Chapter 109: It's Not Science!

Zhou Yan's ability to sing and her voice characteristics have made her one of the most anticipated female singers in the domestic music scene. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The love affair between the two has been many years since the blatant war began, during which Liao Liao released several albums, and even went to the United States, becoming the first world-class superstar in China, He Runqing, Rose Power, etc., have also won Li Qian's praise, creating a big situation in today's music scene, but in the past few years, Zhou Yan has only one work by Li Qian, and it is also a chorus!

Because of this, Zhou Yan's new album, which will be directed by Li Qian, is highly anticipated.

Originally, there was a lot of distribution and publicity, TV stations, radio stations, newspapers, including magazine covers and interviews, and even watches and cosmetics endorsed by Zhou Yan were ready to take the opportunity to hold a small show, on the one hand, to build momentum for Zhou Yan's new album, and on the other hand, to attract a wider range of media attention.

But all of this was directly canceled by Li Qian because of Zhou Yan's sudden pregnancy.

The new album was released, and Zhou Yan did not participate in any publicity.

As far as the domestic music scene is concerned, there was only one Li Qian before, and the four beauty bands with Li Qian as the lead singer played like this, and other singers of all sizes, including Liao Liao, must have gone out to run some programs to increase sales for the album before and after the album was released.

Now, Zhou Yan is a husband and wife, and she has learned from Li Qian.

But I have to say that this is really in line with Zhou Yan's own temperament, so she didn't even refuse, she just nodded and agreed, very happy!

Of course, there are certainly complaints.

It's all about things that have been agreed, if you can't come, you won't come, the schedule is okay to say, the key is that for people, it is also a very important thing for Zhou Yan to get her appearance during the release of the new album, which is already invested in human favor to operate, and the producer must have hollowed out his mind to prepare, and invested a certain amount of manpower, material resources and time costs.

As a result, it was canceled when it was said to be canceled, which hurt a little.

Fortunately, no one had a seizure, no one said anything, first, Minghu Culture promised to give all kinds of compensation in all aspects, such as the next new album of Zhou Ye and Wang Nanhao, and then Wang Jingxue and Xie Bing's solo albums, all of which gave priority to everyone who missed the appointment, and for example, the vacant schedule, He Wei, Xie Mingyuan and Zou Wenhuai could help make up for some, and even Wang Huaiyu took the initiative to help take over the two programs and do interviews.

Second, Minghu Culture is now a giant in the domestic music scene, and although Minghu Culture itself is easily unwilling to offend various media, it does not have much confidence to directly break with Minghu Culture.

In short, everyone was a little unhappy in their hearts, and the matter passed like this.

It's been a busy week, and it's been a week of great concern.

The top and bottom of Minghu Culture are so busy that their feet do not touch the ground, and the dealers and distributors who have signed distribution agreements with Minghu Culture across the country are also busy to the ground.

But this busyness will not cause people to complain in the slightest, and everyone is happy.

Even, before the week passed, a lot of news had quietly spread in the distribution circle and the circle of record companies.

Minghu Culture began to distribute goods to the whole country last Tuesday, but on Tuesday of this week, "Red Beans" had just been on the market for two days, and that night Minghu Culture actually urgently seconded a batch of wagons and started the second round of distribution!

And it is said that there are many places across the country where "Red Beans" will be sold out in an instant!

Not to mention that on the first day of the album's release, the large and small speakers in the streets and alleys across the country have collectively changed to this album, and the whole country has sung "Red Beans".

Because of this, many magazines, newspapers, variety shows, radio stations, etc., including a large number of freelance writers and music critics, have already turned out all the past materials of Dongguan Bookstore in advance, and began to prepare materials for the next programs or drafts.

The first best-selling album in the first week of the history of Dongguan Bookstore is "Once You", the birth of this record is the right time and place, with strong particularity, this is about not to be considered, followed by Li Qian himself, Liao Liao again, and rose power again. The best-selling records in the second week of listing are the Four Beauties, Li Qian, He Runqing, Liao Liao, and Rose Power.

The "Once You Was" of the four beauty bands reached the top, with more than 140,000 tickets in the first week, no one can match it, but Liao Liao's highest first-week record is more than 40,000 tickets, and this one still has to be fought for.

Considering Zhou Yan's last album "Witch's Tears" Without Li Qian's addition, the first week has reached 27,963 copies, and during the hot selling period of that album, the highest sales data came from the second week, which was 33,168 copies, so this time with Li Qian's bonus, and the quality of the album itself is indeed so good, plus although Zhou Yan did not come out to do any publicity, the evaluation of this album across the country is a one-sided praise, so many people presume the first week sales of this album in Dongguan Bookstore to be around 40,000 copies!

