Hikaru Utada albums discography
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The album discography of Japanese-American singer Hikaru Utada consists of eleven studio albums, one extended play, two live albums, five compilation albums, and eleven video albums. Utada began as a musician in the early 1990s as a member of U3, a family unit made up of them, their mother Junko Utada, also known as 1970s enka singer Keiko Fuji, and their father, musical producer Teruzane Utada. U3 released their debut album Star in 1993, with the hope to debut in America.[1][2] In 1996, the group was rebranded as Cubic U, an R&B project focusing on Hikaru Utada, resulting in the English language album Precious in 1998 with record label Toshiba EMI.[3][4]
| Hikaru Utada albums discography | |
|---|---|
Utada at Sephora in New York City (2009) | |
| Studio albums | 11 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| Video albums | 11 |
Utada continued releasing music with Toshiba EMI, debuting as a Japanese-language musician in December 1998 with the single "Automatic" / "Time Will Tell", and releasing their debut album First Love in 1999. The album was a phenomenal success, becoming the most sold album of all time in Japan.[5] Their second album Distance was released on March 28, 2001, on the same day as singer Ayumi Hamasaki's compilation album A Best. Both sold over three million copies in their first week, becoming the respective highest and second highest selling albums in Japan in a single week.[6][7]
Before the release of their third album Deep River (2002), Utada signed with American record label Island Def Jam and music corporation Universal to release English language globally.[8] This resulted in their global debut album Exodus (2004), under the mononym Utada. Utada returned to the Japanese market with their albums Ultra Blue (2006) and Heart Station (2008). Their song "Flavor of Life" (2007), the theme song for the drama Hana Yori Dango Returns, sold over eight million downloads, and became the second most downloaded song globally of 2007 after Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend".[9][10]
Utada released their second global English album This Is the One in 2009. After a compilation album featuring an extended play of new material, Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 (2010), Utada went on an extended hiatus for personal reasons, however they briefly returned to release the song "Sakura Nagashi" for the animated film Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012).[11][12] They made their official return in 2016 with the album Fantôme, again to commercial and critical success.[13][14]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales[A] | Certifications | |||||||
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| JPN [15] |
JPN Hot [16] |
KOR Intl. [17][B] |
US [21] |
US World [22] | |||||||
| Precious (as Cubic U) |
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2 | — | — | — | — |
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| First Love | 1 | 80 | 62 | — | — |
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| Distance |
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1 | — | 70 | — | — |
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| Deep River |
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1 | — | 67 | — | — |
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| Exodus (as Utada) |
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1 | — | — | 160 | — |
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| Ultra Blue |
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1 | — | 97 | — | — |
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| Heart Station |
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1 | — | 89 | — | — |
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| This Is the One (as Utada) |
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3 | — | — | 69 | — |
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| Fantôme | 1 | 1 | 47 | — | 1 | ||||||
| Hatsukoi |
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1 | 1 | 4 | — | 3 |
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| Bad Mode |
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1 | 1 | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes an item that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [15] |
KOR [51] |
KOR Intl. [17][B] | |||||||||
| Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1 |
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1 | — | 28 |
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| Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 |
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1 | 12 | 1 |
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| Utada the Best (as Utada) |
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12 | — | — |
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| Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1+2 HD |
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— | — | — |
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| Science Fiction |
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1 | — | — |
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| "—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the G-Music or Gaon Charts, or items that did not chart. | |||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| JPN [15] | ||
| Hikaru Utada Live Sessions from Air Studios |
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—[D] |
| Hikaru Utada Science Fiction Tour 2024 |
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— |
| "—" denotes items that were ineligible to chart because no physical edition was released. | ||
Other albums
Extended plays
| Title | Extended play details | Peak positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [15] |
JPN Hot [63] |
FRA [64] |
SCO | US World [22] | ||||
| One Last Kiss |
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2 | 1 | 112 | 58 | 12 |
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Video albums
Music video albums
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| JPN DVD [15] | ||
| Utada Hikaru Single Clip Collection Vol. 1 | 1 | |
| Utada Hikaru Single Clip Collection Vol. 2 |
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1 |
| Utada Hikaru Single Clip Collection Vol. 3+ |
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3 |
| Utada Hikaru Single Clip Collection Vol. 4 |
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2 |
Live concert video albums
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN DVD [15] |
JPN Blu-ray [15] |
TWN [67][F] | |||||
| Bohemian Summer 2000 |
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1 | 10 | — | |||
| Utada Hikaru Unplugged |
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1 | 14 | — | |||
| UH Live Streaming 20-dai wa Ikeike! (20代はイケイケ!, Nijū-dai wa Ikeike!; "Your 20s Are Funky!") |
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3 | — | — |
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| Utada Hikaru in Budokan 2004: Hikaru no 5 (ヒカルの5; "Hikaru's 5") |
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1 | 12 | — |
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| Utada United 2006 |
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14 | 6 | — | |||
| Wild Life: Live at the Yokohama Arena 2010 |
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9 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Utada: In the Flesh 2010 |
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— | — | — | |||
| Hikaru Utada Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018 |
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— | 2 | — | |||
| Hikaru Utada Science Fiction Tour 2024 |
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— | 2 | — | |||
| Luv Live |
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— | 8 | — | |||
| Hikaru Utada Live Sessions from Air Studios |
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— | 19 | — | |||
| "—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the G-Music Chart, or were not released physically. | |||||||
Notes
- Sales provided by Oricon database and are rounded to the nearest thousand copies. All sales figures are for physical copies, unless otherwise noted.
- Received a 2× Platinum certification for 800,000 copies, however the 2× Platinum threshold was redefined as 500,000 copies in 2003.
- Charted in 1999.
- Positions were taken from 2005 week 37 for Single Collection Vol. 1, 2006 week 24 for Ultra Blue, 2008 week 13 for Heart Station, 2008 week 21 for "Prisoner of Love", 2009 week 12 and 2009 week 13 for This Is the One, 2010 week 50 for Single Collection Vol. 2, 2011 week 23 for Wild Life, 2014 week 50 for First Love.