I.C
IC | |
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 Promo Photo For “Nice Body” | |
| Background information | |
| Native name | Utada Ayumi (宇多田あゆみ) |
| Also known as |
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| Born | March 17, 1992 Tokyo, Japan |
| Origin | Japan |
| Genres | J-Pop |
| Years active | 2006-2018 |
| Labels | Starfish Entertainment |
IC is currently a member of successful J-Pop girl group SOULGIRLS.
History[edit]
1992-1999; Early Life, Audition For J-Pop[edit]
IC (Born Utada Ayumi: 宇多田あゆみ) Was Born On March 17, 1992 In Tokyo, Japan. Her Parents Said She Was Raised In A Wealthy Home, and was a very well behaved kid.
She Was Also Said To Be Smart. When She Was Just 6 She Learned How To Speak English. She Lived In The USA For A Year.
When She Was 7, She Returned To Japan And Auditioned For A New Label Starfish Entertainment. She Trained For 3 Years
She Was Supposed To Debut in 1999 But The Debut Was Pushed Back For A Year
A Year Before Her Scheduled Debut, She Released A Documentary “First Soloist Of Starfish Ent.” IC was The First Artist To Be Signed To Starfish Entertainment
2000-2002; Solo Debut, No.1, Take Back, Affection[edit]
On June 14, IC Made Her Debut With The Single 『モノクローム』The Single Sold Over 700,000 Sales In The First Month
In September IC came Back With The Song “Wa” Which Sold over 1,000,000 Sales By The End Of The Year
At The End Of 2000, IC Broke Records With Her Hit Song “TAKE BACK”
In Late 2001 She Released Her First Ever Studio Album “No.1” With The Title Track “No.1”
2002, IC released 2 Albums: Jumping Into The World, Affection.
Affection Sold Over 2,000,000 Copies In 2002
2003-2005; My Name, Dome Tour, Girls On Top[edit]
In 2003 She Came Back With Her 3rd Single “My Name” Reaching 100,000 Downloads It’s First Week.
At The Age Of 12 She Was A Very Huge Success In Japan And Korea. As She Was Most Popular She Mainly Promoted In Her Home Country Japan.
2004, IC Went On To Promote “My Name” and went on a 11 Month Japan Dome Tour, being the youngest singer to sell out the Tokyo Dome
In 2005 She Embarked On Her First Asia Tour Going To Countries China, Korea, Japan, And The Philippines.
By The End Of 2005 IC has Became The Most Famous Soloist In Japan. She Made Her Korean Award Show Debut For The Very First And Last Time.
In The 2005 She Went To The Korean Music Award Show And Performed “I Do” By Rain. She Won “Best J-Pop Female Artist”
In 2005 IC released Her First Album in 2 Years “GIRLS ON TOP”
In 2006 She Released Her 2nd Album “Atlantis Princess” With The Title Track “Do The Motion” & “”Come”
2006-2007; World Tour, Solo Comeback, Debut With SOULGIRLS, Global Success[edit]
In June 22, 2006, IC along with her Best Friend Songhee debuted in J-Pop Girl Group SOULGIRLS with the song “Break It Out”
In 2006 IC releases her album “Black Cherry” and held Her First World Tour
2007 She Returned As A Soloist With The Single & Album “Love & Honesty” With The Lead Single Being “Tokyo Lover” & “Baby Don’t Cry”
in 2007 IC Saw Global Success With The Song “But” & “愛のうた” Both Songs Sold Over 10,000,000 Units At The End Of 2007.
2008-2009; Breakout, Korean Debut, TABOO, American Debut[edit]
2008 She Came Back Solo With Song “Under My Skin”. It Won Solo Song Of The Year At The Japanese Music Awards
In 2009 IC Debuted in Korea With The Single “Candy In My Ear” Featuring K-Pop Artist “KI.SS” of boy group “G.A.N.G”
2009 IC came back to Japan with a Bang. She Released one Of Her Biggest Hits “Taboo”. She Performed The Song At The Japanese Music Awards. It Was The Most Watched J-Pop Performance Of 2009.
Since 2009, TABOO Has Sold Over 24,000,000 Copies
December 1st She Released Her Comeback Album “Trick”
To Close Out 2009 IC Debuted In The USA fir The First Time. She Released Her First English Single “Obsessed”
2010; Solo Comeback, Controversial Award Show Performance[edit]
In 2010, She Made Her Solo Comeback After 1 Year With The Song “Skin” It Was Quite A Controversial Comeback
After Her Japan Music Awards Performance Of The Song In 2010 It Was Banned On Music Shows.
In 2010 She Released A Breakthrough Single, “成人式” She Was Known In The Industry For Having A Sexy Vibe To Her.
