Kaela Kimura discography
Kaela Kimura discographyStudio albums 11 EPs 4 Compilation albums 2 Tribute albums 1 Singles 31 Video albums 5
The discography of Japanese musician Kaela Kimura consists of eleven studio albums, two compilation albums, one cover album, four extended plays , thirty-one 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]
Studio albums
All release dates pertain to their release in Japan, unless stated.
Compilation albums
Cover album
Extended plays
Singles
As a lead artist
As a featured artist
Video albums
Other appearances
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",[ 18]
"Moustache",[ 19]
"Memories",[ 19]
"Doko",[ 20]
"Banzai",[ 21]
"Butterfly",[ 22]
"Ring a Ding Dong",[ 23]
"Deep Beep",[ 24]
"A Winter Fairy Is Melting a Snowman",[ 25]
"Kidoairaku Plus Ai",[ 26]
"Mamireru",[ 27]
"Sun Shower",[ 28]
"Ole! Oh!",[ 29]
"Today Is a New Day",[ 30]
"Egg".[ 31]
^ Charted in 2010.[ 32]
^ Sources for chart positions are as follows:
"Hey! Hey! Alright".[ 46]
^ Sources for chart positions are as follows:
"Dive Into Shallow",[ 18]
"Stars",[ 47]
"Odoru Pompokolin",[ 48]
"You Bet!!",[ 49]
"Chocolate",[ 50]
"Hello, Goodbye",[ 51]
"Wonder Volt",[ 52]
"Take On Me",[ 53]
"Funkytown",[ 53]
"My Love",[ 54]
"One More",[ 55]
"Sonic Manic".[ 56]
^ a b Band featuring Kimura before she debuted as a solo musician.
^ a b Featuring lyrics written by Kimura.
References
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