Monday, October 20, 2008

Hikaru Utada

Hikaru Utada (宇多田 ヒカル Utada Hikaru?, born January 19, 1983), also known by her fans as Hikki (ヒッキー Hikkī?), is a singer-songwriter, arranger and record producer in Japan. She is well-known internationally for her two theme song contributions to Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts video game series: "Simple and Clean" and "Sanctuary", [1]
Utada's debut album First Love became the Japan's biggest selling album of all time with over 7.65 million copies sold in Japan alone to date. [2][3] The release of her later works only help her reign as one of Japan's top artist, with 3 of her Japanese studio albums being ranked in Top 10 best-selling albums ever in Japan (#1, #4, #8)[4]. 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.


Hikaru Utada
Singer-songwriter, arranger, record producer
International
Debut album First Love
12 times No.1 hit to date on the Oricon Single Chart


Hiroka’s rewrite
Hikaru Utada is a one of the famous singer in Japan. She isn’t only singer-songwriter but also arranger and record producer. “First Love”, Hikaru’s debut album, became the biggest selling album in Japan. Over 7.65 million copies were sold. She became a one of Japanese top artist with her later works. Her brilliant records are 3 albums ranked in Top 10 best-selling albums ever in Japan, 12 times No.1 hit to date on the Oricon Singles chart, two notable record achievements for a female solo, and 4 place in the Top 100 All-Time Best-selling Singles.

2 comments:

Sanghee:) said...
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Sanghee:) said...

One of Japanese singer is 12 times NO.1 hit to date on Oricin single Chart! she is also singer-songwriter, arranger and record producer. Her debut album is First Love.
That is Hikaru Utada.