Ultra Blue

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
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	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

External Links

• Oricon Profile