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[[Image:Otsuka Ai - Otsuka Ai One on One Collaboration promo.jpg|thumb|300px|Otsuka Ai promoting ''[[Otsuka Ai One on One Collaboration]]'' (2021)]]
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===[[Otsuka Ai]]===
===[[Utada Hikaru]]===
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'''Otsuka Ai''' (大塚愛) is a [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]] singer-songwriter on the [[avex trax]] label. She first appeared in September 2003 with the single "[[Momo no Hanabira]]", but it wasn't until her second single "[[Sakuranbo]]" that her talent was noticed.
'''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]]''.


A piano player since age four, Otsuka composes and co-produces her own songs, as well as writes her own lyrics. Her music ranges from upbeat pop/rock music to ballads. For a short period of time around late 2001, she was part of a duo called HimawaRi, along with classmate Nishida Mami, releasing only the song "Sakuranbo" on the Internet. She later sent demo tapes to record labels with no positive results, until she got a call back from Avex just before her graduation from university.
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]]".


Her debut single, "Momo no Hanabira", was released on September 10, 2003. The single was a minor hit, peaking at #24 on the [[Oricon]] weekly singles chart, but stayed on the charts for 21 weeks. Her second single, "Sakuranbo", was released on December 17, 2003. The song debuted at #20 on the Oricon charts, but managed to get into the Top 10 in February 2004 and went to peak at #5. The single remained on the chart for a total of 101 weeks (almost two years), and a special "encore press" version was commissioned, which peaked at #4, and it became the twelfth best selling single of the year. In early March 2004, Otsuka released her third single, "[[Amaenbo]]". The song peaked at #6 on the Oricon charts, while at the same time "Sakuranbo" was at #5. This was the first time in Japanese music history a female artist was able to have two singles in the top ten in the same week.
Her first mini-album, ''[[One Last Kiss (Utada Hikaru mini-album)|One Last Kiss]]'', is released this week on January 27th.
 
With the release of her second studio ''[[Love Jam|LOVE JAM]]'', Otsuka finally topped the Oricon charts. The album sold 224,381 units in its first week and 656,700 units in total. Ironically, it went on to become her lowest selling studio album. Her first best hits compilation album ''[[Ai Am Best|Ai am BEST]]'' in 2007 not only topped the Oricon charts but is her best-selling album with 64,396 copies sold its first day and over 350,000 copies sold in its first week.
 
Her first remix album, ''[[Otsuka Ai One on One Collaboration]]'', is released this week on January 3rd.
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File:Utada Hikaru - One Last Kiss promo.jpg
Utada Hikaru promoting One Last Kiss (2021)

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 first mini-album, One Last Kiss, is released this week on January 27th.

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