Utada Hikaru
Born
January 19th 1983 New York -
USA
Utada Hikaru or known as
hikki by her fans was born in Manhattan , New York in 1983, but
she was raised part time in Tokyo.Her life revolved around the
music industry. Her father, Teruzane Utada, was a music producer
and musician, who now runs her management company. Her mother
Keiko Fuji was a famous enka singer (Japanese ballad singer).
Utada has began to make recordings around the age of seven and
began to write at the age of ten. Some would say it was
inevitable that she would become such a talent. Utada's
debut album, "First Love", debut at number one on the
Original Confidence (Ori-Con) charts, selling out at record
stores even before it's official release date. "First Love",
broke all time record sales in Japan, selling over a massive
9.500.000 copies nine-million,five-hundred-thousand copies, making it the best
selling record in Japanese history. Her new cd album "Distance"
is selling just as fast! In the space of five months since her
debut with "time will tell", Utada rose to the top of
the Japanese pop music scene. At the World Music Awards 2000,
Hikaru Utada received the "Best-Selling Asian Artist"
award. On 28 March 2001, she released her second album, "Distance".
This album has sold about 5 million copies in Japan. At a recent
MTV Unplugged concert, Utada surprised her fans by singing a
rendition of U2's song, "With or Without You!" With
the exception for such occasional covers, Hikaru writes almost
all of her songs.
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