Utada Hikaru
Musician
The Anime Masters Demonstrate Their Best in Genius Party...previously worked with Studio 4°C on the Magnetic Rose segment of Memories, the Beyond segment of AniMatrix and the studio's Utada Hikaru music videos. As wrongheaded as it may be to identify female creators by association with their... In this article: Studio 4°C, Macross 7, Shinichiro Watanabe, North America, Yoko Kanno, Koji Morimoto, Hayao Miyazaki, Robot Carnival, and Mind Game |
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Wikipedia | October 03, 2009
Devil Inside (Hikaru Utada song)
"Devil Inside" is Utada 's 2nd English single (17th overall). It is the second single from Exodus , and the first physical single in the United States. Though it gained little mainstream attention, Devil Inside did do well on dance radio...
In this article: Devil Inside, Hikaru Utada, United States, Oricon, Queer as Folk, Exodus, and Japan
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Wikipedia | September 27, 2009
Prisoner of Love (Hikaru Utada song)
"Prisoner of Love'" is Hikaru Utada's 21st Japanese single and 30th single overall, and was released on May 21, 2008. This was her first Japanese recut single in 9 years, after the first one "First Love " in 1999. It is also her first single...
In this article: Prisoner of Love, Hikaru Utada, Japan, Boku wa Kuma, Yahoo, and First Love
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Wikipedia | September 04, 2009
Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1
...a record in Japan's music history.). This is Utada's longest charting release on any Oricon chart, with a 2 year trajectory and still growing. Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1 is the 35th highest selling album in Japan of all time .
In this article: Japan, Oricon chart, Itunes, and Hikaru Utada
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Blogcritics | July 23, 2009
Music Review: Utada - This is the One
"A sinister cabal of superior writers." Utada Hikaru is probably one of the best known Japanese pop stars because of her work on the video game series Kingdom Hearts. Her second English album, This is the One, displays a clear direction in...
In this article: Exodus, R&B, Dangerous, Come Back to Me, Kingdom Hearts, Disney, Ciara, Akon, and Ne-Yo
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Wikipedia | July 06, 2009
File:Utada Hikaru - Passion ~after the battle~.ogg
Utada Hikaru - Passion ~after the battle~This audio file is a short sample of Utada Hikaru's song, Passion ~after the battle~. It is the Japanese counterpart to another song by Utada, Sanctuary . The song is part of the Kingdom Hearts II...
In this article: Music of Kingdom Hearts, Square Enix, and Kingdom Hearts series
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washingtonpost.com | May 18, 2009
Quick Spin Record Reviews: The Oak Ridge Boys, Passion Pit and Utada
...only to find themselves dashed against the rocks of American indifference. The latest victim: 26-year-old Japanese American singer Hikaru Utada. In the rest of the world, she's a 52 million-albums-and-counting J-pop megastar. Here, she's...
In this article: Hikaru Utada, Vampire Weekend, The Oak Ridge Boys, Richard Sterban, Seven Nation Army, John Lee Hooker, and White Stripes
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Reuters | March 13, 2009
Utada tries US market again
...now, this musical megastar from Japan hopes that on her third try, she'll finally succeed in the United States. Known in Japan as Utada Hikaru, she has sold 26 million albums. But the pop princess flopped when she debuted in the U.S. five...
In this article: United States, Thomson Reuters, New York City, Exodus, Japan, Small business, First Love, and Columbia University
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The Japan Times: All Stories | March 05, 2009
Inner-city students in N.Y. learn Japanese as their third language
...and entertainment. "Ms. Takenaka introduced us to one of her favorite songs in Japanese. And now I listen to her all the time, Utada Hikaru," Nicky Gutierrez, 15, said of the pop singer. Quite a few students have already expressed a...
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First Love - Utada Hikaru
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CNET News.com | April 10, 2008
At EMI, could digital music kill the 'record' promo? Tech news blog - CNET News
...at the beginning of a promotion makes sense. EMI says it has already seen positive results. Last year, the label brought Utada Hikaru, Japan's top recording artist, to the United States. EMI helped the singer find an audience in the...
In this article: The EMI Group, Yelle, United States, CNET News, MySpace, Caroline Records, Naturally, and The Hills
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Utada Hikaru, also known by her fan-nickname of Hikki, is a third culture singer-songwriter, arranger and record producer in Japan and the US. She is well-known internationally for her two theme song contributions to Square Enix's smash hit, critically-acclaimed Kingdom Hearts video game series. With the release of six Japanese and English studio albums, one compilation album, 28 English and Japanese solo singles, and several VHS/DVD releases, she has sold over 41 million records worldwide (with over 34 million in home nation Japan), making her one of the most successful and popular singers in J-pop history. She has won the Nihon Golden Disk "Song of the Year" award for thirteen of her singles since 2000 and has won the Golden Disc "Pop/Rock Album of the Year" award for all four of her Japanese studio albums. In 2003 Utada Hikaru was ranked the #24 Japanese pop artist in its survey of "Top 100 Japanese pop artists" by HMV, #10 in HMV's "Top 30 Best Japanese Singers of All Time" in 2006, and in 2007 sold 12 million digital ringtones and songs, making her the first artist ever to have this many digital sales in one year.
- Name At Birth:
- Utada Hikaru
- Also Known As:
- Hikki, Utada, Cubic U
- Birth Date:
- January 19, 1983
- Birthplace:
- New York City, New York, United States
- Occupation:
- Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Composer
- Instrument Played:
- Vocals, guitar, piano
- Years Active:
- 1993 - present
- Associated With:
- Keiko Fuji, Timbaland, Ne-Yo
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