Jacky Cheung discography

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Jacky Cheung discography
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Cheung in 2008
Studio albums37
Live albums10+
Compilation albums5+

The discography of Hong Kong recording artist Jacky Cheung consists of 37 studio albums, including 22 in Cantonese and 15 in Mandarin. His fifth Mandarin studio album, The Goodbye Kiss, recorded sales of over 4,000,000 copies in China, 1,360,000 copies in Taiwan, 500,000 copies in Malaysia, and over 200,000 copies in Singapore, making it amongst the best-selling albums of all time in each country. Cheung has reportedly sold between 25 million to 60 million albums throughout his career. [1] [2]

Contents

Studio albums

Cantonese albums

TitleAlbum detailsSalesCertifications
Smile
  • HK: 300,000 [3]
  • IFPI HK Tooltip International Federation of the Phonographic Industry: 6x Platinum [4]
Amour (遥远的她)
  • Released: 5 January 1986
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • HK: 400,000 [5]
  • IFPI HK: 8x Platinum [5]
Fall in Love (相爱)
  • Released: 23 October 1986
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • IFPI HK: Platinum [4]
Jacky
  • Released: 26 June 1987
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • IFPI HK: Platinum [4]
In My Dream Last Night (昨夜夢魂中)
  • Released: 15 March 1988
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • IFPI HK: Platinum [6]
For My Dearest (给我亲爱的)
  • Released: 13 April 1989
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • IFPI HK: Platinum [7]
I Only Want to Love One Person in My Life
(只愿一生爱一人)
  • Released: 15 December 1989
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • IFPI HK: Platinum [7]
Dreamed of You (梦中的你)
  • Released: 13 July 1990
  • Label: PolyGram Records
Can't Help You (情不禁)
  • Released: 23 January 1991
  • Label: PolyGram Records
An Unchanging Heart (一颗不变心)
  • Released: 28 August 1991
  • Label: PolyGram Records
True Feelings Revealed (真情流露)
  • Released: 13 May 1992
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • HK: 400,000 [8]
  • IFPI HK: 8x Platinum [9]
Love Spark (爱火花)
  • Released: 27 November 1992
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • HK: 400,000 [8]
  • IFPI HK: 8x Platinum [9]
You & I (我与你)
  • Released: 24 July 1993
  • Label: PolyGram Records
Hungry Wolf (饿狼传说)
  • Released: 20 May 1994
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • IFPI HK: 2x Platinum [11]
A Warm Winter (这个冬天不太冷)
  • Released: 20 December 1994
  • Label: PolyGram Records
Guo Min Shi Jie (过敏世界)
  • Released: 28 June 1995
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • Asia: 5,000,000 [12]
Legend of Never Aging (不老的传说)
  • Released: 20 January 1997
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • IFPI HK: 5x Platinum [14]
Release Yourself (释放自己)
  • Released: 3 June 1998
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • IFPI HK: Platinum [15]
Someone (有个人)
  • Released: 26 January 1999
  • Label: PolyGram Records
The First (天下第一流)
  • Released: 25 May 2001
  • Label: What's Music International
Life Is Like a Dream
  • Released: 20 April 2004
  • Label: What's Music International
Private Corner
  • Released: 29 January 2010
  • Label: What's Music International, Universal

Mandarin albums

TitleAlbum detailsSalesCertifications
Homeless Love (情无四归)
Zai Wo Xin Shen Chu (在我心深处)
  • Released: 6 May 1987
  • Label: PolyGram Records
Yì Luàn Qíng Mí (意乱情迷)
  • Released: 26 January 1988
  • Label: PolyGram Records
Sì Céng Xiāng Shí (似曾相识)
  • Released: September 1989
  • Label: PolyGram Records
The Goodbye Kiss (吻别)
  • Released: 5 March 1993
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • CHN: 4,000,000 [16]
  • TWN: 1,360,000 [3]
  • MLY: 500,000 [17]
  • SGP: 200,000 [18]
Blessings (祝福)
  • Released: 11 December 1993
  • Label: PolyGram Records
Tou Xin (偷心)
  • Released: 23 August 1994
  • Label: PolyGram Records
Yong You (拥友)
  • Released: 26 September 1995
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • Asia: 5,000,000 [12]
How Could I Forget You?
(忘记你我做不到)
  • Released: 12 June 1996
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • TWN: 1,060,000 [20]
  • RIT Tooltip Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan: 5x Platinum [21]
Want to Feel the Breeze With You
(想和你去吹吹风)
  • Released: 22 December 1997
  • Label: PolyGram Records
  • RIT: 3x Platinum+Gold [21]
  • IFPI HK: Platinum [23]
No Regret (不后悔)
  • Released: 22 September 1998
  • Label: PolyGram Records
Walk By 1999 (走过1999)
  • Released: 11 November 1999
  • Label: PolyGram Records
Jacky Fever (热)
  • Released: 26 September 2001
  • Label: What's Music International
By Your Side (在你身边)
  • Released: 26 January 2007
  • Label: What's Music International, Universal
Wake Up Dreaming
  • Released: 22 December 2014
  • Label: What's Music International, Universal

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsSalesCertifications
The Best of Memories (絲絲記憶情歌精選)
  • Released: 15 December 1989
  • Label: PolyGram Hong Kong
  • IFPI HK: Platinum [7]
Painfully Waiting For You (Selection)
  • Released: 26 November 1993
  • Label: PolyGram Hong Kong
True Love New Songs + Selections
  • Released: 16 March 1995
  • Label: PolyGram Hong Kong, Universal
  • TWN: 1,200,000 [20]
Jacky Cheung 15
  • Released: 21 January 2000
  • Label: Universal Music Hong Kong
Black & White (1985–2004)
  • Released: September 2004
  • Label: What's Music International

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsCerifications
Jacky Cheung in Concert '87
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: PolyGram Hong Kong
  • IFPI HK: Gold [4]
Jacky Live in Concert 1999
  • Released: 1 May 1999
  • Label: PolyGram Hong Kong
Jacky 2002–2003 Music Odyssey
  • Released: 30 October 2003
  • Label: PolyGram Hong Kong
Live the Life Concert
  • Released: 21 December 2004
  • Label: PolyGram Hong Kong
Year of Jacky Cheung World Tour in Hong Kong
  • Released: 24 December 2008
  • Label: PolyGram Hong Kong
Year of Jacky Cheung World Tour in Taipei
  • Released: 23 January 2009
  • Label: PolyGram Hong Kong
Private Corner Mini Concert
  • Released: 23 July 2010
  • Label: PolyGram Hong Kong
Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century Concert
  • Released: 20 August 2013
  • Label: Universal Music
Jacky Cheung A Classic Tour Finale Hong Kong
  • Released: 23 December 2021
  • Label: Universal Music
Jacky Cheung A Classic Tour Taipei
  • Released: 23 December 2021
  • Label: Universal Music

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