Utada Hikaru (born January 19, 1983), also known as Utada, is a J-Pop star. She is one of the most popular and successful Japanese artists today, given her personality, singing, songwriting and producing abilities, looks, lifestyle, and upbringing.
First Love
She moved to Tokyo later that year and attended The American School in Japan, while continuing to record on a new contract with Toshiba/EMI. She soon made her mark on Japanese music with her successful single “Automatic”, soon followed by the album First Love, which sold over five million copies in a month during March and April of 1999, and placed Utada among the 100 wealthiest people in Japan. She also broke the record of units sold on a single album in Japan; she still holds the record (in 2005).
The album has sold more than ten million copies in Asia.