B'z discography explained
Artist: | B'z |
Studio: | 22 |
Ep: | 6 |
Singles: | 54 |
Live: | 20 |
Japanese rock duo B'z has released 22 studio albums, 12 compilation albums, nine extended plays (EP), 62 singles, and 20 live albums. With more than 86 million sales in Japan, the duo is the best-selling artist in Japan and with 100 million sales one of the best-selling music artists of all time.[1] [2]
Albums
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Live albums
Extended plays
Singles
Physical singles
})| 1999| 1 || —||
| Brotherhood|-! scope="row"| "Kon'ya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni"
(lit. "On the Hill Overlooking the Moon Tonight"; Japanese: 今夜月の見える丘に)| rowspan="4"| 2000| 1 || —||
| rowspan="4"| Eleven|-! scope="row"| "May"| 1 || —||
|-! scope="row"| "Juice"| 1 || —||
|-! scope="row"| "Ring"| 1 || —||
|-! scope="row"| "Ultra Soul"| rowspan="2"| 2001| 1 || 36||
| Green|-! scope="row"| "Gold"| 1 || —||
| |-! scope="row"| "Atsuki Kodō no Hate"
(lit. "The Result of this Hot Heartbeat"; Japanese: 熱き鼓動の果て)| 2002| 1 || —||
| Green|-! scope="row"| "It's Showtime!"| rowspan="2"| 2003| 1 || —||
| rowspan="2"| Big Machine|-! scope="row"| "Yasei no Energy" (lit. "Wild Energy"; Japanese: 野性のEnergy)| 1 || —||
|-! scope="row"| "Banzai"| rowspan="2"| 2004| 1 || —||
| rowspan="2" |-! scope="row"| "Arigato"| 1 || —||
|-! scope="row"| "Ai no Bakudan" (lit. "Love Bomb"; Japanese: 愛のバクダン)| rowspan="2"| 2005| 1 || —||
| The Circle|-! scope="row"| "Ocean"| 1 || —||
| rowspan="4"| Monster|-! scope="row"| "Shōdō" (lit. "Impulse"; Japanese: 衝動)| rowspan="3"| 2006| 1 || —||
|-! scope="row"| "Yuruginai Mono Hitotsu"
(lit. "One Sure Thing"; Japanese: ゆるぎないものひとつ)| 1 || —||
|-! scope="row"| "Splash!"| 1 || —||
|-! scope="row" | "Eien no Tsubasa" (Japanese: 永遠の翼)| rowspan="2" |2007| 1 || —||
| rowspan="2" |Action|-! scope="row"| "Super Love Song"| 1 || —||
|-! scope="row"| "Burn (Fumetsu no Face)" (Japanese: Burn -フメツノフェイス-)| 2008| 1 || 1||
| |-! scope="row"| "Ichibu to Zenbu/Dive" (lit. "Some & All/Dive"; Japanese: イチブトゼンブ/Dive)| rowspan="2"| 2009| 1 || 1||
| rowspan="2"| Magic|-! scope="row"| "My Lonely Town"| 1 || 1||
|-! scope="row"| "Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo"
(lit. "Goodbye Painful Days"; Japanese: さよなら傷だらけの日々よ)| rowspan="2"| 2011| 1 || 1||
| rowspan="2"| C'mon|-! scope="row"| "Don't Wanna Lie"| 1 || 2||
|-! scope="row"| "Go for It, Baby (Kioku no Sanmyaku)"
(Japanese: Go for it, Baby –キオクの山脈)| 2012| 1 || 1||
| |-! scope="row"| "Uchōten" (lit. "Ecstasy"; Japanese: 有頂天)| rowspan="2"| 2015| 1 || 1||
| Epic Day|-! scope="row"| "Red"| 1 || 1||
| |-! scope="row"| "Seimei/Still Alive"
(lit. "Declaration/Still Alive"; Japanese: 声明/Still Alive)| 2017| 1 || 1|
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| Dinosaur|-! scope="row"| "Stars"| 2023| 1 || 4|
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| |-| align="center" colspan="8" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.|}
Digital singles
Other
B'z songs recorded by other musicians
- Eric Suen recorded "Easy Come, Easy Go!" as the theme for the 2000 Taiwanese drama, Huai Yu Gong Zhu (Chinese: 懷玉公主). The title of the Chinese version is "Wei Feng Shi Ke" (Chinese: 威風時刻).
- Priscilla Chan released a Cantonese version of "Native Dance" called Chinese: "放鬆三分鐘" on her 1993 album Chinese: 你身邊永是我.
- Aya Kamiki covered "Pierrot" as her second major-label single in 2006.
- Aya Kamiki has also included "Love Phantom" and "Juice" in several of her live performances.
- An arrangement of "Atsuki Kodō no Hate" (Japanese: 熱き鼓動の果て) appeared as a stage theme in the 2005 Nintendo DS rhythm game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. The performance is credited to Tetsushi Kimura.
