At 11 o'clock in the evening on January 21, Hong Kong time, the sky was already full of stars, the cold wind caressed, and there were basically few people on the street that was still very lively just now, only some drunks were still carrying wine bottles and staggering while drinking, making some noise.

But in New York, USA, it is only 10 a.m. (13 hours later than Beijing time), and it is also the normal business time for many large companies.

Originally, there shouldn't be many people idle watching TV during this time period, after all, it's normal working hours! But today is a bit special, although it is not a holiday, but for all music fans and fans, this day is also a major holiday.

Because, CBS TV, which is owned by CBS, will officially announce all the shortlists for the 49th Grammy Awards at 10 a.m.

So at this moment, there are many music fans and fans all over the United States and around the world waiting in front of the TV, or refreshing the Yahoo website over and over again, waiting for the official announcement of the nominees.

Among them, Stephen, who lives in Los Angeles. James is one of those waiters.

"Shit, the refresh speed of the web page is too slow, the special Yahoo actually crashed, God knows how many people are refreshing the web page at this time!"

He didn't watch TV, because he was at work, and he didn't have the conditions to watch the live broadcast at all, so he had to secretly open the homepage of the portal-Yahoo, and then refresh it frantically there, hoping to see the live text broadcast earlier, so as not to let himself continue to wait anxiously.

He was also a young man, like most young Americans. His favorite songs are rock songs. and explosive electronic dance music. It stands to reason that he should be more interested in Linkin Park, U2 or Bon. Jovi is a band, but he is not like that now, because he is a member of the website "China Tang".

"Chinese Tang" (ChineseTang), which was originally just a name for Chinese with the surname Tang, is the same as "China Li" and "China Zhou", as long as the surname Tang can be called.

But now, at least in the United States, the name "Tang in China" is being spoken. Then the first thing that comes to everyone's mind must be the Chinese star who successfully staged a super show at Madison Garden Plaza.

Yes, it's not an exaggeration, and it doesn't need to be an exaggeration!

Not to mention how eye-catching the super box office was at the beginning, it has set off huge waves and repercussions in the global entertainment industry;

Not to mention how amazing the performance was, and how many audiences went to watch it;

Just one fact, it is enough to show how well-known the three words 'Chinese Tang' are.

On November 25th, exactly one month after that show, the DVD of the super show that made countless people talk about it was finally put on sale.

This time, the sales were the same as the other artists' concert DVD sales, which were distributed in record stores across the United States, as well as Walmart and Amazon, and the DVD was produced by the Winigana show agency. The publisher is the Columbia Record of choice.

At the time, the DVD of the show was not heavily advertised before it was released. Because the Vinigana company that commissioned the distributor estimated that the sales volume was only 1 million, I felt that even advertising would not have much effect, because YouTuBe video sites would definitely soon have DVD piracy, and if you spend too much money on advertising, it would be better to hype it on the Internet, so that the cost will not increase too much, but the effect is somewhat effective.

Stephen. James remembers very well that at that time, he was only curious about Chinese Tang, not liking it at all, let alone admiring it, and it was precisely because of curiosity that he went to the record store to buy a DVD of Chinese Tang's performance to watch.

After all, many people say how shocking that performance is, especially many large newspapers and magazines are also saying good things, and they really can't watch it if they don't want to.

To his surprise, he went to several video stores in a row, and was told that they were all sold out.

Moreover, what surprised him even more was that there were many people like him, all of whom came to ask if there were any DVDs of Chinese Tang performances for sale.

What the hell!

At the time, Stephen. James was so angry that he scolded those record stores for having too few stocks, and for too many people who bought them, otherwise, he would definitely not need to spend time going around and asking, and then he was disappointed again and again, and finally he simply despaired.

Why the despair? Because he drove most of Los Angeles and asked about at least 15 video stores and a Wal-Mart store, he still didn't get the DVDs, and all the stores were sold out.

Unbelievable, really unbelievable!

Stephen cursed as he drove home, but he never dreamed that his younger brother, who was in high school, was watching a DVD at home, which happened to be the video of the Chinese Tang show.

At that moment, Stephen didn't say anything, and quickly sat down, and then his parents also came home from work, so the whole family watched the videotape.

Exactly what happened afterwards is needless to say.

Anyway, Stephen. James has been one of the big fans of the Chinese Tang since then, and his parents and younger brother are similar, at least they know why the Chinese Tang is so popular.

