Morning Musume discography

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Morning Musume discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 8
↙Compilation albums 2
↙Singles 36
↙Video albums 4
References and footnotes

The Morning Musume discography is a comprehensive listing of official releases by the Japanese girl band Morning Musume. Unless indicated, all melodies and lyrics were composed by their producer Tsunku and were released under Zetima Records.[1]

Starting on January 2007, the Taiwanese label Forward Music has begun officially releasing Taiwanese versions of Morning Musume's releases.[2]

Contents

[edit] Albums

No. Title Release date Ranking[3]
Included singles
Studio albums / Mini-album
1 First Time July 8, 1998 #4
Ai no Tane, Morning Coffee, Summer Night Town
2 Second Morning July 28, 1999 #3
Daite Hold on Me! (New York mix), Memory Seishun no Hikari, Manatsu no Kōsen (vacation mix), Furusato
3 3rd -Love Paradise- March 29, 2000 #2
Love Machine, Koi no Dance Site
4 4th Ikimasshoi! March 27, 2002 #1
Renai Revolution 21 (13nin version), The Peace! (complete version), Mr. Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~ (long version), Souda! We're Alive
5 No.5 March 26, 2003 #1
Do it! Now, Koko ni Iruzee!
6 Ai no Dai 6 Kan December 8, 2004 #7
Roman ~My Dear Boy~, Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari (versions 1 and 2), Namida ga Tomaranai Hōkago
7 Rainbow 7 February 15, 2006 #7
Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari (version 3), The Manpower!!!, Osaka Koi no Uta, Iroppoi Jirettai, Chokkan 2 ~Nogashita Sakana wa Ookiizo!~ (Mattaku Sono Tōri remix)
7.5 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini! December 13, 2006 #14
Aruiteru
8 Sexy 8 Beat March 21, 2007
April 27, 2007 (TW)		 #7
Sexy Boy ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~, Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan, Aruiteru (album edit), Egao Yes Nude (album mix)
"Best-of" albums
1 Best! Morning Musume 1 January 31, 2001 #1
Ai no Tane, Morning Coffee, Summer Night Town, Daite Hold on Me!, Memory Seishun no Hikari, Manatsu no Kōsen, Furusato, Love Machine, Koi no Dance Site, Happy Summer Wedding, I Wish, Renai Revolution 21
2 Best! Morning Musume 2 March 31, 2004 #4
The Peace!, Mr. Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~, Souda! We're Alive, Do it! Now, Koko ni Iruzee!, Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyōtanjima, As for One Day, Shabondama, Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~, Ai Araba It's All Right
Singles collection albums
– Early Single Box December 15, 2004 –
Morning Coffee, Summer Night Town, Daite Hold on Me!, Memory Seishun no Hikari, Manatsu no Kōsen, Furusato, Love Machine, Koi no Dance Site
– Morning Musume All Singles Complete ~10th Anniversary~ October 24, 2007 #6
From Morning Coffee to Onna ni Sachi Are

