Takako Matsu discography

Takako Matsu discography
Studio albums	9
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	3
Video albums	7
Music videos	20
Singles	21
Other appearances	3

The discography of Japanese actress and singer-songwriter Takako Matsu includes nine studio, three compilation, two live, seven video albums, twenty-one singles, and twenty music videos. Born into a family of actors, Matsu made her debut as a stage performer before her roles in TV dramas (beginning with the 1994 NHK taiga drama series Hana no Ran) and films (beginning with 1997's Tokyo Biyori).^[1][2] That year she released her first single, "Ashita, Haru ga Kitara", which peaked at number 8 on the Oricon Singles Chart^[1] and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 400,000 copies. Matsu's debut album, Sora no Kagami (also released that year), peaked at number 4 on the Oricon Albums Chart. Selling over 300,000 copies, it earned a platinum certification from the RIAJ and Matsu was named Best New Artist of the Year at the 12th Japan Gold Disc Awards.^[3]

In 1998 she starred in the Shunji Iwai short film April Story as Uzuki Nireno, a shy girl who leaves home to attend the University of Tokyo.^[4] For the film's soundtrack, Matsu performed five piano songs.^[5] Her second studio album, Ai no Tobira, was released on Arista Japan the same year; it peaked at number 3 on the Oricon chart, and was certified gold by the RIAJ. Moving to Universal Japan in 1999,^[6] Matsu released "Yume no Shizuku"; it peaked at number 8 on the Oricon chart, her fourth top-ten hit on the Oricon Singles Chart. Her album Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni... was also certified gold. About a year later, Matsu's fourth studio album (A Piece of Life) and first compilation album (Five Years: Singles) were released. Both peaked in the top five on the Oricon Albums Chart, and the latter was certified gold. A live album of her A Piece of Life concert tour, released in 2002, peaked at number 32 on the Oricon Albums Chart; the tour DVD reached number 8 on the Oricon DVD chart. Matsu's next two studio albums peaked at number 12 on the Oricon chart.

In 2004 "Toki no Fune", co-written by Matsu and Akeboshi and produced by the latter,^[7] was released as the first single from her seventh studio album (Bokura ga Ita). The song, the theme for the TBS drama series Tōbōsha Runaway,^[8] peaked at number 5 on the Oricon singles chart and the album peaked at number 14 on the albums chart. In 2006 Matsu released "Minna Hitori", another top-10 hit. Her parent studio album, Cherish You, peaked at the same position on the Oricon Albums Chart. After the disappointing performance of her ninth studio album (Time for Music) and its accompanying singles, Matsu's musical career saw a resurgence with "Let It Go" (which she performed for the Japanese version of the Disney animated film, Frozen);^[9][10] the song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, and was certified million by the RIAJ.^[11]

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions (JP) [12]	Sales (JPN) [13]	Certifications
Sora no Kagami	Released: June 28, 1997 Label: Arista Japan Format(s): CD	4	301,000	JPN: Platinum[14]
Ai no Tobira	Released: September 23, 1998 Label: Arista Japan Format(s): CD	3	245,000	JPN: Gold[15]
Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni...	Released: March 23, 2000 Label: Polydor Format(s): CD	7	194,000	JPN: Gold[16]
A Piece of Life	Released: June 13, 2001 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD	4	120,000
Home Grown	Released: February 19, 2003 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD	12	43,000
Harvest Songs	Released: October 8, 2003 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD	12	38,000
Bokura ga Ita (僕らがいた, "We Were There")	Released: April 26, 2006 Label: Ariola Japan Format(s): CD	14	29,000
Cherish You	Released: April 25, 2007 Label: Ariola Japan Format(s): CD, CD+DVD	10	35,000
Time for Music	Released: November 25, 2009 Label: Ariola Japan Format(s): CD, CD+DVD	43	6,000

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions (JP) [12]	Sales [13]	Certifications
Five Years: Singles	Released: December 5, 2001 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD	3	281,000	JPN: Gold[17]
Matsu Takako Single Collection 1999–2005	Released: June 28, 2006 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD	59	6,000
Footsteps: 10th Anniversary Complete Best	Released: June 25, 2008 Label: Ariola Japan Format(s): CD, CD+DVD	22	15,000

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions (JP) [12]	Sales [13]	Certifications
Takako Matsu Concert Tour Vol. 1 "A Piece of Life"	Released: February 21, 2002 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD	32	14,000
Takako Matsu Concert Tour 2003 "Second Wave"	Released: March 24, 2004 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD, CD+DVD	52	6,000

LP records

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions (JP) [12]	Sales [13]	Certifications
Hyper Bug Mix	Released: August 21, 1997[18] Label: BMG Victor Format(s): LP	—

