Utada Hikaru

"Utada" redirects here. For Utada Hikaru's parents, see Teruzane Utada and Keiko Fuji. For the Machine Robo Rescue characters, see Machine Robo Rescue#Characters. , also known by her fan-nickname of , is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter, arranger and record producer.She has been hailed as one of the most successful, influential and acclaimed musicians in Japanese music history. With the release of her seven studio albums, including one compilation and two all-English, 24 solo singles (18 Japanese and 6 English) and several VHS/DVD releases, she has sold a combined estimated total of some 36,000,000 records in Japan as of 2007, making her the 9th most successful musical act ever in Japan. Her worldwide total sales of albums, singles and VHS/DVDs to date is well past 40,000,000 units. Her unusual success has been, in large part, because of her fluent bilingual skills in English and Japanese, having been raised in New York City and Tokyo. She is widely known outside Japan for her two theme song contributions, Simple & Clean/Hikari and Passion/Sanctuary, in the first two installments of the multi-million selling Kingdom Hearts video game series.
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