Capricorn (魔杰座) (mo jie zuo)

Release date: 15th October 2008

Jay Chou's ninth studio album, for the first time ever Jay Chou combines his interest in magic with his beloved music, the result is a fantastic album. With the theme of magic, cards figure significantly in the design of the album, from the first promotional poster to inspiration behind songs. Jay Chou wants to tell you the story of the battle between the Magician and the Joker. The title of the album in Chinese cleverly combines the three meanings - magic, Jay's name and the star sign Capricorn. All three are closely tied to Jay Chou himself. Magic is not the only theme of the album, the cover of the album, which took a month to complete, is based on a fantasy setting that is described in track 1.

1. 龍戰騎士 (Dragon Rider) (long zhan qi shi)
2. 給我一首歌的時間 (Give Me The Time For One Song) (gei wo yi shou ge de shi jian)
3. 蛇舞 (Snake Dance) (she wu)
4. 花海 (Sea Of Flowers) (hua hai)
5. 魔術先生 (Mr Magic) (mo shu xian sheng)
6. 說好的幸福呢 (Where's The Promised Happiness) (shuo hao de xing fu ne)
7. 蘭亭序 (Lan Ting Preface) (lan ting xu)
8. 流浪詩人 (Wandering Poet) (liu lang shi ren)
9. 時光機 (Time Machine) (shi guang ji)
10. 喬克叔叔 (Uncle Joker) (qiao ke shu shu)
11. 稻香 (Fragrance Of Rice) (dao xiang)

The Era (跨時代) (kua shi dai)

Release date: 18th May 2010

Jay Chou's long awaited 10th album that coincides with his 10th year in the music business. A celebration of the incredible music this amazing artist has produced over the last decade. In this album he tries some new styles bringing a completely fresh and new side that listeners have not heard before.

 

1. 跨時代 (The Era) (kua shi dai)
2. 說了再見 (Said Goodbye) (shuo le zai jian)
3. 煙花易冷 (Fireworks Cool Easily) (yan hua yi leng)
4. 免費教學錄影帶 (Free Instructional Video) (mian fei jiao xue lu ying dai)
5. 好久不見 (Long Time No See) (hao jiu bu jian)
6. 雨下一整晚 (It Rains All Night) (yu xia yi zheng wan)
7. 嘻哈空姐 (Hip Hop Air Hostess) (xi ha kong jie)
8. 我落淚。情緒零碎 (I Weep. My Emotions Are In Bits And Pieces) (wo luo lei. qing xu ling sui)
9. 愛的飛行日記 (Love's Flight Diary) (ai de fei xing ri ji)
10. 自導自演 (Directed And Acted By Yourself) (zi dao zi yan)
11. 超人不會飛 (Superman Can't Fly) (chao ren bu hui fei)

Opening his 100th concert, Jay Chou Want To be like Alan Tam

Jay Chou has been out for 10 years, yesterday night he took a step closer to the milestone of selling tickets for the 100th concert, he smiled saying: "It feels like over 100, I hope I can be like Alan Tam, Fei Yu Ching, breaking records and singing till I'm old."

On the 11th Jay Chou arrived in Xi An international airport, nearly 1000 fans queued up to welcome him, besides wearing t-shirts printed with "Jay Chou", they also held a banner to welcome him, they shouted together: "Xi An Jay fans welcome you."

Director Chou wore white sports clothing and trainers, he looked relaxed under the protection of his bodyguards, even the 22 seconds passed by in a flash, there were still fans going crazy, some who didn't get to see Director Chou collapsed on the floor crying, some were also pushed to the ground.

Jay Chou is 31 this year, it's been claimed he is the youngest Chinese artist to break 100 concerts, at the beginning of 2008, he held a concert in Japan's Budo Kan as the first artist from Taiwan, he said proudly: "To an artist, being able to hold a concert in the Hong Kong Coliseum or Budo Kan is a very big honour."

