Beautiful (David Tao album)

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Beautiful
Beautiful cover
Studio album 太美麗 by
Released4 August 2006
GenreMandopop, R&B
Length47:48
LanguageMandarin
LabelEMI Music Taiwan
David Tao chronology
The Great Leap
(2005)
Beautiful
(2006)
Opus 69
(2009)

Beautiful (Chinese: 太美麗; lit. 'Too Beautiful') is Taiwanese Mandopop singer-songwriter David Tao's fifth Mandarin studio album. It was released on 4 August 2006 by EMI Music Taiwan.[1]

The album features a mid-tempo duet, "今天妳要嫁給我" (Marry Me Today), with Jolin Tsai. It was awarded Best Song of the Year at the 18th Golden Melody Awards in 2007,[2] and Best Loved by Audience and one of the Top 10 Songs of the Year at the 2007 HITO Radio Music Awards, presented by Taiwanese radio station Hit FM. The track, "似曾相識" (Finally) won Best Composer award for Tao also at the 2007 HITO Radio Music Awards.[3]

The tracks "忘不了" (Can't Get You Outta My Mind) and "太美麗" (Too Beautiful) were nominated for Top 10 Gold Songs at the Hong Kong TVB8 Awards, presented by television station TVB8, in 2006.[4]

The album was awarded one of the Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year at the 2006 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI.[5]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "太美麗廣播電台" (Too Beautiful Radio Station)
  2. "忘不了" (Can't Get You Outta My Mind)
  3. "太美麗" (Too Beautiful)
  4. "追" (The Chase)
  5. "那一瞬間" (The Moment)
  6. "Walk On"
  7. "自導自演的悲劇" (How Long)
  8. "祝妳幸福" (I Don't Wanna Know)
  9. "似曾相識" (Finally)
  10. "今天妳要嫁給我" (Marry Me Today) – feat. Jolin Tsai
  11. "每一面都美" (So Beautiful)
  12. "不愛" (Forever)
  13. "Olia"

References[edit]

  1. ^ (in Chinese) Gold Typhoon Beautiful album info Archived 23 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine 4 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2011
  2. ^ (in Chinese) GIO, Taiwan 18th Golden Melody Awards winners list Archived 7 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine 16 June 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2011
  3. ^ (in Chinese) Hit Fm 2007 HITO Radio Music Awards winners list 4 February 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2011
  4. ^ (in Chinese) Sina.com 2006 Hong Kong TVB8 Awards Gold Songs nomination list 17 December 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2011
  5. ^ (in Chinese) IFPI Hong Kong 2006 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards winners list Archived 2 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 April 2011

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