May 16, 1995 was an ordinary day.

However, relatively speaking, this day is not so ordinary for Chen Qiming.

On this day, the third first song of his new album "Eternity" officially landed on major radio stations around the world.

The first debut of this album is undoubtedly the theme song of "Red Fan Zone", "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark".

After this song was released in North America in the Red Fan Zone, it was logged on to major radio stations in North America, and with the help of the film influence of the Red Fan Zone, it was ranked 86th on the North American radio list.

Not a big fire, but a small fire.

And although this song has long been logged into major radio stations, it has not been released, and now it is perfect to put it on a new album.

The second first song is "Dream It Possible", the theme song of the World Championships is very popular in Europe and the United States, after logging into the radio station at the end of May, it lasted more than ten days, and now it has also successfully entered the radio chart, ranking higher, ranking 43.

Both highly sung songs will be included in one album, which naturally attracts the attention of many European and American listeners.

Many people have been waiting for the release of Chen Qiming's new album.

However, what people didn't expect was that they didn't wait for the album, but they waited for another song from the album.

《Lonely》

Yes, it is the song "Lonely" sung by Chen Qiming and Warner's first sister Madonna.

The reason why this song was released first is not because this song is the best quality on the album.

The main reason is still for publicity.

What is the purpose of the first song?

Isn't it just to attract the attention of fans, let fans know that there is such an album, and then go to the video store to buy the album!

And the promotional significance of this song is definitely very large.

It is a chorus song by Chen Qiming, the most popular newcomer Wang last year, and the most popular big sister Madonna in Europe and the United States.

The so-called strong alliance is talking about this song.

When Warner released the news that "Lonely" sung by Chen Qiming and Madonna was officially launched on major radio stations, the whole Europe and the United States suddenly boiled.

It should be said or not, Madonna's influence in Europe and the United States is definitely very strong.

It is not an exaggeration to say that she is now known to everyone in Europe and the United States.

Driven by her fame, after the song "Lonely" landed on the radio, it immediately ushered in a large wave of on-demand.

In just one day, the song skyrocketed on the charts of major radio stations in the United States, and in New York and San Francisco, it ranked in the top 20 in one day.

And that's just a day.

The next day, the word-of-mouth of the song also began to spread gradually.

Under the word-of-mouth and Warner's crazy publicity, the song directly landed in the third place on the New York radio chart the next day.

And that's not the final result.

In the next few days, the song continued to gain momentum, and its ranking on major charts continued to rise.

On the 19th, this song was the 21st on the overall radio chart in the United States for the first time in history.

In four days, it appeared on the overall list of European and American radio stations, and ranked 21st.

This is definitely a very scary achievement.

The overall U.S. radio charts are somewhat similar to Treasure Island's Voice of Asia radio charts.

The songs on the charts are taken from all the charts in the United States.

The general list is released at a similar time to the Billboard, which is released on Mondays.

This list is arranged in purely on-demand data.

It's no exaggeration to say that if you can make it to the top 100 radio stations and have good sales results, then Billboard is not far away.

Of course, those who brush on-demand data are counted separately.

The reason why the radio list is not as authoritative as the bulletin board is that it is too easy to swipe votes.

Because the scope of its statistics is all stations.

If the record company wants to promote the singer, it will brush the charts.

This also makes the authority of this list not so respected.

Chen Qiming and Madonna's "Lonely" was parachuted into the top 25 of the radio charts in less than a week, and the news attracted a lot of attention in North America.

Influenced by the news, many fans have quietly set their sights on video stores, intending to buy one after the release of this record.

However, there are pros and cons.

Because the speed of the list is too fast, this makes many media and American singers think that Chen Qiming is swiping data.

[This is definitely a brush data!] I can guarantee it! 】

[This Chinese is crazy! ] I've long heard that Asian singers like to brush data, but I didn't expect them to come to the United States]

[If you can play, you can have fun, and if you can't play, you can get out!] 】

Smack......

In New York, USA, in the hotel, Chen Qiming is flipping through the newspaper.

Newspapers were full of negative news about him.

I haven't been hacked for a long time, and seeing so much black news about myself makes Chen Qiming a little annoyed, and he can't help but slam the newspaper on the ground.

Seeing that Chen Qiming was in a bad mood, Li Xiaowen, who brought the newspaper over to Chen Qiming, didn't dare to take a breath, and asked in a low voice:

"Do you want me to contact Warner and ask them to figure it out?"

