I think you're talking about Maki Goto. xD Maki released an album called "How to Use Sexy" before she left Hello! Project and went to Avex. Even though i'm not a huge fan of anything from H!P [besides Aya Matsuura and W. And I have some adoration toward Ai Takahashi. Can't help it. xD] It's actually a good album. And it's not really explicit overall.

Anyways, I don't really mind explicit things. As long as it's executed in a mature way. I don't really if Utada actually does dominate the American music scene. Nor do I want her next English release to be considered an epic failure in sales. It's not the degree of succession that matters, it's the music.