Billboard/Nielsen SoundScan has released the Billboard 200 chart for the week ending June 6th, and Utada’s “This Is The One” ranks in at #137, selling 3,873 units this past week. This brings the total physical/digital reported sales to 16,308 units.
- I've gotta get this said September 3, 2010
- First important announcement in a while September 3, 2010
- Life with flowers September 3, 2010
- Father's birthday September 3, 2010
- Mother's birthday September 3, 2010
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- theara on Utada to release Single Collection Vol. 2 w/ 4-5 new tracks; Take break from music
- theara on Utada to release Single Collection Vol. 2 w/ 4-5 new tracks; Take break from music
- hiritofatsuge on JUJU to cover Utada’s “First Love”
- hiritofatsuge on JUJU to cover Utada’s “First Love”
- Editor on JUJU to cover Utada’s “First Love”
Well Ayumi and Namie constantly release more and they both tour much more and are either touring right now or just finishing up while Utada never tours and her last Japanese single was last year. So naturaly this is why you’re hearing their name more, not that you can base Utada’s popularity solely off of what you, one person, are hearing. I’m not really sure what most of your post had to do with anything going on in America either but there you go.
@dral.
What part of Asia do you live in?
If you see MTV Asia and Channel [V], Utada is everywhere.
While the other J-Pop artist only showed in some program like MTV JK Hits or [V]’s Battle of the Pop Asia vs. Asia or [V] Tunes.
But Utada? She’s on Primetime Hits, MTV Lunch Quikies, Breakfast Club, even Chart Attack and [V] Countdown (she’s peaked at number 1).
@innerise.
American R&B (exampke: TLC) was popular in Japan when Utada released her first single. That’s why Cubic U’s Precious sold million copies. Then Utada is the first that introduce the R&B in Japanese, so she was booming at that time.
but in the states she can’t just release a single that’s very different of what people use to listen. first of all, she has to release something commom on the US, after she can sing anything.
Huge produccers, like timbaland and tricky, like her songs and her style, but other thing is public. she has to attract listeners.
Anyway… WHERE IS UTADA!?!?!
She did release something common. Very common. And here we are…..complaining and disappointed. :/
^ yeah, and she released singles from Exodus which was deemed non-mainstream and look what happened there as well.
I don’t think the public will have problems with FYI, it’s the radio programmers who will close the door on it…well, this unknown artist with a weird song and strange song title, they won’t even give it a chance.
IDJ will probably have to send dirty desire or ON & ON to the stations and making a skanky Britney/Rihanna type of video and send that to VH-1/MTV and hope they’ll start playing it.
I don’t see what anything on Exodus has to do with anything on “This Is The One”. Doesn’t compare at all thus you can’t compare. And I don’t see it as a weird song thus I don’t see them having a hard time playing the song. It’s all subjective. So it all depends on the person. Can’t generalize them all. I’ve never hoped Utada frequented U.Blog more than I do now. Hope she sees the poll and makes the right choice. It’s not as if our musical taste here is so eclectic that our poll represents no part of the American Music Market. I don’t give myself or anybody that much credit. We’re not special.
OFF-TOPIC: U.Blog is featured on Google Reader under “Top Recommendations” =D …at least that’s what I see on mine. just had to share. that’s already good promotion not only for this site, but for hikki as well.
all i want right now is for hikki to come out from under her hiding stone. am getting tired of waiting for her and what will happen next. somehow i feel like she has lost interest or got caught up with her japanese stuff. i dont think she was even mentioned during the event IDJ hosted which showcased their spring line up. =/ there might not even be a second single if this continues. should i blame them or hikki? i dont know anymore.
FYI isn’t a weird song at all the problem is that young people nowadays listen to so much generic pop radio that their idea of what a good pop song is based on that and everything that doesn’t fit into that criteria is considered “weird”.
Listen to some 80’s and early 90’s pop music and tell me how weird FYI really is.
By the way , 80’s and 90’s pop music >>>>>>>>>>>>> 2000 pop music.
If Hikki released songs like FYI,Hotel Lobby, Me Muero or Kremlin Dusk in that time period it would be considered quite normal and all the songs would be hits.
The music industry in America is all about image and American Idol types and good original pop music by people who actually have talent continues to be driven underground.
