Miliyah Kato

Miliyah Kato
加藤ミリヤ
Miliyah Kato ; 加藤ミリヤ
Born	加藤美穂 (Katō Miho); June 22, 1988
Occupation	Singer; songwriter;
	Musical career
Genres	Pop; R&B; urban;
Instruments	Singing
Years active	2004–present
Associated acts	Shota Shimizu; m-flo; Dohzi-T;
Website	http://www.miliyah.com

Miho Katō (加藤美穂, Katō Miho) (born June 22, 1988), better known by her stage name of Miliyah Kato (加藤ミリヤ, Katō Miriya) is a Japanese pop and urban singer-songwriter from Toyota, Aichi, Japan. They sales in Japan, both physical, digital and ringtones are 12.6 million copies.

History

In 2001, when she was 14 years old, she passed a Sony audition. She began writing music and lyrics from the age of 14. Before her official debut she sang support vocals for other musicians and performed in commercials. Katō made her debut with the release of the single "Never Let Go/Yozora" (2004) and released her debut album Rose (2005) the next year. She is influenced by hip hop and R&B music, especially artists Lauryn Hill and Mary J. Blige. Her music also makes frequent use of sampling. Katō herself has said that her music uses hip hop and R&B as a base, and aims for a middle ground which is neither overly pop nor overly hardcore. Katō graduated from the Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo. She grew up in a single-parent household, with her mother and brother. Her father operated a gem store before his death.[1]

At the time of her debut in 2004 she was called the "post-Utada Hikaru" (ポスト宇多田ヒカル, posuto Utada Hikaru), referring to the two artists' similarities, from their lyrics to their shared "high school girl charisma".[2] Around the time of her debut, the fact that she was still actually in high school was often emphasized.[3] From participating in making the visuals for her CD jackets to producing her own fashion brand, she also has some influence in visual and fashion areas.[4] Those who are influenced by her music, fashion and acts are called "Miliyers" (ミリヤー, miriyaa).[5]

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak positions	Sales[6]	Certifications
Title	Album details	JPN [7]	Sales[6]	Certifications
Rose	Released: October 26, 2005 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	1	JPN: 238,000	RIAJ: Platinum[8]
Diamond Princess	Released: March 7, 2007 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	5	JPN: 107,000	RIAJ: Gold[9]
Tokyo Star	Released: April 2, 2008 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	4	JPN: 207,000	RIAJ: Platinum[10]
Ring	Released: July 8, 2009 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	2	JPN: 383,000	RIAJ: Platinum[11]
Heaven	Released: July 28, 2010 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	1	JPN: 266,000	RIAJ: Platinum[12]
True Lovers	Released: November 21, 2012 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	2	JPN: 110,000	RIAJ: Gold[13]
Loveland	Released: February 19, 2014 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	3	JPN: 51,000
Liberty	Released: March 2, 2016 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	4	JPN: 22,000
Utopia	Released: April 12, 2017 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	5	JPN: 14,000
Femme Fatale	Released: June 20, 2018 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	8	JPN: 5,000

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak positions	Sales[6]	Certifications
Title	Album details	JPN [7]	Sales[6]	Certifications
Best Destiny	Released: November 5, 2008 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	1	JPN: 222,000	RIAJ: Platinum[14]
M Best	Released: August 3, 2011 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	1	JPN: 308,000	RIAJ: Platinum[15]
The Best	Released as Miliyah Kato x Shota Shimizu Released: April 2, 2014 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	4	JPN: 51,000
Muse	Released: October 29, 2014 Label: Sony Music Japan Formats: CD, digital download	9	JPN: 31,000
M Best II	Released: November 27, 2019 Label: Sony Music Japan Formats: CD, digital download	20	JPN: 5,700[16]

Remix albums

List of remix albums, with selected chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak positions	Sales[6]	Certifications
Title	Album details	JPN [7]	Sales[6]	Certifications
Kato Miliyah M-Mix: Mastermix Vol.1	Released: July 29, 2015 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	22

