bvoc, voc, *1954 JP
Singer of Pop
A.k.a. 松任谷 由実 (Matsutoya Yumi) Karuho Kureta Misslim Yumi Arai Yuming
Birthname: 荒井由実 (Arai Yumi) Nickname: ユーミン (Yuming) Japanese pop/soul singer born 19 January 1954 in Hachioji, Tokyo. For her early works (pre-1976), see Yumi Arai. Matsutoya, nicknamed Yuming (ユーミン Yūmin), is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. She is renowned for her idiosyncratic voice, and live performances, and is an important figure in Japanese popular music. Her recording career has been commercially successful with more than 42 million records sold. In 1990, her album The Gates of Heaven became the first album to be certified "2x million" by the RIAJ, and she has had twenty-one #1 albums listed on the Oricon charts. She is the only artist to have at least one number-one album every year on the Oricon charts for 18 consecutive years. After gaining several years of experience as a session musician, she debuted as a singer-songwriter in 1972. During her early career, she worked under her birth name Yumi Arai (荒井 由実 Arai Yumi). In 1975, Arai became known as a composer for "Ichigo Hakusho wo Mou Ichido", a commercially successful song recorded by the folk duo BanBan. She also gained popularity as a vocalist in the same year, through the success of "Ano Hi ni Kaeritai" that became her first number-one spot on the Japan's Oricon Charts. After marrying her musical collaborator Masataka Matsutoya in 1976, Arai began recording under her married name and has continued to do so. Throughout the 1980s, Matsutoya's music was prominently featured in advertisements for Mitsubishi Motors in her native Japan and her image was used to promote their vehicles. In addition to multiple hit singles, she has obtained enormous commercial success on the Japanese Albums Chart, particularly during the late 1980s and the first half of the 1990s.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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残火 | Yumi Matsutoya | 2016 | Single |
宇宙図書館 | Yumi Matsutoya | 2016 | Album |
気づかず過ぎた初恋 | Yumi Matsutoya | 2015 | Single |
Pop Classico | Yumi Matsutoya | 2013 | Album |
(みんなの)春よ、来い 2012 | Yumi Matsutoya | 2012 | Single |
日本の恋と、ユーミンと。 | Yumi Matsutoya | 2012 | Compil. |
恋をリリース | Yumi Matsutoya | 2012 | Single |
Road Show | Yumi Matsutoya | 2011 | Album |
(みんなの)春よ、来い 〜2011年秋編〜 | Yumi Matsutoya | 2011 | Single |
(みんなの)春よ、来い | Yumi Matsutoya | 2011 | Single |
夜明けの雲 | Yumi Matsutoya | 2011 | Single |
ダンスのように抱き寄せたい/バトンリレー | Yumi Matsutoya | 2010 | Single |
And I Will Dream Again... | Yumi Matsutoya | 2009 | Album |
人魚姫の夢 | Yumi Matsutoya | 2007 | Single |
A Girl In Summer | Yumi Matsutoya | 2006 | Album |
Still Crazy For You | Yumi Matsutoya | 2006 | Single |
ついてゆくわ/あなたに届くように | Yumi Matsutoya | 2005 | Single |
Viva!6x7 | Yumi Matsutoya | 2004 | Album |
Yuming Compositions: Faces | Yumi Matsutoya | 2003 | Compil. |
7 Truths 7 Lies | Yumi Matsutoya | 2001 | Single |
