Rina Sawayama discography
Refer to caption
Sawayama performing at Primavera Sound in 2022
Studio albums2
Live albums1[lower-alpha 1]
Music videos19[lower-alpha 2]
EPs1
Singles26
B-sides1
Remix EPs1

Japanese-English singer-songwriter Rina Sawayama has released two studio albums, one live album,[lower-alpha 1] one extended play, one remix EP and 26 singles.

Sawayama made her debut in April 2013 with the single "Sleeping in Waking". Her first extended play, Rina, was released in October 2017, generating the singles "Tunnel Vision", "Cyber Stockholm Syndrome", "Alterlife" and "Ordinary Superstar".

Sawayama's debut studio album, Sawayama, was released in April 2020, peaking at #80 on the UK Albums Chart and supported by the singles "STFU!", "Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)", "XS", "Chosen Family", "Bad Friend" and "Lucid".

Her second studio album, Hold the Girl, was released in September 2022, with the singles "This Hell", "Catch Me in the Air", its title track, "Phantom", "Hurricanes" and "Frankenstein". The album reached #1 on the Scottish Albums Chart. A CD package of Hold the Girl was released exclusively at Rough Trade, with the second disc "Live at the Roundhouse" serving as Sawayama's first live album. The album was recorded during the Dynasty Tour show in London at the Roundhouse.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums with selected details and chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN
[3]		 JPN Hot
[4]		 AUS
[5]		 IRE
[6]		 SCO
[7]		 UK
[8]		 UK Indie
[9]		 US
[10]		 US Indie
[11]
Sawayama 166 —[lower-alpha 3] — — 24 80 5 —[lower-alpha 4] 43
Hold the Girl
  • Released: 16 September 2022
  • Label: Dirty Hit
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
 36 29 12 5 1 3 2 166 23
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Live albums

List of live albums with selected details
Title Details
Live at the Roundhouse[lower-alpha 1]
  • Released: 16 September 2022
  • Label: Dirty Hit
  • Format: CD

Extended plays

Studio EPs

List of extended plays with selected details and chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
JPN
Dig.
Rina
  • Released: 27 October 2017
  • Label: Self-released[lower-alpha 5]
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming, 12" vinyl
 40

Remix EPs

Title Details
Sawayama Remixed
  • Released: 27 November 2020
  • Label: Dirty Hit
  • Formats: 12" vinyl

Singles

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
JPN
Hot
[16]		 NZ
Hot
[17]		 UK
Down.
[18]
"Sleeping in Waking"[19] / "Who?" 2013 — — — Non-album singles
"Terror"[20]
(as Riina)[lower-alpha 6]		 — — —
"Tunnel Vision"[21][22]
(solo or with Shamir)		 2015 — — — Rina
"Where U Are"[23] 2016 — — — Non-album singles
"This Time Last Year"[24] — — —
"Cyber Stockholm Syndrome"[25] 2017 — — — Rina
"Alterlife"[26] — — —
"Valentine (What's It Gonna Be)"[27] 2018 — — — Non-album single
"Ordinary Superstar"[28][29] — — — Rina
"Cherry"[30] — — — Non-album singles
"Flicker"[31] — — —
"STFU!" 2019 — — — Sawayama
"Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)"
(solo or Brabo remix featuring Pabllo Vittar)		 2020 — — —
"XS"
(solo or remix featuring Bree Runway)		 — — —
"Chosen Family"[32][33][lower-alpha 7]
(solo or with Elton John)		 — 24 62
"Bad Friend" — — —
"Dance in the Dark"
(Spotify Singles)		 — — — Sawayama Remixed
"Lucid" — — — Sawayama[lower-alpha 8]
"Enter Sandman"[34] 2021 — — — The Metallica Blacklist
"Follow Me"[35]
(with Pabllo Vittar)		 2022 — — — Non-album single
"This Hell" —[lower-alpha 9] — 50 Hold the Girl
"Catch Me in the Air" —[lower-alpha 10] — —
"Hold the Girl" 91 — —
"Phantom"[38] — — —
"Hurricanes"[39] — — —
"Frankenstein"[40] — — —
"Eye for an Eye"[41] 2023 —[lower-alpha 11] — — John Wick: Chapter 4
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[43]		 IRE
[44]		 MLT
[45]		 NZ
Hot
[46]		 POL
[47]		 SVK
[48]		 US
Dance
[49]		 WW
Excl. US
[50]
"Beg for You"
(Charli XCX featuring Rina Sawayama)		 2022 2433310153210195 Crash
"Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard's Wife" (Remix)
(Le Sserafim featuring Rina Sawayama)		 2023 ———————— Non-album single
"Kiss Me"
(Empress Of featuring Rina Sawayama)		 — — — — — — — — TBA

