[Utada Hikaru] ʕ•̫͡•ʔ The Wild Wolves Howl in the 56th thread ʕ•̫͡•ʔ

[Maemi]

ʕ•̫͡•ʔ NEW SINGLE "Anata" - December 8, 2017!

Spoiler:

"Anata" is the 13th digital single recorded by Utada Hikaru. The song was used as the main theme for the movie DESTINY Kamakura Monogatari. The song is also being used in a commercial starring Utada, promoting Sony's Noican,wireless headphones.




June 28th 2017: "Forevermore" is the twelfth digital single recorded by Utada Hikaru. It marks her second single under the Sony Music Japan sub-label Epic Records Japan. The song is used for the TBS drama Gomen, Aishiteru. It features the world famous drummer Chris Dave, who collaborated with Adele, Justin Bieber and D'Angelo. The Forevemore MV will be shot in London by filmmaker Jamie-James Medina. Listen to it here: http://www.utadahikaru.jp/music/other/title_8.html


July 10th 2017: "Oozora de Dakishimete" is the eleventh digital single recorded by Utada Hikaru. It marks her first single under the Sony Music Japan sub-label Epic Records Japan. The song is used for the Suntory water commercial starring Utada herself. Listen to it here: http://www.utadahikaru.jp/music/other/title_7.html

The studio album 「Fantôme」 was released on Septembar 28, 2016!


Tracklist

1. Michi (道; Road)
2. Ore no Kanojo (俺の彼女; My Girlfriend)
3. Hanataba wo Kimi ni (花束を君に; A Bouquet for You)
4. Nijikan Dake no Vacance (二時間だけのバカンス; A Vacation for Only Two Hours)
5. Ningyo (人魚; Mermaid)
6. Tomodachi (ともだち; Friend)
7. Manatsu no Tooriame (真夏の通り雨; Midsummer Rain Shower)
8. Kouya no Ookami (荒野の狼; Wild Wolf)
9. Boukyaku (忘却; Oblivion)
10. Jinsei Saikou no Hi (人生最高の日; The Best Day of My Life)
11. Sakura Nagashi (桜流し; Flowing Cherry Blossoms)

Fantôme Charts
Day 1: 87,088
Day 2: 49,728
Day 3: 27,782
Day 4: 25,038
Day 5: 28,899
Day 6: 32,065

First week: 252,581

Total so far: 621,611

Digital sales: 44,211

ʕ•̫͡•ʔ About Hikki

Spoiler:

Utada Hikaru (宇多田ヒカル) is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter under the Emi Music Japan label. Utada is one of Japan's most successful artists of all time. Her debut album First Love is the #1 best selling album in Asian music history with over 7.65 million copies sold in Japan alone. In total she has sold over 38,000,000 million records in Japan, and 3 of her albums are in the Top 10 best-selling albums of all time in Japan (#1, #4, #8), making her one of the most successful and popular singers in J-pop history. Utada is bilingual as she was raised in both New York and Tokyo. She is also known in the west under her English language project name 'Utada', most famous for singing the Kingdom Hearts theme song, "Hikari / Simple And Clean" and the Kingdom Hearts II theme song, "Passion / Sanctuary". Initially, Utada's music had a heavy R&B style to it, but later her music progressed to a more pop / experimental tone. Her distinct R&B sound brought her much attention with her first release in Japan, "Automatic / time will tell". Utada was married to director Kiriya Kazuaki, who directed the movie CASSHERN, but in March 2007 the couple split.

On August 9, 2010, Utada announced plans to go on indefinite hiatus following the release of "Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2", her second compilation album. On November 24, 2010, "Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2" was released. It debuted atop the Oricon charts once again. It has also been anounced that Utada has severed ties with Island Def Jam, who releases her English language works. She has secured a global contract with EMI Music. Upon returning from her hiatus, all her future releases will be under the name Utada Hikaru regardless of the country of release.

Utada Hikaru has been deemed the Most Influential Japanese Artist of the past decade (2000-2010) by Japan Times.

