Utada Hikaru
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| Native name | 宇多田ヒカル |
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Hikaru Utada (宇多田 光) January 19, 1983 Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
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| Home town | Tokyo, Japan |
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Kazuaki Kiriya (m. 2002–07) Francesco Calianno (m. 2014) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | www |
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EMI Music Japan (Virgin, Foozay, Eastworld) (1997–2013) Universal Music Japan (EMI R, Virgin) (2013–present) Universal Music (Island, Mercury, EMI) (2004–2010; 2013–2017) Sony Music (Epic Records) (2017–present) |
Utada Hikaru (宇多田 ヒカル?, born January 19, 1983), who also goes by the mononym Utada (English /ˈuː tɑː də/), is a Japanese-American singer and songwriter. After releasing the commercially unsuccessful English-language album Precious under the stage name "Cubic U" in 1998, she rose to prominence in 1999 with the release of her second album (and first Japanese-language release), First Love, which sold over eight million copies in Japan and became the best selling Japanese-language album of all time.
She formerly held the record for the highest first-week sales of an album in a single territory, as her Distance album sold over 3 million copies in Japan during the week of March 28, 2001. She has also had three of her Japanese studio albums in the list of Top 10 best-selling albums ever in Japan (number 1, 4, 8) and six of her albums (including one English-language and one compilation) charting within the 275 Best-Selling Japanese albums list. Utada has had twelve number-one singles on the Oricon Singles chart, with two notable record achievements for a female solo or group artist: five million-sellers and four in the Top 100 All-Time Best-selling Singles. It is estimated that Utada has sold more than 52 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists in Japan.
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