''Dancemania'' is a series of remix

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s by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with

dance music Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded da ...

, especially

Eurodance Euro-Dance (sometimes referred to as Euro-NRG, Euro-electronica or Euro) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe. It combines many elements of hip hop, techno, Hi-NRG, house music, and Euro-Disco. This ...

. 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

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. The first issue, ''Dancemania 1'', was released on April 10, 1996, with artists including E-Rotic,

Cut 'N' Move Cut 'N' Move were a Danish dance/ hip hop group from Århus. Career 1989-1992: Origins and debut album The group was founded in 1989 by keyboard player Per Holm, disc jockey Jørn K (Jørn Kristensen), and rapper MC Zipp (Jens Kjær Larsen). In ...

Me & My Me & My is a Danish Eurodance duo formed by sisters Susanne Georgi (born 27 July 1976) and Pernille Georgi (born 24 July 1974). They are best known for their first international hit song " Dub-I-Dub" (1995), which has been featured on many compi ...

, Maxx, Basic Element,

Magic Affair Magic Affair is a German eurodance project formed in Frankfurt, Germany in 1993 by music producer Mike Staab. German singer Franca Morgano and American rapper Burnell Keith Herring (A.K. Swift) fronted the project in the early stages. Magic Affa ...

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, Captain Jack,

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, Space Pilots, and DJ Quicksilver as the leading mixer. Amazon.co.jp
Dancemania (1)
''1'' debuted at number 14 on the

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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 ''

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''. Many of these sub-series have further each spawned their own sub-series projects.

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Dancemania releases list
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 , stylized as BEMANI, is Konami's music video game division. Originally named the Games & Music Division (G.M.D.), it changed its name in honor of its first and most successful game, '' Beatmania'', and expanded into other music-based games, m ...

games by

Konami , is a Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machines, slot machines, and arcade cabinets. Konami has ca ...

, such as ''

Dance Dance Revolution (''DDR'') is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, ''Dance Dance Revolution'' is the pioneering series of the rhythm and dance ...

'' or ''

Dance Maniax , stylized as BEMANI, is Konami's music video game division. Originally named the Games & Music Division (G.M.D.), it changed its name in honor of its first and most successful game, ''Beatmania'', and expanded into other music-based games, mos ...

''.

Releases

Main series

* ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania 1 – 10'', ''20 – 22'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania X1 – X9'' (a.k.a. ''11 – 19'') * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania EX 1 – EX 9'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Best Yellow'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Best Red'' * ''Dancemania Tre*Sure 10th Anniversary Special Edition'' * ''Dancemania Sparkle – Best of 90s Dance Pop''

Sub series

Summers and Winters

Summers mainly features

Latin dance Latin dance is a general label, and a term in partner dance competition jargon. It refers to types of ballroom dance and folk dance that mainly originated in Latin America. The category of Latin dances in the international dancesport competi ...

and

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...

. Winters mainly features

handbag house Diva house or handbag house is an anthemic subgenre of house music that became most popular in gay clubs during the second half of the 1990s. ''The Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture'' defines handbag house as having "prominent female ...

breakbeat Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that tends to use drum breaks sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as hip hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat hardcore, and U ...

and

big beat Big beat is an electronic music genre that usually uses heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns – common to acid house/techno. The term has been used by the British music industry to describe music by artists such as th ...

. * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Summers 1 – 3'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Summers 2001'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Winters 1 – 2'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Winters Rock Groove''

Speed

These features Hardcore and Happy Hardcore songs and remixes. * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Speed 1 – 10'' * '' Classical Speed 1 – 2'' * ''Hyper Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Speed G1 – G5'' * ''Happy Speed The Best of Dancemania Speed G'' * '' Hyper Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Speed Best 2001'' * '' Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Speed Presents Happy Ravers'' * '' Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Speed Presents Trance Ravers'' * '' Dancemania Speed Presents Best of Hardcore'' * '' Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Speed SFX'' * ''Hyper Nonstop Megamix Christmas Speed'' * ''Hyper Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Speed TV'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Speed Deka'' * '' Nonstop Megamix Anime Speed'' * ''Anime Speed Newtype Edition'' * ''Speedrive'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Speed Buyuuden''

