Princess is Taiwanese

Taiwanese people

Taiwanese people may refer to individuals who either claim or are imputed cultural identity focused on the island of Taiwan and/or Taiwan Area which have been governed by the Republic of China since 1945...

 Mandopop

Mandopop

Mandopop is a colloquial abbreviation for "Mandarin popular music." It is categorized as a subgenre of commercial Chinese-language music within C-pop. Mandopop was the first variety of popular music in Chinese to establish itself as a viable industry. As the name implies, Mandopop features songs...

 artist Jam Hsiao

Jam Hsiao

Jam Hsiao was born on 30 March 1987 at Taipei, Taiwan). He is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer. In summer 2007, Hsiao rose to fame after only three brief appearances in the first season of China Television 's star search show, One Million Star , which is a singing competition reality show similar to...

's second Mandarin studio album. It was released on 17 July 2009 by Warner Music Taiwan

Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...

. The album was available for pre-order, from 23 June 2009, as the Princess (First Press Limited Edition) (王妃 全球首日封榮耀限定款) which includes gifts and photobook. A further edition, Princess (Live Limited Edition) (王妃 Live 影音限定版 2CD+DVD) was released on 28 August 2009 with bonus CD and DVD containing live tracks and footage from Hsiao's Princess Live Concert Tour at Tainan, Taiwan.

The track "Say a lil something" is composed by label mate Khalil Fong

Khalil Fong

Khalil Fong was born on 14 July 1983. He is an American born, Hong Kong-based soul Mandopop singer-songwriter signed to the Warner Music Hong Kong.-Biography:...

 and four tracks, "小男人大男孩" (Not A Boy, Not Yet A Man), "Green Door", "給愛人" (To My Beloved) and "寂寞還是你" (Lonesome for You) are composed by Hsiao. The music video for "我不會愛" (Don't Know How to Love) features Taiwanese actress Sandrine Pinna

Sandrine Pinna

Sandrine Pinna was born on 10 April 1987. She is a Chinese-French Golden Horse Awards nominated actress born and raised in Taiwan.-Movies:-Television series:-Music videos:* 1997 - "愛如此神奇" from Love is Mysterious by Andy Lau...

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Reception

The album debuted at number one on Taiwan's G-Music Top 20 Weekly Mandarin and Combo Charts at week 29, and Five Music Chart at week 30 with a percentage sales of 33.1%, 22.76% and 24.45% respectively.

The tracks "王妃" (Princess), "我不會愛" (Don't Know How to Love) and "阿飛的小蝴蝶" (A-Fei's Little Butterfly) are listed at number 2, 4 and 9 respectively on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2009.

The track, "Say a lil something" won one of the Songs of the Year at the 2010 Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards presented by Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 radio station Metro Info. According Taiwan's G-Music chart the album is the eighth best selling album in Taiwan in 2009.

Track listing

NB. Title - Songwriter/ Composer/ Producer

1. "王妃" (Princess) - 陳鎮川 / Lee Shih Shiong
   Lee Shih Shiong
   Peter Lee Shih Shiong is a Singaporean music producer, and is one of the most prolific and sought after Singaporean music producers in Asia. He is also a singer and a composer as well. Lee is widely credited for having launched the xinyao trend along with his twin brother Lee Wei Song back in the...
   
    / Lee Shih Shiong
   Lee Shih Shiong
   Peter Lee Shih Shiong is a Singaporean music producer, and is one of the most prolific and sought after Singaporean music producers in Asia. He is also a singer and a composer as well. Lee is widely credited for having launched the xinyao trend along with his twin brother Lee Wei Song back in the...
   
