Discography of a Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue
Albums Studio albums YearAlbumChart positions(JP)Label19728Polydor Japan101973119741976For Life Records1978White31979Sneaker Dancer1980Every Night281981111982131983Ballerina251987Negative51990Handsome Boy2199271993Under the Sun1199471997Shopping (with Tamio Okuda) (credited to InoueYosuiOkudaTamio)41998232002Cassis122006Love Complex13For Life Music Entertainment2007Double Drive (with Tamio Okuda) (credited to InoueYosuiOkudaTamio)102010Mariyoku22
Cover albums YearAlbumChart positions(JP)Label2001United Cover2For Life Records2015United Cover 216Universal Music Japan
Self-cover albums YearAlbumChart positions(JP)Label19849.5 Carats1For Life Records2002Blue Selection20
Live albums YearAlbumChart positions(JP)LabelNotes1973Yōsui Live 2Polydor Japan19768For LifeReleased on LP and cassette only1982Yōsui Live "Jealousy"48Released on cassette only1986Clam Chowder6Stardust Rendez-vous: Live at Jingū3For Life/KittyRecorded with Anzen Chitai2014 -Universal Music Japan
Charting compilation albums This is the list of the compilations by Yōsui Inoue that entered on the Oricon Weekly Albums (LP, audio cassette, and CD) Charts. Aside from the following releases, multiple compilation albums has come out to date. YearAlbumChart positions(JP)LabelNotes1975Good Pages1Polydor JapanIssued on LP onlyBest Pages1Issued on cassette only1976Good Pages 224Issued on LP only197863For Life1982So53Issued on LP and cassetteMuch50198464Issued on cassette only198530Polydor Japan12For LifeIncluding previously unreleased material1987 [Version II]27Issued on cassette onlyRe-View8Issued on CD only1997Best Collection81Polydor Japan1999Golden Best1For LifeExpanded edition had a limited release in 20032000Golden Bad382003Platinum Best: Early Times652008Best Ballade10Including previously unreleased material
Other albums YearAlbumChart positions(JP)LabelNotes19756KaleidoscopeA half bootleg compilation came out without the artist's permission and went out of print shortly after its release Comprising the unreleased recordings200813For LifeCompilation comprising the unreleased live recordings20145Universal MusicSakura Drops
Singles YearA-SideB-Side(s) / Double A-SideChart positions(JP)LabelNotes ?|""1969"""" —CBS Sonycredited to Andre Candre"""" —1970"""" —1972"""" —PolydorReissued in 1989""""69 1973""""19Reissued in 1989""""71974""""11""""15 1975""""29 """Flight"8For Life 1976"Good, Good-Bye"""131977""""""""—1978""""100"Miss Contest""" [Single Ver.]—1979""""871980"Bright Eyes"""—"Crazy Love""""" (1999 Reissue)—Reissued in 19991981""""14Reissued in 1988""""551982""""11Reissued in 1988"""Music High"691983"" [Single Ver.]""35"" [Single Edit]"Frozen Eyes"—1984""""—"""Speedy Night"4Reissued in 19881986""""25Reissued in 1996 and 2007""""6Kittywith Anzen Chitai1987"Why"""63For Life1988""""431989""""37"""Back Side"571990""""4RIAJ Certification: 4× Platinum1991"Tokyo"""761992"" [New Recording]"" [New Recording]331993"""Be-Pop Juggler"27RIAJ Certification: Gold"Make-up Shadow""Present"2RIAJ Certification: 3× PlatinumReissued in 2006"Canadian Accordion"""351994""""45Polydor""""36For Life1995"""Over Time"321997"""" [Outtake]10For LifeSonywith Tamio Okuda(credited to InoueYōsuiOkudaTamio)1998"Teenager""""Hawaiian Love Song"60For Life2001"Coffee Rumba""""Domino"""19RIAJ Certification: Gold""""12RIAJ Certification: Gold""""""602002"Final Love Song"""43"""" [Single Ver.]—"" [New Recording]"" [Album Ver.]93For Life2005""""65Universalwith Kiyoshirō Imawano2006""""50For Life"Parallel Love""Christmas Vanilla Shake"9For LifeSonywith Tamio Okuda(credited to InoueYōsuiOkudaTamio)2009"Love Rainbow""Love Lila"62For Life201736Universal2018"Care"Music Play99Universal
In the history of Japanese Oricon weekly singles chart, Yōsui Inoue has produced 41 charting singles with sales of 4.8 million copies in total. 15 of them has sold more than 100,000 copies; "Yume no Naka e", "Kokoro Moyou", "Yamiyo no Kuni kara", "Yūdachi", "Aozora, Hitorikiri", "Good, Good-Bye", "Jealousy", "Riverside Hotel", "Isso Serenade", "Natsu no Owari no Harmony", "Shounen Jidai", "Make-up Shadow", "Arigatou", "Coffee Rumba", and "Hana no Kubikazari".
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