Bass

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

Euro Mix

In this sub-series, "euro" means

Eurobeat Eurobeat refers to two styles of dance music that originated in Europe: one is a British variant of Italian Eurodisco-influencedAng, Ien & Morley, David (2005). "Cultural Studies: Volume 3, Issue 2". ''Routledge''. pgs. 171, 173, 170. . "Eurore ...

and

Europop Europop (also spelled Euro pop) is a style of pop music that originated in Europe during the mid-to-late 1960s and developed to today's form throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with revivals and ...

. * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Euro Mix Happy Paradise 1 – 2'' * ''Dancemania 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

Hi-NRG Hi-NRG (pronounced "high energy") is a genre of uptempo disco or electronic dance music (EDM) that originated in the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s. As a music genre, typified by fast tempo, staccato hi-hat rhythms (and the ...

/ R&B from the late 1970s–1980s

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. * ''Dancemania Classics'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Euro Classics'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Club Classics 1 – 2'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania SuperClassics 1 – 3'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania SuperClassics Best'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania 80's'' * ''Non-stop Essential Mix Dancemania 80's Two'' * ''Dancemania Sparkle Classics – Best of 80s Disco Pop''

Trance Paradise

* ''Trance Paradise The Best'' * ''Hime Trance 1 – 4'' * ''Himetra Best'' * ''Himetra Speed'' * ''Himetra Presents Tsukasa Mix'' * ''Himetra Anime*Mix'' * ''Hostrance 1 – 2'' * ''Auto Gallery Tokyo 2006'' * ''Kabatra''

Others

* ''Non-stop Megamix Dancemania Sports'' * ''Dancemania presents Disco Groove'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Disco Viking'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Disco Viking Megamix'' * ''Dancemania Presents Summer Story 2007 Supported by 9LoveJ'' * ''Dancemania Presents Summer Story 2008 Supported by Club J'' * ''Dancemania Presents Summer Story 2009''

Special series

* ''Dancemania Delux 1 – 5'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Hyper Delux'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Extra'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Diamond'' * ''Dancemania Diamond Complete Edition''

Tie-up series

=Game

D.D.R.

* ''Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by Dancemania'' * ''Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by Dancemania'' * ''Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 Original Soundtrack Presented by Dancemania'' * ''Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by Dancemania'' * ''Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by Dancemania'' * ''DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by Dancemania'' * ''DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by Dancemania'' * ''Original Soundtrack Dance Dance Revolution Extreme'' * Original Soundtrack Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection * ''Dance Dance Revolution Festival & Strike Original Soundtrack Presented by Dancemania'' * ''Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix Original Soundtrack Presented by Dancemania'' (''re-release'')

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 Mania'' * ''Dancemania Presents Club The Earth I – II'' * ''Dancemania Presents Club The Earth Disco Classics'' * ''Dancemania Presents Two Face'' * ''Dancemania CLUB CLASSICS 1-2''

=Zip Mania

= * Dancemania featuring

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-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 – 3'' * ''Trance Mania 1 – 3'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Trance Z 1 – Z 2'' * ''Nonstop Megamix Dancemania Super Trance Best''

Covers

'' Covers'' features

cover version In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song. Originally, it referred to a version of a song relea ...

s of various famous songs remixed and covered by dance music acts. *''Dancemania COVERS'' *''Dancemania COVERS 2'' *''Dancemania COVERS 01'' HMV
Dancemania Covers 01

Artist

* '' Dancemania Presents E-Rotic Megamix'' * ''Dancemania Presents Scorccio Super Hit Mix'' * ''Dancemania 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''

References

External links

Official Dancemania website
(in Japanese; archived) {{Authority control Eurodance compilation albums