Morning Musume discography
The discography of the Japanese idol group Morning Musume consists of fifteen studio albums, five compilation albums, and sixty-four singles. Ever since its establishment in 1997, the group has experienced frequent line-up changes, and currently consists of fourteen members: Mizuki Fukumura (leader), Erina Ikuta (sub-leader), Ayumi Ishida (sub-leader), Masaki Sato, Sakura Oda, Miki Nonaka, Maria Makino, Akane Haga, Kaede Kaga, Reina Yokoyama, Chisaki Morito, Rio Kitagawa, Homare Okamura, and Mei Yamazaki. The group was formed by Sharam Q vocalist Tsunku, who serves as their lyricist, composer, and producer.
| Morning Musume discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 15 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| Video albums | 28[fn 1] |
| Music videos | 87[fn 2] |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 67 |
| Soundtrack albums | 3 |
| Tribute albums | 1 |
| Musical albums | 3 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales (Japan) |
Certifications[fn 3] (sales thresholds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | TW[1] | |||||
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart |
Billboard Japan Top Albums | |||||
| 1998 | First Time
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4 | 310,000 | |||
| 1999 | Second Morning
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3 | 426,620 | |||
| 2000 | 3rd: Love Paradise
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2 | 863,300 | Million[2] | ||
| 2002 | 4th Ikimasshoi!
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1 | 515,440 | Platinum[3] | ||
| 2003 | No. 5
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1 | 175,292 | Platinum[4] | ||
| 2004 | Ai no Dai 6 Kan
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7 | 73,333 | |||
| 2006 | Rainbow 7
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7 | 44,714 | |||
| 2007 | Sexy 8 Beat
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7 | 31,819 | |||
| 2009 | Platinum 9 Disc
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13 | 13[5] | 4[sa 1] | 19,143 | |
| 2010 | 10 My Me
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9 | 15[6] | 5[sa 1] | 16,133 | |
Fantasy! Jūichi
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16 | 15 | 13,062 | |||
| 2011 | 12, Smart
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8 | 8 | 13,889 | ||
| 2012 | 13 Colourful Character
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6 | 5 | 18,760 | ||
| 2014 | 14 Shō: The Message
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7 | 5 | 30,783 | ||
| 2017 | 15 Thank You, Too
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4 | 5 | 37,800 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
* Billboard Japan Top Albums is published since January 2009
- Notes
- Taiwan's peak position for: Platinum 9 Disc can be found at the thirteenth week of 2009, and 10 My Me on the twelfth week of 2010.
Extended plays
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales (Japan) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon Weekly Albums Chart |
Billboard Japan Top Albums | |||
| 2006 | 7.5 Fuyu Fuyu Morning Musume Mini!
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14 | 29,645 | |
| 2018 | Hatachi no Morning Musume (as Morning Musume. 20th)
|
1 | 1 | 50,010 |
Soundtracks
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Morning Cop: Daite Hold on Me! (with Michiyo Heike)
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| 2000 | Pinch Runner
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| 2003 | Koinu Dan no Monogatari (with Hello! Project Kids)
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Musicals
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Love Century: Yume wa Minakerya Hajimaranai
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| 2003 | Edokko Chushingura
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| 2006 | Ribbon no Kishi
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| 2010 | Fashionable
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Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales (Japan) |
Certifications[fn 3] (sales thresholds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | TW[1] | ||||
| 2001 | Best! Morning Musume 1
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1 | 2,259,510 | 2×Million[7] | |
| 2004 | Best! Morning Musume 2
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4 | 180,897 | Gold[8] | |
| 2004 | Early Single Box
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27 | |||
| 2007 | Morning Musume All Singles Complete: 10th Anniversary
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6 | 1[ca 1] | 47,130 | |
| 2009 | Morning Musume Zen Singles Coupling Collection
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9 | 10[ca 1] | 11,464 | |
| 2013 | The Best! ~Updated Morning Musume~
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6 | 21,848 | ||
| 2014 | Morning Musume '14 Coupling Collection 2
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15 | 11,827 | ||
| 2019 | Best! Morning Musume 20th Anniversary
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1 | — | 34,345[9] | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
Notes
- Taiwan's peak position for:Morning Musume All Singles Complete: 10th Anniversary can be found on the forty-third week of 2007, and Morning Musume Zen Singles Coupling Collection on the forty-first week of 2009.
Tribute and cover albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP | |||
| 2008 | Cover You
|
27 | 12,037 |
Other appearances
| Year | Artist | Song | Album details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | AKB48 | Get you! as Sashining Musume. |
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Singles
* Billboard Japan Hot 100 is published since January 2008.
** These are unofficial figures obtained by adding together Oricon sales numbers for different periods of time when the single charted on Oricon.
