Seiko Matsuda albums discography explained

Artist:Seiko Matsuda albums
Studio:55
Compilation:41
Video:61
Ep:1
Singles:82
Soundtrack:7
Option:2
Option Name:Remix albums
1Option:9
1Option Name:Box sets

Japanese singer-songwriter Seiko Matsuda has released fifty-five studio albums, forty-one compilation albums, six soundtracks, two remix albums, one extended plays, and eight box sets.

Seiko released her debut album, Squall in August 1980; it peaked at number two in Japan and has sold over 500,000 copies. The second single from the album, "Aoi Sangoshō" became the fifteenth best-selling single of 1979 in Japan. Her second album, North Wind, was released later in the year and became Matsuda's first number one album. One of her best-selling and critically acclaimed albums, Pineapple was released in 1982. The album peaked at number one in Japan and spawned two number one singles. In 1983, Matsuda released her most successful studio album to date, Utopia, which became the third best-selling album of the year in Japan. Her first English-language album, Sound of My Heart was released in 1985. The album was produced by Phil Ramone and peaked at number two in Japan. Her fifteenth studio album, Citron, which was produced by David Foster, was released in 1988 and became Matsuda's twelfth number one studio album.[1]

Matsuda's global debut album, Seiko was released in 1990. The album has spawned a hit single, "The Right Combination". The single, which features the guest vocals by American singer Donnie Wahlberg, reached top 20 in Australia and Canada, as well as charting in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom.[2] Matsuda's eleventh compilation album, Bible was released in 1991 and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. In 1996, Matsuda released her twenty-seventh studio album, Vanity Fair. The album spawned her best-selling single, "Anata ni Aitakute: Missing You", and peaked at number two in Japan. Her third global album, Area 62 was released in 2002. The album has spawned two Billboard Dance Club Songs top twenty singles. Matsuda released the compilation album, We Love Seiko: 35th Anniversary Seiko Matsuda Kyūkyoku All-Time Best 50 Songs, which became her first top three album in 19 years. Her first jazz album, Seiko Jazz was released in 2017 through Verve Records and peaked at number six in Japan.

Matsuda is one of the best-selling music artists in Japan, having sold over 30 million records nationwide.[3]

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
JPN
[4]
JPN
LP
Squall 64 2
  • JPN: 547,000
North Wind
  • Released: December 1, 1980
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
74 1
  • JPN: 389,000
Silhouette
  • Released: May 21, 1981
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
68 2
  • JPN: 380,000
Kaze Tachinu
  • Released: October 21, 1981
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
52 1
  • JPN: 366,000
Pineapple
  • Released: May 21, 1982
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
49 1
  • JPN: 594,000
Candy
  • Released: November 10, 1982
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
63 1
  • JPN: 541,000
Utopia
  • Released: June 1, 1983
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
50 1
  • JPN: 652,000
Canary
  • Released: December 10, 1983
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
73 1
  • JPN: 635,000
Tinker Bell
  • Released: June 10, 1984
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
89 1
  • JPN: 507,000
Windy Shadow
  • Released: December 8, 1984
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
85 1
  • JPN: 699,000
The 9th Wave
  • Released: June 5, 1985
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
90 1
  • JPN: 788,000
Sound of My Heart
  • Released: August 15, 1985
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
112 2
  • JPN: 526,000
Supreme
  • Released: June 1, 1986
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
93 1
  • JPN: 567,000
Strawberry Time
  • Released: May 16, 1987
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
99 1
  • JPN: 437,000
  • HKG: 10,000
Citron
  • Released: May 11, 1988
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
1 1
  • JPN: 370,000
Precious Moment
  • Released: December 6, 1989
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
6
  • JPN: 200,000

