Seiko Matsuda singles discography explained

Artist:Seiko Matsuda singles
Singles:82
Option:8
Option Name:Promotional singles

Japanese singer-songwriter Seiko Matsuda has released eighty-two official singles and eight promotional singles.

Seiko released her debut album, Squall in August 1979; 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 in 1980 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 featured 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]

As lead artist

1980s

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsSalesCertificationsAlbum
JPN
"Hadashi no Kisetsu"198012
  • JPN: 282,000
Squall
"Aoi Sangoshō"2
  • JPN: 602,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
"Kaze wa Akiiro"1
  • JPN: 796,000
North Wind
"Eighteen"
"Cherry Blossom"19811
  • JPN: 676,000
Silhouette
"Natsu no Tobira"1
  • JPN: 568,000
"Shiroi Parasol"1
  • JPN: 488,000
Kaze Tachinu
"Kaze Tachinu"1
  • JPN: 519,000
"Akai Sweet Pea"19821
  • JPN: 500,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
Pineapple
"Nagisa no Balcony"1
  • JPN: 514,000
"Komugiiro no Mermaid"1
  • JPN: 467,000
"Nobara no Etude"1
  • JPN: 450,000
Candy
"Himitsu no Hanazono"19831
  • JPN: 396,000
Utopia
"Tengoku no Kiss"1
  • JPN: 471,000
"Glass no Ringo"1
  • JPN: 857,000
Seiko Plaza
"Sweet Memories"
  • RIAJ: Gold (DL)
"Hitomi wa Diamond"1
  • JPN: 568,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
Canary
"Aoi Photograph"
"Rock'n Rouge"19841
  • JPN: 674,000
Tinker Bell
"Jikan no Kuni no Alice"1
  • JPN: 477,000
"Natsufuku no Eve"Seiko Town
"Pink no Mozart"1
  • JPN: 424,000
"Heart to Earring"1
  • JPN: 376,000
Windy Shadow
"Tenshi no Wink"19851
  • JPN: 414,000
The 9th Wave
"Boy no Kisetsu"1
  • JPN: 356,000
"Dancing Shoes"
1
  • JPN: 186,000
Sound of My Heart
"Strawberry Time"19871
  • JPN: 317,000
Strawberry Time
"Pearl-White Eve"1
  • JPN: 202,000
Snow Garden
"Marakech"19881
  • JPN: 182,000
Citron
"Tabidachi wa Freesia"1
  • JPN: 209,000
"Precious Heart"19892
  • JPN: 129,000
Precious Moment
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

1990s

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsSalesCertificationsAlbum
JPNAUSUKUSUS
Club
"All the Way to Heaven"
1990Seiko
"The Right Combination"
28 11 44 54
  • JPN: 5,000
"Who's That Boy"
"We Are Love"16
  • JPN: 6,000
"Kitto, Mata Aeru..."19924
  • JPN: 323,000

Gold

1992 Nouvelle Vague
"Anata no Subete ni Naritai"31
  • JPN: 5,000
"Shinin' Shinin'"
"Taisetsu na Anata"19937
  • JPN: 384,000
  • RIAJ: Platinum
"A Touch of Destiny"51
  • JPN: 14,000
Diamond Expression
"Kakowarete, Aijing"63
  • JPN: 11,000
"Mou Ichido, Hajime kara"199422
  • JPN: 65,000
Glorious Revolution
"Kagayaita Kisetsu e Tobitatou"12
  • JPN: 371,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
It's Style '95
"Suteki ni Once Again"199522
  • JPN: 100,000
"Anata ni Aitakute: Missing You"19961
  • JPN: 1,101,000
  • RIAJ: Million
Vanity Fair
"Ashita e to Kakedashiteyukou"
"Let's Talk About It"
Was It the Future
"I'll Be There for You"
35
  • JPN: 35,000
"Sayonara no Shunkan"5
  • JPN: 201,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
Guardian Angel
"Good for You"38Was It the Future
"Watashi dake no Tenshi: Angel"19975
  • JPN: 248,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
My Story
"Anata no Sono Mune ni"
"Gone with the Rain"28
  • JPN: 17,000
Sweetest Time
"Koisuru Omoi: Fall in Love"199834
  • JPN: 18,000
Forever
"Touch the Love"66
  • JPN: 7,000
Seiko '96-'98
"Kanashimi no Boat"199927
  • JPN: 49,000
Eien no Shōjo
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