- Eric Martin released an English version of "いつかのメリークリスマス" (Itsuka no Merry Christmas) on Mr. Vocalist X'mas (2009) and "Alone" on Mr. Rock Vocalist (2012).
- Longtime drummer for the band, Shane Gaalaas, released an English cover of "Brotherhood" on his 2013 album Ascend.
Songs covered by B'z
Featured songs
- "Into Free" was used as the title song for the Capcom video game Dragon's Dogma.
- "Receive You Reborn" was used as an intro theme and battle theme in the Japanese version of the SEGA video game
- "哀しきDreamer", B-Side from "Fireball" single, was used in the PlayStation game Indy 500.
- During the height of The X-Files popularity in Japan, "Love Phantom" was used as the closing credits theme song.
- "Devil", an English cover of their song "Tokyo Devil", was produced for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan.
- "兵、走る" (Tsuwamono, Hashiru) was produced to be a theme song for the 2019 Rugby World Cup official sponsor Lipovitan. Thus, this song is a "rugby song", used in several rugby TV broadcast channels, like J-Sports and The Rugby Channel.
- "Atsuki Kodou no Hate" appears in the arcade drumming game Taiko no Tatsujin 4, and recently in the Nintendo DS rhythm game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan.
- "Bad Communication" appears in the Game Boy Color rhythm game beatmania GB GotchaMIX2.
- "Kon'ya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni" was used in the 2000 TV drama Beautiful Life.
- "Change the Future" was used as the Japanese opening theme for the 2003 TV series Zentrix.
- "Ocean" was used in the 2005 TV drama of the Umizaru Evolution project.
- Koshi Inaba's "Akai Ito" was used as one of the ending themes for the 2006 anime Kekkaishi.
- "Liar! Liar!" appears in the arcade and PlayStation 2 rhythm game GuitarFreaks 4th Mix & DrumMania 3rd Mix (known on the PS2 as GitaDora! GuitarFreaks 4th Mix & DrumMania 3rd Mix). This song has been removed from the series as of GuitarFreaks 7th Mix & DrumMania 6th Mix.
- "ultra soul" appears in the arcade drumming game Taiko no Tatsujin 2. It also appears in Rocksmith 2014.
- "Friction" is featured on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable game Burnout Dominator. This marked their first appearance in a western video game. It is also included in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game Burnout Paradise, as well as its HD remaster available on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC.
- Several B'z and solo songs were used in the Detective Conan anime series:
- "Roots" was also used as the ending theme to the four-part Black Jack OVA series to promote the then newest TV series. Tak Matsumoto also did the opening "The Theme of B.J."
- "Lonely Stars" was used in the ending credits in the movie, which is part of the Fist of the North Star anime series.
- "Ore to Omae no Atarashii Kisetsu" (Japanese: オレとオマエの新しい季節) is currently used as the ending theme to the Japanese dub of The O.C..
- "Mienai Chikara ~Invisible one~" was the first ending theme to the anime Hell Teacher Nube.
- "Ichibu to Zenbu" was used as the theme song for the Fuji TV 2009 drama Buzzer Beat starring Yamashita Tomohisa and Keiko Kitagawa.
- "Signal" and "Utsukushiki Sekai" were used as the opening theme and the ending theme respectively for the 2002 female-oriented dating sim video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side.[25]
- "Wolf" was used as the ending theme for the Japanese TV show Suits.
Notes
- Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/52827/2/. ja:【オリコン“平成セールス”ランキング】シングルはSMAP、アルバムは宇多田ヒカルが1位 “平成No.1”アーティスト別セールスのB’zからはコメント到着. April 11, 2019. Oricon News. Orion. September 21, 2019. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20190921181051/https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/52827/2/. September 21, 2019.
- Web site: Meeting of the Masters. October 11, 2017. Mikey Hirano. Culross. Rafu Shimpo. Los Angeles News Publishing. September 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190921182358/http://www.rafu.com/2017/10/meeting-of-the-masters/. September 21, 2019.
- Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/2473/products/album/. ja:B’zの作品: アルバム. B'z' work: Albums. Oricon News. Oricon. September 21, 2019. ja.
- Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/21023/full/. ja:B'z、さらなる記録更新へ!ニューアルバムリリース決定!. B'z further record update! New album release decision!. Oricon News. Oricon. May 10, 2006. September 21, 2019. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20180807125409/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/21023/full/. August 7, 2018.
- Web site: https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd_search.html. ja:統計情報: B'z. Statistics: B'z. Recording Industry Association of Japan. ja. September 21, 2019. Enter "B'z" in the field "アーティスト"; choose "アルバム" in the drop down menu right to "カテゴリ"; hit "検索" afterwards to access all album certifications.
- Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2011/musicrank1219/index03.html. ja:年間 音楽 & 映像ランキング特集; アルバム Top 100. Annual Music & Video Ranking Feature; Album Top 100. December 19, 2011. Oricon News. Oricon. September 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20120107195737/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2011/musicrank1219/index03.html#topphoto. January 7, 2012. ja.
- Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/48546/4/. ja:2015年 年間音楽ランキングを発表!. 2015 annual music rankings announced!. Oricon News. Oricon. December 23, 2017. September 21, 2019. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20190921192220/https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/48546/4/. September 21, 2019.
- Japanese sales figures for Dinosaur:
- Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/50550/4/. ja:【第50回 オリコン年間ランキング 2017】嵐が総合売上5年連続首位、AKB48がシングル年間V8達成!. Arashi tops overall sales for 5th consecutive year, AKB48 achieved V8 single year!. Oricon News. Oricon. 4. December 23, 2017. September 21, 2019. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20190921105107/https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/50550/4/. September 21, 2019.
- Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2018-01/p/4/. ja:月間 CDアルバムランキング: 2018年01月度. Monthly CD Album Ranking: January 2018. Oricon News. Oricon. September 21, 2019. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023607/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2018-01/p/4/. February 15, 2018.
- Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/54091/16/. ja:年間合算アルバムランキング 1位~25位. Annual album ranking 1st to 25th. Oricon News. Oricon. December 23, 2019. October 7, 2020. ja.
- Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2022-08-22/. ja:オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2022年08月08日~2022年08月14日. Oricon Weekly Album Ranking August 8, 2022 – August 14, 2022. Oricon. ja. August 17, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220817031618/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2022-08-22/. August 17, 2022. dead.
- Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2013/musicrank1215/index05.html. ja:年間 音楽 & 映像ランキング特集; アルバム Top 100. Annual Music & Video Ranking Feature; Album Top 100. December 15, 2013. Oricon News. Oricon. September 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20131218220853/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/2013/musicrank1215/index05.html#topphoto. December 18, 2013. ja.
- Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/2473/products/dvd/. ja:B’zの作品: DVD. B'z' work: DVD. Oricon News. Oricon. September 23, 2019. ja.
- Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/2473/products/blu-ray/. ja:B’zの作品: Blu-ray. B'z' work: Blu-ray. Oricon News. Oricon. September 23, 2019. ja.
- Web site: https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd_search.html. ja:統計情報: B'z. Statistics: B'z. Recording Industry Association of Japan. ja. September 21, 2019. Enter "B'z" in the field "アーティスト"; choose "アルバム" in the drop down menu right to "クリア"; hit "検索" afterwards to access all album certifications.
- Japanese sales figures for B'z Live-Gym 2017–2018 "Live Dinosaur":
- DVD (44,471): Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/52268/7/. ja:年間DVDランキング 1位~25位. Annual DVD ranking 1–25. December 20, 2018. Oricon News. Oricon. ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20190923022821/https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/52268/7/. September 23, 2019.
- Blu-ray (65,066): Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/52268/13/. ja:年間ミュージックBlu-rayランキング 1位〜25位. Annual Blu-ray ranking 1–25. December 20, 2018. Oricon News. Oricon. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20190923022921/https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/52268/13/. September 23, 2019.
- Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/54091/22/. ja:年間ミュージックDVD・Blu-rayランキング 1位~20位. Annual music DVD / Blu-ray ranking 1st to 20th. Oricon News. Oricon. December 23, 2019. October 7, 2020. ja.
- Web site: オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2021年12月06日~2021年12月12日. Oricon. ja. December 15, 2021. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20211215022740/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2021-12-20/. December 15, 2021.
- Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/2473/products/single/. ja:B’zの作品: シングル. B'z' work: Singles. Oricon News. Oricon. October 22, 2019. ja.
- B'z Chart History: Japan Hot 100. Billboard. October 22, 2019.
- Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/50550/4/. ja:【第50回 オリコン年間ランキング 2017】嵐が総合売上5年連続首位、AKB48がシングル年間V8達成!. Arashi tops overall sales for 5th consecutive year, AKB48 achieved V8 single year!. Oricon News. Oricon. 3. December 23, 2017. October 22, 2019. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20190813193938/https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/50550/3/. August 13, 2019.
- Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2023-07-24/. ja:オリコン週間 シングルランキング 2023年07月10日~2023年07月16日. Oricon Weekly Single Ranking July 10, 2023 – July 16, 2023. Oricon. ja. July 19, 2023. July 19, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230719024205/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2023-07-24/. dead.
- Japan. B'z. Stars. single. 2023. 7. August 10, 2023.
- B'z Chart History: Japan Hot 100. Billboard. October 22, 2019.
- Web site: B'z Digital Certifications. Recording Industry Association of Japan. ja. 2024-01-05. Enter "B'z" in the field "アーティスト", then hit "検索" to access all digital certifications.
- Web site: 【NEWS】B'zが『ときめきメモリアルGirl's Side』に楽曲を提供!. ja. Famitsu. May 21, 2002. May 26, 2010.
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