Hikaru Utada albums discography

For singles, see Hikaru Utada singles discography.

The album discography of Japanese-American singer Hikaru Utada consists of eleven studio albums, one extended play, two live albums, five compilation albums, and eleven video albums. Utada began as a musician in the early 1990s as a member of U³, a family unit made up of their, their mother Junko Utada, also known as 1970s enka singer Keiko Fuji, and their father, musical producer Teruzane Utada. U³ released their debut album Star in 1993, with the hope to debut in America.^[1][2] In 1996, the group was rebranded as Cubic U, an R&B project focusing on Hikaru Utada, resulting in the English language album Precious in 1998 with record label Toshiba EMI.^[3][4]

Hikaru Utada albums discography
Utada at Sephora in New York City (2009)
Studio albums	11
EPs	1
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	5
Video albums	11

Utada continued releasing music with Toshiba EMI, debuting as a Japanese-language musician in December 1998 with the single "Automatic" / "Time Will Tell", and releasing their debut album First Love in 1999. The album was a phenomenal success, becoming the most sold album of all time in Japan.^[5] Their second album Distance was released on March 28, 2001, on the same day as singer Ayumi Hamasaki's compilation album A Best. Both sold over three million copies in their first week, becoming the respective highest and second highest selling albums in Japan in a single week.^[6][7]

Before the release of their third album Deep River (2002), Utada signed with American record label Island Def Jam and music corporation Universal to release English language globally.^[8] This resulted in their global debut album Exodus (2004), under the mononym Utada. Utada returned to the Japanese market with their albums Ultra Blue (2006) and Heart Station (2008). Their song "Flavor of Life" (2007), the theme song for the drama Hana Yori Dango Returns, sold over eight million downloads, and became the second most downloaded song globally of 2007 after Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend".^[9][10]

Utada released their second global English album This Is the One in 2009. After a compilation album featuring an extended play of new material, Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 (2010), Utada went on an extended hiatus for personal reasons, however they briefly returned to release the song "Sakura Nagashi" for the animated film Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012).^[11][12] They made their official return in 2016 with the album Fantôme, again to commercial and critical success.^[13][14]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak positions					Sales[A]	Certifications
		JPN [15]	JPN Hot [16]	KOR Intl. [17][B]	US [21]	US World [22]
Precious (as Cubic U)	Released: January 28, 1998 (JPN, US) Label: Free Bass, Toshiba EMI Formats: CD, download	2	—	—	—	—	JPN: 702,060	RIAJ: 3× Platinum[C][23]
First Love	Released: March 10, 1999 (JPN) Label: Toshiba EMI, Eastworld[24] Formats: CD, DVD, cassette, LP, download	1	80	62	—	—	WW: 9,910,000[25] JPN: 7,672,120[26] KOR: 4,244[27]	RIAJ: 8× Million[28]
Distance	Released: March 28, 2001 (JPN) Label: Toshiba EMI, Eastworld[29] Formats: CD, cassette, LP, download	1	—	70	—	—	WW: 5,490,000[30] JPN: 4,472,353	RIAJ: 4× Million[31]
Deep River	Released: June 19, 2002 (JPN) Label: Toshiba EMI, Eastworld[32] Formats: CD, cassette, LP, download	1	—	67	—	—	JPN: 3,604,588	RIAJ: 3× Million[33]
Exodus (as Utada)	Released: September 8, 2004 (JPN) Label: Island Def Jam Formats: CD, cassette, download	1	—	—	160	—	JPN: 1,074,393 US: 55,000[34]	RIAJ: Million[35]
Ultra Blue	Released: June 14, 2006 (JPN) Label: Toshiba-EMI, Eastworld[36] Formats: CD, download	1	—	97	—	—	JPN: 909,113	RIAJ: Million[37]
Heart Station	Released: March 19, 2008 (JPN) Label: EMI Music Japan, Eastworld[38] Formats: CD, download	1	—	89	—	—	JPN: 1,011,373 KOR: 4,132[39]	RIAJ: Million[40]
This Is the One (as Utada)	Released: March 14, 2009 (JPN) Label: Island Formats: CD, download	3	—	—	69	—	JPN: 242,657 US: 16,000[41]	RIAJ: Platinum[42]
Fantôme	Released: September 28, 2016 (JPN) Label: Virgin[43] Formats: SHM-CD, download	1	1	47	—	1	WW: 1,000,000[44] JPN: 702,347 JPN: 100,000 (dig.) US: 3,500[13]	RIAJ: 3× Platinum (phy.)[45] Gold (dig.)[46]
Hatsukoi	Released: June 27, 2018 (JPN) Label: Epic Formats: CD, download, LP	1	1	4	—	3	JPN: 381,520 JPN: 100,000 (dig.)	RIAJ: Platinum (phy.)[47] Gold (dig.)[46]
Bad Mode	Released: January 19, 2022 (JPN) Label: Epic Formats: CD, download, CD/DVD	1	1	—	—	—	JPN: 168,000[48] JPN: 35,000 (dig.)[49]	RIAJ: Gold (phy.)[50]
"—" denotes an item that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak positions			Sales	Certifications
		JPN [15]	KOR [51]	KOR Intl. [17][B]
Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1	Released: March 31, 2004 Label: Toshiba EMI, Eastworld Formats: CD, digital download	1	—	28	JPN: 2,621,000[26]	RIAJ: 3× Million (phy.)[52] Gold (dig.)[53]
Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2	Released: November 24, 2010 Label: EMI Music Japan, Eastworld Formats: 2CD, 2CD/DVD, digital download	1	12	1	JPN: 444,100[26]	RIAJ: 2× Platinum[54]
Utada the Best (as Utada)	Released: November 24, 2010 Label: Universal Formats: CD, digital download	12	—	—	JPN: 22,000[26]
Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1+2 HD	Released: December 9, 2014 Label: Virgin[55] Formats: USB	—	—	—	JPN: 5,000[56]
Science Fiction	Released: April 10, 2024 Label: Epic, USM Japan Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	1	—	—	JPN: 329,286[57] JPN: 39,633 (dig.)[58]	RIAJ: Platinum (phy.)[59]
"—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the G-Music or Gaon Charts, or items that did not chart.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		JPN [15]
Hikaru Utada Live Sessions from Air Studios	Released: June 6, 2022 Label: Epic Formats: Digital download, streaming	—[D]
Hikaru Utada Science Fiction Tour 2024	Released: December 11, 2024 Label: Epic Formats: 2 CD, Digital download, streaming	—
"—" denotes items that were ineligible to chart because no physical edition was released.