[edit] Singles

No. Title Release date Ranking[3] Miscellaneous information
Arrangement
1997
– Ai no Tane November 3 –
  • Released under an independent record label named Uraneba Records.
  • Only 50,000 copies were made and sold.
  • The debut single of the founding members—the 1st Generation.
Tetsutaro Sakurai
(桜井鉄太郎?)
1998
1 Morning Coffee
Ai no Tane		 January 28 #6
Shunsuke Suzuki
(鈴木俊介?)
2 Summer Night Town
A Memory of Summer '98		 May 27 #4
Yasuaki Maejima
(前嶋康明?)
3 Daite Hold on Me!
Tatoeba		 September 9 #1
Yasuaki Maejima
(前嶋康明?)
1999
4 Memory Seishun no Hikari
Happy Night / Never Forget		 February 10 #2
Yasuaki Maejima
(前嶋康明?)
5 Manatsu no Kōsen
Koi no Shihatsu Ressha		 May 12 #3
Takao Konishi
(小西貴雄?)
6 Furusato
Wasurerannai		 July 14 #5
Takao Konishi
(小西貴雄?)
7 Love Machine
21seiki		 September 9 #1
Dance☆Man
(ダンス☆マン?)
2000
8 Koi no Dance Site
Koi wa Rock n' Roll		 January 26 #2
  • Re-released on February 9, 2000 as an LP.
  • Re-released on March 2, 2005 as a 12cm CD.
  • Second single to sell over a million copies.
Dance☆Man
(ダンス☆マン?)
9 Happy Summer Wedding
Tsūgaku Ressha		 May 17 #1
Dance☆Man
(ダンス☆マン?)
10 I Wish
Akogare My Boy		 September 6 #1
Shin Kōno
(河野伸?)
11 Renai Revolution 21
Inspiration!		 December 13 #2
Dance☆Man
(ダンス☆マン?)
2001
12 The Peace!
Dekkai Uchū ni Ai ga Aru		 July 25 #1
Dance☆Man
(ダンス☆マン?)
13 Mr. Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~
Popcorn Love!		 October 31 #1
  • 5th Generation's debut single.
  • "Popcorn Love!" became the opening song for MuSix!.
  • Covered by Tsunku in his 1st album Take 1.
  • Main vocals: Natsumi Abe, Maki Goto, and Hitomi Yoshizawa
  • Center: Hitomi Yoshizawa
Shunsuke Suzuki
(鈴木俊介?)
2002
14 Souda! We're Alive
Morning Coffee (2002 Version)		 February 21 #1
Dance☆Man
(ダンス☆マン?)
15 Do it! Now
Chotto Ikashita Pure Boy		 July 24 #3
Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki
(鈴木Daichi秀行?)
16 Koko ni Iruzee!
Jun Lover		 October 30 #1
  • Covered by Tsunku in his 1st album Take 1.
  • Covered by Nozomi Tsuji, released as her debut single for the anime Robby and Kerobby.
Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki
(鈴木Daichi秀行?)
2003
17 Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyōtanjima
Hōsekibako		 February 19 #4
  • First cover song. Original lyrics was made by Inoue Hisashi (井上ひさし?) and Yamamoto Yaushisa (山元譲久?) and was composed by Seichirō Urano (宇野誠一郎?)
  • NHK's theme song for its 50th anniversary.
  • Center: Mari Yaguchi
Takao Konishi
(小西貴雄?)
18 As for One Day
Never Forget (Rock Version)		 April 23 #1
Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki
(鈴木Daichi秀行?)
19 Shabondama
Namida ni wa Shitakunai		 July 30 #2
Yuichi Takahashi
(高橋諭一?)
20 Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~
Koiing		 November 6 #4
Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki
(鈴木Daichi秀行?)
2004
21 Ai Araba It's All Right
Dekiru Onna		 January 21 #2
Takao Konishi
(小西貴雄?)
22 Roman ~My Dear Boy~
Fine Emotion!		 May 12 #4
Shunsuke Suzuki
(鈴木俊介?)
23 Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari
Ganbare Nippon Soccer Fight		 July 22 #3
Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki
(鈴木Daichi秀行?)
24 Namida ga Tomaranai Hōkago
Nebō desu. Date na no ni...		 November 3 #4
Shunsuke Suzuki
(鈴木俊介?)
2005
25 The Manpower!!!
Love & Peace! Hero ga Yattekita		 January 19 #4
Ken Matsubara
(松原憲?)
26 Osaka Koi no Uta
Nature is Good!		 April 27 #2
Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki
(鈴木Daichi秀行?)
27 Iroppoi Jirettai
Ai to Taiyō ni Tsutsumarete		 July 27 #4
Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki
(鈴木Daichi秀行?)
28 Chokkan 2 ~Nogashita Sakana wa Ōkiizo!~
Koi wa Hassō Do the Hustle!		 November 9 #4
Shunsuke Suzuki
(鈴木俊介?)
2006
29 Sexy Boy ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~
Chance Chance Boogie		 March 15 #4
Yuichi Takahashi
(高橋諭一?)
30 Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan
Watashi ga Tsuiteru		 June 21 #4
Kōichi Yuasa
(湯浅公一?)
31 Aruiteru
Odore! Morning Curry		 November 8 #1
Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki
(鈴木Daichi秀行?)
2007
32 Egao Yes Nude
Sayonara no Kawari ni		 February 14
March 16 (TW)		 #4
Hiroshi Matsui
(松井寛?)
33 Kanashimi Twilight
Hand Made City		 April 25
May 18 (TW)		 #2
Jun Yamazaki
(山崎淳?)
34 Onna ni Sachi Are
Please! Jiyū no Tobira		 July 25
August 3 (TW)		 #2
Kōtarō Egami
(江上浩太郎?)
35 Mikan
Bon Kyu! Bon Kyu! Bomb Girl		 November 21 #6
Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki
(鈴木Daichi秀行?)
2008
36 Resonant Blue
Sono Bamen de Bibiccha Ikenaijan!		 April 16[5] #3
Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki
(鈴木Daichi秀行?)
No. Title Release date Ranking[3] Miscellaneous information
Arrangement

