Utada Hikaru - Passion
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Utada Hikaru (born January 19, 1983), also known by her fan-nickname of Hikki, is a third culture 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.
In 2003, HMV Japan announced that Utada Hikaru is the #24 Japanese pop artist in its survey of "Top 100 Japanese pop artists" of all time, making her the youngest artist with the highest rank in that survey. In 2006, Utada Hikaru also ranked #10 in HMV's "Top 30 Best Japanese Singers of All Time". And in July 2007, it was announced by her label EMI records that Utada's 18th Japanese-language (23rd overall) single Flavor of Life had sold the most digital units to date of any song release worldwide.
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Utada Hikaru (born January 19, 1983), also known by her fan-nickname of Hikki, is a third culture 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.
In 2003, HMV Japan announced that Utada Hikaru is the #24 Japanese pop artist in its survey of "Top 100 Japanese pop artists" of all time, making her the youngest artist with the highest rank in that survey. In 2006, Utada Hikaru also ranked #10 in HMV's "Top 30 Best Japanese Singers of All Time". And in July 2007, it was announced by her label EMI records that Utada's 18th Japanese-language (23rd overall) single Flavor of Life had sold the most digital units to date of any song release worldwide.
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As I remember it, the far far away
Future shined as far as the eye could see
Beneath the beautiful blue sky
We were just a little bit scared
This window is coloured in a nostalgic colour
If I face forward, will I see you again?
The future continues on forever
I want to see the changing of this era
Beneath a huge billboard
I want to watch time change
Towards the people, the places
I will never see again
I open this window
As I remember it, the far far away
Future shined as far as the eye could see
Beneath the beautiful blue sky
We slept forever
There was someone who I loved a long time ago
He's going to have a child in the winter
Sometimes I want to question
The things that I decided on a long time ago
I never could have forgotten them
Put your picture in your New Year's cards
I reminisce fondly about
All the things we could never do
My fears, My lies
Beneath the blue sky
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