Stefanie is Singaporean 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 Stefanie Sun

Stefanie Sun

Stefanie Sun was born Sng Ee Tze on 23 July 1978, and known to fans as 13姐 , is a Singaporean singer-songwriter. She has sold over 30 million copies of her albums during the span of her career thus far. She does the majority of her recording, and conducts most of her publicity events, in Taiwan,...

's eighth Mandarin studio album. It was released on 29 October 2004 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...

. This album was released after Sun took a break from her singing career. She returned with this new album, self-titled as 'Stefanie' to reflect the fact that she is coming back with a fresh attitude.

The album features "我也很想他" (I Miss Him Too), the Mandarin theme song used in Taiwan for Japanese film Socrates in Love

Socrates in Love

Socrates in Love, also known as is a Japanese novel written by Kyoichi Katayama. It was published by Shogakukan in April 2001. The novel and the manga adaptation are published in the United States by VIZ Media under the title Socrates in Love...

.

Reception

The track, "我的愛" (My Love) won one of the Top 10 Songs of the Year at the 2005 HITO Radio Music Awards presented by Taiwanese radio station Hit FM, as well as one of the Top 10 Gold Songs at the Hong Kong TVB8 Awards, presented by television station TVB8, in 2005. Another track "奔" (Run) was also nominated at the TVB8 award.

The album was awarded one of the Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year at the 2004 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI. It was also nominated for four awards at the 16th Golden Melody Awards

16th Golden Melody Awards

The 16th Golden Melody Awards were held on 28 May 2005 at the Kaohsiung Cultural Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.-Summary:Sales of popular music had dropped more than 60 percent since its 1998 peak, leading to a few appeals during the night for people not to buy pirated goods.Although Taiwanese singer...

 in 2005, including Best Mandarin Album. It won Best Mandarin Female Singer for Sun for her work on this album.

Track listing

1. "奔" Ben (Run)
2. "我的愛" Wo De Ai (My Love)
3. "祝你開心" Zhu Ni Kai Xin (Wish you Happiness)
4. "我也很想他" Wo Ye Hen Xiang Ta (I Miss Him Too) - Mandarin theme song of Socrates in Love
   Socrates in Love
   Socrates in Love, also known as is a Japanese novel written by Kyoichi Katayama. It was published by Shogakukan in April 2001. The novel and the manga adaptation are published in the United States by VIZ Media under the title Socrates in Love...
   
   
5. "聽見" Ting Jian (Heard)
6. "慢慢來" Man Man Lai (Take It Easy)
7. "同類" Tong Lei (Partner)
8. "種" Zhong (Species)
9. "反過來走走" Fan Guo Lai Zuo Zuo (Turn The Way Around)
10. "Stefanie"
11. "Let's Vino" - bonus track
12. "未知的精彩" Wei Zhi De Jing Cai (Unknown Brilliance) - bonus track

Awards and nominations

16th Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan - 2005

Award	|Result
Best Mandarin Album	Stefanie
Best Music Video Director	Huang Zhong Ping for "奔" (Run)
Best Composer	Li Si Song for "同類" (Same Kind)
Best Mandarin Female Singer	Stefanie Sun

External link

Stefanie Sun discography@Warner Music Taiwan