title: Ruby Lin discography
text: # Ruby Lin discography
  
  The discography of Ruby Lin, a Taiwanese singer, contains studio albums, Repackage albums, music videos, sound tracks and a number of other appearances.
  
  In 1999 Lin entered the music industry with her first EP, "Hearings". Despite having only five songs the EP sold well in Hong Kong and Taiwan; it earned Lin several awards in Hong Kong, including Best Newcomer of the Year. The following year, TVB Solid Gold awarded her its Most Popular New Singer Award and Radio Television HK presented Lin with its Most Promising New Singer Bronze Award. However, due to a conflict between her record label and management company Lin began searching for a new label to produce her next album.
  
  In 2001 (after a two-year hiatus) Lin signed a contract with BMG Taiwan and released her second album, face 2 face (雙面林心如). A few days later, the Para Para Special Edition was also released. Both albums received awards from the Hong Kong music industry. Following the two albums, Lin began focusing more on her acting career. Although she is under contract for four albums with BMG, Lin has little time to continue her singing career. As a result, in 2004 BMG released the soundtrack for the television series Half Life Fate rather than requiring Lin to record a third studio album. In the soundtrack, Lin sang five songs; the opening theme, "Half of Fate", earned her the Best Film and Television Song Award. At the end of 2004, Lin's contract with BMG expired. After being approached by several labels, she did not sign a contract until the spring of 2008. According to Lin, she signed with her new music company to further her musical career on the Chinese mainland.
  
  At the end of November 2008 Lin returned to music after a further four-year break with her new album, New Rubyology(新如主義). This time, she took an active role in the production process – song selection, recording, and music-video planning – to create an album more representative of her character and style. Behind the album was a production team including Chinese musicians such as Chen Bao Guo and Chen Sun Hua, who previously worked with Jolin Tsai, Elva Hsiao, and Stefanie Sun. Fans and critics observed that Lin's new album showed a more mature and expressive singing technique. Her album cut "Onion Soup" (洋蔥濃湯) led the China Music Song Chart(中国歌曲联) for three weeks. At the 12th M-Zone music award, Lin won the Golden Melody and Entertainer of the Year Awards.
  
  ## Albums
  
  ### Studio albums
  
  | Album # | Album Title | Album Information |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1st | Heartbeat 心跳 (Xin Tiao) | Released: 1 October 1999 Languages: Mandarin, Cantonese Label: Mei Ah Ltd Genre: Single album |
  | 2nd | Double Faced Ruby Lin 雙面林心如 (Shuang Mian Lin Xin Ru) | Released: March 2001 Language: Mandarin Label: BMG Ltd (Hong Kong) |
  | 3rd | Eighteen Springs New and Best collection 半生缘新歌和精选 (Ban Sheng Yuan Xin Ge He Jing Xuan) | Released: 1 April 2004 Language: Mandarin Label: BMG Ltd (Hong Kong) TV drama OST |
  | 4th | Possessing Ruby Lin 拥有林心如 (Yong You Lin Xin Ru) | Released: 14 October 2004 Language: Mandarin Label: BMG Ltd (Hong Kong) New + Best Selection |
  | 5th | New Rubyology 新如主义 (Xin Ru Zhu Yi) | Released: 29 November 2008 Language: Mandarin Label: Feile Music (China), Skyhigh (Taiwan) |
  
  ### Repackage (AVCD)
  
  | Year | Album details | Chinese Title |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2001 | Pala Pala Released: 16 March 2001 Label: BMG Ltd (Hong Kong) Formats: AVCD | 趴啦趴啦 (Pa La Pa La) |
  
  ### Soundtracks
  
  | Title | Date released | Language | Tracks contributed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | My Fair Princess Original Soundtrack (还珠格格音乐全记录) | 13 June 1999 | Mandarin | 1. "You Are Wind, I Am Sand" (你是風兒我是沙) 2."In Dreams" (夢裡) 5."Butterfly Rain"(雨蝶) |
  | Amor de Tarapaca Original Soundtrack (紫藤戀電視劇原) | 25 June 2004 | Mandarin | 6. "At The Moment" (這一秒鐘) |
  | Light The Night Original Soundtrack (華燈初上影集原聲帶) | 1 January 2021 | Mandarin | 6. "Don't Love Me" (请别爱我) |
  
  ## Other appearances
  
  Besides studio albums and soundtracks, Ruby Lin sang a number of promo songs, TV shows or movie theme songs which didn't appear on any album or soundtracks.
  
