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HikkiattheTopofJapanesePopScene|宇多田光之流行物语Utadawonthe“PowerPlay5”ondozensofnationwideFMstations.Itisstillfreshlyrememberedthatontheweekofitsrelease,hersinglesettherecordofrankingNo.1infrequencyofairplay6onFMandAMstationsinboththeKantoandKansai7regions.Andit'sawell-knownfactthat“Automatictimewilltell”amazed8everybody,achievingtheextraordinarydistinction9ofbeingrankedhighlyonvarioussaleschartsforboth12cmdiscsand8cmdiscs,includingtheOriginalConfidence(Ori-Con)chart10.Herfollowingsecondsingle“Movin'onwithoutyou”(releasedFebruary17,1999),acommercialsongforNissanTerrano11,earnedthetoppositionasitappearedintheOriginalConfidencechart.Andherdebutalbum,“FirstLove”(March10,1999release),soldoutatrecordstoriespriortoitsofficialreleasedate.InadditiontoinstantlyrankingNo.1ontheOri-Conchart,italsosetnewrecordsfor“HighestInitialPointsforaDebutAlbum”,and“HighestInitialPointsforanOriginalAlbum12”.IntheMay10issueofOri-Con,itbecameNo.1ontheAllAlbumsChart.Fivemonthsafterherdebut,UtadaclimbedtothetopoftheJapanesepopmusicscene.Afterthetitletrack13of“FirstLove”becamethemaintheme14forTBSnetwork'sweeklydrama“MajonoJoken”(ToBeaWitch),itwasreleasedasasingle.Togetherwiththedramathesongcontinuestogiveheart-throbbingexcitementtoalltheaudience.Thefirstliveperformance15as“UtadaHikaru”wereheldonApril1andApril2withafullinvitationsystem.Eachhostradiostationwasswarmed16byapplicationsfromfans.Eachperformancehadafullhouse17.AndasUtadavoiced,“Lifeisgreatandfun...”everybodyandeverythinginthehallbecameasoneinthehighestexcitement.Asisevidentfromtheabove18,itisnoexaggeration19tosaythatUtadahasbecomeasocialphenomenon20,thefemaleartistreceivingthemostattentionfromeverybodyregardlessofage21.“Iwillcontinuetodomyownmusic,as‘UtadaHikaru’,withouttheconstraintsof22musicalgenres23.Iwanttokeepbetrayingeverybodyinagoodsense24!”Shesayswithagenuine25smile.Itwillbefuntoseehowthingsdevelop,givenhermotto26,“Asitgoes,”HikaruUtadawillcertainlycontinuetosurpriseeverybody.Utadawasraisedinanenvironmentofconstantexposureto27musicincludingstudiovisitsbecausebothherparentswereengagedin28music-relatedwork.Itwas,however,afterthefamilyreturnedtoJapanandHikaruwasabouttenthatshereallystartedlisteningtomusic.Inthosedays,shelistenedmainlytorock,forinstance“Queen”and“BonJovi29”.Thereasonforhercurrentpreferenceofawiderangeofmusicalgenreshasitsrootsinherpast.Later,ontheadviceofafriend,sheencounteredR&B,whichsheendedupdevotingherselfto30.HikarustartedherprofessionalactivitieswritinglyricsinEnglishonlyatageten.Assoonasshedebutedas“CubicU”inNewYork,she,caughttheattentionofmanywell-knownartistsandthemusicindustry.Inadditiontoreleasingthree12-inchsingles,shealsoreleased(stillas“CubicU”)amaxi-single31intheU.S.andEuropewhenshewas12.InJapan,theToshibaFreeBaselabel32releasedthefirstmaxi-single,“Closetoyou”andthealbum“Precious”underthename“CubicU”inJanuary1998beforeanyothercountry.It'swellknownthatLennyKravitz33,listeningto“Precious,”offeredgreatpraise.AndonDec,9,1998,shedebutedas“UtadaHikaru”with“Automatic/timewilltell,”songswritteninJapaneseforthefirsttime.Inthefuture,shesays,shewilldoheractivitiesglobally34astwototallydifferentartists“UtadaHikaru”inJapan,and“CubicU”intheU.S.宇多田光,1983生于纽约,在充满音乐的氛围中长大。最近以其乐感和唱歌写歌的天才颇受赞誉,名声鹊起。而这一切均起源于她的单曲“TimeWillTell”。在她的第一张专辑“Automatic”正式推出前的一个多月,该首单曲已登陆许多调频音乐榜。专辑推出后,上榜形势喜人,此后她的新歌迭出,许多歌曲同时登上排行榜!宇多田光在多家全国性调频音乐台成为“最强劲歌手”。人们还记忆犹新:她的专辑推出的那个星期,创下了单曲在关东关西地区调频和调幅台的唱片播放频率第一的记录。众所周知,“Automatic”专辑在12英寸碟和8英寸碟各个销售排行榜以及Ori-Con排行榜取得独占鳌头的佳绩而令人刮目相看。她随后的第二支单曲《独自前行》(“Movin'onwithoutyou”,1999年2月17日推出)是为NissanTerrano创作的一首广告曲,在Ori-Con排行榜直登榜首。她的首张個人大碟《初恋》(“FirstLove”,1999年3月10推出)在正式发行日之前就在唱片店销售一空。不仅立刻在Ori-Con排行榜跃居第一,而且刷新了“首碟最高起始点”和“原创碟最高起始点”两项记录。在5月10号那一期的Ori-Con排行榜里“碟片大全榜”上名列第一。她推出首张专辑五个月后,就在日本流行乐坛成为一号人物。用作碟片名的《初恋》成为TBS网的每周日剧《魔女的条件》的主题歌之后,以单曲推出。戏与歌都使观众热血沸腾,激动不已。宇多田光的首场演唱会于4月1日、2日举行,计划邀请各方人士参加,但乐迷们的申请像雪片一般飞向各主办音乐台。表演场场爆满,当宇多田光唱起“Lifeisgreatandfun...”时,舞台上下群情激昂,和声四起,汇成一片巨大的声浪。以上情况表明,这位女艺人获得了不同年龄层次的听众的青睐,称宇多田光为社会名流是毫不夸张的。她开心地笑着说:“我将以‘宇多田光’的身份继续创作音乐,而不受音乐流派风格的限制。我要让每个人都感到出其不意!”看看下一步事情将怎么发展将是有趣的,鉴于她有句座右铭“等着瞧吧,”宇多田光肯定会让人们个个吃惊。宇多田光的父母都从事跟音乐有关的工作,她是在浓郁的音乐环境熏陶下成长的,例如她常去录音棚。不过,她开始认真听音乐却是在十岁左右、父母回到日本之后的事。那个时期,她主要听摇滚乐,例如“Queen”and“BonJovi”。她现在对各种乐派乐风的喜爱都可追根溯源到过去。后来,根据一个朋友的建议,她接触了节奏布鲁斯,从此再也丢不开了。宇多田光才十岁时就开始了用英语创作抒情歌曲的专业活动。她以“U型立方体”(“CubicU”)为名在纽约的首场演出立刻引起了著名艺术家和音乐界的注意。除开推出了12厘米碟的单曲外,她还在12岁时以“U型立方体”为名在美国和欧洲推出了18厘米的密纹大碟。1998年元月日本的“东芝自由基地”唱片公司率先推出了“U型立方体”名下的首张密纹唱片《在君之侧》(“Closetoyou”)和专辑《宝贝》(“Precious”)。众所周知,LennyKravitz听着《宝贝》,赞不绝口。1998年9月9日,她首次以“宇多田光”的身份推出“Automatic/timewilltell,”歌词首次用日语写作。她声称将来要以两个完全不同的艺术家身份在全球从事音乐活动:在日本称“宇多田光”,在美国叫“U型立方体”。=========================
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