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Released | December 5, 2000 | |||
Recorded | October 2000 | |||
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Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 47:43 | |||
Label | Forward Music | |||
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Regardless (Chinese: 不顧一切; pinyin: Bùgù yīqiè) is the seventh studio album by Taiwanese singer A-Mei. It was released on December 5, 2000, through Forward Music, and was ultimately her final studio album to be released under the label.[1] After a year and a half since her last album Can I Hug You, Lover?, Forward Music created a $10 million alliance of musicians from Taipei, Singapore and Los Angeles to create the album Regardless. The album had the longest pre-production period, the longest production period, the largest amount of money spent, and the largest number of people involved in the production out of any of A-Mei's studio albums to that point. All 10 songs were by well-known music connoisseurs from Greater China, which include David Tao, Huang Yi, David Huang, Sky Wu and Yuan Wei-jen.
The album came only seven months after her banishment from mainland China due to her singing the National Anthem of the Republic of China at the presidential inauguration ceremony of Chen Shui-bian. Commercially, Regardless was a success. The album sold more than 360,000 copies in Taiwan and more than 1 million copies in Asia.[2][3] Regardless is listed as one of the best-selling albums in Taiwan in the 21st century.