  | Year | Song | Notes |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2000 | "Coca Cola And Joy"(with Nicolas Tse) | Theme song of Coca-Cola China TV commercial. |
  | 2005 | "Sunrise waiting for the sunset"(日出等待日落) | Ending song of her 2005 television series Parisian Love Song. |
  | 2005 | "Angel Don't cry"(天使别哭) | Theme song of her 2005 television series Parisian Love Song. |
  | 2005 | "Stars aspiration"(星光心愿)(with Huang Yida) | Opening song of her 2005 television series Star Boulevard. |
  | 2005 | "Taste"(滋味)(with Jordan Chan) | Theme song of her 2005 television series Star Boulevard. |
  | 2007 | "Waiting"(等待) | Theme song of her 2007 television series Ancestral Temple. |
  | 2008 | "We have love"(我们有爱) | Huayi Brother management company unit song for 5.12 China earthquake. With 30 more celebraties. |
  | 2008 | "Best Gift"(最好的礼物) | Theme song of "Charity China for children" |
  | 2008 | "The Song of Red Ribbon"(红丝带之歌) | Theme song of 2008 China World Aids Day. (1 December 2008) |
  | 2010 | "Love can't stay away"(爱不能停) | Theme song of her 2010 film You Deserve To Be Single. |
  | 2010 | "A Fallen Flower"(落花) | Theme song of her 2010 television series Beauty's Rival in Palace. |
  | 2011 | "Qing Shi Huang Fei"(倾世皇妃) | Opening song of her 2011 television series The Glamorous Imperial Concubine. |
  | 2011 | "Qing Ting Wo"(倾听我) | Ending song of her 2011 television series The Glamorous Imperial Concubine. |
  | 2016 | "Landscapes in China are Beautiful"(山水中国美) (with Liu Tao and Gigi Leung) | Song for 2016 CCTV Spring Festival Gala. |
  | 2016 | "Beauty and the Land"(红颜江山) | Ending song of her 2016 television series Singing All Along. |
  
  ## Music videos
  
  | Year | Title | Album |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1999 | "HeartBeat" | Heartbeat |
  | 1999 | "180 Minutes and 7 Seconds" | Heartbeat |
  | 1999 | "Joke" | Heartbeat |
  | 1999 | "Till Death Do Us Part" | Heartbeat |
  | 1999 | "Harvesting Hearts" | Heartbeat |
  | 2001 | "Falling into Your Arms" | Double Faced Ruby Lin |
  | 2001 | "Dense Cloud Misty Rain" | Double Faced Ruby Lin |
  | 2001 | "Overnight in Lan Kuai Fong" | Double Faced Ruby Lin |
  | 2001 | "To Love Nobody" | Double Faced Ruby Lin |
  | 2001 | "Can't Let Go" | Double Faced Ruby Lin |
  | 2001 | "Hibernating Map" | Double Faced Ruby Lin |
  | 2001 | "New Romance" | Double Faced Ruby Lin |
  | 2001 | "Novel of Love" | Double Faced Ruby Lin |
  | 2001 | "Every Type of Guy" | Double Faced Ruby Lin |
  | 2001 | "The Way You Love Me" | Double Faced Ruby Lin |
  | 2001 | "Pala Pala" | Pala Pala |
  | 2004 | "18 Springs" | Half a Lifetime's New and Best Songs |
  | 2004 | "Pass Each Other By" | Half a Lifetime's New and Best Songs |
  | 2004 | "Love, Move a little Closer" | Half a Lifetime's New and Best Songs |
  | 2004 | "Love One's Happiness" | Possessiing Ruby Lin |
  | 2008 | "If only I hadn't seen" | New Rubyology |
  | 2008 | "Onion Soup" | New Rubyology |
  | 2008 | "Answer to the Riddle" | New Rubyology |
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 1999 Metro Radio Hits Music Awards New Singer Award
  * 1999 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards for Best new female prospect award
  * 1999 Jade Solid Gold Awards Presentation for Most Popular New Singer award (Bronze)
  * 2001 MTV Music Awards for Best Music Video of the Year
  * 2004 East Wind Music Award for Best Theme Song From TV Series
  * 2008 12th M-Zone Music Awards – Golden Melody Song of the Year, All-round Artist
  * 2009 (nominated) – Top Chinese Music Chart Award for Best Female Artist (Taiwan region)
  