Utada Hikaru is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter, arranger, and record producer.
Hikaru Utada was born in New York City to Japanese parents with roots in the Japanese music industry. Her father, Teruzane Utada, was a record producer while her mother, Junko Utada, was an enka singer, performing under the stage name "Keiko Fuji." Junko Utada’s mother, and Hikaru’s grandmother, was a blind shamisen player (ごぜ, or goze). Utada made her first professional recording at the age of twelve. She did her recordings with her mother.
She has had 12 #1 hits to date on the Oricon Singles chart, with two notable record achievements for a female solo or group artist: 5 of them being million-sellers and 4 placing in the Top 100 All-Time Best-selling Singles. In 2003, Utada was ranked #24 in the survey of "Top 100 Japanese Pop Artists of All Time" by HMV, and #10 in HMV's "Top 30 Best Japanese Singers of All Time" in 2006.
She is also known for her two theme song contributions to Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts video game series: "Simple and Clean" and "Sanctuary". In 2007, her single "Flavor of Life" reached #2 in worldwide digital download yearly single chart with over 7.2 million downloads, and contributes to 12 million digital sales for her over the same year.
Come Back To Me
Sanctuary
This One (Crying like a Child)
First Love
Simple and Clean
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI
[ulr=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe4EWS9JvUM]Automatic part 2]
Genre; J-Pop, Pop, Ethereal Wave, R&B, Experimental, Rock, Dance, Funk, & Hip-Hop
Why do I like her?
I fell in love with her music after her last english album, the songs are catching, funny and self-loving so now and then.
Her voice is really good. :3
Discuss;
Her? xD
Have you ever heared of her? O:
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