Jay Chou's concert tour periods are the longest, each concert lasts for 2 to 3 years, it stars at Taipei every time and moves onto the rest of the world. He said: "I try harder away from home." Each concert has more nights than the previous, his latest "The Era" concert has already reached 50 venues, each destination is continuing to add more nights; Director Chou once held 7 nights in at the Hong Kong Coliseum, he will be holding 8 nights soon, he will set a new record for holding the most nights at the Hong Kong Coliseum for a Taiwanese artist.

Yesterday night the tickets for the 100th concert went on sale, it attracted the support of 30,000 fans, Director Chou said: "100 is a very round number, originally I wanted to film the fans into an MV for this special milestone, but I've played with that before, so I might just sing a few more songs; after all when it gets announced at the concert, I think the fans offstage will be very high."

Curse Of The Golden Flower (滿城盡帶黃金甲) (man cheng jin dai huang jin jia)

Release date: 14th February 2007

Director: Zhang Yi Mou

Cast: Jay Chou, Chow Yun Fat, Gong Li

Descripton: China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor's daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress's health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path?

Initial D (頭文字 D) (tou wen zi D)

Release date: 24th August 2005

Director: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak

Cast: Jay Chou, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Jordan Chan, Anthony Wong, Chapman To, Anne Suzuki, Kenny Bee

Descripton:
For five years, 18-year-old Takumi has been delivering tofu in his father's obsolescent Toyota AE86 every morning. Not only has he become a good racer, but he has also unwillingly perfected the art of drifting.

He was never an aficionado of hill racing until he is asked to drive his AE86 in a David and Goliath race against Night Kid's GTR. A glorious but unexpected victory awakens the competitive genes in his blood, while his overnight fame inevitably leads to hellraising races one after another, each one more perilous and exciting than the previous one.

Hidden Track (尋找周杰倫) (xun zhao zhou jie lun)

Release date: 15th January 2004

Director: Anbrey Lam

Cast: Jay Chou, Shawn Yue, Pou Lok Tung, Deep Ng, Chen Ching Hsiang, Daniel Wu, David Ng, Denise Ho, Emme Wong

Descripton: Young girl Pu Pu, who has been given up by her boyfriend, was given hope when she heard Jay Chou's limited edition song "Hidden Track". Pu Pu decides to go to Hong Kong to search for Jay Chou's album hoping to recapture that burning feeling and her bright yet distant dream in her life.

Jay Album (杰倫專輯) (jie lun zhuan ji)

Release date: 31st October 2000
Jay Album is the groundbreaking debut album from the talented writer Jay Chou. Featuring a fresh r&b style and wonderful lyrics from Vincent Fang, Vivian Hsu and Jay himself. All the tracks on the album are composed by Jay. The first track Lovable Woman features the lovely Vivian Hsu in the music video. Every track has a music video except for track 8, although there is a KTV which was not made by Jay.

1.Lovable Woman (可愛女人) (ke ai nü ren)
2.Perfectionism (完美主義) (wan mei zhu yi)
3.Clear Stars (星晴) (xing qing)
4.Wife (娘子) (niang zi)
5.Bullfight (鬥牛) (dou niu)
6.Black Humour (黑色幽默) (hei se you mo)
7.Istanbul (伊斯坦堡) (yi si tan bao)
8.Old Indian Turtledove (印地安老斑鳩) (yin di an lao ban jiu)
9.Tornado (龍捲風) (long juan feng)
10.Clock That Goes Backwards (反方向的鐘) (fan fang xiang de zhong)

Jay Chou Profile Data

When I was little I played the piano, I sometimes felt happy and sometimes felt pressure. Later on in order to take the exam for music class in junior high (The teacher had class and was pretty) ps. The latter was my own reason. And so I learnt to play the cello, but afterwards I still didn't go to take the exam. So I stopped playing the piano and cello for a period of time. But privately I still played some pop songs (It was at this time when I came into contact relatively more with pop songs). I started to grasp melody and combining chords. I felt really happy, relaxed and not so much pressure. Later I studied music in high school. And once again it renewed my contact with classical music. At times classical, at times pop. Actually I started to write songs when I was in junior high, it's just that right now I think I must have been blind as an owl. Songs I thought were very diao back then, if you listen to it now, it might not be like what you thought it was like. I hope I can still admire myself in the future when I listen to this 'Jay Album', that I think is very diao right now.

