hmm, im not sure, but im a mariah fan, and im buying it :)
comparisons often lead to fights.. and most ppl "compared" to mariah or any other artists are often considered as copies of them.

i hope i didnt start an argument ^^

Top 50 Albums Of '09 :

14 *,177,268 *16,924 This Is The One / Utada 09/03/14

I wasn't surprised when People said she's like Mariah, I've read some comments here say the same thing.

^ lol I agree its not very good. But when people hear this it'll make them want to listen to utada's music lol. Even if its not similar to mariah, if they like it, they'll still buy it at least :) ~! I really want utada to succeed this time, because she seems determined to! loL! And plus her music is god IMO : ) ~! very unique! I don't know if thats good or not tho XD

aren't the pictures in the last thread?

if not, they're all up at last fm...I know that much lol

Utada's new album definitely sounds like some of MC's stuff... especially the ballads. Love 'em!

listen closely she does sound like mariah in some parts in her tracks.

like in "Come Back To Me", how the background voice was like "Come back" "One in a million" sounded kinda like mariah.

i don't find mariah's voice strong, just high LOL.

^mariah's voice is both high and strong<3 .
somebody mentioned that "come back 2 me" sounded mariah-ish too

So the Billboard charts came out and This Is The One fell off the chart. Come Back to Me went up 4 spots on the Hot Play Dance chart to 20. She losing steam there. I hope she hits the Top 10 at least.

^I was quite surprised that TITO even made it on the charts at all last time being that it was a digital release and that barely anyone even knows who Utada is. Hopefully with the release of the next single(s) the album will get enough attention to rocket up the charts at the physical release.

^Yes, I hope so too.

It's interesting how different the charts are in US from Japan, and the way artists promote their albums, single releases etc, very different from in Japan, where you release several singles at first, then the album, in the US it's kind of opposite, so that means there's still good chances of the album rising on the charts

^ I think the US way is weird... why would you buy an album with all of the songs in it, and then go back to by a single with a song that is already on the album! I think it works out in hikki case though because it gives her a chance to promote herself more,especially since she only has her album available digitally, and she isn't known so well in the US...

People that buy singles in the US usually are interested on the remixes (and most of the time are DJs or something)

I don't think she sounds anything like Mariah (in terms of voice) but some of the melodies, I can see that. Anything to get people to notice her (so comparisons are okay with me xD)

most people that buy singles in america, only buy it because they only like that one song. I don't even think physical single releases exist for many songs released these days. Just digital.

^A bit more? haha BoA is not only a better singer, but she can dance and sing at the same time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ak1cpi74RM -Haha not sure if that is real but I still think BoA's voice is leagues ahead.

Well...BoA doesnt stomp off the stage during live performances and scream profanity at her audiences =]

Does anyone know how Utada did on the Pop 100? Or was it the Pop 100 Airplay? I didn't know there was a difference between the two at first. They have way too many charts. It's music segregation or something lol. Anyway I wanna see if she went up or fell off that chart.