Utada signs worldwide deal with EMI

Japanese superstar singer/songwriter Hikaru Utada has signed a worldwide recording contract with EMI Music.“Going forward, her music activities in all countries and languages will now be united under one name, Hikaru Utada,” EMI said in a Nov. 8 statement, without providing any details of the contract.News of the deal comes in the wake of Utada’s announcement in August that she will take a