In 2009, the 9th year since Christine Fan's debut, the Taiwan singer-songwriter releases her 9th album curiously titled F One - which, according to her, represents her determination to reset her musical career and start anew after last year's Best-of compilation Faces of Fan Fan. This time, Fan enlisted the help of award-winning producer Adia, as well as eminent musicians like Xiao Yu, Daryl Yao, Chen Hsiao Hsia, and Wang Ya Jun to prepare a buffet of various music styles, from rock to dance to R&B. One of the highlights of the new album is a duet with MC HotDog called "1 to 10 = Me & You", which is described as a reggae-styled up-tempo number about all kinds of love that exist between people.

Christine Fan 范瑋琪 - F One
Release Date: 2009-07-17
( tracklist and dl )

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Taiwan's popular actress Ariel Lin is best known for her hit dramas, such as Tokyo Juliet, True Love, Secret Garden, It Started with a Kiss, and They Kiss Again (for which she won a Golden Bell Best Actress Award). She sang the end theme "The Lonely Northern Hemisphere" for the 2004 idol drama Love Contract to great reception, and has sung several TV drama, movie, and online game theme songs since. In 2009, Ariel is finally making her formal debut as a singer with her first album "Blissful Encounter". She even penned the lyrics to the first plug "Sweet Garden", which is designated the commercial theme song for a Taiwan soft drink brand.

Ariel Lin 林依晨 - First Album 幸福遇見
Release Date: 2009-07-10
( tracklisting and dl )

Dubbed the female version of Big Bang, YG Entertainment's new girl group 2NE1are releasing their first mini-album! Formed by petite rapper and group leader CL, Bom, Minzy, and Dara (Philippines idol Sandara Park), 2NE1 prove their stuff with this explosive seven-track release produced by 1TYM's Teddy, who also wrote most of the songs on the album. Teddy teams up with Kush to create electric hip-hop dance hits like the addictive single Fire and I Don't Care, a mid-tempo R&B number with a reggae melody. Masta Wu also helped lay down some lyrics for the party number Let's Go Party. The super rookies' colorful debut single Lollipop is included on the mini-album as a bonus track.

2NE1 1st Mini Album - 2NE1
Release Date: 2009-07-10
Bit Rate: 320kbps

Tracklisting
1. Fire
2. I Don't Care
3. In the Club
4. Let's Go Party
5. Pretty Boy
6. Stay Together
7. Lollipop (Bonus Track)
PREORDER | dl: MU or SS

Taiwan-based Malaysian singer Nicholas Teo is going strong in his career. After starring in the top-rated idol drama Woody Sambo and holding his From Now On tour in Malaysia and Singapore last year, the "Ballad Prince", now signed with Warner Music, is set to release his latest album The Moment of Silence in June 2009. The main track The Moment of Silence is an Euro rock number that manifests love in its simplest and most straightforward form. Other songs on the album include "Don't Listen to His Songs Anymore" and "Low Profile".

Nicholas Teo - The Moment of Silence
Release Date: 2009-06-09
( tracklist & dl links )

The biggest "newcomer" of 2009 has to be Gulilai Amit - wait, that's the alter ego of A-mei Chang! On March 15, 2007, the Taiwan pop diva performed under her Puyuma aboriginal name for the very first time. Since then, it has taken her 834 days and cost NTD30 million to produce her first album in this new identity. The album, whose title Amit carries the added meaning of "A-mei: music is transformed", presents a never-before-seen side of A-mei, and promises a new sound and style very different from what we've come to expect from her. Partnered by Golden Melody Award-winning producer Adia, Amit experiments with alternative music with considerable aboriginal characteristics, like in the main plug "Ancient Tune" and first single "Alter ego".

A-Mei Chang - AMIT (A-mei Music Is Transformed)
Release Date: 2009-07-03
( tracklist & dl links )

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Big Bang (T.O.P & Taeyang) - Friend, Our Legend (Single)
Release date: 2009.06.26

Tracklist
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from yesasia: After setting off a national trend with their record-breaking hit dance song Gee, Girls' Generation is taking the K-pop world by storm again with their second mini-album of 2009! The super-cute girl group has the schedules clear for a red-hot summer comeback with their fast and light title song "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)", plus five other sweet pop numbers of different styles. This time the group is going with a "marine girl" concept for their album, and photos of the girls in sailor uniforms are causing a stir among fans!

Girls Generation (소녀시대) - The Second Mini Album - Genie
Release Date: 2009.07.02
( tracklist & download link )

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from yesasia: Taiwan's pioneering pop rock band sodagreen plans to put in motion an ambitious "Project Vivaldi" that involves four new albums and a Taipei Arena concert within two years beginning May 2009. Inspired by Vivaldi's famous violin concertos The Four Seasons, the band intends to release four albums based on four moods representing the four seasons experienced in four cities. sodagreen has already planted the seed of such an idea in its 2007 album Incomparable Beauty in the track "Seasons Rhapsody". Now the dream is fast becoming reality, as the first album in this concept series (sodagreen's fifth overall), titled Daylight of Spring, greets listeners with the warm and fuzzy folk rock music with a distinctive Taitung, Taiwan flavor. For the next release, sodagreen will go global with the Summer chapter to be recorded in London. The Preorder Version comes with the "Daylight" CD single.

