If he had no expectations, Zhou Yiyang would not be sitting in the office now, refreshing the homepage of Billboard's official website with a sanctimonious look.
He felt a little regretful about reading the data blogger's Weibo, which made him have very high expectations for the performance of the song "stay".
"I wonder if this data will come true." Zhou Yiyang took a deep breath and seemed to be lost in thought. "If I really win the championship, I'm afraid the American media will think that the list has lost its credibility!"
Billboard is currently holding another meeting. This is the umpteenth meeting this week.
The data of the song "Stay" completely exceeded their expectations. Whether it is the number of plays or single downloads, it is higher than many songs of the same period.
Especially after Spotify compromised, the advantage of "stay" in streaming media has become more obvious in the past few days. When converted into points, it can even beat the second place by several times.
"Is this data real?" someone couldn't help but question. "We all know how much Asians love to manipulate data. Perhaps we can find a dehydrated version of the data."
The person sitting across from him shook his head regretfully, then continued, "While I'd like it to be that way, we specifically asked Spotify for data, and they found that the majority of the playback volume comes from users in our country."
"Are they crazy?" A female employee frowned, completely unable to understand the young girls' aesthetic taste. "Are these two Chinese people that good-looking? Is it worth it for them to do this? If this data is true, then don't we really have to let these two people win the championship?"
"Impossible! The champions of our country's rankings are actually two Chinese. This, this is simply the greatest insult to us! I can't help but suspect that this is a long-planned conspiracy by China!"
There was a wailing in the office. Even the editor who had previously advocated for the Moonlight data now felt a little regretful.
They advocated for fairness only if their own interests were not harmed. But now it seemed that the champion of the list would be a Chinese, and it was too embarrassing to make this known to others.
After all, Chinese music lags far behind American music, and this is a concept deeply rooted in everyone's hearts.
"If we calculate the score based on the current coefficient, what is the score of "stay"?" The editor-in-chief was relatively calm. He adjusted his glasses and sought an answer.
The colleague in charge of calculating the data placed the computer in the middle. "According to current standards, 'Stay' scored 567 points, the eighth highest score of the year. This is also the best score of any first song released this year."
"Haha," someone immediately sneered, "It's their fans who organized themselves and took the trouble to prepare for the empty championship. They're totally wasting their time!"
The editor continued to ask, "So what's the second song now?"
"Currently in second place is a collaboration with Kevin J. It was ranked fourth last week. We originally thought it would definitely win this week, but we didn't expect a song like this to suddenly appear."
The editor-in-chief stroked his chin, seemingly lost in thought. "What are the current points for this song?"
"This song performs well on radio, but its performance on Spotify and Moonlight is average. So, according to the calculation, the score is only 450."
"It's so different?" The editor frowned, realizing this was a bit of a problem. He really hoped a big-name label would release a new single last week to top "Stay."
Who would have thought that they now need big-name music labels to fight against the invasion of Chinese music.
"If we continue to increase the coefficient of the radio station, is there a possibility that the top list will change?" After careful consideration, the editor-in-chief finally made this decision.
Everyone was silent for a while, and then their "patriotism" prevailed.
"No problem, the radio station itself is a unique feature of our America, it really deserves such a high coefficient!"
"Are there really Americans who don't listen to the radio? No way! There really can't be anyone who can't afford a car!"
"In the streaming age, data isn't persistent at all. Songs that were once popular on TikTok disappear after a month or two. But our pop radio station still plays songs from a year ago. Radio is clearly more humane."
The data editor quickly came up with a plan: "We can increase the radio data while lowering the streaming coefficient. The reasoning is simple: we're currently considering too many streaming platforms, and if the coefficient is too high, the charts will be controlled by capital. Of course, to conceal our intentions, we can adjust the single download coefficient appropriately. That way, Kevin's single will still be number one this week."
The editor nodded contentedly. "Then let's get ready to publish the list! There's no need to announce any changes to the coefficients. We've never released the exact coefficients; they're all estimated. If anyone questions us, we can just play dead. All those marketing accounts can do is readjust the predicted coefficients."
Tang Yue was in a good mood as she hummed a song. She looked at Weibo for a while and found that many people were waiting to witness history like the four of them.
After she gained access to the internet, she found that although many Americans were unwilling to accept this fact, they still admitted that "stay" was indeed very popular.
"Brother Hu and Brother Chen are amazing this time," Su Yin said happily, "Will they become famous in America all of a sudden? We have to work hard on our songs, but Brother Yang can't let us go to America to promote them, right?"
"Why not?" Wang Xingrui said expectantly, "I really want to go over there and take a look!"
"We still have the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show," Lin Xuan'er said seriously, "We can definitely sing this song then."
"Can we win the championship too?" Tang Yue was so excited just thinking about that scene.
Who would have thought that one day he would be able to conquer America!
“The official website has been updated!”
A notification popped up on Su Yin's phone, and she clicked on Weibo directly.
Luo Chen and Ling Hu were still chatting when their cell phones rang first.
The two looked at each other and suddenly had the same thought: "How is this the same as the college entrance examination results?"
Bai Yangyu's voice was very calm on the phone. Although he said congratulations, there was no trace of joy in his voice.
"Congratulations, the Billboard singles chart is out, 'Stay' is number two, breaking the record."
Second place...
This is actually a pretty good result.
But they all thought they could win the championship, so when they heard the news, they couldn't help feeling a little regretful.
After seeing the result, Zhou Yiyang frowned.
He was quite skeptical about this result.
"Is it really only second place?" Zhou Yiyang sent a message to Guan Fei: "Please help me check how many songs have changed between the final ranking and the predicted ranking."
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