[21]
  • Ai no shirushi was featured in Japanese movies Waterboys[21] and Lovely Complex.[22]
  • 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).
  • Susume Nonsense was recorded as the eleventh ending theme for Chibi Maruko-chan (1995 series) appearing for the first time in episode 1119 premiered on October 8, 2017.[23]
  • Performed Koi no Vacance song by The Peanuts for Chibi Maruko-chan (1995 series) Christmas Special premiered on December 23, 2018.[24]
  • Recorded a cover of The Night Begins to Shine for the ending of the Teen Titans Go! 4-part special based on the song, which was also included on the soundtrack 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. ^ a b "PUFFYのランキング情報 - アルバム売上TOP18作品" [PUFFY ranking information - Top 18 albums]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  6. ^ "Puffy AmiYumi Chart History: World Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  7. ^ "PUFFYの作品 - シングル" [Works by PUFFY - Singles]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  8. ^ "Bouken no dadada - Single by PUFFY". iTunes. 29 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Susume Nonsense - Single by PUFFY". iTunes. 7 December 2018.
  10. ^ "ほうやれほ - Single by PUFFY". 28 July 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2023 – via music.apple.com.
  11. ^ "Pathfinder". Amazon.
  12. ^ https://puffy.jp/disco/#21883
  13. ^ "Oricon Style: CLIPS". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Oricon Style: Funclips Funclub". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Oricon Style: TOUR! PUFFY! TOUR! 10 Final". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Oricon Style: Sparks Go Go 15th Special Junk! Junk! Junk!". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  17. ^ "Oricon Style: Sparks Go Go 20th Anniversary Special (Junk! Junk! Junk! 2010)". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  18. ^ "Episode #4.29". IMDb.
  19. ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  20. ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  21. ^ a b "Ami Onuki". IMDb.
  22. ^ "Love Com". IMDb.
  23. ^ "Female Pop Duo Puffy to Sing New Chibi Maruko-chan Anime's Ending Song - News". Anime News Network. 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  24. ^ "Puffy AmiYumi Duo Guest Star on Chibi Maruko-chan Christmas Special - Interest". Anime News Network. 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
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