2000s

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsSalesAlbum
JPNUS
Club
"20th Party"200017
  • JPN: 36,000
20th Party
"Shanghai Love Song"37
  • JPN: 11,000
"Unseasonable Shore"35
  • JPN: 11,000
"True Love Story"
7
  • JPN: 156,000
"Love" Seiko Matsuda 20th Anniversary Best Selection
"Sayonara no Kiss wo Wasurenai"
"The Sound of Fire"46
  • JPN: 12,000
"Anata shika Mienai"200130
  • JPN: 11,000
Love & Emotion Vol. 1
"Ai Ai Emotion: 100% Pure Love"49
  • JPN: 7,000
Love & Emotion Vol. 2
"All to You"200219Area 62
"Suteki na Ashita"29
  • JPN: 14,000
"Just for Tonight"16Area 62
"Call Me"200317
  • JPN: 17,000
Sunshine
"Aitai"200412
  • JPN: 40,000
"Smile on Me"
18
  • JPN: 16,000
"Eien sae Kanjita Yoru"200534
  • JPN: 10,000
Fairy
"I'll Fall in Love"30
  • JPN: 10,000
Bless You
"Shiawase na Kimochi"28
  • JPN: 7,000
"Bless You"200629
  • JPN: 5,000
"We Are."
"Namida ga tada Koborerudake"200738
  • JPN: 7,000
Baby's Breath
"Manatsu no Yoru no Yume"
36
  • JPN: 7,000
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"Christmas no Yoru"34
  • JPN: 6,000
"Hanabira Mau Kisetsu ni"200832
  • JPN: 6,000
My Pure Melody
"Love Is All"32
  • JPN: 7,000
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"Ano Kagayaita Kisetsu"30
  • JPN: 6,000
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

2010s

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsSalesCertificationsAlbum
JPN
Oricon
JPN
Billboard
"Ikutsu no Yoake wo Kazoetara"201012 30
  • JPN: 11,000
My Prelude
"Tokubetsu na Koibito"20111418
  • JPN: 28,000
Very Very
"Koe dake Kikasete"81
"Namida no Shizuku"201220 74
  • JPN: 8,000
"LuLu"201323 83
  • JPN: 6,000
A Girl in the Wonder Land
"Yume ga Samete"
14 4
  • JPN: 12,000
Song for You
"I Love You

Anata no Hohoemi ni"

201427
  • JPN: 6,000
Dream & Fantasy
"Eien no Motto Hate made"20151114
  • JPN: 16,000
Shining Star
"Wakusei ni Naritai"
"Bara no youni Saite Sakura no youni Chitte"20166 6
  • JPN: 26,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
Daisy
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsSalesAlbum
JPN
"Idol Mitai ni Utawasete"
201016
  • JPN: 16,000
Yazima Beauty Salon The Movie Music Album

Promotional singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="1"
YearCertificationsAlbum
"Touch Me"
1985Sound of My Heart
"Ruriiro no Chikyuu"1986
  • RIAJ: Gold (DL)
Supreme
"Jikan Ryokou"
"Daite..."1987Citron
"Atarashii Ashita"2017Merry-Go-Round
"Sweet Memories (Amai Kioku)"2020Seiko Matsuda 2020
"Ruriiro no Chikyuu 2020"
"Kaze ni Mukau Ichirin no Hana"
"Aoi Sangoshō (Blue Lagoon)"2021Seiko Matsuda 2021
"Jikan no Kuni no Alice (Alice in the World of Time)"
"Hitomi wa Diamond (Diamond Eyes)"
"Watashi no Ai"
"Akai Sweet Pie-English Jazz version"2023Seiko Jazz 3

Guest appearances

Title! scope="col"
YearOther performer(s)Album
"Put Our Hearts Together"2012FourplayEsprit De Four

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. 4 March 2015 . 2020-09-24.