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'''Utada Hikaru''' (宇多田ヒカル) is a [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]] [[Wikipedia:Singer-songwriter|singer-songwriter]] under the [[Wikipedia:EMI Music Japan|Virgin Records]] label. Utada is one of Japan's most successful artists of all time. Her debut album ''[[First Love]]'' is the #1 best selling album in Asian music history with over 7.65 million copies sold in Japan alone. In total she has sold over 38,000,000 million records in Japan, and 3 of her albums are in the Top 10 best-selling albums of all time in Japan (#1, #4, #8), making her one of the most successful and popular singers in J-pop history. She has been deemed the Most Influential Japanese Artist of the past decade (2000-2009) by ''[[ | '''Utada Hikaru''' (宇多田ヒカル) is a [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]] [[Wikipedia:Singer-songwriter|singer-songwriter]] under the [[Wikipedia:EMI Music Japan|Virgin Records]] label. Utada is one of Japan's most successful artists of all time. Her debut album ''[[First Love]]'' is the #1 best selling album in Asian music history with over 7.65 million copies sold in Japan alone. In total she has sold over 38,000,000 million records in Japan, and 3 of her albums are in the Top 10 best-selling albums of all time in Japan (#1, #4, #8), making her one of the most successful and popular singers in J-pop history. She has been deemed the Most Influential Japanese Artist of the past decade (2000-2009) by ''[[Wikipedia:The Japan Times|The Japan Times]]''. | ||
Utada is bilingual as she was raised in both New York and Tokyo. She is also known in the west under her English language project name 'Utada', most famous for singing the ''[[Wikipedia:Kingdom_Hearts|Kingdom Hearts]]'' theme song, "[[Hikari (Utada Hikaru)|Hikari]] / [[Simple and Clean|Simple And Clean]]" and the ''[[Wikipedia:Kingdom_Hearts|Kingdom Hearts II]]'' theme song, "[[Passion (Utada Hikaru)|Passion]] / [[Sanctuary (Utada Hikaru)|Sanctuary]]". Initially, Utada's music had a heavy R&B style to it, but later her music progressed to a more pop-experimental tone. Her distinct R&B sound brought her much attention with her first release in Japan, "[[Automatic / Time Will Tell|Automatic / time will tell]]". | Utada is bilingual as she was raised in both New York and Tokyo. She is also known in the west under her English language project name 'Utada', most famous for singing the ''[[Wikipedia:Kingdom_Hearts|Kingdom Hearts]]'' theme song, "[[Hikari (Utada Hikaru)|Hikari]] / [[Simple and Clean|Simple And Clean]]" and the ''[[Wikipedia:Kingdom_Hearts|Kingdom Hearts II]]'' theme song, "[[Passion (Utada Hikaru)|Passion]] / [[Sanctuary (Utada Hikaru)|Sanctuary]]". Initially, Utada's music had a heavy R&B style to it, but later her music progressed to a more pop-experimental tone. Her distinct R&B sound brought her much attention with her first release in Japan, "[[Automatic / Time Will Tell|Automatic / time will tell]]". | ||
Latest revision as of 21:50, 27 May 2018
Utada Hikaru
Utada Hikaru (宇多田ヒカル) is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter under the Virgin Records label. Utada is one of Japan's most successful artists of all time. Her debut album First Love is the #1 best selling album in Asian music history with over 7.65 million copies sold in Japan alone. In total she has sold over 38,000,000 million records in Japan, and 3 of her albums are in the Top 10 best-selling albums of all time in Japan (#1, #4, #8), making her one of the most successful and popular singers in J-pop history. She has been deemed the Most Influential Japanese Artist of the past decade (2000-2009) by The Japan Times.
Utada is bilingual as she was raised in both New York and Tokyo. She is also known in the west under her English language project name 'Utada', most famous for singing the Kingdom Hearts theme song, "Hikari / Simple And Clean" and the Kingdom Hearts II theme song, "Passion / Sanctuary". Initially, Utada's music had a heavy R&B style to it, but later her music progressed to a more pop-experimental tone. Her distinct R&B sound brought her much attention with her first release in Japan, "Automatic / time will tell".
Her seventh Japanese studio album Hatsukoi is released this week on June 27th.
