Yumi Matsutoya

Yumi Matsutoya (松任谷 由実, Matsutōya Yumi, born January 19, 1954), nicknamed Yuming (ユーミン, Yūmin), is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. She is renowned for her idiosyncratic voice, and live performances, and is an important figure in Japanese popular music.

Her recording career has been commercially successful with more than 42 million records sold. In 1990, her album The Gates of Heaven became the first album to be certified "2x million" by the RIAJ, and she has had twenty-one #1 albums listed on the Oricon charts. She is the only artist to have at least one number-one album every year on the Oricon charts for 18 consecutive years.

After gaining several years of experience as a session musician, she debuted as a singer-songwriter in 1972. During her early career, she worked under her birth name Yumi Arai (荒井 由実, Arai Yumi). In 1975, Arai became known as a composer for "Ichigo Hakusho wo Mou Ichido", a commercially successful song recorded by the folk duo BanBan. She also gained popularity as a vocalist in the same year, through the success of "Ano Hi ni Kaeritai" that became her first number-one spot on the Japan's Oricon Charts.

After marrying her musical collaborator Masataka Matsutoya in 1976, Arai began recording under her married name and has continued to do so. Throughout the 1980s, Matsutoya's music was prominently featured in advertisements for Mitsubishi Motors in her native Japan and her image was used to promote their vehicles. In addition to multiple hit singles, she has obtained enormous commercial success on the Japanese Albums Chart, particularly during the late 1980s and the first half of the 1990s.

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Releases

Sleeve Title Year Format
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Delight Slight Light Kiss 1988 CD, Album
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Voyager = ボイジャー 1985 CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
松任谷由実* = Yuming* - 帰愁 = Kishū 1979 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Train Of Thought = コンパートメント 1984 VHD, Stereo, NTSC
松任谷由実* = Yuming* - 潮風にちぎれて 1977 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - 紅雀 1999 Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Da・Di・Da = ダ・ディ・ダ CD, Album, Repress
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Before The Diamond Dust Fades… = ダイアモンドダストが消えぬまに = Diamond Dust Ga Kienumani 1999 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Yuming Kanpai!! - Yumi Matsutoya 50th Anniversary Collaboration Best Album = ユーミン乾杯!! 〜松任谷由実50周年記念コラボベストアルバム〜 2023 CD, Compilation, Promo, Remastered, Stereo
Yumi Matsutōya* = 松任谷由実* - 悲しいほどお天気 = The Gallery In My Heart 1985 CD, Album, Reissue, Repress
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Dawn Purple = ドーン パープル 1991 CD, Album
松任谷由実* = Yumi Matsutōya* - 埠頭を渡る風。= Futō O Wataru Kaze 1978 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - 紅雀 1978 Vinyl, LP, Album
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - 紅雀 = Benisuzume CD, Album, Reissue, Repress
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Da・Di・Da = ダ・ディ・ダ 1985 CD, Album, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Train Of Thought = コンパートメント 1984 Laserdisc, 12", Single Sided, Stereo, NTSC
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - 紅雀 1978 Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Partnership = パートナーシップ 2000 CD, Single, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Before The Diamond Dust Fades...... = ダイアモンドダストが消えぬまに 1987 Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Delight Slight Light Kiss 1988 Cassette, Album
Yumi Matsutōya* = 松任谷由実* - 悲しいほどお天気 = The Gallery In My Heart CD, Album, Reissue, Repress
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Train Of Thought = コンパートメント 1985 Video8, Stereo, NTSC
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Train Of Thought = コンパートメント 1984 VHS, Stereo, NTSC
松任谷由実* = Yumi Matsutoya - Sweet Dreams = スウィートドリームス 1988 CD, Mini, Single, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Delight Slight Light Kiss 1988 CD, Album, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - 真夏の夜の夢 1993 CD, Mini, Single, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Dawn Purple = ドーン パープル 1991 CD, Album
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Dawn Purple = ドーン パープル 1991 CD, Album, Promo
Yumi Matsutōya* = 松任谷由実* - 悲しいほどお天気 = The Gallery In My Heart CD, Album, Reissue, Repress
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Train Of Thought = コンパートメント 2004 DVD, DVD-Video, Multichannel, NTSC, Reissue
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Voyager = ボイジャー 1983 Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Da・Di・Da = ダ・ディ・ダ CD, Album, Repress
Yumi Matsutōya* = 松任谷由実* - 悲しいほどお天気 = The Gallery In My Heart 1985 CD, Album, Reissue
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Da・Di・Da = ダ・ディ・ダ CD, Album, Repress
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Reincarnation = リ・インカーネーション 1999 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Yuming* = 松任谷由実* - Surf & Snow - Volume One = サーフ・アンド・スノウ 1985 CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Voyager = ボイジャー 1983 Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - The Gates Of Heaven = 天国のドア 1990 CD, Album, Stereo
松任谷由実* = Yuming* - 潮風にちぎれて 1977 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo
No Image Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Train Of Thought = コンパートメント 1988 Betamax, Reissue, Stereo, NTSC
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Train Of Thought = コンパートメント 1984 Betamax, Stereo, NTSC
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Train Of Thought = コンパートメント 1988 VHS, Reissue, Stereo, NTSC
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Reincarnation = リ・インカーネーション 1983 Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Before The Diamond Dust Fades… = ダイアモンドダストが消えぬまに = Diamond Dust Ga Kienumani 1987 CD, Album
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Da・Di・Da = ダ・ディ・ダ 1986 CD, Album, Repress
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - 紅雀 1999 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Da・Di・Da = ダ・ディ・ダ 1985 Cassette, Album, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - Delight Slight Light Kiss 1999 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Yumi Matsutoya = 松任谷由実* - The Dancing Sun = ザ・ダンシング・サン 1994 CD, Album
Yumi Matsutōya* = 松任谷由実* - 悲しいほどお天気 = The Gallery In My Heart 1979 Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo

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Tracklist: Train Of Thought = コンパートメント

No. Title Runtime
1 Prologue
2 Pessimist = 街角のペシミスト
3 Time Passing = 経る時
4 Heartbreak = ハートブレイク
5 Hotel Without Time = 時のないホテル
6 Dang Dang = DANG DANG
7 Like A Swallow = ツバメのように
8 Destiny = DESTINY
9 Mysterious Experience = 不思議な体験
10 Storm Thorgerson Interview

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