Utada Hikaru

j-panese female singer who is popular. her most famous english song is probably “simple and clean”, the theme song for the english version of the ps2 game “kingdom hearts”. the song is also known as “hikari” in j-panese.
some of her songs are: simple and clean, can you keep a secret, colors, deep river.
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also known as, hikaru utada, utada, or hikki(nickname). nicknamed hikki, since her friends have difficult time pr-nouncing her first name, hikaru. born in new york city, n.y., in january 19, 1983. a very famous j-panese popular music singer and songwriter, who started singing and writing music at a very early age. was attending the columbia university, and currently on leave. recently released her new english alb-m, exodus. currently trying to enter the us music scene. her past alb-ms includes, deep river, distance, and first love. she tried to enter the us music scene before, using the alias, cubic u, but was unsuccessful. when she try again in j-pan, she was unstoppable. married to kiriya kazuaki in 2002, the director of the movie, c-sshern. he also directed some of utada hikaru’s music videos, such as, traveling, deep river, final distance, and sakura drops. might currently be living in new york city.
utada hikaru produced some of the greatest music i have ever heard in my entire life.
a very famous singer in j-pan. most famous in america for “simple and clean” the ‘theme song’ for kingdom hearts(ps2).
utada hikaru is one of my favorite singers.
a really great j-panese singer. she sings j-panese pop aka: j-pop. she was born in new york and moved to j-pan. she has a beautiful voice and a great voice range. a few songs of her’s are, “p-ssion”, “sanctuary”, and “simple and clean”. if you haven’t heard her yet then you should…go listen to her or something.
utada hikaru sang the song “simple and clean” for the game kingdom hearts.
a new-york born singer who is widely popular in j-pan. her 1999 debut alb-m “first love” went on to sell roughly 10 million copies, making it the best-selling alb-m in j-panese history. two more alb-ms released, and her popularity gave her the t-tle “j-pan’s madonna”. recently she has signed up with american record company island def jam, and has released her american devut alb-m, “exodus”. though the sales in the u.s. were weak, it is known as the best-selling english alb-m in j-panese history. utada is far from over with her american career, with recent interviews in magazines, a new single, and a partnership mtv to create the world’s first mobile series of music videos for their new mobile entertainment community ent-tled flux.
a surprise, her alb-m exodus contains interesting dance and pop music. she could be the first j-panese recording artist to really make it in the west.” – elton john
a j-panese musician most famous in america for her songs for the video game kingdom hearts. nicknamed hikki by her fans she was born on january 19th, 1983 in new york city to her famous mother keiko fuji who was also a singer.
hikaru holds several j-panese music records including the #1 alb-m of all time in j-pan in terms of sales (first love ,1999) and most downloaded digital single in the world ( flavor of life, 2008). she was the youngest artist to ever appear on mtv’s unplugged at 18 years of age.
all 5 of her studio alb-ms have reached number 1 in j-pan including 12 number 1 singles and 20 top 5 hits. hikaru married the producer and director of her music videos,kiriya kazauki in 2002 but divorced in 2007.
she has recorded 2 english alb-ms, exodus in 2004 and this is the one in 2009.
hikaru is an anomaly in the music industry as she writes all her own songs and composes and produces about 90% of all her music, she also plays the piano and guitar.

utada is beautiful, talented and smart ( briefly attended columbia university) and is best known for having a wide vocal range for a j-panese singer.

utada hikaru is credited for having the first celebrity internet blog in world starting back in 1998 ( the term blog wasn’t coined till 1999).
she is currently promoting her new english alb-m , this is the one, and is writing and composing songs for her next upcoming j-panese alb-m.
utada hikaru is a goddess.
jpop singer who grew up in ny
most of her songs are techno/pop/r&b
probably planning on debuting in the us under “utada”
hikki rox!
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