Chapter 376 375. Crazy music scene! The name I dare not look at! (Subscribe)
This is a real war without the smoke of gunpowder.
and!
This is a war that is truly fought without any official support behind the scenes.
Unlike battles in business and technology, there is official intervention behind the scenes, and some officials will even directly introduce policies to forcibly crack down on opponents.
this time.
It was a battle completely organized spontaneously by grassroots celebrities and artists.
This kind of battle has not yet reached the level where official policies need to be introduced to intervene, because it has not yet involved the struggle for the country's destiny.
Basically, the outcome depends entirely on the strength and foundation of both sides.
The most important thing is that Wang Qian, as an outsider, is playing away.
The singers and musicians in the European and American pop music scene are playing at home.
So! For singers and musicians in the European and American pop music scene, they have a home advantage.
After all, this is the pop music market where they have been deeply involved for decades or even hundreds of years. They are extremely familiar with it and have a huge influence.
As a singer on a Chinese talent show, Wang Qian was at a huge disadvantage. He was almost a stranger here and started from scratch.
However, Wang Qian, starting from scratch on the road, has created an incredible single-week sales record and has attracted more than 2 billion people around the world to watch the talent show.
This popularity bonus is a strong popularity that many singers in the European and American pop music scene do not have.
A commentator on Facebook in North America analyzed the detailed advantages and disadvantages between Wang Qian and singers from European and American groups from all aspects, and finally concluded that in terms of external objective conditions, Wang Qian is at an absolute disadvantage, while the European and American pop music scene is at an absolute advantage.
If the singers from the European and American pop music scene fail in the end, then it would be a complete loss without any explanation. All we can say is that these singers are too weak, and at the same time, it highlights the strength of their opponent Wang Qian.
Just after twelve o'clock.
A new week has just begun.
At this moment, no matter what time zone, region or country, a large number of people are paying attention to the situation in the world pop music scene and the new week's sales of the largest pop music online download platform in Europe and the United States.
certainly……
A large number of fans also flocked in and started looking for the songs they wanted to download.
At this moment, all other forms of entertainment have to give way to pop music.
There are fewer people watching TV, movies, videos, reading books, etc., and many people choose to listen to music at this moment.
data!
began to appear.
This online platform has been working overtime to prepare for this situation, providing technical support for this battle, and the data is updated very quickly in real time.
At the same time, the Voice of China official website also updated the sales charts of all the latest works of the ten contestants in real time, which was consistent with the sales data of the online platform! The copyright representatives of the Voice of China program team from various countries were also working overtime, gathering together in the conference room and not leaving, looking at the sales situation of the latest week.
The North American representative said: "This week's sales are very critical. If Wang Qian fails in the end and fails to win the championship, and is successfully targeted by the professional singer circle, then I think the proposal for his championship bonus can be put on hold for the time being."
Zhou Qinghua said directly: "What is the connection between the two? The prize money is not for him, but for the champion. Moreover, there are more than a dozen big-name singers who participated in sniping him this week, including Christine, so it is normal for him to lose. Starting next week, there will be more singers participating in sniping..."
Others joined in the discussion.
"Sales volume shows his market acceptance. If he doesn't achieve the same results as last week, it means that the influence and appeal of his works are declining. Then his subsequent performances may gradually lose their appeal, and the ratings will naturally decline. In this case, giving the champion bonus will not increase anything, so why not save this expense?"
"No, if the bonus is tied to sales, why not set the bonus directly based on the sales threshold? How about a $10 million bonus for sales of over 100 million in a single week? Wang Qian's three works last week all sold over 100 million, so he should be given a $30 million bonus?"
"That's impossible..."
Everyone started arguing.
Oni did not join in the argument. He directly put out a piece of data, knocked on the table and said, "I think your argument has been meaningless from the beginning!"
The meeting room fell silent.
Everyone looked at the latest real-time data projected on the wall.
Just one minute had passed.
The online platform has already released the latest data and made rankings, much earlier than usual. Normally they update the list data every five minutes or so, but now it has been shortened to one minute, which definitely requires a lot of effort.
Everyone can see it clearly.
The first one is a name they are all familiar with.
Wang Qian!
The song is called Viva la vida. So far, the download sales outside the Chinese market have reached more than five million!
This sales volume is enough to shatter all doubts about Wang Qian.
It proves that this extremely alternative rock song still has a strong appeal to fans around the world.
The fact that more than five million people downloaded it in just one minute is the best proof.
The name ranked second can further prove the value of Wang Qian’s sales.
Because, ranked second is Kristen's latest single the girl, which was also released on time, with cumulative sales of more than 3.5 million in one minute, which is not much different from Wang Qian.
After a week of hype and promotion, Kristen's latest single is almost known to the world, so it is understandable that it can achieve such good sales in such a short period of time. However, this is definitely better than Kristen's previous best performance, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a brand new breakthrough.
