Charlie's Debut Album Explained

Charlie's Debut Album (Chinese: 深的深) is the first album of Chinese male singer Zhou Shen which released on November 6, 2017. The album's songs, composer, lyricist and singer won four awards in total after the album released. "Big Fish", the best-known original song from Zhou Shen and "The Rose and the Deer", were also included in this album.

Background and style

Charlie's Debut Album was a co-creation by Gao Xiaosong (songwriter & Production Supervisor), Yin Yue(lyricist) and Qian Lei (composer). This was also the first time of Yin Yue, a female lyricist in China, to act as album producer. This album took 3 years to complete the whole production, ten original songs in total are included in it.^[1] In addition to the digital version released by Taihe Music Group, the physical album was also released by Ocean Butterflies Music Co. Ltd. and Scent Library with the theme of "fragrance of literary and artistic youth".^[2]

Other than the main creators mentioned above attended the "Zhou Shen 2017 New Album Music Appreciation Salon", other staff involved in the production of this album also appeared, including Zhou Tianche (Mixer & Mastering Engineer), Ni Hanwen (Recording Engineer & Assistant Mixer), Lost 7 (cover illustrator), Fang Liang (Graphic Designer), Chen Shu (Simplified Chinese Handwriting) and CEO and vice president Ocean Butterflies Music Co. Ltd. of Taihe Music Group.^[3]

Track listing

Tracks in digital version^[4] and physical album^{[5] [6]} are same as below:

1. 玫瑰与小鹿 The Rose and the Deer
2. 浅浅 Shallow
3. 哥哥 Brother
4. 迎刃 Towards the Blade
5. 蓝色降落伞 Blue Parachute
6. 风景 Scenery
7. 妳 You
8. 白墙 White Wall
9. 大鱼 Big Fish
10. 一缕执念 A Wisp of Fascination

Awards

Year	Award Ceremony	Awards
2018	China Cultural Music Fiesta 2018[7]	Best China Style Singing Performance - Big Fish
	Global Chinese Songs Chart 2018[8] (0:45)	Best New Artist
		Song of the Year - Blue Parachute
	25th ERC Chinese Top Ten Music Awards[9]	Best Lyrics - Gao Xiaosong, Yin Yue - Blue Parachute
		Most Improved Artist of the Year[10]
	22nd China Music Awards	Boosoo Most Popular Karaoke MV - Big Fish
		Channel V Best Live Performance - Big Fish
	Sichuan iRadio Minjiang Music Chart 2017 Year-End Music Award[11]	Top 10 China Mainland albums of 2017 - Charlie's Debut Album
2017	Top Chinese Music Awards	Best Film Song - Big Fish[12]
	24th ERC Chinese Top Ten Music Awards[13] [14]	Best Composition - Qian Lei
		Top 10 Songs of the Year - Big Fish
2016	DoNews Awards	Artist of the Year[15]
	Music Pioneer Awards[16] [17]	Top 10 Songs of China - Big Fish
		Best Composition - Qian Lei
	Fresh Asia Music Awards[18]	Top 10 Songs of the Year - Big Fish
		Top 10 Songs of the Year - The Rose and The Deer

Notes and References

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2. Web site: 2017-11-10. 周深新专辑联合气味图书馆 推出"文艺青年的气息". music.yule.sohu.com/.
3. Web site: 2017-11-07. 高晓松领衔"高家班"集体亮相 为周深新专辑站台-新华网. www.xinhuanet.com. 2021-01-06. 2019-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20190416120200/http://www.xinhuanet.com/ent/2017-11/07/c_1121918076.htm. dead.
4. Web site: 2017-11-06. 深的深 (豆瓣). music.douban.com.
5. Web site: 2017-11-06. 深的深 (豆瓣). music.douban.com.
6. Web site: 周深专辑 深的深 周深的深 CD 正版 - - - 京东JD.COM. 2021-01-06. item.jd.com.
7. Web site: 周深获"最佳国风新锐唱法"奖 全新综艺将开唱_美声唱法. 2021-01-06. www.sohu.com. en.
8. Web site: 2018-08-31. 20180829 周深 Zhou Shen 后台访问（爱奇艺尖叫之夜华人歌曲音乐盛典）. YouTube. 周深粉丝后援会Zhou Shen Fan Club.
9. Web site: 2018-03-27. 爱回收·第25届《东方风云榜》音乐盛典圆满落幕. 央广网. 中央人民广播电台.
10. Web site: 吴莫愁周深刘雪婧亮相东方风云榜 交出完美成绩单. 2018-03-27. 搜狐音乐.
11. Web site: 《#岷江排行榜#2017年度总盘点#音乐荣耀#》——2017年度#内地十大专辑#. 2018-02-19. 周深咨询站的微博. @热爱DJ袁搏的微博.
12. Web site: 2017-04-11. 天籁周深再夺殊荣！《大鱼》获"最佳电影歌曲". 腾讯娱乐.
13. Web site: 2020-03-21. 最佳作曲钱雷《大鱼》·东方风云榜2017. v.qq.com.
14. Web site: 周深余枫亮相东方风云榜音乐盛典 摘三项大奖-搜狐音乐. 2021-01-06. music.yule.sohu.com.
15. Web site: 天籁之音周深斩获2016第七届牛耳奖金曲歌手_网易娱乐. 2019-04-06. ent.163.com.
16. Web site: 周深先锋榜获两奖 勇夺年度网络人气先锋男歌手-搜狐音乐. 2019-04-06. music.yule.sohu.com.
17. Web site: 2016-12-11. 《音乐先锋榜》2016年度颁奖典礼在穗揭榜_央广网. news.cnr.cn.
18. Web site: 2016亚洲新歌榜获奖名单完整版一览- 广州本地宝. 2019-04-06. gz.bendibao.com. 2020-03-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20200323114214/http://gz.bendibao.com/xiuxian/2016927/222742.shtml. dead.