Puffy AmiYumi discography

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

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 14 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)

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

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 ^[58]
7. PUFFY SPIKE Daisakusen (2001) - Concert footage
8. Rolling Debut Revue - Canada USA Tour 2002 (2002)
9. Funclips Funclub (2005) #99 ^[59]
10. TOUR! PUFFY! TOUR! 10 Final (2006) # 168 ^[60]
11. Sparks Go Go 15th Special Junk! Junk! Junk! (2006) #186 ^[61]
12. Sparks Go Go 20th Anniversary Special (Junk! Junk! Junk! 2010) #58 ^[62]

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)" Check |url= value (help). 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)" Check |url= value (help). 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: Asia no Junshin
24. Oricon Style: Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi
25. Oricon Style: Circuit no Musume
26. Oricon Style: Nagisa ni matsuwaru etc.
27. Oricon Style: Mother/Nehorina Hahorina
28. Oricon Style: Ai no Shirushi
29. Oricon Style: Tararan/Puffy no tourmen
30. Oricon Style: Puffy de Rumba
31. Oricon Style: Nichiyoubi no musume
32. Oricon Style: Yume no Tame ni
33. Oricon Style: Umi e to/Pool Nite
34. Oricon Style: Boogie Woogie No. 5
35. Oricon Style: Atarashii Hibi
36. Oricon Style: Aoi Namida
37. Oricon Style: Hurricane
38. Oricon Style: Akai Buranko/Planet Tokyo
39. Oricon Style: Sunrise
40. Oricon Style: Hajimari no Uta/Nice Buddy
41. Oricon Style: Hi Hi
42. Oricon Style: Mogura Like
43. Oricon Style: Tokyo I'm on My Way
44. Oricon Style: Hataraku Otoko
45. Oricon Style: Boom Boom Beat/Oh Edo NagareboshiIV
46. Oricon Style: Oriental Diamond/Kuchibiru Motion
47. Oricon Style: All Because Of You
48. Oricon Style: My Story
49. Oricon Style: Hiyori Hime
50. Oricon Style: Dareka Ga
51. Oricon Style: R.G.W.
52. Oricon Style: Happy Birthday
53. Oricon Style: Sweet Drops
54. Oricon Style: Sweet Drops
55. Oricon Style: Datsu Dystopia
58. Oricon Style: CLIPS
59. Oricon Style: Funclips Funclub
60. Oricon Style: TOUR! PUFFY! TOUR! 10 Final
61. Oricon Style: Sparks Go Go 15th Special Junk! Junk! Junk!
62. Oricon Style: Sparks Go Go 20th Anniversary Special (Junk! Junk! Junk! 2010)