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''Deep River'' is the third studio album (fourth overall) released by Japanese singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada, released in June 19, 2002. It sold just over 2.35 million copies in its first week of release 〔(ORICON STYLE - Weekly album chart： 1st week of July 2002 )〕 (succeeding 2,026,870 units by ''First Love'' and 3,002,720 by ''Distance'' in their respective debut week), charting at #1 on the weekly, monthly and yearly Oricon charts. ''Deep River'' is ranked as Japan's 5th highest album in debut sales, and 8th in the all-time album sales in Japan.〔(—ð‘ãƒAƒ‹ƒoƒ€ƒ‰ƒ“ƒLƒ“ƒO )〕 The final track, "Hikari", would be her first single to reach #1 on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart three times, and the Japanese version of the theme song for Square Enix's RPG video game, ''Kingdom Hearts.'' The English version, "Simple and Clean," (released in her COLORS single), also accompanied promotion of "Kingdom Hearts" in overseas versions. The album was cited by many fans and critics as Utada's most acclaimed work, as well as achieving the Triple Crown at the 17th Golden Disc Awards in Japan.〔(RIAJ - 17th Japan Gold Disc Award 2003 )〕 According to IFPI, the album is listed at #18 on the ''Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums'' for 2002.〔IFPI (Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2002 ) Retrieved 2011-04-08〕 ==Track listing== All songs were arranged by Kei Kawano and Hikaru Utada, except for the following: * 1. "Sakura Drops" - arrangement: Hikaru Utada and Kei Kawano (the order of the name was changed) * 7. "Tokyo NIGHTS" - with string arrangement: Kei Kawano * 8. "A.S.A.P." - arrangement: Yuichiro Honda, additional rhythm track arrangement: Kei Kawano & Hikaru Utada * 10. "Final Distance" - with string arrangement: Neko Saito 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deep River (Hikaru Utada album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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