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宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru), born January 19, 1983 in New York City, United States, also known by her fan-nickname “ヒッキー” (Hikki), is a third culture singer-songwriter, arranger, and record producer in Japan and the United States. 宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru) is the name she uses for her Japanese releases. Her English releases should be tagged as Utada, as she has stated herself that she wants her Japanese music to be separate from her English releases.
Utada Hikaru was born in New York City to Japanese parents who both had roots in the Japanese music industry; her father, Teruzane Utada, was a producer, while her mother, Junko Utada, was an enka singer (she performed under the stage name Keiko Fuji). Utada Hikaru has been recording since 1993. She made her first professional recording at the age of twelve, and recorded her first album, Precious, in 1996 under the pseudonym Cubic U. This album led to her career overseas. In a recent MTV interview (MTV’s You Hear It First, October 2004), Utada said: “Someone in Japan heard it, at a Japanese record company, and he said, ‘Oh, can’t you write in Japanese? You speak Japanese.’ And I didn’t want to say no, so I had to try it.”
Utada Hikaru may be most known in some cultures for her contribution to the Square-Enix & Disney video game series “Kingdom Hearts” where she performed the song “Hikari”/”光” (or mostly known as “Simple And Clean” in the English version) for the first game. She also performed “Sanctuary” and “Passion” (English and Japanese versions of the same song, respectively) for the second game.
Utada Hikaru was born in New York City to Japanese parents who both had roots in the Japanese music industry; her father, Teruzane Utada, was a producer, while her mother, Junko Utada, was an enka singer (she performed under the stage name Keiko Fuji). Utada Hikaru has been recording since 1993. She made her first professional recording at the age of twelve, and recorded her first album, Precious, in 1996 under the pseudonym Cubic U. This album led to her career overseas. In a recent MTV interview (MTV’s You Hear It First, October 2004), Utada said: “Someone in Japan heard it, at a Japanese record company, and he said, ‘Oh, can’t you write in Japanese? You speak Japanese.’ And I didn’t want to say no, so I had to try it.”
Utada Hikaru may be most known in some cultures for her contribution to the Square-Enix & Disney video game series “Kingdom Hearts” where she performed the song “Hikari”/”光” (or mostly known as “Simple And Clean” in the English version) for the first game. She also performed “Sanctuary” and “Passion” (English and Japanese versions of the same song, respectively) for the second game.
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HEART STATION
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Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1
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Bravepower wrote:
Yeah, she usually releases a few singles in between albums. Though it got a bit extreme between ULTRA BLUE and HEART STATION: Boku wa Kuma, Flavor Of Life, Beautiful World/Kiss & Cry and Heart Station/Stay Gold were all between UB and HS. (And the fact that ALL of them were on HS ticked off a lot of fans lol. We'd already heard 7 out of the 13 tracks!)
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TDanT wrote:
http://www.lastfm.it/music/%E5%AE%87%E5%A4%9A%E7%94%B0%E3%83%92%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB/+images/27729251 pls vote for this pc ^^
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thebestthing wrote:
Her japanese stuff never fails [2] im guessing 2011. with 2010 releasing 2 singles, 2011 one or two singles and then new album?
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xForTheRecord wrote:
I'm guessing maybe later next year? I hope so.
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gabiuspears wrote:
When is new album coming out? It better be awesome like HEART STATION [2]
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tyrique12 wrote:
I'm sure it will be. Her japanese stuff never fails ^^
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deadgrandma wrote:
When is new album coming out? It better be awesome like HEART STATION
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Cherrybooy wrote:
嘘みたいな I Love You <33
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somka wrote:
I love her !!!
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gabiuspears wrote:
So perfect <3
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NobodyROXas wrote:
Beautiful photo. goddam
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thebestthing wrote:
IQ must be 12345 cause shes a genius.
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chocobooo wrote:
v I really hope it's more than 15.. :D
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Hikadu wrote:
I'm in love with the current picture! It is so peaceful! She has such a great taste for everything!! Her IQ must be above of 15 looool j/k
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chocobooo wrote:
v wow, those wikis look great! :) *thumbs up*
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Bravepower wrote:
Just finished the wikis for her studio albums, the Single Collection, and all of the ULTRA BLUE tracks. :) I'm all wiki'd out now lol.
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thehotrats wrote:
Yeah, those wikis are really nice. Especially the one for heart station.
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Bravepower wrote:
I started making wikis for her albums and individual tracks. :|
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gabiuspears wrote:
♥
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Kamikamikami wrote:
This, this is the ultimate default! Better only Meganetada <3
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Jan
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Utada "In the Flesh" 2010
Pipeline Cafe, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Jan
19
Utada "In the Flesh" 2010
House Of Blues (Sunset Strip), West Hollywood, Los Angeles CA, United States
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Jan
21
Utada "In the Flesh" 2010
Showbox At The Market, Seattle, United States
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