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Yumi Matsutoya (松任谷 由実, Matsutōya Yumi, born January 19, 1954), 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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45th Anniversary Best Album "Yuming Kara No, Koi No Uta." [2018]
Space Library [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Avalon | 4:55 |
Pop Classico [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Chanson | 5:03 |
40th Anniversary Best Album "Nihon No Koi To, Yuming To." [2012]
Road Show [2011]
Love Dance/Dance No Youni Dakiyosetai/Baton Relay [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Love Dance/Dance No Youni Dakiyosetai | 4:59 |
Soshitemoichido Yumemirudaro [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Let's Go for a Ride/Mazu Wa Doko E Iko | 4:54 |
Seasons Colours: Autumn & Winter Best Edition [2007]
Seasons Colours: Spring & Summer Best Edition- [2007]
7 Truths 7 Lies: Beyond the Aisle/7 Truths 7 Lies: Virgin Road No Kanata De [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Tuxedo Rain | 4:32 |
Anniversary | 4:49 |
Acacia [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Summer Junction | 3:52 |
Sweet Bitter Sweet: Ballad Best [2001]
Surf & Snow [1999]
Song | Duration |
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A Letter From the Snow/Yuki Dayori | 4:17 |
Neue Musik Yumi Mutsitoya Complete Best, Vol. 1 [1998]
Wave of the Zuvuya/Suyua No Nami [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Sunny Day Holiday | 0:05 |
The World Without You/Kimi Naki Sekai | 5:24 |
Kathmandu [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Kathmandu | 4:30 |
Take Me Home | 4:05 |
Baby Pink | 4:51 |
Delphine | 6:38 |
Broken Barricade | 4:25 |
Midnight Scarecrow | 5:38 |
The Sun Made of Chrome/Chrome No Taiyou | 5:05 |
Walk On, Walk On By | 4:57 |
Rondo [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Midnight Scarecrow | 5:38 |
Hello, My Friend [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Hello, My Friend | 4:33 |
Good-Bye Friend | 4:55 |
The Dancing Sun [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Sign of the Time | 4:53 |
Good-Bye Friend | 4:55 |
Bye Bye Boy | 5:20 |
Get Away | 4:28 |
Hello, My Friend | 4:33 |
River | 5:16 |
Lonesome Cowboy | 5:28 |
Oh Juliet | 4:33 |
Haru Yo, Koi | 4:48 |
U-Miz [1993]
Tears and Reasons [1992]
Dawn Purple [1991]
The Gates of Heaven/Tengoku No Door [1990]
Song | Duration |
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Miss Broadcast | 4:53 |
Time Is an Illusion/Toki Wa Kagero | 4:57 |
I Have the Ace of Spades/Ace Wa Koko Ni Aru | 4:28 |
Full Moon Fortune/Mangetsu No Fortune | 4:42 |
Save Our Ship | 6:24 |
Anniversary: Keep Calling You/Anniversary-Mugen Ni Calling You [1989]
Song | Duration |
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Homework | 4:05 |
Love Wars [1989]
Song | Duration |
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Valentine's Radio | 4:59 |
Wanderers | 4:24 |
Love Wars | 4:45 |
Tranquilizer | 3:29 |
Homework | 4:05 |
Serenade You'll Never Hear/Todokanai Serenade | 4:28 |
Anniversary | 4:49 |
Delight Slight Light Kiss [1988]
Before the Diamond Dust Fades… /Diamond Dust Ga Kienu Ma Ni [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Sweet Dreams | 4:03 |
Tuxedo Rain | 4:32 |
Saturday Night Zombies | 4:14 |
Sweet Dreams [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Sweet Dreams | 4:01 |
Saturday Night Zombies | 4:14 |
Train of Thought [1986]
Song | Duration |
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Dang, Dang | |
Destiny |
Da-Di-Da [1985]
Song | Duration |
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Babylon | 4:19 |
Cinderella Express | 3:47 |
Even if You Left Me/Tatoe Anata Ga Satte Itte Mo | 3:47 |
No Side [1984]
Song | Duration |
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Downtown Boy | 4:01 |
Blizzard | 4:32 |
Reincarnation [1983]
Song | Duration |
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Almighty | 4:23 |
Night Walker | 5:03 |
Pearl Pierce [1982]
Song | Duration |
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Pearl Pierce/Shinju No Pierce | 5:40 |
Stay, Summer Dream/Yuu Suzumi | 4:27 |
Dang Dang | 5:27 |
I Will See You Last Night/Sakuban Oaishimasyou [1981]
Song | Duration |
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Canna Lilies on the Loop Road No. 8/Canna Hachigosen | 4:47 |
Happy New Year/A Happy New Year | 3:43 |
Olive [1979]
Song | Duration |
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Blue Airmail Envelope/Aoi Airmail | 4:20 |
The Gallery in My Heart/Kanashii Hodo Otenki [1979]
Song | Duration |
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The Story Of Giacobini's Comet / Giacobini Suisei No Hi | 4:02 |
Destiny | 4:38 |
3pm at a Pier/Irie No Gogo Sanji [1978]
Song | Duration |
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3pm At A Pier / Irie No Gogo Sanji | 3:48 |
Streamline '80/Ryusenkei'80 [1978]
Song | Duration |
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The Wind/Futou Wo Wataru Kaze | 4:39 |
The Wind/Futou Wo Wataru Kaze [1978]
Song | Duration |
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The Wind / Futou Wo Wataru Kaze | 4:39 |
Cowgirl Dreamin
Song | Duration |
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Cowgirl Blues | 4:08 |
Haru Yo, Koi
Song | Duration |
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Haru Yo, Koi | 4:48 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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天国のドア | |
この愛にふりむいて | 4:34 |
告白 | 5:13 |
輪舞曲 | 4:39 |
虹の下のどしゃ降りで | 4:04 |
私らしく | 4:24 |
Weaver Of Love - Orihime | 4:48 |
只今最前線突破中 | 5:05 |
遠い旅路 | |
Sunny Day Holiday |
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