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak positions	Sales[6]	Certifications
Title	Album details	JPN [7]	Sales[6]	Certifications
M's X'Mas	Released: December 17, 2014 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: digital download	—
I Hate You	Released: March 21, 2018 Label: Mastersix Foundation Formats: CD, digital download	37	JPN:1,900

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Sales[6]	Certifications	Album
Title	Year	JPN Oricon [7]	JPN Hot 100 [17]	RIAJ Digital Track Chart† [18][upper-alpha 1]	Sales[6]	Certifications	Album
"Never Let Go"	2004	15	—	—	JPN CD: 45,000		Rose
"Yozora"		15	—	—	JPN CD: 45,000
"Beautiful"		26	—	—	JPN CD: 16,000
"Dear Lonely Girl"	2005	15	—	80	JPN CD: 50,000 JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]
"Jōnetsu"	2005	11	—	—	JPN CD: 42,000 JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]
"Sotsugyō"	2006	23	—	—	JPN CD: 14,000 JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]	Diamond Princes
"Last Summer"		30	—	—	JPN CD: 14,000
"I Will"		17	—	44	JPN CD: 18,000
"Eyes on You"	2007	13	—	70	JPN CD: 25,000 JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]
"My Girl" (featuring Color)		29	—	42	JPN CD: 10,000		Non-album singles
"Love Is..."		11	—	33	JPN CD: 24,000 JPN DL: 250,000+	RIAJ: Platinum (DL)[19]	Tokyo Star
"Lalala" (featuring Wakadanna)		7	—	5	JPN CD: 49,000 JPN DL: 500,000+ JPN Ringtone: 500,000+	RIAJ: 2×Platinum (DL)[19] RIAJ: 2×Platinum (Ringtone)[19]
"Futurechecka" (featuring Simon, Coma-Chi and Taro Soul)		7	—	—	JPN CD: 49,000
"19 Memories"	2008	16	17	6	JPN CD: 23,000 JPN DL: 500,000+ JPN Ringtone: 500,000+	RIAJ: 2×Platinum (DL)[19] RIAJ: 2×Platinum (Ringtone)[19]
"Sayonara Baby"		9	10	9	JPN CD: 25,000 JPN DL: 250,000+	RIAJ: Platinum (DL)[19]	Ring
"Koi Shiteru"		9	—	43	JPN CD: 25,000
"20 -Cry-"	2009	7	7	18	JPN CD: 23,000 JPN DL: 250,000+	RIAJ: Platinum (DL)[19]
"Love Forever" (with Shota Shimizu)		5	1	2	JPN CD: 90,000 JPN DL: 1,000,000+ JPN Ringtone: 1,000,000+	RIAJ: Gold (CD)[19] RIAJ: Million (DL)[19] RIAJ: Million (Ringtone)[19]	Ring The Best
"Why"		10	8	2	JPN CD: 29,000 JPN DL: 250,000+	RIAJ: Platinum (DL)[19]	Heaven
"Forever Love" (with Shota Shimizu)	2010	4	3	1	JPN CD: 60,000 JPN DL: 500,000+ JPN Ringtone: 750,000+	RIAJ: 2×Platinum (DL)[19] RIAJ: 3×Platinum (Ringtone)[19]	The Best
"Bye Bye"		8	4	1	JPN CD: 19,000 JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]	Heaven
"Last Love"		13	40	2	JPN CD: 17,000 JPN DL: 250,000+	RIAJ: Platinum (DL)[19]	Heaven
"Yūsha Tachi"	2011	8	13	7	JPN CD: 17,000 JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]	M Best True Lovers
"Desire"		13	41	26	JPN CD: 8,000		M Best
"Baby! Baby! Baby!"		13	—	10	JPN CD: 8,000		M Best
"Believe" (with Shota Shimizu)		9	11	2	JPN CD: 16,000 JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]	Journey M Best The Best
"Roman"		19	18	31	JPN CD: 8,000		True Lovers
"Aiaiai"	2012	16	54	7	JPN CD: 7,000
"Heart Beat"		14	8	1	JPN CD: 26,000 JPN DL: 250,000+	RIAJ: Platinum (DL)[19]
"Lovers Part II" (featuring Wakadanna)		15	13	—	JPN CD: 10,000 JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]
"Love Story" (with Shota Shimizu)	2013	26	10	—	JPN CD: 10,000		The Best
"Emotion"		26	27	—	JPN CD: 4,000		Loveland
"Lonely Hearts"		17	13	—	JPN CD: 7,000
"Love/Affection"	2014	23	10	—	JPN CD: 3,000
"Kamisama"		23	—	—	JPN CD: 3,000
"Fighter" (with Mika Nakashima)		13	19	—	JPN CD: 10,000		Muse
"Gift" (with Mika Nakashima)		13	—	—	JPN CD: 10,000
"You" (with Izumi Nakasone)		13	15	—	JPN CD: 3,000
"Shonen Shojo"	2015	27	36	—	JPN CD: 3,000		Liberty
"Piece of Cake -Ai wo Sakebou-" (featuring Kazunobu Mineta)		54	—	—	JPN CD: 2,000
"Lipstick"		44	76	—	JPN CD: 3,000
"Future Lover -Mirai Koibito-"	2016	42	30	—	JPN CD: 1,000
"Saikouna Shiawase"	2016	49	57	—	JPN CD: 2,000		Utopia
"Dokomademo: How Far I'll Go"	2017	49	12	—	JPN CD: 4,000		Utopia
"Shinyaku Dear Lonely Girl"	2017	53	—	—	JPN CD: 1,000		TBA
"Romance"	2018	50	55	—	JPN CD: 900
"Ai Ga Furu"	2019	37	—	—	JPN CD: 1,400
"Honto no Boku wo Shitte"	2019	57	—	—

