Jolin Tsai discography

Jolin Tsai discography

Tsai at the Taipei Game Show 2008
Studio albums 13
Live albums 6
Music videos 165
Greatest hits albums 7
Remix albums 4
Cover albums 1

Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai (Chinese: 蔡依林) has released thirteen studio albums, seven greatest hits albums, six live albums, four remix albums, and one cover album. In 1999, Tsai signed a recording deal with Universal Music Taiwan.[1] The first release under the label was her debut album, 1019 (1999).[2] It sold more than 400,000 copies in Taiwan alone.[2] She followed the album with the sophomore release, Don't Stop (2000).[3] The album has sold more than 450,000 copies in Taiwan alone, becoming her best-selling album in Taiwan of her career to this date.[4] Show Your Love was a released as her third studio album in 2000 and sold over 260,000 copies in Taiwan alone.[5] Tsai's fourth studio album, Lucky Number (2001), sold more than 150,000 copies in Taiwan alone,[1] Her remaining contract with Universal ended with two albums: her first greatest hits album, Together,[6] and her first remix compilation, Dance Collection (2002).[7]

In 2002, Tsai signed a recording deal with Sony Music Taiwan.[8] Her next release under Sony, Magic (2003), was heralded as her comeback album, which sold more than 1.5 million copies in Asia,[9] with more than 360,000 copies sold in Taiwan alone,[10] and the album made her the best-selling female singer of the year in Taiwan.[10] Her sixth studio album, Castle, was released in 2004.[11] The album has sold over 2 million copies in Asia,[9] with 300,000 copies sold in Taiwan alone,[12] and made her the best-selling female singer of the year in Taiwan.[12] She also released her second remix compilation, J9, in the same year.[13] Tsai's seventh studio album, J-game (2005), sold more than 2 million copies in Asia,[9] with 260,000 copies sold in Taiwan alone,[14] and made her the best-selling female singer of the year in Taiwan.[14] Her remaining contract with Sony ended with two albums: her third greatest hits album, J-top (2006).[15]

In 2006, Tsai signed a recording deal with Capitol Music Taiwan.[16] The first release from this deal was her eighth studio album, Dancing Diva (2006), which sold more than 2.5 million copies in Asia,[17] with 260,000 copies sold in Taiwan alone,[18] becoming the best-selling album of the year in Taiwan.[18] She also released her third remix compilation, Dancing Forever, in the same year.[19] In 2007, Tsai released her ninth studio album, Agent J, which sold more than 2.5 million copies in Asia,[9] with 200,000 copies sold in Taiwan alone,[20] becoming the best-selling album of the year in Taiwan.[20] Her remaining contract with Capitol ended with her first cover album, Love Exercise (2008), which sold over 30,000 copies in Taiwan alone,[21] becoming the best-selling Western-language album of the year in Taiwan.[21]

In 2008, Tsai signed a recording deal with Warner Music Taiwan.[22] Her first release under Warner was her tenth studio album, Butterfly (2009), which sold more than 1 million copies in Asia,[23] with 190,000 copies sold in Taiwan alone,[24] becoming the best-selling album of the year in Taiwan.[24] In the same year, she founded Eternal Music, which became her main record company, with Warner as distributors of her music.[25] Tsai's eleventh studio album, Myself (2010), sold more than 65,000 copies in Taiwan alone,[26] and made her the best-selling female singer of the year in Taiwan,[26] while becoming her lowest-selling studio album to this date.[26] The first release under Eternal was the studio album, Muse (2012), which sold more than 100,000 copies in Taiwan alone,[27] and made her the best-selling female singer of the year in Taiwan.[27] In 2014, she released her thirteenth studio album, Play, which sold over 85,000 copies in Taiwan,[28] and made her the best-selling female singer of the year in Taiwan.[28]

Tsai has sold more than 25 million copies in Asia and is recognized as one of the Asia's top-selling female recording artists of the 21st century.[29] Since Magic (2003), each of her studio albums at least made her the best-selling female singer of the year in Taiwan,[30] and each of the three albums—Dancing Diva (2006), Agent J (2007), and Butterfly (2009)—even became the best-selling album of the year in Taiwan.[30]

Albums

Studio albums

Title Date Label Sales
1019 September 10, 1999 Universal Taiwan: 400,000[2]
Don't Stop April 26, 2000 Universal Taiwan: 450,000[4]
Show Your Love December 22, 2000 Universal Taiwan: 260,000[5]
Lucky Number July 7, 2001 Universal Taiwan: 150,000[1]
Magic March 7, 2003 Sony Asia: 1,500,000[9]
Taiwan: 360,000[10]
Castle February 27, 2004 Sony Asia: 2,000,000[9]
Taiwan: 300,000[12]
J-game April 25, 2005 Sony BMG Asia: 2,000,000[9]
Taiwan: 260,000[14]
Dancing Diva May 12, 2006 Capitol Asia: 2,500,000[17]
Taiwan: 260,000[18]
Agent J September 27, 2007 Capitol Asia: 2,500,000[9]
Taiwan: 200,000[20]
Butterfly March 27, 2009 Warner Asia: 1,000,000[23]
Taiwan: 190,000[24]
Myself August 13, 2010 Warner Taiwan: 65,000[26]
Muse September 14, 2012 Warner Taiwan: 100,000[27]
Play November 15, 2014 Warner Taiwan: 85,000[28]

