| Seiko Matsuda singles discography | |
|---|---|
| Singles | 82 |
| Promotional singles | 8 |
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 | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album |
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| "Hadashi no Kisetsu" | 1980 | 12 |
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Squall | |
| "Aoi Sangoshō" | 2 |
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| "Kaze wa Akiiro" | 1 |
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North Wind | ||
| "Eighteen" | |||||
| "Cherry Blossom" | 1981 | 1 |
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Silhouette | |
| "Natsu no Tobira" | 1 |
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| "Shiroi Parasol" | 1 |
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Kaze Tachinu | ||
| "Kaze Tachinu" | 1 |
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| "Akai Sweet Pea" | 1982 | 1 |
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Pineapple |
| "Nagisa no Balcony" | 1 |
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| "Komugiiro no Mermaid" | 1 |
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Non-album single | ||
| "Nobara no Etude" | 1 |
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Candy | ||
| "Himitsu no Hanazono" | 1983 | 1 |
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Utopia | |
| "Tengoku no Kiss" | 1 |
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| "Glass no Ringo" | 1 |
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Seiko Plaza | ||
| "Sweet Memories" |
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| "Hitomi wa Diamond" | 1 |
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Canary | |
| "Aoi Photograph" | |||||
| "Rock'n Rouge" | 1984 | 1 |
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Tinker Bell | |
| "Jikan no Kuni no Alice" | 1 |
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| "Natsufuku no Eve" | Seiko Town | ||||
| "Pink no Mozart" | 1 |
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| "Heart to Earring" | 1 |
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Windy Shadow | ||
| "Tenshi no Wink" | 1985 | 1 |
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The 9th Wave | |
| "Boy no Kisetsu" | 1 |
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| "Dancing Shoes" (as Seiko) |
1 |
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Sound of My Heart | ||
| "Strawberry Time" | 1987 | 1 |
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Strawberry Time | |
| "Pearl-White Eve" | 1 |
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Snow Garden | ||
| "Marakech" | 1988 | 1 |
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Citron | |
| "Tabidachi wa Freesia" | 1 |
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Non-album single | ||
| "Precious Heart" | 1989 | 2 |
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Precious Moment | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
1990s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | ||||
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| JPN | AUS | UK | US | US Club | |||||
| "All the Way to Heaven" (as Seiko) |
1990 | — | — | — | — | — | Seiko | ||
| "The Right Combination" (featuring Donnie Wahlberg) (as Seiko) |
28 | 11 | 44 | 54 | — |
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| "Who's That Boy" (as Seiko) |
— | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "We Are Love" | 16 | — | — | — | — |
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Non-album singles | ||
| "Kitto, Mata Aeru..." | 1992 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
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1992 Nouvelle Vague |
| "Anata no Subete ni Naritai" | 31 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Shinin' Shinin'" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Taisetsu na Anata" | 1993 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
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Non-album singles |
| "A Touch of Destiny" | 51 | — | — | — | — |
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Diamond Expression | ||
| "Kakowarete, Aijing" | 63 | — | — | — | — |
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Non-album singles | ||
| "Mou Ichido, Hajime kara" | 1994 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
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Glorious Revolution | |
| "Kagayaita Kisetsu e Tobitatou" | 12 | — | — | — | — |
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It's Style '95 | |
| "Suteki ni Once Again" | 1995 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Anata ni Aitakute: Missing You" | 1996 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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Vanity Fair |
| "Ashita e to Kakedashiteyukou" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Let's Talk About It" (as Seiko) |
— | — | — | — | — | Was It the Future | |||
| "I'll Be There for You" (as Seiko) (featuring Robbie Nevil) |
35 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Sayonara no Shunkan" | 5 | — | — | — | — |
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Guardian Angel | |
| "Good for You" | — | — | — | — | 38 | Was It the Future | |||
| "Watashi dake no Tenshi: Angel" | 1997 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
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My Story |
| "Anata no Sono Mune ni" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Gone with the Rain" | 28 | — | — | — | — |
