Utada "Distance"

At the end of 1999, Hikki released the single # 1 both the Addicted to You, which sold as many as 1.784 million pieces of CDs. Followed by Wait & See ~ risk ~ which also became # 1 with a total of 1.66206 million pieces of CD sales. The second single was produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis have ever produced Janet Jackson. In the months from July to August Utada Hikaru his first national tour, titled Bohemian SUMMER 2000 during school holidays. This tour was scheduled to take place on 16 different days, but because the fans demand, the tour was extended three days. The next single released to promote this tour and return to # 1. Single berjudull For You / Time Limit was sold over 888.650 copies of the CD.

After the tour ended, Hikki decided to break from the music world and continue her studies to Columbia University in New York. Hikki got reprimanded by the university because of the many journalists and other students who want to see how the figure of a 'Britney Spears of Japan'. Responding to this Hikki simply replied 'I'm not like that gorgeous Bombshell'. But Hikki decided to leave college after half a semester because the class was not as difficult as he thought.

In early 2001, Hikki back to Japan and released Can You Keep A Secret? which became # 1 song of the year with sales reaching 1.48494 million copies. at the end of 2001, Hikki become one of the few artists who has the # 1 Album of the Year as well as # 1 Single of the Year. Not only that, Distance which sold 4.64 million copies is also a best-selling album worldwide in 2001.(//en.wikipedia.org)

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