Hikaru Utada Vinyl Records
One of the most popular, top-selling Japanese artists of all time, singer/songwriter Hikaru Utada was a consistent presence at the top of the charts from the time of her 1999 debut, First Love, to her 2018 effort Hatsukoi, notching at least a dozen number one singles through the decades. Like contemporaries BoA, Namie Amuro, and Ayumi Hamasaki, she was a continually evolving staple of the J-pop scene, performing yearning ballads and sleek dance-pop with American-influenced vocals that made her a beloved icon of the genre, even with an extended hiatus that lasted for much of the early 2010s. She returned in earnest at the close of the decade, delivering mature works such as Fantome (2016) and Hatsukoi (2018).