[MUGETSU]

really? Simple and Clean/Hikari is one of my favourite song of hikaru. Check out her Hikari performance it might change your mind.Hikari - United Concert

ive known Hikki for a long time, it wasnt until I saw her performance of "First Love" @ United Concert last month, and it got me hooked like really hooked...First Love - United Concert

I've been one of those people who've listened to Hikki since her Japanese debut and you know how at first artists usually are good and then somehow later on its harder for people to like their newer songs?

That's kinda like how I am. lol

Also being the song to a video game and having tons of new fans who claim it as the best Hikki song after only hearing that one song is kinda...blah.

[sweetsmile]

^ yea I agree. I like her new songs, but her old songs were so much better. I guess I liked Hikki a lot back in the days it's kinda hard to dislike her music now.

[mue]

I love her songs (:

i think she & Janice are the only asian girl singers i actually like (:

[kayem7289]

I do agree that her past work is better, but I guess it happens to all artists.
She's still writing wonderful lyrics, but her music is what startles people sometimes.
She's really changed her style up a lot since the early days. I'm still not sure if I like her newer sounds that much, but all I know is that I'll still support Hikki and all the changes she goes through, musically, personally, etc.
As long as she keeps making music to satiate my ears, I'm a very satisfied fan .

FOUR more days until Beautiful World is released! I just got the short music video, so I'm gonna go watch it !

[midnightblues]

What do you guys think of Precious?
I just listened to the album recently and I don't know what to make of it...I guess I'm not used to it haha
I don't think I'll ever get used to it tho I didn't even really listen to the whole thing...just skipped around here and there.

[amydien]

What do you guys think of Precious?
I just listened to the album recently and I don't know what to make of it...I guess I'm not used to it haha
I don't think I'll ever get used to it tho I didn't even really listen to the whole thing...just skipped around here and there.

I only listened to it once, and it was way tooooo RnB-ish for me. Anyway, it was cute coz her voice sounded really young. I liked the PV for Close to You though....she was so tiny there lol. My brother plays Close to You in his computer over and over again because he liked it! (he's a semi-hikki fan XD)


2 more days...I want to hear the full song of Beautiful World.

[sweetsmile]

Yep Yep 2 more days!

She's going to come out in Hey3x next monday!! Can't wait to see her there and perform one of her songs haha

[kayem7289]

ONE more day actually, since it'll be out tomorrow !
I'm predicting AT LEAsT 20,000+ sales on the first day since it's getting promotions from Evangelion as well.
Since anime songs usually sell less than mainstream music, I'm curious to see if this will be an exception.

Precious was a rather unique album, like Amydien said, it is VERY R&B-ish, since that's the kind of style she started with in America. It was also the popular kind of music back then, so if I think back to the late 90s (with Monica, Brandy, Brian McKnight, etc.) it actually fits in really well.
I don't think I'd be able to listen to the album very much either, since it's so dated and all.
It's nice listening to a young Hikki though.

[sikhye]

Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry debuted at #3 on Oricon with 13,290 sales. It's soso. (s'ok, Korean artists would sell their soul to sale this much, ha.)

No #1 for Beautiful World on any chart.

[kayem7289]

^ LMAO, so true .
Aiiiii...13k is pretty low, three times less than the first day sales of Flavor of Life.
Maybe it'll pick up, ignorant me, I haven't seen who her challengers ever are lol, so I don't know who she'll lose to.

Edit:

Ohhhhhh...She's against L'arc~en~Ciel and EXILE, so they're definitely a challenge.
*Sigh*
I still love the single, #1 or not.

[xblubear]

BW / K&C 's first day sales is actually about 22,593 (your suppose to times 13, 290 by 1.7)

[sikhye]

^Oh that's interesting. does that work the same for every chart sales? thanks

I don't think this single will even be close to flavor of life's success.

the flavor of life song was in some drama directed to an audience that are media obsessed, so they will surely buy every song that was in it >_>

Evangelion is famous but I think most of the audience are those anime geeks who will just watch the movie and ignore the music in it. even if they liked it, they'll probably just download it cause the social life they have does not include the latest crap in the media (and a lot of those freak fans hate this mainstream utada dude for being the theme song person )

example: in america that High School Musical soundtrack is one of the best selling crap right now, thanks to the fans similar to hana dori (????) ones. You never see music selling to the #1 spot from scifi movies/games even if they were famous. =/

the sells will mostly be from people who followed utada for a long time, not because of evangelion "promotion." it's more like utada promoting evangelion than the movie promoting her single >_>

i think her promotions are pretty horrible compared to other artists too. people that aren't interested in her won't be pulled in by some theme song, ramen commercial song, pvs of clips she's promoting, etc. =/ well atleast we know she sells because of her music, not other gimmicks

[kayem7289]

^ I know what you mean. All the complainers and anime freaks who called the song out won't even bother to buy the song :/. It's all about marketing, and the Hana Yori Dango audience was a strong market full of teens who would buy music lol.
I'm still hoping for a 100k+ week.

[kayem7289]

Hikki stays at #3 today with sales of 11,690 (or 19,873 if you multiply by 1.7) which means she had the lowest sales drop compared to the artists occupying the #1 and 2 spots . 40k so far, not bad at all!

[chellinx]

her sales are good...
but compared to her past albums... >.<
still very good

[kayem7289]

#3 again for today with sales of 6,815 (EXILE was #2 with 6,860!) or 11,585 if you multiply it by 1.7.
Evangelion will be released in two days, let's hope it's not to late to revive the sales!

[xblubear]

the oricon sales are calculate like this (sometimes it's times by 1.7 or 1.75)

xx->03->03->03 - Utada Hikaru - 13290 + 11691 + 6815 (x1.75) = 55,643

she will most likely stay at #3 for the whole week unless her sales increase a lot for the next 3 days, and usually sales are higher over the weekend

[butterflyeffect]

:OOO it's out! sales are not too bad.
i need to go get me a copy. ^^

[Kiklo]

woah only 14 pages??..... dude she is AWESOME!!!!!! I love her songs!!

She has such a beautiful voice! Her song Hikari was actually my first favorite japanese song!!

[amydien]

Wow...you guys are really doing maths for Hikki's single sales XD

I finally got to listen to Beautiful World.....it's awesome! I think I like this more than Kiss & Cry. It's very relaxing to listen to. Upbeat but still soft.
In fact, Im listening to it while studying haha. It reminds me of her Ultra Blue songs....almost the same style of music. Nice

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I think she did a great job on Fly Me to the Moon. I dont really like the song, but her version made me love it XD