Fantasy (Jay Chou album)

Fantasy (Chinese: 范特西) is the second studio album by Taiwanese singer Jay Chou, released on 14 September 2001 by BMG Taiwan.[1]

Fantasy
Studio album by
Released14 September 2001 (2001-09-14)
Recorded2001
GenreMandopop
Length39:30
LanguageMandarin
LabelBMG
ProducerJay Chou
Jay Chou chronology
Jay
(2000)
Fantasy
(2001)
Fantasy Plus
(2001)

The album was nominated for ten Golden Melody Awards and won five awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Album Producer, and Best Composer.[2][3] The album also won for an IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award for Top 10 Best Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year.[4]

The tracks, "Simple Love" and "I Find It Hard to Say", are listed at number 2 and number 17 respectively on the 2001's Hit FM Top 100 Singles of the Year chart.[5]

Track listing

All music is composed by Jay Chou.

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Love Before BC" (愛在西元前)Vincent Fang3:54
2."Dad, I'm Home" (爸,我回來了)Jay Chou3:55
3."Simple Love" (簡單愛)Vivian Hsu4:31
4."Ninja" (忍者)Vincent Fang2:38
5."I Find It Hard to Say" (開不了口)Vivian Hsu4:44
6."Shanghai 1943" (上海一九四三)Vincent Fang3:15
7."Sorry" (對不起)Vincent Fang3:45
8."William Castle" (威廉古堡)Vincent Fang3:56
9."Nunchucks" (雙截棍)Vincent Fang3:21
10."Silence" (安靜)Jay Chou5:34
Total length:39:30

Awards

Award CategoryNominated workResult
Golden Melody Awards Best Pop Vocal AlbumFantasyWon
Best Album ProducerJay Chou for FantasyWon
Best ComposerJay Chou for "Love Before BC"Won
Best LyricistVincent Fang for "William Castle"Won
Vincent Fang for "Love Before BC"Nominated
Vincent Fang for "Shanghai 1943"Nominated
Best Musical ArrangerBaby Chung for "Nunchucks"Won
Eric Hong for "William Castle"Nominated
Best Mandarin Male SingerJay Chou for FantasyNominated
Best Music VideoKuang Sheng for " I Find It Hard to Say"Nominated
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References

  1. (in Chinese) JVR Music Fantasy album info Archived 10 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine 14 September 2001. Retrieved 2011-03-26
  2. (in Chinese) GIO, Taiwan 13th Golden Melody Awards nomination list Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine 28 April 2004. Retrieved 2011-04-15
  3. (in Chinese) GIO, Taiwan 13th Golden Melody Awards winners list Archived 29 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine 28 April 2004. Retrieved 2011-04-15
  4. IFPI Hong Kong 2001 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards winners list Archived 2 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-04-19
  5. (in Chinese) HITO Radio Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart 2001 (#1-50) Retrieved 2011-04-08


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