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Due to the sheer size of Ayumi Hamasaki's discography, many tables on this page are collapsed and will need to be expanded.

Albums

Studio Albums & Mini-Albums
Cover	Title	Release Date	JP Stock Number
	NOTHING FROM NOTHING	December 1, 1995
	A Song for XX	January 1, 1999
	LOVEppears	November 10, 1999
	Duty	September 27, 2000
	I am...	January 1, 2002
	RAINBOW	December 18, 2002
	Memorial address	December 17, 2003
	MY STORY	December 15, 2004
	(miss)understood	January 1, 2006
	Secret	November 29, 2006
	GUILTY	January 1, 2008
	NEXT LEVEL	March 25, 2009
	Rock'n'Roll Circus	April 14, 2010
	Love songs	December 22, 2010
	FIVE	August 31, 2011
	Party Queen	March 21, 2013
	LOVE again	February 8, 2013
	Colours	July 2, 2014
	A ONE	April 8, 2015
	sixxxxxx	August 5, 2015
	M(A)DE IN JAPAN	May 11, 2016 (Digital); June 29, 2016 (Physical)
	TROUBLE	August 15, 2018
	Remember you	January 25, 2023

"LOVE" and "again," despite being marketed as mini-albums, have a format & release pattern more consistent with singles; as a result, they've been included in the Singles section of this page.

Compilations & Best-Ofs
Cover	Title	Release Date	JP Stock Number
	A BEST	March 28, 2001
	A BALLADS	March 12, 2003
	A BEST 2 -BLACK-	February 28, 2007
	A BEST 2 -WHITE-	February 28, 2007
	A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~	September 10, 2008
	A SUMMER BEST	August 8, 2012
	WINTER BALLAD SELECTION	November 26, 2014
	RAINY SEASON SELECTION	June 19, 2019
	ANIME & GAME SELECTION	August 21, 2019
	A BALLADS 2	April 8, 2021

Remix Albums
Cover	Title	Release Date	JP Stock Number
	ayu-mi-x	March 17, 1999
	SUPER EUROBEAT presents ayu-ro mix 2	February 16, 2000
	ayu-mi-x II version US+EU	March 8, 2000
	ayu-mi-x II version JPN	March 8, 2000
	ayu-mi-x II version Acoustic Orchestra	March 8, 2000
	ayu-mi-x II version Non-Stop Mega Mix	March 29, 2000
	ayu-mi-x III Non-Stop Mega Mix version	February 28, 2001
	ayu-mi-x III Acoustic Orchestra version	February 28, 2001
	Cyber TRANCE presents ayu trance	September 27, 2001
	SUPER EUROBEAT presents ayu-ro mix 2	September 27, 2001
	ayu-mi-x 4+selection Acoustic Orchestra version	March 20, 2002
	ayu-mi-x 4+selection Non-Stop Mega Mix version	March 20, 2002
	Cyber TRANCE presents ayu trance 2	September 26, 2002
	RMX WORKS from ayu-mi-x 5 Non-Stop Mega Mix	September 25, 2003
	RMX WORKS from Cyber TRANCE presents ayu trance 3	September 25, 2003
	RMX WORKS from SUPER EUROBEAT presents ayu-ro mix 3	September 25, 2003
	MY STORY Classical	March 24, 2005
	ayu-mi-x 6 haishin gentei album 1	March 18, 2008
	ayu-mi-x 6 -GOLD-	March 26, 2008
	ayu-mi-x 6 -SILVER-	March 26, 2008
	ayu-mi-x 6 haishin gentei album 2	March 26, 2008
	ayu-mi-x 7 -LIMITED COMPLETE BOX SET-	April 20, 2011
	ayu-mi-x 7 -version Acoustic Orchestra-	April 20, 2011
	ayu-mi-x 7 presents ayu trance 4	April 20, 2011
	ayu-mi-x 7 -version House-	April 20, 2011
	ayu-mi-x 7 presents ayu-ro mix 4	April 20, 2011
	A CLASSICAL	January 8, 2013
	LOVE CLASSICS	January 28, 2015
	Winter diary ~A7 Classical~	December 23, 2015