A little higher, maybe more than 40,000, or even a look at 50,000, breaking the second place record held by Liao Liao, and a little lower, it should also be around 35,000 copies.

Everyone in the industry sat together and chatted occasionally, and most of them had an attitude of approval of this inference, and as they talked, they couldn't help but talk about Zhou Yan's willfulness over the years -- Li Qian and Zhou Yan, the first four thousand Zhang and Shang, they deserved it! Even those who competed directly against each other could not have any feelings of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

So, under such circumstances, on Monday, July 4, Dongguan Bookstore's record sales list was released on time. And as soon as this list was released, it immediately blew up the entire entertainment industry!

121627 sheets in the first week!

Many people stared at the simple six-figure figure with wide eyes, and couldn't believe it for several minutes - "Once You" borrowed the ten-minute momentum of the Spring Festival Gala, coupled with Li Qian's reputation, and the accumulation of fans of the last album of the four beauty bands, so it soared, but before and after the launch of "Red Beans", Zhou Yan never even showed her face!

Dongguan Bookstore ranked second in the first week's best-selling record!

It is three times that of Liao Liao's best-selling "Woman Flower"!

The whole record world was shocked!

The sales of the album itself are only one of them, and the most important thing is that the album was mediocre when it was released, which made everyone feel that its popularity was not enough to support this level of sales!

But it just sold so much!

As soon as the sales list came out, many reporters contacted the head office of Dongguan Bookstore for the first time, and interviewed a deputy general manager of Dongguan Bookstore, and the other party personally confirmed that the data was correct, and every sales volume, within Dongguan Bookstore, has sales data that can be queried!

As soon as the news came out, there was no doubt about it now!

All that's left in everyone's minds is surprise!

The album "Red Bean" is good, especially for many professionals, this album is simply perfect to the point of flawlessness, textbook-level, palace-level, these titles, you can greet it with confidence, and you will not feel any suspicion of beauty. But here's the thing, what music critics rated as perfect doesn't necessarily mean that it's really popular with fans!

To a certain extent, the tastes and judging criteria of music critics are very different from those of fans!

There is a precedent that good things can't be sold at a good price, but there is!

So, word of mouth doesn't mean anything!

And what can provide a counter-example is that "The First Experience of Love", which was attacked by almost the entire music critics and music circles two months ago, although it was extremely controversial, did not delay it at all!

Besides, the reason why Zhou Yan's "Red Bean" is highly praised by music critics is of course because all ten songs on this album are of the top level in terms of lyrics, music, arrangement, production and singing, but there is another factor that cannot be ignored - the overall style of this album is a bit cold!

It's not surprising that Zhou Yan's previous path has always been cold and cold, which on the one hand limits her acceptance by more fans and limits sales, while on the other hand, it easily elevates her as a singer - what is not easy to approach is called a goddess!

When it came to this "Red Bean", although Li Qian did it for her, Li Qian did not bring too much fireworks to her new work, but instead made this whole album raise the level on the basis of Zhou Yan's original, becoming more cold and more non-cannibalistic!

This kind of style, whether it is music critics or within the music industry, many people are so fascinated that they don't want it, but in the final analysis, for the vast majority of ordinary fans, it still has a sense of distance. Therefore, Zhou Yan's previous treatment has always been a word-of-mouth in the critic circle and the music industry, but the sales after the album was released have never reached the level of popularity.

I thought that this "Red Bean" should also follow this route in general!

Even, although everyone loves and is extremely optimistic about this album in their hearts, when evaluating its sales and positioning in their hearts, they still subconsciously think that as long as this album can continue the results of "Tears of the Witch", it will not be a failure!

After all, it's really cold, and the old saying is not grounded!

But who would have thought that it would sell more than 120,000 copies in its first week?

And that's not all!

On Wednesday, July 6, the Voice of China Radio's golden song on-demand chart was released, which once again shocked the entire record industry!

In the past week, that is, the first week of the release of "Red Bean", all ten songs of this album were on the list - although after the revision, the Voice of China's golden song on-demand list has changed from the original only recording the top 10 to extracting the top 30 to make the list, but that change has little significance to Zhou Yan's "Red Bean", except for proving that her only two works that did not enter the top ten are still strong!

Yes, among the top 10 on the Voice of China's golden song on-demand list, "Red Bean" occupies eight seats!

And even the two songs that did not enter the top 10 are also ranked 11th and 14th respectively, and they are only one step away from being on the list!

This has not happened in a long time!

When this first appeared in the domestic music scene, the Feixiang Band, He Runqing, and Liu Mingliang all achieved that an album had four songs enter the top ten at the same time, and Liao Liao's debut album "Liao Liao" historically rewrote this record to five songs on the list at the same time - that was five years ago in 1995!

