Agent J (album)

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Agent J
Studio album by Jolin Tsai
Released September 21, 2007
Genre Mandopop
Length 43:01
Label Capitol Records
Jolin Tsai chronology
Dancing Diva
(2006)		 Agent J
(2007)		 TBA

Agent J (traditional Chinese: 特務J; pinyin: Tè Wu J), Jolin Tsai's highly anticipated 9th album, set to be released on September 21, 2007. This is the second album Jolin released under her new record company, Capitol Records. On September 8, 2007 the album leaked on to the Internet. The album debuted at number one having almost half of all album sales in Taiwan on its debut week and racked up over 50,000 prerelease orders. Agent J became her highest debut breaking her previous one held by her last album Dancing Diva which debuted with 27.68% at the G-Music Combo Chart and 51.1% on the G-Music Mandarin Chart. On November 2, 2007, Jolin had re-released the album with ten music video's, four dance instruction music video's, and a remix version of "Bravo Lover".

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[edit] Production

The expenses for Jolin's album "Agent J" took 50,000,000 Taiwan dollars (1,513,179.80 USD), filming in Paris, England, and Thailand and taking dance lessons in Europe, Taiwan, and USA [1]. Jolin had learn pole dancing and aerial ribbon dancing for a music video for her album "Agent J". Jolin learnt the moves within 10 days of intense training, almost paralysing her right arm [2]. The deluxe version of the new album contains a three-part music movie featuring popular Korean actor Kim Jae Won and Hong Kong stars Stephen Fung and Carl Ng. Metronome was written by Jolin herself.

The track, "Sun Will Never Set" is a cover version of the original "Sunshine In The Rain" by Bodies without Organs

[edit] Tie-ups and theme songs

"Lets Move It" has been used in a Toyota commercial.[3]

[edit] Track listing

 Audio samples:
  1. Agent J (特務J; Te wu J)
  2. Bravo Lover (愛無赦; Ai wu she)
  3. Alone (一個人; Yi ge ren)
  4. Fear-Free (怕什麼; Pa shi mo)
  5. Ideal State (桃花源; Tao hua yuan)
  6. Prologue of Tacit Violence (冷.前言; Leng qian yan)
  7. Tacit Violence (冷暴力; Leng bao li)
  8. Priceless (非賣品; Fei mai pin)
  9. Metronome (節拍器; Jie pai qi)
  10. Golden Triangle (金三角; Jin san jiao)
  11. Sun Will Never Set (日不落; Ri bu luo)
  12. Let's Move It

(Note: All the track names have only three characters)

[edit] Sales

Agent J is one of the best selling albums around Asia. In Taiwan, the order before the album release had reached 50,000. One week after the album was released, the total sales in Taiwan has reached 150,000. Critics are expecting this album can sell over 200,000 just in Taiwan. In Hong Kong, the album debuted in HMV best selling Asian album at its peak number 2. As the album was released one week later after Taiwan, the Agent J has sold over 10,000 copies in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, the promotion is still continuing in December. Jolin is planning to go to Hong Kong for events and promotion in Christmas period as the album has now sold about 20,000 and is one of the best-selling Mandarin album in Hong Kong in 2007.

[edit] Charts

Agent J debuted on the G-music Charts with an accounted 45% of all album sales and 62.28% of all Mandarin album sales in Taiwan. On its third week Agent J dropped down to number two while Stars Reunion's new album "Love Stars Reunion - Yesterday, Now & Tomorrow" took the top position by a small gap. On its fifth week on the charts it dropped to 4 due to new album releases by other artists. On its sixth week on the charts it went up to 2 beating Jay Chou's new album "On The Run".

Release Chart Peak Position Chart Run
September 21, 2007 G-music Weekly Combo Chart (Taiwan) #1 24 weeks (Till March 21, 2008)
September 21, 2007 G-music Weekly Mandarin Chart (Taiwan) #1 24 weeks (Till March 21, 2008)

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Chinese) 十國聯軍！籌備一年！飛越萬里！拍攝一個月！EMI推出耗資五千萬製作的音樂電影 "特務J". August 22, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  2. ^ (Chinese) 萬眾矚目！天后蔡依林【特務J】超強舞功大曝光！【無重力旋轉彩帶鋼管舞】JOLIN 特務J舞蹈驚艷四座!. August 25, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  3. ^ Jolin Tsai Toyota Commercial and Track List

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