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Fantasy cover
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Studio album 范特西 by Jay Chou | ||||
Released | 14 September 2001 | |||
Genre | Mandopop | |||
Language | Mandarin | |||
Label | Sony Music Taiwan | |||
Producer | Alfa Music | |||
Jay Chou chronology | ||||
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Fantasy (Chinese: 范特西; pinyin: fàn tè xī) is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Jay Chou's second Mandarin studio album. It was released on 14 September 2001 by Alfa Music and distributed by Sony Music Taiwan. An enhanced CD single Fantasy - Shuang Jie Kun (Nun-Chuks) was released on 9 April 2002. It features two tracks for the Europe market.
In 2008 Taiwanese girl group S.H.E recorded a cover of "安靜" (Silence), retitled to "安静了" (It's Quiet Now) with lyrics rewritten by Selina, which was released in their eleventh album FM S.H.E.
The tracks "簡單愛" (Simple Love) and "開不了口" (Can't Express Myself) are listed at number 2 and 17 respectively on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2001.
The album was awarded one of the Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year at the 2001 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI.
It was also nominated for ten awards at the 13th Golden Melody Awards in 2002, including Best Mandarin Male Singer for Chou for his work on this album. It won five awards, including Best Composer for "愛在西元前" (Love before BC), Best Album Producer and Best Mandarin Album.
All music composed by Jay Chou.