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Utada is the English language project name of 宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru). She is a third culture singer-songwriter, arranger, and record producer in Japan and United States. Utada maintains this name in the west as she intends to keep her English style separate from her Japanese music. She has sold an estimated 33 million albums worldwide. Utada is fluent in both English and Japanese as she was raised in both New York and Tokyo. She is most notable in the west for composing and singing the Kingdom Hearts themes 光 (Hikari) and Simple And Clean, as well as the theme songs for Kingdom Hearts II, Passion and Sanctuary.
Utada's discography
1st Album: Exodus
Release Date:  9/8/2004  10/5/2004  9/26/2005
Tracklist:
1. Opening
2. Devil Inside
3. Exodus '04
4. The Workout
5. Easy Breezy
6. Tippy Toe
7. Hotel Lobby
8. Animato
9. Crossover Interlude
10. Kremlin Dusk
11. You Make Me Want to Be a Man
12. Wonder 'Bout
13. Let Me Give You My Love
14. About Me
15. You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Bloodshy & Avant Mix) (UK Bonus track)
16. You Make Me Want to Be a Man (Junior Jack Mix) (UK Bonus track)
First Week Sales: 523,761 ☆☆ Position: #1
Overall Sales: 1,074,393 ☆☆ Chart Run: 20 weeks
2nd Album: This Is The One
Release Date: 3/14/2009 5/12/2009 (TBU)
Tracklist:
1. On And On
2. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI
3. Apple And Cinnamon
4. Taking My Money Back
5. This One (Crying Like A Child)
6. Automatic Part II
7. Dirty Desire
8. Poppin’
9. Come Back To Me
10. Me Muero
Extra Tracks:
11. Come Back To Me (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Radio Edit) (Japan Bonus Track)
12. Come Back To Me (Quentin Harris Radio Edit) (Japan Bonus Track)
Utada Images (TBU)
News
☆☆ Automatic Part II and Me Muero preview up☆☆
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Click on the two songs in the This Is The One section under the Utada Discography section of the post
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☆☆ “Come Back To Me” MV Behind The Scenes☆☆
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Utada.jp has just posted some behind the scenes footage of Utada’s “Come Back To Me” video, where she explains the concept and treatment of the music video.
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☆☆ Utada @ Mezamashi TV 3/13☆☆
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Utada will be appearing live from New York City on tomorrow’s Mezamashi TV, a Japanese morning television broadcast.
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☆☆ On & On, This One (Crying Like A Child), and Poppin' preview up☆☆
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Just click on the songs that have the new tags by it in the upper part of this post in the TITO section of the Utada's Discography section.
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☆☆ Utada leaks FYI for her fans☆☆
☆☆ “Apple And Cinnamon” + “Taking My Money Back”☆☆
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Two new clips off of Utada’s upcoming album are available on her official Japanese website. Check out “Apple And Cinnamon” and “Taking My Money Back.” Click the song title in TITO album info in the Utada Discography section!
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☆☆ First Look At TITO poster and CD Art☆☆
credits to xheartstation
☆☆ Utada will be making a personal appearance at Sephora!☆☆
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TUESDAY, MARCH 24: - LOS ANGELES
Location: Hollywood & Highland
6801 – Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
323-462-6898
Time: 6-8PM
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25th – NEW YORK
Location: 597 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212-980-6534
Time: 6-8PM
FRIDAY, MARCH 27 – MIAMI
Location: 19575 Biscayne Blvd.
Aventura, FL 33180
305-931-9579
Time: 7-9PM
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☆☆ “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI” + “Dirty Desire☆☆
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EDIT: Utada.jp has updated with clips of both “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI” and “Dirty Desire”
Japan’s “Music Station” program aired a short clip of Utada’s “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI” during their “M-Topi” segment on last night’s episode. The segment included a short clip of the “Come Back To Me” music video along with the “MCML-FYI” clip, reiterating the fact that the track samples Sakamoto Ryuichi’s famous piece “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence.”
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☆☆ “This Is The One” Available in the US Digitally March 24th☆☆
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Utada’s official MySpace has been updated with news that her new album, “This Is The One” will be available for purchase digitally beginning Tuesday March 24th. There is no mention of a physical release date, which could indicate that the aforementioned May 12th date could be reserved for the album’s physical release.