    - 3’39”
2. "我不會愛" (Don't Know How to Love) - 鄔裕康/ Kim, Seok Jin / 李偉菘 - 4’05”
3. "阿飛的小蝴蝶" (A-Fei's Little Butterfly) - Adia (阿弟仔)/ Adia (阿弟仔)/ Adia (阿弟仔) - 4’13”
4. "善男信女" (Believers) - 陳鎮川/ Lee Wei Song/ Lee Wei Song - 4’28”
5. "Say a lil something" - 崔惟楷 / Khalil Fong
   Khalil Fong
   Khalil Fong was born on 14 July 1983. He is an American born, Hong Kong-based soul Mandopop singer-songwriter signed to the Warner Music Hong Kong.-Biography:...
   
    / Lee Shih Shiong
   Lee Shih Shiong
   Peter Lee Shih Shiong is a Singaporean music producer, and is one of the most prolific and sought after Singaporean music producers in Asia. He is also a singer and a composer as well. Lee is widely credited for having launched the xinyao trend along with his twin brother Lee Wei Song back in the...
   
    - 3’28”
6. "愛遊戲" (Love Games) - 陳鎮川 / 陳偉 / 陳偉 - 3’48”
7. "小男人大男孩" (Not A Boy, Not Yet A Man) - Jam Hsiao/ Jam Hsiao/ Jam Hsiao - 3’32”
8. "會痛的石頭" (Stone That Knows Pain) - Yáo Ruòlóng / Jeong Si Ro, Kang Eun Kyung/ Lee Shih Shiong
   Lee Shih Shiong
   Peter Lee Shih Shiong is a Singaporean music producer, and is one of the most prolific and sought after Singaporean music producers in Asia. He is also a singer and a composer as well. Lee is widely credited for having launched the xinyao trend along with his twin brother Lee Wei Song back in the...
   
    - 4’46”
9. "愛過了頭" (Loving You Too Deeply) - 胡如虹/ Lee Wei Song/ Lee Wei Song - 4’24”
10. "Green Door" - Jam Hsiao/ Jam Hsiao/ Jam Hsiao - 3’15”

Bonus tracks

1. "給愛人" (To My Beloved) - 陳鎮川/ Jam Hsiao/ 鍾興民 黃韻玲 - 3’44”
2. "寂寞還是你" (Lonesome for You) - Jam Hsiao/ Jam Hsiao/ 馬奕強 - 3’39”

Releases

Three editions were released by Warner Music Taiwan:

• 23 June 2009 - Pre-order Princess (First Press Limited Edition) (王妃 全球首日封榮耀限定款) - includes gifts and photobook.

• 17 July 2009 - Princess (王妃)

• 28 August 2009 - Princess (Live Limited Edition) (王妃 Live 影音限定版 2CD+DVD) - includes a bonus CD containing 10 live tracks and a DVD containing live footage of the same 10 tracks recorded at Hsiao's Princess Live Concert Tour at Tainan
  Tainan
  Tainan City is a city in southern Taiwan. It is the fifth largest after New Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Taipei. It was formerly a provincial city, and in 2010, the provincial city merged with the adjacent Tainan County to form a single special municipality. Tainan faces the Taiwan Strait in...
  
  , Taiwan.

Live CD/DVD

1. "王妃" (Princess)
2. "善男信女" (Believers)
3. "愛過了頭" (Loving You Too Deeply)
4. "小男人大男孩" (Not A Boy, Not Yet A Man)
5. "Green Door"
6. "Say a lil something"
7. "我不會愛" (Don't Know How to Love)
8. "阿飛的小蝴蝶" (A-Fei's Little Butterfly)
9. "寂寞還是你" (Lonesome for You)
10. "會痛的石頭" (Stone That Knows Pain)

Charts

Chart Name	|Peak Position	#1	#29 / 17 - 23 July 2009	#1	33.1%
G-Music Combo Chart, Taiwan 風雲榜 (綜合榜)	#1	#29 / 17 - 23 July 2009	#1	22.76%
Five Music Taiwan 5大金榜	#1	#30 / 17 - 23 July 2009	#1	24.45%

Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart - 2009

Track name		#2
"我不會愛" (Don't Know How to Love)	#4
"阿飛的小蝴蝶" (A-Fei's Little Butterfly)	#9