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Agent J (traditional Chinese: 特務J; pinyin: Tè Wu J), Jolin Tsai's 9th album, released on September 21, 2007. The album was renamed Love Mission (simplified Chinese: 爱情任务; pinyin: àiqíng rènwu) for the mainland market. This is the second album Jolin released under her new record company, Capitol Records. On September 8, 2007 the album leaked on to the Internet. The album debuted at number one having almost half of all album sales in Taiwan on its debut week and racked up over 50,000 prerelease orders. Agent J became her highest debut breaking her previous one held by her last album Dancing Diva which debuted with 27.68% at the G-Music Combo Chart and 51.1% on the G-Music Mandarin Chart. On November 2, 2007, Jolin had re-released the album with ten music videos, four dance instruction music videos, and a remix version of "Bravo Lover".
[edit] ProductionThe expenses for Jolin's album "Agent J" took 50,000,000 Taiwan dollars (1,513,179.80 USD), filming in Paris, England, and Thailand and taking dance lessons in Europe, Taiwan, and USA [1]. Jolin had learn pole dancing and aerial ribbon dancing for a music video for her album "Agent J". Jolin learnt the moves within 10 days of intense training, almost paralysing her right arm [2]. The deluxe version of the new album contains a three-part music movie featuring popular Korean actor Kim Jae Won and Hong Kong stars Stephen Fung and Carl Ng. Metronome was written by Jolin herself. The track, "Sun Will Never Set" is a cover version of the original "Sunshine In The Rain" by Bodies Without Organs. [edit] Tie-ups and theme songs"Let's Move It" has been used in a Toyota commercial.[3] [edit] Track listing
[edit] SalesAgent J is one of the best selling albums around Asia. In Taiwan, the order before the album release had reached 50,000. One week after the album was released, the total sales in Taiwan has reached 150,000. Critics are expecting this album can sell over 200,000 just in Taiwan. In Hong Kong, the album debuted in HMV best selling Asian album at its peak number 2. As the album was released one week later after Taiwan, the Agent J has sold over 10,000 copies in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, the promotion was still continuing in December. Jolin is planning to go to Hong Kong for events and promotion in Christmas period as the album has now sold about 20,000 and is one of the best-selling Mandarin album in Hong Kong in 2007. [edit] ChartsAgent J debuted on the G-music Charts with an accounted 45% of all album sales and 62.28% of all Mandarin album sales in Taiwan. On its third week Agent J dropped down to number two while Stars Reunion's new album "Love Stars Reunion - Yesterday, Now & Tomorrow" took the top position by a small gap. On its fifth week on the charts it dropped to 4 due to new album releases by other artists. On its sixth week on the charts it went up to 2 beating Jay Chou's new album "On The Run".
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