Dancemania


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 debuted at number 14 on the Oricon weekly album chart in April 1996 and reached number 4 in the same chart in May 1996 and ranked number 56 in the yearly Top 100 best-selling album chart in 1996 with 480,980 copies sold.
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.
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. Some of song later appear on Spotify.
Many songs from the series have been licensed for use in Bemani games by Konami, such as Dance Dance Revolution or Dance Maniax.

Releases

Main series

Nonstop Megamix Dancemania 1 – 10, 20 – 22Nonstop Megamix Dancemania X1 – X9 Nonstop Megamix Dancemania EX 1 – EX 9Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Best YellowNonstop Megamix Dancemania Best RedDancemania Tre*Sure 10th Anniversary Special Edition
  • ''Dancemania Sparkle – Best of 90s Dance Pop''

Sub series

Summers and Winters

Summers mainly features Latin dance and reggae. Winters mainly features handbag house, breakbeat and big beat.Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Summers 1 – 3Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Summers 2001Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Winters 1 – 2
  • ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Winters Rock Groove''

Speed

These feature hardcore and happy hardcore songs and remixes.Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Speed 1 – 10Classical Speed 1 – 2Hyper Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Speed G1 – G5Happy Speed The Best of Dancemania Speed GHyper Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Speed Best 2001Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Speed Presents Happy RaversNonstop Megamix Dancemania Speed Presents Trance RaversDancemania Speed Presents Best of HardcoreNonstop Megamix Dancemania Speed SFXHyper Nonstop Megamix Christmas SpeedHyper Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Speed TVNonstop Megamix Speed DekaNonstop Megamix Anime SpeedAnime Speed Newtype EditionSpeedrive
  • ''Nonstop Megamix Speed Buyuuden''

Bass

These feature Miami Bass, Drum 'n' Bass and Jungle songs.
  • ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Bass #0 – #11''

Euro Mix

In this sub-series, "euro" means Eurobeat and Europop.Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Euro Mix Happy Paradise 1 – 2Dancemania Presents J:Paradise
  • ''Dancemania EURO CLASSICS ''

Super Techno

Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Super Techno I – II
  • ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Super Techno Best''

Classics

Classics features vintage tracks of Eurobeat/Hi-NRG/R&B from the late 1970s–1980s club scene.Dancemania ClassicsNonstop Megamix Dancemania Euro ClassicsNonstop Megamix Dancemania Club Classics 1 – 2Nonstop Megamix Dancemania SuperClassics 1 – 3Nonstop Megamix Dancemania SuperClassics BestNonstop Megamix Dancemania 80'sNon-stop Essential Mix Dancemania 80's Two
  • ''Dancemania Sparkle Classics – Best of 80s Disco Pop''

Trance Paradise

Trance Paradise The BestHime Trance 1 – 4Himetra BestHimetra SpeedHimetra Presents Tsukasa MixHimetra Anime*MixHostrance 1 – 2Auto Gallery Tokyo 2006
  • ''Kabatra''

Others

Non-stop Megamix Dancemania SportsDancemania presents Disco GrooveNonstop Megamix Disco VikingNonstop Megamix Disco Viking MegamixDancemania Presents Summer Story 2007 Supported by 9LoveJDancemania Presents Summer Story 2008 Supported by Club J
  • ''Dancemania Presents Summer Story 2009''

Special series

Dancemania Delux 1 – 5Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Hyper DeluxNonstop Megamix Dancemania ExtraNonstop Megamix Dancemania Diamond
  • ''Dancemania Diamond Complete Edition''

Tie-up series

Game
D.D.R.
Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by DancemaniaDance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by DancemaniaDance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 Original Soundtrack Presented by DancemaniaDance Dance Revolution 4th Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by DancemaniaDance Dance Revolution 5th Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by DancemaniaDDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by DancemaniaDDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by DancemaniaOriginal Soundtrack Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
  • Original Soundtrack Dance Dance Revolution Party CollectionDance Dance Revolution Festival & Strike Original Soundtrack Presented by Dancemania
  • ''Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by Dancemania''
    Dance Maniax
    Original Soundtrack Dance Maniax
  • ''Original Soundtrack Dance Maniax 2nd Mix''
    Beatmania
    Beatmania 5th Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by Dancemania
  • ''Beatmania 6th Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by Dancemania''
    Club
    Non-stop Mix Fura ManiaDancemania Presents Club The Earth I – IIDancemania Presents Club The Earth Disco ClassicsDancemania Presents Two Face
  • ''Dancemania CLUB CLASSICS 1-2''
    Zip Mania
  • Dancemania featuring Nagoya-based radio station Zip-FM
  • ''Nonstop Megamix Zip Mania 1 – 7''
    ''Giants Mania''
  • ''Dancemania Presents Giants Mania''

Trance

The Best of World Trance FantasiA 1 – 3Trance Mania 1 – 3Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Trance Z 1 – Z 2
  • ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Super Trance Best''

Covers

Covers features cover versions of various famous songs remixed and covered by dance music acts.
  • Dancemania COVERS
  • Dancemania COVERS 2
  • ''Dancemania COVERS 01''

Artist

Dancemania Presents E-Rotic MegamixDancemania Presents Scorccio Super Hit MixDancemania Presents Cartoons Toontastic!Dancemania Presents Captain Jack Captain's Best - Best Hits and New Songs -The Very Best of E-Rotic
  • ''Dancemania Presents Captain Jack Party Warriors''

Video series

  • ''Nonstop Megamix * Video Happy Paradise Para Para Mania''