To Be | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Karen Mok |
Cover: | To_Be_(Karen_Mok_album).jpg |
Recorded: | 1997 |
Genre: | Mando-Pop |
Length: | 54:36 |
Label: | Rock Records |
Prev Title: | Karen Mok in Totality |
Prev Year: | 1996 |
Next Title: | I Say |
Next Year: | 1998 |
To Be ("be yourself") is the 1997 debut Mandarin-language pop album by Hong Kong singer Karen Mok.[1] It was first released on 21 October 1997 by Rock Records and it was Mok's first album for the Taiwan and PRC markets. Then in 1998, "Diamond Shining Edition" was released, and the "I Love You" EP was included. A vinyl collector's edition was released on December 21, 2018.
Considered her commercial breakthrough, To Be skyrocketed Mok to fame throughout Asia with many of the songs receiving heavy rotation on radio stations and music video channels across the Sinophone world. The album was a huge hit, eventually selling over 800,000 copies, and included the massive hit single and one of her signature songs, Ta Bu Ai Wo ("He Loves Me Not").[2] It also contained other hit singles such as "Hiroshima Mon Amour" and "Radio Love Song." After the lukewarm commercial response to her previous efforts To Be helped Mok cross over to singing and is considered a massive stepping stone to Mok becoming one of Mandopop's lead divas.