Utada, who's full name is Hikaru Utada, is an American born Japanese Singer-songwriter. For the past 5 years she has dominated the Japanese Music industry with song after song of original material, selling well over 25 million copies of her singles and albums in Japan alone. Her ability to speak both Japanese and English, as well as understand the different cultures of both countries, has enabled her to quickly differentiate herself from the Japanese pop scene. Currently she is readying an assult on the U.S. music industry, signed to Def Jam Island Records for her American debut.

[credits to utada-online.net]