Profile

General Information

English Name: Jay Chou
Chinese Name: 周杰倫
Nickname: Director Chou (周董)
Date of Birth: January 18, 1979
Place of Birth: Taiwan, Taipei
Blood Type: O
Birthplace: Taiwan
Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Horse
Horoscope: Capricorn
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 60 kg
Shoe Size: 10.5
Languages: Mandarin, Taiwanese
Education: 1997 High school (music major)
Weird Habit: Doesn't like wearing underwear
Strengths: Compose, write songs and play basketball
Music Instruments: Piano, cello, guitar, jazz drum
Family Situation: Only son, Father (Biology teacher), Mother (Middle School fine arts teacher)
Friends in the Industry: Luo Zhi Xiang (Xiao Zhu), Liu Geng Hong
Slogan: Diao bu diao (屌不屌)
Agent: Jacky Wu
Person he is most thankful to: Jacky Wu
Work Experience: 1997 DW Italian resturant piano player
Ambition before Releasing an Album: Piano teacher, music in movies
Jay Dislikes about Himself: He is shy and soft-hearted
Good Qualities: Strong ability to compose songs and write lyrics. The new e-generation musician

Interests

Favourite Sports: Basketball, exercise, practise nun-chuks
Dream when he was Little: To be Bruce Lee
First Love: The girl in next door's class in High School
The Type of Girl he Likes: Long haired, oval face, classic beauty
Favourite Comic: Doraemon
Favourite Movie: Any cartoon by Miyazaki Hayao
Favourite Music: R&B and hip-hop (actually he likes any kind of music)
Favourite Clothing: Natural, comfortable, hip-hop (Simple T-shirt and shorts, not much different to people on the street)
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Food: Fried chicken, anything to do with chicken steak and chicken (he especially likes Hong Kong Tai Ping Guan's Swiss chicken wings), also he likes to drink sweet things
Favourite Musicians: Frederick Chopin, Li Si Te, YO-YO Ma
Favourite Actor/actress: Jet Li
Favourite Basketball Player: Michael Jordan
Favourite Artist: Usher, Babyface
Most Want to Visit Place: The feeling of France is very romantic, but if there's a chance he'll go to Shanghai or Beijing
Ambition: Travel to every corner of the world
Favourite Things: Cap, different kinds of musical instrument, black peoples' music, silverware, chewing gum
Collects: Sports shoes, caps and different metal plates (door plates, license plates and commercial boards)
Hobbies: Writing songs, watch movies, play basketball, play video games

Music

Music Style: R&B
First Lyrics and Composition: In high school, song was called "Everlasting"
First Published Song: "Three Nights, Three Days"
First Individual Album: "Jay" published by BMG November 2000
Most Respected People: Maternal grandmother, mother, father
Best Writing Partner: Vincent Fang

Jessie Chiang wants to eat Director chou

On the 5th Jessie Chiang dresses up as Chang'e for her new album "Practise Love". She talked about her rumoured boyfriend Jay Chou, whom she has been apart from for over 9 months now, she generously confessed: "He's my type, anyone would want to eat him!" It's been rumoured that since they broke up the two haven't even talked, she denied this: "Occasionally we send SMS to each other." Apart from this, Mainland China media have reported that Director Chou will be performing magic next year at the Spring Festival Gala, challenging Lu Chen who has been very popular for the last two years at the Spring Festival Gala.

Jessie Chiang and Director Chou's relationship was exposed 3 years ago, it was rumoured that her "persistent checking up on him" made him distance himself, at the beginning of this year he was filmed going bowling with Jolin Tsai, afterwards she went to Borcay to heal her wounds.

