Castle

Castle is the sixth studio album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It was released on February 27, 2004, by Sony. Produced by Bing Wang, Peter Lee, Jay Chou, Jamie Hsueh, Huang Yi, and G-Power, it incorporated genres of pop, hip-hop, Latin, chanson, heavy metal, and Britpop. It was well received by music critics, who commented that it consolidated Tsai's successful development trend in the Chinese music scene. The album sold more than 1.5 million copies in Asia. In Taiwan, it topped the album sales chart for nine consecutive weeks and sold more than 300,000 copies, becoming the year's highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's second highest-selling album overall. Tsai embarked on her first concert tour J1 World Tour after the release of the album, which started on August 7, 2004 in Shanghai, China and ended on April 22, 2006 in Irvine, United States. Background and development On March 7, 2003, Tsai released her fifth studio album, Magic. It sold more than 1.5 million copies in Asia. In Taiwan, it sold more than 360,000 copies, becoming the year's highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's second highest-selling album overall. It was nominated a Golden Melody Award for Album of the Year, Tsai was nominated for Best Female Mandarin Singer, and Baby Chung was nominated for Best Music Arrangement for "Prague Square". Eventually, Baby Chung won Best Music Arrangement. On November 13, 2003, it was revealed that Tsai would start recording her new album in the month, which would be released in January 2004, and it was revealed that she would start preparing for her first concert tour in March 2004, Tsai said: "Now I have started working out for the concert, I must be at my best to stand on the world stage!" On December 14, 2003, it was revealed that she postponed the release of the album to February 2004, because she wanted to re-record songs from the album. On January 9, 2004, it was revealed that the album would include songs written by Jay Chou. On February 10, 2004, it was revealed that the album would be released on February 27, 2004.