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☆☆ “CBTM” iTunes US Free Single Video of the Week☆☆
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According to a new Barks Japan article, Island Def Jam is planning on releasing Utada’s “Come Back To Me” as the “Free Music Video of the Week” on the iTunes US store during the week of the “This Is The One” release. The article lists the US album release date as March 24th, going against all of the information suggesting a possible push back to a May 12th release.
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☆☆ “This Is The One” US Release Date Pushed Back?☆☆
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Best Buy has updated their online store listing for Utada’s upcoming album “This Is The One” with a new release date of May 12th, 2009. The same store listed the release date as March 24th as recently as a few days ago. No official word yet, though a push back would not be unprecedented and would allow for more promotion in the States.
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☆☆ Utada.jp: Video Message from Stargate☆☆
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Utada’s Japanese website has been updated with a message from producers Stargate. The clip is a longer version of the footage that was originally shown in Island Def Jam’s electronic press kit. According to the attached Japanese translations, the track “Me Muero” was produced by Stargate and features lyrics referencing eating Godiva chocolates in bed.
Translation (A bit effy because it was translated through google)
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Mikkel S. Eriksen (less Mikkel): Utada and collaboration has been great. I had a very good time. To get us to listen to her music, I immediately hit it off from there. It was awesome and Vibe. And this is how to work with off-key, and have made music together, and sends back to us from Japan to take them to flesh out her case there was further developed, it was really fun process. I finally finished something great.
Tor Erik Hermansen (less Tor Erik): "Utada interested in a collaboration with Japanese artist? Her album of contemporary pop, urban pop I want to作RITA a purely contemporary album with" response when we approached the record company and said, "Japan? What Japanese artist knew? I do not know anyone" like I was. I met her, but full of confidence and the integrity of the body are漲RA to make a man of remarkable voices, I have been overwhelmed by the song that she sends back the first. Terms of lyrics and excellent vocals also. So once more it's Roh. First, we convinced them to try to do songs, and another and so do a song, it ultimately snowballed. I do not remember how many songs made the final at all, and the considerable number of songs, I do not look perfect.
Mikkel: Yes.
Tor Erik: And we also 80 and I love her music age. She is a little younger than I, but we know a lot of 80's songs, I was talking to each other of their favorite artists. , We "do you think you have a partially similar to Kate Bush," I said, she "Really? I love Kate Bush!" He said, "Well, Well It is important to point "of the story. And sometimes it can be similar to Madonna. Tell it to the pointe Liv, a vintage-era Madonna. The important point that, too. So we are just human, but an entirely different country, to get together to produce this album, the music I could find a common sound.
Mikkel: I think so. We had a lot to share that point, it was her best vocal performance. In the face and voice features and robust, though blessed with great talent as a songwriter, according to the land based on the expression of it, but it's more realistic. There are also songs which scenario, I would catch the ears of listeners at once.
Tor Erik: You know, "eat delicious chocolate lying on the bed" (Note: The Me Muero's from) I phrase I書KEYASHINAI anyone else (laughs). The expression that we hear is that the first life, I really do not know where I thought, I guess it's a place where great.
Mikkel: I am probably rooted in real places. I was reminded of the scene from.
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☆☆ Come Back To Me PV☆☆
☆☆ Utada in 2/28 Billboard Magazine☆☆
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Utada is featured in the latest issue of Billboard Magazine.
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‘One’ Love
Japanese Superstar Utada Aims To Conquer The States
By Rob Schwartz
What do you do when you’re a J-pop superstar in Japan, and a native English speaker, but have failed to take off with your first U.S. release?
Try again, of course. Japanese phenomenon Utada will release her new English-language record, “This Is The One,” March 24 on Island Def Jam, with all parties predicting greater success the second time around. Her first English-language record, 2004’s “Exodus,” peaked at No. 160 on the Billboard 200, selling 55,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
“My first English album was a very experimental, mad-scientist-in-a-laboratory kind of album,” Utada says. “It was a bit of a mess on my side as well as on the record company’s side. I didn’t know how to [express] myself to the public.”
This time, Island Def Jam Music Group president/COO Steve Bartels says the label is “extremely committed to breaking Utada in the United States.” Kimitaka Kato, president of Universal International in Japan, says, “Utada’s talent has been recognized by [IDJMG chairman] L.A. Reid, which led to this launch. We believe that the moment has come for the world to embrace Utada as a true global superstar.”
She’s already achieved that status in Japan, despite being born and raised in the States, until she was 14. Her 1999 debut album, “First Love” (Toshiba EMI), is the best-selling album in Japanese history, selling more than 7.5 million copies, according to SoundScan Japan. All but one of her subsequent six releases have moved more than 1 million copies.
