Deep River (Utada Hikaru album)
Deep River is the third studio album released by Japanese singer-songwriter Utada Hikaru, released in June 19, 2002. It sold just over 2.35 million copies in its first week of release, charting at number one on the weekly, monthly and yearly Oricon charts. Deep River is ranked as Japan's fifth-highest album in debut sales, and eighth in the all-time album sales in Japan.
The final track, "Hikari", would be her first single to reach number one 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",, 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.
According to the IFPI, the album is listed at number 18 on the Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2002.
Track listing
All songs were arranged by Kei Kawano and Utada Hikaru, except for the following:- 1. "Sakura Drops" – arrangement: Utada Hikaru and Kei Kawano
- 7. "Tokyo Nights" – with string arrangement: Kei Kawano
- 8. "A.S.A.P." – arrangement: Yuichiro Honda, additional rhythm track arrangement: Kei Kawano and Utada Hikaru
- 10. "Final Distance" – with string arrangement: Neko Saito
Singles
Charts
Japan| Release | Chart | Peak position | Debut sales | Sales total | Chart run |
| June 19, 2002 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | 1 | |||
| June 19, 2002 | Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 1 | 2,350,170 | 3,605,000 | 56 |
| June 19, 2002 | Oricon Yearly Albums Chart | 1 |