Chage and Aska discography explained

Artist:Chage and Aska
Studio:21
Live:3
Ep:1
Compilation:14
Tribute:1
Video:26
Singles:55

The discography of the Japanese pop duo Chage and Aska consists of 21 studio albums, 14 compilation albums, 26 video albums and 55 singles. Chage and Aska debuted in 1979 with the single "Hitorizaki", which peaked at number 24 on the Oricon Singles Chart. In 1980, their single "Banri no Kawa" was their first chart hit. Their 1991 single, "Say Yes", which was used as the theme to the Japanese drama,[1] sold two million copies and is the sixth best-selling single of all time in Japan.[2] The group had another double million seller in 1993 with "Yah Yah Yah". The group has sold about 31 million records in Japan.[2]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales
(Japan)
[3] [4]
Certifications
Japan
[5]
11109,000
  • Released: February 25, 1981
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): LP, cassette
1161,000
  • Released: February 14, 1982
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): LP, cassette
579,000
  • Released: June 29, 1983
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): LP, cassette
880,000
Inside
  • Released: March 25, 1984
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): LP, cassette
1443,000
Z=One
  • Released: January 25, 1985
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): LP, cassette
949,000
Turning Point
  • Released: April 21, 1986
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
473,000
Mix Blood
  • Released: September 21, 1986
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
362,000
Mr. Asia
  • Released: May 21, 1987
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
426,000
Rhapsody
  • Released: March 5, 1988
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
4128,000
Energy
  • Released: September 21, 1988
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
649,000
Pride
  • Released: August 25, 1989
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
1301,000
See Ya
  • Released: August 29, 1990
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
4520,000
Tree
  • Released: October 1991
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
12,351,000
  • Japan: 2× Million
Guys
  • Released: November 7, 1992
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
11,411,000
  • Japan: 3× Platinum
Red Hill
  • Released: October 10, 1993
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
11,567,000
  • Japan: 4× Platinum[6]
Code Name 1 Brother Sun
  • Released: June 28, 1995
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
1752,000
  • Japan: 3× Platinum[7]
Code Name 2 Sister Moon
  • Released: April 22, 1996
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
2463,000
  • Japan: Platinum[8]
No Doubt
  • Released: August 25, 1999
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): CD,LP, cassette
1251,000
  • Japan: Gold[9]
Not At All
  • Released: December 27, 2001
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
10100,000
Double
  • Released: January 24, 2007
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
456,000

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales
(Japan)
Certifications
Japan
Standing Ovation
  • Released: December 5, 1985
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
2326,000
Super Best
  • Released: March 5, 1987
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
11128,000
The Story of Ballad
  • Released: February 7, 1990
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
2160,000
Super Best II
  • Released: March 25, 1992
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
12,697,000
  • Japan: 2× Million[10]
  • Released: May 17, 1993
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
Singles: The European Collection
  • Released: July 22, 1994
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
Yin & Yang
  • Released: August 25, 1994
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
1693,000
  • Japan: Platinum[11]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: January 13, 1998
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
Duet Angle 20th Anniversary
  • Released: February 10, 1999
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
Chage & Aska Very Best Roll Over 20th
  • Released: December 16, 1999
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
2468,000
  • Japan: Platinum[12]
The Best
  • Released: January 13, 2004
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
The Story of Ballad II
  • Released: November 3, 2004
  • Label: Yamaha Music
  • Format(s): CD
2216,000
Asian Communications Best
  • Released: April 23, 2008
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
Chage and Aska Very Best Nothing But C&A
  • Released: February 4, 2009
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): CD, LP, cassette
253,000
"—" denotes items which were not released in the region, or items that did not chart.