Managed by her father, Teruzane Utada, on both sides of the Pacific, her star status at home is such that she has separate deals for her Japanese repertoire — which appears on EMI under her full name, Utada Hikaru –– and English language releases, which come out through Universal under the name Utada. “Exodus” has sold more than 1 million copies in Japan, and “This Is The One” is due there March 14. But Utada says she remains committed to Japanese repertoire and is already working on her next Japanese album.
As for “This Is The One,” she says it’s “an album made for the purpose of [being] mainstream,” having enlisted top songwriter/producers with U.S. track records and strong ties to IDJ, including the-Dream, Stargate and Tricky Stewart.
“For this project, Utada wanted to work with some of the hottest producers on the charts right now,” Bartels says, “but more importantly they wanted to work with her. The-Dream, Tricky Stewart, Stargate and many others are big fans of hers, and all of us know what the U.S. and Europe are soon to find out — Utada is a star.”
Bartels says Utada’s American “sensibilities and sound” set her apart from other Japanese artists seeking stateside success, noting early press supports from Nylon, the New York Times and Vibe. A slot is also booked on CBS’ “The Early Show,” with more TV appearances to be scheduled.
Utada had her longtime hair and makeup artists fly in from Japan for key U.S. promo work after feeling her image wasn’t presented correctly in the States on “Exodus.” The artist says she’s feeling more confident about how she’s perceived this time around.
“I feel very comfortable about all the promotional work I’ve been doing,” she says. “probably because there is less of this hype about a Japanese pop star making a breakthrough that I struggled with last time.”
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☆☆ Utada.jp Update: Japanese Magazine Schedule☆☆
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Utada.jp has updated today with a list of Japanese magazines that will be carrying stories on Utada in the coming month. Check it out for the full list.
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☆☆ Utada Interview @ Kiwibox.com and POPTUB☆☆
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A new interview with Utada has been released by Kiwibox.com. Thanks to Dave K.
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☆☆ “Come Back To Me” Added @ 9 Stations; #65 on CHR/POP☆☆
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Utada’s “Come Back To Me” has been added at 9 stations this week, 5 at Pop and 4 at Rhythmic. 6 of these stations have already begun playing the track and are currently listed on our Master Radio List, including WJFX-FM in Ft. Wayne, IN which has been heavily spinning the track, with 36 plays this past week. 3 stations have yet to get on board, including another San Diego station (17th largest market in the country), all of which are listed below. Additionally, “Come Back To Me” is up 2 spots today on the Mediabase CHR/POP chart, coming in at #65 with 168 spins in the last 7 days. Please make sure to keep requesting!
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☆☆ More Utada @ SINternet☆☆
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Utada is currently featured on the latest S.I.N. Mix CD #7, which is sent out to various radio programmers around the country. Additionally, the current issue of the S.I.N. newsletter carries a few choice quotes from Vince Pellegrino (aka Vinny The Sin) regarding Utada and her single “Come Back To Me.” They include:
“Utada’s management wanted to return to the SIN offices and record me discussing IDJMG’s and my personal commitment to the current Utada project.”
“A meeting with Mike Chester (IDJMG) concluded my day where we discussed the game plan for Utada’s “Come Back To Me” and reviewed the strategies for other IDJMG Top 40 priorities.”
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☆☆ New Video @ Ningin: “A-Day-in-LA”☆☆
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Ningin has posted a new video clip of Utada working the LA music scene during the Grammy celebrations.
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☆☆ Utada @ NYMag.com Grub Street Profile☆☆
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Utada is profiled in this week’s New York Diet, a feature on New York Magazine’s Grub Street web blog. Check it out here.
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☆☆ Utada.jp: Official Tracklisting and Cover Art☆☆
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Utada.jp has been updated with the official tracklisting and cover art for Utada’s upcoming album “This Is The One.” There is also a new profile picture available.
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☆☆ “This Is The One” Cover Art @ BestBuy.com☆☆
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Best Buy has updated their online store with preorders for Utada’s upcoming album “This Is The One.” The page features a cover for the album, the same rumored cover that was making the rounds last week. This seems to validate the Tommy2 post and would make their tracklisting seem legitimate. An official announcement seems imminent.
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Last edited by Luv ~Venus~; 12th March 2009 at 07:22 PM.
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