Princess () is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Jam Hsiao's () second Mandarin studio album. It was released on 17 July 2009 by Warner Music Taiwan. The album was available for pre-order, from 23 June 2009, as the Princess (First Press Limited Edition) (çÂÂ妠åÂ
¨çÂÂé¦ÂæÂ¥å°Â榮èÂÂéÂÂå®Â款) which includes gifts and photobook. A further edition, Princess (Live Limited Edition) (çÂÂ妠Live å½±é³éÂÂå®Âç 2CD+DVD) was released on 28 August 2009 with bonus CD and DVD containing live tracks and footage from Hsiao's Princess Live Concert Tour at Tainan, Taiwan.
The track "Say a lil something" is composed by label mate Khalil Fong and four tracks, "å°Âç·人大ç·å©" (Not A Boy, Not Yet A Man), "Green Door", "給æÂÂ人" (To My Beloved) and "å¯Âå¯ÂéÂÂæÂ¯ä½ " (Lonesome for You) are composed by Hsiao. The music video for "æÂÂä¸ÂæÂÂæÂÂ" (Don't Know How to Love) features Taiwanese actress Sandrine Pinna.
Reception
The album debuted at number one on Taiwan's G-Music Top 20 Weekly Mandarin and Combo Charts at week 29, and Five Music Chart at week 30 with a percentage sales of 33.1%, 22.76% and 24.45% respectively.
The tracks "çÂÂå¦Â" (Princess), "æÂÂä¸ÂæÂÂæÂÂ" (Don't Know How to Love) and "é¿é£ÂçÂÂå°Âè´è¶" (A-Fei's Little Butterfly) are listed at number 2, 4 and 9 respectively on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度ç¾é¦Âå®æÂ²) for 2009.
The track, "Say a lil something" won one of the Songs of the Year at the 2010 Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards presented by Hong Kong radio station Metro Info. According to Taiwan's G-Music chart the album is the eighth best selling album in Taiwan in 2009.
Track listing
NB. Title - Songwriter/ Composer/ Producer
- "çÂÂå¦Â" (Princess) - é³é®巠/ Lee Shih Shiong / Lee Shih Shiong - 3âÂÂ39âÂÂ
- "æÂÂä¸ÂæÂÂæÂÂ" (Don't Know How to Love) - éÂÂè£Â康/ Kim, Seok Jin / æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂè - 4âÂÂ05âÂÂ
- "é¿é£ÂçÂÂå°Âè´è¶" (A-Fei's Little Butterfly) - Adia (é¿å¼Âä»Â)/ Adia (é¿å¼Âä»Â)/ Adia (é¿å¼Âä»Â) - 4âÂÂ13âÂÂ
- "Ã¥ÂÂç·信女" (Believers) - é³é®å·Â/ Lee Wei Song/ Lee Wei Song - 4âÂÂ28âÂÂ
- "Say a lil something" - å´ÂæÂÂ楷 / Khalil Fong / Lee Shih Shiong - 3âÂÂ28âÂÂ
- "æÂÂéÂÂæÂ²" (Love Games) - é³é®巠/ é³å / é³å - 3âÂÂ48âÂÂ
- "å°Âç·人大ç·å©" (Not A Boy, Not Yet A Man) - Jam Hsiao/ Jam Hsiao/ Jam Hsiao - 3âÂÂ32âÂÂ
- "æÂÂçÂÂçÂÂç³é Â" (Stone That Knows Pain) - Yáo Ruòlóng / Jeong Si Ro, Kang Eun Kyung/ Lee Shih Shiong - 4âÂÂ46âÂÂ
- "æÂÂéÂÂäºÂé Â" (Loving You Too Deeply) - è¡å¦Âè¹/ Lee Wei Song/ Lee Wei Song - 4âÂÂ24âÂÂ
- "Green Door" - Jam Hsiao/ Jam Hsiao/ Jam Hsiao - 3âÂÂ15âÂÂ
Bonus tracks
- "給æÂÂ人" (To My Beloved) - é³é®å·Â/ Jam Hsiao/ é¾èÂÂæ° é»ÂéÂȍ² - 3âÂÂ44âÂÂ
- "å¯Âå¯ÂéÂÂæÂ¯ä½ " (Lonesome for You) - Jam Hsiao/ Jam Hsiao/ 馬å¥Âå¼· - 3âÂÂ39âÂÂ
Releases
Three editions were released by Warner Music Taiwan:
- 23 June 2009 - Pre-order Princess (First Press Limited Edition) (çÂÂ妠åÂ
¨çÂÂé¦ÂæÂ¥å°Â榮èÂÂéÂÂå®Â款) - includes gifts and photobook.
- 17 July 2009 - Princess (çÂÂå¦Â)
- 28 August 2009 - Princess (Live Limited Edition) (çÂÂ妠Live å½±é³éÂÂå®Âç 2CD+DVD) - includes a bonus CD containing 10 live tracks and a DVD containing live footage of the same 10 tracks recorded at Hsiao's Princess Live Concert Tour at Tainan, Taiwan.
Live CD/DVD
- "çÂÂå¦Â" (Princess)
- "Ã¥ÂÂç·信女" (Believers)
- "æÂÂéÂÂäºÂé Â" (Loving You Too Deeply)
- "å°Âç·人大ç·å©" (Not A Boy, Not Yet A Man)
- "Green Door"
- "Say a lil something"
- "æÂÂä¸ÂæÂÂæÂÂ" (Don't Know How to Love)
- "é¿é£ÂçÂÂå°Âè´è¶" (A-Fei's Little Butterfly)
- "å¯Âå¯ÂéÂÂæÂ¯ä½ " (Lonesome for You)
- "æÂÂçÂÂçÂÂç³é Â" (Stone That Knows Pain)
Charts
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