Jay Chou

Jay Chou ((traditional Chinese: 周杰倫; simplified Chinese: 周杰伦; pinyin: Zhōu Jiélún, born 18 January 1979) is a Taiwanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, director, and actor.

In 2000, Chou released his debut album, titled Jay (2000), under the record company Alfa Music. Since then his music has gained recognition throughout Asia, most notably in regions such as Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, Japan and in the Asian communities of Western countries such as the United States and Australia. He has sold more than 30 million albums and has received numerous awards for his musical work. Chou has also written songs for other artists whilst working on his albums. In 2003, he was the cover story of Time magazine (Asia version), titled New King of Asian Pop, acknowledging his influence on popular culture. He has since held six world tours, performing in cities around the world to more than 10 million people.

Chou debuted his acting career in the film Initial D (2005); followed shortly by his role as the honorable son, Prince Jai, in the multi-nominated Mandarin Chinese epic, Curse Of The Golden Flower (2006). He has since ventured into many other movie projects, becoming known to western audiences when he made his Hollywood debut in 2011 with The Green Hornet, starring alongside Seth Rogen and Christoph Waltz. Chou also manages his own record and management company JVR Music.

Common Jasmin Orange

Common Jasmine Orange (Chinese: 七里香; pinyin: Qī Lǐ Xiāng; literally: "Seven Mile Fragrance") is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Jay Chou's fifth Mandarin studio album. It was released on February 3, 2004 by Alfa Music and distributed by Sony Music Taiwan.

The first lead tracks, "七里香" (Common Jasmine Orange) is a mid-tempo ballad. The other lead tracks, "擱淺" (Stranded) is a piano ballad and "止戰之殤" (Wounds of War) is mid-tempo piano rap number.

Reception

The tracks "七里香" (Common Jasmine Orange), "藉口" (Excuse) and "止戰之殤" (Wounds of War) are listed at number 1, 10 and 88 respectively on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2004.

The track, "七里香" (Common Jamsine Orange), won one of the Top 10 Songs of the Year and Best Loved Song by Audience at the 2005 HITO Radio Music Awards presented by Taiwanese radio station Hit FM.

According to IFPI the album is listed at #42 on the Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2004 and it won the Asia Album of The Year at the 2005 Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards presented by Hong Kong radio station Metro Info, as well as one of the Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year and Highest Selling Mandarin Album of the Year at the 2004 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI.