Year of the Dragon (Modern Talking album) explained

Year of the Dragon
Type:	studio
Artist:	Modern Talking
Cover:	year_of_the_dragon.jpg
Released:	28 February 2000
Recorded:	1999
Genre:	Euro disco
Length:	72:00
Label:	Hansa
Producer:	Dieter Bohlen
Prev Title:	Alone
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	America
Next Year:	2001

Year of the Dragon is the ninth studio album by German duo Modern Talking, released on 28 February 2000 by Hansa Records. The album entered the German Albums Chart at number three on 13 March 2000 and spent two weeks in the top five. It has been certified platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI), denoting shipments in excess of 300,000 units in Germany.

Personnel

• Dieter Bohlen – production
• Thomas Anders – lead & backing vocals, piano, keyboards
• Rolf Köhler – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Michael Scholz – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Detlef Wiedeke – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited)
• Luis Rodríguez – co-production
• Amadeus Crotti – keyboards
• Lalo Titenkov – keyboards
• Wolfgang Wilde – photos
• Ronald Reinsberg – cover design, art direction

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Year of the Dragon

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)^[1]	7
European Albums (Music & Media)^[2]	10

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Year of the Dragon

Chart (2000)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[3]	55
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[4]	79

Notes and References

1. Top National Sellers. Music & Media. 17. 15. 8 April 2000. 21. 29800226. World Radio History.
2. European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media. 17. 13. 25 March 2000. 12. 29800226. World Radio History.
3. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 2000. de. Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2 August 2020.
4. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2000. hitparade.ch. de. 25 July 2021.