| Thank You, Love | ||||
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| Released | June 22, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–2011 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 57:49 | |||
| Label | SME | |||
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| Singles from Thank You, Love | ||||
Thank You, Love (styled Thank you, Love) is the third studio album by Japanese singer and songwriter Kana Nishino. It was released on June 22, 2011, by SME Records. Nishino acted as the album's primary lyricist, as she had on all of her preceding albums. Thank You, Love was created with the concept of a "warm album" and reflects Nishino's desire to create a work that includes positive elements. Thank You, Love marked new lyrical directions for Nishino: while Love One. and To Love were solely centered on songs about romance, this work is unique in that it expresses things other than that.
Music critics reviewed Thank You, Love positively, commending Nishino's emotional delivery throughout. The album was successful in Japan, becoming her second number one album on the Oricon Albums Chart and selling almost 350,000 copies in Japan. It was also certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).
Thank You, Love was promoted by four singles; "If," "Kimi tte," "Distance" and "Esperanza." every one of them performed well digitally, with the first two selling over a million full-length downloads each. All four tracks except "Alright" made it into the top ten on both the Oricon and Billboard single charts, and all topped the RIAJ paid music distribution chart, which is compiled by the RIAJ based on the number of downloads of full chaku-uta songs. Nishino helped promote the album on the tour Kanayan Tour 2011 ~ Summer~.