Hatsukoi is the seventh Japanese studio album released by Utada Hikaru, and her first album with Sony Music's sub-label Epic Records Japan. It was released in two physical editions: a regular CD and a limited edition Double Vinyl LP. First press edition of the album includes a serial number code to be redeemed for a lottery to Hikaru Utada Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018, her first national tour in over 12 years since UTADA UNITED 2006. The album's title is a throwback to her 1999 best selling debut album First Love. The song "Chikai" serves as the ending theme song to the video game Kingdom Hearts III; the track "Good Night" was used as the main theme to the animation film Penguin Highway.
Commercial performance
Utada Hikaru promoting the album
The album debuted at #1 on the weekly Oricon chart for physical sales, as well as #1 on the weekly digital album chart. It currently has the highest first week digital sales for a solo artist since beginning the chart in November 2016. The album did very well in Japan, selling 367,720 physical copies of the CD in 2018, making it the #5 album of the year. The digital version also became the #3 Digital Album of 2018, for selling a total of 86,455 downloads. The song also reached #1 on iTunes Japan. The album is certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for physical sales over 250,000 units.
Internationally, Hatsukoi peaked at #1 on iTunes for seven other countries, #2 in Brazil and Spain, #4 in the United States, #5 in Canada and Australia, and charted within the top 10 in 22 countries, for a total of 32 countries. The album reached #3 on the US Billboard World chart for two consecutive weeks. It also ranked in at #49 on France's download chart, and #2 on the World Albums chart.
Oricon Physical Album
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
Week Rank |
Sales
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- |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
203,787
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1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
53,120
|
1 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
27,997
|
2 |
11 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
20,233
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3 |
20 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
10,856
|
5 |
14 |
9 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
9 |
7,993
|
4 |
15 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
6,613
|
2 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
6,315
|
8 |
30 |
13 |
17 |
13 |
10 |
11 |
18 |
3,874
|
10 |
29 |
19 |
23 |
20 |
18 |
16 |
23 |
2,853
|
10 |
37 |
32 |
25 |
26 |
14 |
15 |
30 |
2,057
|
15 |
35 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
15 |
19 |
26 |
1,858
|
12 |
46 |
31 |
38 |
26 |
19 |
21 |
35 |
1,973
|
14 |
- |
- |
45 |
39 |
36 |
21 |
39 |
1,722
|
28 |
- |
31 |
48 |
42 |
23 |
17 |
37 |
1,699
|
20 |
- |
22 |
36 |
31 |
40 |
45 |
35 |
1,527
|
26 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
68 |
917
|
41 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
91 |
827
|
44 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
71 |
765
|
39 |
6 |
15 |
7 |
27 |
25 |
14 |
10 |
7,050
|
19 |
- |
43 |
45 |
49 |
- |
49 |
56 |
1,121
|
42 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
85 |
815
|
41 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
42 |
83 |
823
|
40 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
85 |
925
|
- |
- |
45 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
66 |
1,081
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
94 |
885
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
79 |
1,016
|
38 |
43 |
- |
- |
49 |
42 |
- |
59 |
1,046
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
97 |
554
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
86 |
614
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
107 |
651
|
43 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
112 |
556
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
99 |
530
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
152 |
430
|
- Total Reported Sales: 375,093
Oricon Digital Album
Week Rank |
Sales
|
1 |
38,185
|
1 |
12,691
|
1 |
6,375
|
2 |
7,788
|
1 |
3,464
|
1 |
2,197
|
2 |
2,428
|
4 |
1,944
|
6 |
1,229
|
15 |
964
|
9 |
719
|
10 |
685
|
5 |
1,221
|
8 |
758
|
12 |
749
|
12 |
619
|
14 |
485
|
17 |
419
|
17 |
477
|
12 |
852
|
18 |
511
|
27 |
441
|
22 |
574
|
19 |
680
|
18 |
657
|
- Total Reported Sales: 87,112
Billboard Japan Hot Albums
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Week 2 |
Week 3 |
Week 4 |
Week 5 |
Week 6 |
Week 7 |
Week 8 |
Week 9 |
Week 10
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1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
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-
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Billboard US World Albums
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Week 1 |
Week 2 |
Week 3 |
Week 4 |
Week 5 |
Week 6
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Position |
3 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
15 |
-
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United World
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Week 1 |
Week 2 |
Week 3 |
Week 4 |
Week 5 |
Week 6
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Position |
2 |
6 |
- |
- |
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-
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