The discography of the Japanese pop duo Chage and Aska consists of 21 studio albums, 14 compilation albums, 26 video albums and 55 singles. Chage and Aska debuted in 1979 with the single "Hitorizaki", which peaked at number 24 on the Oricon Singles Chart. In 1980, their single "Banri no Kawa" was their first chart hit. Their 1991 single, "Say Yes", which was used as the theme to the Japanese drama The 101st Marriage Proposal (101回目のプロポーズ),[1] sold two million copies and is the sixth best-selling single of all time in Japan.[2] The group had another double million seller in 1993 with "Yah Yah Yah". The group has sold about 31 million records in Japan.[2]
Chage and Aska discography | |
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Studio albums | 21 |
EPs | 1 |
Live albums | 3 |
Compilation albums | 14 |
Tribute albums | 1 |
Singles | 55 |
Video albums | 26 |
Albums
editStudio albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak positions | Sales (Japan) [3][4] |
Certifications |
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Japan [5][4] | ||||
Kazemai (風舞, "Wind Dance") |
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11 | 109,000 | |
Neppū (熱風, "The Hot Wind") |
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1 | 161,000 | |
Tasogare no Kishi (黄昏の騎士, "The Knight of Twilight") |
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5 | 79,000 | |
Chage and Asuka IV: 21 Seiki (CHAGE&ASUKA IV -21世紀-, "Chage and Asuka: 21 Century") |
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8 | 80,000 | |
Inside |
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14 | 43,000 | |
Z=One |
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9 | 49,000 | |
Turning Point |
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4 | 73,000 | |
Mix Blood |
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3 | 62,000 | |
Mr. Asia |
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4 | 26,000 | |
Rhapsody |
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4 | 128,000 | |
Energy |
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6 | 49,000 | |
Pride |
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1 | 301,000 | |
See Ya |
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4 | 520,000 | |
Tree |
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1 | 2,351,000 |
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Guys |
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1 | 1,411,000 |
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Red Hill |
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1 | 1,567,000 |
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Code Name 1 Brother Sun |
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1 | 752,000 |
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Code Name 2 Sister Moon |
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2 | 463,000 |
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No Doubt |
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1 | 251,000 |
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Not At All |
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10 | 100,000 | |
Double |
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4 | 56,000 |
Extended plays
editTitle | Album details | Peak positions | Sales (Japan) [3][4] |
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Japan [5][4] | |||
Snow Mail |
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18 | 21,000 |
Compilation albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak positions | Sales (Japan) [3][4] |
Certifications | |
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Japan [5][4] | |||||
Standing Ovation |
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23 | 26,000 | ||
Super Best |
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11 | 128,000 | ||
The Story of Ballad |
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2 | 160,000 | ||
Super Best II |
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1 | 2,697,000 |
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Ryanshinchi Gensō Kinen Kashū (倆心知〜原創紀念歌集) |
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— | |||
Singles: The European Collection |
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— | |||
Yin & Yang |
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1 | 693,000 |
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Greatest Hits |
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— | |||
Duet Angle 20th Anniversary |
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— | |||
Chage & Aska Very Best Roll Over 20th |
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2 | 468,000 |
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The Best |
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— | |||
The Story of Ballad II |
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22 | 16,000 | ||
Asian Communications Best |
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— | |||
Chage and Aska Very Best Nothing But C&A |
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2 | 53,000 | ||
"—" denotes items which were not released in the region, or items that did not chart. |