Li Xiaowen was originally from Fulong Company.

Because Chen Qiming was used to her being his assistant, after returning to Baodao from the mainland this time, he found Ge Fuhong and asked Li Xiaowen to continue to serve as his assistant.

"Hoo ......"

Taking a deep breath, Chen Qiming shook his head, "No! I can't hold it down! Someone's messing with me! ”

Although angry, Chen Qiming also understands that news like this cannot be suppressed at all.

It is not spontaneous news at all.

Behind this is definitely the other big record companies in North America pushing behind.

Obviously, Chen Qiming's new album has three consecutive songs, which makes other record companies anxious.

The record market is like the film market.

It has limits.

If you sell one more record, I may sell one less.

With the prestige of Chen Qiming's new record, this record is about to take off as soon as it looks like it.

Those enemies of Warner Records, the opponents they are about to face, obviously do not want to see Chen Qiming take off.

"That ......"

Li Xiaowen picked up the newspaper and hesitated: "Don't you just care about it?" ”

smiled, Chen Qiming didn't speak.

He thought of Hong Kong and Taiwan.

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, before some stars release records or movies, the companies behind them will make various appearances of artists attract attention in the news.

He thinks that the current situation may also translate to this type of propaganda.

Black and red are also red.

As long as the quality of your records is not bad, when the records are sold, these black news will naturally be broken.

On the contrary, if he explains and presses the news now, I am afraid that it will be self-defeating and make people feel that he has really brushed it.

"Call Warner Records and tell them to leave the news alone! The publicity plan was changed to offline publicity.

I'm going to sing! As long as the listeners listen to the songs, I don't believe anyone will be immune to this album! ”

For his album, Chen Qiming has a very strong self-confidence.

With so many pop hits coming together, he doesn't believe that anyone will not like it after listening to it.

He's going to use data, with sales, to slap these people who hack him in the face.

Didn't you say I swiped the data?

Sales can't be faked!

As long as the sales go up, supplemented by on-demand data, the Billboard Top 100 list is simply a breeze.

When the time comes, see who still says that he brushes the data.

……

Bang bang bang......

A violent knock on the door woke Marshall from his dream.

The wooden trailer door crumbled with a violent knock, as if it was about to collapse in the next moment.

"Bruce, it's time for you to get out, damn it, Greg is coming, he doesn't want to see you!"

A hoarse roar came from outside the door, and Marshall couldn't help but clench his fists.

He's not targeting his mom.

His mother was a very nice person, and even though he was an adult, she still let him take him in when he didn't have a place to live.

He was annoyed by his mother's Greg.

He was his own classmate.

At the same time, this guy is also his mom's boyfriend.

His classmate became his mother's boyfriend, and he had sex with his mother every day, as long as Marshall could understand that feeling.

But there was nothing he could do.

His family was so poor that the family could only live in a trailer.

Mom hooked up with Greg in the dance hall in order to make a good living.

It is said that Greg has a large sum of money, and his mother wants to take the opportunity to get out of the current situation.

"Marshall Bruce ......"

The roar came from outside the door again.

"Come out right away!"

Marshall let go of his fist and began to get dressed.

Bringing his own Walkman and carrying his bag, he walked out of the room.

Hugging his sister who was with his mother, he walked out of the house in silence.

Standing at the door of the trailer, he looked up at the sky.

The skies of Detroit are always dark, just like the people at the bottom who live in the city.

"One, two, three, then count to four"

"Snoopdogg and DR"

"DE is ready to go"

"We're ready to play"

"Please be careful"

……

In the headphones came the king of West Coast rap, Dr. In Dre's "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang," Marshall can't help but start shaking to the rhythm.

He is a rapper.

At least, that's what he thinks.

Although he was so nervous that he couldn't speak in front of the audience as soon as he came on stage, he became a laughing stock in this underground rap group.

But he still considers himself a rapper.

Moreover, he believes that if he has the opportunity, he will definitely become the king of the rap world.

Not only did he think so, but his friends too.

"Hey! Bruce! Do you know? I got a good song!

Hell, this song is the sound of my soul.

It opened another door to our rap market......"

On the way, Marshall's black friends gathered.

Almost all of them go out at this point in time, and they are all on this street.

