The discography of South Korean entertainer Rain consists of seven studio albums, one compilation album, three extended plays, and thirty-three singles. His debut studio album Bad Guy was released in May 2002 and sold over 140,000 copies in South Korea. His sophomore studio album, How to Avoid the Sun, was released in October 2003 and spawned the titular single, which ranked at number one of the music program charts for multiple weeks.
Rain's third studio album, It's Raining, was released in October 2004 and sold over one million copies across Asia according to the Korea Creative Content Agency, including over 200,000 copies in South Korea, 100,000 copies in Japan, 500,000 copies in China, and 70,000 copies in Taiwan. The record spawned the singles "It's Raining" and "I Do". Rain released his first original album in Japanese, titled Eternal Rain, in September 2006. The album peaked at number 19 on the Oricon Album Chart and sold 19,000 copies.
Albums Studio albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions SalesKORRecording Industry Association of Korea chart positions:
Bad Guy: Rain 2: It's Raining: Rain's World: Rain's World Repackaged: Gaon Album Chart positions: Rainism: Rain Effect: Rain Effect Special Edition: Back to the Basic: My Life: Pieces by Rain: JPNTWNThe G-Music album chart operated from 2005 to 2015.
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Bad Guy Released: May 13, 2002 (KOR) Label: JYP Entertainment Format: CD, cassette 9 — — — KOR: 143,414How to Avoid the Sun Released: October 16, 2003 (KOR) Label: JYP Entertainment Format: CD, cassette 6 — — — KOR: 166,731Cumulative sales for Rain 2:
It's Raining Released: October 8, 2004 (KOR) Label: JYP Entertainment Format: CD, cassette 3 15 — 1 KOR: 202,764Cumulative sales for It's Raining: 153,577 (2004) + 41,994 (2005) + 7,193 (2006)
JPN: 100,000 TWN: 70,000Eternal Rain Released: September 13, 2006 (JPN) Label: King Records Format: CD, CD+DVD — 14 6 1 JPN: 19,000 (subscription only)Rain's World Released: October 14, 2006 (KOR) Label: JYP Entertainment Format: CD, cassette 1 57 7 1 KOR: 121,357Cumulative sales for Rain's World:Rainism Released: October 15, 2008 (KOR) Label: J. Tune Entertainment Format: CD, digital download 33 22 10 2 KOR: 131,571 JPN: 9,000Rain Effect Released: January 2, 2014 (KOR) Label: Cube Entertainment Format: CD, digital download, streaming 1 — — — KOR: 37,431
Reissues Title Album detailsPeak chart positions SalesKORRain's World Repackaged Released: December 22, 2006 (KOR) Label: JYP Entertainment Format: CD12 KOR: 9,574Rainism Recollection Released: March 3, 2009 (KOR) Label: J.Tune Entertainment Format: CD, digital download— Rain Effect Special Edition Released: February 7, 2014 (KOR) Label: Cube Entertainment Format: CD, digital download 10 KOR: 3,756
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions SalesJPNEarly Works Released: December 7, 2005 (JPN) Label: King Records Format: CD35 JPN: 9,013
Extended plays Title Details Peak chart positions SalesKORJPNJPN SalesBack to the Basic Released: April 7, 2010 (KOR) Label: J.Tune Entertainment Format: CD, digital download 1 25 71 KOR: 56,390Cumulative sales of Back to the Basic:
JPN: 8,097 My Life Released: December 1, 2017 (KOR) Label: Rain Company, Genie Music Format: CD, digital download, streaming 7 — — KOR: 8,952Pieces by Rain Released: March 3, 2021 (KOR) Label: Rain Company, Genie Music Format: CD, digital download, streaming 23 — — KOR: 11,361
Singles As lead artist Korean singles Title Year Peak chart positions Sales AlbumKORKOR Hot
"Switch to Me": "Why Don't We": US World"Bad Guy" (나쁜 남자)2002 rowspan="13" rowspan="15" rowspan="13" Bad Guy"Hand Shake" (악수)"Instead of Saying Goodbye" (안녕이란 말대신) "How to Avoid the Sun" (태양을 피하는 방법)2003Rain 2"You Already Knew" "It's Raining"2004It's Raining "I Do""I'm Coming" (featuring Tablo)2006 Rain's World"In My Bed""With U""Love Story"2008Rainism"Rainism""September 12th" (9월 12일)2009"Love Song" (널 붙잡을 노래) 2010 1 — KOR: 2,290,000Back to the Basic"Hip Song" 6 — KOR: 1,600,000"Busan Woman" (부산 여자) 2011 4 9 — KOR: 993,000 "30 Sexy" 2014 12 8 15 KOR: 281,000Rain Effect"La Song" 8 6 25 KOR: 773,000"I Love You" (사랑해) 32 23 — KOR: 118,000"The Best Present"2017 5 — 22 KOR: 388,000 "Goodbye" (오늘 헤어져) (featuring Jo Hyun-ah of Urban Zakapa) 81 85 — KOR: 33,000Cumulative sales for "Goodbye":
My Life"Gang" (깡) 40 89 —"Beginning" (시작할까, 나) (with Soyou) 2019 94 — — The Love of Autumn "Switch to Me" (with J.Y. Park) 2020 15 8 — Pieces by Rain "Why Don't We" (featuring Chungha) 2021 106 52 — "Magnetic" (featuring Jackson Wang) — — 15 "Domestic" 2022 146 — — “Feel It”2026N/AN/AN/A "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region."*" denotes that chart did not exist at the time.
