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Between 2002 and 2006 he released “八度空間” (2002), “葉惠美” (2003), “七里香” (2004), “11月的蕭邦” (2005) and “依然范特西” (2006). In 2003 he was interviewed by Time magazine and appeared on the cover of its Asia edition. “葉惠美” won Best Pop Vocal Album at the 15th Golden Melody Awards; on the awards lists, the publisher of both “范特西” and “葉惠美” is registered as 阿爾發音樂.

In 2005 Chou starred in his first feature film, the Hong Kong production Initial D (頭文字D), and composed and sang its theme song “飄移” and insert song “一路向北”. The role won him Best New Performer at both the 42nd Golden Horse Awards and the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards.

In January 2007, JVR Music (杰威爾音樂有限公司) was approved for incorporation by the Taipei City Government. The name JVR is formed from the English names of Jay Chou (Jay), Vincent Fang (Vincent) and JR Yang (楊峻榮). That year Chou also won Best Single Producer at the 18th Golden Melody Awards for “霍元甲”, the theme song of the film Fearless (霍元甲).

In August 2007, Secret (不能說的．祕密), which Chou directed and co-wrote with 杜緻朗, was released in Taiwan, with JR Yang as producer. At the 44th Golden Horse Awards the film won Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year and Best Visual Effects, and its title song (lyrics by Vincent Fang, composed and sung by Chou) won Best Original Film Song. At the 19th Golden Melody Awards, Chou won Best Album Producer in the instrumental category for the album of the same title as the film, and shared Best Composer in the instrumental category with Terdsak Janpan for “琴房” from that album.

The albums he released from 2007 to 2011 are “我很忙” (2007), “魔杰座” (2008), “跨時代” (2010) and “驚嘆號” (2011). “青花瓷”, from “我很忙”, won Song of the Year at the 19th Golden Melody Awards, and Chou and Fang won Best Composer and Best Lyricist for it.

At the 20th Golden Melody Awards, Chou won Best Mandarin Male Singer for “魔杰座”; “稻香”, from the same album, won Song of the Year, and the music video for “魔術先生”, which he directed, won Best Music Video. At the 22nd Golden Melody Awards, “跨時代” won Best Mandarin Album and Chou won Best Mandarin Male Singer again.

In a 2023 interview, lyricist Vincent Fang said that he had led all of the “Chinese style” songs he made with Chou.

Jay Chou also appeared in Kung Fu Dunk (功夫灌籃, 2008) and The Treasure Hunter (刺陵, 2009), and played Kato in the Hollywood film The Green Hornet (2011), later appearing in Now You See Me 2 (2016). In 2013 he directed The Rooftop (天台), his second film as director after Secret. In 2016 he worked as a film producer for the first time, on 10,000 Miles (一萬公里的約定).

The albums he released from 2012 to 2022 are “十二新作” (2012), “哎呦，不錯哦” (2014), “周杰倫的床邊故事” (2016) and “最偉大的作品” (2022). His 16th solo album, “太陽之子” (2026), contains 12 new songs plus the specially included “聖誕星”; it was released digitally worldwide on March 25 and in physical form on April 10.

His world tours began in 2001 with “范特西世界巡迴演唱會” (2001–2002), followed by “The One世界巡迴演唱會” (2002–2004), “無與倫比世界巡迴演唱會” (2004–2006), “周杰倫世界巡迴演唱會” (2007–2009), “超時代世界巡迴演唱會” (2010–2011) and “魔天倫世界巡迴演唱會” (2013–2015).

“地表最強世界巡迴演唱會” opened in Shanghai in June 2016 and ended in Paris in May 2019, with 120 shows in total. A live recording of the tour was released on November 1, 2019 in DVD and Blu-ray editions, with 25 tracks.

“嘉年華世界巡迴演唱會” began in 2019. On December 5, 2024, the tour came to the Taipei Dome (臺北大巨蛋), the first solo concert ever held at the venue. In the label's announcement for those shows, “紅顏如霜” was described as a “Chinese style” song. From October 9 to 11, 2025, the tour played three nights at Shanghai Stadium; the show on the 11th was its 110th and final performance.

From April 3 to 5, 2026, Chou held “煙花杭州嘉年華II周杰倫2026世界巡迴演唱會” at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, the first stop of his ninth world tour. Each stop of the tour is named by pairing a feature of the host city with one of his songs; the Hangzhou stop was named “煙花” (Fireworks).