Jay Chou albums discography

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Jay Chou discography
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Chou in 2013
Studio albums15
EPs4
Soundtrack albums2
Live albums5
Compilation albums1
Video albums2

The discography of Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jay Chou consists of fifteen studio albums, five live albums, four extended plays, and one compilation album. Chou released his debut studio album Jay in November 2000, which sold over 250,000 copies in Taiwan. It received a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association Singapore (RIAS) in 2020. His subsequent studio albums were also met with commercial success in Taiwan and other Asian territories; his fifth studio album, Common Jasmine Orange (2004), is amongst the best-selling albums in China with over 2,600,000 copies sold.

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Four of Chou's albums have reached number one on the Singaporean RIAS album chart during the chart's existence from 2001–2005, while seven of his studio albums have reached number one on the Taiwanese G-Music album chart from 2005–2015. His albums, Fantasy (2001), The Eight Dimensions (2002), Yeh Hui-Mei (2003) and Common Jasmine Orange (2004), each sold over 300,000 copies in Taiwan and are amongst the best-selling albums in the territory. Chou's thirteenth studio album, Aiyo, Not Bad (2014), reached number one on the Billboard World Albums chart, while the singer's fifteenth album, Greatest Works of Art (2022), reached the top 40 in Australia and New Zealand.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
TWN
[1]
AUS
[2]
HK
[3]
JPN
[4]
NZ
[5]
SGP
[6]
US
World

[7]
Jay (周杰倫)
  • Released: 7 November 2000
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • TWN: 250,000 [8]
  • SGP: 5,000 [A]
  • RIAS Tooltip Recording Industry Association Singapore: Gold [9]
Fantasy (范特西)
  • Released: 14 September 2001
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1
  • Asia: 1,700,000 [10]
  • TWN: 460,000 [8]
The Eight Dimensions
(八度空間)
  • Released: 18 July 2002
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1
  • TWN: 400,000 [8]
Yeh Hui-Mei (葉惠美)
  • Released: 31 July 2003
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1
  • Asia: 3,000,000 [11]
  • TWN: 350,000 [8]
  • SGP: 5,000 [A]
  • RIAS: Gold [9]
Common Jasmine Orange
(七里香)
  • Released: 3 August 2004
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1
  • Asia: 3,500,000 [11]
  • CHN: 2,600,000 [12]
  • TWN: 300,000 [8]
November's Chopin
(十一月的蕭邦)
  • Released: 1 November 2005
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
199
  • Asia: 3,000,000 [13]
  • TWN: 280,000 [8]
  • SGP: 10,000 [B]
  • RIAS: Platinum [9]
Still Fantasy (依然范特西)
  • Released: 5 September 2006
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
163
  • TWN: 250,000 [8]
On the Run! (我很忙)
  • Released: 2 November 2007
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1141
  • Asia: 1,070,000 [14]
  • SGP: 10,000 [B]
  • RIAS: Platinum [9]
Capricorn (魔杰座)
  • Released: 14 October 2008
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11
  • RIAS: Platinum [9]
The Era (跨時代)
  • Released: 18 May 2010
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11195
Wow! (驚嘆號)
  • Released: 11 November 2011
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11
Opus 12 (十二新作)
  • Released: 28 December 2012
  • Label: Universal, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11
  • SGP: 10,000 [B]
  • RIAS: Platinum [9]
Aiyo, Not Bad
(唉呦,不錯哦)
  • Released: 26 December 2014
  • Label: Universal, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
11
  • CHN: 174,689 (dl.) [16]
Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories
(周杰倫的床邊故事)
  • Released: 24 June 2016
  • Label: Universal, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
13
  • CHN: 2,008,669 (dl.) [17]
Greatest Works of Art
(最偉大的作品)
  • Released: 15 July 2022
  • Label: Universal, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2914013
  • CHN: 7,235,393 (dl.) [18]
  • TWN: 200,000 [19]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
TWN DVD
[20]
The One Concert (The One演唱會)
  • Released: 21 October 2002
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2004 Incomparable Concert (無與倫比演唱會)
  • Released: 3 December 2004
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
12
  • Asia: 1,000,000 [21]
2007 the World Tours (2007世界巡迴演唱會)
  • Released: 31 January 2008
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1
The Era 2010 World Tour (超時代)
  • Released: 25 January 2011
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1
Opus Jay World Tour (魔天倫世界巡迴演唱會)
  • Released: 10 May 2016
  • Label: Universal, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Invincible Concert Tour
(地表最強世界巡迴演唱會)
  • Released: 1 November 2019
  • Label: Universal, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
Dragon Rider (龍戰騎士)
  • Released: 20 January 2009
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
J Moment
  • Released: 17 July 2012
  • Label: Universal, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Soundtrack albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
KOR Int.
[22]
Secret (不能說的秘密 電影原聲帶)
  • Released: 13 August 2007
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
6
The Rooftop (天台 電影原聲帶)
  • Released: 12 July 2013
  • Label: Universal, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Extended plays

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
SGP
[6]
Fantasy Plus (范特西Plus)
  • Released: 24 December 2001
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Hidden Track (尋找周杰倫)
  • Released: 11 November 2003
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
3
Fearless (霍元甲)
  • Released: 20 January 2006
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Curse of the Golden Flower (黃金甲)
  • Released: 7 December 2006
  • Label: EMI, Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Notes

    1. 1 2 Sales figures are based on the Singaporean gold certification alone. [9]
    2. 1 2 3 4 Sales figures are based on the Singaporean platinum certification alone. [9]

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