B'z discography
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| B'z discography | |
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| Studio albums | 21 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Live albums | 20 |
| Singles | 53 |
Japanese rock duo B'z has released twenty-one studio albums, twelve compilation albums, eight extended plays (EP), fifty-seven singles and nineteen live albums. With more than 82 million sales in Japan, the duo is the best-selling artist in Japan and with 100 million sales one of the best-selling music artists of all time.[1][2]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak | Sales | Certifications |
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| JPN [3] | ||||
| B'z |
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47 |
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| Off the Lock |
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33 |
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| Break Through |
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3 |
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| Risky |
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1 |
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| In the Life |
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1 |
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| Run |
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1 |
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| The 7th Blues |
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1 |
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| Loose |
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1 |
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| Survive |
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1 |
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| Brotherhood |
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1 |
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| Eleven |
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1 |
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| Green |
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1 |
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| Big Machine |
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1 |
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| The Circle |
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1 |
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| Monster |
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1 |
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| Action |
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1 |
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| Magic |
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1 |
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| C'mon |
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1 |
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| Epic Day |
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1 |
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| Dinosaur |
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1 |
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| New Love |
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1 |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak | Sales | Certifications |
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| JPN [3] | ||||
| B'z TV Style Songless version |
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2 |
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| B'z TV Style II Songless version |
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17 |
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| B'z The Best "Pleasure" |
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1 |
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| B'z The Best "Treasure" |
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1 |
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| B'z The "Mixture" |
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1 |
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| The Ballads ~Love & B'z~ |
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1 |
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| The Complete B'z |
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| B'z The Best "Pleasure II" |
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1 |
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| B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure" |
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1 |
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| B'z The Best "Ultra Treasure" |
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1 |
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| B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 |
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1 |
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| B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012 |
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2 |
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Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak | Sales | Certifications | ||
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| VHS | DVD [11] |
Blu-ray [12] | ||||
| Just Another Life | 1 | — | — | |||
| Live Ripper |
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1 | — | — | ||
| "Buzz!" The Movie |
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1 | 5 | — | ||
| Once Upon a Time in Yokohama: B'z Live Gym'99 "Brotherhood" |
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1 | — | — | ||
| A Beautiful Reel. B'z Live-Gym 2002 Green: Go Fight Win |
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| Typhoon No.15 ~B'z Live-Gym The Final Pleasure "It's Showtime!" in Nagisaen~ |
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| B'z Live-Gym 2006: Monster's Garage |
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| B'z Live in Nanba |
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| B'z Live-Gym Hidden Pleasure: Typhoon No.20 |
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— | 1 | — |
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| B'z Live-Gym Pleasure 2008: Glory Days |
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1 | 26 |
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| B'z Live-Gym 2010 "Ain't No Magic" at Tokyo Dome |
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1 | — |
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| B'z Live Gym 2011-C'mon- |
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1 | 1 |
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| B'z Live Gym 2008 Action |
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2 | 1 |
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| B'z Live Gym 2005 -Circle of Rock- |
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2 | — | |||
| B'z Live Gym 2001 -Eleven- |
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3 | — | |||
| B'z Live-Gym Pleasure 2013 Endless Summer -XXV BEST- |
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2 | 1 |
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| B'z Live-Gym 2015 -Epic Night- |
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2 | 2 |
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| B'z Live-Gym 2017–2018 "Live Dinosaur" |
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1 | 1 |
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| B'z Live-Gym Pleasure 2018 -Hinotori- |
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1 | 1 |
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| B'z Live-Gym -Whole Lotta New Love- |
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1 | 1 |
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Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Peak | Sales | Certifications |
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| JPN [3] | ||||
| Bad Communication |
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12 |
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| Wicked Beat |
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3 |
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| Mars |
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1 |
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| Friends |
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1 |
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| Friends II |
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1 |
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| Devil |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | |
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| Ori- con [16] |
Hot 100 [17] | |||||
| "Dakara Sono Te wo Hanashite" (lit. "So Let Go of that Hand"; だからその手を離して) |
1988 | — | — | B'z | ||
| "Kimi no Naka de Odoritai" (lit. "I Wanna Dance Inside You"; 君の中で踊りたい) |
1989 | — | — | Off the Lock | ||
| "Lady-Go-Round" | 1990 | 39 | — | Break Through | ||
| "Be There" | 3 | — |
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B'z The Best "Pleasure" | ||
| "Taiyō no Komachi Angel" (lit. "Town Angel from the Sun"; 太陽のKomachi Angel) |
1 | — |
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| "Easy Come, Easy Go!" | 1 | — |
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Risky | ||
| "Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night…" (lit. "Lovely One" Good Night..."; (愛しい人よGood Night...) |
1 | — |
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| "Lady Navigation" | 1991 | 1 | — |
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B'z The Best "Pleasure" | |
| "Alone" | 1 | — |
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In The Life | ||
| "Blowin'" | 1992 | 1 | — |
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B'z The Best "Treasure" | |
| "Zero" | 1 | — |
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Run | ||
| "Ai no mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake o Kizutsukenai" (lit. "Even if Love is Selfish, You're the Only One I Won't Hurt"; (愛のままにわがままに 僕は君だけを傷つけない) |
1993 | 1 | — |
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B'z The Best "Pleasure" | |
| "Hadashi no Megami" (lit. "Barefoot Goddess"; (裸足の女神) | 1 | — |
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| "Don't Leave Me" | 1994 | 1 | — |
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The 7th Blues | |
| "Motel" | 1 | — |
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B'z The Best "Treasure" | ||
| "Negai" (lit. "Wish"; ねがい) | 1995 | 1 | — |
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Loose | |
| "Love Me, I Love You" | 1 | — |
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| "Love Phantom" | 1 | — |
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| "Mienai Chikara (Invisible One)/Move" (ミエナイチカラ~Invisible One~) |
1996 | 1 | — |
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B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 | |
| "Real Thing Shakes" | 1 | — |
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B'z The Best "Treasure" | ||
| "Fireball" | 1997 | 1 | — |
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Survive | |
| "Calling" | 1 | — |
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| "Liar! Liar!" | 1 | — |
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| "Samayoeru Aoi Dangan" (lit. "Wandering Sapphire Bullet"; さまよえる蒼い弾丸) |
1998 | 1 | — |
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B'z The Best "Pleasure" | |
| "Home" | 1 | — |
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The Ballads~Love & B'z~ | ||
| "Giri Giri Chop" (ギリギリChop) | 1999 | 1 | — |
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Brotherhood | |
| "Kon'ya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni" (lit. "On the Hill Overlooking the Moon Tonight"; 今夜月の見える丘に) |
2000 | 1 | — |
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Eleven | |
| "May" | 1 | — |
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| "Juice" | 1 | — |
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| "Ring" | 1 | — |
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| "Ultra Soul" | 2001 | 1 | 36 |
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Green | |
| "Gold" | 1 | — |
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The Ballads~Love & B'z~ | ||
| "Atsuki Kodō no Hate" (lit. "The Result of this Hot Heartbeat"; 熱き鼓動の果て) |
2002 | 1 | — |
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Green | |
| "It's Showtime!" | 2003 | 1 | — |
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Big Machine | |
| "Yasei no Energy" (lit. "Wild Energy"; 野性のEnergy) | 1 | — |
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| "Banzai" | 2004 | 1 | — |
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B'z The Best "Pleasure II" | |
| "Arigato" | 1 | — |
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| "Ai no Bakudan" (lit. "Love Bomb"; 愛のバクダン) | 2005 | 1 | — |
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The Circle | |
| "Ocean" | 1 | — |
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Monster | ||
| "Shōdō" (lit. "Impulse"; 衝動) | 2006 | 1 | — |
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| "Yuruginai Mono Hitotsu" (lit. "One Sure Thing"; ゆるぎないものひとつ) |
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| "Splash!" | 1 | — |
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| "Friction" | 2007 | — | — | Action | ||
| "Eien no Tsubasa" (永遠の翼) | 1 | — |
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| "Super Love Song | 1 | — |
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| "Burn (Fumetsu no Face)" (Burn -フメツノフェイス-) | 2008 | 1 | — |
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B'z The Best "Ultra Treasure" | |
| "Ichibu to Zenbu/Dive" (lit. "Some & All/Dive"; イチブトゼンブ／Dive) | 2009 | 1 | — |
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Magic | |
| "My Lonely Town" | 1 | — |
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| "Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo" (lit. "Goodbye Painful Days"; さよなら傷だらけの日々よ) |
2011 | 1 | — |
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C'Mon | |
| "Don't Wanna Lie" | 1 | 2 |
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| "Go for It, Baby (Kioku no Sanmyaku)" (Go for it, Baby –キオクの山脈) |
2012 | 1 | 1 |
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B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012 | |
| "Into Free-Dangan" | — | 16 | Non-album singles | |||
| "Uchōten" (lit. "Ecstasy"; 有頂天) | 2015 | 1 | — |
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Epic Day | |
| "Red" | 1 | 1 |
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Non-album single | ||
| "Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru" | 2016 | — | — | |||
| "Fukiarenasai" | — | 15 | ||||
| "Seimei/Still Alive" (lit. "Declaration/Still Alive"; 声明/Still Alive) | 2017 | 1 | — |
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Dinosaur |
Other
B'z songs recorded by other musicians
- Eric Suen recorded "Easy Come, Easy Go!" as the theme for the 2000 Taiwanese drama, Huai Yu Gong Zhu (懷玉公主). The title of the Chinese version is "Wei Feng Shi Ke" (威風時刻).