But she still can't forget Director Chou even now, yesterday she kept praising him as the dream lover, "He's my type, I really liked him when I was in junior high, I had his posters all over my room, he's very friendly, he doesn't distance himself." But she still doesn't admit that the two dated before, "We've known each other a long time, we became good friends." The interesting thing is, she slipped up and said "When she's lost love she'll become really skinny", it was stated that when the two broke up, she was really skinny, was that a time of "hurt"? She joked putting on sunglasses to avoid the question and said "Of course not".

Mainland China media have reported that Director Chou's 3 magic that he performed on the show "I'm Going on the Spring Festival Gala" will be ported to the Spring Festival Gala, the Mainland China media are seeing this as a challenge to Ly Chen, netizens praised him "being easier on the eye than Lu Chen". But when performing magic he's funny, his magic is found out because of this, it also causes a lot of laughter. The producers of the Spring Festival Ggala have revealed they are really looking forward to Director Chou's first magic show, they have indeed arranged to have Lu Chen perform for a third year in a row.

Director Chou humbly says he's a rookie magician, he hopes that outside world doesn't look too harshly on him, he also said his magic is completely different to that of Lu Chen's, "He's a professional magician, I'm an artist, magic is just my hobby and interest." Has he been invited to perform magic at the Spring Festival Gala? His agent company JVR said that you'll have to ask the producers of Spring Festival Gala.

Yesterday Lu Chen was holidaying in Spain, to the news that he will PK Director Chou at the Spring Festival Gala, he said not to worry, "Performers need to cross boundaries, they must have passion and thoughts, it's not just his fans, I'm also really looking forward to it." He hasn't received an invitation for next year's Spring Festival Gala yet, but he's seen Director Chou's magic, he think he has individual style, "He's a bit better at looking good, watching him sing and do magic is actually about the same."

Frankie Gao supports his son

Frankie Gao's song Bao Di has just got into grade 7 this year, but he has already gotten a Jay Chou song, Frankie Gao said: "If Bao Di is interested, I'll help him release an EP."

Frankie Gao's son Bao Di has loved singing and dancing from a young age, he like imitating Michael Jackson's dance moves, he loves dancing so much he started dancing he can dance when standing and dance when sitting down. One time Jay Chou saw him dance, he really admired him, so he agreed to write a song for Bao Do, no one could have expected that a few days later the song was really made.

"This song of Jay's describes a kid who has a dream of singing and dancing, he does the backing vocals for some parts of the lyrics, he even added in "a fire in the during the Winter days", "Burn! Phoenix", Bao Di can't stop listening to it everyday." Frankie Gao smiled saying this song should be called "The Second Fire of During the Winter Days", because Fei Xiang has a popular song in Mainland China called "The Fire of During the Winter Days", afterwards he went on to sing it 500 times, but still no one believed he was the original singer, he hopes Bao Di can help him get "revenge".

Partners (拍檔) (pai dang)

Release date: 25th April 2002

Partners is a compilation album of many songs written by the golden partnership of Jay Chou and Vincent Fang. The album features many songs by a variety of different artists from Coco Lee to Leo Ku.

 

1.Actress Specialised In Military Roles (刀馬旦) (dao ma dan) / Coco Lee (李玟)
2.Shanghai 1943 (上海一九四三) (shang hai yi jiu si san) / Jay Chou (周杰倫)
3.Prohibit Sorrow (禁止悲傷) (jin zhi bei shang) / Valen Hsu (許茹芸)
4.Love In BC (愛在西元前) (ai zai xi yuan qian) / Jay Chou (周杰倫)
5.Tears Know (眼淚知道) (yan lei zhi dao) / Landy Win (溫嵐)
6.Genie Of The Night Sky (夜空的精靈) (ye kong de jing ling) / Leo Ku (古巨基)
7.The Sound Of Raining (落雨聲) (luo yu sheng) / Judy Chiang (江蕙)
8.Show Interest (動心) (dong xin) / Landy Win (溫嵐)
9.Wife (娘子) (niang zi) / Jay Chou (周杰倫)
10.Light Bulb (電燈泡) (dian deng pao) / Kan Kan (康晉榮(康康))
11.Light Bulb II (電燈泡II) (dian deng pao II) / Kan Kan (康晉榮(康康))
12.You Are Happier Than In The Past (你比從前快樂) (ni bi cong qian kuai le) / Jacky Wu (吳宗憲)
13.There Is A Cat In The Alley (胡同裡有隻貓) (hu tong li you zhi mao) / Landy Win (溫嵐)
14.Clock That Goes Backwards (反方向的鐘) (fan fang xiang de zhong) / Jay Chou (周杰倫)