[edit] DVD/VHS

[edit] Singles

No. Title Release date Ranking[3] Miscellaneous information
1999
1 The Video: Love Machine October 14 –
  • Released in VHS format.
2000
2 The Video: Koi no Dance Site February 23 –
  • Released in VHS format.
2002
3 Single V: Souda! We're Alive April 10 –
  • Released in both DVD and VHS formats.
  • Contained a "Making of" clip.
4 Single V: Morning Musume Single Medley ~Hawaiian~ July 24 –
  • Released in both DVD and VHS formats.
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
5 Single V: Do it! Now September 26 –
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
2003
6 Single V: Ganbacchae! / Hey! Mirai January 29 #2
  • The single CD was not sold to the public.
  • The "Ganbacchae" music video features then-current line-up Morning Musume, Hello Project! Kids and Maki Goto.
7 Single V: Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyōtanjima February 19 #1
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
8 Single V: As for One Day April 23 #1
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains members' comments.
9 Single V: Shabondama July 30 #1
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Shabondama (Utae! Shabondama Version)" music video.
10 Single V: Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~ November 6 #1
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~ (Kokuhaku Daisakusen! version)" music video.
2004
11 Single V: Ai Araba It's All Right January 21 #1
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Ai Araba It's All Right (Close-up version)" music video.
12 Single V: Roman ~My Dear Boy~ May 12 #1
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Roman ~My Dear Boy~ (Close-up version)" music video.
13 Single V: Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari July 22 #1
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari (Panic Train version)" music video.
14 Single V: Namida ga Tomaranai Hōkago November 3 #2
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Namida ga Tomaranai Hōkago (Yureru Hōkago version)" music video.
2005
15 Single V: The Manpower!!! January 19 #1
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "The Manpower!!! (Another version)" music video.
16 Single V: Osaka Koi no Uta April 27 #2
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Osaka Koi no Uta (Dance shot version)" music video.
17 Single V: Iroppoi Jirettai August 3 #3
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Iroppoi Jirettai (Dance shot version)" music video.
18 Single V: Chokkan 2 ~Nogashita Sakana wa Ōkiizo!~ November 23 #3
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Chokkan 2 ~Nogashita Sakana wa Ookiizo!~ (Close-up version)" music video.
2006
19 Single V: Sexy Boy ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~ March 29 #5
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Sexy Boy ~Soyo Kaze ni Yorisōtte~ (Dance shot version)" music video.
20 Single V: Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan June 28 #3
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan (Dance shot version)" music video.
21 Single V: Aruiteru November 3 #1
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Aruiteru (Close-up version)" music video.
2007
22 Single V: Egao Yes Nude March 7 #9
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Egao Yes Nude (Dance shot version)" music video.
23 Single V: Onna ni Sachi Are August 1 #1
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Onna ni Sachi Are (Close-up version)" music video.
2008
24 Single V: Resonant Blue April 23 #3
  • Contains a "Making of" clip.
  • Contains "Resonant Blue (Night Scene version)" music video.

