Dancemania

This article is about a compilation series. For the label, see Dance Mania (record label). For the album, see Dance Mania (album).

Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially Eurodance. Despite many of its tracks being made by various musicians from all over the world and mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.

The first issue, Dancemania 1, was released on April 10, 1996, with artists including E-Rotic, Cut 'N' Move, Me & My, Maxx, Basic Element, Magic Affair, Odyssey, Captain Jack, Interactive, Space Pilots, and DJ Quicksilver as the leading mixer.[1] 1 debuted at number 14 on the Oricon weekly album chart in April 1996[2] and reached number 4 in the same chart in May 1996[3] and ranked number 56 in the yearly Top 100 best-selling album chart in 1996 with 480,980 copies sold.[4]

Dancemania has spawned many sub-series projects, such as Summers & Winters, Bass, Euro Mix, Super Techno, Classics, Delux, Game, Club, Zip Mania, Trance, Trance Paradise, Covers and Speed. Many of these sub-series have further each spawned their own sub-series projects.[5]

The series released approximately 50 volumes in its first four years and the label claims that over 10 million copies were sold by the end of the 20th century.[6]

Many songs from the series have been licensed for use in Bemani games by Konami, such as Dance Dance Revolution or Dance Maniax.

Nonstop Megamix Dancemania

Releases

No. Release date Ref
1 April 10, 1996 [1]
2 July 17, 1996 [7]
3 October 9, 1996 [8]
4 January 16, 1997 [9]
5 April 28, 1997 [10]
6 July 16, 1997 [11]
7 October 16, 1997 [12]
8 January 16, 1998 [13]
9 April 29, 1998 [14]
10 July 16, 1998 [15]
X1 January 13, 1999 [16]
X2 April 9, 1999 [17]
X3 July 23, 1999 [18]
X4 October 20, 1999 [19]
X5 January 13, 2000 [20]
X6 April 12, 2000 [21]
X7 July 19, 2000 [22]
X8 January 17, 2001 [23]
X9 April 18, 2001 [24]
20 November 21, 2001 [25]
21 January 30, 2002 [26]
22 April 26, 2002 [27]

Main series

Sub series

Summers & Winters

Summers mainly features Latin dance and reggae. Winters mainly features handbag house, breakbeat and big beat.[5]

Speed

Bass

Euro Mix

In this sub-series, "euro" means Eurobeat and Europop.[5]

Super Techno

Classics

Classics features vintage tracks of Eurobeat/Hi-NRG/R&B from the late 1970s–1980s club scene.[5]

Trance Paradise

Others

Special series

Tie-up series

Game
D.D.R.
Dance Maniax
Beatmania
Club
Zip Mania
Giants Mania

Trance

Covers

Covers features cover versions of various famous songs remixed and covered by dance music acts.

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Artist

Video series

References

External links

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