- Dance-pop
- R&B
- Gold Typhoon (Taiwan)
- Pony Canyon (Japan)
Only for You (Chinese: 獨一無二; pinyin: Dú yī wú èr) is the eighth Mandarin studio album by Taiwanese singer Show Lo. It was released on February 18, 2011, by Gold Typhoon (Taiwan).[1] The Japanese edition of the album was released on July 20, 2011. It spawned the singles "What Am I Fighting For?" and "Only for You".
The album was a commercial success in Taiwan, where it became the country's best-selling album of 2011 with 150,000 copies sold. In Japan, the album peaked at number 34 on the Oricon Albums Chart.
The album was available for preorder from January 28, 2011, in two limited editions, of 30,000 copies each with serial numbers and photobook: Only For You (Gentry Love Edition) and Only For You (Flower World Edition). For the first time the first lead track is a ballad "What Am I Fighting For?".[2]
A further two editions were released by Gold Typhoon: Only for You (10001st Night Celebration Edition) (2CD) on March 18, 2011, with two new tracks and Only for You (MV Collectable Edition) (CD+DVD) on May 6, 2011, with nine music videos and photobook. The Japanese edition, Only for You (Japanese Edition) was released on July 20, 2011, by Pony Canyon, which included a special bonus track of the Japanese version of title track "Only You" and a DVD with 10 music videos.[3]
The album was marketed with the "What Am I Fighting For" track, which was rather unconventional, as he often markets an album through a dance piece. The music video for the second lead track "Only You" was released nine days later. The video consists of dance piece choreographed by Shaun Evaristo. It was reported to have costed NT$5 million to create European scenery and to debut the "Anti-Gravity filming technique".[4]
The album debuted at number one on Taiwan's G-Music Top 20 Weekly Mandarin and Combo Charts, and Five Music Chart at week 8 (February 18 to 24, 2011) with a percentage sales of 74.6%,[5] 48.43%[6] and 78.8%[7] respectively. Suppressing fellow artist Jolin Tsai's record at G-Music Mandarin Chart of 68.11% for Butterfly in 2009 and became the highest debut week percentage sales in the chart's seven-year history. As of March 3, 2011, the album has sold 103,628 copies.[8]
The tracks, "Only You" and "What Am I Fighting For" are listed on the Top 20 Gold Songs of the (January to June) 2011 Global Chinese Golden Chart.[9] The album is the best selling album in Taiwan in 2011, with 150,000 copies sold.[10]
- (in Chinese) Show Lo@Gold Typhoon Taiwan
- (in English) Show Lo - Bio, News, Images, Album releases (Gold Typhoon)
