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Near the end of 2003, "Simple & Clean" was released as an A-side 12-inch single with "Colors" in Japan; it included the original and PlanitB remix. [45] The original version was included on her 2009 English studio album This Is the One. [39] Upon its release, "Simple & Clean" received positive reviews from most music critics.
Hikaru Utada was born on January 19, 1983 in New York City to Japanese parents. Her mother Keiko Fuji was an enka singer, while her father Teruzane Utada is a record producer. [7] [8] She grew up in Upper East Side, New York and moved to Tokyo, Japan at age 11 due to her parents work. [9] At the age of 10, Utada began to write music and lyrics.
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.
This Is the One marked Utada's last album with Island Records, and the Universal Music Group at that time, not only due to the end of her contract, but also due to her 2010 global recording contract with EMI Music. All albums, regardless of language, will be released under "Hikaru Utada", thus also retiring her Western stage name, Utada. [5]
Utada Hikaru Utada Hikaru First Love: 1999 Japanese "Anata" † (あなた; You) Utada Hikaru Utada Hikaru Hatsukoi: 2018 Japanese "Animato" Utada Hikaru Utada Hikaru Exodus: 2004 English "Apple and Cinnamon" Utada Hikaru Utada Hikaru This Is the One: 2009 English "Arashi no Megami# (嵐の女神; Storm Goddess)" Utada Hikaru Utada Hikaru
On March 28, 2001, Utada released Distance, her third studio album. [1] It serves as the follow-up to her highly successful major-label debut First Love (1999). [2] Distance was a critical and commercial success in her native Japan, with the highest first-week sales of all time at the time (before Adele's 25), and eventually becoming the fourth best-selling album in the country.
"Hikari" (光, lit. "light") is the theme song to the Japanese release of Kingdom Hearts, the first game in the series as well as the Game Boy Advance sequel Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and its remake Re:Chain of Memories, the PlayStation Portable prequel Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, as well as the theme to Kingdom Hearts coded and its DS remake Re:Coded.
Retrospectively, Utada stated to Oricon Style that both of the songs' lyrics were some of her favorite lyrics to date. [7] Knowing that the compact discs of the single would be insufficient with the lack of additional material, she decided to create a B-side track that was identical to the first song; this was titled the "After the Battle ...