''Favorite'' () is a compilation album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It was released on November 3, 2006, by

Sony BMG Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout o ...

. It contains 15 remixes of her songs previously released by Sony, three soundtrack songs from '' Why Me, Sweetie?!'' (2003), and a live medley.

Background and release

On July 23, 2002, Tsai signed a recording contract with Sony, through which she later released three studio albums—''

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'' (2003), ''

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'' (2004), and ''

J-Game ''J-Game'' is the seventh studio album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It was released on April 25, 2005, by Sony BMG. Produced by Jamie Hsueh, Jack Chou, Bing Wang, and Adia, it incorporated genres of pop, hip-hop, electronic, old school, dis ...

'' (2005), the three albums have sold more than 1.5 million, 1.5 million, and 1.2 million copies in Asia respectively. In Taiwan, the three albums have sold more than 360,000, 300,000, and 260,000 copies respectively, and each of them became the highest-selling album by a female artist and the second highest-selling album overall in their respective years of release. On February 16, 2006, Tsai signed a recording contract with

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. On May 5, 2006, Sony BMG released for Tsai the greatest hits album, ''

J-Top ''J-Top'' is a greatest hits album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It was released on May 5, 2006, by Sony BMG. It contains 20 songs and four music videos previously released by Sony, one documentary film, one remixed medley, and two previously u ...

''. On November 3, 2006, Sony BMG released for Tsai the compilation album, ''Favorite'', which contains 15 remixes of her songs previously released by Sony, three soundtrack songs—"Angel of Love", "Darkness", and "Sweetie" from '' Why Me, Sweetie?!'' (2003), and a live medley "I'm Still Your Lover / Cut Love" from the Taipei show of her

J1 World Tour J1 World Tour () was the first concert tour by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It started on August 7, 2004, in Shanghai, China at Hongkou Football Stadium and continued throughout Asia and North America before concluding on April 22, 2006, in Irvin ...

. The album reached number 12 and number five on the weekly album sales charts of G-Music and Five Music in its first week of release, respectively.

Critical reception

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's Shuwa commented: "After the release of '' Dancing Diva'', Jolin Tsai has completely become a 'darling' in the market. Sony, which had made a lot of profit from the release of the greatest hits album ''

'' in May, made a commercial decision on 'live' this time. With the heat of Jolin Tsai's second world tour, this live and remix album was released. It is just a compilation of the classic

and previously unreleased live tracks, as well as a re-release of several old songs that had been included in film's soundtrack, it can be said that the tracks on the album were pieced together. Unfortunately, the label's tricks have long been exhausted, and didn't accepted by the market."

Track listing

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2006 compilation albums Jolin Tsai compilation albums Sony Music Taiwan compilation albums