Cd Jolin Tsai - Don't Stop (2000)

Description: Jolin: Jolin Tsai (Mandarin: [tsʰaɪ˥˩] ⓘ; Chinese: 蔡依林; born September 15, 1980) is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress. Widely recognized as the "Queen of C-Pop", Tsai is one of the most influential figures in the Chinese-speaking world’s pop culture. Her continuous reinvention and versatility in musical style and visual presentation have established her as a leading figure in popularizing dance-pop music in Greater China. Tsai exercises significant creative control over her career, and her work, which often addresses societal issues and ideological themes, has achieved both commercial success and critical acclaim. Born in Hsinchuang, Taiwan, Tsai gained prominence in 1998 after winning a singing competition organized by MTV Mandarin. Her debut album, 1019 (1999), was a commercial success and cemented her status as a teen idol with a significant following among teenagers. With the release of Magic (2003), Tsai transitioned to a more dance-oriented musical style, further establishing her reputation with Dancing Diva (2006), which solidified her role as a prominent dance-pop artist in the Chinese music scene. In 2009, Tsai founded her own company, Eternal, and began to assert creative control over all aspects of her career. The album Myself (2010) marked a turning point, showcasing themes of girl power and concern for minority issues. Her subsequent album, Muse (2012), combined mainstream appeal with independent music elements, while Play (2014) was noted for advancing Chinese dance music on a global stage. Her album Ugly Beauty (2018) delved into themes of societal beauty standards and psychological complexity. Tsai has sold over 25 million records, making her the highest-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Since the release of Magic (2003), each of her studio albums has been the highest-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan for the year of its release, with four also being the highest-selling album overall in the country. She has won seven Golden Melody Awards, the most by any dance-pop artist in the award's history. Tsai has frequently appeared on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list, ranking in the top 20 for six out of ten years since 2010 and being named the number one Chinese female singer three times. Her net worth surpassed NT$2 billion in 2014, and she has been ranked as the highest-paid Taiwanese female singer 16 times between 2003 and 2022. Tsai was born on September 15, 1980, in Hsinchuang City, Taipei County (now Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City), Taiwan. She has an elder sister. Her maternal grandmother was a Taiwanese indigenous Papora people. She attended Hsinchuang Elementary School, Hsinchuang Junior High School, and Chingmei Girls' High School. When she was in high school, she formed a band called Twister with her classmates. Later, she participated in singing competitions to meet the needs of extracurricular activities for university applications and won Chingmei Girls' High School Singing Competition and the second place in the popular music category of BCC National High School Singing Competition. In May 1998, she participated in a singing competition held by MTV Mandarin, she stood out by singing English songs and won the competition. In March 1999, Tsai signed with Universal Music Taiwan, and became the record label's key newcomer. After that, Universal arranged a series of courses for her for half a year, including dance classes twice a week to help her improve her stage performance, makeup classes twice a week to help her do her own makeup when she was pressed for schedules or in between brief interviews, and speech training classes to help her cope with the media. In addition, Universal arranged for her to fly to Ireland and the United States to watch live performances of foreign singers. In June 1999, she was admitted to the English literature major of Fu Jen Catholic University by virtue of her first place in the recommendation examination. 