Sweet, Bitter Sweet | Yuming = Yumi Matsutoya | 2001 | Compil. |
Frozen Roses | Yumi Matsutoya | 1999 | Album |
Neue Musik - Yumi Matsutoya Complete Best Vol. 1 | Yuming = Yumi Matsutoya | 1998 | Compil. |
Wave Of Zuvuya | Yumi Matsutoya | 1997 | Album |
Cowgirl Dreamin’ | Yumi Matsutoya | 1997 | Album |
輪舞曲 ロンド | Yumi Matsutoya | 1995 | Single |
単曲集1 | Yumi Matsutoya | 1995 | Compil. |
Kathmandu | Yumi Matsutoya | 1995 | Album |
Hello, My Friend / Good-bye Friend | Yumi Matsutoya | 1994 | Single |
The Dancing Sun | Yumi Matsutoya | 1994 | Album |
春よ、来い | Yumi Matsutoya | 1994 | Single |
単曲全集 2 | Yumi Matsutoya | 1994 | Compil. |
U-miz | Yumi Matsutoya | 1993 | Album |
真夏の夜の夢 | Yumi Matsutoya | 1993 | Single |
Tears And Reasons | Yumi Matsutoya | 1992 | Album |
Wings Of Light "The Gates Of Heaven" Tour | Yumi Matsutoya | 1991 | Album |
Dawn Purple | Yumi Matsutoya | 1991 | Album |
The Gates Of Heaven = 天国のドア | Yumi Matsutoya | 1990 | Album |
Love Wars | Yumi Matsutoya | 1989 | Album |
Delight Slight Light Kiss | Yumi Matsutoya | 1988 | Album |
Sweet Dreams | Yumi Matsutoya | 1987 | Single |
Before The Diamond Dust Fades......... | Yumi Matsutoya | 1987 | Album |
Alarm À La Mode | Yumi Matsutoya | 1986 | Album |
Da・Di・Da | Yumi Matsutoya | 1985 | Album |
メトロポリスの片隅で | Yumi Matsutoya | 1985 | Single |
今だから | Yumi Matsutoya, Kazumasa Oda, Kazuo Zaitsu | 1985 | Single |
No Side = ノーサイド | Yuming = Yumi Matsutoya | 1984 | Album |
Train Of Thought = コンパートメント | Yumi Matsutoya | 1984 | Album |
Voyager - Hizukè No Nai Bohyo | Yuming = Yumi Matsutoya | 1984 | Single |
Downtown Boy | Yumi Matsutoya | 1984 | Single |
ダンデライオン〜遅咲きのたんぽぽ | Yumi Matsutoya | 1983 | Single |
Voyager = ボイジャー | Yumi Matsutoya | 1983 | Album |
Reincarnation | Yumi Matsutoya | 1983 | Album |
Pearl Pierce = パール・ピアス | Yuming = Yumi Matsutoya | 1982 | Album |
守ってあげたい | Yumi Matsutoya | 1981 | Single |
夕闇をひとり | Yumi Matsutoya | 1981 | Single |
水の中のAsiaへ | Yumi Matsutoya | 1981 | Album |
昨晩お会いしましょう | Yumi Matsutoya | 1981 | Album |
時のないホテル | Yuming = Yumi Matsutoya | 1980 | Album |
Surf & Snow - Volume One = サーフ・アンド・スノウ | Yuming = Yumi Matsutoya | 1980 | Album |
白日夢・Day Dream | Yuming = Yumi Matsutoya | 1980 | Single |
星のルージュリアン | Yuming = Yumi Matsutoya | 1980 | Single |
Esper | Yuming = Yumi Matsutoya | 1980 | Single |
帰愁 | Yumi Matsutoya | 1979 | Single |
Olive | Yuming = Yumi Matsutoya | 1979 | Album |
悲しいほどお天気 = The Gallery In My Heart | Yumi Matsutoya | 1979 | Album |
入江の午後3時 | Yumi Matsutoya | 1978 | Single |
埠頭を渡る風。 | Yumi Matsutoya | 1978 | Single |
紅雀 | Yumi Matsutoya | 1978 | Album |
ハルジョオン・ヒメジョオン | Yumi Matsutoya | 1978 | Single |
流線形'80 | Yumi Matsutoya | 1978 | Album |
Album | Yumi Arai & Yumi Matsutoya | 1977 | Compil. |
遠い旅路 | Yumi Matsutoya | 1977 | Single |
潮風にちぎれて | Yumi Matsutoya | 1977 | Single |
妖精たちのオルゴール Songs From The Studio Ghibli Movies | Joe Hisaishi, Yumi Matsutoya, Youmi Kimura | Album | |
Perfect Disc | Yumi Matsutoya | Compil. |