Nun-Chuks

Release date: 8th April 2002

This EP signals Jay's entry into the international market, consisting of the two hit songs from Fantasy. The EP also includes the music videos for both songs and a translation of the lyrics for Nun-Chuks is also provided.

1.Nun-Chuks (雙截棍) (shuang jie gun)
2.Simple Love (簡單愛) (jian dan ai)

Fantasy Plus

Release date: 20th December 2001
Fantasy Plus is an EP consisting of three live tracks from Jay Chou's Fantasy Show concert. The three tracks are songs he wrote for other artists. Track 1 was written for Valen Hsu, 2 was for Jacky Wu and 3 was for SBDW. The EP also includes the music videos for every song on Fantasy and Fantasy Plus.

1.Snail (蝸牛) (gua niu)
2.You Are Happier Than In The Past (你比從前快樂) (ni bi cong qian kuai le)
3.End Of The World (世界末日) (shi jie mo ri)

Fantasy (范特西) (fan te xi)

Release date: 19th September 2001
The second album from Jay Chou, this is considered by many to be the album that propelled Jay into stardom. Once again featuring lyrics from his two partners Vincent Fang and Vivian Hsu. Fantasy lives up to its name with songs centered around strange and wonderful themes. Jay again composes all the songs in the album. The first track is very famous for its originality in describing love through time. Track 2 also garners praise with its lyrics on a sensitive subject as well as being sung partially in Taiwanese. Nun-Chuks is the track that has brought Jay the most fame with its combination of Chinese music and hip hop.

1.Love In BC (愛在西元前) (ai zai xi yuan qian)
2.Dad I Have Come Back (爸我回來了) (ba wo hui lai le)
3.Simple Love (簡單愛) (jian dann ai)
4.Ninja (忍者) (ren zhe)
5.Cannot Speak (開不了口) (kai bu liao kou)
6.Shanghai 1943 (上海一九四三) (shang hai yi jiu si san)
7.Sorry (對不起) (dui bu qi)
8.William's Castle (威廉古堡) (wei lian gu bao)
9.Nun-Chuks (雙截棍) (shuang jie gun)
10.Silence (安靜) (an jing)

Jay Chou Stay Cool

Jay Chou turns into a captain in the MV for his new song "Hip Hop Air Hostess", he is teased by model Jenna Wang, Lene Lai and new show programme partner presenter Japanese mixed model Eri Otoguro and more who dress up as hot air hostesses, but yet he didn't move a muscle when pounced on by the four ladies, the director decided to add more, he made him turn into a passenger, before he got on the plane the air hostess body searched him, the scene added to the dream, but all Director Chou could manage was a diao expression, he didn't dare to give any sort of reaction.

Director Chou dug deep into his pockets to build a futuristic cabin set for the MV, plus gorgeous clothes for everyone, the filming budget was as high was 1.3 million, he smiled saying: "We aren't actually plugging songs anymore now, but I must insist on the quality of the MV, in the future we'll release a DVD for fans to keep in their collection."

Director Chou Presenting His First Show For Free

Before Jay Chou talked about his forthcoming first presenting job, the answer has been revealed, he will be on CtiTV's Saturday golden time at 6pm in a show in the style of "SMAPxSMAP", it will be him plus 4 of his good friends so the 5 of them will go on together, it's been rumoured that he's getting 500,000 yuan for each hour of his presenting, that's twice his teacher variety heavenly king Jacky Wu's rates, but Director Chou clarified this through his company that in actual fact "he hasn't taken a single penny".