1999–2002: 1019, Don't Stop, Show Your Love, and Lucky NumberOn July 16, 1999, Tsai released her debut single, "Living with the World". On September 10, 1999, she released her first studio album, 1019. The album, co-produced by David Wu, Peter Lee, and Paul Lee, combined pop with hip-hop, R&B, world music, and others, showing her musical talent and versatility. It was generally well received by music critics, who said that the girlish feelings exuded from the album just filled the vacancy of girl-next-door singer in Taiwan at that time, and both her idol vibe and strength combined with the excellent record production made her an instant hit. The album sold more than 400,000 copies in Taiwan. On April 26, 2000, Tsai released her second studio album, Don't Stop. The album was co-produced by David Wu, Paul Lee, Peter Lee, and Chen Wei, and combined pop with hip-hop, rock, reggae, R&B, and others. Her singing skills on the album were more powerful than before, with a more flexible interpretation of fast songs and a more emotional interpretation of slow songs. It was well received by music critics, who said that the fast songs were full of enthusiasm and the slow songs were charming, and that it started her musical direction that focused on fast songs. The album sold more than 500,000 copies in Taiwan, becoming the year's second highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's sixth highest-selling album overall in the country, as well as her highest-selling album in the country to date. On May 5, 2000, she released her photo book, Nineteen Years, which sold more than 60,000 copies in Taiwan. On December 22, 2000, Tsai released her third studio album, Show Your Love. The album was co-produced by David Wu, Paul Lee, Peter Lee, Chen Wei, and Jae Chong, it had more broad musical styles and a more mature vocal performance. It received positive reviews from music critics and was described as one of the most musically rich albums in the real sense during her Universal period, with a balanced mix of fast and slow songs. The album sold more than 260,000 copies in Taiwan. On September 6, 2001, the music video of the track "Fall in Love with a Street" won an MTV Video Music Award for International Viewers' Choice. On June 28, 2001, Tsai released the Mandarin version of the theme song "Where the Dream Takes You" of the 2001 Disney film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire. On July 7, 2001, she released her fourth studio album, Lucky Number. The album was co-produced by David Wu, Peter Lee, Paul Lee, Chen Wei, and Kay Huang, and combined pop with R&B, disco, hip-hop, and others. It was considered to be her most exciting album during her Universal period, but also suffered from a lack of promotion due to a contractual dispute with her management company D Sound. The album sold more than 150,000 copies in Taiwan, and was ranked among the year's top 20 highest-selling albums in the country. On February 18, 2002, she, on behalf of Mandopop, together with William Roedy, chairman and CEO of MTV, and t.A.T.u. featured on the cover of Businessweek. 2002–2005: Magic, Castle, and J-Game:On July 23, 2002, Tsai signed with Sony Music Taiwan. On August 2, 2002, she released the book, The Masque of the Princess, the Spirit of Knight, which sold more than 50,000 copies in Taiwan. On March 7, 2003, she released her fifth studio album, Magic. The album was co-produced by Bing Wang, Peter Lee, Jamie Hsueh, Jay Chou, Huang Yi, combining pop with disco, funk, ballads, hip-hop, Britpop, and others, and tailored according to her voice quality, vocal, positioning, and potential. It received generally positive reviews from music critics and was regarded as a key work for her positioning transformation, establishing her musical direction with dance-pop as the dominant style. The album sold over 360,000 copies in Taiwan and over 1.5 million copies overall in Asia, becoming the year's highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's second highest-selling album overall in the country. The album was nominated for Golden Melody Award for Album of the Year, she was nominated for Best Female Mandarin Singer, and Baby Chung was nominated for Best Music Arranger for the track "Prague Square". Eventually, Baby Chung won Best Music Arranger. On March 9, 2003, the Taiwanese television series Hi Working Girl starring Tsai premiered on CTV. On April 10, 2003, she released the songs "Angel of Love", "Darkness", and "Sweetie" for the 2003 Hong Kong film, Why Me, Sweetie?!. On June 14, 2003, she graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University with a bachelor's degree in English literature. On September 10, 2003, she released the theme song "Mirage" of the 2003 Chinese film, Warriors of Heaven and Earth. On September 15, 2003, she translated the book The English Roses for Madonna, and later translated five other books for Madonna. On February 27, 2004, Tsai released her sixth