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Sales (JPN) [13]	Certification	Album
		Oricon chart [19]	JPN Hot 100 [20]
"Ashita, Haru ga Kitara"	1997	8	65^[A]	432,000	JPN: Platinum[21]	Sora no Kagami
"I Stand Alone"		7	—	183,000	JPN: Gold[22]
"Wind Song"		30	—	38,000	JPN: Gold[14]
"Mafuyu no Memories" (真冬のメモリーズ, "Midwinter Memories")		22	—	77,000		Ai no Tobira
"Sakura Fuwari"	1998	9	—	96,000
"Gomen ne." (ごめんね。, "Sorry")		26	—	44,000
"Stay with Me"		20	—	96,000
"Yume no Shizuku" (夢のしずく, "Droplets of Dreams")	1999	8	—	97,000		Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni...
"Tsuki no Dance" (月のダンス, "Moon Dance")		25	—	17,000
"Sakura no Ame, Itsuka"	2000	19	—	88,000
"Yasashii Kaze" (優しい風, "Gentle Breeze")		25	—	21,000		A Piece of Life
"Koishii Hito" (コイシイヒト, "Beloved Person")	2001	16	—	63,000
"Hana no Yō ni" (花のように, "Like a Flower")		23	—	24,000		Home Grown
"Clover"	2002	28	—	11,000
"Ashita ni Kuchizuke o" (明日にくちづけを, "A Kiss to Tomorrow")		23	—	14,000
"Honto no Kimochi" (ほんとの気持ち, "True Feelings")	2003	16	—	27,000		Harvest Songs
"Toki no Fune" (時の舟, "Ship of Time")	2004	5	—	61,000		Bokura ga Ita
"Mirai ni Naru" (未来になる, "Becomes the Future")	2005	24	—	9,000
"Akari no Tomoru Hō e" (明かりの灯る方へ, "Towards the Burning Torch")	2006	24	—	14,000
"Minna Hitori" (みんなひとり, "Everyone's Alone")		10	—	41,000		Cherish You
"Ashita, Haru ga Kitara 97–07"^[B]	2007	—	—
"Kimi to Nara" (君となら, "If I'm with You")	2009	38	44			Time for Music
"Egao o Misete" (笑顔をみせて, "Show Me a Smile")[23]	2015	—	—			N/A
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Collaborations and promotional singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
		Oricon chart [24]	JPN Hot 100 [20]
"Futari no Murasaki Tokyo" (二人のムラサキ東京, "Our Purple Tokyo") (as Tokyo Jenne, with Kinmokusei)	2004	65	—		Best Condition: Kinmokusei Single Collection
"Waratte Misete Kure" (笑ってみせてくれ, "Give Laughing a Try") (with the Band for "Sanka")	2008	35	82		Non-album single
"Let It Go (Ari no Mama de)" (ありのままで, "As I Am")	2014	—	2	JPN (download): Million[11]	Frozen: Original Soundtrack (Japanese version)
"Umarete Hajimete" (生まれて初めて, "For the First Time in Forever") (with Sayaka Kanda)		—	19	JPN (download): Gold[25]
"Shiawase na Ketsumatsu" (幸せな結末, "Happy Ending") (with Masayuki Suzuki)		—	70		Discover Japan II
"—" denoted items which failed to chart.

Other album appearances

Song	Year	Album
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"/"Beauty and the Beast Medley"	1998	We Love Mickey: Happy 70th Anniversary[26]
"Caroline, No" (Yoshiyuki Sahashi with B-Girls A.K.A-Ms.T)	2004	Beach Boys Tribute: Best Of[27]
"And I Love Car"	2013	Okuda Tamio Covers 2[28]

Videography

Video releases

Title	Album details	Notes
Film Sora no Kagami	Released: October 12, 1997 Label: BMG Japan	Released first as a VHS in 1997 and later as a DVD in 2003.[29][30] Contains videos of "I Stand Alone" and five other tracks from Sora no Kagami.[30] The DVD peaked at number 297 on the Oricon DVD chart.[30]
Film Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni	Released: April 5, 2000 Label: Polydor	Contains music videos of "Yume no Shizuku", "Tsuki no Dance", and "Sakura no Ame, Itsuka".[31] Peaked at number 8 on the Oricon DVD chart.[31]
Concert Tour Vol. 1 "A Piece of Life" on Film	Released: February 21, 2002 Label: Polydor	Released in VHS and DVD formats.[32] Contains footage of Matsu's first concert tour of the same title.[33] Peaked at number 8 on Oricon DVD chart.[33]
Tour Documentary Film "Diary": Concert Tour Vol. 1 "A Piece of Life"	Released: February 21, 2002 Label: Polydor	Contains behind-the-scenes footage of the concert "A Piece of Life".[34] Also contains journal entries by Matsu, chronicling her life while on tour.[34] Peaked at number 47 on the Oricon DVD chart.[34]
Matsu Takako Concert Tour 2003 "Second Wave" on Film	Released: March 24, 2004 Label: Universal Japan	Contains footage of Matsu's second concert tour, "Second Wave".[35] Peaked at number 40 on the Oricon DVD chart.[35]
Matsu Takako Concert Tour 2007 "I Cherish You" on Film	Released: November 21, 2007 Label: BMG Japan	Contains footage of Matsu's third concert tour, "I Cherish You".[36] Peaked at number 42 on the Oricon DVD chart.[36]
Takako Matsu Concert Tour 2010 "Time for Music"	Released: February 6, 2010 Label: Ariola Japan	Contains footage of Matsu's fourth concert tour, "Time for Music".[37] Peaked at number 73 on the Oricon chart.[37]

Music videos

Title	Year	Director
"Sora no Kagami"	1997	Shunji Iwai[38][39]
"I Stand Alone"
"Mafuyu no Memories"		Shunji Iwai[40]
"Sakura Fuwari"	1998
"Gomen ne."		Jun Hara[41]
"Stay with Me"		Shunji Iwai[42]
"Yume no Shizuku"	1999	Hiroyuki Itaya[43]
"Tsuki no Dance"
"Sakura no Ame, Itsuka"	2000
"Koishii Hito"	2001	Hideaki Anno[44]
"Hana no Yō ni"		Hiroyuki Itaya[43]
"Ashita ni Kuchizuke o"	2002
"Honto no Kimochi"	2003
"Home Grown"
"Toki no Fune"	2004
"Mirai ni Naru"	2005	Tetsuma Maki[45]
"Akari no Tomoru Hō e"	2006	Tsuyoshi Inoue[46]
"Minna Hitori"		Tetsuya Nakashima[47]
"Kimi to Nara"	2009	Yuki Ueda[48]
"Let It Go"	2014	Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee[49]

References

Notes

1. A ^ Charted in 2012.
2. B ^ The track was released digitally only.^[50]

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