Castle (Chinese: 城堡) is the sixth studio album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It was released on 27 February 2004, by Sony Music Taiwan.[1] Following the success of her last studio album, Magic (2003), Tsai continued to secure her A-list status with the new release.[2] Tsai again rang up huge sales with the album, which further increased her popularity in her native Taiwan as well as in other Asian countries.[3] The album has sold more than 2 million copies in Asia,[2] with more than 300,000 copies sold in Taiwan alone,[4] and became the best-selling album by a female artist of the year in Taiwan.[4] The second track, "It's Love", reached number 8 on the Hit FM Top 100 Singles of the Year.[5] The opening track, "36 Tricks of Love", reached number 78 on the chart.[5] The album earned Tsai an MTV Asia Award nomination for Favorite Artist Taiwan.[6] The music video of the lead single, "Pirates", earned Tsai an MTV Video Music Award Japan nomination for Best Buzz Asia.[7]
