(宇多田 ヒカル Utada Hikaru, born January 19, 1983), known by her stage name Utada in America and Europe, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, 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 in the list of Top 10 best-selling albums ever in Japan and six of her albums (including one English-language and one compilation) charting within the 275 Best-Selling Japanese albums list.