Other albums

List of other albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak positions	Sales
		JPN [61][62]
Star (among U3)	Released: September 17, 1993 (JPN) Label: Century Records Formats: CD, digital download	33[E]	JPN: 55,000[26]

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions

Title	Extended play details	Peak positions					Sales	Certifications
		JPN [15]	JPN Hot [63]	FRA [64]	SCO	US World [22]
One Last Kiss	Released: March 9, 2021 Label: Epic Formats: CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl	2	1	112	58	12	JPN: 178,284 JPN: 42,000 (dig.)[65]	RIAJ: Gold (phy.)[66]

Video albums

Music video albums

List of media, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		JPN DVD [15]
Utada Hikaru Single Clip Collection Vol. 1	Released: December 12, 1999 Label: Toshiba-EMI Formats: VHS, DVD, VCD	1
Utada Hikaru Single Clip Collection Vol. 2	Released: September 27, 2001 Label: Toshiba-EMI Formats: DVD, VHS, VCD	1
Utada Hikaru Single Clip Collection Vol. 3+	Released: September 30, 2002 Label: Toshiba-EMI Formats: DVD, VCD	3
Utada Hikaru Single Clip Collection Vol. 4	Released: September 27, 2006 Label: EMI Music Japan Formats: DVD	2

Live concert video albums

List of media, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak positions			Certifications
		JPN DVD [15]	JPN Blu-ray [15]	TWN [67][F]
Bohemian Summer 2000	Released: December 19, 2000 Label: Toshiba EMI Formats: DVD, VHS, VCD, Blu-ray	1	10	—
Utada Hikaru Unplugged	Released: November 11, 2001 Label: Toshiba EMI Formats: DVD, VHS, Blu-ray	1	14	—
UH Live Streaming 20-dai wa Ikeike! (20代はイケイケ!, Nijū-dai wa Ikeike!; "Your 20s Are Funky!")	Released: March 29, 2003 Label: Toshiba EMI Formats: DVD	3	—	—	RIAJ: Gold[68]
Utada Hikaru in Budokan 2004: Hikaru no 5 (ヒカルの5; "Hikaru's 5")	Released: July 28, 2004 Label: Toshiba EMI Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	1	12	—	RIAJ: Gold[69]
Utada United 2006	Released: December 20, 2006 Label: EMI Music Japan Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	14	6	—
Wild Life: Live at the Yokohama Arena 2010	Released: April 6, 2011 Label: EMI Music Japan Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	9	2	4
Utada: In the Flesh 2010	Released: December 8, 2013 Label: Universal Formats: Digital download, Blu-ray	—	—	—
Hikaru Utada Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018	Released: June 26, 2019 Label: Epic Records Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, digital download, streaming	—	2	—
Hikaru Utada Science Fiction Tour 2024	Released: December 11, 2024 Label: Epic Formats: Blu-ray	—	2	—
Luv Live	Released: January 8, 2025 Label: USM Japan Formats: Blu-ray	—	8	—
Hikaru Utada Live Sessions from Air Studios	Released: January 8, 2025 Label: Epic Formats: Blu-ray	—	19	—
"—" denotes items which were released before the creation of the G-Music Chart, or were not released physically.

Notes

1. Sales provided by Oricon database and are rounded to the nearest thousand copies. All sales figures are for physical copies, unless otherwise noted.
2. References for Gaon: Single Collection Vol. 2.^[18] References for Gaon Overseas: First Love, Distance, Deep River, Single Collection Vol. 1, Ultra Blue, Single Collection Vol. 2,^[19] Heart Station.^[20]
3. Received a 2× Platinum certification for 800,000 copies, however the 2× Platinum threshold was redefined as 500,000 copies in 2003.
4. Hikaru Utada Live Sessions from Air Studios did not enter Oricon Album chart, but peaked at number 3 on Oricon Digital Album chart.^[60]
5. Charted in 1999.
6. Positions were taken from 2005 week 37 for Single Collection Vol. 1, 2006 week 24 for Ultra Blue, 2008 week 13 for Heart Station, 2008 week 21 for "Prisoner of Love", 2009 week 12 and 2009 week 13 for This Is the One, 2010 week 50 for Single Collection Vol. 2, 2011 week 23 for Wild Life, 2014 week 50 for First Love.