Seiko Matsuda singles discography

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

Seiko Matsuda singles discography
Singles82
Promotional singles8

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 edit

1980s edit

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album
JPN
"Hadashi no Kisetsu" 1980 12
  • JPN: 282,000
Squall
"Aoi Sangoshō" 2
  • JPN: 602,000
  • RIAJ: Gold (DL)
"Kaze wa Akiiro" 1
  • JPN: 796,000
North Wind
"Eighteen"
"Cherry Blossom" 1981 1
  • 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" 1982 1
  • JPN: 500,000
  • RIAJ: Gold (DL)
Pineapple
"Nagisa no Balcony" 1
  • JPN: 514,000
"Komugiiro no Mermaid" 1
  • JPN: 467,000
Non-album single
"Nobara no Etude" 1
  • JPN: 450,000
Candy
"Himitsu no Hanazono" 1983 1
  • 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 (DL)
Canary
"Aoi Photograph"
"Rock'n Rouge" 1984 1
  • 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" 1985 1
  • JPN: 414,000
The 9th Wave
"Boy no Kisetsu" 1
  • JPN: 356,000
"Dancing Shoes"
(as Seiko)
1
  • JPN: 186,000
Sound of My Heart
"Strawberry Time" 1987 1
  • JPN: 317,000
Strawberry Time
"Pearl-White Eve" 1
  • JPN: 202,000
Snow Garden
"Marakech" 1988 1
  • JPN: 182,000
Citron
"Tabidachi wa Freesia" 1
  • JPN: 209,000
Non-album single
"Precious Heart" 1989 2
  • JPN: 129,000
Precious Moment
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

1990s edit

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album
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
  • JPN: 5,000
"Who's That Boy"
(as Seiko)
"We Are Love" 16
  • JPN: 6,000
Non-album singles
"Kitto, Mata Aeru..." 1992 4
  • JPN: 323,000
1992 Nouvelle Vague
"Anata no Subete ni Naritai" 31
  • JPN: 5,000
"Shinin' Shinin'"
"Taisetsu na Anata" 1993 7
  • JPN: 384,000
  • RIAJ: Platinum
Non-album singles
"A Touch of Destiny" 51
  • JPN: 14,000
Diamond Expression
"Kakowarete, Aijing" 63
  • JPN: 11,000
Non-album singles
"Mou Ichido, Hajime kara" 1994 22
  • JPN: 65,000
Glorious Revolution
"Kagayaita Kisetsu e Tobitatou" 12
  • JPN: 371,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
It's Style '95
"Suteki ni Once Again" 1995 22
  • JPN: 100,000
"Anata ni Aitakute: Missing You" 1996 1
  • JPN: 1,101,000
  • RIAJ: Million
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
  • JPN: 35,000
"Sayonara no Shunkan" 5
  • JPN: 201,000
  • RIAJ: Gold
Guardian Angel
"Good for You" 38 Was It the Future
"Watashi dake no Tenshi: Angel" 1997 5
  • 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" 1998 34
  • JPN: 18,000
Forever
"Touch the Love" 66
  • JPN: 7,000
Seiko '96-'98
"Kanashimi no Boat" 1999 27
  • JPN: 49,000
Eien no Shōjo
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

2000s edit

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album
JPN US
Club
"20th Party" 2000 17
  • JPN: 36,000
20th Party
"Shanghai Love Song" 37
  • JPN: 11,000
"Unseasonable Shore" 35
  • JPN: 11,000
"True Love Story"
(with Hiromi Go)
7
  • JPN: 156,000
"Love" Seiko Matsuda 20th Anniversary Best Selection
"Sayonara no Kiss wo Wasurenai"
(with Hiromi Goh)
"The Sound of Fire" 46
  • JPN: 12,000
Non-album singles
"Anata shika Mienai" 2001 30
  • JPN: 11,000
Love & Emotion Vol. 1
"Ai Ai Emotion: 100% Pure Love" 49
  • JPN: 7,000
Love & Emotion Vol. 2
"All to You" 2002 19 Area 62
"Suteki na Ashita" 29
  • JPN: 14,000
Non-album singles
"Just for Tonight" 16 Area 62
"Call Me" 2003 17
  • JPN: 17,000
Sunshine
"Aitai" 2004 12
  • JPN: 40,000
"Smile on Me"
(as Seiko) (with Crazy. T)
18
  • JPN: 16,000
Non-album singles
"Eien sae Kanjita Yoru" 2005 34
  • JPN: 10,000
Fairy
"I'll Fall in Love" 30
  • JPN: 10,000
Bless You
"Shiawase na Kimochi" 28
  • JPN: 7,000
"Bless You" 2006 29
  • JPN: 5,000
"We Are."
(as PawPaw)
Non-album singles
"Namida ga tada Koborerudake" 2007 38
  • JPN: 7,000
Baby's Breath
"Manatsu no Yoru no Yume"
(with Takashi Fujii)
36
  • JPN: 7,000
Non-album singles
"Christmas no Yoru" 34
  • JPN: 6,000
"Hanabira Mau Kisetsu ni" 2008 32
  • JPN: 6,000
My Pure Melody
"Love Is All" 32
  • JPN: 7,000
Non-album singles
"Ano Kagayaita Kisetsu" 30
  • JPN: 6,000
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

2010s edit

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album
JPN
Oricon
JPN
Billboard
"Ikutsu no Yoake wo Kazoetara" 2010 12 30
  • JPN: 11,000
My Prelude
"Tokubetsu na Koibito" 2011 14 18
  • JPN: 28,000
Very Very
"Koe dake Kikasete" 81
"Namida no Shizuku" 2012 20 74
  • JPN: 8,000
"LuLu!" 2013 23 83
  • JPN: 6,000
A Girl in the Wonder Land
"Yume ga Samete"
(featuring Chris Hart)
14 4
  • JPN: 12,000
Song for You
"I Love You!: Anata no Hohoemi ni" 2014 27
  • JPN: 6,000
Dream & Fantasy
"Eien no Motto Hate made" 2015 11 14
  • JPN: 16,000
Shining Star
"Wakusei ni Naritai"
"Bara no youni Saite Sakura no youni Chitte" 2016 6 6
  • JPN: 26,000
  • RIAJ: Gold (DL)
Daisy
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As featured artist edit

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album
JPN
"Idol Mitai ni Utawasete"
(Yazima Beauty Salon featuring Princess Seiko)
2010 16
  • JPN: 16,000
Yazima Beauty Salon The Movie Music Album
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles edit

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Certifications Album
"Touch Me"
(as Seiko)
1985 Sound of My Heart
"Ruriiro no Chikyuu" 1986
  • RIAJ: Gold (DL)
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 edit

List of non-single album appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other performer(s) Album
"Put Our Hearts Together" 2012 Fourplay Esprit De Four

Notes edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "SONGS 148回 デイヴィッド・フォスター". NHK. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  2. ^ "SEIKO AND DONNIE WAHLBERG - THE RIGHT COMBINATION (SONG)". australiancharts. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  3. ^ "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.