Japanese singles Title YearPeak chart positions Sales AlbumJPN"Sad Tango"2006 14 JPN: 25,748 Eternal Rain"Free Way" 15 JPN: 17,005 "Move On" 17 JPN: 10,584
Chinese singles Title Year Album"Memory In My Hand" (S手記; Shou Ji)2006 rowspan="3" "Any Dream"2008"I'm Ready""Diamond Lover" (featuring Ravi)2015Diamond Lover OST"Pretend"
Promotional singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album KORDL "I Do" (Japanese version) 2005 rowspan="4" It's Raining"Notes (from)…" (手记; Shou Ji)2006 rowspan="3" "Still Believe""Go Forward" "Summer Taste" 2021 54 Taste of Korea"*" denotes that chart did not exist at the time.
Other charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions Sales AlbumKOR "One" 2010 32 Back to the Basic "Same" (똑같아) 39 "Oppa" (어디 가요. 오빠)(featuring Hyuna) 2014 96 KOR: 34,000 Rain Effect "Marilyn Monroe" (마릴린 먼로) 126 KOR: 26,000 "Baby" (차에 타봐) 157 KOR: 13,000 "Found Out" (알아버렸어) 177 KOR: 12,000 "Superman" 178 KOR: 12,000 "Dear Mama, Don't Cry" 182 KOR: 11,000 "Rain Effect" 192 KOR: 10,000"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Other appearances + Title Year Album "How Much I Love You"(Byul featuring Rain)2002December 32 "Perfect Interaction"(Leehom Wang featuring Lim Jeong-hee & Rain)2005Heroes of Earth "Too Much (Remix)"(Ai featuring Rain)2006What's Goin' On Ai "Man Up"(Omarion featuring Rain)21 (European edition) "The Club"(The Grace featuring Rain)2007One More Time, OK? "Kung Fu Fighting"2008Kung Fu Panda "Things I Want to Do When I Have a Lover"(G.NA featuring Rain)2010Draw G's First Breath
Videography Concert tour videos Title Album detailsPeak chart positionsJPNRainy Day, Rain's First Live Concert Released: June 25, 2005 Languages: Korean, Chinese Labels: JYP Entertainment, Universal Music Japan 17 Rain's Coming, Rain World Tour Released: September 17, 2008 Language: Korean, Japanese, English Label: J. Tune Entertainment 16 Legend Of Rainism Tour Released: September 2, 2010 Language: Korean/Japanese/English Label: J. Tune Entertainment 27The Best Show Tour Released: October 20, 2012 Language: Korean, Japanese, English Label: J. Tune Entertainment —
Music video compilations Title Album detailsPeak chart positionsJPNRain's Video Clips 2002–2006 Released: May 23, 2006 Language: Korean Labels: JYP Entertainment, Universal Music Japan 60
Documentaries Title Album detailsPeak chart positionsJPNRoad to Rain Released: May 25, 2006 Language: Korean, Japanese, English Labels: JYP Entertainment 22All About Rain – World Star Released: October 27, 2007 Language: Korean, Japanese, English Labels: JYP Entertainment 60Rain's 24 Hours: The Day Released: June 25, 2008 Languages: Korean, Japanese, English Labels: J. Tune Entertainment 36
Music videos TitleYearDirector "Bad Guy" 2002 "Handshakes" "Instead of Saying Goodbye" "How to Avoid the Sun" 2003 "It's Raining" 2004 "I Do" "Nan" "Sad Tango" 2006 "Free Way" "Move On" "Still Believe" "I'm Coming" "In My Bed" "Any Dream" 2008 "Love Story" Lee Sang Gyu "Rainism" Jang Jae Hyeok "9월 12일 (Acoustic)" "Love Song" 2010 "Hip Song" "Busan Woman" 2011 "30 Sexy" 2014 Lumpens "La Song" "I Love You" "The Best Present" 2017 "Goodbye" "Gang"
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