Top 15 Results have been Released!!
Plus,
Maaya’s 30th Anniversary Best Album
M30 ~Your Best~ coming October 22!!
The multi-talented artist, Maaya Sakamoto, is in the middle of her 30th year in the industry making music, voice acting, writing and more. Today, the top 15 songs that fans voted for during her special anniversary campaign “Maaya’s Best Song” have been released to the public.
30th Anniversary Website https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/maaya/30th/
The two-month-long campaign lasted from April 24th to June 30th of this year, during which fans from around the world voted for their favorite Maaya Sakamoto songs out of a whopping 255 total tracks spanning over 30 years. Here are the top 15 results:
Top 15 Songs by Maaya Sakamoto
#1 Platinum
#2 tune the rainbow
#3 Be Mine!
#4 Yakusoku wa Iranai
#5 Hikari A-re
#6 Mameshiba
#7 Loop
#8 Kiseki no Umi
#9 Hemisphere
#10 Magic Number
#11 blind summer fish
#12 Chikai
#13 Yucca
#14 Remedy
#15 Kore Kara
Maaya’s new 30th anniversary best compilation album titled M30 ~Your Best~ has also been given a release date. This is the first best album to be released since everywhere, which came out 15 years ago. The two-disc album will include the top 15 fifteen songs chosen by fans and 15 songs chosen by artists and peers who worked with Maaya over the course of her 30-year-long career. First-edition copies will come with a Blu-ray disc with recordings of live performances of all top 15 songs and a 30th anniversary music video featuring a medley of 30 songs.
Product Information
Artist: Maaya Sakamoto
Title: 30th Anniversary Best Album M30 ~Your Best~
Release: October 22, 2025
First Edition (2CD+Blu-ray): VTZL-261/ 6,600 yen (tax incl.)
Standard Edition (CD): VTCL-60651~2/ 3,520 yen (tax incl.)
Disc 1 “30th Anniversary Campaign Maaya’s Best Song Top 15”
- Platinum
- tune the rainbow
- Be Mine!
- Yakusoku wa Iranai
- Hikari A-re
- Mameshiba
- Loop
- Kiseki no Umi
- Hemisphere
- Magic Number
- blind summer fish
- Chikai
- Yucca
- Remedy
- Kore Kara
Disc 2 “Maaya’s Best 15 Songs as Chosen by Peers”
- Bokura no Rekishi
- Hashiru
- eternal return
- Get No Satisfaction!
- coming up
- birds
- Dive
- Koucha
- Yuuran Goblet
- Shikisai
- Sunshine
- Topia
- Okaerinasai
- Singer-Songwriter
- Nekoze
Streaming Information
Available on select music streaming services and major music download platforms such as iTunes Store, Rekochoku and mora on October 22, 2025!
Streaming services:
Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, LINE MUSIC, Amazon Music, Deezer, AWA, Rakuten Music, KKBOX, Qobuz
Music videos will be available on Apple Music, YouTube Music, LINE MUSIC, and U-NEXT.
Pre-add/Pre-save Here: https://jvcmusic.lnk.to/m30yourbest
Profile
Born in Tokyo, she began her career as a child actress at the age of eight. She made her CD debut in 1996 with the single “Yakusoku wa Iranai.” Following her 2011 album You Can’t Catch Me, which topped the Oricon chart, she began actively collaborating with a wide range of other artists and musicians. Since her 2013 album Singer-Songwriter, she has also been composing music for other artists.
In 2019, she released her 30th single “Uchuu no Kioku” (produced by Ringo Sheena) and her 10th original album Kyou Dake no Ongaku. In 2020, she released her 25th anniversary album Single Collection+ Achikochi and the digital single “Yakudo,” which topped the Oricon chart.
In July 2021, her radio program “Vitamin M,” which she had been hosting for 20 years, reached its 1,000th broadcast and entered its 21st year. In May 2022, she released the double tie-up single “Sumire / Kotoba ni Dekinai,” with music written and arranged by Shigeru Kishida.
Her latest single “Drops” was released on May 21st and was chosen as the opening theme song for TV anime Aru Majo ga Shinu Made. To date, she has released 35 singles and 11 full albums. In addition to writing her own original songs, she has also written lyrics for other artists, including Kinki Kids’ “Hikari no Kehai,” Mamoru Miyano’s “Toumei,” and Walküre’s “Kaze wa Yokoku Naku Fuku,” and has published her own lyrics book Shishu (Kadokawa).
She won the 38th Kazuo Kikuta Theater Award for her performance as Jerusha in the musical Daddy-Long-Legs. Her latest essay collection Manpukuron – Asu ni Kaburitsuke (Kadokawa) has also garnered attention.
In addition to her singing career, she is active as a voice actress, actress, lyricist, essayist, and radio personality. Her fresh and vibrant voice is loved by fans not only in Japan but also around the world.
Official Website: http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/maaya/
30th Anniversary Website: https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/maaya/30th/
30th Anniversary Best Album Website: https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/maaya/30th/yourbest/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/maayasakamotoCh/
X: https://x.com/maayas_official
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maayasakamoto_official
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maayasakamoto_official
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