At The 2011 Japanese Music Awards She Performed That Sing And Won, Soloist Of The Year, And “Record Of The Year”
2010-2016; Debut with “Redness”, Japonesque, IC-ASIA, 24 Hours, Summer Trip, On The Run Tour, MIROTIC,[edit]
In 2011 She debuted with Starfish Entertainment labelmate KI.SS of G.A.N.G in Co-ed group “Redness” with single “TroubleMaker”.
In Late 2011 She Returned After A Year With The Single “Hurricane Venus”
Once Hurricane Venus Promotions were done She Surprised Dropped Her 5th Album “Pop Diva” Being The Best Seller of 2011
2011 she held a dome tour “Dark Angel” that went on for 1 month
She Went On Her 3rd Asian Tour “SoA: SOUL OF ASIA”
In 2012 she released her 4th japanese album “Japonesque”. After that she went on to release More Than 10 albums
She also went on to have her 2nd Japan Tour Tickets Were Sold Out First Hour. Her First Show Was In The Tokyo Dome
In Summer 2013 IC Released her 11th Album “Summer Trip” With 2 Title Tracks. It Sold Over 10,000,000 copies since 2013, being her 2nd best selling albums, Black Cherry Being Her 1st Best Selling Album
In September 11, 2013, IC released her 2nd Cover Album, “~Cover~”. With Lead Singles 『ピンクスパイダー』、 『Shake Hip』、 ＆ 『情熱』
July 7, 2013; IC Made A Legendary Comeback With The Song “24 Hours”, The Music Video Reached 24,000,000 Views In The First Day, And Made It To 100,000,000 Views By August.
Also In 2013 Redness Had A Comeback. “Now” it was the biggest hit in 2013. They were even crowned at the “Asian Music Awards” best duo performance.
In 2014 She Releases Her Album “On The Run” With single “PART II On The Run”
Late 2014 She Releases Her 13th Album “4 times”, Selling Over 7,000,000 Copies At The End Of 2014
In 2014 IC went on a world tour titled “+ontheruntour+” which went on from 2014-2016.
In 2014 She Started Her 3rd Japan Tour After It Was Announced At The Japanese Music Awards 2013. It Started May 7 At The Tokyo Dome And Ended
December of 2014 IC Releases Her Album “Bon Voyage”
In Summer 2015, She Dropped Her Controversial Album Comeback Album “MIROTIC”
In 2015 Starfish Entertainment Got All Their Rappers From The Groups And Created A Subunit Called “Starfish-The Greatest”. IC Was The Only Female Rapper In The Subunit.
They Officially Debuted On June 4, 2015, With Song “Mighty Warriors”. They Performed The Song At The Japanese Music Awards 2015
In 2016 SOULGIRLS Released Their Song “Welcome To Tokyo” For Their 10th Anniversary.
2017-2019; Solo Comeback, Japanese Comeback , Japan Tour, Loss Of Songhee[edit]
2017, IC releases her album “Copy & Paste” It Was A Huge Success
In 2018 SOULGIRLS came back with sexy single “BLACK DRESS”.
2018 she made her japanese comeback since 2017 with the album “Made In 20”
In Summer 2019 she went on her 5th Japanese Tour and was due to go onto do 3 more shows in 2020 but cancelled the rest because of the death of Songhee and her major depression at the time
2019 they came back with final comeback as 4 before Songhee Passed Away
2020-2021; 20th Debut Anniversary, angeL + monsteR[edit]
In 2020, IC Surprised Dropped Her 34th Studio Album “angeL + monsteR”. With Lead Singles 『Alarm』 & 『killer monsteR』
August 2020 She Made Her 2nd Solo Comeback With The Song “Dreamed A Dream”
In 2021 She Returned To The Stage And Held the “BLACK CHERRY II WORLD TOUR”
2022-Now; Solo Comeback, SOULGIRLS Comeback[edit]
2022, IC Made Her Comeback To Music With Song Titled “Monster” which is a solo version of the song she made in the SUPERSTARS subunit during SOULGIRLS hiatus
2022 IC Announced She would headline the 2022 Asian Music Awards, It was her most iconic show since the Asian Music Awards Performances of 2012, 2013, and 2014. In The Show SOULGIRLS Reunited
January, 21, She Announced She Will Be Going On Her 6th Japan Tour In Spring 2023 Starting April 8th, 2023. March 21st 2023 It Was Announced The 6th Japan Tour Has Been Officially Cancelled.
After 3 Months Of Releasing Nothing She Dropped Her 5th Japanese Mini Album Titled 「モリアパ」 on January 25, 2023.
