Discography of a Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue
| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP)[1] | Label |
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| 1972 | 8 | Polydor Japan | |
| 10 | |||
| 1973 | 1 | ||
| 1974 | |||
| 1976 | For Life Records | ||
| 1978 | White | 3 | |
| 1979 | Sneaker Dancer | ||
| 1980 | Every Night | 28 | |
| 1981 | 11 | ||
| 1982 | 13 | ||
| 1983 | Ballerina | 25 | |
| 1987 | Negative | 5 | |
| 1990 | Handsome Boy | 2 | |
| 1992 | 7 | ||
| 1993 | Under the Sun | 1 | |
| 1994 | 7 | ||
| 1997 | Shopping (with Tamio Okuda) (credited to InoueYosuiOkudaTamio) | 4 | |
| 1998 | 23 | ||
| 2002 | Cassis | 12 | |
| 2006 | Love Complex | 13 | For Life Music Entertainment |
| 2007 | Double Drive (with Tamio Okuda) (credited to InoueYosuiOkudaTamio) | 10 | |
| 2010 | Mariyoku | 22 | |
| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | United Cover | 2 | For Life Records |
| 2015 | United Cover 2 | 16 | Universal Music Japan |
| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 9.5 Carats | 1 | For Life Records |
| 2002 | Blue Selection | 20 | |
| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP) | Label | Notes |
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| 1973 | Yōsui Live | 2 | Polydor Japan | |
| 1976 | 8 | For Life |
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| 1982 | Yōsui Live "Jealousy" | 48 |
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| 1986 | Clam Chowder | 6 | ||
| Stardust Rendez-vous: Live at Jingū | 3 | For Life/Kitty |
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| 2014 | - | Universal Music Japan | ||
This is the list of the compilations by Yōsui Inoue that entered on the Oricon Weekly Albums (LP, audio cassette, and CD) Charts. Aside from the following releases, multiple compilation albums has come out to date.
| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP) | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Good Pages | 1 | Polydor Japan | Issued on LP only |
| Best Pages | 1 | Issued on cassette only | ||
| 1976 | Good Pages 2 | 24 | Issued on LP only | |
| 1978 | 63 | For Life | ||
| 1982 | So | 53 | Issued on LP and cassette | |
| Much | 50 | |||
| 1984 | 64 | Issued on cassette only | ||
| 1985 | 30 | Polydor Japan | ||
| 12 | For Life | Including previously unreleased material | ||
| 1987 | [Version II] | 27 | Issued on cassette only | |
| Re-View | 8 | Issued on CD only | ||
| 1997 | Best Collection | 81 | Polydor Japan | |
| 1999 | Golden Best | 1 | For Life | Expanded edition had a limited release in 2003 |
| 2000 | Golden Bad | 38 | ||
| 2003 | Platinum Best: Early Times | 65 | ||
| 2008 | Best Ballade | 10 | Including previously unreleased material |
| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP) | Label | Notes |
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| 1975 | 6 | Kaleidoscope |
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| 2008 | 13 | For Life | Compilation comprising the unreleased live recordings | |
| 2014 | 5 | Universal Music | Sakura Drops | |
| Year | A-Side | B-Side(s) / Double A-Side | Chart positions (JP)[2] | Label | Notes? | "" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | "" | "" | - | CBS Sony | credited to Andre Candre | |
| "" | "" | - | ||||
| 1970 | "" | "" | - | |||
| 1972 | "" | "" | — | Polydor | Reissued in 1989 | |
| "" | "" | 69 | ||||
| 1973 | "" | "" | 19 | Reissued in 1989 | ||
| "" | "" | 7 | ||||
| 1974 | "" | "" | 11 | |||
| "" | "" | 15 | ||||
| 1975 | "" | "" | 29 | |||
| "" | "Flight" | 8 | For Life | |||
| 1976 | "Good, Good-Bye" | "" | 13 | |||
| 1977 | "" | "" "" "" | - | |||
| 1978 | "" | "" | 100 | |||
| "Miss Contest" | "" [Single Ver.] | - | ||||
| 1979 | "" | "" | 87 | |||
| 1980 | "Bright Eyes" | "" | - | |||
| "Crazy Love" | "" "" (1999 Reissue) | - | Reissued in 1999 | |||
| 1981 | "" | "" | 14 | Reissued in 1988 | ||
| "" | "" | 55 | ||||
| 1982 | "" | "" | 11 | Reissued in 1988 | ||
| "" | "Music High" | 69 | ||||
| 1983 | "" [Single Ver.] | "" | 35 | |||
| "" [Single Edit] | "Frozen Eyes" | - | ||||
| 1984 | "" | "" | - | |||
| "" | "Speedy Night" | 4 | Reissued in 1988 | |||
| 1986 | "" | "" | 25 | Reissued in 1996 and 2007 | ||
| "" | "" | 6 | Kitty | with Anzen Chitai | ||
| 1987 | "Why" | "" | 63 | For Life | ||
| 1988 | "" | "" | 43 | |||
| 1989 | "" | "" | 37 | |||
| "" | "Back Side" | 57 | ||||
| 1990 | "" | "" | 4 | RIAJ Certification: 4× Platinum | ||
| 1991 | "Tokyo" | "" | 76 | |||
| 1992 | "" [New Recording] | "" [New Recording] | 33 | |||
| 1993 | "" | "Be-Pop Juggler" | 27 | RIAJ Certification: Gold | ||
| "Make-up Shadow" | "Present" | 2 | RIAJ Certification: 3× Platinum Reissued in 2006 | |||
| "Canadian Accordion" | "" | 35 | ||||
| 1994 | "" | "" | 45 | Polydor | ||
| "" | "" | 36 | For Life | |||
| 1995 | "" | "Over Time" | 32 | |||
| 1997 | "" | "" [Outtake] | 10 | For Life Sony | with Tamio Okuda(credited to InoueYōsuiOkudaTamio) | |
| 1998 | "Teenager" | "" "Hawaiian Love Song" | 60 | For Life | ||
| 2001 | "Coffee Rumba" | "" "Domino" "" | 19 | RIAJ Certification: Gold | ||
| "" | "" | 12 | RIAJ Certification: Gold | |||
| "" | "" "" | 60 | ||||
| 2002 | "Final Love Song" | "" | 43 | |||
| "" | "" [Single Ver.] | - | ||||
| "" [New Recording] | "" [Album Ver.] | 93 | For Life | |||
| 2005 | "" | "" | 65 | Universal | with Kiyoshirō Imawano | |
| 2006 | "" | "" | 50 | For Life | ||
| "Parallel Love" | "Christmas Vanilla Shake" | 9 | For Life Sony | with Tamio Okuda(credited to InoueYōsuiOkudaTamio) | ||
| 2009 | "Love Rainbow" | "Love Lila" | 62 | For Life | ||
| 2017 | 36 | Universal | ||||
| 2018 | "Care" | Music Play | 99 | Universal | ||
In the history of Japanese Oricon weekly singles chart, Yōsui Inoue has produced 41 charting singles with sales of 4.8 million copies in total. 15 of them has sold more than 100,000 copies; "Yume no Naka e", "Kokoro Moyou", "Yamiyo no Kuni kara", "Yūdachi", "Aozora, Hitorikiri", "Good, Good-Bye", "Jealousy", "Riverside Hotel", "Isso Serenade", "Natsu no Owari no Harmony", "Shounen Jidai", "Make-up Shadow", "Arigatou", "Coffee Rumba", and "Hana no Kubikazari".