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At 15, she wrote, recorded and released Precious, and English-language album under the name Cubic U. It failed to make commercial waves. She remained undaunted by her English failure and continued to work on her style. At 16, she released a Japanese-language album under her birth name.
That album was 's First Love, and it was an instant smash. She stuck out in a sea of highly-controlled "idols. Her follow up LP Distance sold more than 3,, copies in its first week to become the fastest-selling album in the country. Skrillex isn't her first American collaborator. In , she appeared on Ne-Yo' s best of compilation on the track "Do You. She's also been sampled by French Montana twice, once on 's "Sanctuary" and again on its sequel "Sanctuary Pt.
In , Japan Times named Hikaru Utada the country's most influential artist of the naughties. She was revered as "the most important individual to emerge on the Japanese pop scene since Tetsuya Komuro discovered Eurobeat in the s," citing how First Love changed the face of Japanese pop and annointing her subsequent tour "the biggest Japanese music event of the year.
Her work with Kingdom Hearts is a huge part of her international influence, but it's only a small part of her full story, one that continues to unfold before our eyes. Search term. Billboard Pro Subscribe Sign In. She returned in earnest at the close of the decade, delivering mature works such as Fantome and Hatsukoi In , she continued her extended collaborative relationship with the Evangelion anime series with the One Last Kiss EP.
Her father's production job bounced her between New York City and Tokyo, with the only constant being naps and homework in the studio. She was bilingual at an early age and soon came to understand both American and Japanese cultures.
She had composed and recorded her first Japanese-language song by the age of 11 and her first album in English by What stood out to the few who heard the album was what an accomplished composer Utada was. She could, of course, and her Japanese-language debut album, First Love , hit number one on the Japanese charts during its first week of release, breaking the record for first-week sales of a debut album, and selling over nine million copies since its release in One Japanese-language platinum-selling album after another followed and the Japanese press took note of Utada 's unique style, influenced by the alternative rock from America.
Academics prevented her from giving many interviews, and her mystique grew as a result. In she announced she was moving to the Island-Universal Music Japan label and recording an English-language album. Her single "Exodus 04" became a heartbreaker for her solid fan base when her lyrics were taken as a goodbye to Japan. The album Exodus was released in Japan on September 8, , and Utada now held the record for largest-ever one-day shipment of an English-language album by doubling Mariah Carey 's previous record of , Exodus mixed wistful pop and sparkling dance music, and featured producer Timbaland and Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore.
American J-pop fans were aware of her for years, but Utada got her first mainstream U.
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