Cover albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak positions | Sales (Japan) [3][4] |
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Japan [5][4] | |||
Stamp |
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1 | 163,000 |
Live albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak positions | Sales (Japan) [3][4] |
Certifications |
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Japan [5][4] | ||||
Live in Dennen Coliseum: The Natsu Matsuri '81 |
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6 | 61,000 | |
1983.9.30 Chage & Asuka Live in Yoyogi Stadium |
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17 | 19,000 | |
MTV Unplugged Live |
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1 | 196,000 |
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Soundtrack albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak positions | Sales (Japan) [3][4] |
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Japan [5][4] | |||
Atsui Omoi |
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14 | 33,000 |
Box sets
editTitle | Album details | Peak positions | Sales (Japan) [3][4] |
Certifications | |
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Japan [5][4] | |||||
CD Box-5 |
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— | |||
Chage & Aska The Longest Tour Memorial |
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40 | 17,000 | ||
Super Best Box Single History 1979–1994 and Snow Mail |
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1 | 303,000 |
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Chage and Aska 25th Anniversary Box-1 |
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55 | 6,000 | ||
Chage and Aska 25th Anniversary Box-2 |
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50 | 6,000 | ||
Chage and Aska 25th Anniversary Box-3 |
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42 | 8,000 | ||
"—" denotes items which were not released in the region, or items that did not chart. |
Singles
editAs lead performers
editTitle | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (Japan) [3][15] |
Certifications | Album | ||
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Japan Oricon [5][15] |
Japan Billboard Japan Hot 100 [16][A][B] | ||||||
"Hitorizaki" (ひとり咲き, "Blooming Alone") | 1979 | 24 | — | 179,000 | Kazemai | ||
"Rurenjōka" (流恋情歌, "Flowing Love Song"") | 1980 | 56 | — | 23,000 | |||
"Banri no Kawa" (万里の河, "Ten Thousand Mile River) | 6 | — | 537,000 | Neppū | |||
"Tabibito" (放浪人, "Traveler") | 1981 | 30 | — | 54,000 | Tasogare no Kishi | ||
"Otoko to Onna" (男と女, "Man and Woman") | 28 | — | 90,000 | ||||
"Atsui Omoi" (熱い想い, "Hot Feelings") | 1982 | 51 | — | 38,000 | Atsui Omoi | ||
"Kita Kaze Monogatari" (北風物語, "Story of the North Wind") | 27 | — | 71,000 | ||||
"Marionette" (マリオネット, Marionetto) | 1983 | 38 | — | 66,000 | Chage and Asuka IV: 21 Seiki | ||
"Hanayaka ni Kizutsuite" (華やかに傷ついて, "Vibrantly in Pain") | 46 | — | 23,000 | Inside | |||
"Moon Light Blues" | 1984 | 52 | — | 30,000 | |||
"Target" (標的(ターゲット), Tāgetto) | 38 | — | 32,000 | Z=One | |||
"Yūwaku no Bell ga Naru" (誘惑のベルが鳴る, "The Bell of Temptation Is Ringing") | 1985 | 44 | — | 14,000 | |||
"Only Lonely" (オンリー・ロンリー, Onrī Ronrī) | 42 | — | 18,000 | ||||
"Morning Moon" (モーニングムーン, Mōningu Mūn) | 1986 | 11 | — | 161,000 | Turning Point | ||
"Tasogare o Matazuni" (黄昏を待たずに, "Not Waiting for the Twilight") | 17 | — | 45,000 | Mix Blood | |||
"Count Down" | 20 | — | 37,000 | Non-album single | |||
"Yubiwa ga Naita" (指環が泣いた, "The Ring Cried") | 18 | — | 28,000 | Mr. Asia | |||
"Sailor Man" | 1987 | 13 | — | 67,000 | |||
"Romancing Yard" (ロマンシングヤード, Romanshingu Yādo) | 23 | — | 18,000 | Rhapsody | |||
"Koibito wa Wine-iro" (恋人はワイン色, "Lovers in Wine Red") | 1988 | 16 | — | 62,000 | |||
"Rhapsody" (ラプソディ, Rapusodi) | 22 | — | 30,000 | ||||
"Trip" | 14 | — | 26,000 | Energy | |||
"Walk" | 1989 | 20 | — | 22,000 | Pride | ||
"Love Song" | 20 | 89[C] | 32,000 | ||||
"Do Ya Do" | 1990 | 10 | — | 67,000 | See Ya | ||
"Taiyō to Hokori no Naka de" (太陽と埃の中で, "In the Sun and the Dust") | 1991 | 3 | — | 503,000 | |||
"Say Yes" | 1 | 35[C] | 2,820,000 |
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Tree | ||
"Boku wa Kono Me de Uso o Tsuku" (僕はこの瞳で嘘をつく, "I Lie with These Eyes") | 1 | — | 811,000 | ||||
"Walk" (re-release) | 1992 | 3 | — | 369,000 | Super Best II | ||
"Love Song" (re-release) | 1 | — | 499,000 | ||||
"If" | 1 | — | 1,083,000 | Guys | |||
"No No Darlin'" | 2 | — | 675,000 | ||||
"Yah Yah Yah" | 1993 | 1 | 69[C] | 2,419,000 |
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Red Hill | |
"Yume no Bannin" (夢の番人, "Dream Guard") | — | ||||||
"Sons and Daughters (Soreyori Boku ga Tsutaetai no wa)" (それより僕が伝えたいのは, "More Than That, What I Want to Say Is...") | 1 | — | 799,000 | ||||
"You Are Free" | 5 | — | 389,000 |
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"Naze ni Kimi wa Kaeranai" (なぜに君は帰らない, "Why Don't You Return") | 4 | — | 427,000 |
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"Heart" | 1994 | 1 | — | 1,143,000 |
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Code Name. 1 Brother Sun | |
