Hikaru Utada
Utada Hikaru (宇多田 ヒカル, born January 19, 1983), is a Japanese-American singer and songwriter. After releasing the commercially unsuccessful English-language album Precious under the stage name "Cubic U" in 1998, she rose to prominence in 1999 with the release of her second album (and first Japanese-language release), First Love, which sold over eight million copies in Japan and became the best selling Japanese-language album of all time.
She formerly held the record for the highest first-week sales of an album in a single territory, as her Distance album sold over 3 million copies in Japan during the week of March 28, 2001. She has also had three of her Japanese studio albums in the list of Top 10 best-selling albums ever in Japan (number 1, 4, 8) and six of her albums (including one English-language and one compilation) charting within the 275 Best-Selling Japanese albums list. Utada has had twelve number-one singles on the Oricon Singles chart, with two notable record achievements for a female solo or group artist: five million-sellers and four in the Top 100 All-Time Best-selling Singles. It is estimated that Utada has sold more than 52 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists in Japan.
In 2009, she was considered "the most influential artist of the decade" in the Japanese landscape by The Japan Times.[10] Additionally, Utada is best known in the West for making two theme song contributions to Square Enix and Disney's collaborative video game series Kingdom Hearts: "Simple and Clean" (which is the re-written English-language version of her 10th Japanese single "Hikari") for Kingdom Hearts and "Sanctuary" for Kingdom Hearts II ("Passion" in the Japanese version of the song).
Releases
Sleeve | Title | Year | Format |
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Utada Hikaru = 宇多田ヒカル* - First Love | 2022 | Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo | |
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田ヒカル* - Deep River | 2022 | Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo | |
宇多田光* = Utada Hikaru - The Ultimate Collection | CD, Compilation, Unofficial Release | ||
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田ヒカル* - First Love | 1999 | CD, Mini, Single, Promo, Stereo | |
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田ヒカル* - First Love | 1999 | CD, Maxi-Single, Promo, Stereo | |
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田光* - For You | 2000 | CD, HDCD, Compilation, Unofficial Release | |
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田ヒカル* - Deep River | 2002 | CD, Album, Stereo | |
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田ヒカル* - First Love | 1999 | CD, Mini, Single, Stereo | |
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田ヒカル* - Distance | 2001 | Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo | |
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田光* - Deep River | 2002 | Cassette, Album | |
Hikaru Utada* = 宇多田ヒカル* - One Last Kiss | 2021 | File, FLAC, EP | |
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田ヒカル* - First Love | 1999 | CD, Maxi-Single, Stereo | |
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田* - Traveling = 無限漫遊 | 2001 | CD, Maxi-Single | |
Utada* = 宇多田* - Exodus = 出發 | 2004 | CD, Album | |
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田ヒカル* - First Love | 1999 | CD, Album, Stereo | |
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田ヒカル* - Deep River | 2002 | CD, Album, Stereo | |
Hikaru Utada* = 宇多田光* - Face My Fears | 2019 | CD, Maxi-Single, Stereo | |
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田ヒカル* - Distance | 2019 | File, WAV, Album, Remastered, Stereo | |
Utada Kikaru* = 宇多田光* - Deep River | CD, Album, Unofficial Release | ||
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田ヒカル* - First Love | 1999 | Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo | |
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田ヒカル* - First Love | 1999 | CD, Album, Stereo | |
Utada Hikaru = 宇多田ヒカル* - First Love | 1999 | CD, Maxi-Single, Stereo | |
Utada Hikaru - Distance | 2001 | CD, Album, Promo, Sampler | |
Utada Hikaru - Movin' On Without You | 1999 | CD, Single, Promo | |
Utada Hikaru - First Love | 1999 | CD, EP, Promo | |
Utada Hikaru - Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1+2 HD | 2014 | Memory Stick, WAV, Album, Compilation, Limited Edition | |
Utada Hikaru - タイム・リミット | 2000 | CD, Single, Promo | |
No Image | Utada Hikaru - Goodbye Happiness Music Video | 2010 | DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC |
Utada* - Exodus 宇多田光 / Single Collection Vol. 1 | 2004 | CD, Unofficial Release | |
宇多田ヒカル* - 「Flavor Of Life」 | 2007 | CDr, Advance, Single, Enhanced, Promo, Stereo | |
Hikaru Utada* - Sanctuary (Limba Remix) | 2023 | File, MP3 | |
Utada Hikaru - Be My Last | 2005 | CD, Single, DVD, DVD-Video, Limited Edition | |
Utada Hikaru - Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 | 2010 | CD, Album, Compilation, DVD, DVD-Video, Limited Edition | |
Utada Hikaru - First Love | 1999 | Cassette, Album | |
Utada Hikaru - Exodus | 2004 | CD, Album | |
Utada* - This Is The One | 2009 | CD, Album | |
Utada Hikaru - タイム・リミット | 2000 | Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo | |
Utada Hikaru - Utada Hikaru In Budokan 2004 ヒカルの5 | 2004 | CD, VCD | |
Utada Hikaru - Wait & See ~リスク~ | 2000 | CD, Maxi-Single, Stereo | |
宇多田ヒカル* - Badモード | 2022 | File, FLAC, Album | |
Utada Hikaru - Distance | Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Numbered, Promo | ||
Hikaru Utada* - Science Fiction | 2024 | File, AAC, Compilation | |
宇多田ヒカル* - Sakuraドロップス / Letters | 2002 | CD, Single, Stereo | |
Utada Hikaru - Traveling | 2002 | DVD, NTSC, Single, Stereo | |
宇多田ヒカル* - 桜流し | 2012 | DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC, Single | |
Utada* - Dirty Desire (The Remixes) | 2009 | CDr, Maxi-Single, Promo | |
Utada Hikaru - Addicted To You | 1999 | CD, Maxi-Single | |
宇多田ヒカル* - 真夏の通り雨 | 2016 | File, AAC, Single | |
Hikaru Utada* - Gold ~また逢う日まで~ | 2023 | File, AAC, Single | |
宇多田* - First Love 現場演唱版 | 2000 | CD, Single, Promo, Stereo |
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