Utada

[HeavenlyKunoichi]

[img]http://img83.exs.cx/img83/5777/UTADAExodusCover.jpg[/img]
All I am going to say is her album is hot, she is basicaly the first real asian that is going to hit the music scene soon. Her album has some tracks produced by Timbaland. And another song she has, Kremlin Dusk, has the drummer John Theodore from the Mars Volta
Here are some good websites for her


utada-online.net (best site made for the fans by the fans)
Utada.com (bad site, but it the official site)
utada.jp (japanese site same as the official except in Japanese and a better layout lol)

To hear some samples of her songs and her unique style (VERY unique from r&b to pop to rock to electronica. Think Bjork meets Alicia Keys)

Only click one link

http://s2.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=E9F8712A...B8B933D75FED139

http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=A660A7AC...9ED2835987D195A

http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=7168E8E8...52E3FA706152EF3

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/AutomaticTLC/Utada.jpg[/img]

And if you want to hear some other stuff read this


She's "That Japanese girl" that you're going to be hearing a lot from, soon.

"Utada" is her family name, and music is the family business. Born in Manhattan to a traditional-Japanese-style-singer Mom and musician/producer Dad, she was flying frequently between New York and Tokyo before she had learned to walk. Now, 21 years old and bilingual, Utada prizes her unstable, nomadic upbringing which has instilled in her an open yet analytic mind, and the confidence to quickly adapt to any new environment.

To Utada, both metropolises are home. Then perhaps the recording studio could be called her third. There she went after school to do homework, take naps under huge speakers, and watch her parents recording music.

As naturally as a shoemaker's son takes up his father's tools, she composed and recorded her first song at age 11. At 13, she recorded her first solo album in English---she had written and composed most of the songs. A year later, a music producer at Toshiba EMI casually asked her if she was capable of writing Japanese songs. Her answer would become the first recording for her debut album, which has sold over 9 million copies since its release in 1999.

Let me guess; that number either impressed you, or it totally turned you off with the thought that she's another one of those big foreign acts that try to break the US market and can't even cause a stir. Now, let me bet, that when you hear Utada's music, you will listen hard because it is nothing like what you expected, maybe sense a smile creeping up your cheeks, and after drawing your personal opinion, look forward with wonder to how the rest of America is going to take it.

"I'm always troubled when people ask me to classify my music," says Utada. "I try to make GOOD, original music; something entertaining, different, memorable, well-crafted, and worth paying money for. Sometimes I'm as pop as The Police; sometimes as fierce as The Mars Volta, and I always, always enjoy being humorous and seductive."

In Japan, Utada quickly acquired a notoriety for sparse media exposure due to academic priorities (like... high school!). She is currently on leave from Columbia University, opting the intensity of her career over campus life. "I realized that I already knew exactly what I wanted to do. And so for the first time, I consciously chose music as a full time profession. Maybe I'll go back to University when I'm a grandmother." For now she prefers doing most of her work alone with her laptop and keyboard, sequencing and arranging, composing, and writing lyrics.

"When my music starts playing on airwaves and clubs, I want everybody to notice and say, 'Hey, this is that Japanese girl, right?!' " ...But how will we recognize her at first, with just her music? Take it from Utada who says, "I'll make sure that you know it's me."

[plungergirl]

Sounds interesting, may have to check it out... but also, that link you provided didn't work, the one to listen to samples of her songs...

[HeavenlyKunoichi]

I just updated the link to her songs, if any of the links go down tell me.

[Nova_Eclipse]

Im a Utada fan but ive never listened to any of her albumns, she sang simple and clean on kingdom hearts and it made me cry