Ranked third is the single with unique personal characteristics that Sophie performed tonight. It has also accumulated three million downloads. The sales performance is absolutely explosive, which surprised all the Voice of China staff in the conference room. No one expected that Sophie could get such explosive sales at the beginning.
This sales volume is almost catching up with Kristen, and the gap with Wang Qian is less than double. In other words, in their view, not being killed by Wang Qian's sales volume is a very small gap.
Last week, Wang Qian completely defeated Elizabeth, who was in second place, and there was still some room for improvement.
The copyright representative from France said in surprise: "I told you that Sophie is definitely qualified to compete for the championship."
No one else paid attention to what the French representative said. They were all focused on the sales, hoping that the players in their own region would have a chance to make a comeback. Unfortunately...
It seems not!
Ranked fourth is the rap song co-produced by Adam and Sina, which also achieved sales of two million as soon as it was released. Adam seems to be on the rise. His innovation this time can almost be said to be successful, and he seems to have found his own breakthrough direction.
Ranked fifth is the single performed by Elizabeth, which also sold over two million copies, less than one hundred thousand away from Adam. It still received market recognition, but this time it failed to rank second after Wang Qian, and could only rank fifth. Maturity has a price, which is that the market will also lack passion.
Ranked sixth is the work of young queen Ally, with sales reaching more than 1.7 million. This is her best result so far, breaking through herself, but she can only rank sixth.
The seventh is the work of Miyuki Nakamori, which has achieved sales of more than 1.6 million.
The eighth one is Jonathan's work, with sales of exactly one million.
Ranked ninth is still the work of Miyuki Nakamori. After all, Miyuki Nakamori and contestant Asan each performed four shows tonight, so four works will be online.
So, the ninth and tenth are both works by Miyuki Nakamori, and the sales volume is also over 900,000...
The eleventh place is the work of contestant Asan. Among his four works, the best result is eleventh place, with sales of just over 700,000. It is not surprising that he was eliminated!
The works of several other first-line singers in North America ranked between 11th and 16th, with sales of 500,000 or 600,000. Under normal circumstances, they would have sales of 500,000 or 600,000 in just over a minute, which would be a very good result for them. The sales would be at least over 5 million per day, and at least over 20 million per week. It is impossible to win the sales championship, but being in the top five or even the top three is basically a safe bet.
But today, in the new week, their good results are unremarkable. Let alone the top three or five, it would be good if they can stay in the top fifteen. Basically no one will pay attention to them.
This is because the works of several other Voice of China contestants are very close, ranking between 10 and 20, and they may surpass them at any time.
There were also some second-tier singers who formed groups to release songs to snipe Wang Qian, and they were even worse off, ranking directly after the 20th place...
It's a little quiet in the meeting room!
Oni didn't say anything, but refreshed the page again.
Because, another minute has passed.
The data has been updated again.
The sales of Wang Qian's single viva la vida suddenly exceeded 10 million. The sales exceeded 10 million in two minutes, making the conference room much quieter and everyone's breathing became much quieter.
Over 10 million in two minutes, this sales surge is no less than when three rock singles were released last week, and even more than that. The upper limit of sales in a single week may be even higher? However...
The sales of Kristen's single "The Girl" also doubled to 7 million, which is not far behind Wang Qian! This also proves Kristen's strong appeal and heritage in the field of European and American pop music.
She is different from Wang Qian.
The songs that Wang Qian put on the shelves were performed live at a show and have been heard by everyone. Consumers paid to download them only after they confirmed that they were good.
Kristen's single was a completely new single that no one had ever heard of. The explosive sales in the first few minutes were all downloaded by fans who were attracted by Kristen's own appeal.
With such a strong appeal, Kristen is worthy of being the number one in the European and American music scene.
Sophie, 6.5 million, is on the verge of surpassing Kristen at any time. Her sales performance is as amazing as her looks and talent! The rap single that Adam and Sheena collaborated on also increased by 2 million, and the total sales reached more than 4 million...
Elizabeth's sales have reached more than four million, and she is still only a few hundred thousand away from Adam, so there is hope of catching up at any time.
Ellie's work has sold three million copies.
Miyuki Nakamori, 2.6 million...
…
Such a sales increase.
All the production staff in the conference room gasped in silence.
It completely exceeded their best expectations.
"God, is this crazy? Did everyone come to listen to the songs? Even the last person to advance, Miyuki Nakamori, sold more than 2.6 million copies. She sold more than 10 million copies on the first day, and at least 40 million copies in a single week. God, such sales can only rank sixth, it's crazy."
"It's really crazy. Except for Kristen and Ally who made it to the top ten, all other first- and second-tier singers in the European and American music scene were squeezed out of the top ten! These veteran first- and second-tier professional singers were beaten by our contestants."