- Priscilla Chan has created a Cantonese version of "Native Dance" called "放鬆三分鐘".
- For her second major label single, Aya Kamiki chose "Pierrot", the B-side of "Yuruginaimono Hitotsu".
- Aya Kamiki has also included "Love Phantom" and "Juice" in several of her live performances.
- An arrangement of "Atsuki Kodō no Hate" (熱き鼓動の果て) appeared as a stage theme in the Nintendo DS rhythm game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. The performance is credited to Tetsushi Kimura.
Songs covered by B'z
- "This Love" by Maroon 5 .
- "Oh! Darling" and "Let It Be" by The Beatles.
- "Train Kept A-Rollin'" by Tiny Bradshaw (with Aerosmith)
- "Crazy Nights" by Loudness
- "Sweet Child o'Mine" by "Guns N' Roses"
Featured songs
- "Into Free" was used as the title song for the Capcom video game Dragon's Dogma.
- "Receive You Reborn" was used as an intro theme and battle theme in the Japanese version of the SEGA video game Yakuza: Kiwami
- During the height of The X-Files' popularity in Japan, the B'z single "Love Phantom" was used as the closing credits theme song.
- Their song "Devil", an English cover of their song "Tokyo Devil", was produced for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan.
- Their song "Atsuki Kodou no Hate" appears in the arcade drumming game Taiko no Tatsujin 4, and recently in the Nintendo DS rhythm game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan.
- Their song "Bad Communication" appears in the Game Boy Color rhythm game beatmania GB GotchaMIX2.
- Their song "Kon'ya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni" was used in the 2000 TV drama Beautiful Life.
- Their song "Ocean" was used in the 2005 TV drama of the Umizaru Evolution project.
- Their song "Liar! Liar!" appears in the arcade and PlayStation 2 rhythm game GuitarFreaks 4th Mix & DrumMania 3rd Mix (known on the PS2 as GitaDora! GuitarFreaks 4th Mix & DrumMania 3rd Mix). This song has been removed from the series as of GuitarFreaks 7th Mix & DrumMania 6th Mix.
- Their song "ultra soul" appears in the arcade drumming game Taiko no Tatsujin 2. It also appears in Rocksmith 2014.
- Their English song "Friction" is featured on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable game Burnout Dominator. This marked their first appearance in a western video game. It is also included in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game Burnout Paradise, as well as its HD remaster available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
- Several B'z songs were used in the Detective Conan anime series.
- "Giri Giri Chop" (TV series OP from Ep. 143–167)
- "Shoudou" (TV series OP from Ep. 425–437)
- "One" (Movie No. 3 ED)
- "Everlasting" (Movie No. 6 ED)
- "Yuruginaimono Hitotsu" (Movie No. 10 ED)
- "Don't Wanna Lie" (Movie No. 15 ED & TV Series OP from Ep. 613 to 626)
- "Pilgrim" (TV series ED from Ep. 627 and 628)
- "Q&A" (TV series OP from Ep. 696–717)
- Koshi Inaba's song "Overture", was an ending theme for Detective Conan (episodes 300–306)
- "Roots" by B'z was also used as the ending theme to the four-part Black Jack OVA series to promote the then newest TV series. Tak Matsumoto also did a guitar-lead instrumental as the opening.
