A-Mei discography
| A-Mei discography | |
|---|---|
.jpg) A-Mei in 2024 | |
| Studio albums | 18 |
| EPs | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Live albums | 17 |
The discography of Taiwanese singer A-Mei consists of 19 studio albums, 4 extended plays, 6 compilation albums, and 17 live albums. She released her debut album, Sisters, in 1996, which sold over 1 million copies in Taiwan and 4 million copies in Asia. Her sophomore record, Bad Boy, (1997) was also commercially successful and sold over 1,300,000 copies in Taiwan, and remains the highest selling album in the country to date. Her fifth studio album, Can I Hug You, Lover? (1999), sold over 1,180,000 copies in Taiwan and 8 million copies throughout Asia.
Three of her albums have been certified 3x Platinum+Gold by the Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan (RIT). A-Mei's twelfth studio album, I Want Happiness? (2006), saw commercial success following her cross-straits controversy, selling over 160,000 copies and Taiwan and 2 million copies in Asia. Her eighteenth album, Story Thief (2017), received a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association Singapore (RIAS). Having sold over 50 million albums throughout her career,[1] A-Mei is the best selling female artist in Taiwanese music history.
Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TWN [2] | HK [3] | MLY [4] | ||||
| Sisters |
| 1 | 10 | — | ||
| Bad Boy |
| 1 | — | — |
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| You Make Me Free Make Me Fly! |
| 3 | — | — | ||
| Holding Hands |
| 1 | 5 | 9 |
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| Can I Hug You, Lover? |
| 1 | 5 | — | ||
| Regardless |
| — | — | 8 |
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| Journey |
| — | — | — |
| |
| Truth |
| — | — | — | ||
| Fever |
| — | — | — |
| |
| Brave |
| — | — | — |
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| Maybe Tomorrow |
| — | — | — |
| |
| I Want Happiness? |
| 1 | — | — | ||
| Star |
| 1 | — | — |
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| Amit |
| 1 | — | — | ||
| R U Watching? |
| 1 | — | — | ||
| Faces of Paranoia |
| 2 | 6 | — |
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| Amit 2 |
| — | 6 | — |
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| Story Thief |
| — | 2 | — |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart, chart did not exist, or were not released in that region. | ||||||
Extended plays
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| TWN [27] | |||
| Listen to You, Listen to Me |
| — | |
| Feel |
| 1 |
|
| Taiwan, Touch Your Heart |
| — | |
| Happy and Free Flowing |
| — |
Compilation albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HK [3] | MLY [4] | |||
| A-Mei New Century Collection |
| 10 | 9 | |
| 1996–2002 A-Mei's Best Selection |
| — | — | |
| The Power of Love: 1996–2006 Greatest Hits |
| — | — | |
| 2 Her (with Stefanie Sun) |
| — | — | |
| Acoustic Best |
| — | — | |
| My Dearest A-Mei: The Music Within Me |
| — | — | |
Singles
[edit]1990s
[edit]| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "You Don't Want Anything" | 1996 | Sisters |
| "Sisters" (姊妹) | ||
| "Release" (解脫) | ||
| "Cut Love" (剪愛) | ||
| "Bad Boy" | 1997 | Bad Boy |
| "Can't Cry" | ||
| "Whenever I Think About You" | ||
| "Listen to the Sea" | ||
| "Crying Sand" (哭砂) | You Make Me Free Make Me Fly! | |
| "Blue Sky" (藍天) | 1998 | Holding Hands |
| "Holding Hands" (牽手) | ||
| "Give Me Feelings" | 1999 | Feel |
| "Don't Rub Salt in the Wound" (別在傷口灑鹽) | Can I Hug You, Lover? | |
| "Can I Hug You" (我可以抱你嗎) | ||
| "Three Days and Three Nights" (三天三夜) | ||
| "I Want to Fly" (我要飛) | A-Mei New Century Collection |
2000s
[edit]| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "One Night Stand" (一夜情) | 2000 | Regardless |
| "Before It's Too Late" (趁早) | ||
| "Remember" (記得) | 2001 | Truth |
| "Truth" (真實) | ||
| "Hate That I Love You" (我恨我愛你) | ||
| "Understanding" (知道) | 2002 | Fever |
| "Creulty" (狠角色) | ||
| "Brave" (勇敢) | 2003 | Brave |
| "Why I Love You So Much" (我為什麼那麼愛你) | ||
| "Fake It" (假惺惺) | ||
| "Fire" (火) | 2004 | Maybe Tomorrow |
| "Are You Well" (你好不好) | ||
| "Maybe Tomorrow" (也許明天) | ||
| "Hostage" (人質) | 2006 | I Want Happiness? |
| "I Want Happiness" (我要快樂) | ||
| "Have You Heard Lately?" (如果你也聽說) | 2007 | Star |
| "A Moment" (一眼瞬間) (with Jam Hsiao) | ||
| "Victoria's Secret" (維多莉亞的祕密) | ||
| "You Do Love Me" (你是愛我的) | ||
| "Disappear" (掉了) | 2009 | Amit |
| "Bold For My Love" (好膽你就來) | ||
| "Rainbow" (彩虹) |
2010s
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHN Air. [29] | CHN TME [30] | SGP Reg. [31] | |||
| "My Dearest" (我最親愛的) | 2011 | — | — | — | R U Watching? |
| "As Long As I Can Cry" (還有眼淚就好) | — | — | — | ||
| "March" (三月) | 2014 | — | — | — | Faces of Paranoia |
| "Do You Still Want to Love Me" (這樣你還要愛我嗎) | — | — | — | ||
| "Jump In" (跳進來) | — | — | — | ||
| "Matriarchy" (母系社會) | 2015 | — | — | — | Amit 2 |
| "A Bloody Love Story" (血腥愛情故事) | — | — | — | ||
| "Shouldn't Be" (不該) (with Jay Chou) | 2016 | 2 | — | 19 | Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories |
| "We Are One" (with various artists) | 2017 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Story Thief" (偷故事的人) | 5 | — | — | Story Thief | |
| "Full Name" (連名帶姓) | 2 | — | 16 | ||
| "Left Behind" (身後) | 1 | — | 30 | ||
| "Catfight" (傲嬌) (featuring Eve Ai and Lala Hsu) | 2018 | 2 | — | — | |
| "Double Shadow" (双影) (with Sandy Lam) | — | 62 | — | Non-album single | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart, chart did not exist, or was not released in that region. | |||||
2020s
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHN TME [30] | TWN [32] | |||
| "Huan Huan" (緩緩) | 2020 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Equivalence Relation" (对等关系) (with Li Ronghao) | 2021 | 27 | 18 | Free Soul |
| "Tritesse" (離別總是那麼突然) | 2023 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart, or was not released in that region. | ||||
Promotional singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Who Loves Me" (誰愛我) | 2007 | Star |
| "Dreams You Can Hear" (聽得見的夢想) | 2009 | Amit |
| "Open Happiness" (快樂暢開) | 2010 | Non-album single |
| "Thirsty" (渴了) | 2011 | R U Watching? |
| "Intoxicated" (High 咖) | ||
| "Rift" (裂痕) | 2012 | Non-album singles |
| "Ling Hun Jin Tou" (靈魂盡頭) | 2015 | |
| "Better Dayz" (M116 featuring A-Mei) | 2019 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Profiles #3: A-Mei張惠妹 – From Indigenous Sister to Mandopop Matriarch". Asian Pop Weekly. March 7, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
- ^ The IFPI Taiwan album chart operated from 1996 to September 1999. The G-Music album chart operated from 2005 to 2015.
- "Sisters" (in Chinese). IFPI Taiwan. Archived from the original on April 3, 1997.
- "Bad Boy" (in Chinese). IFPI Taiwan. Archived from the original on October 11, 1997.
- "You Make Me Free Make Me Fly!" (in Chinese). IFPI Taiwan. Archived from the original on February 24, 1998.
- "Holding Hands" (in Chinese). IFPI Taiwan. Archived from the original on December 2, 1998.
- "Can I Hug You, Lover?" (in Chinese). IFPI Taiwan. Archived from the original on November 28, 1999.
- "I Want Happiness" (in Chinese). G-Music. Archived from the original on March 5, 2006.
- "Star" (in Chinese). G-Music. Archived from the original on August 31, 2007.
- "Amit" (in Chinese). G-Music. Archived from the original on July 3, 2009.
- "R U Watching" (in Chinese). G-Music. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011.
- "Faces of Paranoia" (in Chinese). G-Music. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014.
- ^ a b Peak chart positions (Hong Kong):
- "Holding Hands". Billboard. October 11, 1998 – via Google Books.
- "Can I Hug You, Lover?". Billboard. July 10, 1999 – via Google Books.
- "1996–2000 Best of A-Mei". Billboard. January 29, 2000 – via Google Books.
- "Regardless". Billboard. December 30, 2000 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Peak chart positions (Malaysia):
- "1996–2000 Best of A-Mei". Billboard. March 11, 2000 – via Google Books.
- "Holding Hands". Billboard. October 11, 1998 – via Google Books.
