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January 19, 1983 | Pop, R&B, rock, alternative, dance, electronica
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Hikaru Utada (宇多田 ヒカル Utada Hikaru?, born January 19, 1983) is a Japanese-American singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer. She is known by her stage name Utada (English /uːˈtɑːdə/) in America and Europe. Since the release of her Japanese debut album First Love, which went on to become the best-selling album in Oricon history, Utada has had three of her Japanese studio albums in the list of Top 10 best-selling albums ever in Japan (number 1, 4, 8) and six of her albums (including one English-language and one compilation) charting within the 275 Best-Selling Japanese albums list. Hikaru has had twelve number-one singles on the Oricon Singles chart, with two notable record achievements for a female solo or group artist: five million-sellers and four in the Top 100 All-Time Best-selling Singles. Utada has an estimated more than 52 million records sold worldwide.
She was described by Time Magazine as a "Diva On Campus," a reference to her having attended Columbia University for a brief, career-break semester in 2000. In 2009, she was considered "the most influential artist of the decade" in the Japanese landscape by The Japan Times.
Additionally, Utada is best known in the West for making two theme song contributions to Square Enix and Disney's collaborative video game series Kingdom Hearts: "Simple and Clean" (which is the re-written English-language version of her 10th Japanese single Hikari) for Kingdom Hearts and "Sanctuary" for Kingdom Hearts II (later re-recorded with new Japanese lyrics as "Passion" for the Japanese releases of the game). In 2007, her single "Flavor of Life" reached number 2 in worldwide digital download yearly single chart with over 7.2 million downloads, and contributed to 12 million digital sales for her over the same year.
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Hikaru Utada - First Love
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1999 | J-Pop
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First Love is the official debut album (and first Japanese-language release) by Utada Hikaru, released in 1999. It has sold well over ten million copies to date as of 2007 worldwide, and is th...
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by itemvn | 4 years ago | 7,804 total plays
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Hikaru Utada - Exodus
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2004 | Dance, Ethereal Wave, Electronica
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Exodus is an English language album by Utada, released in 2004. All songs are written by Utada except "Exodus '04" and "Let Me Give You My Love", which are co-written with Timbaland. "Wonder 'Bout" wa...
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by itemvn | 4 years ago | 5,418 total plays
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Hikaru Utada - Distance
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2001 | J-Pop, R&B
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Distance is the second album released by Japanese pop singer Utada Hikaru, released in 2001 in direct competition with A BEST by rival Ayumi Hamasaki ...
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by itemvn | 4 years ago | 6,186 total plays
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Hikaru Utada - Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1
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2004 | J-Pop
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Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1 is a compilation album by Utada Hikaru, released on March 31, 2004. It features all of her hit singles to that date, and was remastered by Ted Jensen. It ...
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by itemvn | 4 years ago | 10,807 total plays
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Hikaru Utada - Passion - Single
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2005 | J-pop, ethereal wave, alternative rock
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"Passion" is a song by Hikaru Utada, released in Japan as a single on December 14, 2005. It was used as the theme song for the Disney Interactive Studios/Square Enix game Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom He...
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by aziah | 2 months ago | 308 total plays
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Hikaru Utada - Come Back To Me (Single)
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2009 | R&B
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Hikaru Utada is a world music singer as a third culture singer-songwriter, arranger and record producer in Japan. Here single
In 2007, her single "Flavor of Life" reached #2 in worldwide digital downl...
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by UKiss | 2 years ago | 2,237 total plays
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Hikaru Utada - Sakura Nagashi
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2012 | J-pop, piano rock
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"Sakura Nagashi" (桜流し, lit. "Flowing Cherry Blossoms/Cherry Blossoms Sinking") is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada. It was released digitally November 17, 2012, with a DVD single rele...
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by aziah | 1 month ago | 236 total plays
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