Myself is Taiwanese

Taiwanese people

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 Mandopop

Mandopop

Mandopop is a colloquial abbreviation for "Mandarin popular music." It is categorized as a subgenre of commercial Chinese-language music within C-pop. Mandopop was the first variety of popular music in Chinese to establish itself as a viable industry. As the name implies, Mandopop features songs...

 artist Jolin Tsai

Jolin Tsai

Jolin Tsai was born on 15 September 1980. She is a Taiwanese Golden Melody Award-winning Mandopop singer, dancer and actor. She is managed by Mars Entertainment Ltd .-Career:...

's eleventh Mandarin studio album. It was released on 13 August 2010 by Warner Music Taiwan

Warner Music Group

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. It was originally set to be released on the 5th August 2010, but was delayed until 13 August 2010. The album is the first to see Tsai experiment with Vogue

Vogue (dance)

Vogue or voguing is a highly stylized, modern house dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s. It gained mainstream exposure when it was featured in Madonna's song and video "Vogue" , and when showcased in the 1990 documentary Paris is Burning...

, a dance style made popular by Malcolm McLaren

Malcolm McLaren

Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren was an English performer, impresario, self-publicist and manager of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls...

, Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

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, choreographers Benny Ninja

Benny Ninja

Benny Ninja is a self-taught Vogue-style dancer from the underground clubs based in Westchester, New York. He is best known for his involvement in ball culture...

 (America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model

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) and Ahn Hyung Suk (Dong Bang Shin Ki's dance instructor).

Starting from 24 December 2010, Tsai will embark on the Myself World Tour

Myself World Tour

Myself World Tour is the fourth concert tour by Mandopop singer Jolin Tsai to promote her 11th studio album Myself. Rumors of the tour began in June, but only 3 days have been officially announced in 2010...

to promote the album.

Reception

The album debuted at number one on Taiwan's G-Music Weekly Top 20 Mandarin and Combo Charts; and Five Music Chart at week 33 (13 to 19 August 2010) with a percentage sales of 35.56%, 24.25%, and 42.38% respectively. It peaked at number one on all three charts for three consecutive weeks.

The tracks "美人計" (Honey Trap) and "無言以對" (Nothing Left To Say) and "玩愛之徒" (Love Player) are listed at number 1, 20 and 55 respectively on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2010.

The album is the fourth best selling album in Taiwan in 2010, with 65,000 copies sold.

Track listing

Music videos

• "美人計" (Honey Trap) - released on 27 July 2010. The music video features the theme dance of Myself, Vogue, with Jolin performing as a robot that can experience emotion. The music video was shot in Korea, directed by Cha Eun Taek, using one day timing, due to Jolin's tight schdule. It was nominated for Best Music Video at the 22nd Golden Melody Awards in 2011.

• "玩愛之徒" (Love Player) - released on 9 August 2010.

• "無言以對" (Nothing Left To Say) - released on 19 August 2010. This video features what is considered to be Jolin's finest dance performance during a ballad song. It has been toted as a better performance than her previous video for Love Player (玩愛之徒).

• "七上八下" (Butterflies In My Stomach) - released on 1 September 2010. The dance features one male dancer with the rest being female.

• "即時生效" (Take Immediate Action) - released on 7 September 2010. It features a guest appearance by Tsai's dog, Woo-Hoo. The dance sequence has been compared to the previous video for "愈慢愈美麗" (Slow Life), both songs use a white background and use similar dance moves.

• "小傷口" (Real Hurt) - released on 9 September 2010. It features Tsai eating food in a sad situation of love and alone being hurt from love.

• "黑髮尤物" (Black-haired Beautiful Girl - released on 1 November 2010. It was shot in Shanghai and features Tsai's new dances including some black suits which suit the song theme.

External links

Jolin Tsai@Warner Music Taiwan