Cover albums

Title Date Label Sales
Love Exercise October 31, 2008 Gold Typhoon Taiwan: 30,000[21]

Greatest hits albums

Title Date Label
Together November 1, 2001 Universal
The Age of Innocence March 27, 2003 Universal
Born to Be a Star November 12, 2004 Universal
J-top May 5, 2006 Sony BMG
Final Wonderland September 19, 2007 Sony BMG
Jeneration February 27, 2009 Gold Typhoon
Ultimate August 28, 2012 Sony

Remix albums

Title Date Label
Dance Collection April 2, 2002 Universal
J9 November 12, 2004 Sony
Dancing Forever September 29, 2006 Capitol
Favorite November 3, 2006 Sony BMG

Live albums

Title Date Label
1019 I Can Concert March 16, 2000 Universal
Show Your Love Concert May 10, 2001 Universal
J1 Live Concert September 23, 2005 Sony BMG
If You Think You Can, You Can June 8, 2007 Capitol
Love & Life October 9, 2009 Warner
Myself World Tour October 19, 2013 Warner

Non-album songs

Title Date Note
"I Feel Good!" (我覺得很好) September 2000 Appears on the Sony compilation album Sony Shining Star: Sony Asian New Talent's Notebook, the song is believed to be recorded before the debut 1019 studio album sessions.
"Where the Dream Takes You" (情不自禁) June 2001 Appears on the Taiwan edition of the soundtrack album for the 2001 film Atlantis: The Lost Empire, the song is the Mandarin version of the film's theme song, originally recorded by American singer Mýa.
"Cherry Cherry" March 2002 Produced by 8866 Records and performed only once at Taiwanese singer Kiki Ting's concert in March 2002. The song never materialized.
"Hand in Hand" (手牽手) May 2003 Produced by Taiwanese singers Leehom Wang and David Tao, the song comprises various famous artists from Taiwan and is a charity song appeals to fight against the 2003 SARS outbreak.
"Warriors in Peace" (海市蜃樓) October 2003 Produced by Indian producer A. R. Rahman. Appears on the soundtrack album Warriors of Heaven and Earth: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the song is the theme song of the 2003 film Warriors of Heaven and Earth.
"Dare for More" November 2004 Promotional single of Pepsi in Greater China, the song comprises various famous artists from the area.
"Under the Sea" (海洋之心) August 2005 Appears on the compilation album Hong Kong Disneyland: The Grand Opening Celebration Album, the song is the Mandarin version of a song from the 1989 film The Little Mermaid.
"Destined Guy" (真命天子) October 2005 A duet by Tsai and Taiwanese singer Show Lo appears on Show Lo's 2005 studio album Hypnosis Show, Tsai featured on the rap.
"Stand Up for Love" (讓愛靠近) November 2005 Performed at Show Lo's concert in November 2005, the song is the Mandarin version of 2005 World Children's Day Anthem, originally the American group Destiny's Child song "Stand Up for Love". This song never materialized.
"In My Arms" November 2007 A duet by Tsai and Australian singer Kylie Minogue appears on the Asia special edition of Kylie Minogue's 2007 album X, Tsai featured on the chorus.
"Beijing Welcomes You" (北京歡迎你) July 2008 Feature song for the 100-day countdown of the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, the song comprises one hundred famous artists from Greater China, Singapore and South Korea.
"Touch Your Heart" January 2009 Promotional single for the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan.
"Change the Future" (改變明天) June 2009 Theme song for the 20th Golden Melody Awards, the song comprises various famous artists from Taiwan.
"There Is a Tiger" (有隻老虎) February 2010 Feature song for the 2010 Chinese New Year (Year of the Tiger), the song comprises various artists from Warner Music Taiwan.
"Heartbeat of Taiwan" (台灣的心跳聲) May 2010 Theme song for the Taiwan Pavilion at Expo 2010 held in Shanghai.
"Little Child" (小小孩) August 2013 Produced by Taiwanese singer Ashin, performed at Super Slipper Concert held in Taipei. The song never materialized. The song was later recorded by Malaysian singer Fish Leong as the theme song of the 2014 film Endless Nights in Aurora.
"Now Is the Time" June 2014 Appears on the compilation album Pepsi Beats of the Beautiful Game for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the song is the cover of Jasmine V song under the same title.
"Shake Your Body" June 2014 Promotional single of Pepsi, the song also features three other singers from Greater China.
"Kaleidoscope" (萬花瞳) June 2014 Theme song of the 2014 film Tiny Times 3.
"Be Wonderful Together" (渴望就一塊) August 2014 Promotional single of a campaign jointly hosted by Pepsi and the Chinese business-to-consumer (B2C) online retailer Tmall, the song is the Mandarin cover of Jasmine V song "Now Is the Time".
"I Wanna Know" September 2016 Produced by Swedish DJ Alesso, the song is the cover of Nico & Vinz song under the same title.
"Ego-holic" (戀我癖) October 2016 Produced by Taiwanese producer Starr Chen. Appears on Starr Chen's 2016 album Welcome to the Next Level.
"Give Love" (讓愛傳出去) May 2017 Feature song for the 2017 Mother's Day and a related public interest campaign presented by the Taiwan television station Da Ai Television. The song is the cover of the theme song of the 2004 Taiwanese drama under the same title.
"We Are One" June 2017 Produced by Dutch DJ Hardwell.

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