The Moment is the first greatest hits album by Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun. It was released throughout Greater China on 22 August 2003, by Warner Music Taiwan. The album contains seven new songs and fifteen songs from her previous albums. It contains 22 songs in total and is produced by Peter Lee, Kenn C, Stefanie Sun and Weizhen Chen.
The album sold more than 1.5 million copies in Asia. On the first day of the album's official release, 200,000 copies were sold in Taiwan. By the end of 2003, it was reported that The Moment had sold 257,000 copies in Taiwan, making it the 7th highest selling album of the year in the country. Shortly after the release of The Moment, Sun publicly announced that she would "take a break" from the music industry for about a year.
Background and release
After graduating from Nanyang Technological University, Sun signed a recording contract with Warner Music, through which she later released six studio albums—Yan Zi (2000), My Desired Happiness (2000), Kite (2001), Start (2002), Leave (2002) and To Be Continued... (2003). The six albums have sold more than 330,000, 400,000, 300,000, 260,000, 250,000, and 270,000 copies in Taiwan, respectively.
The Moment is the summary of the first stage of Sun's musical journey, and it is also a musical commemorative work that Warner Records wanted to leave behind for Sun before taking a leave of absence. The album contains 5 original songs that had not been released before: "The Moment," "Encounter," "Does Not Bother," "Can't Be with You" and "Under the Sun"; which brought together songwriters from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The album also contains 15 “key songs” selected from Sun's 6 albums that were released during the three years since her debut.
Title and artwork
The title of the album The Moment was explained as: