Genesis is the third studio album by Taiwanese

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 Mandopop

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 girl group

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 S.H.E

S.H.E

S.H.E is a Taiwanese girl group whose members are Selina Jen, Hebe Tien, and Ella Chen. The name of the group is an alphabetism derived from the first letter of each member's name. Since releasing their first album Girls Dorm , S.H.E has recorded 12 albums with sales totalling over 15 million, and...

. It was released on 5 August 2002 by HIM International Music

HIM International Music

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The track "美麗新世界" (Genesis) is listed at number 24 on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2002.

Album information

Although the title track was an upbeat and lively number, S.H.E regarded it as their most difficult song at the time. While both Girls Dorm and Youth Society had songs that were sung entirely in English ("H.B.O" and "I've Never Been To Me", respectively), "Woman In Love", a cover of Rebekah Ryan's original in the Genesis album, would be the last English song that S.H.E would sing. In April 2003, eight months after the release of Genesis, actress Chen Mingzhen's "Thinking of Your Moment" (想你的瞬間) covered the same Sweetbox song as "Ocean of Love" (愛情的海洋). According to Chen, she recorded "Thinking of Your Moment" one year before S.H.E had put it on Genesis, but the only reason S.H.E managed to sing "Ocean of Love" first was because Chen was delayed by manufacturing problems.

Track listing

1. "美麗新世界" Mei Li Xin Shi Jie (Genesis)
2. "愛呢" Ai Ne (Where's Love)(covered from; Sweetbox - That Night)
3. "Watch Me Shine" (covered from; Joanna Pacitti - Watch Me Shine)
4. "你快樂我隨意" Ni Kuai Le Wo Sui Yi (If You're Happy, Then I'll Be Pleased)
5. "愛情的海洋" Ai Qing De Hai Yang (Ocean of Love)
6. "無可取代" Wu Ke Qu Dai (Irreplaceable)
7. "Yes I Love You" (covered from; Tashannie - Day After Day)
8. "Nothing Ever Changes" (covered from; Maria Palm - Nothing Ever Changes)
9. "Woman In Love" (original song; Rebekah Ryan - Woman In Love)
10. "魔力" Mo Li (Magic)

Music videos

The Genesis karaoke VCD was the first to feature music videos for every track; the trend would continue for each subsequent album. Despite choreographing every music video, only one track, "Where's Love," featured something resembling a plot, which depicted Ella's sadness and nostalgia after breaking up with her boyfriend and Selina and Hebe attempting to comfort her. "Fascination" was the last music video made for the album's karaoke VCD because it consisted of footage from S.H.E's N-age Concert in Tainan.

Charts

Channel [V] Chinese Music (Taiwan) - Top 20

Track name	Peak Position	Weeks
"愛呢" (Where's Love)	3	5
"愛情的海洋" (Ocean of Love)	3	6

External links

S.H.E discography@HIM International Music