Gold

Seiko
  • Released: June 7, 1990
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP, digital download
2
  • JPN: 200,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
We Are Love
  • Released: December 10, 1990
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
3
  • JPN: 200,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
Eternal
  • Released: May 2, 1991
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, cassette, MD, digital download
3
  • JPN: 167,000
1992 Nouvelle Vague
  • Released: March 25, 1992
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, cassette, MD, digital download
8
  • JPN: 200,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
Sweet Memories '93
  • Released: December 2, 1992
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
12
  • JPN: 84,000
Diamond Expression
  • Released: May 21, 1993
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, cassette, MD, digital download
4
  • JPN: 200,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
A Time for Love
  • Released: November 21, 1993
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, cassette, MD, digital download
21
  • JPN: 66,000
Glorious Revolution
  • Released: June 12, 1994
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, cassette, MD, digital download
8
  • JPN: 92,000
It's Style '95
  • Released: May 21, 1995
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, cassette, MD, digital download
2
  • JPN: 273,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
Was It the Future
  • Released: May 14, 1996
    June 10, 1996
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
12
  • JPN: 47,000
Vanity Fair
  • Released: May 27, 1996
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2
  • JPN: 410,000
  • HKG: 10,000
  • RIAJ: Platinum
  • IFPI Hong Kong: Gold[6]
My Story
  • Released: May 21, 1997
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5
  • JPN: 200,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
Sweetest Time
  • Released: May 21, 1997
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, digital download
23
  • JPN: 31,000
Forever
  • Released: May 8, 1998
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, digital download
12
  • JPN: 96,000
Eien no Shōjo
  • Released: December 18, 1999
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, digital download
24
  • JPN: 30,000
20th Party
  • Released: June 28, 2000
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, digital download
16
  • JPN: 29,000
Love & Emotion Vol. 1
  • Released: June 20, 2001
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
19
  • JPN: 25,000
Love & Emotion Vol. 2
  • Released: November 28, 2001
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
43
  • JPN: 7,000
Area62
  • Released: June 11, 2002
    June 21, 2002
  • Label: Hip-O Records
  • Formats: CD
Sunshine
  • Released: June 9, 2004
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, digital download
6
  • JPN: 51,000
Fairy
  • Released: April 6, 2005
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, digital download
7
  • JPN: 29,000
I'll Fall in Love
  • Released: August 26, 2005
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Under the Beautiful Stars
  • Released: December 7, 2005
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, digital download
34
  • JPN: 11,000
Bless You
  • Released: May 31, 2006
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, digital download
14
  • JPN: 17,000
Eternal II
  • Released: December 6, 2006
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, digital download
52
  • JPN: 6,000
Baby's Breath
  • Released: June 6, 2007
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, digital download
19
  • JPN: 23,000
My Pure Baby
  • Released: May 21, 2008
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, digital download
15
  • JPN: 20,000
My Prelude
  • Released: May 26, 2010
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
4
  • JPN: 24,000
Cherish
  • Released: June 1, 2011
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
10
  • JPN: 19,000
Very Very
  • Released: June 6, 2012
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
9
  • JPN: 21,000
A Girl in the Wonder Land
  • Released: June 5, 2013
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5
  • JPN: 20,000
Dream & Fantasy
  • Released: June 4, 2014
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5
  • JPN: 20,000
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
  • Released: June 10, 2015
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
6
  • JPN: 18,000
Shining Star
  • Released: June 8, 2016
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5
  • JPN: 18,000
Seiko Jazz
  • Released: March 29, 2017
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD, digital download
6
  • JPN: 23,000
Daisy
  • Released: June 7, 2017
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5
  • JPN: 15,000
Merry-Go-Round
  • Released: June 6, 2018
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
10
  • JPN: 15,000
Seiko Jazz 2
  • Released: February 20, 2019
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11
  • JPN: 11,000
Seiko Matsuda 2020
  • Released: September 30, 2020
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
3
  • JPN: 39,000
Seiko Matsuda 2021
  • Released: October 20, 2021
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
4
  • JPN: 27,000
Seiko Jazz 3
  • Released: February 14, 2024
