Mr. Children discography

The discography for the band Mr. Children.

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart position[1] First week sales Total Sales/RIAJ certifications
(sales thresholds)
1992 Everything
  • Released: May 10, 1992
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-88020)
  • Format: CD
25 2,400 451,440

(Platinum)

Kind of Love
  • Released: December 1, 1992
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-88026)
  • Format: CD
13 7,770 1,179,780

(Million)

1993 Versus
  • Released: September 1, 1993
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-88034)
  • Format: CD
3 58,510 802,140

(Million)

1994 Atomic Heart
  • Released: September 1, 1994
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-88052)
  • Format: CD
1 851,560 3,429,650

(3x Million)

1996 Shinkai (深海)
  • Released: June 24, 1996
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-88077)
  • Format: CD
1 1,536,180 2,744,950

(2x Million)

1997 Bolero
  • Released: March 5, 1997
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-88099)
  • Format: CD
1 1,734,880 3,283,270

(Million)

1999 Discovery
  • Released: February 3, 1999
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-88137)
  • Format: CD
1 1,110,370 1,814,180

(Million)

2000 Q
  • Released: September 27, 2000
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-88166)
  • Format: CD
2 632,350 896,890

(Million)

2002 It's a Wonderful World
  • Released: May 19, 2002
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-86106)
  • Format: CD
1 640,150 1,232,655

(Million)

2004 Shifuku no Oto (シフクノオト)
  • Released: April 7, 2004
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD
1 803,422 1,411,799

(Million)

2005 I Love U (I♥U)
  • Released: September 21, 2005
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-86200)
  • Format: CD
1 686,688 1,141,471

(Million)

2007 Home
  • Released: March 14, 2007
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-86221)
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD
  • Note: Best-selling album of the year in 2007
1 693,038 1,207,417

(Million)

2008 Supermarket Fantasy
  • Released: December 10, 2008
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-86291, TFCC-86292)
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD
1 707,763 1,277,906

(Million)

2010 Sense
  • Released: December 1, 2010
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-86341)
  • Format: CD
1 501,992 784,282

(Triple Platinum)[2]

2012 [(An Imitation) Blood Orange]
  • Released: November 28, 2012
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-86420, TFCC-86421)
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD
1 530,235 775,275

(Triple Platinum)

Compilations

Year Album details Peak chart position[1] First week sales Total Sales/RIAJ certifications
(sales thresholds)
2001 Mr. Children 1992–1995
  • Released: July 11, 2001
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-88180)
  • Format: CD
1 1,201,730 2,383,776

(2x Million)

Mr. Children 1996–2000
  • Released: July 11, 2001
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-88181)
  • Format: CD
2 1,004,190 1,815,442

(2x Million)

2007 B-Side
  • Released: May 10, 2007
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-86231)
  • Format: CD
1 281,024 478,964

(Double Platinum)

2012 Mr. Children 2001–2005 <micro>
  • Released: May 10, 2012
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-86396, TFCC-86398)
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD
  • Note: No.2 Best-selling album of the year in 2012
2 715,556 1,115,759

(Million)

Mr. Children 2005–2010 <macro>
  • Released: May 10, 2012
  • Label: Toy's Factory (TFCC-86397, TFCC-86399)
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD
  • Note: Best-selling album of the year in 2012
1 731,589 1,193,538

(Million)

Live albums

Title Release date Peak chart position[1] First week sales Copies sold[1]
1/42 September 8, 1999 1 411,080 559,310

