Utada Hikaru
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Utada Hikaru – Science Fiction Tour 2024 Review
An uplifting celebration of 25 years of the finest J-Pop
- Review
Utada Hikaru – BAD MODE Review
An RnB pop album that wants to be a bit of everything.
- Music
Ten Albums That Influenced My Taste In Music
These 10 albums shaped my music tastes
- Live Music
Utada Hikaru – Laughter in the Dark review
20 years of superb music
- Review
Higher Plain Music’s Top 30 Albums of 2018
The top 30 albums of 2018 according to HPM
- Adult Pop
Utada Hikaru – Hatuskoi Review
After the stripped back return of Utada Hikaru to music with Fatome bought us quiet songs, ballads aplenty and a mature focus, I have been…
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Higher Plain Music’s Top 25 Albums of 2016
My 25 best albums of 2016. Happy New Year!
- Adult Pop
Utada Hikaru – “Fantome” Review
Back after 6 years - it was worth the wait...
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Utada Hikaru Gives Back with “Kuma Power Hour”
Oh Kuma-chan is quickly becoming a celeb! Utada Hikaru’s beloved Kuma (teddybear) is the titular character in Utada Hikaru’s latest project. “Kuma Power Hour” is…
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Utada Hikaru – “Utada United 2006” Review
Sometimes live performances just all come together and work perfectly. They aren’t the most technically impressive you’ve seen, the most in tune nor have the…
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Utada Hikaru – “Passion” Review
Utada Hikaru, queen of the vocal tracks due to the general success of Hikari / Simple & Clean returned to the Kingdom Hearts and…
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Utada Hikaru – Wild Life DVD Review
Utada Hikaru’s swansong concert before her hiatus is somewhat of a moving occasion and the DVD is a delight to watch and enjoy. Utada’s vocals…
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Utada Hikaru to Release “Wild Life” DVD
Utada Hikaru’s “Wild Life” concert will be released on DVD on 6th April. The DVD will contain the best from both performances and feature music…
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Utada Hikaru ~ Single Collection Vol 2 Disc 2 Review
Utada Hikaru’s parting arrow before her rest from the music business comes in the form of Single Collection Vol 2. Whilst I’m sure you all…
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Video Vault – Utada Hikaru
Utada Hikaru returns with the music video for “Goodbye Happiness” which is going to be her signing off for now single from the upcoming Singles…
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Utada Hikaru Announces Career Break
It’s been a bitter-sweet couple of days for Hikki fans as the announcement of a Vol2 of her singles collection coming 24th November 2010 will…
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Utada Hikaru – Hikari Single Review
“Hikari”, the theme song for Kingdom Hearts (A PlayStation 2 Game) is a delightful song sung by young Japanese sensation Utada Hikaru. Refreshingly for a…
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Utada Hikaru – A Family Song?
I wonder what Hikki is up to. Utada Hikaru is releasing a new Japanese single entitled Sai no Omoide () but its coming from U3…
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Utada Hikaru To Release Two Books!
Utada Hikaru is to release two books of completely different content on the same date. The books are entitled “Ten” and “Sen” and are released…
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Higher Plain Music’s Top 10 Music Releases of 2008
Well in the previous post we told you what we’d bought, now its time for our top 10 countdown. There were some excellent releases this…
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Live Vault – Utada Hikaru
We here at HPM can’t hide our love for Utada Hikaru and here’s a one off live gem of hers – an orchestral performance of…
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Most Viewed Artists For November
Although it was a relatively quiet month for releases, it was the third biggest month in page views for HPM and with a review blow…
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Top 10 Most Viewed Artists For October
A new stats fest at the start of each month begins as we give you the top 10 artists viewed at HPM. Of course it…
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Utada Hikaru – Eternally Drama Mix sample
A re-release of sorts, “Eternally”, a beautiful ballad taken from Utada’s second album Distance is getting a digital single release with slightly different vocals. Apparently…
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Live Vault – Utada Hikaru
Utada Hikaru gets a lot of stick for singing live everywhere and maybe not being note perfect but I’d rather take an emotive live performance…
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Utada Hikaru – 1 Million Albums Shipped For “Heart Station”
Congrats to Utada Hikaru whom crossed the 1 million mark with her 5th album “Heart Station” which is quite a huge feat given today’s music…
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Utada Hikaru – CDJapan sends out mass e-mail!
It’s a first for me and of such a large proportion I had to post it! CD Japan, a fantastic website for buying Japanese CD’s…
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Utada Hikaru – Prisoner of Love Single
Hikki is busy! Now there’s another single from the album “Heart Station”. The popular “Prisoner of Love” will come as a CD/DVD single only with…
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Utada Hikaru – Heart Station Review
Utada Hikaru’s 5th album “Heart Station” is possibly her lightest and definitely her grooviest album to date. Packed with computerised basslines and barely an organic…
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Utada Hikaru – “Celebrate” and “Fight The Blues” Live
While I await Utada Hikaru’s latest album to reach my doorstep, I have found two new album songs performed live on Music Lovers. They are…
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Utada Hikaru: Heart Station Single #3
Utada Hikaru’s latest single “Heart Station/Stay Gold” has gone #3 in the Oricon charts in Japan but intrestingly the Japanese Billboard charts rank it #2…
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Utada Hikaru: Heart Station Tracklist
Hikki’s new album Heart Station, released next month has had its track names released. We have Boka Wa Kuma on there and as a bonus…
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Utada Hikaru: Heart Station/Stay Gold
Utada Hikaru is set to release her final single for the upcoming album “Heart Station” in under two weeks time. The album is to follow…
