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Beginner (album)
2016 studio album by Joker Xue From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Beginner (Chinese: 初学者) is the seventh album by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. It was released on July 18, 2016, by Ocean Butterflies and later acquired by Xue's own label Chaoshi Music.[2]
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Background and release
Xue spent more than two years working on the album, candidly stating that When I wrote this album, I was not famous yet.
[3] Xue also shared that Every song and every line of lyrics were carefully made. It was very hard. This album brought me back into everyone's attention, and I think the effort was worth it.
The album was released in CD and LP formats and included the six songs from the Gentleman and Half.
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Composition
Of the ten tracks on the album, Xue composed music for seven and wrote lyrics for eight tracks. The title track, written and composed by Xue, incorporates strong rock and high drama elements that work well with lyrical imagery to steadily build the song up.[2] Xue also wrote and composed "Just Right" with a catchy chorus and heartrending lyrics: This is the just right spot to end our journey, before we could reach the ends of the earth together.
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Beginner is the focus of Xue's I Think I've Seen You Somewhere Tour, named after the third track on the album, and symbolizes Xue's determination to return to music after detouring to hotpot restaurant, streetwear store, and variety show star in order to fund his music.[4]
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Reception
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The release party for Beginner was held on Xue's birthday, 17 July. The live broadcast received 160,000 reservations and the number of online viewers exceeded 2 million, an unprecedented amount.[3]
"Beginner" charted at the top of Billboard Radio China Top 10 Chart for four consecutive weeks. "Actor" and "Gentleman" both charted on KuGou Music's Top 500 list, with "Actor" ranking first from Weeks 22 to Week 45 in 2015 and "Gentleman" ranking tenth in September 2016; "Actor" also placed first on Global Chinese Music chart dated 23 June 2015.[5] Apple Music named Beginner as the Album of the Year on their 2016 year-end list.[6]
The music video for "Actor" is one of the most-viewed Chinese music videos on YouTube, with more than 200 million views. The song itself is considered Xue's signature song.[7]
A year after its release, Beginner returned to the sales chart and ranked third on YinYueTai's best-selling albums in mainland China chart along with Xue's 2017 album The Crossing which ranked first.[8]
On TME Physical Album Annual Sales Chart, launched in 2021 and five years after the album's release, Beginner ranked 89th in 2022 but then rose and continued to be in the top 50 in 2023 (ranked 43th), 2024 (ranked 49th), and 2025 (ranked 50th) while the vinyl version of the album ranked 96th in 2024 and 87th in 2025.[9]
Track listing
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Accolades
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References
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