Coup de Coeur of The Week #16

My “Coup de Coeur*” of The Week!

This week it’s not really a “Coup de coeur” because it’s Utada Hikaru new single untitled “Heart Station / Stay Gold” and I heard it a week ago, so…

She has a amazing awards collections, she’s an artist I highly recommend. Her 1st first album “First Love” has the record of “Most copies of an album ever sold in Japan” only that ^^

I discovered her recently (~1 year ago) by watching “Utada United 2006″. You’ll see an extract bellow, may be you’ll be addict if you don’t know her.

There is also some others songs I loved this week like “Automatic” from Utada Hikaru (again?!) and “Planetarium” from Bump Of Chicken.

Let’s listen to them!

First “Heart Station” from Utada Hikaru (for those who haven’t heard it yet):

The Single reached the 2nd position of Oricon Single Charts.

Tracklist :

1.	HEART STATION
2.	Stay Gold
3.	HEART STATION -Original Karaoke-
4.	Stay Gold -Original Karaoke-

Catalog No.: TOCT-40200
Format: CD
Number of discs (or other units): 1
Release Date: 2008/02/20
Price: 1048yen (1100yen Tax incl.)
[EUR 6.57]
Item weight: 120 g

(Utada Hikaru - Heart Station / Stay Gold Single Regular Edition)

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TOCT-40200

Now, I’m waiting for her album “Heart Station“!

The album has reached as high as #2 on Amazon Japan’s Pre-Order List!

(Utada Hikaru - Heart Station Album Regular Edition)

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TOCT-26600

Utada Talks @Heyx3

Utada Hikaru - Heart Station @Heyx3

Next, again Hikki with Automatic which was Utada Hikaru’s 2nd single released in December 9, 1998. “Automatic / time will tell” debuted with 42,210 copies sold in its first week, but it went on to sell 2,063,000. The single hit #4 (8cm) and #1 (12cm) on the Oricon charts.

Utada Hikaru - Automatic Acoustic Version

(Utada Hikaru - First Love Album Regular Edition)

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TOCT-24067

Utada Hikaru - Automatic (Utada United 2006)

(Not enough? Watch this!)

(Utada Hikaru - Utada United 2006 Regular Edition)

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TOBF-5506

Last! changing of register, Bump of Chicken “Planetarium“.

Bump of Chicken - Planetarium PV

Bump of Chicken - Planetarium Live

(Bump of Chicken - Planetarium Regular Edition)

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TFCC-89142

(Bump of Chicken - orbital period Regular Edition)

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TFCC-86245

“orbital period” became the best-selling album two days in a row at debut, according to Oricon Style. It was the second best-selling album on its debut week. It has currently charted at eight for one week on the United World Chart.

Official Website

http://www.bumpofchicken.com/

http://www.emimusic.jp/hikki/

Please support your favorite singer(s) and me in the same time by buying their Cds and DVDs. Thanks!

*means in French: loving something impulsively, irrationally, immediately.