They are all rap lovers, walking and walking, they can get together, and then get together arrogantly to play rap.

As soon as one of the black friends met, he said it in his distinctive black rap tone.

"What song? Is it good to have blues singing? ”

Another black friend spoke.

"I'll admit, Bruce is a rap genius, and his rap talent is better than us black people.

But this song will definitely please you.

It has been on the radio station for less than a week, and it has already ranked 22nd on the overall radio list in North America.

Oh! Also, the female voice of this song is Madonna, Madonna!

Damn, it's hard to imagine that this guy can get Madonna's big boobs to sing with him! The black man explained in exaggerated terms.

"What song?" Marshall looked interested.

"Lonely, the creator is a yellow person.

To be honest, I was shocked when I knew that yellow people could play rap.

But this yellow man is really awesome, I checked it, he can not only rap, but also rock and blues, he is a genius.

Plus, I've heard he's also an Asian superstar.

And, you know what? This guy is only twenty-three years old.

Fack, I'm so envious! ”

"Yellow people play rap?" Hearing the black man's words, Marshall couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

Rap has always been exclusive to black people.

This is recognized by the United States.

The unique tone of black people makes them unmatched in rap.

Of course, he Marshall is an exception.

He felt like he was there to save the white rap.

When it comes to playing rap, he doesn't accept anyone.

It's just that he didn't expect that in addition to himself, there would be people of other races who played rap so slippery and actually played on the North American radio list.

The North American radio list, as an American, of course Marshall knows its gold content.

Although it has been controversial, you can't deny that all the songs that make it to this list have a huge following.

"The New York Times is saying that this song is based on data, but I don't believe it.

Are you interested, it is said that the album on which this song is located happened to be released today! ”

The black guy bared his big white teeth and looked at his friends.

"Uh...... I don't have any money! ”

"Neither do I!"

"I only have one dollar"

As soon as they heard his words, everyone immediately turned bitter.

Marshall touched his wallet, and couldn't help but grit his teeth, he only had five dollars in his body.

But, this money is his food money.

"If we really want Anger to say it, then I think it's worth buying a tape!

Why don't we get together and buy one first, and if it's good, then figure it out? ”

Someone suggested.

"That's it!"

After discussion, the group decided to pool the money to buy one first.

If it doesn't sound good, it should be given to the damned capitalists, but if it sounds good, they will find a way to buy one by one.

After the discussion, the group went straight to the video store.

【Anywhere you are, I am near】

【Anywhere you go, I'll be thereNo matter where you go, I will walk with you】

【Anytime you whisper my name, you'll see】

……

As soon as they arrived at the door of the video store, everyone was attracted by the singing in the sound of the video store.

Everyone looked at each other.

One of the black men hesitated, "I like this song, or shall we buy it?" ”

Marshall also nodded reflexively, this song is very catchy, and he also thinks it is the best thing to buy this song.

They're all rap lovers, but they listen to pop music just as well.

When Anger heard this, his already swarthy face became even darker.

Although the song was good, he still liked the song "Lonely".

But the money was made up by everyone, and he couldn't ignore everyone's opinions.

Therefore, he could only go up and ask the boss with a painful face.

"Boss, whose song is playing, is there a tape? Get me one! ”

The owner of the video store is black.

Well, most of the people who dare to open stores in this area are black, and they are the kind of people with gang backgrounds.

The black boss looked up, showing his big white teeth, "Eternal, an album of yellow people, this guy also won the Grammy for Best New Talent last year!" ”

Hearing this, Ange couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Is it the yellow man who sang "Lonely"?" ”

"You know Lonely, too? The kid has a good taste, and this rap is really good.

I think it won't be long before he's going to be popular in our neighborhood! ”

When the boss heard Ange's words, he immediately showed the look of a fellow practitioner.

He rummaged through the shelves and found a tape, "Five dollars!" ”

"Fack, Fack! Brothers, this song is sung by that Asian, OMG, this Asian is too awesome! In addition to "Lonely", there are other good songs on the album.

Also, I've heard that there are two other songs on the album that are in the top 100 on the radio charts.

Hurry up, everyone who has the money to get the money quickly, I can guarantee that the price of this record tape will definitely increase in a few days.

If the price goes up, we will definitely make it! ”

Anger quickly ran out of the video store, and then said to Marshall and the others in a suppressed voice.

(End of chapter)