At long last next Tuesday, May 12, Utada’s “This Is The One” finally gets released in American record stores. In March (Yes, way back in March), “This Is The One” was released digitally in the US market. It debuted at #20 on the iTunes overall Album chart and #2 on the iTunes Pop Album chart. Utada became the first Japanese artist to break the Top 20 Album chart on the iTunes US Store (or is that Japanese-American artist?).

The American CD release of “This Is The One” will feature bonus tracks from Kingdom Hearts I & II — “Simple and Clean” and “Sanctuary”. Hotness! Mainstream America listeners will get a chance to hear the Utada we all know and love! (”Simple and Clean — PLANITb remix” FTW!!!) In-store appearance schedule below…

Utada’s “This Is The One” in-store appearance schedule:
Tuesday, May 12, 7pm: Best Buy
, 529 5th Avenue @ 44th Street, New York, NY
Wednesday, May 13, 6pm: Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood & FYE, 1000 Universal Studios Blvd
, Universal City, CA 

Thursday, May 14, 6pm: Best Buy, 
1717 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA
Friday, May 15, 6pm: FYE (Southcenter Mall)
, 2636 Southcenter Mall
, Seattle, WA 

Saturday, May 16, 3pm: Sam Goody, 1450 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI
As you can see, Utada is going to be keeping one crazy schedule next week. If you can make it out, bring her a Red Bull!

As always, bookmark www.utada.com.

Thanks to Angela Gee for the Utada @ Best Buy pic! ^_^