Source: generasia.com

ʕ•̫͡•ʔ Discography

Spoiler:

Albums

[1999.03.10] First Love (#1 10.5 million copies sold)
[2001.03.28] Distance (#1 4.4 million copies sold)
[2002.06.19] DEEP RIVER (#1 3.6 million copies sold)
[2006.06.14] ULTRA BLUE (#1 909k copies sold)
[2008.03.09] HEART STATION (#1 1 million copies sold)
[2016.09.28] Fantôme (#1 62k copies sold)

Best Albums

[2004.03.31] Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1 (#1 2,586,347 copies sold)
[2010.11.24] Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2 (#1 442,589 copies sold)
[2014.12.09] Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1+2 HD (USB) (limited to 5,000 copies)

Tribute Albums

[2014.12.09] Utada Hikaru no Uta (宇多田ヒカルのうた; Songs of Utada Hikaru) (49,942 copies sold)


Singles

[1998.12.09] Automatic / time will tell
[1999.02.17] Movin' on without you
[1999.04.28] First Love
[1999.11.10] Addicted To You
[2000.04.19] Wait & See ~Risk~ (Wait & See ～リスク～)
[2000.06.30] For You / Time Limit (For You / タイム・リミット)
[2001.02.16] Can You Keep A Secret?
[2001.07.25] FINAL DISTANCE
[2001.11.28] traveling
[2002.03.20] Hikari (光; Light)
[2002.05.09] SAKURA Drops / Letters (SAKURAドロップス / Letters)
[2003.01.29] COLORS
[2004.04.21] Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro (誰かの願いが叶うころ; When Someone's Wish Comes True)
[2005.09.28] Be My Last
[2005.12.14] Passion
[2006.02.22] Keep Tryin'
[2006.11.22] Boku wa Kuma (ぼくはくま; I'm a Bear)
[2007.02.28] Flavor Of Life
[2007.08.29] Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry
[2008.02.20] HEART STATION / Stay Gold
[2008.05.21] Prisoner Of Love

Digital Singles

[2006.05.31] This Is Love
[2007.05.31] Kiss & Cry
[2007.06.27] Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) -2007 MIX-
[2008.03.27] Fight the Blues
[2008.10.31] Eternally -Drama Mix-
[2009.06.27] Beautiful World -PLANiTb Acoustica Mix-
[2010.10.09] Hymne à l'amour ~Ai no Anthem~ (Hymne à l'amour ～愛のアンセム～) (Édith Piaf cover)
[2010.11.03] Goodbye Happiness
[2012.11.16] 桜流し (Sakura Nagashi)
[2016.04.15] Hanataba wo Kimi ni (花束を君に, A Bouquet For You)
[2016.04.15] Manatsu no Tooriame (真夏の通り雨, Midsummer Rain Shower)


DVD / VHS / Blu-ray

[1999.12.16] UTADA HIKARU SINGLE CLIP COLLECTION VOL.1 UH1
[2000.06.30] Wait & See ~Risk~ (Wait & See ～リスク～)
[2000.12.09] BOHEMIAN SUMMER 2000
[2001.09.27] UTADA HIKARU SINGLE CLIP COLLECTION VOL.2 UH2
[2001.11.28] Utada Hikaru Unplugged
[2002.01.30] traveling
[2002.09.30] UTADA HIKARU SINGLE CLIP COLLECTION+ VOL.3 UH3+
[2003.03.12] COLORS
[2003.08.29] UH Live Streaming 20 Dai wa Ikeike! (UH LIVE STREAMING 20代はイケイケ！)
[2004.07.28] Utada Hikaru in Budokan 2004 Hikaru no 5 (Utada Hikaru in Budokan 2004 ヒカルの5)
[2004.07.28] Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro (誰かの願いが叶うころ)
[2004.10.06] Easy Breezy (Utada)
[2006.09.27] UTADA HIKARU SINGLE CLIP COLLECTION VOL.4 UH4
[2006.12.20] UTADA UNITED 2006
[2011.04.20] WILD LIFE
[2012.12.26] Sakura Nagashi (桜流し; Flowing Cherry Blossoms)

Vinyls

[1999.02.17] Automatic / time will tell
[1999.06.30] First Love
[2000.05.10] Fly Me To The Moon
[2001.07.25] Distance
[2002.xx.xx] SAKURA Drops (Sonic Sprout Mix)
[2002.09.30] DEEP RIVER

ʕ•̫͡•ʔ US Discography (as Utada)

Spoiler:

Albums

[2004.09.08] EXODUS (#1 in Japan - 1,074,393 copies sold; #160 on the US Billboard Hot 200 Albums Chart - 55,000 copies sold)
[2009.03.14] This Is The One (#3 in Japan - 242,657 copies sold; #69 on Billboard Top 200 albums ranking, #2 in the iTunes Pop Albums and #18 in the iTunes General Albums)

Compilation Albums

[2010.11.24] Utada The Best (#12 - 20,278 copies sold)

Singles

[2004.08.03] Easy Breezy
[2004.09.14] Devil Inside
[2005.06.21] Exodus '04
[2005.10.17] You Make Me Want To Be A Man
[2009.02.10] Come Back To Me
[2009.12.21] Dirty Desire