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
JPN
Seiko Fragrance
  • Released: November 1, 1981
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, cassette
3
  • JPN: 547,000
Seiko Index
  • Released: July 1, 1982
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
3
  • JPN: 444,000
Kinniro no Ribbon
  • Released: December 5, 1982
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1
  • JPN: 260,000
Seiko Plaza
  • Released: November 11, 1983
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1
  • JPN: 510,000
Touch Me, Seiko
  • Released: March 15, 1984
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1
  • JPN: 340,000
Seiko Town
  • Released: November 1, 1984
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1
  • JPN: 357,000
Seiko Avenue
  • Released: November 21, 1984
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD
Seiko-Train
  • Released: March 6, 1985
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP
1
  • JPN: 208,000
Seiko-Train
  • Released: March 6, 1985
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP
1
  • JPN: 208,000
Love Ballade
  • Released: November 21, 1986
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
5
  • JPN: 104,000
Snow Garden
  • Released: November 21, 1987
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1
  • JPN: 294,000
  • HKG: 10,000
  • IFPI Hong Kong: Gold [8]
Seiko Monument
  • Released: July 21, 1988
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
10
  • JPN: 74,000
Christmas Tree
  • Released: November 21, 1991
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, cassette
9
  • JPN: 96,000
Bible
  • Released: December 1, 1991
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, cassette
8
  • JPN: 302,000
  • RIAJ: 2×Platinum
Bible II
  • Released: December 1, 1994
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
14
  • JPN: 230,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
Bible III
  • Released: March 1, 1996
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
16
  • JPN: 114,000
Winter Tales
  • Released: November 1, 1996
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
44
  • JPN: 28,000
Seaside: Summer Tales
  • Released: June 21, 1997
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
Dear
  • Released: November 21, 1997
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
27
  • JPN: 32,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
Seiko Celebration
  • Released: July 18, 1998
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
Seiko '96-'98
  • Released: December 2, 1998
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD
57
  • JPN: 10,000
Ballad: 20th Anniversary
  • Released: April 1, 1999
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
"Love" Seiko Matsuda 20th Anniversary Best Selection
  • Released: November 29, 2000
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD
22
  • JPN: 37,000
Super Selection
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
Another Side of Seiko 27
  • Released: November 27, 2003
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
44
  • JPN: 12,000
Best of Best 27
  • Released: April 14, 2004
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
8
  • JPN: 57,000
"Seiko Smile": Seiko Matsuda 25th Anniversary Best Selection
  • Released: January 26, 2005
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
26
  • JPN: 21,000
Diamond Bible
  • Released: September 30, 2009
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
19
  • JPN: 14,000
Seiko Matsuda Christmas Songs
  • Released: November 11, 2009
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
39
  • JPN: 5,000
Touch Me, Seiko II
  • Released: September 22, 2010
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
94
  • JPN: 2,000
Seiko Story: 80's Hits Collection
  • Released: December 7, 2011
  • Label: Sony Direct
  • Formats: CD
23
  • JPN: 31,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
Seiko Matsuda Super Hit Collection
  • Released: February 23, 2012
  • Label: Sony Direct
  • Formats: CD
95
  • JPN: 3,000
Seiko Matsuda Super Hit Collection 2
  • Released: February 23, 2012
  • Label: Sony Direct
  • Formats: CD
207
  • JPN: 1,000
Étranger
  • Released: May 30, 2012
  • Label: Sony Direct
  • Formats: CD
71
  • JPN: 3,000
Calendar
  • Released: November 7, 2012
  • Label: Sony Direct
  • Formats: CD
67
  • JPN: 2,000
Seiko Matsuda Best Ballad
  • Released: December 24, 2014
  • Label: Sony Direct
  • Formats: CD
106
  • JPN: 3,000
We Love Seiko: 35th Anniversary Seiko Matsuda Kyūkyoku All-Time Best 50 Songs
  • Released: December 9, 2015
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD
3
  • JPN: 116,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
Seiko Matsuda Sweet Days
  • Released: January 31, 2018
  • Label: Sony Direct
  • Formats: CD
23
  • JPN: 7,000
Seiko Memories: Masaaki Omura Works
  • Released: February 28, 2018
  • Label: Sony Direct
  • Formats: CD
31
  • JPN: 4,000
Seiko Story: 90s-00s Hits Collection
  • Released: August 7, 2019
  • Label: Sony Direct
  • Formats: CD
32
  • JPN: 3,000
40th Anniversary Bible: Blooming Pink
  • Released: April 1, 2020
  • Label: Sony Direct
  • Formats: LP
23
Seiko Matsuda 40th Anniversary Bible: Bright Moment
  • Released: February 14, 2021
  • Label: Sony Direct
  • Formats: LP
32
Bible: Milky blue/Bible: Pink & blue - Special edition
  • Released: October 25, 2023
  • Label: Sony Direct
  • Formats: LP, CD
20
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released

