| A-Mei New Century Collection | |
| Type: | Greatest hits |
| Artist: | A-Mei |
| Cover: | A-Mei 1996-2000.jpg |
| Released: | December 28, 1999 |
| Recorded: | 1996–1999 |
| Genre: | Pop music, dance-pop |
| Label: | Forward Music |
| Prev Title: | Can I Hug You, Lover? |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | Time to Say Goodbye, A-Mei Hong Kong Live |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
A-Mei New Century Collection is the first greatest hits album by Taiwanese singer A-Mei. It was released on December 28, 1999, by Forward Music.[1] The album contains Sprite's 2000 advertising song "I Want to Fly,"[2] along with the charity single "Love, Never Disappears," which was specially composed by Leehom Wang for the 1999 Jiji earthquake victims.[3] In addition, the album also includes A-Mei's past best-selling hit singles from her previous studio albums that were released between 1996 and 1999. Commercially, A-Mei New Century Collection was a huge success in Greater China, selling over 410,000 copies in Taiwan,[4] while also selling over 3 million copies throughout Asia.[4] It is also Taiwan's best-selling album by a female artist in the 21st century,[4] along with being the third best-selling album in Taiwan of the year 2000.[5]
In March 1996, A-Mei signed a recording contract with Forward Music, through which she later released five studio albums—Sisters (1996), Bad Boy (1997), You Make Me Free Make Me Fly! (1997), Holding Hands (1998) and Can I Hug You, Lover? (1999). The five albums have sold more than 1.21 million,[6] 1.38 million,[7] 800,000,[8] 1.1 million copies,[9] and 1.18 million copies in Taiwan,[10] respectively.
On December 28, 1998, Forward Music released a double-disc greatest hits album titled A-Mei New Century Collection, which contains A-Mei's 18 previously released songs and two new bonus tracks titled "I Want to Fly" and "Love, Never Disappears."
In January 2001, the track "I Want to Fly" was listed at number 11 on the 2000 Hit FM Top 100 Singles of the Year chart.[11]