Lead discography
The discography of Japanese hip-hop group Lead includes 9 studio albums, 1 compilation album, 1 remix album, 16 live albums and 32 singles. Their first sixteen singles were released under the Pony Canyon sub-label Flight Master; since, their singles have been strictly under Pony Canyon.
Lead discography | |
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Studio albums | 9 |
Live albums | 16 |
Compilation albums | 4 |
Video albums | 7 |
Music videos | 48 |
Singles | 32 |
Remix albums | 1 |
Lead debuted on July 31, 2002 with the single Manatsu no Magic. Their following single, Show Me the Way (2002), led to them winning the Best Newcomer Award during the 44th annual Japan Record Awards.[1] Their debut studio album, Life On Da Beat, was released on April 23, 2003.
Initially releasing one album a year since their debut (2003) up until Feel the Vibes (2008), the group began slowing their releases; however, they would continue to release an annual single and host their annual Upturn tour. Their next studio album, Now or Never, would not be released for another four years in 2012. This would also be their last album with leader and lead vocalist Hiroki Nakadoi. The single Still, released five months after Now or Never on December 12, 2012, would be their last single with Hiroki.[2]
Beginning in 2012, the group would begin to release two singles a year. Their success on the Oricon Singles Charts would also increase, leading to a string of top five releases for the next five years - something that they had not experienced as a group prior. Their eighth studio album, The Showcase, became their highest charting album throughout their career, peaking at #2 on the Oricon Albums Charts.[3] Their following studio album, Milestone, while charting lower than The Showcase, became their longest charting album, remaining on the charts for seven weeks.[4]
Albums
Studio albums
Album # | Album information | Sales |
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1st / Debut Album | Life On Da Beat
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30,214 copies sold |
2nd | Brand New Era
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22,415 copies sold |
3rd | Lead! Heat! Beat!
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17,594 copies sold |
4th | 4
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9,784 copies sold |
5th | Feel the Vibes
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5,409 copies sold |
6th | Now or Never
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20,479 copies sold |
7th | The Showcase
|
23,000 copies sold |
8th | Milestone
|
15,405 copies sold |
9th | Singularity
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5,196 copies sold[5] |
Compilation albums
Album # | Album information | Sales |
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1st | Christmas Harmony: Vision Factory Presents
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2nd | Spring Harmony: Vision Factory Presents
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3rd | Flower Festival: Vision Factory Presents
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4th | Lead Tracks: Listener's Choice
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5,409 copies sold |
5th | Heartbeat
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Remix albums
Album # | Album information | Sales |
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1st | Buddies (w-inds, FLAME, Lead)
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47,810 copies sold |
2nd | Joy Joy Home Mix
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Singles
Single # | Single information[6] | Sales |
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1st / Debut Single |
Manatsu no Magic (真夏のMagic)
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27,330 copies sold |
2nd | Show me the way
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37,100 copies sold |
3rd | Fly Away
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35,393 copies sold |
4th | Funky Days! (ファンキーデイズ!)
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34,843 copies sold |
5th | Get Wild Life
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25,000 copies sold |
6th | Night Deluxe
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33,000 copies sold |
7th | Tenohira wo Taiyou ni/Delighted (手のひらを太陽に/Delighted)
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29,000 copies sold |
8th | Atarashii Kisetsu e (あたらしい季節へ)
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28,000 copies sold |
9th | Baby Runnin' Wild (ベイビーランニンワイルド)
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16,000 copies sold |
10th | Virgin Blue (バージンブルー)
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16,000 copies sold |
11th | Summer Madness
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13 000 copies sold |
12th | Drive Alive
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14,000 copies sold |
13th | Umi (海)
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6,199 copies sold |
14th | Stand Up!