Digital singles
| Year | Single | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Afternoon Coffee" as Afternoon Musume |
Dreams 1 | |
| "Ramen Revolution 2010 Long Type" | Petit Best 11 | ||
| 2017 | "Ai no Tane (20th Anniversary Ver.)" as Morning Musume 20th |
Hatachi no Morning Musume | |
| "Gosenfu no Tasuki" | |||
| 2018 | "Morning Coffee (20th Anniversary Ver.)" as Morning Musume 20th | ||
| "Hana ga Saku Taiyō Abite" | |||
| All were released by the label Up-Front Works | |||
Collaboration singles
| Year | Artist | Single | Chart position | Sales (Oricon) |
Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | First week |
Total | |||||
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart [10] |
Billboard Japan Hot 100 | ||||||
| 2010 | Muten Musume | "Appare Kaitenzushi!" | 13 | - | 7,336 | 9,235 | Petit Best 11 |
| 2011 | Hello! Project Mobekimasu | "Busu ni Naranai Tetsugaku" | 4 | 5 | 49,429 | 56,562 | Petit Best 12 |
| 2018 | Hello Pro All Stars | "YEAH YEAH YEAH / Akogare no Stress-free / Hana, Takenawa no Toki" | |||||
Videography
Music video compilations
| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Eizō The Morning Musume Best 10
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| 2002 | Eizō The Morning Musume 2: Single M Clips
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| 2005 | Eizō The Morning Musume 3: Single V Clips
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| 2007 | Eizō The Morning Musume 4: Single M Clips
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The Morning Musume All Singles Complete Zen 35 Kyoku: 10th Anniversary
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| 2009 | Eizō The Morning Musume 5: Single M Clips
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| 2011 | Eizō The Morning Musume 6: Single M Clips
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| 2012 | Eizō The Morning Musume 7: Single M Clips
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Concerts
| Year | Concert details |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Hello! First Live at Shibuya Kōkaidō
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| 1999 | Memory: Seishun no Hikari 1999.4.18
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| 2000 | Morning Musume First Live at Budōkan: Dancing Love Site 2000 Haru
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| 2001 | Morning Musume Live Revolution 21 Haru: Osaka City Hall Last Day
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Green Live
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| 2002 | Love Is Alive! Morning Musume Concert Tour 2002 Haru at Saitama Super Arena
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| Morning Musume Love is Alive! 2002 Natsu at Yokohama Arena | |
| 2003 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2003 Haru Non Stop! at Saitama Super Arena
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Morning Musume Concert Tour 2003: 15nin de Non Stop!
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| 2004 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2004 Haru "The Best of Japan"
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Morning Musume Concert Tour 2004: "The Best of Japan Natsu Aki '04"
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| 2005 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2005 Haru: Dai 6 Kan Hit Mankai
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Concert Tour 2005 Natsu Aki Baribari Kyōshitsu: "Koharu-chan Irasshai!"
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| 2006 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2006 Haru: Rainbow Seven
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Morning Musume Concert Tour 2006 Aki: Odore! Morning Curry
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| 2007 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2007 Spring: Sexy 8 Beat
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Morning Musume Concert Tour 2007 Aki: Bon Kyu! Bon Kyu! Bomb
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| 2008 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Haru: Single Daizenshū
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Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Aki: Resonant Live
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| 2009 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Spring: Platinum 9 Disco
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Morning Musume Yomiuri Land East Live 2009
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Morning Musume Concert Tour 2009 Aki: Nine Smile
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| 2010 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2010 Haru: Pika Pika!
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| Morning Musume Concert Tour 2010 Aki: Rival Survival | |
| 2011 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Haru: Sin Souseiki Fantasy DX ~9-Ki Men Wo Mukaete-~!
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Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Haru: Aki Ai Believe ~Takahashi Ai Sotsugyou Kinen Special~
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| 2012 | Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Haru: ~Ultra Smart~ Niigaki Risa Mitsui Aika Sotsugyou Special
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| 2013 | Morning Musume Tanjou 15 Shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2012 Aki ~Colorful Character~
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Music videos
| Year | Title | Director(s) | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | "Ai no Tane" | Hideta Takahata | [43] |
| 1998 | "Morning Coffee" | ||
| "Summer Night Town" | |||
| "Daite Hold on Me!" | |||
| 1999 | "Memory Seishun no Hikari" | ||
| "Manatsu no Kousen" | |||
| "Furusato" | |||
| "Love Machine" | |||
| 2000 | "Koi no Dance Site" | ||
| "Happy Summer Wedding" | Tetsuo Inoue | ||
| "I Wish" | Mayumi Miyasaka | ||
| "Renai Revolution 21" | Takashi Tadokoro | ||
| 2001 | "The Peace!" | Wataru Takeishi | |
| "Mr. Moonlight: Ai no Big Band" | |||
| 2002 | "Souda! We're Alive" | ||
| "Morning Musume Single Medley: Hawaiian" (with Boo Takagi, Coconuts Musume, Miki Fujimoto, and Rika Ishii) |
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| "Do It! Now" | Wataru Takeishi | ||
| "Koko ni Iruzee!" | Hideo Kawatani | ||
| 2003 | "Ganbacchae!" | ||
| "Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyoutanjima" | Hideo Kawatani | ||
| "Hey! Mirai" | Kensuke Kawamura | ||
| "As for One Day" | Wataru Takeishi | ||
| "Shabondama" | |||
| "Go Girl (Koi no Victory)" | Hideo Kawatani | ||
| 2004 | "Ai Araba It's All Right" | Takeshi Sueda | |
| "Roman (My Dear Boy)" | Tetsuo Inoue | ||
| "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari" | Wataru Takeishi | ||
| "Namida ga Tomaranai Hōkago" | |||
| 2005 | "The Manpower!!!" | ||
| "Osaka Koi no Uta" | |||
| "Iroppoi Jirettai" | Makoto Hasegawa | ||
| "Chokkan 2 (Nogashita Sakana wa Oukiizo!)" | |||
| "Koi wa Hassou Do the Hustle!" | |||
| 2006 | "Sexy Boy (Soyokaze ni Yorisotte)" | ||
| "Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan" | Wataru Takeishi | ||
| "Aruiteru" | Hideo Kawatani | ||
| 2007 | "Egao Yes Nude" | ||
| "Kanashimi Twilight" | Makoto Hasegawa | ||
| "Onna ni Sachi Are" | |||
| "Mikan" | |||
| 2008 | "Resonant Blue" | ||
| "Pepper Keibu" | Takashi Tadokoro | ||
| 2009 | "Naichau Kamo" | Hideo Kawatani | |
| "Shouganai Yume Oibito" | Toshiyuki Suzuki | ||
| "3, 2, 1 Breakin' Out" | Masaki Takehisa | ||
| "Nanchatte Renai" | |||
| "Kimagure Princess" | Toshiyuki Suzuki | [44] | |
| 2010 | "Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai" | ||
| "Genki PikaPika" | |||
| "Seishun Collection" | Hideaki Sunaga | [45] | |
| "Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game" | Tsuyoshi Inoue | [46] | |
| 2011 | "Maji Desu ka Ska!" | Takatoshi Uchiya | [47] |
| "Only you" | Masaharu Kitahira | [48] | |
| "Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa wo Honki de Negatterun da yo! / Kare to Issho ni Omise ga Shitai" | Masaki Takehisa | [49] | |
| 2012 | "Pyoco Pyoco Ultra" | [50] | |
| "Renai Hunter" | Shin Hasegawa | [51] | |
| "One Two Three" | Hiroshi Mashima | [52] | |
| "The Matenrou Show" (Dance Shot) | |||
| "Wakuteka Take a Chance" | |||
| 2013 | "Help Me!!" | Takeki Kitajima | [53] |
| "Brainstorming" | |||
| "Don't want anything but you" | |||
| "Selfish, easy going, Jokes of love" | |||
| "Gundan of the Love" | |||
| "You bright smile is like the sunshine" | |||
| 2014 | "What Is Love?" | ||
| "No One Can Replace You" | |||
| "Beyond the time and space" | |||
| "Password Is 0" | |||
| "Tiki Bun" | |||
| "A looking back beauty" | |||
| 2015 | "Right Here, Right Now" | ||
| "An Adolescent Boy is Crying" | |||
| "The Sunset After the Rain" | |||
| "Oh My Wish!" | |||
| "Sukatto My Heart" | |||
| "The courage to jump in right now" | |||
| "Endless Sky" | |||
| "The Cold Wind and Lonely Love" | |||
| "One and Only" | |||
| 2016 | "In a corner of a city called Tokyo" | ||
| "The Vision" | |||
| "Ephemeral Saturday Night!" | |||
| "Sexy Cat's Speech" | |||
| "I’m Not Like That" | |||
| "Confront With Bare Nakedness" | |||
| 2017 | "Morning Miso Soup" | ||
| "Brand New Morning" | |||
| "Jealousy Jealousy" | |||
| "Green Light of the Dreadnaught" | |||
| "You're Young Anyway!" | |||
| "Don't Bother Me, Here We Go!" | |||
| 2018 | "Are you happy?" | ||
| "A gonna" | |||
| "Wandering Around Ginza" | |||
| "Because It's a Free Country" | |||
| 2019 | "Youthful Night" | ||
| "Life blues" | |||
Video Games
[January 11, 2001] Space Venus starring Morning Musume (Playstation 2)
Footnotes
- This includes the music video compilation albums and concert DVDs.
- This does not include the alternate versions of some music videos.
- Certifications stated came from the Recording Industry Association of Japan database.
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External links
- Official Morning Musume discography page on the Hello! Project official website (in Japanese)