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales
(Japan)
Certifications
Japan
Live in Dennen Coliseum: The Natsu Matsuri '81
  • Released: September 10, 1981
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): LP, cassette, CD
661,000
1983.9.30 Chage & Asuka Live in Yoyogi Stadium
  • Released: November 16, 1983
  • Label: Warner Pioneer
  • Format(s): LP, cassette, CD
1719,000
MTV Unplugged Live
  • Released: October 7, 1996
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD
1196,000
  • Japan: Platinum[13]

Box sets

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales
(Japan)
Certifications
Japan
CD Box-5
  • Released: June 21, 1988
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD
Chage & Aska The Longest Tour Memorial
  • Released: December 17, 1993
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD
4017,000
Super Best Box Single History 1979–1994 and Snow Mail
  • Released: December 16, 1994
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format(s): CD
1303,000
Chage and Aaska 25th Anniversary Box-1
  • Released: June 23, 2004
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Format(s): CD
556,000
Chage and Aska 25th Anniversary Box-2
  • Released: July 28, 2004
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Format(s): CD
506,000
Chage and Aska 25th Anniversary Box-3
  • Released: August 25, 2004
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Format(s): CD
428,000
"—" denotes items which were not released in the region, or items that did not chart.

Singles

As lead performers

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsSales
(Japan)
[15]
CertificationsAlbum
Japan
Oricon
Japan
Billboard
Japan Hot 100
[16]
197924 179,000Kazemai
198056 23,000
6 537,000Neppū
198130 54,000Tasogare no Kishi
28 90,000
198251 38,000Atsui Omoi
27 71,000
198338 66,000Chage and Asuka IV: 21 Seiki
46 23,000Inside
"Moon Light Blues"198452 30,000
38 32,000Z=One
198544 14,000
42 18,000
198611 161,000Turning Point
17 45,000Mix Blood
"Count Down"20 37,000Non-album single
18 28,000Mr. Asia
"Sailor Man"198713 67,000
23 18,000Rhapsody
198816 62,000
22 30,000
"Trip"14 26,000Energy
"Walk"198920 22,000Pride
"Love Song"20 8932,000
"Do Ya Do"199010 67,000See Ya
19913 503,000
"Say Yes"1 352,820,000
  • Japan: 2× Million[17]
Tree
1 811,000
"Walk" (re-release)19923 369,000Super Best II
"Love Song" (re-release)1 499,000
"If"1 1,083,000Guys
"No No Darlin'"2 675,000
"Yah Yah Yah"19931692,419,000
  • Japan: 2× Million
Red Hill
1 799,000
"You Are Free"5 389,000
  • Japan: Platinum[18]
4 427,000
  • Japan: Platinum
"Heart"199411,143,000
  • Japan: 2× Platinum[19]
Code Name. 1 Brother Sun
"Natural"
"On Your Mark"Code Name. 2 Sister Moon
1 1,252,000 Code Name. 1 Brother Sun
"Something There"19952 569,000
  • Japan: Platinum[21]
"River"19962 389,000
  • Japan: Platinum[22]
Code Name. 2 Sister Moon
19993121,000 No Doubt
"Vision"
7 70,000
20018 79,000Not At All
6 62,000
"C-46"6 57,000
9 43,000
"Seamless Singles"200413 19,000Non-album single
6 45,000Double
7 35,000
"Man and Woman"20072 23,000
"Here & There"3 21,000
"—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the Billboard charts, or items that did not chart.

As featured artists

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsSales
(Japan)
CertificationsAlbum
Japan
Oricon
Japan
Billboard
Japan Hot 100
(Chage with Yūko Ishikawa)1984372438,000Collections
(Chage and Aska with Stardust Revue)2003352,000Hot Menu
"—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the Billboard charts, or items that did not chart.