- "Regardless". Billboard. December 30, 2000 – via Google Books.
- ^ "【明星倒退嚕】阿妹《五燈獎》挫敗再起 2個男人推向天后之路". Apple Daily. January 21, 2022. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ a b "九零年代超強專輯歌手，第一名真的是天后中的天后！" [The super album singer of the 1990s, the number one is really the queen of divas!]. Yahoo News (in Chinese). May 19, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ a b c 認證紀錄 [Certifications Awarded] (in Chinese). Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan.
- ^ "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1997". IFPI Hong Kong.
- ^ "阿妹《Bad Boy》賣破600萬張 經典黑膠重生" [Amei's "Bad Boy" sells over 6 million copies of classic vinyl reborn]. Apple Daily. August 16, 2018. Archived from the original on March 12, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ "張惠妹明年10月襲港開騷 細數銷量最高5張專輯". hk.on.cc (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). December 16, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ "五燈獎回顧系列報導(十四)-華人國語歌壇的傳奇—張惠妹" [Five Lantern Awards Review Series (14) – Legend of the Chinese Mandarin Music Circle—A-Mei]. Tanabe (in Traditional Chinese). September 2, 2006. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ a b "韓人氣歌手Lisa個人專輯造型乘坐時光機 巧撞23年前張惠妹《牽手》". Apple Daily. September 13, 2021. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ "張惠妹我可以抱你嗎愛人?全亞洲賣破800萬張" [Zhang Huimei, can I hug you, love? Over 8 million copies sold across Asia]. PChome (in Chinese). May 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ "1999年台灣唱片銷量成績單 暢銷歌手 唱片公司財神爺" [Taiwan’s record sales in 1999, best-selling singer record company God of Fortune]. PChome. April 7, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ a b "張惠妹不顧一切專輯台灣銷售36萬張" [A-Mei's album sold 360,000 copies in Taiwan]. PChome (in Chinese). January 6, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ a b "A-Mei – Truth" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 5Music. May 20, 2016. Archived from the original on March 25, 2021.
- ^ 2002年台灣全年度歌手銷售排行榜揭曉 (in Chinese). December 23, 2002. Archived from the original on August 24, 2004. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ "孫燕姿阿妹金曲兩大遺珠". Apple Daily (in Chinese (Taiwan)). March 31, 2004. Archived from the original on March 11, 2022.
- ^ "【分析】金曲獎分析--國語最佳女演唱人" [[Analysis] Golden Melody Award Analysis--Best Mandarin Female Singer]. PChome (in Chinese (Taiwan)). April 7, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "【岁月有歌】2006年的今天：'我要快乐'" [Today in 2006: 'I Want Happiness']. Nanyang Siang Pau (in Chinese). February 17, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ "張惠妹攻陷小巨蛋 細數阿妹經典情歌" [A-Mei captured the Little Arena and recounted her classic love songs]. hk.on.cc (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ a b "138萬張變5萬張!揭密阿妹發片興衰史". PChome (in Chinese). July 2, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ "張惠妹 / 阿密特 意識專輯 [New XRCD]" (in Chinese). Warner Music Taiwan. Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ Mo, Xiangzhen (March 12, 2015). "阿妹連唱10場「飢餓行銷」賣《阿密特》專輯". TVBS (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ "搶金6專輯共賣15萬張 aMEI也難敵數位化何況新人" [6 gold albums sold a total of 150,000 copies, aMEI can’t beat digitalization, let alone newcomers]. China Times (in Chinese). May 15, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ a b "RIAS Accreditations" (Enter Amei in the search bar). Recording Industry Association Singapore. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "Feel" (in Chinese). IFPI Taiwan. May 23, 1999. Archived from the original on December 24, 1999. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ a b "21世紀最賣專輯前5名". mypaper.pchome.com (in Chinese (Taiwan)). April 8, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- ^ Billboard Radio China airplay peak positions:
- "2016年第28期Billboard Radio China 华语榜Top10含出榜" (in Chinese). July 14, 2016 – via Bilibili.
- "Top 10 Hero (2018 Week.01) 方大同主持" (in Chinese). Billboard Radio China. January 8, 2018 – via YouTube.
- "Top 10 Hero (2018 Week.02) 方大同主持" (in Chinese). Billboard Radio China. January 15, 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b The Tencent Music UNI chart was launched in September 2018.
- "China TME Uni Chart – A-Mei" (in Chinese). Tencent Music. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ The Singapore RIAS chart was launched in 2018.
- "RIAS Top 30 Regional Streaming Chart". RIAS. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019.
- ^ Taiwan Songs:
- "Equivalence Relation". Billboard. February 26, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
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