Utada the Best
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Utada the Best is Japanese
pop/R&B
singer-songwriter
Utada Hikaru
's first English language compilation album, released on November 24, 2010, the same day as Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2
. The album is a "best of" album featuring her more prominent and popular songs from her English career as Utada.
The album was announced via her Japanese Utada site (www.Utada.jp), without much in way of promoting or officially announcing it. It has also been included in various other sources. The album is available for sale in Japan only.
Utada the Best features both songs from her 2004 album Exodus, and her 2009 album This Is the One, as well as previously-released maxi-CD remixes by various artists. The album features both singles and non-singles from both albums.
The cover of Utada the Best is the same picture for that of her "Exodus '04
" single cover.
Utada herself stated that the release of the compilation album is "entirely against [her] will". She also said "I understand that if it doesn’t sell I’m the one who will take the hit, but to be honest, I don’t want my fans putting down money for something that my heart isn’t in." She posted on her official Twitter
account: "The release of "Utada the best" is entirely against my will. I wish that my fans won't have to buy it. There's no new material in it."
charts. This is Utada's overall lowest selling album released in Japan, and is her only album (other than Precious
) that did not reach #1 on any chart in Japan.
Japanese people
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pop/R&B
Pop music
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singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Utada Hikaru
Utada Hikaru
, known by her stage name Utada in America and Europe, is a Japanese-American singer, song writer, arranger, and producer. Since the release of her Japanese debut album First Love, which went on to become the best-selling album in Oricon history, Utada has had three of her Japanese studio albums...
's first English language compilation album, released on November 24, 2010, the same day as Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2
Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2
Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 is Japanese pop singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada's second compilation album, released on November 24, 2010, the same day as her Universal-released English language compilation album, Utada the Best...
. The album is a "best of" album featuring her more prominent and popular songs from her English career as Utada.
The album was announced via her Japanese Utada site (www.Utada.jp), without much in way of promoting or officially announcing it. It has also been included in various other sources. The album is available for sale in Japan only.
Utada the Best features both songs from her 2004 album Exodus, and her 2009 album This Is the One, as well as previously-released maxi-CD remixes by various artists. The album features both singles and non-singles from both albums.
The cover of Utada the Best is the same picture for that of her "Exodus '04
Exodus '04
"Exodus '04" is the 3rd English single by Utada and written by herself and Timbaland.It was released on June 21, 2005. It hit #24 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Airplay chart...
" single cover.
Utada herself stated that the release of the compilation album is "entirely against [her] will". She also said "I understand that if it doesn’t sell I’m the one who will take the hit, but to be honest, I don’t want my fans putting down money for something that my heart isn’t in." She posted on her official Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
account: "The release of "Utada the best" is entirely against my will. I wish that my fans won't have to buy it. There's no new material in it."
Chart Performance
The album sold a total of 20,278 copies, peaking at #12 on OriconOricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
charts. This is Utada's overall lowest selling album released in Japan, and is her only album (other than Precious
Precious (Cubic U album)
Note: Several US-promo copies of the album have the track "Here and There and Back Again" as track 5. This was not on the re-released Japanese version.-Release history:-Single:- Charts :Precious - Oricon Sales Chart...
) that did not reach #1 on any chart in Japan.
Track listing
Release history
| Region | Date | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | CD, digital download | |
| Rental CD |