Only for You () is the eighth Mandarin studio album by Taiwanese singer Show Lo. It was released on February 18, 2011, by Gold Typhoon (Taiwan). "亞洲舞王「羅志祥」第8張個人專輯「獨一無二」2月18日全面震撼發行" Gold Typhoon. January 15, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011 The Japanese edition of the album was released on July 20, 2011. It spawned the singles "What Am I Fighting For?" and "Only for You".
The album was a commercial success in Taiwan, where it became the country's best-selling album of 2011 with 150,000 copies sold. In Japan, the album peaked at number 34 on the Oricon Albums Chart.
Background and release The album was available for preorder from January 28, 2011, in two limited editions, of 30,000 copies each with serial numbers and photobook: Only For You (Gentry Love Edition) and Only For You (Flower World Edition). For the first time the first lead track is a ballad "What Am I Fighting For?". "「亞洲舞王」羅志祥新專輯「獨一無二」1月28日展開預購 2月18日正式發行" Gold Typhoon. January 19, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2011
A further two editions were released by Gold Typhoon: Only for You (10001st Night Celebration Edition) (2CD) on March 18, 2011, with two new tracks and Only for You (MV Collectable Edition) (CD+DVD) on May 6, 2011, with nine music videos and photobook. The Japanese edition, Only for You (Japanese Edition) was released on July 20, 2011, by Pony Canyon, which included a special bonus track of the Japanese version of title track "Only You" and a DVD with 10 music videos. "Only for You (Japanese Edition) album info" Pony Canyon. June 15, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011
Promotion The album was marketed with the "What Am I Fighting For" track, which was rather unconventional, as he often markets an album through a dance piece. The music video for the second lead track "Only You" was released nine days later. The video consists of dance piece choreographed by Shaun Evaristo. It was reported to have costed NT$5 million to create European scenery and to debut the "Anti-Gravity filming technique".
Commercial performance The album debuted at number one on Taiwan's G-Music Top 20 Weekly Mandarin and Combo Charts, and Five Music Chart at week 8 (February 18 to 24, 2011) with a percentage sales of 74.6%, "G-Music Mandarin Chart" This links to the current week only - search for 2011 Week 8 at bottom of page. Retrieved June 11, 2011 48.43% "G-Music Combo Chart" This links to the current week only - search for 2011 Week 8 at bottom of page. Retrieved June 11, 2011 and 78.8% "5 Music 2011 Week 8 chart" Retrieved June 11, 2011 respectively. Suppressing fellow artist Jolin Tsai's record at G-Music Mandarin Chart of 68.11% for Butterfly in 2009 and became the highest debut week percentage sales in the chart's seven-year history. As of March 3, 2011, the album has sold 103,628 copies. "專輯大賣「五大金榜」、「G-Music風雲榜」首周銷售百分比78.8%、74.6%創記錄!" Gold Typhoon. March 3, 2011. Retrieved June 11, 2011
The tracks, "Only You" and "What Am I Fighting For" are listed on the Top 20 Gold Songs of the (January to June) 2011 Global Chinese Golden Chart. "Top 20 Gold Songs (January to June) of the 2011 Global Chinese Golden Chart list" HITO Radio. Retrieved September 14, 2011 The album is the best selling album in Taiwan in 2011, with 150,000 copies sold. "羅志祥唱片年度熱賣15萬張 蟬聯台灣榜單冠軍" Sina.com. November 15, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2012
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2011) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) 34 Taiwanese Albums (G-Music) 3
Year-end charts Chart (2011)PositionTaiwanese Albums 1
Notes
References
External links Show Lo@Gold Typhoon Taiwan Show Lo - Bio, News, Images, Album releases (Gold Typhoon)