Other Albums
Cover	Title	Release Date	JP Stock Number
	avex official orgel collection: Hamasaki Ayumi	July 31, 2002
	J-POP MEETS CLASSICS: HARMONY ~AYUMI HAMASAKI MELODY~	November 25, 2002
	15th Anniversary TOUR ~A BEST LIVE~	September 18, 2013

Album Reissues
Cover	Title	Release Date	JP Stock Number
	RAINBOW (DVD-Audio version)	July 9, 2003
	A BEST ~15th Anniversary Edition~	March 28, 2016
	LOVEppears/appears -20th Anniversary Edition-	November 10, 2019
	Cyber TRANCE presents ayu trance (COMPLETE EDITION)	October 8, 2021
	Cyber TRANCE presents ayu trance 2 (COMPLETE EDITION)	November 17, 2021

Singles

Mainline avex Singles
Title	Release Date	JP Stock Number
NOTHING FROM NOTHING	September 21, 1995	CODA-743
poker face	April 8, 1998	AVDD-20228
YOU	June 10, 1998	AVDD-20239
Trust	August 5, 1998	AVDD-20248
For My Dear...	October 7, 1998	AVDD-20267
Depend on you	December 9, 1998	AVDD-20278
WHATEVER	February 10, 1999	AVDD-20291
LOVE~Destiny~	April 14, 1999	AVDD-20309
TO BE	May 12, 1999	AVDD-20316
Boys & Girls	July 14, 1999	AVCD-30049
A	August 11, 1999	AVCD-30050
appears	November 10, 1999	AVCD-30064
kanariya	December 8, 1999	AVCD-30067
Fly high	February 9, 2000	AVCD-30066
vogue	April 26, 2000	AVCD-30108
Far away	May 17, 2000	AVCD-30118
SEASONS	June 7, 2000	AVCD-30119
SURREAL	September 27, 2000	AVCD-30175
AUDIENCE	November 1, 2000	AVCD-30184
M	December 13, 2000	AVCD-30197
evolution	January 31, 2001	AVCD-30203
NEVER EVER	March 7, 2001	AVCD-30231
Endless sorrow	May 16, 2001	AVCD-30254
UNITE!	July 11, 2001	AVCD-30275
Dearest	September 27, 2001	AVCD-30294
Daybreak	March 6, 2002	AVCD-30348
Free & Easy	April 24, 2002	AVCD-30364
H	July 24, 2002	AVCD-30380
Voyage	September 26, 2002	AVCD-30405
&	July 9, 2003	AVCD-30497
forgiveness	August 20, 2003	AVCD-30503
No way to say	November 6, 2003	AVCD-30542
Moments	March 31, 2004	AVCD-30592
INSPIRE	July 28, 2004	AVCD-30620
CAROLS	September 29, 2004	AVCD-30650
STEP you/is this LOVE?	April 20, 2005	AVCD-30722
fairyland	August 3, 2005	AVCD-30808
HEAVEN	September 14, 2005	AVCD-30842
Bold & Delicious/Pride	November 30, 2005	AVCD-30892
Startin'/Born To Be...	March 8, 2006	AVCD-30961
BLUE BIRD	June 21, 2006	AVCD-31051
glitter/fated	July 18, 2007	AVCD-31274
talkin' 2 myself	September 19, 2007	AVCD-31332
Together When...	December 05, 2007
Mirrorcle World	April 8, 2008
Days/GREEN	December 17, 2008	AVCD-31580
Rule/Sparkle	February 25, 2009	AVCD-31605
Sunrise/Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~	August 12, 2009
You were.../BALLAD	December 29, 2009	AVCD-31799
MOON/blossom	July 14, 2010	AVCD-31890
crossroad	September 22, 2010
L	September 29, 2010
Happening Here	December 21, 2011
how beautiful you are	February 8, 2012
LOVE	November 8, 2012
again	December 8, 2012
Tell All	April 8, 2013
Feel the love/Merry-go-round	December 25, 2013
Pray	January 27, 2014
Hello new me	May 14, 2014
Terminal	October 1, 2014
XOXO	October 1, 2014	AQZ1-76694
Zutto.../Last minute/Walk	December 24, 2014
Step by step	July 1, 2015
We are the QUEENS	September 30, 2016
WORDS	September 6, 2017
OHIA NO KI	July 5, 2020
Dreamed a Dream	July 31, 2020
MY ALL (Chinese Version)	August 9, 2020
23rd Monster	April 8, 2021
Nonfiction	April 22, 2022
Summer Again	July 1, 2022
MASK	November 16, 2022
jidai	March 25, 2024
BYE-BYE	April 8, 2024

