List of awards received by Utada Hikaru

This is the list of awards received by Utada Hikaru, a Japanese singer-songwriter.

Awards

Years	Awards
1999	Yusen Awards – Top Award "Special Prize" Yusen Awards – Top Award "Best New Artist" The 40th Japan Record Awards – Best Album Prize (First Love)[1] The 40th Japan Record Awards – Honorable Mention Songs (Automatic)[2] Record: First Love – Best-Selling Japanese Language Album of All Time (7.648 million units in Japan and 10.056 worldwide as of 2007), Highest First Week Sales for a Debut Album (2 million+), and Fastest Selling album in Japanese history (5.24 million units in one month)
2000	The Japan Gold Disc Awards – The Triple Crown The Japan Gold Disc Awards – Artist of The Year The Japan Gold Disc Awards – Song of The Year (Automatic, Movin' on Without You, Addicted to You) The Japan Gold Disc Awards – Pop/Rock Album of The Year (First Love) The Japan Gold Disc Awards – Music Video of The Year (Single Clip Collection Vol.1) World Music Awards- Best-Selling Asian Artist[3] Jasrac – Gold Award (Automatic) Jasrac – Silver Award (Time Will Tell)
2001	The Japan Gold Disc Awards – Song of The Year (Wait & See (Risk), For You/Time Limit) MTV Japan Viewer's Choice Video (Can You Keep a Secret?) Record: Distance – Highest First Week Sales Album of All Time (3 million+)
2002	SpaceShowerTV Best Art Direction Video (Traveling) SpaceShowerTV Best Female Video (Traveling) SpaceShowerTV Best Video of The Year (Traveling) MTV Japan Best R&B Artist The 16th annual Japan Gold Disc Awards – Song of The Year (Can You Keep a Secret? & Traveling) The 16th annual Japan Gold Disc Awards – Pop/Rock Album of The Year (Distance) Jasrac Silver Award (Can You Keep a Secret?)
2003	Rank #24 in HMV Japan's Top 100 Japanese Pop Artists of All Time[4] J-Wave Tokio Hot 100 Airplay Best Female Artist SpaceShowerTV Best Female Video (Sakura Drops) MTV Japan Best Female Video (Sakura Drops) The Japan Gold Disc Awards – The Triple Crown The Japan Gold Disc Awards – Artist of The Year The Japan Gold Disc Awards – Song of The Year (Hikari, Sakura Drops, & Colors) The Japan Gold Disc Awards – Rock & Pop Album of The Year (Deep River) The Japan Gold Disc Awards – Music Video of The Year (Traveling) Jasrac Silver Award – (Traveling) Jasrac Silver Award – Foreign Production- (Hikari)
2004	AMD Award for Best Music Composer (UH Live Streaming 20 Dai wa Ikeike!) World Music Awards – Best-Selling Japanese Artist[5] Record: Highest First Week Sales in Japan for an English/International Album: Exodus (521,000+ units) Record: Only Musical Artist (solo or Group) to be #1 on Oricon's Yearly Charts 5 (consecutive or -non) times (4x on Yealy Album Charts and 1x on Yearly Singles Chart)
2005	The Japan Gold Disc Awards – Song of The Year (Dareka no negai ga Kanau Koro)[6] The Japan Gold Disc Awards – Rock & Pop Album of The Year (Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1) The Japan Gold Disc Awards – International Rock & Pop Album of the Year (Exodus) The Japan Gold Disc Awards – Music Video of The Year (Utada Hikaru in Budokan 2004 'Hikaru no 5')
2006	Rank #10 in HMV Japan's "30 Greatest Japanese Singers of All Time" List[7] Rank #3 for Total Female & Solo Artist Album Sales[8] The 20th Japan Gold Disc Awards – Song of the Year (Be My Last) Rank #1 – Most Consecutive Albums by a solo or group artist to have 500,000+ first week sales since debut (5)[9]
2007	The 21st Japan Gold Disc Awards – Rock & Pop Album of The Year Award (Ultra Blue) The 21st Japan Gold Disc Awards – 10 Best Albums (Ultra Blue) The 21st Japan Gold Disc Awards – Million Sales Album Artist Card – Ultra Blue[10] HEY!HEY!HEY! Music Champ SP (Top 10 Million-Selling Albums of All-Time in Japan) First Love-#1 (7,650,215) Distance-#4 (4,469,135) Deep River-#8 (3,604,588) Listen Japan Website Report: #1 Digital Artist of Japan 2007 for 10 million download sales of two song versions of "Flavor of Life" and three "Beautiful World/Kiss & Cry" single songs[11] The #2 Digital Single of the World – "Flavor Of Life"[12] The #1 Best Selling Artist in Terms of Digital Sales in 2007, with total sales of over 12 million.[13]
2008	The 22nd Japan Gold Disc Awards – Single of the Year ("Flavor Of Life")[14] The 22nd Japan Gold Disc Awards – PC Download Song of the Year ("Flavor Of Life")[14] The 22nd Japan Gold Disc Awards – Best 10 Singles ("Flavor of Life") The 22nd Japan Gold Disc Awards – Best 5 Chaku-Uta Songs ("Flavor of Life"-Ballad Version) The 22nd Japan Gold Disc Awards – Best 5 Chaku-Uta Full Songs ("Flavor of Life"-Ballad and Original Versions-) The 22nd Japan Gold Disc Awards – Best 5 PC Download Songs ("Beautiful World" & "Flavor of Life") Best Monthly Airplay Record at Japanese Radio (Heart Station)[15] Radio Television Hong Kong 19th International Pop Poll Awards – Top Japanese Gold Song ("Beautiful World") Radio Television Hong Kong 19th International Pop Poll Awards – Top Japanese Artist MTV Japan Best Video from a Film (Beautiful World, from Neon Genesis Evangelion)
2009	The 23rd Japan Gold Disc Awards – Best 5 Albums ("HEART STATION") The 23rd Japan Gold Disc Awards – Best 5 Chaku-Uta Songs ("Prisoner of Love") The 23rd Japan Gold Disc Awards – Best 5 Chaku-Uta Full Songs ("Prisoner of Love") The 23rd Japan Gold Disc Awards – Best 5 PC Download Songs ("Prisoner of Love") The 1st CD Shop First Prize Award – Best CD Album ("HEART STATION") Jasrac Award 2009 – 10 Best Interactive Songs ("Prisoner of Love")[16]

