Distance (Hikaru Utada album)

Distance
Studio album by Hikaru Utada
Released	March 28, 2001
Recorded	1999–2001
Studio	Flyte Tyme Studios (Edina) Studio Terra (Tokyo) The Hit Factory (New York City) Toshiba EMI Studio (Tokyo) Bunkamura Studios (Tokyo) Studio Groove (Osaka) Darkchild Studios (Pleasantville)
Genre	J-pop R&B alt-rock techno
Length	64:26
Label	Toshiba-EMI
Producer	Hikaru Utada Darkchild Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Akira Miyake Teruzane Utada
Hikaru Utada chronology
First Love (1999) Distance (2001) Deep River (2002)
Singles from Distance
"Addicted to You" Released: November 10, 1999 "Wait & See (Risk)" Released: April 19, 2000 "For You / Time Limit" Released: June 30, 2000 "Can You Keep a Secret?" Released: February 16, 2001

Distance is the third studio album by Japanese singer Hikaru Utada. Toshiba EMI released it on March 28, 2001, making it her second release with the label. Utada wrote and co-produced the majority of the album, alongside previous collaborators Akira Miyake and her father Teruzane Utada, as well as new collaborations with American producers Rodney Jerkins and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Distance, like its predecessor First Love (1999), is influenced by pop music and R&B, with additional hip-hop, rock, reggae, and techno influences from Western music.

Music critics praised the overall sound and production quality of Distance, earning her numerous awards and recognitions as a result of its critical success. Prior to its release, Distance was scheduled to coincide with the release of Ayumi Hamasaki's greatest hits album A Best (2001), which Avex Trax had organised. This resulted in extensive coverage in both Japanese and Western music media. Despite its marketing and competition, Distance was a huge commercial success. It ascended to number one on the Oricon Albums Chart with the highest-ever first-week sales in music history until Adele's 25 14 years later, and eventually became the fourth best-selling album of all time in Japan.

To promote the album, Utada released four singles: "Addicted to You," "Wait & See (Risk)," "For You / Time Limit" and "Can You Keep a Secret?." All four releases were successful in the Japanese market, selling over a million copies and becoming best-sellers. She promoted the album by performing two shows in Japan: Bohemian Summer 2000 and a special Unplugged event, both of which resulted in live releases. Furthermore, a video collection titled Utada Hikaru Single Clip Collection Vol. 2 was released, which included all of the album's music videos.