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''Distance'' is the second Japanese album (third overall) released by Japanese-American J-pop singer Hikaru Utada, released on March 28, 2001 in direct "competition" with ''A Best'' by Ayumi Hamasaki (see 2001 in music). ''Distance'' is the 4th best-selling album in Japan of all time with over 4.47 million copies sold,〔(List of million-selling CD albums in Japan )〕 and sold over 3 million copies in its debut week, setting Japan's one-week sales record and the world's highest one week sales in a single territory, Hamasaki's album having the second highest ever,〔(ORICON STYLE - Weekly album chart : 2nd week of April 2001 )〕 a record held by the two albums until 2015, when Adele's third album 25 sold 3.4 million copies in its first week in the United States. According to Oricon, Distance is the highest selling Japanese album of the decade.〔http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fm20091218a1.html〕 Globally, the album was one of the best-selling of 2001, being listed at #10 on the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's ''Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums'' for 2001. ==Production== For this album, Utada worked with American producers for a few tracks: Rodney Jerkins, who has worked with the likes of Toni Braxton, produced (and performed rap vocals on) the track "Time Limit", while songwriters Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced both "Wait & See: Risk" and the Up-in-Heaven mix of "Addicted to You". The melody of "Kotoba ni Naranai Kimochi" was originally introduced in the track "Interlude" found on the ''First Love'' album. Due to time constraints, the song couldn't be finished on time for release in full on ''First Love'', and was carried over to this album. The title of the track "Hayatochi-remix" is a portmanteau Utada created of "Hayatochiri", the name of the original song on the "Wait & See: Risk" single, and the word "remix". The song "Distance" was originally planned to be a single without any alterations, but it was instead released in a rearranged ballad form called "Final Distance" in memory of a fan who died in the June 2001 Osaka school massacre; this new version would appear in her next album, ''Deep River''. The cover art for the album, as well as the whole album photography, was done by her now-former husband and director Kazuaki Kiriya. 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「Distance (Hikaru Utada album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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