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Hikaru Utada (宇多田 ヒカル, Utada Hikaru?, born January 19, 1983), known by her stage name Utada (English /uːˈtɑːdə/) in America and Europe, is a Japanese-American singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer. Since the release of her Japanese debut album First Love, which went on to become the best-selling album in Oricon history, Utada has had three of her Japanese studio albums in the list of Top 10 best-selling albums ever in Japan (number 1, 4, 8) and six of her albums (including one English-language and one compilation) charting within the 275 Best-Selling Japanese albums list. Utada has had twelve number-one singles on the Oricon Singles chart, with two notable record achievements for a female solo or group artist: five million-sellers and four in the Top 100 All-Time Best-selling Singles. Utada has an estimated more than 52 million records sold worldwide.
She was described by Time Magazine as a "Diva On Campus," a reference to her having attended Columbia University for a brief, career-break semester in 2000. In 2009, she was considered "the most influential artist of the decade" in the Japanese landscape by The Japan Times.
"Addicted to You" is the fifth and final single from Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira's third bilingual album Sale el Sol. The song was written and produced by Shakira, Luis Fernando Ochoa, El Cata, and John Hill. The song was released for digital download on March 13, 2012. "Addicted to You" was announced as the fifth single from the album on March 14, 2012 via Shakira's official website. On March 13, 2012 a radio version was released for digital download. On May 2, 2012 the music video was released on Shakira's VEVO channel on YouTube. The music video was directed by Anthony Mandler, and is the only video from the Sale el Sol era that wasn't directed by Jaume de Laiguana.
The song was written and produced by Shakira, Luis Fernando Ochoa, El Cata, and John Hill. The song is a latin pop song influenced heavily with merengue and dance music. The song was noted for trying "to incorporate bilingual lyrics, a very 70's chorus and Copacabana sounds." Carlos Macias from Terra Networks wrote that "it's a weird combination of Miami Sound Machine and Waka Waka Shakira."
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