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Sweetest Time | ||
| "Koisuru Omoi: Fall in Love" | 1998 | 34 | — | — | — | — |
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Forever | |
| "Touch the Love" | 66 | — | — | — | — |
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Seiko '96-'98 | ||
| "Kanashimi no Boat" | 1999 | 27 | — | — | — | — |
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Eien no Shōjo | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
2000s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | |
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| JPN | US Club | |||||
| "20th Party" | 2000 | 17 | — |
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20th Party | |
| "Shanghai Love Song" | 37 | — |
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| "Unseasonable Shore" | 35 | — |
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| "True Love Story" (with Hiromi Go) |
7 | — |
|
"Love" Seiko Matsuda 20th Anniversary Best Selection | ||
| "Sayonara no Kiss wo Wasurenai" (with Hiromi Goh) |
— | |||||
| "The Sound of Fire" | 46 | — |
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Non-album singles | ||
| "Anata shika Mienai" | 2001 | 30 | — |
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Love & Emotion Vol. 1 | |
| "Ai Ai Emotion: 100% Pure Love" | 49 | — |
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Love & Emotion Vol. 2 | ||
| "All to You" | 2002 | — | 19 | Area 62 | ||
| "Suteki na Ashita" | 29 | — |
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Non-album singles | ||
| "Just for Tonight" | — | 16 | Area 62 | |||
| "Call Me" | 2003 | 17 | — |
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Sunshine | |
| "Aitai" | 2004 | 12 | — |
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| "Smile on Me" (as Seiko) (with Crazy. T) |
18 | — |
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Non-album singles | ||
| "Eien sae Kanjita Yoru" | 2005 | 34 | — |
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Fairy | |
| "I'll Fall in Love" | 30 | — |
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Bless You | ||
| "Shiawase na Kimochi" | 28 | — |
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| "Bless You" | 2006 | 29 | — |
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| "We Are." (as PawPaw) |
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| "Namida ga tada Koborerudake" | 2007 | 38 | — |
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Baby's Breath | |
| "Manatsu no Yoru no Yume" (with Takashi Fujii) |
36 | — |
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Non-album singles | ||
| "Christmas no Yoru" | 34 | — |
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| "Hanabira Mau Kisetsu ni" | 2008 | 32 | — |
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My Pure Melody | |
| "Love Is All" | 32 | — |
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Non-album singles | ||
| "Ano Kagayaita Kisetsu" | 30 | — |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
2010s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | |
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| JPN Oricon |
JPN Billboard | |||||
| "Ikutsu no Yoake wo Kazoetara" | 2010 | 12 | 30 |
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My Prelude | |
| "Tokubetsu na Koibito" | 2011 | 14 | 18 |
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Very Very | |
| "Koe dake Kikasete" | 81 | |||||
| "Namida no Shizuku" | 2012 | 20 | 74 |
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| "LuLu!" | 2013 | 23 | 83 |
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A Girl in the Wonder Land | |
| "Yume ga Samete" (featuring Chris Hart) |
14 | 4 |
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Song for You | ||
| "I Love You!: Anata no Hohoemi ni" | 2014 | 27 | — |
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Dream & Fantasy | |
| "Eien no Motto Hate made" | 2015 | 11 | 14 |
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Shining Star | |
| "Wakusei ni Naritai" | — | |||||
| "Bara no youni Saite Sakura no youni Chitte" | 2016 | 6 | 6 |
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Daisy |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | |
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| JPN | ||||||
| "Idol Mitai ni Utawasete" (Yazima Beauty Salon featuring Princess Seiko) |
2010 | 16 |
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Yazima Beauty Salon The Movie Music Album | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Certifications | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Touch Me" (as Seiko) |
1985 | Sound of My Heart | |
| "Ruriiro no Chikyuu" | 1986 |
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Supreme |
| "Jikan Ryokou" | |||
| "Daite..." | 1987 | Citron | |
| "Atarashii Ashita" | 2017 | Merry-Go-Round | |
| "Sweet Memories (Amai Kioku)" | 2020 | Seiko Matsuda 2020 | |
| "Ruriiro no Chikyuu 2020" | |||
| "Kaze ni Mukau Ichirin no Hana" | |||
| "Aoi Sangoshō (Blue Lagoon)" | 2021 | Seiko 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" | 2023 | Seiko Jazz 3 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Other performer(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Put Our Hearts Together" | 2012 | Fourplay | Esprit De Four |
Notes
See also
References
- ↑ "SONGS 148回 デイヴィッド・フォスター". NHK. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ↑ "SEIKO AND DONNIE WAHLBERG - THE RIGHT COMBINATION (SONG)". australiancharts. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 2020-09-24.