Jay Chou discography

Jay Chou discography

Jay Chou at the premiere of Secret, Seoul, South Korea (2008)
Releases
Studio albums 11
Live albums 4
Compilation albums 2
EPs 4
Soundtracks 1
Concert DVD 4

This is the discography of Taiwanese Mandopop musician, singer-songwriter and music producer, Jay Chou (Chinese: 周杰倫). In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest and started his music career as a songwriter. In 2000, Chou released his eponymous debut album, Jay, under the record company Alfa Music. Since then he has released one album per year except in 2009. Chou is a Golden Melody Awards winner and has won the World Music Award four times.

He has, since 2007, been running his own record company JVR Music, with partners Vincent Fang and JR Yang. The name is derive from the initials of the three men, and it also stands for "Just Very Romantic".[1] Chou's albums released by Alfa Music and JVR Music are distributed by Sony Music Taiwan.

Contents

Albums

Studio

# Name Released date Label Sales in Asia
(millions)
1st Jay (周杰倫同名專輯) 7 November 2000 Alfa Music
2nd Fantasy (范特西) 1 September 2001 Alfa Music
3rd Eight Dimensions (八度空間) 19 July 2002 Alfa Music
4th Ye Hui Mei (葉惠美) 31 July 2003 Alfa Music 3[2]
5th Common Jasmin Orange (七里香) 3 August 2004 Alfa Music 3-4[3][4]
6th November's Chopin (十一月的蕭邦) 1 November 2005 Alfa Music 3+[5][6]
7th Still Fantasy (依然范特西) 5 September 2006 Alfa Music 3+[7][8]
0.181 (Taiwan)[9]
8th On the Run (我很忙) 2 November 2007 JVR Music
9th Capricorn (魔杰座) 14 October 2008 JVR Music
10th The Era (跨時代) 18 May 2010 JVR Music 0.110 (Taiwan)[10]
11th Exclamation Mark (驚嘆號) 11 November 2011 JVR Music [11]

Live

Extended plays (EP)

Soundtrack

Compilations

Concert DVD

Other songs

Collaborations

Songs

Composition

Songs composed by Chou for other artists

Music videos

Music videos directed by Chou for other artists

References

  1. ^ (Chinese) JVR Music 杰威爾音樂 About JVR Music Retrieved 2011-07-01
  2. ^ (Chinese) XINHUANET.com Ye Hui Mei sales in Asia is rising 《叶惠美》亚洲销量节节攀升 10 Sept 2003. Retrieved 2011-02-28
  3. ^ (Chinese) Sina.com 周杰伦:新声代之王 8 January 2007
  4. ^ (Chinese) "Common Jasmin Orange sells three million/ Jay Chou is full of pride". southcn.com. 2004-09-14. http://big5.southcn.com/gate/big5/www.southcn.com/ent/yulefirst/200409140062.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-02. 
  5. ^ (Chinese) "2005 Celebrities countdown no. 7—Jay Chou" (Web article). sina.com.cn. 2005-12-31. http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/2005-12-31/1550946797.html. Retrieved 2007-06-02. 
  6. ^ (Chinese) "November's Chopin sells 2.5 million copies/ Jay Chou is the king of Taiwan". tom.com. 2005-12-24. http://music.ent.tom.com/1026/1027/20051224-64907.html. Retrieved 2007-06-02. 
  7. ^ (Chinese) "New album sold 3 million copies in Asia/ Jay Chou with poor enunciation blames Vincent Fang". enorth.com.cn. 2006-10-19. http://ent.big5.enorth.com.cn/system/2006/10/19/001437215.shtml. Retrieved 2007-06-02. 
  8. ^ (Chinese) "Jay Chou celebrates/ Wishes to collaborate with Song Zu Ying". www.yanti.gov.cn. 2006-10-18. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928062126/http://big5.yantai.gov.cn/b5/www.yantai.gov.cn/cn/news/index_show.jsp?id=136583. Retrieved 2007-06-02. 
  9. ^ (Chinese) sohu.com Jay Chou beats Jolin Tsai: Year-end sales chart released 5 January 2007. Retrieved 2011-03-21
  10. ^ (Chinese) Apple Daily 年度唱片銷量 小豬15.5萬張 首度踹下雙J 登基唱銷王 12 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-18
  11. ^ (Chinese) JVR Music 滿載第一的驕傲 2011.11.11周杰倫第11張專輯再創驚嘆號 21 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-25

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