Videography

Video albums

List of media, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
Japan
  • Released: July 1, 1983
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS
  • Released: April 1, 1984
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS
One Side Game Chage & Asuka in Yokohama Stadium
  • Released: October 21, 1986
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS
Walk
  • Released: March 21, 1989
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS
Chage & Asuka History I: 10 Years After
  • Released: September 6, 1989
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS
Chage & Asuka History II: Pride
  • Released: March 7, 1990
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS
  • Released: March 21, 1991
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS
  • Released: March 21, 1991
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS
Concert Movie Guys
  • Released: March 24, 1993
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS, Blu-ray
59
15th Anniversary On Your Mark
  • Released: September 21, 1994
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS
Asian Tour in Taipei
  • Released: March 21, 1996
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS, DVD
Chage & Aska MTV Unplugged Live
  • Released: October 18, 1996
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS, DVD
Live Best 1995–1999
  • Released: December 31, 1999
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): DVD
  • Released: July 12, 2000
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): DVD
Chage and Aska Concert Tour 01>>02 Not At All
  • Released: April 24, 2002
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS, DVD
Music on Films
  • Released: March 12, 2003
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS, DVD
Chage and Aska Concert Tour 02-03 The Live
  • Released: August 6, 2003
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS, DVD, Blu-ray
Chage and Aska Count Down Live 03>>04 in Sapporo Dome
  • Released: March 31, 2004
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): VHS, DVD, Blu-ray
  • Released: March 23, 2002
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): DVD, Blu-ray
Chage and Aska Concert Tour 2004 Two-Five
  • Released: February 1, 2006
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): DVD, Blu-ray
20
Chage and Aska Concert Tour 2007 Double
  • Released: August 29, 2007
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): DVD, Blu-ray
3
Chage and Aska Concert Tour 2007 Alive in Live
  • Released: May 7, 2008
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): DVD, Blu-ray
5
Chage and Aska Concert Live DVD Box 1
  • Released: August 26, 2009
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): DVD
17
Chage and Aska Concert Live DVD Box 2
  • Released: September 23, 2009
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): DVD
10
Chage and Aska Concert Live DVD Box 3
  • Released: September 23, 2009
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): DVD
9
  • Released: April 25, 2012
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Format(s): Blu-ray
20
"—" denotes items that did not chart, or whose peak positions have not been archived by Oricon.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chage & Aska Biography. Alexey. Eremenko. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. January 3, 2015.
  2. Web site: J-pop star arrested on drug charges. Matt. Schley. May 19, 2014. Otaku USA. Sovereign Media. January 3, 2015.
  3. Web site: オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」. Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree'. Oricon. subscription. September 4, 2014.
  4. Book: Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 . 2006 . Oricon Entertainment . Roppongi, Tokyo . Japanese . 9784871310772.
  5. Web site: CHAGE and ASKAの作品. Oricon. December 25, 2014.
  6. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1994年5月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. May 1994 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20141219081004/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1994/199405.pdf . December 19, 2014 . January 7, 2015.
  7. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1995年9月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. September 1995 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150105132811/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1995/199509.pdf . January 5, 2015 . January 7, 2015.
  8. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1996年7月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. July 1996 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140610105014/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1996/199607.pdf . June 10, 2014 . January 7, 2015.
  9. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1999年11月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. November 1999 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203200300/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1999/199911.pdf . February 3, 2014 . January 7, 2015.
  10. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1996年9月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. September 1996 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116111957/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1996/199609.pdf . January 16, 2014 . January 7, 2015.
  11. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1994年11月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. November 1994 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216090250/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1994/199411.pdf . December 16, 2013 . January 7, 2015.
  12. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年2月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. February 2000 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140117113742/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2000/200002.pdf . January 17, 2014 . January 7, 2015.
  13. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1996年12月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. December 1996 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116130453/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1996/199612.pdf . January 16, 2014 . January 7, 2015.
  14. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1995年02月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. February 1995 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116121713/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1995/199502.pdf . January 16, 2014 . January 7, 2015.
  15. Book: Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968–2010 . 2012 . Oricon Entertainment . Roppongi, Tokyo . Japanese . 9784871310888.
  16. Hot 100 JAPAN Charts Billboard Japan . Billboard Japan. Hankyu Hanshin Holdings. Japanese. September 11, 2014.
  17. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1996年10月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. October 1996 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205339/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1996/199610.pdf . August 12, 2014 . January 7, 2015.
  18. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1994年1月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. January 1994 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103051505/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1994/199401.pdf . November 3, 2013 . January 7, 2015.
  19. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1994年10月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. January 1994 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20131104020152/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1994/199410.pdf . November 4, 2013 . January 7, 2015.
  20. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1995年3月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. March 1995 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140809061451/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1995/199503.pdf . August 9, 2014 . January 7, 2015.
  21. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1995年7月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. July 1995 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20131016075501/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1995/199507.pdf . October 16, 2013 . January 7, 2015.
  22. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1996年4月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. April 1996 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20141230081036/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1996/199604.pdf . December 30, 2014 . January 7, 2015.
  23. GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1999年5月度 . Gold Albums, and other certified works. May 1999 Edition . The Record . Bulletin . Japanese . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140122064612/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1999/199905.pdf . January 22, 2014 . January 16, 2015.