Jacky () is the debut album by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. It was released on June 9, 2006, by Shang Teng and later acquired by Xue's own label Chaoshi Music.
Background Production of the album took six months. Of the ten tracks on the album, Xue composed music for six and wrote lyrics for five, a rare feat for a first album. Musically, the album presents a fusion of Eastern Classic of Poetry and Western R&B elements.
The album received strong support from Shanghai Media Group, who live streamed the press conference.
"Yellow Maple Leaves" and "Return of the Prince" were created by Xue while participating in the singing competition show My Style, My Show. The latter received praise for having a majestic prelude with rich visuals, telling the love story between a prince and a princess during a war.
The album's English title is "Jacky" because that was Xue's English name at the time. He later changed his English name to "Joker" in 2016.
Reception "Serious Snow" performed well on charts and was one of the highest downloaded ringtones of the year. It became one of Xue's most well-known works.
Jacky sold more than 200,000 copies within 1.5 month; the success prompted Shang Teng Entertainment to release 10,000 sets of limited edition photobook, CD, and DVD.
Due to high demand, second and third edition were released in late 2006, an unprecedented accomplishment for a new artist. The third edition included the commercial song for Wrigly chewing gum, "Everybody Wants It" featuring Liu Junlin.
Jacky was the best-selling album by a male mainland China artist of 2006. The total sales volume is more than 500,000.
Track listing
Accolades + Awards and nominations Award Year Category Work Result Beijing Pop Music Awards北京流行音乐典礼 2007 Top Hit of the Year年度金曲 "Yellow Maple Leaves" China's Original Music Popular Chart中国原创音乐流行榜季选颁奖典礼 2006 Most Popular New Artist (Male)内地最佳新人奖 "Serious Snow" 2007 Top Hit (Mainland)内地金曲 "Serious Snow" Global Chinese Music Awards全球华语歌曲排行榜颁奖典礼 2006 Top 20 Hits of the Year二十大最受欢迎金曲 "Yellow Maple Leaves" Chinese Top Ten Music Awards东方风云榜颁奖典礼 2007 Top 10 Hits of the Year十大金曲 "Serious Snow" 2013 Twenty Years of Top Hits二十年至尊金曲 "Serious Snow" 2023 Top Songs from the Past 30 Years三十年至尊金曲 "Serious Snow" Migu Music Awards音乐盛典咪咕汇 2008 Most Promising Creative Idol最具潜力创作偶像 "Serious Snow" Music Radio China Top Chart AwardsMusic Radio中国Top排行榜颁奖典礼 2007 Most Popular Artist on College Campuses (Mainland)内地校园人气大奖 Jacky
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