Soundtrack albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
JPN
Nogiku no Haka
  • Released: August 8, 1981
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
8
  • JPN: 93,000
Plumeria no Densetsu
  • Released: July 1, 1983
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1
  • JPN: 166,000
Natsufuku no Eve: Freeze & Sky
  • Released: July 7, 1984
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
7
  • JPN: 76,000
Caribe, Sinfonia de Amor
  • Released: July 7, 1984
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
19
  • JPN: 38,000
Penguin's Story: Koufuku Monogatari
  • Released: June 21, 1985
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
5
  • JPN: 106,000
Goya...Uta de Tsuzuru Shogai
  • Released: May 21, 1989
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
49
  • JPN: 9,000
Seiko Matsuda Original Soundtrack 1981-1985
  • Released: August 11, 2010
  • Label: Sony Records
  • Formats: CD
195

Remix albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
JPN
Seiko Matsuda: Re-Mixes
  • Released: October 6, 1999
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD
100
  • JPN: 2,000
Seiko Remixes 2000
  • Released: September 27, 2000
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD
97
  • JPN: 2,400

Tribute albums

TitleAlbum details
Carabelli Plays Seiko
  • Released: August 25, 1983
  • Label: Epic Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
SUPREME Sound Portrait (Shigeaki Saegusa)
  • Released: October 5, 1986
  • Label: Epic Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
Romantique
  • Released: December 21, 1991
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
Seiko Ballads: Sweet Memories
  • Released: April 14, 2004
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
Jewel Songs: Seiko Matsuda Tribute & Covers
  • Released: December 23, 2006
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
Memories: Songs for the Season of White
  • Released: December 15, 2010
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
Memories: Goodbye and Hello
  • Released: May 18, 2011
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
Memories: Bitter Sweet Pineapple
  • Released: August 24, 2011
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
Memories: the Last Leaf
  • Released: November 23, 2011
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
Voice: Seiyuutachi ga Utau Seiko Matsuda Song Male/Female edition
  • Released: November 9, 2020
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released

Box sets

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
JPN
Seiko Box
  • Released: November 10, 1985
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD
7
  • JPN: 6,400
Complete Bible
  • Released: September 21, 1996
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
45
  • JPN: 13,000
Seiko Matsuda 1980-1995
  • Released: April 1, 1997
  • Label: Sony Direct
  • Formats: CD
Seiko Suite
  • Released: July 5, 2000
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
40
  • JPN: 10,000
Seiko Matsuda
  • Released: July 19, 2006
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
96
  • JPN: 2,000
Premium Diamond Bible
  • Released: Sep 30, 2009
  • Label: SMR
  • Formats: CD
Seiko Matsuda Single Collection 30th Anniversary Box: The Voice of a Queen
  • Released: May 26, 2010
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
140
  • JPN: 1,000
Seiko Matsuda Original Soundtrack Collection 1981-1985
  • Released: May 26, 2010
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
195
  • JPN: 700
Seiko Matsuda Sweet Collection 80's Hits
  • Released: December 3, 2012
  • Label: Sony Direct
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SONGS 148回 デイヴィッド・フォスター. NHK. 2020-09-24.
  2. Web site: SEIKO AND DONNIE WAHLBERG - THE RIGHT COMBINATION (SONG). australiancharts. 2020-09-24.
  3. Web site: 浜崎あゆみ、女性アーティスト歴代No.1! 25作目のシングル首位獲得!. Oricon. 2020-09-24.
  4. Web site: 松田聖子の作品. Oricon. ja. February 21, 2024.
  5. Gold criteria in Hong Kong was 10,000 in 1988 Web site: International Gold Disc. IFPI Hong Kong. 2004. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318015320/http://www.ifpihk.org/www_1/go9e.php. 18 March 2012.
  6. Web site: International Gold Disc. IFPI Hong Kong. 2004. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318015314/http://www.ifpihk.org/www_1/go3e.php. 18 March 2012.
  7. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2024-02-26/p/2/. ja:オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2024年02月12日~2024年02月18日. Oricon Weekly Album Ranking February 12, 2024 – February 18, 2024. Oricon. ja. February 21, 2024. February 21, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240221064512/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2024-02-26/p/2/. dead.
  8. Gold criteria in Hong Kong was 10,000 in 1988 Web site: International Gold Disc. IFPI Hong Kong. 2004. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318015320/http://www.ifpihk.org/www_1/go9e.php. 18 March 2012.