Grown Up (album)

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Grown Up
By2Cheng Ren Li .jpg
Studio album by By2
Released April 9, 2010 (2010-04-09)
Recorded 2010
Genre Mandopop
Length38:02
Label Ocean Butterflies Music
By2 chronology
Twins
(2009) Twins2009
Grown Up
(2010)
90' Now
(2011) 90' Now2011
Singles from Grown Up
  1. "Zhe Jiao Ai"
    Released: March 5, 2010
  2. "Adult World"
    Released: March 30, 2010
  3. "In Love With You"
    Released: April 8, 2010
  4. "Dai Wo Likai"
    Released: May 1, 2010
  5. "Take Me Away"
    Released: June 3, 2010
  6. "Join In The Fun"
    Released: July 23, 2010

Grown Up (Chinese :成人礼), is the third studio album by Singaporean duo, By2. It was released on April 9, 2010 and contains 11 songs. [1]

Traditional Chinese characters Traditional Chinese characters

Traditional Chinese characters are Chinese characters in any character set that does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946. They are most commonly the characters in the standardized character sets of Taiwan, of Hong Kong and Macau, and in the Kangxi Dictionary. The modern shapes of traditional Chinese characters first appeared with the emergence of the clerical script during the Han Dynasty, and have been more or less stable since the 5th century.

By2 Singaporean pop duo

By2 is a Singaporean duo based in Taiwan. The duo is composed of twin sisters Miko Bai and Yumi Bai.

Contents

Background

The album, which was released one month after By2's 18th birthday, follows the concept of them growing up, having passed their 18th birthday. Rather than their "cutesy" concept in their previous album, the album has a more "mature" concept. [2]

Commercial performance

Following the release of the album, "Grown Up" was an immediate success, taking first place on Taiwan's music chart, "G-Music", and other various music charts in mainland China. [3] The album was responsible for 18 percent of all album sales in Taiwan during the week of April 9 to April 15 and was also the highest selling album for the same week for all Mandarin language album sales, with about 33 percent sales. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Take Me Away 帶我離開 (Dài wǒ líkāi)"3:42
2."Adult World 大人的世界 (Dàrén de shìjiè)"3:53
3."In Love With You 愛上你 (Ài shàng nǐ)"4:28
4."Sad Farm 傷心農場 (Shāngxīn nóngchǎng)"3:07
5."Join in the Fun 湊熱鬧 (Còurènào)"4:00
6."Free to Love 任由愛 (Rèn yóu ài)"3:29
7."Big Adventure 大冒險 (Dà màoxiǎn)"3:36
8."Love's Double Magic 愛的雙重魔力 (Ài de shuāngchóng mólì)"3:25
9."Strange Silly Cat 好奇傻死貓 (Hàoqí shǎ sǐ māo)"3:22
10."This Is Called Love 這叫愛 (Zhè jiào ài)"3:30

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