The

discography Discography is the study and cataloging of published sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified music genres. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry ...

of Japanese recording artist

Gackt , better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt (stylized as GACKT), is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. Born in Okinawa, Japan, to a Ryukyuan family, Gackt learned the piano at a young age and was raise ...

consists of eight

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s, eight

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s, one

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, and forty-eight

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. In 1999 Gackt signed a recording contract with

Nippon Crown is a Japanese record label established as Crown Records on 6 September 1963. It is a spin-off of Nippon Columbia and is owned by karaoke maker Daiichikosho. The record label singles which topped the Oricon Singles Chart are Kaze's "22-Sai no ...

. His breakthrough success was the EP '' Mizérable'', which peaked at number 2 on the

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albums chart. His single "

Returner (Yami no Shūen) is a single released by Gackt, on June 20, 2007, by Nippon Crown. It is Gackt's first single to top the Oricon Singles Chart, first by record label since Kaze's "22-Sai no Wakare" released in 1975, and the theme song for NHK drama '' Fūrin Kaz ...

", released on June 20, 2007, was his first and only single to reach the number one spot on the Oricon charts to date. In 2007, his entire back catalogue, with live song recordings from Drug Party tour, was released on the

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, video collection " The Greatest Filmography" was released in the

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and

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, and his album '' Diabolos'' was released in 18 European countries. From November 2008 until March 2010 his records were released under his own independent label ''Dears'', but still supported by Nippon Crown. In April 2010, Gackt transferred to

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. Since February 2014 they're released by his independent record label G&Lovers, which is supported by Crown Tokuma. As a solo artist, since 2009 are reported sales of over 10 million, and holds the male soloist record for most top ten consecutive chart singles as of July 18, 2011.

Discography

Studio albums

Footnotes: * — = N/A

Live albums

Compilation albums

Remix albums

Soundtrack

Singles

* On December 27, 2006, Japanese recording charts

wrote up the list of Gackt's top ten best selling singles. The sales can be seen in the table, from first: "Another World", "Vanilla", "Jūnigatsu no Love Song", "Metamorphoze", "Kimi no Tameni Dekiru Koto", "Wasurenai Kara", "Oasis", "Redemption", "Kimi ni Aitakute", and "Mizérable".

Credited work

;Covers *1997 -

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's " Kizudarake no Lola" as a vocalist. *2000 -

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's "To Feel the Fire" as part of Kirin's

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brand of coffee campaign. *2003 -

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's "

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", performed at the "Dream Power: John Lennon Super Live" concert organized by

Yoko Ono Yoko Ono ( ; ja, 小野洋子, Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up i ...

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. *2016 -

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's "

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" as part of

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brand of coffee campaign. *2017 - Dreams Come True's " Suki" released in ''The Best Covers Of Dreams Come True Doriuta Vol.1.'' (2017). *Many songs during the cover concert festival conceptualized around fictional school "Camui Gakuen" held since 2009. ;Other contribution *2006 - Ji Dandi "Lover 〜愛しい人〜" (songwriter, composer) *2008 -

Tōru Furuya is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. As a child, he was a member of Gekidan Himawari, a children's acting troupe. He is currently employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production. Furuya is most known for the anime roles of Amur ...

"ララの夜想曲-nocturne-" (composer) *2014 -

Mayo Kawasaki is a Japanese actor and singer. He grew up in Hirakata, Osaka. His father is former actor Jo Azumi. His wife is Carolyn Kawasaki Carolyn Kawasaki (カイヤ）born Carolyn Jo Higar in German Valley, Illinois, on May 25) is a model, TV perso ...

"Why" (supplemental songwriter, composer) * 2019 -

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"スキだよ-MY LOVE-" (lyricist)

Video discography

Concert tour videos

Concert tour videos compilations

Music videos compilations

Video singles

''Platinum Box'' series

Bibliography (other)

* ''素晴らしきかな人生'' 2001

* ''素晴らしきかな人生2'' 2003 Oricon ISBN 4-88660-394-7 * ''素晴らしきかな人生3'' 2005 Oricon ISBN 4-87131-100-7 ;Photobook * Photographer - Aoi Tsutsumi: ''Gackt Mizérable 飛翔―フランス・ロケ写真集'' 1999 音楽専科社 ISBN 4-87279-020-0 * Aoi Tsutsumi: ''Gackt Mizérable 運命―フランス・ロケ写真集'' 1999 音楽専科社 ISBN 4-87279-022-7 * Mitsuru Hirose, Kenji Tsukakoshi: ''Gackt For Dears-Féter nos retrouvailles'' 2000 ソニーマガジンズ ISBN 4-7897-1588-4 * Masaaki Miyazawa: ''Gackt Just Bring It Live Tour 2002''. 2002 フォーブリック ISBN 4-89461-920-2 * Kobayashi Baku: ''Gackt―君が追いかけた夢''. 2003 小学館 ISBN 4-09-380041-3 * Kenji Tsukakoshi: ''Moon Child-Hyde&Gackt''. 2003 ワニブックス ISBN 4-8470-2757-4 * Masaaki Miyazawa: ''2002 Final Live～下弦の月～/2003 Live Tour ～上弦の月～''. 2003 * Kenji Tsukakoshi: ''Crescent''. 2003 株式会社MCプレス ISBN 9784886603920 * Seiichi Nomura: ''龍の化身''. 2007 NHK Publishing ISBN 978-4-14-081263-1 * Seiichi Nomura: ''眠狂四郎闇と月''. 2011

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

ISBN 978-4-06-216343-9 * Seiichi Nomura: ''"Visualive 2009 Documentary Book Gackt Requiem Et Reminiscence II 〜鎮魂と再生〜''. 2009 福家書店 * Keiki Takenaka: ''Gackt in Europe: "Yellow Fried Chichkenz" 2010-2011''. 2012 講談社 * Keiki Takenaka: ''Moon Saga-義経秘伝-''. 2013 株式会社うぼん * Keiki Takenaka: ''Gackt Live Tour 2013 Best of the Best vol.I M/W''. 2014 株式会社G-PRO * ''Gackt Platinum Book ～Private Treasures～''. 2018 CSI株式会社 ;Tour document book (partly photobooks) * Gackt ''For Dears-F´eter nos retrouvailles''. 2000 ソニーマガジンズ * Gackt ''Requiem et R´eminisence 〜鎮魂と再生〜''. 2001 ソニーマガジンズ * Gackt ''Moon Project Document Book「白昼の月」''. 2004 ソニーマガジンズ * Gackt ''The Gift "The Sixth Day & Seventh Night"''. 2004 ソニーマガジンズ * Gackt ''Tour Document Diabolos 哀婉の詩''. 2006 ソニーマガジンズ * Gackt ''Japan Tour 2016 Last Visualive 最期ノ月 -Last Moon-''. 2016 株式会社glove

References

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