Ruby Lin discography

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Ruby Lin discography
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Lin in October 2022
Studio albums5
Reissues1

The discography of Ruby Lin , a Taiwanese singer, contains studio albums, repackage albums, music videos, sound tracks and a number of other appearances.

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In 1999, Lin entered the music industry with her first EP, "Hearings". Despite having only five songs the EP sold well in Hong Kong and Taiwan; it earned Lin several awards in Hong Kong, including Best Newcomer of the Year. [1] The following year, TVB Solid Gold awarded her its Most Popular New Singer Award and Radio Television HK presented Lin with its Most Promising New Singer Bronze Award. [1] However, due to a conflict between her record label and management company Lin began searching for a new label to produce her next album. [2]

In 2001 (after a two-year hiatus) Lin signed a contract with BMG Taiwan and released her second album, face 2 face (雙面林心如). A few days later, the Para Para Special Edition was also released. Both albums received awards from the Hong Kong music industry. Following the two albums, Lin began focusing more on her acting career. Although she is under contract for four albums with BMG, Lin has little time to continue her singing career. As a result, in 2004 BMG released the soundtrack for the television series Half Life Fate rather than requiring Lin to record a third studio album. [3] In the soundtrack, Lin sang five songs; the opening theme, "Half of Fate", earned her the Best Film and Television Song Award. [1] [4] At the end of 2004, Lin's contract with BMG expired. [5] After being approached by several labels, she did not sign a contract until the spring of 2008. According to Lin, she signed with her new music company to further her musical career on the Chinese mainland. [6]

At the end of November 2008 Lin returned to music after a further four-year break with her new album, New Rubyology(新如主義). This time, she took an active role in the production process – song selection, recording, and music-video planning – to create an album more representative of her character and style. Behind the album was a production team including Chinese musicians such as Chen Bao Guo and Chen Sun Hua, who previously worked with Jolin Tsai, Elva Hsiao, and Stefanie Sun. [7] Fans and critics observed that Lin's new album showed a more mature and expressive singing technique. Her album cut "Onion Soup" (洋蔥濃湯) led the China Music Song Chart(中国歌曲联) for three weeks. [8] At the 12th M-Zone music award, Lin won the Golden Melody and Entertainer of the Year Awards. [9]

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details
Heartbeat (心跳)
  • Released: 1 October 1999
  • Languages: Mandarin, Cantonese
  • Label: Mei Ah
  • Genre: Single album
Double Faced Ruby Lin (雙面林心如)
  • Released: 14 March 2001
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label: BMG (Hong Kong)
Eighteen Springs (半生缘新歌和精选)
  • Released: 1 April 2004
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label: BMG (Hong Kong)
  • TV drama OST
Possessing Ruby Lin (拥有林心如)
  • Released: 14 October 2004
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label: BMG (Hong Kong)
  • New + Best Selection
New Rubyology (新如主义)
  • Released: 29 November 2008
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label: Feile Music (China), Skyhigh (Taiwan)

Reissues

TitleAlbum details
Pala Pala (趴啦趴啦)
  • Released: 16 March 2001
  • Label: BMG (Hong Kong)
  • Formats: AVCD

Soundtracks

TitleDate releasedLanguageTracks contributed
My Fair Princess OST
(还珠格格音乐全记录)		13 June 1999 Mandarin 1. "You Are Wind, I Am Sand"
(你是風兒我是沙)
2."In Dreams" (夢裡)
5."Butterfly Rain"(雨蝶)
Amor de Tarapaca OST
(紫藤戀電視劇原)		25 June 2004 Mandarin 6. "At The Moment" (這一秒鐘)
Light The Night OST
(華燈初上影集原聲帶)		1 January 2021 Mandarin 6. "Don't Love Me" (请别爱我)

Other appearances

Besides studio albums and soundtracks, Ruby Lin sang a number of promo songs, TV shows or movie theme songs which didn't appear on any album or soundtracks.

YearSongNotes
2000"Coca Cola And Joy"(with Nicolas Tse)
  • Theme song of Coca-Cola China TV commercial.
2005"Sunrise waiting for the sunset"(日出等待日落)
  • Ending song of her 2005 television series Parisian Love Song.
"Angel Don't cry"(天使别哭)
  • Theme song of her 2005 television series Parisian Love Song.
"Stars aspiration"(星光心愿)(with Huang Yida)
"Taste"(滋味)(with Jordan Chan)
2007"Waiting"(等待)
  • Theme song of her 2007 television series Ancestral Temple.
2008"We have love"(我们有爱)
  • Huayi Brother management company unit song for 5.12 China earthquake. With 30 more celebraties.
"Best Gift"(最好的礼物)
  • Theme song of "Charity China for children"
"The Song of Red Ribbon"(红丝带之歌)
  • Theme song of 2008 China World Aids Day. (1 December 2008)
2010"Love can't stay away"(爱不能停)
"A Fallen Flower"(落花)
2011"Qing Shi Huang Fei"(倾世皇妃)
"Qing Ting Wo"(倾听我)
2016"Landscapes in China are Beautiful"(山水中国美)
(with Liu Tao and Gigi Leung)
  • Song for 2016 CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
"Beauty and the Land"(红颜江山)

Music videos

YearTitleAlbum
1999"HeartBeat" Heartbeat
"180 Minutes and 7 Seconds"
"Joke"
"Till Death Do Us Part"
"Harvesting Hearts"
2001"Falling into Your Arms" Double Faced Ruby Lin
"Dense Cloud Misty Rain"
"Overnight in Lan Kuai Fong"
"To Love Nobody"
"Can't Let Go"
"Hibernating Map"
"New Romance"
"Novel of Love"
"Every Type of Guy"
"The Way You Love Me"
"Pala Pala"Pala Pala
2004"18 Springs"Half a Lifetime's New and Best Songs
"Pass Each Other By"
"Love, Move a little Closer"
"Love One's Happiness"Possessiing Ruby Lin
2008"If only I hadn't seen"New Rubyology
"Onion Soup"
"Answer to the Riddle"

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Awards and results" (in Chinese). fans001.com. 7 March 2007. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  2. ↑ "April 2001, Taiwan TV program "Cover story" 封面人物-林心如" (in Chinese). sunshineruby forum. 8 December 2003. Archived from the original (Interview clip) on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  3. ↑ "林心如携专辑《半生缘》14日亮相北京 Ruby Lin's new album 《Ban Sheng Yuan》will released 14th in Beijing" (in Chinese). ent.163.com. 11 April 2004. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  4. ↑ "China's annual "Southeast Music Chart Awards"". United Daily News (in Chinese). Taiwan (ROC). 28 September 2004. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  5. ↑ 新亚洲娱乐唱片约满 林心如何去何从 24 January 2005 娱乐快讯
  6. ↑ "林心如当歌手身价千万 新专辑将在10月推出 Ruby Lin's new album will released for October". People's Daily (in Chinese). 27 July 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
  7. ↑ "Ruby Lin Shooting MV for New Album in Taiwan, the Countdown Begins" (in Chinese). Sohu Music. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
  8. ↑ "Ruby Lin's new album become 3 weeks championship" (in Chinese). China Entertainment. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
  9. ↑ "Ruby Lin winning 2 awards in M-ZONE annual music award" (in Chinese). Sohu Music. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
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