Mari Hamada discography explained

Artist:Mari Hamada
Studio:24
Live:1
Compilation:17
Video:18[1]
Singles:25
Option:1
Option Name:Box sets

The discography of the Japanese singer-songwriter Mari Hamada consists of twenty-four studio albums, seventeen compilation albums, and twenty-five singles released since 1983.

Albums

Studio albums

YearInformationOricon weekly
peak position
[2]
Sales
RIAJ certification[3]
1983Lunatic Doll
Romantic Night
  • Released: December 16, 1983
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
1984Misty Lady
  • Released: June 21, 1984
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
1985Rainbow Dream
  • Released: January 21, 1985
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: LP CD, cassette
Blue Revolution
  • Released: December 21, 1985
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
1986Promise in the History
  • Released: September 5, 1986
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
1987In the Precious Age
  • Released: September 1, 1987
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
29
1988Love Never Turns Against
  • Released: June 21, 1988
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
4
1989Return to Myself
  • Released: June 7, 1989
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1
  • Platinum
1990Colors
  • Released: September 21, 1990
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2
  • Gold
1991Tomorrow
  • Released: October 19, 1991
  • Label: MCA Victor
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2
  • Platinum
1993Anti-Heroine
  • Released: March 20, 1993
  • Label: MCA Victor
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1
  • Platinum
1996Persona
  • Released: March 11, 1996
  • Label: MCA Victor
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2
  • Platinum
1998Philosophia
  • Released: October 21, 1998
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, cassette
18
2000Blanche
  • Released: February 23, 2000
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
35
2002Marigold 97
2003Sense of Self
  • Released: August 27, 2003
  • Label: Tri-M/MidZet House
  • Formats: CD
73
2005Elan 78
2007Sur lie
  • Released: March 21, 2007
  • Label: Meldac/Tokuma Japan
  • Formats: CD
93
2010Aestetica
  • Released: February 17, 2010
  • Label: Meldac/Tokuma Japan
  • Formats: CD, digital
35
2012Legenda
  • Released: February 15, 2012
  • Label: Meldac/Tokuma Japan
  • Formats: CD, digital
23
2016Mission
  • Released: January 13, 2016
  • Label: Meldac/Tokuma Japan
  • Formats: CD, digital
11
2018Gracia
  • Released: August 1, 2018
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital
6
2023Soar
  • Released: April 19, 2023
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital
413,243[4]

International releases

No.TitleLabelRelease date
1Introducing... Mari HamadaMCA RecordsMay 30, 1993 (Asia)
January 24, 1994 (Europe)
2All My HeartAugust 4, 1994

Compilations

YearInformationOricon weekly
peak position
Sales
RIAJ certification
1984First Period ~ Mari's Best Vol. 1
1986Mari's Collection
  • Released: May 21, 1986
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
Now & Then
  • Released: November 21, 1986
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
1987Anthology 1987
  • Released: December 1, 1987
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
1988
  • Released: November 21, 1988
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: CD, cassette
4
1989Sincerely
  • Released: December 16, 1989
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2
  • Platinum
1994Inclination
  • Released: March 24, 1994
  • Label: MCA Victor
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1
  • Platinum
1998 24
2000Mari Hamada Greatest Hits
  • Released: June 16, 2000
  • Label: Universal Victor
  • Formats: CD
61
2001Super Value: Mari Hamada
2003Inclination II 109
2005Sincerely II
  • Released: February 23, 2005
  • Label: Tri-M/MidZet House
  • Formats: CD
132
2008 58
2010Golden Best: Mari Hamada ~Victor Years~
  • Released: September 15, 2010
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD, digital
2013Inclination III
  • Released: August 7, 2013
  • Label: Meldac/Tokuma Japan
  • Formats: CD, digital
11
2015Golden Best: Mari Hamada
  • Released: June 24, 2015
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD, digital
2019Light for the Ages -35th Anniversary Best ~ Fan's Selection-
  • Released: January 23, 2019
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD, digital
7