[edit] Music video compilations

No. Title Release date Miscellaneous information
1 Eizō The Morning Musume Best 10 June 14, 2000
  • Sold in both DVD and VHS formats.
2 Eizō The Morning Musume 2 ~Single V Clips~ December 4, 2002
  • Sold in both DVD and VHS formats.
  • Contains television commercials of featured music videos and a "Making of" clip of "Koko ni Iruzee!".
3 Eizō The Morning Musume 3 ~Single M Clips~ March 24, 2005
  • Limited edition contains one exclusive Hello! Project photocard.
  • Contains television commercials of featured music videos and a "Making of" clip of "The Manpower!!!".
4 Eizō The Morning Musume 4 ~Single M Clips~ May 2, 2007
May 18, 2007 (TW)

[edit] Concerts

No. Title Released date Duration[7] Miscellaneous information
1 Hello! First Live at Shibuya Kohkaido December 12, 1998 59 minutes
2 Memory ~Seishun no Hikari~ 1999.4.18 June 30, 1999 101 minutes
3 Morning Musume First Live at Budōkan ~Dancing Love Site 2000 Spring~ August 30, 2000 110 minutes
4 Morning Musume Live Revolution 21 Spring ~Osaka City Hall Last Day~ June 27, 2001 123 minutes
5 Green Live September 5, 2001 42 minutes
6 Love Is Alive! Morning Musume Concert Tour 2002 Spring at Saitama Super Arena July 31, 2002 108 minutes
  • Contains extra footage of the concert.
7 Morning Musume Love Is Alive! 2002 Summer at Yokohama Arena November 20, 2002 114 minutes
  • Maki Goto's graduation concert.
  • Contains extra footage of the concert.
8 Morning Musume Concert Tour 2003 Spring Non Stop! at Saitama Super Arena June 25, 2003 149 minutes
  • Kei Yasuda's graduation concert.
  • Contains extra footage of the concert.
9 Morning Musume Concert Tour 2003 ~15nin de Non Stop!~ December 26, 2003 106 minutes
  • Contains footage at the backstage during the concert.
10 Morning Musume Concert Tour 2004 Spring The Best of Japan July 14, 2004 133 minutes –
11 Morning Musume Concert Tour 2004 "The Best of Japan Natsu~ Aki '04" December 8, 2004 112 minutes
  • Contains footage at the backstage during the concert.
12 Morning Musume Concert Tour 2005 Haru ~Dai 6 Kan Hit Mankai~ July 5, 2005 154 minutes
  • Rika Ishikawa's graduation concert.
  • Contains extra footage of the concert.
13 Concert Tour 2005 Natsu Aki "Baribari Kyōshitsu ~Koharuchan Irasshai!~" December 14, 2005 109 minutes
  • Contains extra footage of the concert.
14 Morning Musume Concert Tour 2006 Haru ~Rainbow Seven~ July 19, 2006 103 minutes –
15 Morning Musume Concert Tour 2006 Fall ~Odore! Morning Curry~ December 27, 2006 117 minutes
  • Contains extra footage of the concert.
16 Morning Musume Concert Tour 2007 Spring ~Sexy 8 Beat~ July 4, 2007
July 13, 2007 (TW)		 189 minutes
17 Morning Morning Musume Concert Tour 2007 Aki ~Bon Kyu! Bon Kyu! Bomb~ February 14, 2008 To Be Announced –

[edit] Notes and references

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  1. ^ Hello! Project Official Website: Morning Musume discography (Japanese).
  2. ^ Oh Happy Day (2007-04-08). Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
  3. ^ a b c d The Oricon Weekly Charts is used to determine the ranking of the listed releases.
  4. ^ a b The center role in Morning Musume singles was established upon the release of "The Peace!". However, it was originally introduced when "Happy Summer Wedding" was released with Yuko Nakazawa as the center.
  5. ^ Information released by CDJapan.
  6. ^ Stated in the Japanese version of Amazon.com as of January 23, 2008.
  7. ^ Can be seen on the DVD's back cover.

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