Kaela Kimura discography
Kaela Kimura discography | |
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File:MTV VMAJ 2014 Kaela Kimura.jpg
Kimura at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
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Studio albums | 11 |
Compilation albums | 2 |
Video albums | 5 |
EPs | 2 |
Singles | 22 |
Tribute albums | 1 |
The discography of Japanese musician Kaela Kimura consists of eleven studio albums, two compilation albums, one cover album, two extended plays, twenty-two singles and five video albums. She debuted as a musician in 2004 under the label Columbia Music Entertainment, releasing ten albums with the company. In 2013, Kimura released Rock, an album of English language covers under her private label Ela Music. In 2014, Kimura released "Ole! Oh!", her first single under Victor Entertainment.
Kimura was originally a member of the band Amino before making her solo debut. Two of the band's songs are present on the 2005 compilation album ... of Newtypes. In 2006, Kimura collaborated with the band Sadistic Mika Band as a temporary vocalist on three of their songs on their revival album Narkissos.
Her most commercially successful singles are "Rirura Riruha" (2005), "Butterfly" (2009) and "Ring a Ding Dong" (2010), all of which have been certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.[1][2][3]
Contents
Studio albums
All release dates pertain to their release in Japan, unless stated.
Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales (JPN)[4][upper-alpha 1] | Certifications | |
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JPN [5] |
TWN East Asian [6][upper-alpha 2][upper-alpha 3] |
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Kaela |
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8 | — | 149,000 | |
Circle |
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2 | 9 | 197,000 |
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Scratch |
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1 | 9 | 360,000 |
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+1 |
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1 | 9 | 161,000 |
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Hocus Pocus |
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3 | — | 221,000 |
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8Eight8 |
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1 | — | 75,000 | |
Sync |
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5 | — | 33,000 | |
Mieta |
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6 | — | 16,000 | |
Punky |
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9 | — | ||
Ichigo |
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11 | — | 5,170[12] | |
Magnetic |
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31 | — | 2,248[13] |
Compilation albums
Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales (JPN)[4] | Certifications |
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JPN [5] |
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5 Years |
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2 | 473,000 |
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10 Years |
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6 | 26,000 |
Cover album
Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales (JPN)[4] |
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JPN [5] |
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Rock |
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10 | 19,000 |
Extended plays
Title | EP details | Peak positions | Sales (JPN)[4] |
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JPN [5] |
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Live Tour 2010 "5 Tears" @ Nippon Budokan (2010.03.27/28) |
