TOKYO -- Digital download sales of songs by Hikaru Utada to the end of September have already hit nearly 10.5 million according to EMI Japan, the first artist worldwide to break the 10 million mark in a single year.

Digital downloads, which in Japan are dominated by contents for the mobile phone market, amounted to 10,491,000 from January to September, selling more in nine months than anyone has managed in a year.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

*Most Downloaded Single EVER: Utada Hikaru's "Flavor Of Life" with 7.7 million downloads this year

Despite the lack of positioning of "Flavor Of Life" near #90 for official year-end, worldwide charts, we see that digital downloads make more of an impact that they once have and should count for more on charts.

Go Utada!

DAmn......

Amazing, that particular song is really amazing Japan is the biggest digital market, it seems.

Hikki :heart: i cant wait for the new album

i thought Hips Don't Lie was the most downloaded single ever or was it the mostdownloaded/ most bought single... :-/

but yeah 10,000,000 is a lot

It proabaly was prior to the release of "Flavor Of Life."

^... oh coolness... <3 <3 <3

these types of records are easily going 2 get beaten ... first it was Hollaback w/e and then Hips Don't Lie then Irreplaceable then Fergalicious then umbrella and now Flavor Of Life

Utada >>> the rest of the world just j/k but she is amazing

I don't know him.

She please

i Love Utada but flavour of Love is like.....yeah not bad
FIRST LOVE is her best song ever.....im so addicted to that song
yeah 10 million is sooooooo amazing

I'm still sad that the regular, superior version of the song doesn't have a video. The ballad version is ok but it pales in comparison.

Daiamondo yori mo yawarakakute
Atataka na mirai te ni shitai yo
Kagiri aru jikan wo kimi to sugoshitai

That part is so good

wow!

Hikki rules, i don't think 5M is surpassable-ish but i prefer other songs by her
like Be My Last, Passion

Queen Of Japan. Icon. I bet you Ayumi probably has like 6 million-7 million max in digital sales.

I love Utada. Easy Breezy <3

maybe, but she the most successful solo artist of japan history , i like them both, but Ayu is better IMO

she's amazing

I prefer "Beutiful World" than "Flavor Of Life" but It's still good & she 's amazing, love her so much.

Maybe I heard that she still won the record Best selling English music album in Japan with "Exodus" ??