For Director Chou's maiden presenting show, the contents will be interviews, singing, dancing and short dramas, he will be the main star amongst the presenters, he will be with good friends and dancers, Ice Cream, Xiao Mai and also image stylist Du Guo Zhang, there's also another who will reportedly be a female model from Japan, they will be presenting as a group. But because Director Chou has taken on a concert tour that will have a performance nearly every week, he might only be able to present the first few episodes, it's obvious he's opening this show to support his good friends.

There's been talk that the 5 man strong presenting team will cost 1 million yuan per episode, amongst them Director Chou's fee is 500,000 yuan, but at present first class presenters like Zhang Fei, Hu Gua, Jacky Wu only get 250,000 yuan per episode, plus if you take away Director Chou's cost, the other 4 will get an average of 125,000 yuan each if the rumours of a 500,000 yuan fee are true, it doesn't seem right.

Yesterday Director Chou was busy flying to China to perform and earn money, his agent company JVR Music clarified: "Due to the fact that the presenting job is not one of Jay's normal entertainment jobs, it'll be like when he directed Pandamen, he won't take a penny, add on to that Jay's demand for high standards for the show, the money will be spent on the show." It's been reported that each episode will cost nearly 1 million yuan.

The ideas for the whole show have all come from Director Chou, even the guests that are coming on have been invited by him personally, according to reports in his list apart from the likes of heavenly queen Judy Chiang, A-mei Chang, Hong Kong star Anthony Wong, even Jolin Tsai who worked with him just before is in the list, according to reports he'll personally invite her, the topics of discussion will include records, looks and stories of growing up.

Double J Voted as Most Influential Artists in Taiwan

Since Jay Chou and Jolin Tsai collaboration concert yesterday, a Taiwanese TV station finally announce the results surveys of the most influential artists in Taiwan. The vote was taken from among the young, and Double J was entered the top ten. Jay Chou and Jolin Tsai each placed in ranked seventh and 12th. Among young people, both artists can be considered as the most influential artists.

Jay Chou Protects Yuhao from knife attack

A few days ago Jay Chou was on "Student" with Yuhao and Devon, in it he exposed the fact that he once blocked a knife attack for Yuhao to save face and out of friendship.

Jay Chou also said that he had been very upset to the paparazzi so he braked his car too fast. Devon that is behind his car, eventually hitting the back of his car. paparazzi laugh at them.

When they were recording, Yuhao expressed that once he was in the night market at Jilong playing video games, suddenly a man with a knife rushed in, it looked like he was looking for revenge, Director Chou immediately stood in front of him, he stretched his arm across to protect him.

Director Chou then said: "I want to say I was the senior so I wanted to look a bit cool, what ended up happening was that guy pushed me out the way, he took one look at Yuhao, he said in Taiwanese 'not him' and left." Director Chou remembered that at that time he was really scared inside, but he did it to save face and for friendship.

Jay Chou Was Lose SGD 2 Million When Gambling

There is exciting news about Jay Chou, rumored that the king of pop asia is going to a casino and play Bacarat. Plans to test his luck, Jay Chou even lost 2 million singapore dollars (SGD) at the gaming table. With that much money, you can buy an apartment.

Besides love to play card magic trick, Jay Chou also loved to play Bacarat. For example, last year when Jay Chou to hold concert in Venetian Macau, he also lost 20.000 Hong Kong dollar (HK).

Lately, Jay Chou is preparing for his concert in Hong Kong next month. "The Era of Jay Chou 2010 Concert" will be on hold for seven days. And amazing, concert tickets was already sold out far in advance.

Media finally tried to contact the Jay Chou to ask for clarification of the defeat of the gambling. According to the spokesperson, "Jay Chou was invited by a big boss to the casino, and that Jay Chou would not gamble with money at par, the most only about 1,000 SGD only."