I'm picking up a copy of 'Passion' but I'm wondering, just how many copies did Utada managed to sell? After this whole thing about Hikari vs. Passion, I'm not so sure if it was that well-recieved (nevermind this Utada fanbase, of course). Did it get the number one spot or at least the top ten on the charts?

Hmm I don't really know. But I went on Yahoo Japan, to check out the music. And I saw Utada's Passion on the list. She was like #8 or #5. I was like cool! x3 But I don't know about anything else.

Not too bad, I guess. It would have been nice if it hit number one but of course, I have no control in manipulating sales. I was expecting that there was going to be a lot of people reserving a copy because of KH2 but I guess that people were dissapointed or something. Or, bootlegging! Or broke... :D

Yeah I'm in the broke category, but I am planning on buying the single. And the soundtrack when it comes out. x3

Oricon:

*4　－　*49,242　*,*49,242　Passion　宇多田ヒカル

compared to Be My Last whose first week sales were 80,000 copies... I really think that her peak has passed (look at her singles and their sales..) after she released Colors in 2003

* "Passion" (December 14, 2005) ? #4 over 49,000 copies sold (still charting)
* "Be My Last" (September 28, 2005) ? #1 over 145,000 copies sold
* "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" (April 21, 2004) ? #1 365,000 copies sold
* "Colors" (January 29, 2003) ? #1 894,000 copies sold
* "Sakura Drops/Letters" (May 9, 2002) ? #1 687,000 copies sold
* "Hikari" (March 20, 2002) ? #1 598,000 copies sold
* "Traveling" (November 28, 2001) ? #1 856,000 copies sold
* "Final Distance" (July 25, 2001) #2 582,000 copies sold
* "Can You Keep a Secret?" (February 16, 2001) ? #1 1,485,000 copies sold
* "For You/Time Limit" (June 30, 2000) ? #1 909,000 copies sold
* "Wait & See -Risk-" (April 19, 2000) #1 1,662,000 copies sold
* "Addicted to You" (November 10, 1999) ? #1 1,784,000 copies sold
* "First Love" (April 28, 1999) (12cm) ? #2 501,000 copies sold
* "First Love" (April 28, 1999) (8cm) ? #6 303,000 copies sold
* "Movin' on Without You" (February 17, 1999) (12cm) ? #1 880,000 copies sold
* "Movin' on Without You" (February 17, 1999) (8cm) ? #5 347,000 copies sold
* "Automatic/Time Will Tell" (December 9, 1998) (12cm) ? #2 1,291,000 copies sold
* "Automatic/Time Will Tell" (December 9, 1998) (8cm) ? #4 772,000 copes sold


Album sales have been decreasing as well~

* Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol.1 (March 31, 2004) ? #1 2,544,000
* Deep River (June 19, 2002) ? #1 3,605,000 copies sold
* Distance (March 28, 2001) ? #1 4,467,000 copies sold
* First Love (March 10, 1999) ? #1 7,648,000 copies sold (worldwide: 10,000,000 copies sold) (Holds record for most copies of an album sold in Japanese history)

And she hasn't released an original Japanese album since 2002 (probably another root cause of this decreasing popularity).

geez i kinda feel bad, i should start buying some of her singles and albums... i can't really say i'm a utada fan until i do... :S

Wowzh. (read wows with a z then an s at the end. maybe closer to wowsj...anyways...)
That makes me sad...>.<
Hikki has some really good music, and I personally like her music more than, for example, BoA's. (I think BoA always sounds like her nose is stuffed, for some strange reason) It's just that Hikki doesn't release as often as the other singers do. Like, Ayumi Hamasaki releases singles like nuts, as does BoA. But compared to them, Hikki really only releases every now and then.

And just as a question, is it true that she composes and writes the lyrics for all her songs? o_O Cuz that's a pretty darn good feat.

(Not to mention pretty scary. That's like superhuman abilities...)

Oh, by the wayz...
does anyone know where I can find tabs for Hikki's music? Or, even better (but harder by a long stretch), piano scores?
I'm trying to write a medley for Piano, but I'm having some troubles with the melody of COLORS (*bangs piano* MUST FIND CHORD!!!!)

So yeah. >.>

(Also...must post more!!! Get HP above zero!!)