Ultra Blue
- 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
- This Is Love
- Keep Tryin'
- BLUE
- Nichiyou no Asa (日曜の朝; Sunday Morning)
- Making Love
- Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro (誰かの願いが叶うころ; When Someone's Wish Comes True)
- COLORS
- One Night Magic feat.Yamada Masashi
- Kairo (海路; Sea Route)
- WINGS
- Be My Last
- Eclipse (Interlude)
- Passion
- Information
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 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 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.
On December 20th, 2006 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.
Utada Quotes
- (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."
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: 910,998
Other Charts Positions
- In it's first week in Taiwan the album occupied the 26% of total japanese music sales.
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| 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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