Common Jasmin Orange

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Common Jasmine Orange
Studio album by
Jay Chou
Released3 August 2004
Recorded2003–2004
StudioAlfa Studio (Taipei)
GenreMandopop
Length42:30
LanguageMandarin
LabelAlfa Music
ProducerJay Chou
Jay Chou chronology
Hidden Track
(2003) 		Common Jasmine Orange
(2004) 		2004 Incomparable Concert
(2005)

Common Jasmine Orange (Chinese: 七里香) is the fifth studio album by Taiwanese singer Jay Chou, released on 3 August 2004 by Alfa Music.[1] According to Guinness World Records, Common Jasmine Orange is the best-selling physical album in China in the 21st century with more than 2,600,000 copies sold.[2]

Commercial performance[edit]

The album was nominated for six Golden Melody Awards. The album won for an IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award for Best Selling Mandarin Album of the Year.[3] According to IFPI, The album is also listed at number 43 of 2004's global best-selling albums.[4]

The tracks, "Common Jasmine Orange", "Excuse", and "Wounds of War", are listed at number 1, number 10, and number 88 respectively on the 2004's Hit FM Top 100 Singles of the Year chart.[5][6]

Track listing[edit]

All music is composed by Jay Chou

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."My Zone" (我的地盤)Vincent Fang4:00
2."Common Jasmine Orange" (七里香)Vincent Fang4:55
3."Excuse" (藉口)Jay Chou4:16
4."Grandma" (外婆)Jay Chou4:00
5."Checkmate" (將軍)Alang Huang3:20
6."Stranded" (擱淺)Devon Song3:56
7."Chaotic Dance" (亂舞春秋)Vincent Fang4:36
8."Duel of Trapped Beasts" (困獸之鬥)Will Liu4:25
9."Fun Fair" (園遊會)Vincent Fang4:11
10."The Wound That Ends War" (止戰之殤)Vincent Fang4:34
Total length:42:30

Awards[edit]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2005 Golden Melody Awards Best Mandarin Album Common Jasmine Orange Nominated
Best Mandarin Male Singer Jay Chou for Common Jasmine Orange Nominated
Best Composer Jay Chou for "Common Jasmine Orange" Nominated
Best Lyricist Vincent Fang for "Wounds of War" Nominated
Best Music Video Kuang Sheng for "Wounds of War" Nominated
Kuang Sheng for "Grandma" Nominated

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Malaysian Albums (RIM)[7] 1
Singaporean Albums (RIAS)[8] 1

Sales[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
China — 2,600,000[9]
Taiwan — 300,000[10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ (in Chinese) JVR Music Common Jamsine Orange album info Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine 3 August 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2011
  2. ^ "Best-selling album (China)". Guinness World Records. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. ^ (in Chinese) IFPI Hong Kong 2004 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards winners list Archived 19 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 April 2011
  4. ^ IFPI Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2004 Archived 30 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ (in Chinese) Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart- 2004 (#1 to 50) Retrieved 8 April 2011
  6. ^ (in Chinese) Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart- 2004 (#51 to 100) Retrieved 8 April 2011
  7. ^ "Malaysian Chinese Album Chart". RIM. 24 August 2004. Archived from the original on 20 September 2004. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  8. ^ "RIAS Top 10 Album Chart". RIAS. Archived from the original on 9 September 2004. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  9. ^ Fung, Anthony (2008). "Western style, Chinese Pop: Jay Chou's Rap and Hip-Hop in China". Asian Music. 39: 69–80. doi:10.1353/amu.2007.0047. S2CID 191532050. Retrieved 19 March 2017. In China the official figure reached 2.6 million units, a stunning figure that no other Chinese artist has attained.
  10. ^ "周杰倫遭 假扣押5千萬 | 蘋果日報". Apple Daily (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 17 May 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

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