As featured artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Sales[6]	Certifications	Album
Title	Year	JPN Oricon [7]	JPN Hot 100 [17]	RIAJ Digital Track Chart† [18][upper-alpha 2]	Sales[6]	Certifications	Album
"Shōri no Megami" (Dohzi-T featuring Miliyah Kato)	2004	84	—	—	JPN CD: 9,000		Dōmu
"Better Days" (Dohzi-T featuring Miliyah Kato and Roma Tanaka)	2006	30	—	—	JPN CD: 18,000 JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]	Warabest: The Best of Dohzi-T
"My People" (Zeebra featuring Miliyah Kato)	2007	44	—	—	JPN CD: 6,000		World of Music
"Stronger" (AI featuring Miliyah Kato)	2010	26	30	4	JPN CD: 7,000		The Last AI
"Lovers" (Wakadanna featuring Miliyah Kato)	2012	—	35	—			Life is Mountain
"Lover" (m-flo featuring Miliyah Kato)	2013	81	15	—	JPN CD: 1,000		Neven
"One Day" (Thelma Aoyama featuring Miliyah Kato, AI)	2016	—	—	—			Pink Tears Smoke & Tears

Promotional singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Sales[6]	Certifications	Album
Title	Year	JPN Hot 100 [17]	RIAJ Digital Track Chart† [18][upper-alpha 3]	Sales[6]	Certifications	Album
"At the Fever" (featuring Twigy, Nipps, Dev Large, Shinnosk8)	2005	—	—			Eyes on You
"24 Hours" (featuring Twigy)	2006	—	—			Last Summer
"For So Long"	2006	—	—			Last Summer
"Kono Mama Zutto Asa Made"	2007	—	92	JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]	Diamond Princess
"Saigo no I Love You"	2008	—	28	JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]	Tokyo Star
"Only Holy"	2010	—	10			Miliyah the Clips 2004–2010 M's X'Mas
"Konya wa Boogie Back" (featuring Shota Shimizu and Shun)	2012	11	—	JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]	True Lovers
"Run Free" (with AI and Verbal)	2013	—	—			Motto Moriagaro
"Sakura Melody" (with Shota Shimizu)	2014	42	—			The Best
"I'll Be There with You" (featuring AI and Thelma Aoyama)		—	—			Muse
"For You"		—	—			Utada Hikaru no Uta −13 Kumi no Ongakuka ni Yoru 13 no Kaishaku ni Tsuite-
"Walk to the Dream"	2018	—	—			Romance
"Atashi no Saibo"	2018	—	—			Femme Fatale

Other charted songs

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Sales[6]	Certifications	Album
Title	Year	JPN Hot 100 [17]	RIAJ Digital Track Chart† [18][upper-alpha 4]	Sales[6]	Certifications	Album
"Better Days -Sweet Love Side-"	2007	—	—	JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]	Tokyo Star
"I'm Your Angel" (featuring Shota Shimizu)	2007	—	—	JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]	Céline Dion Tribute
"Ai ga Kieta Hi"	2008	—	31			Best Destiny
"Aitai"	2009	59	1	JPN DL: 750,000+ JPN Ringtone: 750,000+	RIAJ: 3×Platinum (DL)[19] RIAJ: 3×Platinum (Ringtone)[19]	Ring
"Sensation"	2010	—	46			Bye Bye
"Koi ga Owaru Sono Toki ni"		—	35			Bye Bye
"Tomorrow"		—	61			Last Love
"Fallin'"		—	72			Last Love
"X.O.X.O."		80	2	JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]	Heaven
"Baby I See You" (featuring Verbal)		—	44	JPN DL: 100,000+	RIAJ: Gold (DL)[19]
"I Miss You"		—	89
"Me"	2011	—	49			M Best
"Rainbow"		—	80			M Best
"Baby Tell Me"		—	22			Roman

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak positions
Title	Album details	JPN DVD [7]	JPN Blu-ray [7]
Diamond Princess Tour 2007	Released: December 12, 2007 Label: Mastersix Foundation Format: DVD	22	—
Tokyo Star Tour 2008	Released: December 10, 2008 Label: Mastersix Foundation Format: DVD	11	—
Ring Tour 2009	Released: May 26, 2010 Label: Mastersix Foundation Format: DVD	2	—
Eternal Heaven Tour 2010–2011	Released: December 8, 2010 Label: Mastersix Foundation Format: DVD	4	—
Miliyah the Clips 2004–2010	Release: November 2, 2011 Label: Mastersix Foundation Format: DVD, Blu-ray	2	16
M BEST Tour 2011	Release: December 12, 2012 Label: Mastersix Foundation Format: DVD, Blu-ray	5	31
True Lovers Tour 2013	Release: February 19, 2014 Label: Mastersix Foundation Format: DVD, Blu-ray	4	29
Loveland Tour 2014	Release: February 25, 2015 Label: Mastersix Foundation Format: DVD, Blu-ray	13	81
The Best 2 Man Tour 2014	Released as Miliyah Kato x Shota Shimizu Release: April 22, 2015 Label: Mastersix Foundation Format: DVD, Blu-ray	7	69
10th Anniversary "A Muse" Tour 2015	Release: April 6, 2016 Label: Mastersix Foundation Format: DVD, Blu-ray	10	41
Dramatic Libery Tour 2016	Release: January 11, 2017 Label: Mastersix Foundation Format: DVD, Blu-ray	5	32
Utopia Tour 2017	Release: January 17, 2018 Label: Mastersix Foundation Format: DVD, Blu-ray	14	29

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album
"Cherry Oh! Baby"	2003	Reggae Disco Rockers	Reggae Magic
"Paradise"	2005	Heartsdales	Super Star
"In the Night"		V.A.	We Love Dance Classics Vol.1
"Sunshine"		KM-MARKIT	Vivid
"One Day"		m-flo	Beat Space Nine
"Righ' Now!"	2006	Twigy, You the Rock★	Thing Twice
"Michelle"		Yuji Ohno, Lupintic Five	Lupin III TV Special Seven Days Rhapsody Original Soundtrack
"Me & My..."		KM-MARKIT	Mark Out
"Hikaru Mirai"	2007	Dohzi-T	One MIC
"Turn It Up"	2009	m-flo, Verbal, Little, Kohei Japan	M-Flo Inside: Works Best III
"I Miss You"	2013	Daishi Dance	New Party!
"Last Forever"	2015	Spicy Chocolate, SKY-HI	Shibuya Junai Monogatari 2

Notes

The RIAJ Digital Track Chart is a depreciated chart that ran from 2009 until early 2012 and tracked full-length cellphone downloads.
The RIAJ Digital Track Chart is a depreciated chart that ran from 2009 until early 2012 and tracked full-length cellphone downloads.
The RIAJ Digital Track Chart is a depreciated chart that ran from 2009 until early 2012 and tracked full-length cellphone downloads.
The RIAJ Digital Track Chart is a depreciated chart that ran from 2009 until early 2012 and tracked full-length cellphone downloads.

