The discography of AKB48 consists of 63 singles (61 major singles and 2 indie singles), 6 studio albums, 3 compilation albums, and 32 stage albums (12 regular stage albums and 20 as Studio Recordings Collection). The major singles have title tracks that are sung by a selection of the AKB48 singers, some of whom are from AKB48's sister groups. Some of the singles are considered annual "election singles", that is, they contain ballots for a popularity contest to determine the line-up for the next single. Other singles have line-ups that are determined by rock-paper-scissors tournaments that are held annually. The group was created and currently produced by Yasushi Akimoto, who also writes the lyrics for all of the group's songs. They released 2 compilation albums before released their debut album titled Koko ni Ita Koto.[1][2]
Team A 1st Stage "Party ga Hajimaru yo" (チームA 1st Stage「PARTYが始まるよ」)
DFCL-1351
March 7, 2007
180
1,365
Team A 2nd Stage "Aitakatta" (チームA 2nd Stage「会いたかった」)
DFCL-1352
181
1,958
Team A 3rd Stage "Dareka no Tame ni" (チームA 3rd Stage「誰かのために」)
DFCL-1353
160
2,186
Team K 1st Stage "Party ga Hajimaru yo" (チームK 1st Stage「PARTYが始まるよ」)
DFCL-1354
247
1,242
Team K 2nd Stage "Seishun Girls" (チームK 2nd Stage「青春ガールズ」)
DFCL-1355
190
1,516
Team K 3rd Stage "Nōnai Paradise" (チームK 3rd Stage「脳内パラダイス」)
DFCL-1356
188
3,121
AKS
Team A 5th Stage "Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei" (チームA 5th Stage「恋愛禁止条例」)
AKB-D2021
August 11, 2009
Sold only at the AKB48 Theater and online
Team K 5th Stage "Saka Agari" (チームK 5th Stage「逆上がり」)
AKB-D2022
Team B 4th Stage "Idol no Yoake" (チームB 4th Stage「アイドルの夜明け」)
AKB-D2023
Team K 6th Stage "Reset" (チームK 6th Stage「RESET」)
AKB-D2057
August 7, 2010
Team B 5th Stage "Theater no Megami" (チームB 5th Stage「シアターの女神」)
AKB-D2058
Team A 6th Stage "Mokugekisha" (チームA 6th Stage「目撃者」)
AKB-D2059
September 18, 2010
Studio Recordings Collection
On New Year's Day of 2013, AKB48 released the Studio Recordings Collection. It was planned to have the set lists of 20 performances. Eight of the albums had been previously unreleased. Each 2-disc album includes extra songs and karaoke tracks not on previous versions.[7]
Title
Cat. no.
Release date
Peak chart positions
Sales
JPN
Team A 1st Stage "Party ga Hajimaru yo" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team A 1st stage「PARTYが始まるよ」~studio recordings コレクション~)[8]
DFCL-1861/2
January 1, 2013
73
4,063
Team A 2nd Stage "Aitakatta" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team A 2nd stage「会いたかった」~studio recordings コレクション~)[9]
DFCL-1863/4
88
3,442
Team A 3rd Stage "Dareka no Tame ni" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team A 3rd stage「誰かのために」~studio recordings コレクション~)[10]
DFCL-1865/6
84
3,592
Team A 4th Stage "Tadaima Ren'aichū" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team A 4th stage「ただいま恋愛中」~studio recordings コレクション~)[11]
DFCL-1867/8
27
10,205
Team A 5th Stage "Renai Kinshi Jōrei" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team A 5th stage「恋愛禁止条例」~studio recordings コレクション~)[12]
KICS-1861/2
47
7,474
Team A 6th Stage "Mokugekisha" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team A 6th Stage「目撃者」~studio recordings コレクション~)[13]
KICS-1863/4
40
8,363
Team K 1st Stage "Party ga Hajimaru yo" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team K 1st stage「PARTYが始まるよ」~studio recordings コレクション~)[14]
DFCL-1869/70
115
2,528
Team K 2nd Stage "Seishun Girls" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team K 2nd stage「青春ガールズ」~studio recordings コレクション~)[15]
DFCL-1871/2
93
3,105
Team K 3rd Stage "Nōnai Paradise" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team K 3rd stage「脳内パラダイス」~studio recordings コレクション~)[16]
DFCL-1873/4
85
3,542
Team K 4th Stage "Saishū Bell ga Naru" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team K 4th stage「最終ベルが鳴る」〜studio recordings コレクション〜)[17]
KICS-1865/6
22
11,407
Team K 5th Stage "Saka Agari" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team K 5th stage「逆上がり」~studio recordings コレクション~)[18]
KICS-1867/8
52
6,484
Team K 6th Stage "Reset" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team K 6th Stage 「RESET」~studio recordings コレクション~)[19]
KICS-1869/70
37
8,967
Team B 1st Stage "Seishun Girls" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team B 1st stage「青春ガールズ」~studio recordings コレクション~)[20]
DFCL-1875/6
91
3,370
Team B 2nd Stage "Aitakatta" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team B 2nd stage「会いたかった」~studio recordings コレクション~)[21]
DFCL-1877/8
83
3,706
