That's right, THE SUN is on fire!

It's so unforeseen, it's unbelievable, it's a band from Asia, and it's all about what it can achieve.

However, they did.

They became record-setters.

The first Asian singer to win the number one single on the UK Weekly Singles Chart!

The first Asian band to sell 300,000 singles in the first week in Europe and the United States!

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While achieving a breakthrough of zero, THE SUN and "e Are Young" have attracted the attention of the entire British music scene.

In the magazine, NME called THE SUN "the light of an Asian band" and pointed out that the song "e Are Young" has all the ingredients for a big hit.

Another famous British music magazine, Q, also set aside two pages to introduce THE SUN and the song "e Are Young".

The Guardian, which is known as one of the three major British newspapers along with The Times and The Daily Telegraph, briefly introduced THE SUN, a band from Asia, in the famous column "band of the day".

This column is a column specially used by the Guardian to introduce some new generation bands, and the independent bands that have been on this column will basically become popular after half a year, without exception.

It is conceivable that the discernment of this column...

Now, THE SUN can be on this column, which proves that the Guardian is also very optimistic about their future.

In addition to selling more than 300,000 physical records, the sales of "e Are Young" on digital downloads are even more surprising.

Over 100,000 downloads in the first week!

In the record market in 2008, even though the impact of digital downloads on physical records was very large, physical records were still strong in Europe and the United States, and there were few singles that downloaded more than physical records.

However, being able to download and sell 100,000 in the first week is also a result that is not inferior to first-class European and American singers.

You know, the British band Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" has only sold more than 200,000 digital downloads in the United States...

As a result, digital downloads combined with physical sales, the song "e Are Young" sold 400,000 copies in its first week!!

This single of THE SUN can be described as a "big hit".

Britain is arguably the proudest country in Europe.

It may still be immersed in the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets, which has led to the explosion of self-confidence of the people...

Every Englishman has the blood of pride in their bones, they are like penguins, neatly dressed, standing straight, with a pair of "I am a gentleman and I am proud" eyes, looking at everything.

Especially people and things from Asia, they seem to be more stinky.

However, an Asian band from the Far East, in their language, sang a song that moved them.

The charm of music is undoubtedly revealed at this moment.

Although it may be a little awkward inside, the British public is still curious about this Asian band that speaks fluent British accent and sings indie rock.

And curiosity led them all to take out their wallets and obediently buy a single from THE SUN through various channels.

As a result, I was fascinated by the song "e Are Young", which is full of power and passion.

The BBC, major music magazines, and famous musicians have all made THE SUN a band that has made it famous.

No, even the UK's most popular talk show, "The Graham Norton Sho" (The Graham Norton Sho) also invited THE SUN.

Graham Norton has always been known for his humor, and in the show he also makes jokes about the stars, all kinds of games, telling jokes, although the jokes are humorous but not vulgar at all, and they are also very suitable for all ages.

Therefore, this is also the reason why many celebrities are very fond of coming to visit.

Originally, with the status and popularity of THE SUN, it was not enough to be on such a British national program, but, who called THE SUN behind Sony...

Seeing that THE SUN's start in the UK was so smooth, Soda immediately arranged various programs for THE SUN to continue to increase exposure in order to sell more singles.

This is also Sony's usual strategy, taking advantage of the fire, taking advantage of the victory to pursue, tossing to death!

Sony Dafa is good!!

On the show, Kiyoshi Sakamoto still performed well.

There's no way, among the three, only he can handle English, he can't behave well, do you still let those two guys who sit on the side, smirk and nod from time to time?

No kidding!

Just with the two of them in Japanese broken English?

Obviously, the program team also knew about it, so many questions were thrown to Kiyoshi Sakamoto as the leader.

An episode of The Graham Norton Sho usually has three guests, and sometimes there may be four.

These guests usually consist of a well-known public figure, a comedian, and a well-known musician.

Usually the guest introduction is after the host's opening monologue, and sometimes he will introduce the musician after the performance in the last 10 to 15 minutes of the talk show.

In the short ten-minute program, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was not afraid to use a fluent British accent to talk and laugh with the host, and also performed a song on the spot, which has become famous all over the world.

Especially when the host and the audience learned that this song "I'm Yours" turned out to be his 14-year-old work, the scene of the program recording was full of exclamations.