When A Fan Asked Her Why The Music Video Was Low Quality, she replied:
「ミュージックビデオが低品質である理由は、2009年10月1日に撮影されたからです。それは私のソロデビューのはずだったが、スキャンダルが起こった後、私たちはそれを2010年に押し戻さなければならなかった。リッチフライデーから追い出されたら、私は歌の権利のために戦っていました。彼らは私に権利を与えなかったので、私は「スキン」をソロデビューにしなければならなかった。しかし今、私はついに曲をタイトルにする権利を持ち、それをリリースしました。私のアルバムがもうすぐ来ることを覚えておいてください。」
2 Days After It Was Revealed She Just Received rights to the song as she recorded the song while she was in Bad Gyal Entertainment, which was over 14 Years Ago.
IC’s Former Subunit “JPNSN” had a comeback after 9 Years with song “HMPH”, they performed the song at the Japanese Music Awards
IC Teased the lead single to her 35th album “la maison” the lead single will be a song titled “HyperBallad” She Revealed She Will Be Promoting This Album Very Hard
She Also Revealed That her 2nd 12 single project will be returning in summer 2023. it will be her first 12 single project since 2005
IC Announced Her 5th Japan Dome Tour ~angeL + monsteR~. The Dates Would Be Released In May, and The Tour Would Take Place In The Summer Of 2023-Summer Of 2024.
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
• unapologetic (2012)
• The Baddest Female (2013)
• dangerouswoman (2016)
Singles[edit]
• Skin (2010)
• Only Girl (In The World) (2010)
• Cheers (2011)
• Man Down (2011)
• Woman Of China (2012)
• Stay (2012)
• Pour It Up (2012)
• Lost In Paradise (2012)
• The Baddest Female (2013)
• +badgirls+ (2013)
• Touch (2013)
• Independent Woman (2013)
• Hush (2013)
• Heaven (2013)
• MTBD (2014)
• Mr. Mr. (2014)
• Dangerous Woman (2016)
• Into You (2016)
• HELLO BITCHES (2016)
• DOCTOR PEPPER (2016)
• Lifted (2016)
LIVE ALBUMS[edit]
• 1st Japan Dome Tour ~My Name~ Tokyo Dome Live (2004)
• “SoA” First Asia Tour LIVE (2006)
• BLACK CHERRY WORLD TOUR: FINAL SHOW IN TOKYO DOME (2007)
• Kingdom: 1st Japan Arena Tour (2008)
• TRICK & 3 SPLASH: 2nd Japan Arena Tour (2009)
• 10th Anniversary Live ~Eternity~ In Tokyo dome (2010)
• UNIVERSE WORLD TOUR (2010)
• 2nd Japan Dome Tour ~DEJAVU~ (2011)
• IC-ASIA: 1st Japan Tour (2011)
• IC-ASIA: 2nd Japan Tour Live (2012)
• JAPONESQUE WORLD TOUR: TOKYO DOME LIVE (2013)
• IC-ASIA: 3rd Japan Tour Live (2013)
• IC-ASIA: 3rd Japan Tour In The Tokyo Dome (2013)
• 3rd Japan Dome Tour ~BON VOYAGE~ (2014)
• On The Run World Tour Live In Seoul Olympic Stadium (2014)
• 4th Japan Dome Tour ~Mirotic~ Live At The Kyocera Dome —Osaka—
• On The Run Tour: Live In The Tokyo Dome (2016)
• 5th Japan Dome Tour ~W-FACE & COPY & PASTE~ (2017)
• IC-ASIA: 4th Japan Tour (2018)
• 6th Japan Dome Tour ~Made In 20~ (2018)
• JAPONESQUE II WORLD TOUR ~20th ANNIVERSARY LIVE~ (2020)
• IC-ASIA: 5th Japan Tour (2021)
• BLACK CHERRY II WORLD TOUR (2021)
Tours
1st Japan Dome Tour ~My Name~ (2004)
“SoA” First Asia Tour (2005)
BLACK CHERRY WORLD TOUR (2006-2007)
KINGDOM: 1st Japan Arena Tour (2008)
TRICK & 3 SPLASH: 2nd Japan Arena Tour (2009)
IC: 10th Anniversary Live Tour ~Eternity~ (2010)
UNIVERSE WORLD TOUR (2010-2011)
2nd Japan Dome Tour ~DEJAVU~ (2011)
DARK ANGEL: 3rd Japan Arena Tour (2011)
IC-ASIA (2012-2021) [IC-ASIA contains all 5 Japanese Tours From 2011-2021]
JAPONESQUE WORLD TOUR (2013-2014)
ON THE RUN WORLD TOUR: 2014-2016
3rd Japan Dome Tour ~BON VOYAGE~ (2015)
4th Japan Dome Tour ~Mirotic~ (2016)
5th Japan Dome Tour ~W-FACE & Copy & Paste~(2017)
6th Japan Dome Tour ~Made In 20~ (2018)
JAPONESQUE WORLD TOUR II ~20th ANNIVERSARY~ (2020)
BLACK CHERRY II WORLD TOUR (2021)
7th Japan Dome Tour ~angeL & monsteR~ (2023)