- "Lonely Stars" by B'z was used in the ending credits in the movie, The Legend of Raoh II: Fierce Fighting Arc (ラオウ伝II 激闘の章, Raō Den II Gekitō no Shō) which is part of the Fist of the North Star anime series.
- "Ore to Omae no Atarashii Kisetsu" (オレとオマエの新しい季節) is currently used as the ending theme to the Japanese dub of The O.C..
- The song "Mienai Chikara ~Invisible one~" was the first ending theme to the anime Hell Teacher Nube.
- The song "Ichibu to Zenbu" was used as the theme song for the Fuji TV 2009 drama Buzzer Beat starring Yamashita Tomohisa and Keiko Kitagawa.
- The songs "Signal" and "Utsukushiki Sekai" were used as the opening theme and the ending theme respectively for the 2002 female-oriented dating sim video game Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side.[19]
References
- ^ 【オリコン“平成セールス”ランキング】シングルはSMAP、アルバムは宇多田ヒカルが1位 “平成No.1”アーティスト別セールスのB’zからはコメント到着. Oricon News (in Japanese). Orion. April 11, 2019. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ Culross, Mikey Hirano (October 11, 2017). "Meeting of the Masters". Rafu Shimpo. Los Angeles News Publishing. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ a b c B’zの作品: アルバム [B'z' work: Albums]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z B'z、さらなる記録更新へ！ニューアルバムリリース決定！ [B'z further record update! New album release decision!]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. May 10, 2006. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah 統計情報: B'z [Statistics: B'z]. Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved September 21, 2019. Enter "B'z" in the field "アーティスト"; choose "アルバム" in the drop down menu right to "カテゴリ"; hit "検索" afterwards to access all album certifications.
- ^ 年間 音楽 & 映像ランキング特集; アルバム Top 100 [Annual Music & Video Ranking Feature; Album Top 100]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ 2015年 年間音楽ランキングを発表！ [2015 annual music rankings announced!]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. December 23, 2017. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ Japanese sales figures for Dinosaur:
- 【第50回 オリコン年間ランキング 2017】嵐が総合売上5年連続首位、AKB48がシングル年間V8達成! [[50st annual Oricon ranking 2017] Arashi tops overall sales for 5th consecutive year, AKB48 achieved V8 single year!]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. December 23, 2017. p. 4. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- 月間 CDアルバムランキング: 2018年01月度 [Monthly CD Album Ranking: January 2018]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ 年間合算アルバムランキング 1位～25位 [Annual album ranking 1st to 25th]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. December 23, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ a b 年間 音楽 & 映像ランキング特集; アルバム Top 100 [Annual Music & Video Ranking Feature; Album Top 100]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. December 15, 2013. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ B’zの作品: DVD [B'z' work: DVD]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
- ^ B’zの作品: Blu-Ray [B'z' work: Blu-Ray]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 統計情報: B'z [Statistics: B'z]. Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved September 21, 2019. Enter "B'z" in the field "アーティスト"; choose "アルバム" in the drop down menu right to "クリア"; hit "検索" afterwards to access all album certifications.
- ^ Japanese sales figures for B'z Live-Gym 2017–2018 "Live Dinosaur":
- DVD (44,471): 年間DVDランキング 1位～25位 [Annual DVD ranking 1–25]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. December 20, 2018. Archived from the original on September 23, 2019.
- Blu-Ray (65,066): 年間ミュージックBlu-rayランキング 1位〜25位 [Annual Blu-ray ranking 1–25]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. December 20, 2018. Archived from the original on September 23, 2019.
- ^ 年間ミュージックDVD・Blu-rayランキング 1位～20位 [Annual music DVD / Blu-ray ranking 1st to 20th]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. December 23, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ B’zの作品: シングル [B'z' work: Singles]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ "B'z Chart History: Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ 【第50回 オリコン年間ランキング 2017】嵐が総合売上5年連続首位、AKB48がシングル年間V8達成! [[50st annual Oricon ranking 2017] Arashi tops overall sales for 5th consecutive year, AKB48 achieved V8 single year!]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. December 23, 2017. p. 3. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ "【NEWS】B'zが『ときめきメモリアルGirl's Side』に楽曲を提供！" (in Japanese). Famitsu. May 21, 2002. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
External links
- B'z Official Web Site(in English)
- B'z Official Web Site(in Japanese)