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12 000 copies sold |
15th | Sunnyday
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3,348 copies sold |
16th | GiraGira Romantic (ギラギラRomantic)
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12,000 copies sold |
17th | Speed Star
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11,000 copies sold |
18th | Hurricane
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18,715 copies sold |
19th | Wanna Be With You
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25 937 copies sold |
20th | Still
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30,190 copies sold |
21st | Upturn
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41,224 copies sold |
22nd | Green Days/Strings
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41,178 copies sold |
23rd | Sakura (サクラ)
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41,559 copies sold |
24th | Omoide Breaker (想い出ブレイカー)
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43,227 copies sold |
25th | My One
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35,727 copies sold |
26th | Yakusoku (約束)
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32,668 copies sold |
27th | Tokyo Fever (トーキョーフィーバー)
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28,671 copies sold |
28th | Beautiful Day
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17,728 copies sold |
29th | Bumblebee
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18,791 copies sold |
30th | Be the Naked
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20,628 copies sold |
31st | Summer Vacation
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22,475 copies sold |
32nd | Hide and Seek/Sunset Refrain (サンセット・リフレイン)
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17,777 copies sold |
DVD/VHS
Release Date | Title | Product Number | Peak Position | Chart Run | |
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1st | September 18, 2003 | Lead Movies 1 | PCVP-53254 (VHS) PCBP-50910 (DVD) |
11 | 2 |
2nd | November 17, 2004 | Lead 1st Live Tour: Brand New Era | PCVP-53401 (VHS) PCBP-51334 (DVD) |
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3rd | March 16, 2005 | Lead Movies 2 | PCVP-53426 (VHS) PCBP-51393 (DVD) |
9 | 1 |
4th | December 7, 2005 | Lead Live Tour Upturn 2005 | PCBP-51586 | 35 | 2 |
5th | December 6, 2006 | Lead Upturn 2006 [4] | PCBP-51887 | 24 | 2 |
6th | December 12, 2007 | Lead Upturn 2007: B.W.R | PCBP-51910 | 34 | 1 |
7th | August 6, 2008 | MOVIES3 | PCBP-51558 | 40 | 2 |
8th | December 3, 2008 | Lead Upturn 2008: Feel the Vibes | PCBP-51921 | 37 | 2 |
9th | December 9, 2009 | Lead Upturn 2009: Summer Day & Night Fever | PCBP-51948 | 41 | 1 |
10th | December 8, 2010 | Lead Upturn 2010: I'll Be Around | PCBP-52055 | 41 | 1 |
11th | February 2011 | Lead Dramabox Vision Factory Online Shop Limited |
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12th | July 2011 | Short Movie 4: Ignition Vision Factory Online Shop Limited |
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13th | December 21, 2011 | Lead Upturn 2011: Sun×You | PCBP-52085 | 93 | 2 |
14th | December 26, 2012 | 10th Anniversary Tour Lead Upturn 2012: Now or Never | PCBP-52108 | 38 | 1 |
15th | December 25, 2013 | Lead Upturn 2013: Leap | PCBP-53092 | 57 | 1 |
16th | December 24, 2014 | Lead Upturn 2014: Attract | PCBP-52310 | 42 | 1 |
17th | May 13, 2015 | Movies 4 | PCBP-53125 (DVD) BRBP-00055 (Limited DVD) |
11 | 1 |
18th | December 16, 2015 | Lead Upturn 2015: Master Plan | PCBP-53134 (DVD) PCXP-50364 (Blu-ray) |
53 | 1 |
19th | December 21, 2016 | Lead Upturn 2016: The Showcase | PCBP-53157 (DVD) PCXP-50450 (Blu-ray) |
57 | 2 |
20th | December 20, 2017 | Lead 15th Anniversary Live Box《Special Box Specification》 | PCBP-53228 (DVD) PCXP-50542 (Blu-ray) |
59[7] | 1 |
21st | December 19, 2018 | Lead Upturn 2018: Milestone | PCBP-53261 (DVD) PCXP-50590 (Blu-ray) |
17 | 1 |
22nd | December 18, 2019 | Lead Upturn 2019: Sync | PCBP-53283 (DVD) PCXP-50708 (Blu-ray) |
39 | 1 |
Promotional videos
Life On Da BeatBrand New EraLead! Heat! Beat!Lead Tracks: Listener's Choice
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4Feel the VibesNow or Never
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The Showcase
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Participation works
- Buddies (March 19, 2003)
- "Fly Away" (Akira's Conquistador Remix)
- "Show me the way" (TinyVoice,Production Remix)
- CHRISTMAS HARMONY ~VISION FACTORY presents~ (November 21, 2007)
- "Ding Dong"
- "OkiDoki Christmas"
- SPRING HARMONY ~VISION FACTORY presents~ (February 13, 2008)
- FLOWER FESTIVAL ~VISION FACTORY presents~ (March 19, 2008)
- "Dear My Flower"
- Heartbeat (December 25, 2019)
Unreleased songs
Songs that did not garner an official release, but were performed at live venues.
