Hikaru Utada discography

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Hikaru Utada discography
Studio albums7
Compilation albums1
Singles27
Digital Singles6

This is the discography of Japanese pop singer Hikaru Utada. Utada has sold more than 36 million singles and albums in Japan alone,[1] with her seven albums, one compilations, and numerous singles.

Albums

Japanese Studio albums

Year Title Chart Positions Sales/Certifications
JapanJPN TaiwanTWN Hong KongHK SingaporeSG ThailandTH Template:Country data WorldINT
1999 First Love

1 1 1 1 1 1

2001 Distance

1 1 1 1 1 1

  • Japan sales: 4.47 million2
  • Worldwide sales: 5.4 million
  • RIAJ Certification: 4x Million

2002 Deep River

1 1 1 1 1 1

  • Japan sales: 3.6 million
  • Worldwide sales: 4 million
  • RIAJ Certification: 3x Million

2006 Ultra Blue

1 1 1 1 1 1

  • Japan sales: 0.91 million
  • Worldwide sales: 1.3 million
  • RIAJ Certification: Million[3]

2008 Heart Station

1 1 1 1 1 1

  • Japan sales: 1 million
  • Worldwide sales: 1.8 million
  • RIAJ Certification: Million [4]

  • Notes:

1 Currently best-selling album in Japan.
2 Currently claims the largest one-week album sales worldwide (in recent memory) with 3 million first week sales.[5]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

International/English Studio albums

Year Title Chart Positions Sales/Certifications
JapanJPN United StatesUSA TaiwanTWN Hong KongHK SingaporeSG Template:Country data WorldINT
1998 "Precious

  • Released under the name Cubic U
  • Released: January 28, 1998
  • Length: 54:42

 2 — — — — —

  • Japan sales: 702,060
    (Japan)

2004 Exodus

1 160 1 1 1 1

  • Japan sales: 1.07 million
  • Worldwide sales: 1.3 million
  • RIAJ Certification: Million [6]

2009 This Is The One

TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

  • Japan sales: TBA
  • Worldwide sales: TBA
  • RIAJ Certification: TBA

Compilations albums

Year Title Chart Positions Sales/Certifications
JapanJPN United StatesUSA TaiwanTWN Hong KongHK SingaporeSG ThailandTH Template:Country data WorldINT
2004 Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1

1 — 1 1 1 1 1

  • Japan sales: 2.58 million
  • Worldwide sales: 3.2 million
  • RIAJ Certification: 3x Million [7]

U3 albums

Year Title
1993 "Star

2003 Are Kara 10 Nen Kinen Ban

  • Released: June 21, 2003
  • Length: N/A
  • Oricon top 200 weekly position: N/A
  • Language: Japanese

Singles

Japan singles

All songs are written by Hikaru Utada. (Except "Time Limit" is co-written by her and Takuro of GLAY)

Release Title Oricon Singles Charts Billboard Japan Charts Legal Downloads
(all formats) 		Album
Peak Positions Sales Hot 100 Hot Airplay Hot Singles
Daily Weekly Yearly Debut Overall
1998 "Automatic / Time Will Tell" - 8 cm — 4 22 17,990 772,080 — — — 500,000+ First Love
"Automatic / time will tell" - 12 cm — 2 5 24,220 1,290,700 — — —
1999 "Movin' on without you" - 8 cm — 5 — 101,360 346,820 — — — —
"Movin' on without you" - 12 cm — 1 16 372,170 879,760 — — —
"First Love" - 8 cm — 6 — 68,040 303,430 — — — 700,000+[8]
"First Love" - 12 cm — 2 — 196,850 500,890 — — —
"Addicted To You" 1 1 6 1,067,510 1,784,050 — — — — Distance
2000 "Wait & See ~Risk~" 1 1 3 804,570 1,662,060 — — — —
"For You / Time Limit" 1 1 18 451,640 909,000 — — — —
2001 "Can You Keep A Secret?" 1 1 1 783,620 1,484,940 — — — —
"Final Distance" — 2 24 225,860 582,120 — — — — Deep River
"Traveling" 1 1 2 277,100 856,140 — — — —
2002 "Hikari" 1 1 10 270,370 598,130 — — — —
"Sakura Drops / Letters" 1 1 6 400,390 686,720 — — — —
2003 "Colors" 1 1 3 437,903 893,790 — — — — Ultra Blue
2004 "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" 1 1 14 150,020 365,206 — — — —
2005 "Be My Last" 1 1 70 80,064 150,928 — — — 2,000,000 +
"Passion" 2 4 91 49,242 112,345 — — — 1,000,000 +
2006 "Keep Tryin'" 1 2 82 70,147 125,077 — — — 2,000,000
"This Is Love" — — — — — — — — 1,500,000 +
"Boku wa Kuma" 4 4 127, 72 39,715 147,041 — — — 870,000[9] Heart Station
2007 "Flavor Of Life" 1 1 2 270,605 650,510 — — — 8,180,000[9]
"Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry" 1 2 20 93,518 235,050 — — — 2,890,000[9]
2008 "Heart Station / Stay Gold" 2 3 — 48,430 76,762 2 1 3 1,960,000[9]
"Fight the Blues" — — — — — 1 1 — 130,000
"Prisoner of Love" 2 2 95 38,902 81,626^ 2 6 2 2,900,000[9]
"Eternally -Drama Mix-" — — — — — 2 — — 500,000 + [10] Distance
Number-one songs 13 12 1