At E3 the trailer for the new Kingdom Hearts DS game was played and Utada’s “Sanctuary” was playing during. Promotion! I’ll take what I can get at this point. First time hearing the song on tv since Kingdom Hearts 2 promotional commercials. Twas nice.
you people are missing the point. Whether something qualifies as weird is very subjective, but to pop/rythmic radio nowadays, FYI is WEIRD with its oriental piano sampling as well as its lyrics. To hell with the 80s, 90s..it’s the past. If we’re in 80s/90s, then we won’t be having this FYI is radio friendly or not discussion….and can somebody smack Innerise upside the head, he’s debating for the sake of debating. We’re talking about whether Utada should go with radio-friendliness or FYI. She tried something less radio friendly with Exodus and she failed. She tried something generic with CBTM she failed too, but to a lesser extent. YOU CAN’T GENERALIZE and claim that releasing something COMMON like CBTM led her to where she is right now.
Hello whoever said that nowadays mainstream sucks. Everyone have their own favorite.
Are you going to said that britney and rihanna’s fans are idiot? What about people that only listen to music for fun only? What about people that come to an orchestra every week? Then what about you Hikki-obsessed fanboy?
lawingding:
When do you decide what we all were talking about? Some think “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence – FYI” is radio friendly and no weirder than anything else. Definitely not like the stuff she released for Exodus. No comparison in my opinion. You arrived 3 nanoseconds ago. Calm down. Wanting to smack me upside the head over what song I want for a single is the most ignorant and hilarious thing so far. Grow up kid. What’s to be mad about? I just hope Utada releases another Single period. If it’s what I want I’ll be ecstatic. If it isn’t, I’ll still be glad we got another one. It is not THIS serious. Everyone won’t agree with everyone. You’ll have to accept that fact after you’re done smacking people upside the head for hurting your feelings and not agreeing with you.
“Are you going to said that britney and rihanna’s fans are idiot?”
Yes and you should proof read your comments before you post.
Currently, I honestly don’t care about what the next single is going to be. Where is Utada, now? It’s been a good 2 weeks, and we still haven’t word of any recovery or promotion. Are they debating as much as we are about what the next single should be? xD
I saw that E3 trailer too =D The game looks cool. Just showing UTADA’s name in it is a GOOD promo.
I envy all those with PSPs, and DSs. D: You all can get ‘Birth By Sleep’, and 358/2 days. I hope one comes out for Ps3 soon. I read somewhere, I think Gamespot, that Squaresoft requested her to do a song for the next KH! Hopefully this rumour is correct.
InnerRice, nobody is mad at you. You just need some sense knocked into you. Here’s your rebuttal thrown back at you…Who are you to decide that FYI is “not like the stuff she released for Exodus”? I don’t see that many people saying that FYI is radio friendly and similar to what’s on radio in the US these days…
^I can decide that for myself because it’s my opinion and I clearly stated, “In My Opinion”. I’m not telling you what you’re talking about based off of my logic. You basing the topic of the discussion off of your opinion and dictating what everyone else is talking about is a no. Simple. Thinking you need to knock something into someone because you don’t like what they think is primitive ignorance. It’s okay to disagree. Calm down and stop getting mad over Songs.
You don’t see it because you just joined a minute ago.
FiresEmblem:
Yeah, I’m hearing different stuff too. I don’t know if any of it is true. I heard that she’s doing a new song for “Kingdom Hearts 3″ and “Birth By Sleep” on the PSP. I honestly don’t believe they would waste a new song from Utada on the PSP. I hope not. They better bring her back for “Kingdom Hearts 3″.
this is the interview from january…
http://jetaany.org/magazine_files/utada.pdf
^Mr. Teruzane and Utada said NO to DISNEY coz they don’t pay. soo yah… idk but this was a long time ago.. maybe they chaged their mind with KH3..
link source: utadanet.com
Ruka27 that was a long and good interview! Thank you for sharing!! Well I do hope Hikki will do the song for KH3…
Ruka, thanks for posting that interview, it was amazing!
UTADA WAS SPOTTED IN CHANNEL [V] SPOT LIGHT.
She is beautiful in the interview. And she said she wrote her own lyrics and melody for TITO (there are some people who doubt about this).
Also during the interview they showed a fanmade alternate album cover.
At the end Chuichi is made an appearance.
This is her best interview!