studio album, Castle. The album was co-produced by Bing Wang, Peter Lee, Jay Chou, Jamie Hsueh, Huang Yi, and G-Power, and its musical styles were all-encompassing, combining pop with hip-hop, Latin, chanson, heavy metal, Britpop, and others. It was widely praised by music critics and was credited with consolidating her successful development trend in the Chinese music scene. The album sold over 300,000 copies in Taiwan and over 1.5 million copies overall in Asia, becoming the year's highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's second highest-selling album overall in the country. On August 7, 2004, Tsai embarked on her first concert tour J1 World Tour at Hongkou Football Stadium in Shanghai, China. The tour lasted one year and nine months with eight shows in seven cities. On November 12, 2004, she released the compilation album, J9. On February 8, 2005, she participated in the CCTV New Year's Gala to perform the song "36 Tricks of Love". On March 9, 2005, she released the book, Jolin's English Diary Book, which sold more than 120,000 copies in Taiwan. On April 25, 2005, Tsai released her seventh studio album, J-Game. The album was co-produced by Jamie Hsueh, Jack Chou, Bing Wang, and Adia, and combined pop with hip-hop, electronic, disco, Chinese traditional music, and others. It received mixed reviews from music critics, who said that it followed the trend and pursued the extreme, but its positioning was vague and it lacked personality. The album sold over 260,000 copies in Taiwan and over 1.2 million copies overall in Asia, becoming the year's highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's second highest-selling album overall in the country. On September 23, 2005, she released the live video album, J1 Live Concert. On September 28, 2005, Show Lo released the single "Destined Guy", which he sang with her. On December 30, 2005, she released the book, Jolin's Party, which sold more than 150,000 copies in Taiwan. 2006–2008: Dancing Diva and Agent J: On February 16, 2006, Tsai signed with EMI Taiwan. On May 5, 2006, Sony released the greatest hits album J-Top for her. The album sold over 100,000 copies in Taiwan, becoming the year's fifth highest-selling album overall in the country. On May 12, 2006, she released her eighth studio album, Dancing Diva. Co-produced by Adia, Paul Lee, Peter Lee, Paula Ma, Yuri Chan, and Stanley Huang, the album is based on pop and electronic music, and had a wide variety of musical styles, with smooth melodies and catchy lyrics that were impressive, dynamic dance songs and unforgettable dance moves that stirred up discussion. It was widely praised by music critics for its rich content, exquisite production, as well as high audibility and popularity, establishing her status as a representative dance-pop artist in the Chinese music scene. The album sold over 300,000 copies in Taiwan and over 2.5 million copies overall in Asia, becoming the year's highest-selling album overall in the country. The album was nominated for Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Album, she was nominated for Best Female Mandarin Singer, and Adia was nominated for Best Single Producer for the track "Dancing Diva". Eventually, she won both Best Female Mandarin Singer and Favorite Female Singer/Group. On September 15, 2006, Tsai embarked on her second concert tour Dancing Forever World Tour at Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong. The tour lasted two and a half years and held 28 shows in 20 cities, with audience of about 500,000 and box office of about NT$1 billion. On September 29, 2006, she released the compilation album, Dancing Forever. The track "Marry Me Today" won Golden Melody Award for Song of the Year. On February 17, 2007, she participated in the CCTV New Year's Gala to perform the song "Marry Me Today" with David Tao. On June 8, 2007, she released the live video album If You Think You Can, You Can!, which sold more than 120,000 copies in Taiwan. On September 21, 2007, Tsai released her ninth studio album, Agent J. The album was co-produced by Lars Quang, Nik Quang, RnG, Adia, Paul Lee, Michael Lin, Paula Ma, and Jamie Hsueh. It was released in conjunction with the film of the same name, which was co-directed by Jeff Chang, Marlboro Lai, and Kuang Sheng, and featured Kim Jae-Won, Stephen Fung, and Carl Ng as the three male leads. It received mixed reviews from music critics, who said that she maintained her consistent bold style and diversified musical styles, but it lacked