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or Chage and Asuka, are a Japanese popular music duo composed of two singer-songwriters from Fukuoka Prefecture, Chage (b.1958) and (b. 1958). To date they have sold over 31 million albums and singles in Japan.

They were formed in the late 1970s at the suggestion of A&R of the Yamaha Music Foundation. After the hit single "Banri no Kawa" in 1980, they produced several smash hits irregularly throughout the 1980s. However, thanks to Aska's hit solo single "Hajimari wa Itsumo Ame" in 1991, and several powerful tieups with TV programs, their popularity peaked during the first half of the 1990s. In those days, they released five million-selling hits: "Yah Yah Yah", "If", "Heart", "Meguriai", and their most well-known "Say Yes". "Say Yes", released in 1991, is the sixth best-selling single in Japan.

They attempted to spread their market worldwide, especially to the United States. Yamaha released a compilation of cover versions by Western artists (Maxi Priest featuring Shaggy, Lisa Stansfield, Chaka Khan, Michael Hutchence, Alejandro Sanz, Cathy Dennis, Apache Indian, Boy George, Richard Marx, Londonbeat, Marianne Faithfull, and Wendy Matthews)

Single discography

/ (1979.8.25)
/ (1980.2.25)
/ (1980.9.25)
/ (1981.5.25)
/ (1981.10.25)
/ (1982.4.25)
/ MESSAGE (1982.10.25)
/ (1983.4.23)
/ (1983.9.28)
MOON LIGHT BLUES / Darlin' (1984.2.22)
/ (1984.10.25)
/ (1985.2.25)
/ SHAKIN' NIGHT (1985.2.25)
/ Gently (1986.2.5)
/ DIAMOND SAND (1986.5.21)
Count Down / (1986.8.21)
/ (1986.11.21)
SAILOR MAN / (1987.4.21)
/ Mr. ASIA (1987.10.5)
/ (1988.2.5)
/ ripple ring (1988.5.21)
Trip / (1988.10.25)
WALK / (1989.3.8)
LOVE SONG / Break an egg (1989.6.21)
DO YA DO / YELLOW MEN (1990.6.27)
/ (LIVE Version)/ SOME DAY (LIVE Version) (1991.1.30)
SAY YES / (1991.7.24)
/ TREE Digest (1991.11.21)
LOVE SONG / (1992.3.25)
if / CRIMSON (1992.7.21)
no no darlin' / (1992.10.10)
YAH YAH YAH / / (1993.3.3)
/ (1993.8.20)
You are free / / (1993.11.19)
/ Knock / WHITE CHRISTMAS (1993.11.19)
HEART / NATURAL / On Your Mark (1994.8.3)
/ (1994.11.16)
Something There / (1995.5.10)
river / (1996.2.19)
/ VISION (1999.3.10)
/ swear (1999.6.9)
/ (2001.4.25)
/ (2001.8.8)
C-46 / Born the trap / C-46 remix (2001.9.19)
/ HOTEL (STAMP Version) / (STAMP Version) (2001.11.28)
/ (2003.9.10)
SEAMLESS SINGLES (2004.4.17)
/ (2004.8.25)
/ / (new mix) (2004.12.8)
Here & There / Man and Woman - orchestra ver. (2007.1.10)
Man and Woman / Here & There - improvisation mix (2007.1.10)

Album discography

Studio Albums

（1980）
(1981)
(1982)
(1982)
(1983)
Inside (1984)
Z=One (1985)
Turning Point (1986)
Mix Blood (1986)
Snow Mail (1986)
Mr.Asia (1987)
Rhapsody (1988)
Energy (1988)
Pride (1989)
See Ya (1990)
Tree (1991)
Guys (1992)
Red Hill (1993)
Code Name.1:Brother Sun (1995)
Code Name.2:Sister Moon (1996)
No Doubt (1999)
Not at All (2001)
Stamp (2002)
Double (2007)

Live albums

Live in Denen Coliseum: (1981)
1983.9.30 Chage and Aska Live in Yoyogi Stadium (1983)
MTV Unplugged (1995)

Compilation albums

Standing Ovation (1985)
Super Best (1987)
The Story of Ballad (1990)
Super Best II (1992)
Yin and Yang (1994)
Super Best Box; Single History 1979-1994 and Snow Mail (box-set compilation, 1994)
Chage & Aska Very Best Roll Over 20th （1999）
Chage and Aska 25th Anniversary Box 1 (box-set compilation, 2004)
Chage and Aska 25th Anniversary Box 2 (box-set compilation, 2004)
Chage and Aska 25th Anniversary Box 3 (box-set compilation, 2004)
The Story of Ballad II (2004)

The duo first appeared, as the winners of the 1979 Yamaha Popular Song Contest. Together they have released many albums, and have received several music awards. They are best known in their native Japan for their hit song "Say Yes," which was the opening theme song for "101st Proposal" (Hyaku ikkai me no Propose), a 1991 TV drama. "Say Yes" was the sixth best-selling single of all time in Japan, selling 2,822,000 copies.

Their songs have been remixed and covered by western artists, including Maxi Priest, Boy George, and Richard Marx. Perhaps their greatest amount of western exposure, however, occurred with their appearances in live MTV concerts in the 1990s. Chage and Aska have released songs for the soundtracks of Street Fighter and Judge Dredd. One of their songs, "On Your Mark", was used by Studio Ghibli in their short video titled On Your Mark, which was released along with the film Whisper of the Heart in 1995.

They decided to separate and go solo in 1996. In 1997, Aska's first solo concert concluded with Chage appearing on stage.

The artists continue with their solo careers.

References

External links

Interview CHAGE from CHAGEandASKA

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