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
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.
Cover
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.