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Start (Stefanie Sun Album)
''Start'' is the fourth studio album and first cover album by Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun (), released on 1 February 2002 by Warner Music Taiwan. Warner Music Taiwa''Start'' album info 1 February 2002. Retrieved 9 May 2011 Track listing # "Hey Jude" – originally by the Beatles # " Silent All These Years" – originally by Tori Amos # "橄欖樹" (Olive Tree) – originally by Chyi Yu # "沒時間" (Too Little Time) – originally by Karen Mok # " Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" – originally by Patty Smyth & Don Henley # "原來你甚麼都不要" (Nothing You Want) – originally by A–mei # "That I Would Be Good" – originally by Alanis Morissette # "Venus" – originally by Shocking Blue # "Someone" # "天空" (Sky) – originally by Faye Wong # "就是這樣" (That's the Way It Is) # "Up 2U" Sales See also *List of best-selling albums in China This is a list of the best-selling albums in China. As of 2023, China was the world's 5th largest music mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stefanie Sun
Stefanie Sun Yanzi (; born Sng Ee Tze; 23 July 1978) is a Singaporean singer and songwriter. Known for her Ballad, ballads and girl next door image, Sun made her debut with the album ''Yan Zi (album), Yan Zi'' in 2000. Featuring the single "Cloudy Day", the album saw immediate success and sold over 330,000 copies in Taiwan and 200,000 copies in China. The album won her various accolades at regional award ceremonies, including the Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist. Sun's subsequent studio albums ''My Desired Happiness'' (2000) and ''Kite (Stefanie Sun album), Kite'' (2001) were also successful, with both selling over 300,000 copies in Taiwan. Her first three albums are all some of the List of best-selling albums in Taiwan, best-selling records in Taiwan in the 21st century. Her compilation album ''The Moment (Stefanie Sun album), The Moment'' (2003) sold over 1.5 million copies across Asia and produced the hit single "Encounter". ''Stefanie (album), Stefanie'' (2004) wen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough
"Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" is a duet between American singers Patty Smyth and Don Henley. The rock ballad was written by Smyth and Glen Burtnik and was released as a single in August 1992. It reached 1 in Canada, where it was the most successful single of 1992, and peaked at No. 2 in Ireland and on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. History Smyth is the lead singer for the band Scandal, whose hits included " The Warrior" and " Goodbye to You"; Henley is a longtime member of the Eagles (singing lead vocals on " Desperado", "Hotel California", among many others) as well as a successful solo artist (" The Boys of Summer", " Dirty Laundry"). Smyth had previously provided backing vocals on Henley's solo albums '' Building the Perfect Beast'' (1984) and '' The End of the Innocence'' (1989). "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" was written by Smyth and Glen Burtnik and would appear on her self-titled 1992 album. Reception The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Best-selling Albums In China
This is a list of the best-selling albums in China. As of 2023, China was the world's 5th largest music market, an increase from being 14th in 2015 and 27th in 2005. Best-selling albums in China This is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in China. Best-selling physical albums The following is a list of the best-selling physical albums in China, with album sales of over 500,000 units. List of best-selling digital albums (5 tracks or more) 2 million or more units 1 million or more units List of best-selling digital singles/EPs (4 tracks or less) 20 million or more units 10 million or more units 5 million or more units 3 million or more units *a. Sales figure includes 'equivalent track streams'. See also * Music of China * Mandopop * List of best-selling albums * List of best-selling albums by country Notes References {{Lists of best-selling albums China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Institute Of Southeast Asian Studies
An institute is an organizational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes can be part of a university or other institutions of higher education, either as a group of departments or an autonomous educational institution without a traditional university status such as a "university institute", or institute of technology. In some countries, such as South Korea and India, private schools are sometimes referred to as institutes; also, in Spain, secondary schools are referred to as institutes. Historically, in some countries, institutes were educational units imparting vocational training and often incorporating libraries, also known as mechanics' institutes. The word "institute" comes from the Latin word ''institutum'' ("facility" or "habit"), in turn derived from ''instituere'' ("build", "create", "raise" or "educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Faye Wong
Faye Wong ( zh, 王菲; pinyin: ''Wáng Fēi''; born 8 August 1969) is a Chinese singer-songwriter and actress. Early in her career, she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong (). Born in Beijing, she moved to British Hong Kong at the age of 18. She debuted with the Cantonese album ''Shirley Wong (album), Shirley Wong'' in 1989 and came to public attention by combining alternative pop, alternative music with mainstream C-pop, Chinese pop. Since the late 1990s, Wong has recorded mostly in her native Standard Chinese, Mandarin, with some songs recorded in languages such as English and Japanese. One of the biggest pop stars in the Chinese-speaking world, Wong has also gained followings in Japan and Southeast Asia. In the West she is perhaps best known for starring in Wong Kar-wai's films ''Chungking Express'' (1994) and ''2046 (film), 2046'' (2004). Upon her second marriage in 2005, she withdrew from the limelight, though she has sporadically returned to the stage. Often titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shocking Blue
Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band formed in The Hague in 1967. They were part of the Nederbeat movement in the Netherlands. The band had a string of hit songs during the Counterculture of the 1960s, counterculture movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, including "Send Me a Postcard" and "Venus (Shocking Blue song), Venus", which became their biggest hit and reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and many other countries during 1969 and 1970. The band sold 13 million records by 1973 but disbanded in 1974. Together with Golden Earring and the George Baker Selection, they are considered the most successful Nederbeat band, because their best hits charted abroad and especially in the United States. History Original era Shocking Blue was founded in 1967 by The Motions (band), the Motions guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen. Other members of the group at this time were Fred de Wilde, Klaasje van der Wal (1 February 1949 – 12 February 2018) and Cor van der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Venus (Shocking Blue Song)
"Venus" is a song by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, released as a single in the Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by Robbie van Leeuwen, the song topped the charts in nine countries. The song has been covered dozens of times by many artists. In 1986, English girl group Bananarama covered "Venus" for their third studio album, '' True Confessions'', with the single reaching number one in six countries. The composition has been featured in numerous films, television shows, and commercials. Composition and recording The song was written by Robbie van Leeuwen, Shocking Blue's guitarist, sitarist, and background vocalist. Van Leeuwen wrote new lyrics set to music based on "The Banjo Song" by Tim Rose and the Big 3, which is in turn lyrically a modification of the 19th century song "Oh! Susanna" by Stephen Foster. Influences from other songs include the opening guitar riff that is similar to The Who's " Pinball Wizard". The song was recorded on a two-track machine in Soundp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette ( ; born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, musician, and actress. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, she became a cultural phenomenon during the mid 1990s and early 2000s. She has sold more than 60 million records worldwide, making her one of the List of best-selling music artists, world's best-selling music artists. She is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Alanis Morissette, numerous accolades, including a Brit Awards, Brit Award, seven Grammy Awards, fourteen Juno Awards, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Awards, Tony Award. Morissette began her music career in Canada in the early 1990s with two dance-pop albums, ''Alanis (album), Alanis'' (1991) and ''Now Is the Time'' (1992). After relocating to Los Angeles, she released the alternative rock album ''Jagged Little Pill'' (1995), which became one of the List of best-selling albums, best-sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
That I Would Be Good
"That I Would Be Good" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette that was first included on her fourth studio album, ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' (1998). An acoustic live version of the song was recorded during a session for ''MTV Unplugged'' on September 18, 1999. The live version was released as a single in Europe in 1999 and in Canada on February 8, 2000. The lyrics relate Morissette's intimate feelings about being judged, insecurity and self-doubt, expressing in theme and variation the desire to be sufficient in the face of changing external circumstances. The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who praised the flute solo by Morissette and its sweetness. Commercially, the single charted on the US ''Billboard'' Adult Top 40 and the Netherlands' Single Top 100. Background and writing "That I Would Be Good" was one of the songs included on Alanis Morissette's fourth studio album, ''Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' (1998) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
A-mei
Kulilay Amit (; born 9 August 1972), better known by her stage name A-Mei, is a Taiwanese singer and record producer of Puyuma descent. Born as Amit Kulilay in eastern Taiwan, she made her debut in 1996. A leading figure of the Mandopop music scene since the mid-1990s, A-Mei is widely known for breaking ground for Taiwanese indigenous peoples and being a voice for LGBT rights and gender equality. She has been given the moniker " Queen of Mandopop" and the "Pride of Taiwan." Her career longevity, resilience, artistry, and versatility have established her as a pop culture icon in the Sinophone world. Born and raised in Beinan, Taitung, Taiwan, A-Mei moved to Taipei at age 20 in 1992. In 1996, she released her debut studio album, ''Sisters'', which saw major commercial success and sold over a million copies in Taiwan. Her sophomore record, '' Bad Boy'' (1997), found even greater success, eventually becoming the country's best-selling album overall. Her follow up releases—'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Don Henley
Donald Hugh Henley (born July 22, 1947) is an American musician who is a founding member of the rock band the Eagles, for whom he is the drummer and co-lead vocalist, as well as its sole continuous member. Henley sang the lead vocals on Eagles songs such as " Witchy Woman", " Desperado", " Best of My Love", " One of These Nights", "Hotel California", " Life in the Fast Lane", " Victim of Love", " The Last Resort", " The Long Run", and " Get Over It". After the Eagles disbanded in 1980, Henley pursued a solo career and released his debut studio album '' I Can't Stand Still'', in 1982. He has released five studio albums, two compilation albums, and one live DVD. His solo tracks include " Dirty Laundry", " The Boys of Summer", " All She Wants to Do Is Dance", " Sunset Grill", "New York Minute", " Not Enough Love in the World", " The End of the Innocence", " The Last Worthless Evening" and " The Heart of the Matter". The Eagles have sold over 150 million albums worldwide, won six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
