Welcome to the Edge (album)

Welcome To The Edge
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 12, 1991 (1991-06-12)
RecordedGlass Sea Studio, Los Angeles
GenrePop
LabelCanyon International
Producer
Billie Hughes chronology
Dream Master
(1979)
Welcome To The Edge
(1991)

Welcome to the Edge is the second solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Billie Hughes, released in Japan by Canyon International on June 12, 1991. The title track was released as a single titled "Todokanu Omoi" (とどかぬ想い, "One-Sided Love") and was used as the theme song of the Fuji TV drama series I'll Never Love Anyone Anymore. The song became the No. 1 International Single of the Year in Japan in 1992.[1]

A second song from the album appeared in the Japanese Fuji TV drama In the Name of Love (Ai to lu Na no Moto ni). All of the songs were written by Hughes and Roxanne Seeman with the exception of two songs with additional writers.[2][3] The album was a commercial success, selling 120,000 copies in Japan.[4][5][6][7][8]

Warner Music International released "Welcome to the Edge" in Korea and other Southeast Asian territories.

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  8. ^ Fukatsu, Kaz (June 6, 1992). "Spotlight on Japan, TV THEMES, KARAOKE PUSH CD SINGLES PRODUCTION UP 44% IN '91" (PDF). Billboard. p. J-4.