freshness and melodicity. The album sold over 200,000 copies in Taiwan and over 3 million copies overall in Asia, becoming the year's highest-selling album overall in the country. Adia won Golden Melody Award for Best Single Producer for the track "Agent J", and Andrew Chen won Best Music Arranger for the same track. On November 21, 2007, Kylie Minogue released the single "In My Arms", which she sang with Tsai. On July 18, 2008, she was awarded the Butterfly Award by the Taiwan's Ministry of Labor, in recognition of her outstanding performance in the entertainment industry. On October 31, 2008, she released her cover album, Love Exercise. The album was released in conjunction with the book of the same name, which included her covers of ten English songs, and was co-produced by Paula Ma, Peter Lee, Jim Lee, Daniel Bi, Paul Lee, and Adia. It was originally planned to be released on March 7, 2008, but the release was delayed due to the personnel change and stock acquisition of EMI in Greater China. It was not well received by music critics, who said that the production lacked new ideas, and the original songs were too classic. The album sold more than 30,000 copies in Taiwan, becoming the year's highest-selling Western-language album in the country. 2008–2018: Butterfly, Myself, Muse, and Play: On December 16, 2008, Tsai signed with Warner Music Taiwan. On March 27, 2009, she released her tenth studio album, Butterfly. The album was co-produced by Adia, Paul Lee, Peter Lee, and Paula Ma. It was not well received by music critics, who said it lacked surprise, sincerity, and breakthrough. With over 120,000 copies being pre-ordered in Taiwan, it became the most pre-ordered album of all time in the country. The album sold over 130,000 copies in Taiwan and over 1 million copies overall in Asia, becoming the year's highest-selling album overall in the country. On March 28, 2009, she embarked on her Butterfly Campus Tour at Chung Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The tour was originally planned to hold a total of ten shows, due to the recurrence of her old injury, it was decided to cancel the remaining shows after four shows. On October 9, 2009, she released the live video album, Love & Live. On October 15, 2009, she and Ke Fu-hung jointly established the company Eternal, specializing in her artist management, music production and copyright, concert production and copyright, fan club member recruitment, and other matters. On April 27, 2010, she released the theme song "Heartbeat of Taiwan" of the Taiwan pavilion at the Expo 2010. On August 13, 2010, Tsai released her eleventh studio album, Myself. The album was co-produced by Andrew Chen, Adia, and Paula Ma. It was based on the concept of party, and dance music accounted for ninety percent of the entire album. It received mixed reviews from music critics and was described as a new benchmark for Chinese dance music albums, but an imbalance between commerciality and musicality. The album sold more than 65,000 copies in Taiwan, becoming the year's highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's fourth highest-selling album overall in the country. The music video of the track "Honey Trap" was nominated for Golden Melody Award for Best Music Video. On December 24, 2010, she embarked on her third concert tour Myself World Tour at Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan. The tour lasted two years and four months and held a total of 35 shows in 31 cities, with audience of about 600,000 and box office of about NT$1.5 billion. On July 12, 2011, she released the book Living Slim, which sold more than 120,000 copies in Taiwan. On September 14, 2012, Tsai released her twelfth studio album, Muse. Co-produced by Michael Lin, Peggy Hsu, JJ Lin, and Tanya Chua, the album combined pop music and pop art,[ and spans both mainstream and independent music. It received generally positive reviews from music critics, and was described as a paragon of pop albums, with clear themes and a balanced mix of fast and slow songs. The album sold more than 95,000 copies in Taiwan, becoming the year's highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's third highest-selling album overall in the country. The album was nominated for Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Album, the track "The Great Artist" and its music video were nominated for Song of the Year and Best Music Video, respectively, and she was nominated for Best Female Mandarin Singer. Eventually, "The Great