Utada Hikaru, born on January 1983 in New York City, New York is a Japanese-Pop music star.  She has been hailed as one of the most successful, influential and acclaimed musicians in Japanese music history.  With the release of her seven studio albums, including two all-English and 25 solo singles, she has sold a combined estimated total of 36,000,000 records in Japan as of 2007, making her the 9^th most successful musical act ever in Japan. Her worldwide total sales to date is more than 40,000,000 units.  Her success has been because of her fluent bilingual skills in English and Japanese, having been raised in New York City and Tokyo.