Common Jasmin Orange

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]

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

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.[2] According to IFPI, The album is also listed at number 43 of 2004's global best-selling albums.[3]

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.[4][5]

Track listing

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
Award CategoryNominated workResult
Golden Melody Awards Best Mandarin AlbumCommon Jasmine OrangeNominated
Best Mandarin Male SingerJay Chou for Common Jasmine OrangeNominated
Best ComposerJay Chou for "Common Jasmine Orange"Nominated
Best Lyricist Vincent Fang for "Wounds of War"Nominated
Best Music VideoKuang Sheng for "Wounds of War"Nominated
Kuang Sheng for "Grandma"Nominated

Sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
China — 2,600,000[6]

See also

References
  1. (in Chinese) JVR Music Common Jamsine Orange album info August 3, 2004. Retrieved 2011-04-08
  2. (in Chinese) IFPI Hong Kong 2004 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards winners list Archived February 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-04-19
  3. IFPI Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2004 Archived May 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. (in Chinese) Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart- 2004 (#1 to 50) Retrieved 2011-04-08
  5. (in Chinese) Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart- 2004 (#51 to 100) Retrieved 2011-04-08
  6. 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 March 19, 2017. In China the official figure reached 2.6 million units, a stunning figure that no other Chinese artist has attained.


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