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Capricorn (Jay Chou album)

Capricorn
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Capricorn cover
Studio album 魔杰座 by Jay Chou
Released 14 October 2008 (2008-10-14)
Genre Mandopop
Length 43:57
Language Mandarin
Label Sony Music Taiwan
Producer JVR Music
Jay Chou chronology
Jay Chou 2007 World Tour Concert Live
周杰倫2007世界巡迴演唱會
(2008)
Capricorn
魔杰座
(2008)
The Era
跨時代
(2010)

Capricorn (Chinese: 魔杰座; pinyin: Mó Jié Zuò) is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Jay Chou's ninth Mandarin studio album. It was released on 14 October 2008. by JVR Music and distributed by Sony Music Taiwan. The album is based on his zodiac sign, Capricorn and his interest in illusion. Like Chou's previous album, On the Run, this album was also leaked on the internet prior to the scheduled release date.

"稻香" (Rice Aroma) the first lead track was released for airplay on 22 September 2008. The second lead track is "說好的幸福呢" (Promised Happiness), with the music video directed by Chou and co-stars Chou and Taiwanese actress Chen Kuangyi. The other lead track, "蛇舞" (Snake Dance) is a duet with Lara Veronin, the lead female vocalist of Taiwanese band, Nan Quan Mama. The music video for "花海" (Ocean of Flowers) features Taiwanese actor Baron Chen, whom co-starred with Chou in Kung Fu Dunk.

The album broke Chou's previous record for pre-order sales, with more than 90,000 copies ordered. To thank the fans for their support, JVR Music decided to include gifts of Capricorn poker cards and calendar. This inclusion was cited to be the reason for the delay of the release date to 14 October 2008. On the day of its release 887,000 copies were shipped across Asia.

The tracks "稻香" (Rice Aroma), "給我一首歌的時間" (Give Me the Time of a Song) and "說好的幸福呢" (Promised Happiness) are listed at number 3, 17 and 56 respectively on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2008.

The track, "稻香" (Rice Aroma) won one of the Top 10 Songs of the Year at the 2009 HITO Radio Music Awards presented by Taiwanese radio station Hit FM.


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