"Natural" | — | ||||||
"On Your Mark" | Code Name. 2 Sister Moon | ||||||
"Meguriai" (めぐり逢い, "Meeting by Chance") | 1 | — | 1,252,000 |
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Code Name. 1 Brother Sun | ||
"Something There" | 1995 | 2 | — | 569,000 |
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"River" | 1996 | 2 | — | 389,000 |
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Code Name. 2 Sister Moon | |
"Kono Ai no Tame ni" (この愛のために, "For this Love") | 1999 | 3 | — | 121,000 |
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No Doubt | |
"Vision" | — | ||||||
"Mure" (群れ, "Crowd") | 7 | — | 70,000 | ||||
"Rocket no Ki no Shita de" (ロケットの樹の下で, "Under the Rocket Tree") | 2001 | 8 | — | 79,000 | Not At All | ||
"Parachute no Heya de" (パラシュートの部屋で, "In the Parachute Room") | 6 | — | 62,000 | ||||
"C-46" | 6 | — | 57,000 | ||||
"Yume no Tsubute" (夢の飛礫, "Dream Throwing Stone") | 9 | — | 43,000 | ||||
"Seamless Singles" | 2004 | 13 | — | 19,000 | Non-album single | ||
"36-dosen (1995 Natsu)" (36度線 -1995夏-, Sanjūroku-dosen Senkyūhyakukyūjūgo Natsu, "36th Parallel (Summer 1995)") | 6 | — | 45,000 | Double | |||
"Boku wa Music" (僕はMusic, "I Am Music") | 7 | — | 35,000 | ||||
"Man and Woman" | 2007 | 2 | — | 23,000 | |||
"Here & There" | 3 | — | 21,000 | ||||
"—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the Billboard charts, or items that did not chart. |
As featured artists
editTitle | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (Japan) [3][15] |
Certifications | Album | ||
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Japan Oricon [5][15] |
Japan Billboard Japan Hot 100 [16][D] | ||||||
"Futari no Ai Land" (ふたりの愛ランド, "Our Love Land") (Chage with Yūko Ishikawa) | 1984 | 3 | 72[E] | 438,000 | Collections | ||
"Dera Shiera Mu" (デェラ・シエラ・ム) (Chage and Aska with Stardust Revue) | 2003 | 3 | — | 52,000 | Hot Menu | ||
"—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the Billboard charts, or items that did not chart. |
Videography
editVideo albums
editTitle | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications |
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Japan [5] | |||
The Natsu Matsuri: Chage & Asuka Osakajō Live (THE 夏祭り チャゲ&飛鳥 大阪城LIVE) |
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— | |
Good Times 1983.9.30 Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyōgijō Live (GOOD TIMES 1983.9.30 国立代々木競技場LIVE) |
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— | |
One Side Game Chage & Asuka in Yokohama Stadium |
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— | |
Walk |
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— | |
Chage & Asuka History I: 10 Years After |
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— | |
Chage & Asuka History II: Pride |
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— | |
Taiyō to Hokori no Naka de I (太陽と埃の中で I) |
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— | |
Taiyō to Hokori no Naka de II (太陽と埃の中で II) |
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— | |
Concert Movie Guys |
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59 | |
15th Anniversary On Your Mark |
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— | |
Asian Tour in Taipei |
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— | |
Chage & Aska MTV Unplugged Live |
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— | |
Live Best 1995–1999 |
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— | |
Sennenyaichiya Live: Fukuoka Dome Bokura ga Home (千年夜一夜ライブ 〜福岡ドーム 僕らがホーム〜) |
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— | |
Chage and Aska Concert Tour 01>>02 Not At All |
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— | |
Music on Films |
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— | |
Chage and Aska Concert Tour 02-03 The Live |
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— | |
Chage and Aska Count Down Live 03>>04 in Sapporo Dome |
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— | |
Chage and Aska 25th Anniversary Special: Chage & Asuka Neppū Concert (CHAGE and ASKA 25th Anniversary Special チャゲ&飛鳥 熱風コンサート) |
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— | |
Chage and Aska Concert Tour 2004 Two-Five |
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20 | |
Chage and Aska Concert Tour 2007 Double |
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3 | |
Chage and Aska Concert Tour 2007 Alive in Live |
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5 | |
Chage and Aska Concert Live DVD Box 1 |
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17 | |
Chage and Aska Concert Live DVD Box 2 |
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10 | |
Chage and Aska Concert Live DVD Box 3 |
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9 | |
Chage and Aska Yume no Bannin Special Events 1993 Guys (CHAGE&ASKA 夢の番人 SPECIAL EVENT 1993 GUYS) |
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20 | |
"—" denotes items that did not chart, or whose peak positions have not been archived by Oricon. |
Notes
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