In the following year or two, Li Qian successively produced "Sister and Sister Stand Up" and "The Boy on the Other Side Looks" for Wuxing Wusu, and "The Sound of the Waves Remains" for Liao Liao. Those three albums, at that time, were simply gods blocking and killing gods, and Buddha blocking and killing Buddhas, rewriting the record of dominating the top ten of the golden song chart again and again.

The highest score is Liao Liao's "The Sound of the Waves Remains", with nine songs dominating the list at the same time, at that time, the list at a glance, all with Liao Liao's name written, looks spectacular, and intimidating!

After Li Qian's studio and Minghu Culture were established successively, that is, Liao Liao's "Grateful Heart" and He Runqing's "Dream Chaser" were listed successively, although these two albums have refreshed the domestic record sales record again and again, and they are all popular nationwide and even in Asia, but on the Voice of China's golden song on-demand list, it is difficult to regain its prosperity, at least a downward curve.

The highest record of "Grateful Heart" is that eight songs are on the list at the same time, and "Dream Chaser" is six, and at that time, the record industry is developing rapidly and competition is intensifying, and the time they spend on the list is not as good as before - the so-called hegemony is more about sales, not the golden song on-demand list!

Later, to the "Fake Monk" of the Four Great Beauty Bands, to Liao Liao's "Woman Flower" and He Runqing's "The Price of Love", this trend of dominating the list is weakening day by day, and the first album "Super-Star" of Rose Power is a big hit, but at most six songs are on the list at the same time.

To put it simply, no matter how powerful Li Qian is, no matter how awesome the songs in his hand are, but so many top musicians in China are not dry, at the beginning, Li Qian's works in his hands have a strong first-mover advantage and have a trend-leading role, which is of course a big kill! But after the domestic musicians are stimulated, even if the overall response is slow, there is a work of two or three years, it is enough to progress to a certain extent!

The works in Li Qian's hands and his production are still golden signs, and good songs are still good songs, but that kind of monopoly situation can no longer appear.

In fact, in recent years, a considerable number of singers represented by Li Xinru, Huang Yuqing, Zheng Guofeng and others have become popular one after another, and in addition to Li Qian's faction, the domestic music scene will also emerge one or two amazing new albums or new works every once in a while!

Li Qian, as well as the singers of the Minghu cultural series, still stand at the peak of the music world, overlooking all living beings, but the music world is no longer the self-styled music scene in 1995.

Therefore, when discussing the restructuring of the golden song on-demand list, there was a wave of discussion in the industry, and in many programs, some guests have said this problem with certainty: The current music scene is no longer the time for Li Qian to dominate the world alone! The golden song on-demand list is a very direct feedback, even if Li Qian's "Once You" is popular to that extent, that is, six songs dominate the top ten!

Why?

Because other people, other singers, are also getting stronger and stronger!

Therefore, the consensus in the industry: no one can dominate the golden song on-demand list anymore! Even if it is Li Qian, Liao Liao, He Runqing, Rose Power, the four beauty bands, or Zhao Xinfu, Zheng Guofeng, Huang Yuqing, they can achieve four to five songs on the list at the same time, it is already a bull fork!

If six songs can be on the list at the same time, it is estimated that only Li Qian or Liao Liao can have that possibility!

Mind you, it's just a possibility!

But on the contrary, less than a year has passed since this big discussion, even Li Qian's "The First Experience of Love" is so popular, only five songs were on the list at the same time in the first week, although in the second week, "William Castle" and "Indian Old Turtledove" were unexpectedly on the list, but the situation of seven songs dominating the list only lasted for a week, and by the next week, three songs withdrew from the top ten, plus the one that came up, it was still five songs in the top ten together!

It is no longer the same as Liao Liao's ability to dominate the list in the same way as the Great Purge at his peak.

What's more, this time it's Zhou Yan!

Zhou Yan's love songs have always been known for their great style, and they are the favorite of literary and artistic youths and petty bourgeoisie, but in the golden song on-demand list, there has never been any good results.

"Tears of the Witch" sold so well, it has sold eight or nine million copies so far, and it was listed that year, and the highest record was only two songs on the list at the same time! The title song "Tears of the Witch" stayed for a longer time, and the other song was only in the top ten for two weeks before it was off the list!

But now, she actually managed to have eight songs on the chart at the same time on one album?

And it's still ...... The first week?

More and more...... Such a cold to cold album!

More, moreover, but also ...... Before and after the album was released, Zhou Yan didn't even show her face!

The entire record industry, music critics' circles, and media circles have not yet recovered from the huge impact of the first-week sales of more than 120,000 copies, and they are collectively stunned when they see such a golden song on-demand chart!

This is not only unscientific, it is simply unscientific!

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