Jolin Tsai "Dancing Diva" CD

released date; may 12 2006
genre: mandarin pop
rating ***** 5 stars

Dancing Diva .Jolin Tsai's newest full album, was released on May 12, 2006. This was the first album Jolin released under her new record company, Capitol Records. The album was re-released on July 7, 2006 as the "Perfect Celebration Edition" to increase CD sales which eventually lead to the result that over 2 million copies have been sold.[citation needed] It came with a DVD that included the music videos for all the songs on the album. Tsai has done this for her past albums Magic, Castle, and J-Game as well, but this marks the first time none of the videos are live performances.

The album includes the popular title track, which was performed at the 2006 MTV Asia Awards and became an instant hit at KTV. Dancing Diva is an Indian and Orient inspired song with a very significant instrumental. The song was written by Miriam Nervo and was released by an unknown artist, therefore Tsai eventually remade the song. The original title of the Dancing Diva was "Checkmate". Other remakes include the opening uptempo song Pulchritude and Mr.Q. The music video for A Wonder in Madrid was misleadingly not filmed in Madrid, but in Budapest showing a very cute and frisky Jolin. Attraction of Sexy Lips is included as a bonus track on the CD since it was released earlier as the commercial song for Max Factor's lipsticks. It was written and produced by Singaporean songwriter-producer Terry Lee, who has produced hits for other popular singers such as eVonne Hsu. Pretence also became a significant hit especially in karaoke bars. Tsai released a version sung in Cantonese in her Forever Dancing Advance Edition CD.[citation needed]

The duet Nice Guy was written and produced by Rock and Hip Hop star Stanley Huang who also appeared in the music video and occasionally performed the song with Tsai during her world tour. Love in the Shape of a Heart was penned by lyricist Vincent Fang and composed by Nan Quan MaMa's member Yu Hao while The Finale was penned by Mayday lead singer Ah-Shin. The music video for Mr.Q features a dance in the 80's style and a guest appreance by Hong Kong actor Edison Chen who plays Tsai's lover in the music video. The final track of the album, The Prologue, is rumoured to be a song about the relationship between Asian superstar Jay Chou and Tsai after their break-up. The lyrics were written by Tsai herself.


tracklist

1.Pulchritude
2.dancing diva
3.A Wonder in Madrid
4.Pretence
5.Attraction of Sexy Lips
6.Love in the Shape of a Heart
7.Heart Breaking Day
8.Mr.Q
9.Nice Guy
10.The Finale
11.The Prologue

credits 2 wikipedia.com

Lee Hyori's second album "DARK ANGEL"

release date- 13 FEB 2006
genre- korean pop
rating ***** 5 stars

Dark Angel is the second album by Lee Hyori, featuring singles "Get Ya!", "Shall We Dance", and "Straight Up". It is notable for the plagiarism controversy regarding her first single, "Get Ya!", which was accused of copying Britney Spears' single "Do Somethin'". Although a followup single was quickly prepared, sales were lower than expected, and promotional activities were stopped.

Her first single from her album "Get Ya" was accused of plagiarizing Britney Spears's "Do Somethin'," as proposed by the composer of the American pop star's hit. After the news started to spread, Lee and her record company announced that promotion of the single would be quickly halted, and that she would have a short break from activities in order to promote her followup single "Shall We Dance?". This was the last single to be promoted by Lee, although "Straight Up" was released as the last single from the album.


tracklist:
1."Get Ya!" – 3:34
2."Depth" – 3:15
3."Straight Up" – 3:35
4."Dark Angel" – 3:51
5."Dear Boy" – 3:25
6."Winter Freshness" – 3:26
7."Closer" – 3:28
8."Stealing a Glance" [MARS Remix] – 4:26
9."Shall We Dance?" – 3:02
10"Slave" – 2:53
11."EMMM" – 3:38
12."2 Faces" – 3:36
13."Last Goodbye" – 4:32


NOTE: even though this cd had soo much controversy,its still my favorite hyolee cd, all the songs are good and danceable. Even with all the controversy hyolee is the highest paid female singer in South Korea, ranking an astonishing 2 billion a year. Her new record "if in love like them" was the best selling album of the month ( even though it only had three songs) and her t.v drama of the same name has been very popular, and has even grabbed the attention of Japanese t.v channel FUJI t.v. Hyolee is now invited to Japan to promote her DRAMA and even will et the VIP treatment other international stars get. :)

.credits 2 wikipedia.com

Will's video of the day: Rihanna " Umbrella"

This is the new music video from pop sensation Rhianna titled "umbrella", this song is the first single from her upcoming album " good girl gone bad" coming this summer. The song is pretty catchy and is now my new ringtone. The video is very creative and is not your stereotypical american pop video, you can tell Rhianna or her director has been seeing alot of asian and spanish pop music videos. The video is awesome, but i will let u see it for yourself to be the judge, enjoy!!

Rhianna - umbrella