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Zig Zag |
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21 |
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Singles
As a lead artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (JPN)[4] | Certifications | Album | |
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Oricon Singles Charts [5] |
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [16][upper-alpha 4][upper-alpha 5] |
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"Level 42" | 2004 | 14 | — | 30,000 | Kaela | |
"Happiness!!!" | 11 | — | 41,000 | |||
"Rirura Riruha" | 2005 | 3 | 82[upper-alpha 6] | 117,000 | Circle | |
"Beat" | 7 | — | 36,000 |
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"You" | 2006 | 7 | — | 39,000 | ||
"Magic Music" | 7 | — | 54,000 | Scratch | ||
"Tree Climbers" | 6 | — | 68,000 | |||
"Snowdome" | 2007 | 6 | — | 61,000 | ||
"Samantha" | 8 | — | 27,000 | +1 | ||
"Yellow" | 5 | — | 28,000 | |||
"Jasper" | 2008 | 9 | 11 | 42,000 |
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"Moustache" (マスタッシュ Musutasshu?) | 7 | 9 | 37,000 | Hocus Pocus | ||
"Memories" | 43 | Paco and the Magical Book Original Soundtrack | ||||
"Doko" (どこ?, "Where") | 2009 | 5 | 5 | 24,000 | Hocus Pocus | |
"Banzai" | 4 | 2 | 31,000 | |||
"Butterfly" | — | 8 | — | |||
"Ring a Ding Dong" | 2010 | 1 | 2 | 92,000 | 8Eight8 | |
"Deep Beep" | — | 23 | — | |||
"A Winter Fairy Is Melting a Snowman" | 4 | 1 | 30,000 | |||
"Kidoairaku Plus Ai" | 2011 | 13 | 6 | 13,000 | ||
"Mamireru" (マミレル?, "Paint") | 2012 | 9 | 6 | 17,000 | Sync | |
"Sun Shower" | 16 | 4 | 8,000 | |||
"Ole! Oh!" | 2014 | 12 | 10 | 6,000 | Mieta | |
"Today Is a New Day" | 15 | 10 | 8,000 | |||
"Egg" | 2015 | 17 | 7 | 8,000 | Non-album single |
As a featured artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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Oricon Singles Charts [5] |
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [16][upper-alpha 7] |
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"Time Machine ni Onegai '06 Version" (タイムマシンにおねがい?, "Help, Time Machine") (Sadistic Mika Band Revisited) | 2006 | — | — | Narkissos |
"Hey! Hey! Alright" (Scha Dara Parr + Kaela Kimura) | 2009 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
Promotional singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
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Billboard Japan Hot 100 [16][upper-alpha 8] |
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"Circle"[56] | 2006 | — | Circle | |
"Oh Pretty Woman" | — | Attention Please Soundtrack | ||
"Ground Control" | 2007 | — | Scratch | |
"Dive Into Shallow" | 2008 | 30 | "Jasper" (single) | |
"Stars" | 26 | +1 | ||
"Hot Pepper no Uta" (ホットペッパーの唄?, "Hot Pepper Song") | 2009 | — |
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Non-album single |
"Odoru Pompokolin" | 2010 | 48 | 5 Years | |
"You Bet!!" | 6 | |||
"Musuko (Bokura no Ongaku Ver.)" (息子(僕らの音楽ver.)?, "Son (Our Music Ver.)")[58] (with Tamio Okuda) | — | Non-album song | ||
"Chocolate" (チョコレート Chokorēto?) | 2011 | 6 | 8Eight8 | |
"8Eight8 Medley" (8EIGHT8 メドレー?)[59] | — | Non-album song | ||
"Lettuce Lettuce" (レタスレタス Retasu Retasu?)[60] | 2012 | — | 2355/0655 Song Best! | |
"Amamorhythm" (アマモリズム Amamorizumu?, "Rain Leak Rhythm")[61] | — | |||
"Hello, Goodbye" | 43 | "Sun Shower" (single) | ||
"Wonder Volt" | 63 | Sync | ||
"Take On Me" | 2013 | 45 | Rock | |
"Funkytown" | 70 | |||
"My Love" | 2014 | 71 | 10 Years | |
"One More" | 80 | Mieta | ||
"Sonic Manic" | 22 |
Video albums
Title | Album details | Peak positions |
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JPN [5] |
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Kaela Kimura 1st Tour 2005 4You |
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10 |