Sodagreen (蘇打綠) - Daylight of Spring (春．日光)
Release date: 8 May 2009
( tracklist )
BUY | megaupload or sendspace

Sodagreen (蘇打綠)Daylight - (日光) Preorder EP
Release date: 20 April 2009
( tracklist )
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[Mini-album] Jun Jin (전진) - Fascination
Release date: 7 May 2009

Tracklist [individual tracks uploaded]
01 바보처럼 (Feat. Lee Si Young, PJ JUN)
02 Hey Ya! (Feat. Son Dam Bi, Bigtone)
03 Happy Ending (Feat. Kim Hee Sun, Kang Jin Woo)
04 날 사랑해라..
05 사랑하지 않아요
download [.rar]: megaupload or sendspace

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From Yesasia: Just like his debut EP My Name is Xie He Xian. Xie He Xian is My Real Name released in February 2009, the highly anticipated first full-length album Nothing But a Chord from Taiwan singer-songwriter Xie He Xian (a.k.a. A-chord) is a total labor of love. Not only did he write all the music and lyrics, he participated in the whole production process. Even though this talented young musician gained fame primarily as an actor in hit Taiwanese dramas like Hanazakarino Kimitachihe and KO One, one can tell that music is his real root and passion. The album's songs are selected from hundreds of songs A-chord has written thus far, all reflecting his feelings on life and things happening around him.


a Chord (谢和弦) - Nothing but A Chord (虽然很芭乐)
Released date: 15 April 2009

Tracklist:
01. Little Shepherd's Fantasy Journey, 牧羊少年的奇幻之旅
02. a Chord, 谢和弦
03. Nothing but A Chord, 虽然很芭乐
04. Related to, 关于
05. Dependence, 依赖
06. 过来人
07. Only Want To, 不过是想
08. We've All Grown Up, 我们都成了大人
09. Can't Be Defined, 无法定义
10. Idol Drama of the Era, 大时代的偶像剧
11. Please Don't Think Bad of Me, 请你不通嫌弃我
12. Spirit of Weeds, 杂草精神
13. Never-ending Love for You, 对你爱不完
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from wiki: Toro Guo Wei Yun (simplified Chinese: 郭苇昀) is a Taiwanese singer and member of the boy band Typhoon and an ex-member of dance group Energy. He is named Toro because the hanyu pinyin of his chinese name "Wei Yun" sounds like "Wei Yu" 鮪魚, which is Toro in Japanese. He first found fame in Energy and is well known for his song writing talent. Till date, he has written many songs for artistes like Edison Chen, and boyband 5566 and K One. Currently, he pens lyrics for fellow artistes and is working on 3 novels leisurely.

Toro (郭苇昀) - 天生词人
Released date: January 15 2009

Tracklisting [Click: Detailed tracklisting with original singers and pinyin for titles]
01. 暴风雨
02. 忘了爱
03. For you
04. 怎麼了
05. 只有我
06. 不够勇敢
07. 夏夜神话
08. 破浪号
09. 金银岛
10. One More Try
11. 接力赛
12. Oh Yes
13. Say You Love Me
14. 魔法
15. 如果没有明天
16. 伤心的石头
17. 爱的奇迹
download: SS or MU

from yesasia: Since their formation in late 2005, Taiwan boy band sensation Fahrenheit has enjoyed tremendous popularity in Chinese-speaking regions around the world. In 2008, their second album Two-sided Fahrenheit achieved huge success in Japan as well and cemented their Asia's super pop group status. Now they're following that up with their highly anticipated new album due out early 2009, which was recorded during their world tour at different cities across Asia. Titled "Loving You More and More", their latest album's music style will have more rock elements in addition to their ballads and dance numbers. This limited Preorder version comes packed with a Jiro + Aaron or Calvin + Wu Chun double-cover photo notebook. The Hong Kong version has 11 tracks, Taiwan version has 10 tracks.


Fahrenheit 飛輪海- Yue Lai Yue Ai Ni 越來越愛
Released date: 9 Jan 2009

Tracklist
01. 动脉 [dong mai]
02. 越来越爱 [yue lai yue ai]
03. 寂寞暴走 [ji mo bao zou]
04. 恒星 [hen xing]
05. 默默 [mo mo] |
06. 最佳听众 [zui jia ting zhong]
07. 留下来 [liu xia lai]
08. 孤单摩天轮 [gu du mo tian lun]
09. 雨是眼泪 [yu shi yan lei]
10. 你应该被珍惜 [ni ying gai bei zhen xi]
11. Touch Your Heart [Available in HK Version] <- DL this separately, it's not in the .rar file!
download: SS or MU

I haven't heard the entire album so feel free to comment about your thoughts! Click on pic for bigger album cover. :)