Footnotes:

  • ^ = Still active in charts
  • — = N/A or TBD
  • +/- = Approximately

International/English singles

Year Title Peak position Album
1997 "I'll Be Stronger" — —
"Close to You" — Precious
2000 "Remix: Fly Me to the Moon" 16 (Japan) —
2004 "Easy Breezy" — Exodus
"Devil Inside" 1 (Billboard Club)
2005 "Exodus '04" 24 (Billboard Club)
"You Make Me Want to Be a Man" 227 (UK Chart)
2007 "Do You" 2 (Japan iTunes) Digital single
2009 "Come Back to Me" TBA This Is The One

U3 singles

Release Number Single Information
1st "Rainy Day"
  • Released: 1995
2nd "New Life"
  • Released: 1995
3rd "Tsumetai Tsuki -Nakanaide-"
  • Released: 1996
4th "Thank You"
  • Released: 1999
5th "Golden Era"
  • Released: 1999
6th "Kodomo-tachi no Uta ga Kikoeru"
  • Released: 2003

VHS/DVD

DVD Single

Others

Other recordings

  • Colors (Godson Mix) – Used for a Toyota Wish commercial in 2004
  • Hikari - Kingdom Hearts Game (Japanese Title song for the game)
  • Simple and Clean - Kingdom Hearts Game (US Title song for the game)
  • Passion - Kingdom Hearts II Game (Japanese Title song for the game)
  • Sanctuary - Kingdom Hearts II Game (US Title song for the game)
  • Blow My Whistle Feat.Foxy Brown-Rush Hour 2 soundtrack(Produced by The Neptunes)

Others — various artists

  • Japanese
    • Beautiful Drivin' Classic — Wish (November 6, 2003)
    • One Night Magic - Yamada Masashi (December, 2006) (ULTRA BLUE)
  • English
    • Blow My Whistle (featuring Foxy Brown) — Def Jam's Rush Hour 2 soundtrack (July 31, 2001)
    • By Your Side (featuring Kiley Dean) — Unity: Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games (July 27, 2004)

Other songs

  • Day of Nattō-- On her blog in July 2007, she stated that she recorded this song, and that she stayed up all night writing it. This song is possibly to be included on an upcoming single, and is speculated by most to be "Stay Gold".
  • By Your Side-- with Timbaland and Kiley Dean, featured on the 2004 Olympics in Athens official soundtrack: Unity.
  • Sukiyaki-- She covered the song Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto. This was a demo version for her recording company, Toshiba-EMI and was never officially released to the public.
  • Save the Best for Last-- She sang the chorus of the song originally by Vanessa L. Williams on her 20th birthday. Mentioned that it's her 'weapon song' during karaoke sessions. (UH Live Streaming 20 Dai wa Ikeike!)
  • I Love You-- On her Bohemian Summer 2000 tour, she covered Yutaka Ozaki's "I Love You" as a tribute to him.
  • Take on Me-- On her Bohemian Summer 2000 Tour, she covered A-Ha's "Take on me".
  • Playback part 2-- A cover of legendary Japanese idol, singer, and actress Momoe Yamaguchi's classic, also performed on her Bohemian Summer 2000 tour.

Sales By Year

Year Sales
1998 2,062,780
1999 11,465,165
2000 2,550,710
2001 7,392,335
2002 4,889,438
2003 893,790
2004 4,023,809
2005 263,273
2006 1,181,231
2007 885,560
2008 1,161,418
2009 —
Total 36,769,509

References

  1. ^ Template:Ja icon 宇多田ヒカル-ORICON STYLE ミュージック
  2. ^ http://www.riaj.or.jp/chronicle/1900/1990.html
  3. ^ Template:Ja icon The Gold Disc
  4. ^ http://www.golddisc.jp/monthly/2008_5/j_album.html
  5. ^ ORICON STYLE - Weekly album chart : 2nd week of April 2001
  6. ^ http://www.golddisc.jp/monthly/2004_10/e_album.html
  7. ^ http://www.golddisc.jp/monthly/2004_4/j_album.html
  8. ^ U.Blog » U.Bits: “First Love” Downloads, NINKI, Nick Awards
  9. ^ a b c d e [1].
  10. ^ [2].
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