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References

Miliyah Kato (August 24, 2010). "Miliyah Kato's Jewelry "Mirror by Kawai Jamele" at Isetan Shinjuku". high fashion ONLINE (Interview). Tokyo. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
BARKS (November 11, 2008). "加藤ミリヤ、宇多田ヒカルの記録を塗り替え / BARKS ニュース". Retrieved August 26, 2012.
2008年4月号『日経エンタテインメント!』40頁、特集「人気者の賞味期限ミュージシャン編」
2006年4月号『日経エンタテインメント!』70頁、特集「明日のスーパースター100ミュージシャン編加藤ミリヤ女子高生のリアルで等身大のメッセージを発信するポスト浜崎」
20 November 2009 放送回『流派-R』、特集「加藤ミリヤ現象」でのナレーション
"オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon. Retrieved January 17, 2014. (subscription only)
"加藤ミリヤのアルバム売上ランキング". Oricon. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
"2005年12月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
"2007年3月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
"2008年5月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
"2009年7月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
"2010年7月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
"2012年11月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
"2008年11月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
"2011年8月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
週間 CDアルバムランキング 2019年12月09日付 [Weekly CD Album Ranking on December 9, 2019] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
"Hot 100｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN". Billboard (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 10, 2010.
有料音楽配信チャート (in Japanese). RIAJ.
"日本レコード協会有料配信認定". RIAJ. Retrieved March 21, 2018.

External links

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[19] The RIAJ Digital Track Chart is a depreciated chart that ran from 2009 until early 2012 and tracked full-length cellphone downloads.

[21] The RIAJ Digital Track Chart is a depreciated chart that ran from 2009 until early 2012 and tracked full-length cellphone downloads.

[22] The RIAJ Digital Track Chart is a depreciated chart that ran from 2009 until early 2012 and tracked full-length cellphone downloads.

[23] The RIAJ Digital Track Chart is a depreciated chart that ran from 2009 until early 2012 and tracked full-length cellphone downloads.

[1] Miliyah Kato (August 24, 2010). "Miliyah Kato's Jewelry "Mirror by Kawai Jamele" at Isetan Shinjuku". high fashion ONLINE (Interview). Tokyo. Retrieved August 8, 2011.

[2] BARKS (November 11, 2008). "加藤ミリヤ、宇多田ヒカルの記録を塗り替え / BARKS ニュース". Retrieved August 26, 2012.

[3] 2008年4月号『日経エンタテインメント!』40頁、特集「人気者の賞味期限ミュージシャン編」

[ne06.04-4] 2006年4月号『日経エンタテインメント!』70頁、特集「明日のスーパースター100ミュージシャン編加藤ミリヤ女子高生のリアルで等身大のメッセージを発信するポスト浜崎」

[5] 20 November 2009 放送回『流派-R』、特集「加藤ミリヤ現象」でのナレーション

[OriconSales-6] "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon. Retrieved January 17, 2014. (subscription only)

[OriconPositions-7] "加藤ミリヤのアルバム売上ランキング". Oricon. Retrieved January 17, 2014.

[8] "2005年12月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

[9] "2007年3月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

[10] "2008年5月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

[11] "2009年7月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

[12] "2010年7月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

[13] "2012年11月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

[14] "2008年11月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

[15] "2011年8月度ゴールド等認定邦楽アルバム". RIAJ. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

[16] 週間 CDアルバムランキング 2019年12月09日付 [Weekly CD Album Ranking on December 9, 2019] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 4, 2019.

[Billboard-17] "Hot 100｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN". Billboard (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 10, 2010.

[RIAJdigi-18] 有料音楽配信チャート (in Japanese). RIAJ.

[RIAJ-20] "日本レコード協会有料配信認定". RIAJ. Retrieved March 21, 2018.