''The Queen of Hardships'' (sometimes credited as ''Queen of Hardships'') is the 13th studio album by
cantopop singer
Prudence Liew
Prudence Liew Mei-Gwan (born 10 December 1964) is a Hong Kong pop singer and actress. A Golden Horse Award winner and platinum selling singer, she has released 16 studio albums and appeared in numerous films.
Career
From the age of eight, she ...
. This album marks the first Cantonese language studio album release from Liew in 15 years since her 1994 release of ''夜有所思，日有所夢
Thoughts in the Night, Dreams During the Day'' and the first studio album release in 9 years. Her previous studio album was the
mandopop album, ''愛自己
Love Yourself'' released in
Taiwan in 2000.
Release
Album
The album was released on October 22, 2009, in
Hong Kong.
Universal Music Hong Kong promoted the album with an offer of tickets to Liew's mini-concert with pre-orders of the album.
The album also comes with a bonus
DVD with three
music videos.
Upon its release, the album topped the Asian Sales Chart at
HMV,
the largest record retailer in Hong Kong. It also peaked at number three in the HMV Overall Sales Chart, behind
Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone (; ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Widely dubbed the " Queen of Pop", Madonna has been noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, a ...
's compilation album ''
Celebration
Celebration or Celebrations may refer to:
Film, television and theatre
* ''Celebration'' (musical), by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, 1969
* ''Celebration'' (play), by Harold Pinter, 2000
* ''Celebration'' (TV series), a Canadian music TV serie ...
'' and
Michael Bublé's ''
Crazy Love''.
Due to the commercial success of the album, Universal Music announced the issue of a second edition of the album with an additional bonus DVD of Liew's ''劉美君蝙蝠之夜音樂會 (The Night of Bats Mini-Concert)'' held on October 31, 2009. The second edition
triple album
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was released on December 31, 2009.
Singles
The lead single, 蝙蝠 (Bat), was released to radio stations on August 22, 2009. It has since reached number 1 on the
RTHK Top 20 chart and number 2 on
Metro Showbiz's Top 20 countdown chart.
[Metro Radio Top 20 Chart Listings]
Retrieved on October 26, 2009 On October 13, 2009, the official music video debut was featured on Universal Music Hong Kong's channel for
YouTube.
[. Retrieved on October 16, 2009]
The second single released to radio was 雪泥 (Slush) on October 11, 2009. Since then it has hit the top 10 in the countdown charts of all three major radio stations in Hong Kong.
Track listing
1st edition
CD
# 雪泥 (Slush)
# 洋蔥 (Onion)
# 也好 (Better Off)
# 寧願怎樣 (Matter of Choice)
# 蝙蝠 (Bat)
# 一代艷星 (Legendary Sexy Star)
# 我喝香水大 (I Grew Up Drinking Perfume)
# Baby You're The One
# Mr. A. Ho
# 色香味 (Sensations of Love)
Bonus DVD
# 雪泥 (Slush)
Music Video
# 蝙蝠 (Bat)
Music Video
# Baby You're The One
Music Video
2nd edition
''Includes the above CD and DVD plus the following DVD.''
2nd Bonus DVD: The Night of Bats Mini-Concert 2009
# 雪泥 (Slush)
# 我喝香水大 (I Grew Up Drinking Perfume)
# Mr. A. Ho
# 大開眼戒 (Opening the Taboos of Vision)
with Keeva Mak
# Baby You're The One
# 不可能說的夢 (The Dream That Cannot Be Spoken Of)
# 事前 (Beforehand)
# 自甘墮落 (Self-Deserving Demise)
# 浮花 (The Floating Flower)
# 也好 (Better Off)
# 寧願怎樣 (Matter of Choice)
# 大開色界 (Opening the Sexual Boundaries)
# 蝙蝠 (Bat)
Chart positions
Album
Singles (Radio airplay)
References
External links
Official Site
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2009 albums
Prudence Liew albums
Cinepoly Records albums