Singles

Title Release date Peak chart position[3] First Week Sales Copies sold[3] Album
"Kimi ga Ita Natsu" (君がいた夏 :The Summer That You Were Here) August 21, 1992 69 2,940 21,710 Everything
"Dakishimetai" (抱きしめたい :I Want To Hold You) December 1, 1992 56 3,490 60,790 Kind of Love
"Replay" July 1, 1993 19 24,880 88,330 Versus
"Cross Road" November 10, 1993 6 65,950 1,255,940 Atomic Heart
"Innocent World" June 1, 1994 1 206,030 1,935,830
"Tomorrow Never Knows" November 10, 1994 1 669,540 2,766,290
"Everybody Goes -Chitsujo no Nai Gendai ni Drop-Kick-"
(everybody goes -秩序のない現代にドロップキック-)
December 12, 1994 1 369,670 1,240,040
"【Es】 ~Theme of Es~" May 10, 1995 1 520,670 1,571,890
"See-Saw Game ~Yūkan na Koi no Uta~"
(シーソーゲーム~勇敢な恋の歌~ :See Saw Game ~a brave love song )
August 10, 1995 1 561,750 1,811,790
"Na mo Naki Uta" (名もなき詩 :Nameless Poem) February 5, 1996 1 1,208,230 2,308,790 Shinkai
"Hana -Mémento Mori-" (花 -Mémento-Mori-:Flower ~a Reminder of Death) April 10, 1996 1 639,330 1,538,600
"Machine Gun o Buppanase -Mr. Children Bootleg-"
((マシンガンをぶっ放せ -Mr.Children Bootleg-):Spray Machinegun Fire)
August 8, 1996 1 301,560 733,070
"Everything (It's You)" February 5, 1997 1 602,140 1,217,090 Bolero
"Nishi e Higashi E" (ニシエヒガシエ :To the East, To the West) February 11, 1998 1 361,370 663,730 Discovery
"Owari Naki Tabi" (終わりなき旅 :Endless Journey) October 21, 1998 1 515,780 1,070,350
"Hikari no Sasu Hou E" (光の射す方へ :To Where the Light Points You) January 13, 1999 1 327,650 455,770
"I'll Be" May 12, 1999 1 194,770 301,000
"Kuchibue" (口笛 :Whistle) January 13, 2000 1 327,590 724,070 Q
"Not Found" August 9, 2000 1 356,520 607,300
"Yasashii Uta" (優しい歌 :Gentle Song) August 21, 2001 1 250,610 477,810 It's a Wonderful World
"Youthful Days" November 7, 2001 1 352,730 699,270
"Kimi Ga Suki" (君が好き :I like you) January 1, 2002 1 305,500 513,280
"Any" July 10, 2002 1 257,670 509,262 Shifuku no Oto
"Hero" December 11, 2002 1 315,358 552,848
"Tenohira"/"Kurumi" (掌/くるみ :Palm of hand/Walnut) November 19, 2003 1 286,982 651,696
"Sign" May 26, 2004 1 370,451 773,990 I Love U
"Yonjigen: Four Dimensions" (四次元-) June 29, 2005 1 569,116 925,632
"Houkiboshi" (箒星 :Comet) July 5, 2006 1[4] 254,024 419,805[5] Home
"Shirushi" (しるし :*Proof) November 15, 2006 1[6] 350,059 740,080[7]
"Fake" (フェイク) January 24, 2007 1[4] 280,877 320,628[8]
"Tabidachi no uta" (旅立ちの唄 :A song for the journey) October 31, 2007 1 238,380 395,343[9] Supermarket Fantasy
"Gift" July 30, 2008 1 194,144 340,132
"Hanabi" (Fireworks) September 3, 2008 1 260,196 485,803
"Inori ~Namida no Kidou/End of the Day/Pieces"
(祈り 〜涙の軌道(Prayer~The orbit of tears)/End of the day/pieces )
April 18, 2012 1 174,409 275,296 [(An Imitation) Blood Orange]
"Ashioto ~Be Strong"
(足音 ~Be Strong)
November 19, 2014 2 114,667 161,839 -

Home video

Title VHS release date DVD release date
Es Mr. Children in Film December 15, 1995
Alive April 25, 1997
Regress or Progress '96–'97 Document September 10, 1997
Regress or Progress '96–'97 Tour Final in Tokyo Dome October 8, 1997 June 21, 2001
Mr. Children Concert Tour '99 Discovery June 21, 2001 June 21, 2001
Mr. Children Concert Tour Q 2000~2001 August 22, 2001 August 22, 2001
Mr. Children Concert Tour Popsaurus 2001 January 1, 2002 January 1, 2002
Wonederful World on Dec 21 March 26, 2003
Mr. Children Tour 2004 Shifuku no Oto (Tour 2004 シフクノオト) December 21, 2004
Mr. Children Dome Tour 2005 "I Love U": Final in Tokyo Dome May 10, 2006
Mr. Children Home Tour 2007 November 14, 2007
Mr. Children Home Tour 2007: In the Field August 6, 2008
Mr. Children: Shūmatsu no Confidence Songs November 11, 2009
Mr. Children Dome Tour 2009: Supermarket Fantasy May 10, 2010
Mr. Children: Split the Difference November 10, 2010
Mr.Children TOUR 2011 "SENSE" Nov 23, 2011
Mr.Children STADIUM TOUR 2011 SENSE -in the field- April 18, 2012
Mr.Children TOUR POPSAURUS 2012 Dec 19, 2012
Mr.Children[(an imitation) blood orange]Tour Dec 18, 2013

Commercial tie-ins

Commercial ties-ins include:[10]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "ミスチル、ニューアルバム完成!(Mr.Children and new album completion!)". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  2. SENSE Mr. Children (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Mr.Children、待望のニューシングル「箒星」リリース決定!(Mr.Children, and long-awaited new single "Houkiboshi" release decision!)". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "ミスチル、映画『どろろ』主題歌で26作連続1位!(Mr.Children 'Dororo' movie theme song and consecutive 26 works at #1!)" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  5. "2006年 年間シングルチャート大発表!(2006 annual single chart announcements)". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  6. "CDリリース しるし/Mr.Children (CD Release Shirushi/Mr.Children)". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-06-29.
  7. "邦画新記録の06年、ヒット曲数も歴代1位 (2006 Japanese movie record, The first successive place of the number of hits)". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  8. "2007年上半期シングルランキング (The first half year single rank in 2007)". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  9. "2007年 年間シングルランキング大発表!(2007 annual single rank big announcements!)". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-01-11.
  10. The distance to "HOME". 別冊カドカワ総力特集 Mr.Children (Separate volume Kadokawa special issue Mr.Children) (in Japanese). Kadokawa television. 2007. pp. 167–170. ISBN 978-4-04-894488-5.