References

1. "The Japan Records Award – 1999". http://www.jacompa.or.jp/index.html (in Japanese). 1999. Retrieved 2007-09-01. External link in |work= (help)
2. Jacompa
3. "Winners of the World Music Awards". www.montecarloresort.com. May 2007. Archived from the original on 2000-10-15. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
4. 音楽 情報ニュース/Top 100 Japanese pops Artists – No.24/HMV
5. "2004 World Music Awards Winners". www.billboard.com. September 16, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
6. "The 19th Japan Gold Disc Award 2005". Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
7. 音楽 情報ニュース/日本のシンガーTOP30 – 第10位/HMV
8. (松任谷由実、アルバム女性部門5冠達成！). www.oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). June 30, 2005. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
9. (宇多田ヒカル、2年1ヶ月ぶりのアルバム首位獲得で史上初の快挙！). www.oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). June 20, 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
10. "Million Artist Card Release (「ミリオンアーティストカード」登場)". shop.mu-mo.net. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
11. 宇多田ヒカル、ブログパーツにアクセス殺到 (in Japanese). livedoor. 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
12. "Sales of 'Flavor Of Life' by Japan's Utada Hikaru pass 7.5 million". EMI Group. 31 January 2008.
13. "Square, Disney and Japanese Pop Star Utada Hikaru Collaborate on Kingdom Hearts". IGN. 2002-08-22. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
14. "EXILEが初のゴールドディスク大賞を受賞！". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). 2008-03-04. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
15. livedoor ニュース – 宇多田ヒカル、着うた無料DL第2弾は「First Love」