Live Scratch: Agattemasu tteba Tour @ Budokan (LIVE SCRATCH~上がってますってばTOUR~@武道館?) |
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14 |
Best Video 1 |
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Go! 5! Kaeland |
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Kaela Web Tour 2012 @ Nippon Budokan |
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7 |
Other appearances
Title | Year | Album |
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"Twinkle (Nana Ver.)" | 2005 | Love for Nana: Only One Tribute |
"Is My Fate"[upper-alpha 9] (Animo) | ... of Newtypes | |
"Out of Luck"[upper-alpha 9] (Animo) | ||
"Why Are You So in a Hurry? (Tō-chan no Melody)" (父ちゃんのメロディ?, "Daddy's Melody") | Custom Made 10.30 Original Soundtrack | |
"Why Are You So in a Hurry? (Tō-chan no Melody) (Dub Mix)" | ||
"Cloudy" (Kaela Kimura & Foe) | 2006 | Last Days: Tribute to Mr. K |
"The End of the Sun" (Foe featuring Kaela Kimura) | Foetunes | |
"Sadistic Twist" (Sadistic Mikaela Band) | Narkissos | |
"Watashi wa Big-Bang, Bang" (私はBig-Bang, Bang?, "I'm a Big-Bang, Bang") (Sadistic Mikaela Band) | ||
"No Reason Why" (Farrah featuring Kaela Kimura) | 2007 | "No Reason Why" (single) |
"Marshmallow" (マシマロ Mashimaro?) | Tamio Okuda Covers | |
"Birdie" (Taiyō Yamazaki presents Kaela Kimura & Depapepe) | 2008 | Music Tree |
"Rirura Riruha (Kōtetsu Gattai Robomix) Remixed by Foe" (リルラ リルハ~鋼鉄合体ロボミックス~Remixed by FOE"?, "Steel Alloy Robomix") | Detroit Metal City Tribute Album: Seinie Metal Mix | |
"[[Kokuhaku (Idoling!!! song)|Kokuhaku]]"[upper-alpha 10] (Idolin!!!) | Petit-Petit | |
"Paco Medley" (Kaela Kimura with Hōtai Band) | Paco and the Magical Book Original Soundtrack | |
"A Song for Paco" (Kaela Kimura with Hōtai Band) | ||
"Kimi to Dokomade mo" (君とどこまでも?, "Anywhere with You") (Mo'Some Tonebender featuring Kaela Kimura) | Sing! | |
"Happy?" | 2009 | Judy and Mary 15th Anniversary Tribute Album |
"Mother Goose"[upper-alpha 10] (Rie Tomosaka) | Toridori. | |
"Forbidden Fruits" (Curly Giraffe featuring Kaela Kimura) | Thank You for Being a Friend | |
"Kotoba wa Sankaku, Kokoro wa Shikaku" (言葉はさんかく こころは四角?, "Words Are Triangles, Hearts Are Squares") | Quruli Tribute | |
"Lyin' Ass Bitch" (Scafull King featuring Kaela Kimura) | 2011 | Doubt! |
"Ring a Ding Dong (Moonbug Remix)" | 2013 | Remix Assault |
"Banzai (Remix)" (Avengers in Sci-Fi) | Selected Ancient Works 2006-2013 |
Notes
- ↑ Sales provided by Oricon database and are rounded to the nearest thousand copies.
- ↑ The G-Music chart was established in July 2005 and only archives the top 20 releases. The East Asian chart is a sub-chart, so releases may not have charted on the main top 20.
- ↑ Position was taken from 2006 week 19 for Circle, 2007 week 15 for Scratch, 2008 week 20 for +1.
- ↑ The Japan Hot 100 was established in February 2008.
- ↑ Sources for chart positions are as follows: "Jasper",[17] "Moustache",[18] "Memories",[18] "Doko",[19] "Banzai",[20] "Butterfly",[21] "Ring a Ding Dong",[22] "Deep Beep",[23] "A Winter Fairy Is Melting a Snowman",[24] "Kidoairaku Plus Ai",[25] "Mamireru",[26] "Sun Shower",[27] "Ole! Oh!",[28] "Today Is a New Day",[29] "Egg".[30]
- ↑ Charted in 2010.[31]
- ↑ Sources for chart positions are as follows: "Hey! Hey! Alright".[45]
- ↑ Sources for chart positions are as follows: "Dive Into Shallow",[17] "Stars",[46] "Odoru Pompokolin",[47] "You Bet!!",[48] "Chocolate",[49] "Hello, Goodbye",[50] "Wonder Volt",[51] "Take On Me",[52] "Funkytown",[52] "My Love",[53] "One More",[54] "Sonic Manic".[55]
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Band featuring Kimura before she debuted as a solo musician.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Featuring lyrics written by Kimura.
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