Team B 3rd Stage "Pajama Drive" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team B 3rd Stage「パジャマドライブ」~studio recordings コレクション~)[22]
KICS-1871/2
17
15,087
Team B 4th Stage "Idol no Yoake" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team B 4th Stage「アイドルの夜明け」~studio recordings コレクション~)[23]
KICS-1873/4
53
6,230
Team B 5th Stage "Theater no Megami" (Studio Recordings Collection) (Team B 5th Stage 「シアターの女神」~studio recordings コレクション~)[24]
AKB48 リクエストアワーセットリストベスト100 2008(Request Hour Setlist Best100 2008, at Shibuya-AX)
ライブDVDは出るだろうけど、やっぱり生に限るぜ! AKB48夏祭り(Live DVD wa Derudaroukedo, Yappari Nama ni Kakgiruze! AKB48 Natsumatsuri "Live DVD Will Come Out, But There is Still Best Live! AKB48 Summer Festival", at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall)
AKB48 まさか、このコンサートの音源は流出しないよね?(Masaka, Kono Concert no Ongen wa Ryusyutsu Shinaiyone? "Surely Flow Out of the Sound Source of Concert?", at NHK Hall)
年忘れ感謝祭 シャッフルするぜ、AKB! SKEもよろしくね(Toshiwasure Kansyasai Reshuffle Suruze, AKB! SKE mo Yoroshikune "Year-end Thanksgiving Will Reshuffle AKB! Please Treats SKE to", at JCB Hall)
AKB48 リクエストアワーセットリストベスト100 2009(Request Hour Setlist Best100 2009, at Shibuya-AX)
「神公演予定」* 諸般の事情により、神公演にならない場合もありますので、ご了承ください。
AKB48 分身の術ツアー/AKB104選抜メンバー組閣祭り
AKB48 分身の術ツアー
AKB104選抜メンバー組閣祭り (Senbatsu Member Sokaku Matsuri "Allstars Government Festival" Full Version)
AKB104選抜メンバー組閣祭り("Allstars Government Festival" 3rd Stage Version, at Nippon Budokan)
AKB48 リクエストアワーセットリストベスト100 2010(Request Hour Setlist Best100 2010, at Shibuya-AX)
AKB48 満席祭り希望 賛否両論(Manseki Matsuri Kibou Sanpiryouron "Hope Full House Festival The Pros and Cons", at Yokohama Arena)
AKB48がやって来た!!(AKB48 ga Yattekita!! "Cames AKB48!!")
AKB48 リクエストアワーセットリストベスト100 2011(Request Hour Setlist Best100 2011, at Shibuya-AX)
AKB48 よっしゃぁ~行くぞぉ~!in西武ドーム(Yossha-ikuzo- in Seibu Dome)
AKBがいっぱい~SUMMER TOUR 2011~(AKB ga ippai-SUMMER TOUR 2011– "Full of AKB")
AKB48 in a-nation 2011
AKB48 紅白歌対抗合戦 2011 (AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Utagassen 2011 "AKB48 Red and White Songs Battle 2011", at Tokyo Dome City Hall
AKB48 リクエストアワーセットリストベスト100 2012 (AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2012 at Tokyo Dome City Hall)
日本語タイトル: 前田敦子 涙の卒業宣言! in さいたまスーパーアリーナ 〜業務連絡。頼むぞ、片山部長!〜 スペシャルBOX (Maeda Atsuko Namida no Sotsugyou Sengen! in Saitama Super Arena – Gyomu Renraku. Tanomuzo, Katayama Bucho! – Special Box, "Business Contract. I'll Ask, Katayama Director! in Saitama Super Arena")
AKB48全国ツアー2012 野中美郷、動く。~47都道府県で会いましょう~TeamK沖縄公演 (AKB48 Zenkoku Tour 2012 Nonaka Misato, Ugoku. -47 Todoufuken de Aimashou- Team K Okinawa Kouen, "AKB48 Whole Country Tour 2012. Nonaka Misato, I Move. ~See you in 47 Prefectures~ Team K Okinawa Performance")
AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830mの夢~ (AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830m no Yume~,"AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~The 1830m Dream" at Tokyo Dome) – Sales: TBA (DVD), 51,112(Blu-ray)
AKB48 紅白歌対抗合戦 2012 (AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Utagassen 2012 "AKB48 Red and White Songs Battle 2012", at Tokyo Dome City Hall) – Sales: 34,469(DVD), 16,630(Blu-ray)
AKB48 リクエストアワーセットリストベスト100 2013 (AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013 at Tokyo Dome City Hall) – Sales: 22,002(DVD), TBA(Blu-ray)
Documentary of AKB48 To Be Continued: 10nen go, Shōjotachi wa Ima no Jibun ni Nani o Omou Nodarō?(DOCUMENTARY of AKB48 to be continued 10年後、少女たちは今の自分に何を思うのだろう?) (2011)
Documentary of AKB48 No Flower Without Rain: Shōjotachi wa Namida no Ato ni Nani o Miru?(DOCUMENTARY of AKB48 NO FLOWER WITHOUT RAIN 少女たちは涙の後に何を見る?) (2013)
Documentary of AKB48 The Time Has Come: Shōjotachi wa, Ima, Sono Senaka ni Nani o Omou?(DOCUMENTARY of AKB48 The time has come 少女たちは、今、その背中に何を想う?) (2014)
Raison D'etre: Documentary of AKB48(存在する理由 DOCUMENTARY OF AKB48) (2016)
Notes
^RIAJ Digital Track Chart was established in April 2009 and cancelled in July 2012.
^Full title is "Suzukake no Ki no Michi de 'Kimi no Hohoemi o Yume ni Miru' to Itte Shimattara Bokutachi no Kankei wa Dō Kawatte Shimau no ka, Bokunari ni Nannichi ka Kangaeta Ue de no Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono" (鈴懸の木の道で「君の微笑みを夢に見る」と言ってしまったら僕たちの関係はどう変わってしまうのか、僕なりに何日か考えた上でのやや気恥ずかしい結論のようなもの).
^"Sugar Rush" peaked at number 11 on Billboard Japan Hot Animation chart.[61]
^"AKB48公式サイト 34thシングル選抜じゃんけん大会" [AKB48 official site – 34th single rock-paper-scissors tournament selection]. AKB48 Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved November 7, 2013. – shows order of rounds and winning throw