Trendy Man

Trendy Man

Trendy Man cover
Studio album 潮男正傳 by Show Luo
Released 26 December 2008 (2008-12-26)
Recorded 2008
Genre Mandopop
Length 36:49
Language Mandarin
Label Gold Typhoon (Taiwan)
(formerly EMI Music Taiwan)
Show Luo chronology
Show On Cruel Stage
殘酷舞台
(2008)		 Trendy Man
潮男正傳
(2008)		 Rashomon
羅生門
(2010)
Alternative cover
Trendy Man (Box Limited Preorder Edition) cover

Trendy Man (Chinese: 潮男正傳; pinyin: cháo nán zhèng zhuàn) is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Show Luo's sixth Mandarin studio album. It was released on 26 December 2008 by Gold Typhoon (Taiwan). It is the first release after Show's continuation of contract with them, formerly EMI Music Taiwan.

Two preorder limited editions were available: Trendy Man (Mirror Limited Preorder Edition) (潮男正傳 潮男幻鏡珍藏版) and Trendy Man (Box Limited Preorder Edition) (潮男正傳 潮男誌盒裝版), which includes gifts. A further edition was released, Trendy Man (Waist Support Celebration Edition) (2CD) (潮男正傳 撐腰相挺慶功2CD版) containing a bonus CD with a new song "為你寫首歌" (Song Written for You).

Contents

Album

Reception

The album debuted at number one on Taiwan's Top 20 G-Music Weekly Combo and Mandarin Charts, and Five Music Chart at week starting 26 December 2008 to 1 January 2009, with a percentage sales of 32.32%, 37.8%, and 31.54% respectively. It charted continuously in the Mandarin Chart for 19 weeks, the Combo Chart for 13 weeks and the 5 Music Chart for 15 weeks.

The tracks "撐腰" (Waist Support) and "搞笑" (Making Jokes) are listed at number 30[1] and 61[2] respectively on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2009. The track "撐腰" (Waist Support) won one of the Songs of the Year at the 2009 Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards presented by Hong Kong radio station Metro Info.[3]

According Taiwan's G-Music chart the album is the second best selling album in Taiwan in 2009.[4] It was also awarded one of the Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year award at the 2009 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI.[5]

Track listing

  1. "撐腰" Cheng Yao (Waist Support) - 3:19
  2. "高調愛" Gao Diao Ai (High-Toned love) - 3:45
  3. "第二順位" Di Er Shun Wei (Second Priority) - 4:24
  4. "搞笑" Gao Xiao (Making Jokes) - 4:35
  5. "潛意識失控" Qian Yi Shi Shi Kong (Subconsciously out of Control) - 2:52
  6. "箇中強手" Ge Zhong Qiang Shou (Best of the Bunch - HOT SHOT) - opening theme of Hot Shot - 3:01
  7. "幸福不滅" Xing Fu Bu Mie (Cause I Believe) - insert song of Hot Shot - 3:36
  8. "潮男正傳" Chao Nan Zheng Zhuan (Story of a Trendy Man) - 3:18
  9. "假如你還在這裡" Jia Ru Ni Hai Zai Zhe Li (If You're Still Here) -3:51
  10. "拿手絕活" Na Shou Jue Huo (Well-Skilled) - 3:53

Bonus track - Trendy Man (Waist Support Celebration Edition) (2CD)

  1. "為你寫首歌" Wei Ni Xie Shou Ge (Song Written for You) - 3:54

Music Video

Releases

Four editions were released by Gold Typhoon (Taiwan):

Charts

Chart Name Debut Position Week# / Week Dates of Peak Position Peak Position Percentage of Album Sales at Peak Chart Run
Five Music Taiwan
5大金榜[10]		 #1 #1/ 26 December 2008 to 1 January 2009 #1 31.54% 15 weeks
G-Music Combo Chart, Taiwan
風雲榜 (綜合榜)[11]		 #1 #52 / 26 December 2008 to 1 January 2009 #1 32.32% 13 weeks
G-Music Mandarin Chart, Taiwan
風雲榜 (華語榜)[12]		 #1 #52 / 26 December 2008 to 1 January 2009 #1 37.8% 19 weeks

References

  1. ^ (Chinese) HITO Radio Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart- 2009 (#1 to 50) Retrieved 2011-02-24
  2. ^ (Chinese) HITO Radio Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart- 2009 (#51 to 100) Retrieved 2011-02-24
  3. ^ (Chinese) Metro Info Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards 2009 winners list Retrieved 2011-04-07.
  4. ^ (Chinese) Apple Daily 蔡依林登g-music '09銷售王 傲封最賣搖錢樹 10 January 2010. Retrieved 2011-09-14
  5. ^ IFPI Hong Kong 2009 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards winners list Retrieved 2011-04-19
  6. ^ (Chinese)Trendy Man (Mirror Limited Preorder Edition) album info 2 December 2008. Retrieved 2010-11-28
  7. ^ (Chinese) Trendy Man (Box Limited Preorder Edition) album info 5 December 2008. Retrieved 2010-11-28
  8. ^ (Chinese) Trendy Man album info 26 December 2008. Retrieved 2010-11-28
  9. ^ (Chinese) ''Trendy Man (Waist Support Celebration Edition) album info 23 January 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-28
  10. ^ (Chinese) 5 Music 2009 Week 1 chart 26 December 2008 to 1 January 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-27
  11. ^ (Chinese) G-Music Combo Chart This links to the current week only - search for 2008 Week 52 at bottom of page. Retrieved 2010-11-27
  12. ^ (Chinese) G-Music Mandarin Chart This links to the current week only - search for 2008 Week 52 at bottom of page. Retrieved 2010-11-27

External links

Show Luo
Studio album
Compilation
Remix
Concert DVD
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