Beautiful (David Tao album)

Beautiful
Beautiful cover
Studio album by
Released4 August 2006
GenresMandopop, R&B
Length49:46
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 the fifth studio album by the Taiwanese Mandopop singer-songwriter David Tao. 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

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Too Beautiful Radio Station" (太美麗廣播電台) David Tao0:16
2."Can't Get You Outta My Mind" (忘不了)David Tao, WawaDavid Tao3:58
3."Too Beautiful" (太美麗)David Tao, Doe Ching, WawaDavid Tao, Mok Yin4:55
4."The Chase" (追)David KeDavid Tao3:29
5."The Moment" (那一瞬間)WawaDavid Tao4:04
6."Walk On"David Ke, David TaoDavid Tao3:05
7."How Long" (自導自演的悲劇)David Tao, WawaDavid Tao4:07
8."I Don't Wanna Know" (祝妳幸福)David Tao, WawaDavid Tao3:57
9."Finally" (似曾相識)David Tao, WawaDavid Tao4:43
10."Marry Me Today" (今天妳要嫁給我; featuring Jolin Tsai)David Tao, WawaDavid Tao4:32
11."So Beautiful" (每一面都美)David TaoDavid Tao4:30
12."Forever" (不愛)David KeAndrew Chu, Josh Chen3:25
13."Olia"David Tao, Francis LeeDavid Tao4:45
Total length:49:46

References

  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 Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine 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