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Hikaru Utada (宇多田ヒカル, Utada Hikaru, born January 19, 1983), also known mononymously as Utada, [2] is a Japanese and American singer, songwriter, and producer. She is considered to be one of the most influential and best-selling musical artists in Japan.
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In 2014, "Letters" was recorded by Ringo Sheena for Utada Hikaru no Uta, a tribute album celebrating 15 years since Utada's debut. [9] It was released as a preceding download from the album on December 3, 2014. [9]
Musically, "Hikari" is a pop folk song, as described by staff members from Japanese music magazine CD Journal. [9] Square Enix Music's Neo Locke described the song's composition and melody in an extended review: "The acoustic guitar combined with the synth in the background creates a pleasant and gentle harmony that helps bring out Utada's voice."
"Be My Last" is Hikaru Utada's 14th Japanese single, released on September 28, 2005. It was used for the 2005 film Spring Snow, an adaptation of the 1966 Yukio Mishima novel of the same name.
In 2006, Utada released her fifth studio album, Ultra Blue, led by the digital single "This Is Love".In February 2007, Utada released "Flavor of Life", the theme song for the drama Hana Yori Dango Returns, which became one of her most commercially successful singles, selling over eight million downloads and becoming the second most digitally successful song of 2007 globally.
The discography of Japanese-American R&B and pop singer Hikaru Utada consists of eleven studio albums, four compilation albums, eleven video albums and numerous singles and promotional singles. Utada began as a musician in the early 1990s as a member of U 3 , a family unit made up of her, her mother Junko Utada, also known as 1970s enka singer ...
This is the list of awards received by Hikaru Utada, a Japanese singer-songwriter.She has won numerous awards, including 39 Japan Gold Disc Awards (the 3rd most out of any artist in the event's history), 5 Japan Record Awards, 6 awards from MTV Video Music Awards Japan, and 8 Japan Record Sales Awards.