Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - The C-pop/M-pop Discussion 2nd Thread

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Selina from S.H.E shared a song!
From JPopAsia:

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Just a few days before her wedding, Selina shares a heartfelt new song thanking everyone in her life for the love and support she's received during, as she describes in the song, "the most nightmarish period in my life".

The song, titled "*Everyone Who's Loved Me (愛我的每個人)", is composed by JJ Lin and is Selina's first trip back to the studio.

Fans left comments such as, "Thank you for teaching us the real meaning of being brave..", and, "Selina, don't you dare doubt it, you're really amazing! You have our support~ We're awaiting your return~ (Darn these uncontrollable tears~ Huhuhu)"

As if not enough tears have been shed, Selina also leaves many little messages throughout the video for the most important people in her life. At the 4:14 mark, Selina writes,
"At least I've never been alone,
I have people who love me very much like my parents, sisters, and Richard,
thank you for being there for me,
accompanying me as I cry these endless tears,
accompanying me as I swallow these endless hardships,
accompanying me as I walk towards this endless path,
Of course, to all of you who have send me well wishes,
Thank you all..."
Selina will no doubt make a lovely bride on October 31st! Here's wishing the couple all the marital bliss and happiness in the world!

New song from Jay's upcoming album: Mine Mine.

And MV preview

I'm beginning to feel most of Jay's slow/ballads just all sound the same :thud

^ In Mine Mine he sounds so auto-tuned..almost robotic. :thud Lol I remember my friend being really into Jay Chou..she had posters all over her room. :laugh Thanks for sharing the videos Luna.

^ He's been getting into autotune since with The Era >_>

yeah, jay chou doesnt offer anything new for a long time now. such a shame, I remember I was freaking out back in the days about his albums. JJ Lin is someone who offers something fresh every time but still keeps his identity.

Jay Chou albums used to be awesome back in 2000-2007 (Eight Dimensions, Ye Hui Mei, Novembers Chopin, Still Fantasy = masterpieces!), but the last album I really liked from him was On The Run (2007), Capricorn(2008) was disappointed for me, and The Era(2010) was just an average album(but Superman Cant Fly was excellent song)
so I don´t know what to expect now, Exclamation Point is good song but nothing "spectacular" (moreover I hate its MV), and Mine Mine is quite boring, it sounds like mid-tempo RnB song from early 00s :-/

Mine Mine Full MV

According to articles I've read about "Exclamation Point" & "Mine Mine" it seems that he wants to reach youngsters with this album...

EDIT:
Show Luo's Tour tracklist
DVD 1

生命之舞[信念]

Opening Show

SONG 01:舞法舞天
SONG 02:箇中強手
SONG 03:精舞門
SONG 04: 戀愛達人
SONG 05: 敗給你
SONG 06: In your eyes
SONG 07: 生理時鐘

生命之舞[堅持]
我的音樂啟蒙VCR
SONG 08: 為你寫首歌
SONG 09: 爲什麼要在一起
SONG 10: I Feel Good
SONG 11: 蝴蝶秀
SONG 12: 狐狸精

生命之舞[精進]
達浪薛海Talk Show
SONG 13: 愛不單行
SONG 14: 愛＊轉角
SONG 15: 天后看了也怕怕組曲
SONG 16: WOW!

DVD 2

生命之舞[開創]
小提琴獨奏
SONG 17: 好朋友
SONG 18: 搞笑
SONG 19: 我不會唱歌
SONG 20: 習慣就好

生命之舞[雄心]
炫光耀舞雷射秀
SONG 21: 愛的主場秀
SONG 22: 一支獨秀
SONG 23: 幸福不滅

生命之舞[突破]
生命之舞
SONG 24 :Twinkle
SONG 25: 愛瘋頭
SONG 26: 撐腰

Google translation

Spoiler:

YesAsia added the 2 DVD preorder version:
http://www.yesasia.com/global/show-b...0-en/info.html

3 DVDs preorder version:
http://www.yesasia.com/global/show-b...0-en/info.html

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The Limited Preorder Version comes in large-sized special packaging with a tour photo album and a bonus DVD featuring previously unreleased new songs, footage of guest performers, and backstage footage from the entire world tour.

2011 TAIWANESE SINGERS' EARNINGS' RANKING TOP 6
#1. Jay Chou: 660,000,000 TWD (15 859 961€ or $21,901,017)
#2. Jolin Tsai: 624,320,000 TWD (15 002 562€ or $20,717,034)
#3. Show Luo: 557,170,000 TWD (13 388 931€ or $18,488,772)
#4 Wang Leehom: 550,800,000 TWD (13 205 069€ or $18,234,876)
#5 Elva Hsiao: 263,570,000 TWD (6 318 918€ or $8,725,792)
#6 A-Mei: 223,760,000 TWD (5 364 499€ or $7,407,835)

2010 ranking:

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2010 Taiwanese Singers' Earnings' Ranking Top 10 (in USD)
1. Jay Chou- 27.02m USD
2. Jolin Tsai - 14.51m USD = 10,954,248€
3. S.H.E - 12.05m USD
4. Show Luo Zhi Xiang - 9.644m USD
5. Wang Lee Hom - 7.770m USD
6. Fahrenheit - 6.977m USD
7. Elva Hsiao - 6.787m USD
8. Mayday - 5.439m USD
9. Kenji Wu - 4.938m USD
10. Rene Liu - 4.317m USD

Mine Mine sounds almost K-Pop influenced..... >.<
the MV set even...
but i adore the choreo though

JJLin news

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After signing with Warner Music, JJ Lin’s highly anticipated new album will be released in December. Warner Music is also ensuring that JJ is getting top of the line treatment at the company; they’re spending 8 million TWD to film his MV with over 25 staff members accompanying him to Switzerland and Czech Republic. Both his album cover and MV will be shot there. JJ reveals that he got many inspirations for writing the new songs when he traveled to Europe a while ago, which is also why Warner decided to film the MV and do the album photo shoot there. (photo: JJ poses with his and his staff members' luggage)

With 25 staff members, plane tickets cost over 2 million TWD and hotel expenses add up to over 1.3 million TWD. The company exclaims, “It is burning a lot of money,” but for the sake JJ, they can only endure the pain.

The company reportedly got advice from a fortune-teller to pick a good date for JJ’s album release. Thus, it was decided to be during December. JJ will make it just in time to apply for next year’s Golden Melody Awards.
http://www.cpopaccess.com/2011/11/25...jj-lin-to.html

Dying for JJ Lin! I've recently come to the conclusion that he is my favorite Cpop singer ever <3

Sorry Jay and Lee Hom...you guys are getting repetitive T_T

Jay's new album is available for download:
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111854

i still think november chopin is the best Jay album :p

jay chou's album is actually pretty solid. Tracks I hate I really cant stand
and tracks I like I really love, and those are pretty ballads lol ofcourse.

I've heard JW's Thats me EP and I love all the tracks, Juicy Girl is a must listen.

Smire's EP Love Me is ok but too average imo.

Top 5 album sellers of the year in Taiwan (based on sales data between January 1st to October 31st, 2011) from cpopaccess:

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/6866/20111116sales.png

kary ng's album is LOVEEEE <33

JJ Lin's new album, "學不會 Lost N Found" will be released on December 31st.
http://www.jj-lin.com/tw/newsdetail.aspx?cid=1&id=85

don't like all that autotune from Jay :(