Vinyls

[2004.09.13] Devil Inside
[2005.05.17] Exodus '04
[2005.09.05] You Make Me Want To Be A Man (Promo)
[2005.09.17] You Make Me Want To Be A Man

Download Exclusives

[2004.08.03] Easy Breezy
[2004.08.03] Devil Inside (The Richard Vission Radio Edit / The Scum Frog Radio Edit mixes)
[2009.02.10] Come Back To Me
[2009.07.22] Sanctuary (Opening)
[2009.07.22] Sanctuary (Ending)
[2009.12.21] Dirty Desire

Video Releases

[2013.12.09] In The Flesh 2010 (iTunes only release)

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[oaristos]

Thank you for creating a new thread! Love the title.

[DeepRiver]

Thanks for making this new Thread ... The Banner looks great!



Fantome has passed 1 Mio units (780K physical shipped, 220K digital sales)

http://otakomu.jp/archives/493607.html

Her new Boukyaku PV also just passed 1 million views !

[aliceshields]

I love the name of the thread ^^

[kotora]

She has perfect hair in the banner.

*looks at my hair*
*cries*

[amorphose]

Thank you for making the new thread!

Only a few more weeks until we get to hear "Anata ga Matteru" I'm curious to know how heavily her vocals will be featured.

[Solarblade]

maybe the digital single should be mentioned as a latest release too

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Just watched 忘却 and cried. Lol

I'm in an emotional state, but that type of art is so rare now in jpop. Brought a lot of feelings out.

[DeepRiver]

THE BACK HORN releases short preview of “Anata ga Matteru” featuring Hikki ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcbtWLrPiE

[kotora]

Originally Posted by DeepRiver

THE BACK HORN releases short preview of “Anata ga Matteru” featuring Hikki ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcbtWLrPiE

This cover is love

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Has anyone posted the Michi instrumental? It's not from a karaoke place (at least it doesn't sound like it, it sounds like the same exact song, just with no vocals). I was so glad to find this!

https://www.mediafire.com/?bw49g39c8y1amlf

[ahtka-chan]

^It doesn't really sound like the original one. The beginning is quite different, and there's a melody guide in the background if you notice. Probably it's from a karaoke or an instrumental shop.

[DeepRiver]

Some news ... Fantome reached 640k

Her daily positions for the first 17 weeks



She tweeted : "If teachers/students wanna use my songs in class at school I like them to use my songs free of charge, w/o worrying about copyright fees"

some Promo:



full PV

https://goo.gl/Zy8LHi

... This Song is ...

[thinkingoutloud89]

she is still ging strong, mostly top 10 positions weekly even after 17 weeks. nice!

I predict 750k now!

[YUKARI]

I wish she held a concert some day

[Deep snow]

Wow glad I saw this thread. So great that she sells like crazy!

That Boukyaku video is ...interesting. What are the things that we see pulsating at the beginning of the clip? Looks like bodily function but what do I know.

[Bigtop]

Utada is...changing labels.

Hikaru Utada announces label transfer
http://aramajapan.com/news/hikaru-ut...ransfer/70840/

Through her official website, Hikaru Utada has announced that with her Universal Music Group contract expiring, she will be moving to Sony Music Japan. Utada was originally signed to Toshiba EMI that was renamed EMI Music Japan following the selling of their remaining stake to EMI in 2007. In 2013, the label was absorbed into Universal Music Japan. In her message, Utada emphasizes that it is her first label transfer as an artist.

She expresses her gratitude to the EMI and Universal staff who have been involved in her activities up until this moment and says that she wants to keep tryin’ new things which means that a new record by her might come out sooner than we expect.

Umm, yeah. Sony. In my opinion, that's something I'm NOT going to look forward to. My main issue is their restrictive YouTube policy...

Any thoughts? For me, not something to look forward to. I'm surprised at this news, but what's even shocking is that she's moving to Sony. I understand how Toshiba EMI got into Universal first from Toshiba selling its music label business, then Universal pretty much buys out EMI...but Utada moving to Sony? WHAAAT????? We got caught off-guard with this! :O

[Diva_br]

I'm also disappointed for that decision but I also think (or want to believe) that Utada knows what she's doing moving to Sony. I would have preferred her to end up in Warner, but well.

[bluegie]

I don't really understand as well. Sony jp isn't a really good company IMO, as they don't seem to really care about their artists.
I hope she has total control of her music. I'm sure she will be, as her dad is her manager.

[DeepRiver]

Sony confirmed that she will release new material this year.

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20...89-it_nlab-ent