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"Christine's appeal is also terrifying, but she is still suppressed by Wang Qian. However, if the word-of-mouth of Christine's single spreads in the future, the sales may explode again. It is not impossible to surpass Wang Qian. After all, the gap does not seem to be that big."
“What should we do now?”
Someone asked a question! Everyone looked at each other.
No one cares about bonuses anymore.
Although it seems that Wang Qian is somewhat unstoppable, setting up a championship bonus is just giving bonus to Wang Qian.
but……
The strength and popularity that Wang Qian is showing now are worth all their efforts.
Because Wang Qian will bring them more.
Oni made the decision directly: "On the draw show tomorrow night, we will announce the news of setting a champion prize of 100 million US dollars. At the same time, we will increase the allocation of resources to Wang Qian. He will undoubtedly be the pop music god created by our first world competition. No matter how brilliant his achievements are in the end, our program team will also benefit from it. According to the agreement, we can use his name to promote our program for at least five years."
"Who else has questions?"
There was a moment of silence in the meeting room.
No one spoke anymore.
No one will raise any more questions.
Zhou Qinghua breathed a sigh of relief, and looking at the list, he was still surprised, remembering that he had promised Wang Qian in China that if Wang Qian could win the world championship, the Chinese program team would reward him with 100 million Chinese yuan!
It seems so.
If Wang Qian wins the championship, he will get nearly 100 million US dollars and 100 million Chinese yuan, which is a considerable windfall for him personally.
However, Zhou Qinghua knew that if Wang Qian won the championship, the copyright holder he represented would be the biggest beneficiary.
He now dare not imagine how much profit he will get in the end.
…
In a manor in Los Angeles.
Robert invited Yuna, Lillard, O'Connor, three superstar singers, as well as many other top producers, musicians, first-line singers, and several Hollywood stars, about a dozen or twenty people, to the small room inside for a party.
These people were the ones who clearly supported and took practical actions to boycott Wang Qian, so they were pulled in by Robert to form a small circle gathering.
Robert checked the time and said, "Five minutes have passed. I think the list should be updated now. Shall we check it out together?"
Everyone nodded.
They gathered together to target Wang Qian, and even wanted to drive Wang Qian out of the European and American music circles.
"See if Kristen has beaten that guy?"
"Let me see!"
"This time, Christine has received the most publicity, so the sales will probably be very high."
"I've heard Ellie's work. I listened to it outside when she was recording. It's very good and has the potential to be a best-seller."
“Although Wang Qian’s works are good, I believe that our voices must have influenced many people’s choices, and many of our supporters will definitely boycott his works spontaneously.”
Everyone is more confident at the moment.
Even so, Wang Qian’s three singles last week all achieved sales of over 100 million, with the highest achieving an incredible sales of 150 million.
However, they all thought that those were the sales that Wang Qian had successfully stolen, so none of them made any move.
In the new week, so many people came together to attack Wang Qian...
It will definitely work!
but……
After a few seconds.
The room became quiet.
Everyone lowered their heads and looked at the pages on their mobile phones, then looked up at each other, looked at each other, and then lowered their heads again, all with an expression of disbelief.
Lillard whispered to a middle-aged man next to him, "I think there's something wrong with my phone. Can we exchange it?"
The middle-aged man exchanged phones with him and looked at them, then found that there was still no change. They both exchanged phones back with extremely solemn and ugly expressions.
Robert sat in the middle, looking at the page on his phone, sitting there motionless like a statue for more than a minute.
The silence in the room lasted for a minute!
at last.
Everyone was sure that what they saw was correct.
That's the truth.
They all looked extremely solemn and serious.
There was another dozen seconds of strange silence.
Yunna spoke first, "Kristen has accumulated a lot of experience, and this song can break some records. In just five minutes, it has sold 14 million downloads. It's great! I downloaded it too, but unfortunately I don't have time to listen to it now."
O'Connor nodded and said, "Yes, Kristen's appeal is very strong. The rap song that Adam and Sheena collaborated on is also very good. It sold over 8 million copies in five minutes. It will definitely sell over 30 million copies a day. By this calculation, it may sell over 100 million copies a week!"
Lillard said: "Sophie's potential may be even higher than Kristen's. Her single is amazing, and its sales are catching up with Kristen's, with more than 12 million sales. She also has the potential to sell over 100 million in a single week..."
Others also spoke up.
"Yes, Elizabeth's sales are equally good, not inferior to Adam's, and she also has the potential to sell over 100 million in a single week."
"Jonathan's sales are also very good..."
"Aili's sales also broke her own best record, which is a good breakthrough."
…
A group of people began to discuss in low voices, praising the European and American singers and contestants.
The initial sales achieved by these people were indeed explosive.
At least, the works of Christine, Sophie, Adam, and Elizabeth do have the potential to sell over 100 million copies in a single week.
but……
None of them mentioned it.
The name that stands at the top of the list.
seem!
They automatically ignored it.
Or, they dare not look directly.
(End of this chapter)