They could never have imagined how a 14-year-old Asian boy could compose such a high-quality English song as "I'm Yours".

Moreover, the best-selling song "e Are Young" is also his work...

Also, when they knew that Kiyoshi Sakamoto had become the chief student of Japan's No. 1 university at the age of 15 and was proficient in seven Chinese languages, they couldn't hide their deep surprise in their eyes.

This issue of "The Graham Norton Sho" really brought THE SUN, an Asian band, into the eyes of the British people.

The people of the corrupt country who have watched this episode of the show know that among this young band called THE SUN, there is an 18-year-old musical creation genius named "KIYO"

As a country that has produced many great rock bands, the popularity of rock 'n' roll in the UK is even more pronounced than in any other country.

After all, the names of bands such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Oasis, etc., are enough to make the British proud.

As a result, even rock bands from Asia are popular with many fans in the UK.

Of course, in the final analysis, it's because the song "e Are Young" is so good.

After two weeks of promotion in the UK, THE SUN flew to the other side of the Atlantic, the United States, with the title of Asia's first British singles chart weekly singer and a cumulative efficiency of 700,000 albums in two weeks!

There, there are many music fans, waiting for their arrival...

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On July 6th, the release day of "e Are Young", while THE SUN was recording a radio program, major record stores in New York, USA, released a new single.

The name is "e Are Young".

Within a week, highly recommended by Rolling Stone and NME magazines, as well as the publicity of Coldplay, Taylor, Avril Lavigne and others, "e Are Young" sold a staggering 100,000 copies in its first week, even without much upfront publicity!

The number of digital downloads also reached 50,000.

This result also broke the record of Asian singer's singles sales in the first week in the United States, and the record that was broken was exactly the 50,000 copies created by Kiyoshi Sakamoto's "I'm Yours".

When he learned the news, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also joked, "It's a little strange to break your own record... ”

Not only that, the sales of 150,000 copies are enough for THE SUN to directly parachute into the top 20 of the BillBoard HOT100, ranking 16th!

Become the first Asian singer to have a top 20 single on the BillBoard HOT100!

The British and American music scenes have always influenced each other, and the brilliant achievements of THE SUN in the UK have also affected the sales of "e Are Young" in the United States.

In a good situation, Sony also increased the publicity of "e Are Young", so that the sales of this single in the United States in the second week did not decrease but increased, and the physical plus digital downloads sold nearly 200,000 copies!

In the BillBoard HOT100 rankings moved up again, moving up to 12th place...

This is already the highest ranking of the Japanese music scene on the US Billboard charts in addition to the ancient god Sakamoto Ku!

Ayumi Hamazaki, Hikaru Utada, B'z and other Japanese masters have not achieved feats, but now, they have been achieved by the young band THE SUN, with an average age of only 19.5 years old.

This not only made Sony informative, but also urged THE SUN to fly over from the UK to carry out the second round of single promotion.

At this critical time, the three of Sakamoto Kiyoshi set foot on American soil...

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July 21st.

New York, the most prosperous Manhattan.

Crosby Street Hotel.

In the room, Sakamoto Qing was paralyzed on the soft bed, and he didn't have the slightest intention of moving.

In the past two weeks, he has been promoting the band everywhere in the UK, and even an energetic young man like Kiyoshi Sakamoto can't bear it.

No, just got off the plane, after dividing the hotel room, Sakamoto Kiyoshi lay on the bed, let the luggage be like this, put it on the ground...

Bell bell bell!

However, it was at this time that the phone rang mischievously.

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Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who didn't want to answer, was forced to stretch out a hand by the mobile phone that rang persistently, picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table, and put it to his ear.

"Moxie Moxi?"

"Qing, you get ready, we're going to leave for the company right about to discuss the promotion of the next single. On the phone, it was Uncle Ishida's familiar voice.

"Oh. ”

After answering lightly, Kiyoshi Sakamoto put the phone back on the bedside table and lay down again, without the slightest intention of getting up.

A few minutes later, he slowly got up from the bed, changed into a white shirt and a black suit, and stood in front of the bathroom mirror.

A smile suddenly appeared on the tired face in the mirror.

"Next, it's the United States... ”