Commercial Aspect
This album was released in the same week as two other female singers, Priscilla Chan and Lam Shan Shan's albums, therefore, resulted in a very competitive battle. Although the acts of the two contemporaries were released on a Thursday and "Sandy" was released on Friday, Sandy successfully took the lead while the other two albums flopped. Chan and Lam definitely owned a higher status than Sandy in the musical industry before their release in 1987. Despite this, Chan and Lam were classic examples that can represent the easy success by using the Japanese idol formula before 1987. At last, "Sandy" went double platinum (100,000 copies). At that time, Clarence Hui was the choreographer of all three singers.
Singles included "Passion", which made the way to #1 in the RTHK charts, which the success continued when "Tough Heroine" and "Mind Made Up' hit the charts fairly well. "Dumped of love", "East and West" and "Nightwing" received airplay on different charts and radio stations. "Passion" also garnered Sandy's first Jade Solid Gold season award. The classic music video of "Passion", choreographed by Hui, won the Best Short Form Video at the Jade Solid Gold finals. This album was praised by reviews and earned Sandy a status in the musical industry.
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