Remix Singles
Title	Release Date	JP/GER Stock Number
the other side ONE	December 6, 2000	RRCD-85225
the other side TWO	January 31, 2001	RRCD-85233
the other side THREE	January 31, 2001	RRCD-85234
the other side FOUR	January 31, 2001	RRCD-85235
excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD001	November 21, 2001	RRCD-85301
excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD002	December 13, 2001	RRCD-85302
excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD003	December 13, 2001	RRCD-85303
excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD004	December 13, 2001	RRCD-85304
excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD005	December 26, 2001	RRCD-85305
excerpts from ayu-mi-x III CD006	December 26, 2001	RRCD-85306
Connected	April 7, 2003	5050466-4923-2-6
M	October 31, 2003	DRIZ3002-CD
Depend on you	March 8, 2004	DRIZ3003-CD
Naturally	October 18, 2004	DRIZ3004-CD
appears	April 18, 2005	DRIZ3006-CD
UNITE!	November 18, 2005	DRIZ3008-CD
EDMA	June 18, 2014

Single Reissues
Cover	Title	Release Date	JP Stock Number
	poker face	February 28, 2001
	YOU	February 28, 2001
	Trust	February 28, 2001
	For My Dear...	February 28, 2001
	Depend on you	February 28, 2001
	WHATEVER	February 28, 2001
	LOVE~Destiny~	February 28, 2001
	TO BE	February 28, 2001
	H	November 7, 2002

Vinyl-Exclusive

Japan
Title	Release Date	Stock Number
Depend on you	June 5, 1999	RR12-88110
A Song for XX	June 19, 1999	RR12-88101
poker face	June 19, 1999	RR12-88104
SIGNAL	June 19, 1999	RR12-88111
from your letter	June 19, 1999	RR12-88112
Hana	July 3, 1999	RR12-88102
Wishing	July 3, 1999	RR12-88105
POWDER SNOW	July 3, 1999	RR12-88108
Trust	July 3, 1999	RR12-88109
FRIEND II	July 17, 1999	RR12-88103
YOU	July 17, 1999	RR12-88106
As if...	July 17, 1999	RR12-88107
Two of us	July 17, 1999	RR12-88113
ayu-mi-x BOX SET	August 11, 1999	RR12-88114
A Remix Side NYC	October 6, 1999	RR12-88131
A Remix Side TYO	October 6, 1999	RR12-88132
SUPER EUROBEAT J-Euro 1	October 18, 1999	VEJT-89048
appears/WHATEVER	January 28, 2000	RR12-88149
appears	March 22, 2000	RR12-88152
ayu-mi-x II version JPN	May 31, 2000	RR12-88169
vogue	October 10, 2000	RR12-88174
Far away	October 10, 2000	RR12-88175
SEASONS	October 10, 2000	RR12-88176
SURREAL	December 27, 2000	RR12-88192
AUDIENCE	December 27, 2000	RR12-88193
M	July 14, 2001
evolution	July 14, 2001
NEVER EVER	August 11, 2001	RR12-88300
Endless sorrow	August 11, 2001	RR12-88301
excerpts from ayu-mi-x III:AD001	September 26, 2001	RR12-88306
excerpts from ayu-mi-x III:AD002	September 26, 2001	RR12-88307
excerpts from ayu-mi-x III:AD003	September 26, 2001	RR12-88308
M e.p.	November 11, 2001	AVJK-3041
Dearest	July 13, 2002	RR12-88364
Daybreak	July 13, 2002	RR12-88365
ayu-mi-x 6: STEP you/About you	April 9, 2008
ayu-mi-x 6: GAME/Together When...	April 9, 2008
ayu-mi-x 6: Moments/ourselves	April 9, 2008
ayu-mi-x 6: INSPIRE/CAROLS	April 9, 2008
ayu-mi-x 6: No way to say/fated	April 9, 2008
ayu-mi-x 6: Startin'/Greatful days	April 9, 2008
ayu-mi-x 6: HEAVEN/talkin' 2 myself	April 9, 2008
ayu-mi-x 6: walking proud/glitter	April 9, 2008
ayu-mi-x 6: alterna/Beautiful Fighters	April 9, 2008
ayu-mi-x 6: part of Me/decision	April 9, 2008

US and Europe
Title	Release Date	Stock Number
Boys & Girls remixed by Hex Hector	March 30, 2001	AVA-1
kanariya (Canary) remixed by Jonathan Peters	June 12, 2001	AVA-2
Trauma remixed by Thunderpuss	August 24, 2001	AVA-3
too late remixed by Soul Solution	September 29, 2001	AVA-4
monochrome remixed by Keith Litman	December 1, 2001	AVA-5
appears remixed by Junior Vasquez	May 16, 2002 (or May 27, 2001?)	AVA-12
Duty remixed by Eric Kupper	July 31, 2002 (or August 12, 2001?)	AVA-6
evolution remixed by Razor	July 31, 2002 (or August 12, 2001?)	AVA-7
Connected	November 18, 2002	DRIZ3001
Connected (Lightning Records)	December 6, 2002
Boys & Girls remixed by Junior Vasquez	January 24, 2003	AVA-13
Connected remix edition	February 28, 2003	DRIZ3001R
M part 1	August 28, 2003	DRIZ3002-1
M part 2	September 18, 2003	DRIZ3002-2
M limited edition	October 30, 2003	DRIZ3002-LTD
Depend on you Svenson & Gielen remixes	January 15, 2004	DRIZ3003-1
Depend on you DJ SHOG remixes	February 5, 2004	DRIZ3003-2
M (Vale music)	May 5, 2004	VLMX 1607-3
Naturally Wippenberg Remixes 1	September 2, 2004	DRIZ3004-1
Naturally Wippenberg Remixes 2	September 16, 2004	DRIZ3004-2
appears	March 10, 2005
appears (Remixes)	March 31, 2005
UNITE! part 1	May 12, 2005
UNITE! part 2	June 2, 2005

Rare, Promo-Only, Test Pressings, etc.
Title	Release Date	Stock Number
poker face/YOU	1999	AVJT-2376
WHATEVER	1999	AVJT-2385
Boys & Girls	1999	Unknown (May not be promo)
concert tour 2000 A: appears/immature		R-0040311
concert tour 2000 A: Fly high		R-0040312
concert tour 2000 A: Boys & Girls		R-004313
taken from ayu-mi-x III		AVJT-2473
monochrome (The Orb)	July 21, 2001	BOB2
M "Above & Beyond Dub" acetate
HANABI Lange Remix

Promo Only

Ayu has a number of promotional audio releases that have their own stock number and a unique tracklist compiling tracks from upcoming releases. Some notable ones are listed here.


Title	Description	Stock Number
poker face	"Full" sample 3" CD with alternate cover art	AVCS-10098
FIRST ALBUM '99.1.1 ON SALE	Sampler of 9 tracks from "A Song for XX". POWDER SNOW and SIGNAL are in their pre-mastered states.	AVCS-10146
Depend on you	"Full" sample 3" CD with black & white cover art.	AVCS-10158
ayu-mi-x promotional CD	6 tracks from each disc of ayu-mi-x	AVCS-10183
ayu-mi-x II ayumi hamasaki special sampler	4 tracks each from the March 8th, 2000 ayu-mi-x II releases	AVCS-10272
ayumi hamasaki special sampler	Primarily compiling tracks from the three September 27, 2001 releases	AVCS-10505
Connected	Promo CD of the remixes released on Drizzly in Germany; different track list than the commercial CD release.	PR 03868

Promotional copies of full releases without a unique stock number (or where a stock number is unknown) are listed on the pages for the final release.

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