It can be said that their family has all fallen, and they have fallen under the infinite magic of China's big stars.

So, now that he has become a loyal fan, Stephen naturally has to do something that fans should do, which is to promote the idol's works and keep an eye on the sales of idols' works at any time!

In fact, there have been a lot of people doing the promotion work for a long time, usually on Facebook and in places like Eutubi and Yahoo, which is actually very common.

In addition, he still has work to do, so he can't do anything in promotion, so he can only copy-paste everywhere during work, which can be regarded as doing his best!

As for the status of aggregate sales. That's a lot simpler. Because the United States has an authoritative and fair statistical list. It doesn't matter if you sell records or concerts/performance DVDs, there is a public credit chart directly to check, and at most it is only a day late.

The day after Stephen became a fan of Tang China, he was surprised to find that the DVD of the performance, titled "The Amazing Tang of China", actually made it to the Billboard sales charts, selling 150,000 copies in the United States in one day, and more than 40,000 copies in the United Kingdom. Canada and Australia combined for 15,000.

This, this, this is simply a miracle!

In this era, many big-name singers release new singles and new albums, and they can only sell 600,000 copies a week, which is already a single week champion.

And if you calculate it, isn't it actually an average of more than 100,000 copies sold every day?

The average daily sales of new albums/singles are only so small, but how can a video of Tang China's performance (DVD) be so brutal? How could he be so murderous?

Because if it sells well for a week, it is likely that more than 2 million copies will be sold worldwide! That's the weekly sales of all those new singles/albums on the Billboard.

Stephen was excited, and immediately went online to check and analyze the reason. He's going to find out the real reason why his idol's performance tapes are so popular, in that case. He can better promote it!

As a result, he finally fully realized how popular the idol of Chinese Tang is in Europe and the United States, and how magical he is in the minds of young people.

The reason for the popularity of the videotape is actually very simple, that is, many people are like him, all of them buy the videotape out of curiosity, after all, who called it a month ago, those media praised this performance as the only one in the sky, the only one on earth?

What's more, many people who watched the performance told the people around them about the details of the performance that night, and also told the various magical abilities of the Chinese Tang, so many young people were attracted, and everyone naturally wanted to buy the tape and take a good look.

As the so-called gold and silver cups are not as good as the reputation of consumers, thanks to the blessing of Vinigana's careful editing and production, the performance video of China Tang is really a wonderful, anyone who buys the videotape and then watches it, then there is no one who does not give a thumbs up and praise.

Under this good starting point, "The Magic of China Tang" really became a hot-selling videotape, and many young people had to buy it and watch it with their families, and the next day, sales in the United States increased instead of falling, breaking through the 200,000 mark in one fell swoop.

At the same time, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and other countries and regions, this day is also a skyrocketing sales, the global sales of the two days together have exceeded 800,000 copies, and the United States alone has sold 370,000 copies!

Well, there is no need to say anything now, and there is no need to spend much money on advertising, because reporters across the United States have taken action, and everyone has strongly reported that the video "Magical China Tang" has broken N records, and it is estimated that the global sales of this videotape are likely to exceed 4 million, and the national sales of 2 million in the United States.

With the help of the media, the publicity effect is of course leveraged, and the third and fourth days are ...... It wasn't until the 12th day that the tape finally couldn't be sold, because there were too many pirated videos coming out, and those who were willing to buy it had already bought it.

At this time, the sales of the performance video of "Magical Chinese Tang" have already exceeded 2 million copies in the United States, and the global sales volume is close to 4.5 million copies.

Just as Stephen and other fans were cheering, a message was posted on the fan site "China Tang": China Tang's first global release album has begun to be available for pre-order, guys, we may not be able to make it rush to the billboard, because this is a Chinese record, but we can let it enter the eyes of the Grammy judges, that is, the sales can't be too small, so I hope that everyone can pre-order an album so that China Tang can come to the United States again. ”

It was from this time that Stephen had an idea in his heart, that is, he hoped to see the idol of China Tang standing on the stage of the Grammys, and he could also have the opportunity to see the magic of the idol with his own eyes.

Therefore, when the Grammy shortlist was announced, he was in a hurry, and he really wanted to hear the three words "XiaoSa.Tang" come out of the host's mouth.

So, will he be able to get his wish? (To be continued......)