Box sets

Singles

Regular singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleDatePeak chart positionsSales (JPN)RIAJ
certification
Album
Oricon Singles Charts
"Blue Revolution"October 21, 198542Blue Revolution
"Crime of Love"May 21, 198653Non-album single
"Love and Free"December 16, 198671Promise in the History
"Magic -Adventurous Heart-"June 21, 198766Non-album single
"999 ~One More Reason~"August 21, 198757In the Precious Age
"Forever"March 21, 198843Heart and Soul "The Singles"
"Call My Luck"June 8, 198841Love Never Turns Against
"Heart and Soul"September 7, 19887Heart and Soul "The Singles"
"Return to Myself ~Shinai, Shinai, Natsu."April 19, 19891
  • Platinum
Return to Myself
"Open Your Heart"November 8, 19894Sincerely
"Heaven Knows"July 11, 19909Colors
"Nostalgia"December 16, 199119
"Paradox"October 10, 19919Tomorrow
"Tele-Control"February 5, 199228
"Cry for the Moon"January 27, 19936
  • Gold
Anti-Heroine
"Company"July 28, 199330
"Hey Mr. Broken Heart"January 24, 199613Persona
"Antique"June 5, 199678
"Until the Dawn"August 26, 199860Philosophia
"Millenia"January 26, 200080Blanche
"Frozen Flower"February 27, 2002100Marigold
"Ash and Blue"July 30, 200397Sense of Self
"Fly High"/"Moonlight Shadow"September 22, 2005149Elan
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Promotional singles

TitleDateAlbum
"Eagle"April 30, 2008Non-album single
"Wish"May 28, 2008
"Tomorrow Never Dies"March 3, 2023Soar

International singles

No.TitleLabelRelease date
1"Hold On (One More Time)"MCA Records1993
2"I Have a Story to Tell"
3"Fixing a Broken Heart"

Other recordings

As a featured artist

Videography

Music video albums

List of media, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales (Oricon)
JPN DVD
JPN Blu-ray
Misty Lady N/A
Heart and Soul & Return to Myself - L.A. Sessions
  • Released: May 7, 1990
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Footsteps In 20 Years / Mari Hamada Videoclips Collection N/A

Live video albums

List of media, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales (Oricon)
JPN DVD
JPN Blu-ray
Magical Mystery "Mari" N/A
Blue Revolution Tour: Mari Hamada Live
  • Released: October 21, 1985
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
One Night Magic
  • Released: December 8, 1987
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
To You: Mari Hamada in Budokan
  • Released: November 8, 1989
  • Label: Invitation
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Beyond Tomorrow Tour '91~'92 "Tomorrow"
  • Released: January 31, 1992
  • Label: MCA Universal
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Live History 1985~1991
  • Released: March 26, 1992
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Marigold: Mari Hamada Live 2002 N/A
20th Anniversary Special Concert N/A
25th Anniversary Tour "On the Wing" in Tokyo
  • Released: April 15, 2009
  • Label: Meldac/Tokuma Japan
  • Formats: DVD
20 N/A
Mari Hamada Live in Tokyo "Aestetica"
  • Released: September 7, 2011
  • Label: Meldac/Tokuma Japan
  • Formats: DVD
8 N/A
Mari Hamada Live Tour 2012 "Legenda"
  • Released: December 5, 2012
  • Label: Meldac/Tokuma Japan
  • Formats: DVD
12 N/A
30th Anniversary Mari Hamada Live Tour -Special-
  • Released: January 7, 2015
  • Label: Meldac/Tokuma Japan
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
11 9 N/A
Mari Hamada Live Tour 2016 "Mission"
  • Released: February 22, 2017
  • Label: Meldac/Tokuma Japan
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
14 25 N/A
Mari Hamada 35th Anniversary Live "Gracia" at Budokan
  • Released: December 18, 2019
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
7 9 N/A

Notes and References

  1. This includes the music video compilation albums and concert DVDs.
  2. Web site: 浜田麻里 . . Japanese . 2020-09-19.
  3. Web site: ゴールドディスク認定 . . Japanese . 2020-09-19.
  4. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2023-05-01/. ja:オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2023年04月17日~2023年04月23日. Oricon Weekly Album Ranking April 17, 2023 – April 23, 2023. Oricon. ja. April 26, 2023. April 26, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230426050523/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2023-05-01/. dead.