Chara discography

The discography of Japanese musician Chara consists of fifteen studio albums, four compilation albums, two live albums, three extended plays one soundtrack, eight video albums and fifty singles. Chara debuted as a musician in 1991 with Sony Music Entertainment Japan, and saw great success with the singles "Swallowtail Butterfly (Ai no Uta)" (1996), the theme song for the film Swallowtail, and "Yasashii Kimochi" (1997). After releasing ten albums with the label, Chara left Sony in 2004 to become an independent musician, releasing the album Something Blue (2005). The next year, Chara signed her second major label contract with Universal Music Japan, releasing four albums between 2007 and 2011.

After a second brief period where she worked independently, releasing the extended play Utakata (2011), Chara signed a contract with Sony sublabel Ki/oon Music, releasing the albums Cocoon (2012), Jewel (2013) and Secret Garden (2015).

Albums

Studio albums

Collaborative Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Self-cover albums

Soundtrack albums

Extended plays

Singles

As a lead artist

As a featured artist

Promotional singles

Other appearances

Video albums

Notes

1. ^ Sales provided by Oricon database and are rounded to the nearest thousand copies.
2. ^ Junior Sweet later received a 3× Platinum certification for 1,200,000 copies, however the 3× Platinum threshold was changed to 750,000 copies in 2003.
3. ^ Sources for chart positions are as follows: "Yasashii Kimochi",^[21] "Trophy",^[22] "Labrador",^[23] "Breaking Hearts",^[24] "Kataomoi",^[25] "Alterna Girlfriend",^[26] "Chōchō Musubi",^[27] "Koibumi",^[28] "I Don't Know",^[29] "Ai no Ne".^[30]
4. ^ Charted in 2013.
5. ^ Charted at number 97 on the Billboard Hot Airplay chart and at number 95 on the Adult Contemporary Airplay chart.^[31][32]
6. ^ Charted at number 96 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay chart.^[33]
7. ^ Charted at number 78 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay chart.^[34]
8. ^ Charted at number 98 on the Hot Top Airplay chart.^[35]
9. ^ Special song for childrearing information kit Kodomo Challenge.

References

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3. ^ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1997年11月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. November 1997 Edition] (Bulletin) (in Japanese). The Record. 458: 9. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan. January 10, 1998. Archived March 29, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
4. ^ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年4月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. April 2000 Edition] (Bulletin) (in Japanese). The Record. 487: 8. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan. June 10, 2000. Archived September 22, 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
5. ^ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1999年3月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. March 1999 Edition] (Bulletin) (in Japanese). The Record. 474: 9. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan. May 10, 1999. Archived January 22, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
6. ^ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2001年7月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. July 2001 Edition] (Bulletin) (in Japanese). The Record. 502: 8. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan. September 10, 2001. Archived March 8, 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
7. ^ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1997年6月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. June 1997 Edition] (Bulletin) (in Japanese). The Record. 453: 9. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan. August 10, 1997. Archived November 3, 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
8. ^ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年11月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. November 2000 Edition] (Bulletin) (in Japanese). The Record. 494: 9. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan. January 10, 2001. Archived January 17, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
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12. ^ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1996年9月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. September 1996 Edition] (Bulletin) (in Japanese). The Record. 444: 5. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan. November 10, 1997. Archived January 10, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
13. ^ "レコード協会調べ 5月度有料音楽配信認定" [Record Association Investigation: May Digital Music Download Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. June 20, 2010. Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
14. ^ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1997年7月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. July 1997 Edition] (Bulletin) (in Japanese). The Record. 454: 9. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan. September 10, 1997. Archived March 6, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
15. ^ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年6月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. June 2000 Edition] (Bulletin) (in Japanese). The Record. 489: 8. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan. August 10, 2000. Archived January 17, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
16. ^ "北川景子出演、「シード1dayPure うるおいプラス」CMソングは？" (in Japanese). CDJournal. July 3, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
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19. ^ "MaXMuse、Berryz工房、秋人、CHARAの新譜をダウンロード配信" (in Japanese). Barks. July 29, 2005. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
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28. ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100" (in Japanese). Billboard. December 18, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
29. ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100" (in Japanese). Billboard. October 15, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
30. ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100" (in Japanese). Billboard. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
31. ^ "Hot Top Airplay" (in Japanese). Billboard. July 16, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
32. ^ "Adult Contemporary Airplay" (in Japanese). Billboard. June 12, 2013. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
33. ^ "Adult Contemporary Airplay" (in Japanese). Billboard. June 12, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
34. ^ "Adult Contemporary Airplay" (in Japanese). Billboard. October 1, 2008. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
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