Puffy AmiYumi discography
| Puffy AmiYumi discography | |
|---|---|
 Puffy AmiYumi live at Japan Expo 2009 (Paris, France) | |
| Studio albums | 14 |
| Compilation albums | 8 |
| Singles | 41 |
| DVDs | 12 |
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[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [5] |
US World [6] | ||
| AmiYumi |
|
3 | — |
| Solo Solo |
|
2 | — |
| Jet CD |
|
1 | — |
| Fever*Fever |
|
3 | — |
| Spike |
|
10 | — |
| The Hit Parade |
|
10 | — |
| Nice |
|
20 | — |
| 59 |
|
— | — |
| Splurge |
|
19 | 9 |
| Honeycreeper |
|
27 | — |
| PUFFY AMIYUMI x PUFFY |
|
— | — |
| Bring it! |
|
17 | — |
| Thank You |
|
25 | — |
| The Puffy |
|
27 | — |
Compilation albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| JPN [5] | ||
| PRMX |
|
28 |
| The Very Best of Puffy/AmiYumi Jet Fever |
|
2 |
| An Illustrated History |
|
— |
| PRMX Turbo |
|
— |
| Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi |
|
49 |
| Hit&Fun |
|
9 |
| 15 |
|
21 |
| 20th Anniversary Best Album (非脱力派宣言) |
|
14 |
Singles[edit]
| 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[edit]
- The release date on DVD is in parentheses
- RUN! PUFFY! RUN! 1996 (2000)
- TOUR! PUFFY! TOUR! 1997 (2000)
- Jet Tour '98 (2000)
- Jet 1998 (2000) - Music videos, including Chinese version of "Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi"
- Fever*Fever 1999 (2000) - Concert footage from Fever Fever tour
- CLIPS (2000.07.05 and VHS) #15 [13]
- PUFFY SPIKE Daisakusen (2001) - Concert footage
- Rolling Debut Revue - Canada USA Tour 2002 (2002)
- Funclips Funclub (2005) #99 [14]
- TOUR! PUFFY! TOUR! 10 Final (2006) # 168 [15]
- Sparks Go Go 15th Special Junk! Junk! Junk! (2006) #186 [16]
- Sparks Go Go 20th Anniversary Special (Junk! Junk! Junk! 2010) #58 [17]
Other works[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Oricon profile and interview (in Japanese)
- ^ J!-ENT 50-PAGE SPECIAL FEATURE: Puffy AmiYumi 15th Year Anniversary featuring interviews from 2000-2010 by Dennis A. Amith. Accessed June 19, 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Puffy AmiYumi Chart History: World Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ "PUFFYの作品 - シングル" [Works by PUFFY - Singles]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ "Bouken no dadada - Single by PUFFY". iTunes. 29 March 2017.
- ^ "Susume Nonsense - Single by PUFFY". iTunes. 7 December 2018.
- ^ "ほうやれほ - Single by PUFFY". 28 July 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2023 – via music.apple.com.
- ^ "Pathfinder". Amazon.
- ^ https://puffy.jp/disco/#21883
- ^ "Oricon Style: CLIPS". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Oricon Style: Funclips Funclub". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Oricon Style: TOUR! PUFFY! TOUR! 10 Final". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Oricon Style: Sparks Go Go 15th Special Junk! Junk! Junk!". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Oricon Style: Sparks Go Go 20th Anniversary Special (Junk! Junk! Junk! 2010)". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Episode #4.29". IMDb.
- ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
- ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
- ^ a b "Ami Onuki". IMDb.
- ^ "Love Com". IMDb.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Puffy AmiYumi Duo Guest Star on Chibi Maruko-chan Christmas Special - Interest". Anime News Network. 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2022-08-16.