Ugly Beauty
2018 studio album by Jolin Tsai / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ugly Beauty is the fourteenth studio album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It was released on December 26, 2018, by Sony and Eternal.[1] It was produced by Tsai with Razor Chiang, Starr Chen, Howe Chen, and Øzi.[2]
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Released | December 26, 2018 (2018-12-26) | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
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Musically, it is a pop record which merges a series of genres such as trap, house, reggae, and gothic rock.[3] Thematically, it tends to break through the traditional aesthetic criterion and explore the bipolarity of human feeling,[4] and Tsai wants to "uncover the ugliness hidden behind the perfect surface, and peek into the emotions that try the best to be buried" through it.
The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who commented that the concept is unified and complete, singing condition is comfortable and freehand, and it was considered the leading production in the C-pop music industry.[5] The album became the highest-selling album of 2019 in Taiwan.[6] It became the highest-selling digital album by a Hong Kong/Taiwanese female artist of all time in China,[7] and it made Tsai the highest-selling digital Hong Kong/Taiwanese female artist of all time in the country.[8] In August 2023, the album's digital sales crossed the 850,000 mark in China.[7]
The album received a total of eight Golden Melody Award nominations.[9] The album was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Mandarin Album, and Best Vocal Recording Album. "Womxnly" was nominated for Song of the Year, the music video of "Ugly Beauty" and "Lady in Red" were nominated for Best Music Video, Tsai was nominated for Best Female Mandarin Singer, and Tsai was nominated alongside Starr Chen for Best Single Producer for "Ugly Beauty".[10][11] The album eventually won Album of the Year, and "Womxnly" won Song of the Year.[12] To further promote the album, she embarked on her fifth concert tour Ugly Beauty World Tour on December 30, 2019, and it concluded on January 8, 2023.[13][14]