- "Arashi no Hibi" (嵐の日々 / Stormy Days) (August 18, 2004)
- Kamachi tie-in song.
- "Tribal Party" (November 17, 2004)
- Lyrics: Lead / Composition & Arrangement: Hiroki Nakadoi
- "LD Style" (December 7, 2005)
- Lyrics: Lead / Composition: Hiroki Nakadoi & Hayabusa / Arrangement: Hayabusa
- "Time to Jam", "356STEP" (December 6, 2006)
- Composition: KATSU / Arrangement: e-catwork
- "B.W.R", "Sweetest Taboo", "Red Eye Night", "Features" (December 12, 2007)
- Arrangement: Mr FLAVOR (Need A Beat)
Films
- Boutaoshi! (2003)
- Shinya Tanuichi as Tsuguo Takayama
- Akira Kagimoto as Atsushi Tabuchi
- Keita Furuya as Suzumi Manabu
- Hiroki Nakadoi as Toru Akasaka (Nakkan)
- Deep Love (2004)
- Keita Furuya as Yoshiyuki
- Kamachi (2004)
- Shinya Tanuichi as Kamachi Yamada
- Keita Furuya as Sayama Yuichi
- Akira Kagimoto as Himuro Kosuke
- Hiroki Nakadoi as Shun Iijma
- Oretachi no Ashita (2014)
- Shinya Taniuchi as Tsuyoshi Kakinoki[9]
Television
- Deep Love ~Ayu no Monogatari~ (October - December 2004)
- Keita Furuya as Yoshiyuki
- Pink no Idenshi (October 3 - December 2005)
- Hiroki Nakadoi as Taichi Kobayashi
- Shinsengumi PEACE MAKER (January 2010-present)
- Shinya Tanuichi as Toshizou Hijikata[10]
- Konya wa Kokoro Dake Daite (March - April 2014)
- Shinya Tanuichi as Hashii Shougo[11]
References
- "第44回日本レコード大賞(2002年)受賞一覧【PRiVATE LiFE】データベース". Entame Data. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- "Leadの活動に関する大切なお知らせ (Important notice concerning Lead's activities)". Lead Official. January 30, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
- "THE SHOWCASE【初回限定盤A】 / Lead / ORICON NEWS". Oricon. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- "MILESTONE / Lead / ORICON NEWS". Oricon. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- 週間 CDアルバムランキング 2020年03月30日付 [Weekly CD Album Ranking on March 30, 2020] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- "LeadのCDシングルランキング". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- "Lead 15th Anniversary LIVE BOX(DVD) / Lead / ORICON NEWS". Oricon. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- "鍵本輝 in blue / 鍵本輝 / ORICON NEWS". Oricon. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- "Oretachi no Ashita (2014)". IMDb. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- "Shinya Taniuchi is Leading the Shinsengumi". Suitest Taboo Chronicles. February 17, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- "Konya wa Kokoro Dake Daite". MyDramaLise. Retrieved November 9, 2018.