The Goodbye Kiss (album) explained

The Goodbye Kiss
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jacky Cheung
Cover:	The Goodbye Kiss Cover in Japan.jpg
Genre:	Mandopop
Length:	47:56
Language:	Mandarin
Label:	PolyGram
Producer:	Huang Qingyuan (Chinese: 黃慶元) Xue Zhongming (Chinese: 薛忠銘)
Prev Title:	Love Fire Flower
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Blessing
Next Year:	1993

The Goodbye Kiss is the fifth Mandarin studio album by Hong Kong recording artist Jacky Cheung. It was released through PolyGram Records Hong Kong on 5 March 1993.

Commercial performance

The Mandopop album was a great success in the Greater China region. The album sold over 5 million copies in 1993 throughout Asia, including 1,360,000 copies in Taiwan alone, making it one of Cheung's three million-selling records in the country and remains the second best-selling album of all time in Taiwan.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} In early 1994, Hong Kong's popular music reached a historic high point in Mainland China, the album sold 2.2 million legitimate copies there, despite significant levels of piracy,^[5] and the influence of the album in China was higher than previous popular songs.

The album was also highly successful in Southeast Asia; in Singapore, the album sold 200,000 copies and remains the second best-selling album in the region, after Michael Jackson's Dangerous (1991).^[6] In Malaysia, the album recorded sales of around 500,000 copies,^[7] and remains the best-selling Mandarin album in the country.

Covers

In 2003, Michael Learns to Rock covered the title track, "Goodbye Kiss" in English and released it as "Take Me to Your Heart". The song has also been covered by many Asian musicians, such as Jay Chou, Anson Hu, Justin Lo, and others. A band in Myanmar Iron Cross has also made a cover of the title track as well known as ကြိုးမဲ့စွန် (Stringless Kite) ^[8]

Accolades

In 2008, the Chinese Musicians Exchange Association ranked The Goodbye Kiss number 19 in their list of the 100 Greatest Taiwanese Pop Music Albums from 1975–1993.^[9]

Awards for "The Goodbye Kiss"!Year!Award!Category!Result

1993	Jade Solid Gold Awards	Gold Award for Most Popular Mandarin Song
		Best Lyric Award
	RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards	IFPI International Song Award
	Golden Melody Awards	Best Song of the Year
		Best Arranger Award
	Singapore Hit Awards	Most Popular Album
		Most Popular Song
1994		Best Golden Melody Award

Notes and References

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xolsn9M4FXU 香港樂壇戰國時代之張學友
2. http://news.xinmin.cn/rollnews/2009/06/07/2059644.html 金曲20年張學友魅力依舊 《吻別》成歌迷最愛
3. Web site: 华语歌坛百名歌手销量统计（2006年版）. GG800.com . 1 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070705162657/http://ent.gg800.com/html/zixun/20070223/49.html . 5 July 2007.
4. Book: 袁世佩 . 張惠妹15億身價大解密 . Taipei . 財富人生: Vol. 16, United Daily News Co., Ltd. . 1 August 2007.
5. White. Adam. "Titanic" Chinese sales top 2 million. Billboard. 20 June 1998. 91. 31 December 2013.
6. Web site: Yeo . Edwin . 20 September 1994 . Foreign Boost . 7 April 2024 . . 25. National Library Board.
7. Web site: Jacky Cheung – Personal Profile and biography. 27 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081337/http://galaxy.com.my/prev/profile-17.htm. 4 March 2016. live.
8. ကြိုးမဲ့စွန် - ဝိုင်ဝိုင်း Kyoe Mae Soon - Y Wine(Official MV) . 2022-08-24 . Y Wine Official . 2024-06-22 . YouTube.
9. Web site: 1975~1993 台灣流行音樂最佳100張 . Top 100 Taiwanese pop music albums from 1975~1993 . . 7 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130222065035/http://www.books.com.tw/activity/2008/12/2008music/1993_2005.html . zh . 2013-02-22 . December 2008.