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak

chart positions

 Album
US
Dance
[52]
"Free Woman" (Clarence Clarity Remix)
(Lady Gaga featuring Rina Sawayama)		 2021 20 Dawn of Chromatica

Music videos

As lead artist

Title Year Director(s) Associated album Ref.
"Sleeping in Waking" 2013 Jack Greeley-Ward Non-album single [53]
"Tunnel Vision" 2015 Arvida Byström Rina [54]
"Where U Are" 2016 Ali Kurr, Rina Sawayama Non-album single [55]
"Cyber Stockholm Syndrome" 2017 Anoushka Seigler Rina [56]
"Ordinary Superstar" 2018 Can Evgin [57]
"Cherry" Isaac Lock Non-album singles [58]
"Cherry" (Piano Version) 2019 Jake Gabbay [59]
"STFU!" Ali Kurr, Rina Sawayama Sawayama [60]
"Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)" 2020 Eddie Whelan [61]
"XS" Ali Kurr [62]
"Bad Friend" [63]
"Lucid"[lower-alpha 6] Dave Ferner, Ksenia Kulakova [64]
"Follow Me"
(with Pabllo Vittar)		 2022 Lauren Kessler Non-album single [65]
"This Hell" Ali Kurr Hold the Girl [66]
"Hold the Girl" [67]
"Hurricanes" [68]
"Frankenstein" Jak Payne [69]
Title Year Director(s) Associated album Ref.
"Beg for You"
(Charli XCX featuring Rina Sawayama)		 2022 Nick Harwood Crash [70]
"Kiss Me"
(Empress Of featuring Rina Sawayama)		 2023 India Harris TBA .[71]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 The live album Live at the Roundhouse was exclusively released as a bonus CD when purchasing select copies of Hold the Girl from Rough Trade. It features 19 tracks recorded live from Sawayama's Dynasty Tour show on 17 November 2021, at the Roundhouse in London.[1][2]
  2. ↑ 19, including videos as a featured artist. 17 as the lead artist.
  3. ↑ Sawayama did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 albums chart, but peaked at number 65 on the Billboard Japan Download Albums chart.[12]
  4. ↑ Sawayama did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at number six on the Top Heatseekers chart and number 82 on the Current Album Sales chart.[13][14]
  5. ↑ Initially, the EP was self-released, but it was later reissued under Dirty Hit after Sawayama signed with them.
  6. 1 2 Stylized in all caps.
  7. ↑ "Chosen Family" with Elton John was included in Elton's 2021 studio album The Lockdown Sessions, as well as Sawayama (Deluxe Edition).
  8. ↑ "Lucid" was only featured on the deluxe edition of Sawayama.
  9. ↑ "This Hell" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number eight on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas Songs chart.[36]
  10. ↑ "Catch Me in the Air" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas Songs chart.[37]
  11. ↑ "Eye for an Eye" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas Songs chart.[42]

References

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  9. ↑ Peaks on the UK Independent Albums Chart:
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  11. ↑ Peaks on the US Independent Albums Chart:
  12. ↑ Peaks on the Billboard Japan Download Albums chart:
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  20. ↑ Thane, Rich (31 October 2013). "Listen: RIINA – "Terror"". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021. Rina Sawayama caused a mild stir earlier this year with the sumptuous debut single "Sleeping In Waking" and, just as things seemed to be taking a nice ascent, she disappeared out of view. Today, the young Londoner returns with "Terror" – a track that rebirths the solo artist as simply RIINA.
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  37. ↑ "Catch Me in the Air". Billboard Japan. 13 July 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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  55. ↑ Rina Sawayama - Where U Are (Official Video), retrieved 2023-07-09
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