Holding Hands (album)

Holding Hands
Studio album by
A-Mei
ReleasedOctober 12, 1998
Recorded1998
Studio
  • Forward Studio
  • Platinum Studio (3)
  • Maestro Studio
  • Puliyin Studio
  • Form Studio (Singapore)
  • Ladiaum Music House
  • Jojo Eyeball Studio
  • Room 711 (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length48:10
LabelForward Music
Producer
A-Mei chronology
You Make Me Free Make Me Fly!
(1997) 		Holding Hands
(1998) 		Feel
(1999)

Holding Hands (Chinese: 牽手; pinyin: Qiānshǒu) is the fourth studio album by Taiwanese singer A-Mei. It was released on October 12, 1998, by Forward Music. The album was produced by musicians such as David Tao, Chen Chih-yuan and Jerry Huang and was A-Mei's first original studio album since the death of her mentor Chang Yu-sheng eleven months prior.[1] On the record, A-Mei sang Chang's posthumous works "Are You Ready" and "After Knowing," and for the first time, she collaborated with David Tao on the songs "Don't Lie To Me" and "High High High," which allowed A-Mei to try out different kinds of music creations. The music on Holding Hands fuses pop music with other genres including R&B, dance pop, adult contemporary and rock music.

Commercially, Holding Hands was a success. The album was certified by Taiwan's IFPI as the top selling album of the year, selling over 790,000 copies in the span of one month.[2] The album has since sold over 1.1 million copies in Taiwan,[3] as well as over 5 million copies in Asia.[4][5] To promote the album, A-Mei held a New Year's Eve concert titled "Sisters Acting, Singing and Partying Through 1999" at Nangang, Taipei.[6]

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