Artist" won Song of the Year. On January 16, 2013, Tsai represented Taiwanese singers to attend MIDEM in Cannes, France. On October 19, 2013, she released the live video album, Myself World Tour. On May 19, 2014, she released the song "Now Is the Time" for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which was included on the compilation album, Pepsi Beats of the Beautiful Game. On June 13, 2014, she released the theme song "Kaleidoscope" of the 2014 Chinese film, Tiny Times 3. On August 27, 2014, she released the theme song "Be Wonderful Together" of a campaign jointly held by Pepsi and Tmall. On October 31, 2014, she began to serve as a judge of the CCTV variety show Rising Star, which ended on December 30, 2014. On November 15, 2014, Tsai released her thirteenth studio album, Play. Co-produced by Starr Chen, Andrew Chen, Tiger Chung, JJ Lin, and Michael Lin, the album broke away from the framework of previous Chinese albums, with rich contents and all-encompassing themes. It received critical acclaim from music critics and was credited with introducing the world to the high standard of Chinese dance music. The album sold more than 85,000 copies in Taiwan, becoming the year's highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's fourth highest-selling album overall in the country. It was nominated for a total of ten Golden Melody Awards, becoming one of the albums with the most Golden Melody Award nominations in history. The album was nominated for both Best Mandarin Album and Best Vocal Recording Album, the track "Play" was nominated for Song of the Year, the music videos of "Play", "We're All Different, Yet the Same", and "I'm Not Yours" were all nominated for Best Music Video, Alex Ni and Starr Chen were jointly nominated for Best Music Arranger for "Play", Starr Chen and Andrew Chen were nominated for Best Single Producer for "Play" and "Lip Reading", respectively, and Aaron Nieh was nominated for Best Album Packaging. Eventually, the album won both Best Mandarin Album and Best Vocal Recording Album, and Andrew Chen won Best Single on May 22, 2015, Tsai embarked on her fourth concert tour Play World Tour at Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan. The tour lasted one year and two months and held a total of 34 shows in 23 cities, with audience of about 600,000 and box office of about NT$1.5 billion. On December 2, 2015, she won Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Asian Artist. On February 26, 2016, she dubbed Judy Hopps in the Taiwanese Mandarin edition of the 2016 Disney film Zootopia, which was her first dubbing work. On September 30, 2016, Alesso released the single "I Wanna Know" in collaboration with her. On October 31, 2016, Starr Chen released the single "Ego-Holic" in collaboration with her. On May 12, 2017, she released the theme song "Give Love" of a Mother's Day campaign held by Da Ai Television. On June 20, 2017, Hardwell released the single "We Are One" in collaboration with her. On November 20, 2017, she released the theme song "On Happiness Road" of the film of the same name. On December 29, 2017, she released the theme song "Stand Up" of the 2018 Chinese film, Monster Hunt 2. On January 30, 2018, she released the live video album, Play World Tour. On June 12, 2018, she released the 10th anniversary theme song "The Player" of the video game, Dungeon & Fighter. Producer. Tsai has utilized a diverse range of musical genres and concepts throughout her career. Tsai noted, "Apart from experimenting with a variety of styles, I try to interpret and express them with my own colors". Tsai's predominant musical style is dance-pop; she holds the belief that "every singer must establish their own identity and unique traits." The singer expressed that "Maybe I don't have many representative ballad works, but dance music is what I am best at." Her debut album 1019 (1999) featured a variety of styles such as ballads, R&B, and hip-hop. Her 2000 album, Don't Stop, incorporated elements such as rock and reggae, and began to feature dance tracks such as "Don't Stop" and "You Gotta Know". Her next two albums, Show Your Love (2000) and Lucky Number (2001), utilized R&B and hip-hop styles in addition to disco elements. Tsai's 2003 album, Magic, combined elements of disco, funk, hip-hop, rock, and R&B, and marked the singer's shift towards a predominantly dance-oriented musical direction. Her 2004 album, Castle, expanded on the styles of its predecessor; it contained tracks such as "36 Tricks of Love" and "Priority", which incorporated heavy metal elements, along with the chanson track "Love Love Love". Many of the dance tracks on her album J-Game (2005) were heavily influenced by electronic music and retained the disco and hip-hop elements found in her previous two albums. The track "Exclusive Myth" incorporated hip-hop and Chinese traditional music. Dancing Diva (2006) is primarily a pop and electronic album; its title track is recognized for its exotic elements, while the track "Good Guy" utilizes electronic rock. Agent J (2007) showcased Eurodance and continued to utilize elements like disco and hip-hop. It also included the swing track "Fear-Free". Her 2009 album, Butterfly, experimented with synth-pop. Myself (2010) primarily utilized house music, but also included tracks such as "Nothing Left to Say" which incorporated R&B and urban pop elements. Muse (2012) is a pop record with styles encompassing mainstream and independent music, with tracks such as "Fantasy", "Dr. Jolin", and "Beast" drawing influences from trance, progressive house, and techno, respectively. Play (2014) was largely influenced by electronic dance music styles such as trap and dubstep. The track "Gentlewomen" blended noise rock and alternative dance, whereas the track "Miss Trouble" integrated opera. Ugly Beauty (2018) integrated reggae, electronic, hip-hop, and other elements. Tracks such as "Necessarily Evil" incorporated gothic rock, whereas "Vulnerability" incorporated soul music. Voice:Tsai possesses a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Since her debut, she has received criticism for her weak singing skills, directed towards her thin voice and limited vocal range. Taiwanese musician Bing Wang noted that while Tsai's voice might be considered average, he acknowledged the distinctiveness of her articulation. Wawa Chen, one of the vocal judges from MTV Mandarin, also expressed appreciation for Tsai's voice, whereas Sohu Entertainment felt that the singer's vocals and delivery had improved substantially over the years. Qu Er from Tencent Entertainment felt that Tsai's vocal skills have often been misinterpreted and expressed that only a handful of singers can sustain such seamless breath control throughout an entire performance. Tsai has been nominated for Golden Melody Award for Best Female Mandarin Singer four times and won the award for her 2006 album Dancing Diva. Some observers questioned whether her vocal ability was enough for Tsai to be qualified to win the award. In response, chief jury of the 18th Golden Melody Awards Liu Ya-wen publicly praised Tsai's singing and songwriting skills in Dancing Diva and felt that the record signified the singer's transformation from merely a performer to a true vocalist. During the 26th Golden Melody Awards in 2015, she received ten nominations for her 2014 album, Play. However, she was not nominated in the Best Female Mandarin Singer category after a judge pointed out significant pitch correction in the album, which swayed the votes of other judges. In response to this, Tsai's manager Tom Wang dismissed the claim that Tsai had been reliant on pitch correction while recording Play. DJ Casey Cheng commented that he did not see an issue with pitch correction in the first place, emphasizing that "records are designed to produce unique sounds." In 2017, during her opening performance at the 54th Golden Horse Awards, she was off-key while singing a cover of "Tian Mi Mi" by Teresa Teng. As the following songs she performed were characterized by low pitches, critics believed her overall performance fell short of expectations as she usually excelled in songs with mid and high pitches. The performance sparked discussion and criticism, while Tsai openly acknowledged her mistakes. 蔡依林* = Jolin* – Don't Stop Label:Universal Music Taiwan – 157915-2Format:CD, Album, SlipcaseCountry:TaiwanReleased:2000Genre:PopStyle:Ballad, VocalTrack list:1Don't Stop3:322你快樂嗎 = Are You Happy4:353什麼樣的愛 = What Kind Of Love3:584You Gotta Know3:575永恆 = Eternity4:166嗨 = Everything's Gonna Be Alright3:507孤單的人總說無所謂 = Words Of Loneliness4:548飄浮 = Floating4:039唱這首歌 = Love Song For You3:5010Sugar Sugar3:32Companies, etc.Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Universal Music Ltd., TaiwanCopyright © – Universal Music Ltd., TaiwanNotesSliipcase has a different cover image and barcode, added.Barcode and Other IdentifiersBarcode (Jewel case): 6 01215 79152 5Barcode (Slipcase): 4 718622 100294

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