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ULTRA BLUE is [[Utada Hikaru]]'s sixth album, and her fourth original Japanese album. This album is set to coincide with Utada's second nation wide tour of Japan, which start a month after the album's release. Instead of the album having an eponymous song to go with it (like all of Utada's previous albums), a similarly titled song named [[Blue (Utada Hikaru)|BLUE]] appears instead. This is Utada's first album to have a featured artist in a song title, with [[Yamada Masashi]] from [[THE BACK HORN]]. [[This is Love|This Is Love]] was originally used as a radio single for this release, and was even released at the Japanese [[iTunes]] on the 31st of May (two weeks in advance of the album's release). As this album sold 882,343 copies in 2006, it became the #7 album of the year.
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''ULTRA BLUE'' is [[Utada Hikaru]]'s fourth original Japanese album, and sixth album overall. The title based on a song from the album, "[[Blue (Utada Hikaru|BLUE]]". Besides the physical singles, "[[This Is Love]]" was also used as a digital radio single to promote the album. Utada also launched a [[Utada United 2006|nation-wide tour]] to help support the album. ''ULTRA BLUE'' topped the [[Oricon]] Weekly charts for two weeks, and sold 882,343 copies in 2006 to become the #7 album of the year.
 
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It was also the fourth most downloaded album of the year on iTunes. During the first week of release Taiwan, the album was responsible for 26% of Japanese music sales. Despite all these successes, ''ULTRA BLUE'' was the first Utada album not to sell one million units in Japan.
On December 20th, 2006 [http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0612/20/news069.html iTunes Japan] released a list of top downloaded singles and albums; ULTRA BLUE ranked as #4 making it the 4th most downloaded album for 2006.
 
 
 
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* (MC asks "Why did you pick this title") Utada: "There's a song in it called "BLUE" which really showed the direction of the album, but "BLUE" alone sounded kind of lonely and dark. You know, like BLUE is sad, so I thought I should put something in front of it or after it. And "ULTRA BLUE" was a good title for not specifying a certain blue, but just suggesting a sort of blue in all the imageries and symbolism that blue carries. (MC: "Yes, blue does carry a lot. Does that happen to be your favorite color?") Utada: "Yes it is."
 
  
 
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* [http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/652007/1/ Oricon Profile]
 
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* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=y4Htfyc_Z8U Watch Album CM]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 20:16, 30 March 2010

Album Cover
Artist
Utada Hikaru
Album
ULTRA BLUE
Released
2006.06.14 (Japan)
2006.06.26 (Digital)
2006.07.11 (Canada)
2006.09.19 (US Physical)
Catalog Number
TOCT-26067
Price
¥3,059
Tracklist
  1. This Is Love
  2. Keep Tryin'
  3. BLUE
  4. Nichiyou no Asa (日曜の朝; Sunday Morning)
  5. Making Love
  6. Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro (誰かの願いが叶うころ; When Someone's Wish Comes True)
  7. COLORS
  8. One Night Magic feat.Yamada Masashi
  9. Kairo (海路; Sea Route)
  10. WINGS
  11. Be My Last
  12. Eclipse (Interlude)
  13. Passion


Information

ULTRA BLUE is Utada Hikaru's fourth original Japanese album, and sixth album overall. The title based on a song from the album, "BLUE". Besides the physical singles, "This Is Love" was also used as a digital radio single to promote the album. Utada also launched a nation-wide tour to help support the album. ULTRA BLUE topped the Oricon Weekly charts for two weeks, and sold 882,343 copies in 2006 to become the #7 album of the year. It was also the fourth most downloaded album of the year on iTunes. During the first week of release Taiwan, the album was responsible for 26% of Japanese music sales. Despite all these successes, ULTRA BLUE was the first Utada album not to sell one million units in Japan.

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week Rank Sales
- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 500,317
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 156,978
1 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 80,351
2 8 6 4 3 2 2 3 42,744
2 11 9 8 7 5 5 8 26,505
4 12 8 8 4 3 4 5 17,449
6 18 - 18 15 10 11 14 12,105
11 - - - 20 - 19 23 8,285
- - - - - - - 32 6,260
- - - - - - - 34 5,469
- - - - - - - 46 3,339

Total Reported Sales: 909,113

Other Charts Positions

Country Chart Weeks

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4

5

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7

8

9

10

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14

All Global Chart 1 5 15 29 - - - - - - - - - -
Taiwan Global chart 3 10 8 - 19 - - - - - - - - -
Japanese chart 1 1 1 3 3 6 7 8 6 8 11 11 15 16

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