Alex Needham, editor-in-chief of NME Music Magazine: Spike zhou: The Chinese who conquered the United States

Chris Ax, Rolling Stone Magazine: "One of the most incredible albums of the 21st century: The Attitude Show"

Sal Cinquemani, reporter for the American online publication Slant magazine: "A man born to be a winner – a musical cowboy from the Far East!" 》

Edna Gunderson, longtime music critic for USA Today: "A Day in American Pop History: Our Castle Has Fallen!" 》

Entertainment Weekly reporter David Brown: "Spike zhou, a rampant man"

《……》

A situation that countless musicians had never imagined before became a reality under Warner's extremely official notice.

What followed was an increasingly heated discussion about Zhou Yi -

Disdainful, abusive, adoring, loving, passing by.

This day is destined to be a day that belongs only to Zhou Yi.

And in the corner where only a few people pay attention, Canadian female singer Avril Lavigne is looking at the freshly released list in a daze at the moment-

A week ago, on the B chart, her single "Complicated" was No. 51;

After her extreme efforts - trying to basically sleep only about five hours a day, and the rest of the time is either running for publicity or on the way to publicity, the song "Complicated" managed to rise to No. 56 on the singles chart.

Proper reverse ranking.

The punk girl, who was still a few months away from turning eighteen, was a little nervous - biting her lip aggrievedly, trying to blink her eyes so that she would not lose her pearls.

According to the normal data settlement, she should be able to make it to the top 40 this week.

But there was a Zhou Yi who didn't make any sense-

In the beginning, only two songs were airborne on the chart, but now the entire album is on the list.

Then, because Zhou Yi advanced too violently, the songs in front of the queue were also squeezed down, and those songs that moved down step by step squeezed her down, who was struggling to move forward......

What is this?

She didn't understand, she didn't understand why God had interrupted her struggle by allowing such a horrible man to come out of nowhere, at the beginning of her career.

No way! I'm not convinced!

The punk girl in smoky makeup picked up her microphone again, vowing to kill it again-

I can still run publicity! My songs are actually doing well, and my albums are selling well!

The future is promising!

"Look, Warner announces Spike's global sales!"

Avril, who hadn't taken two steps, was called back by her agent, ready to find out the real situation of this man.

Because of the delay in the statistics and docking of Asian channels, Warner, which had not been able to combine the first-day sales in Asia in a timely manner, took advantage of today's pleasing day to show all the achievements of Zhou Yi -

"The Attitude Show" sold 126,425 copies on the first day in Japan and 64,646 copies on the first day in Korea;

China sold 453,794 on the first day, including more than 156,000 in Taiwan, 53,000 in Hong Kong, 30,000 in Macau, and more than 210,000 in the mainland.

Thanks to the fact that this World Cup is held in Japan and South Korea, Zhou Yi's new album is almost overwhelmingly promoted in several East Asian countries, and his performance at the closing ceremony of the World Cup made his album's first-day sales reach a high point-

The total sales of China, Japan and South Korea together on the first day were more than 640,000 copies.

Counting the sales of 120,000 and 120,000 in countries such as Singapore and Malaysia, and the sales of several thousand or hundreds in Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and other countries, the total number of sales exceeded 720,000 on the first day in Asia.

In Asia, a big box warehouse that belongs to him, Zhou Yi, who almost enjoys the benefits of the World Cup in Japan and South Korea alone, also eats a lot of money.

Coupled with the more than 600,000 first-day sales in Europe and the United States combined, plus the scattered in other regions, the actual first-day sales of Zhouyi, which was full of exposure before the release of the album, directly exceeded 1.4 million copies on the first day.

Although the high sales brought by this exposure belong to the follow-up of overdraft, it undoubtedly makes Zhouyi's book data look better more than 100 times.

"As I said, I came to the United States to be number one.

"So, I'm here tonight to announce to you in advance that I've won the weekly championship, and I don't think anyone will have a problem, right?"

Wednesday, July 10th, night, Warner Celebration.

When Zhou Yi lifted the trophy, which symbolized the certification of the American platinum record, none of the reporters in the audience could say anything to refute it, even if it was only Wednesday.

Because no one can threaten Zhouyi's championship this week, because the strongest second place this week has sold half of Zhouyi's sales as of today.

In other words, even if this trend continues, Zhou Yi may still win the championship!

Journalists at this moment miss Eminem, who released a new album a month ago — and despite his controversy, he is the only artist whose album has sold more than Zhou Yi in the first week in North America so far this year: 1.3 million copies.

"Just one week after the album's release, it achieved a true double platinum certification for global record sales! The total sales volume of the first day of the world + North America exceeded more than 2.4 million copies in one week!

"The first person in the history of Chinese pop singers!"

When Warners was still holding a celebration party, Sohu news was released one after another with exclusive online reports, and domestic public opinion also exploded in an instant-

"I count the cheapest $22.9 that an album is bought by Americans, which means that in seven days, Zhou Yi's album alone earned at least $24 million in the United States?!"

"! Zhou Yi is getting more and more excessive, he earned 100 million last time in more than two months, and this time he is guaranteed to earn 100 million a week? He didn't print money as fast as he did! ”

"Monday billion is really not wrong, this is the real Monday billion......"

“……”

Zhou Yi's fans are honored with honor, as if the money earned by Zhou Yi can divide them in half, and from time to time they popularize the gold content of the Billboard album chart to lock in the weekly champion in advance.

The two women who have received the most obvious benefits in this turmoil, Stefanie Sun and Fan Bingbin, have also grown up visibly with the naked eye - especially Fan Bingbin, the heroine of "Baby".

In China, or around the world, the most popular song on Zhou Yi's album is not "yes", which is the highest ranked in many countries and ranked 24th on Billboard, but "Baby" at No. 29 on Billboard and "Good Time" at No. 37.

A MV abroad may not matter, but under the hype of Fan Bingbin's agent Chen Shufen, Fan Bingbin, who just played a MV heroine, has become an international star whose international reputation can be compared to Zhang Ziyi, and those who don't know think she won the Oscar;

As for Sun Yanzi, who has been forced to work under Chen Zeshan's control since Zhou Yi left, and can no longer squat at home in Macabaka, she just wants to call Zhou Yi now and tell him one thing-

"Come back to the old lady!! Chen Zeshan has already started to plan my international debut, and he has even started to help me test the waters in the market! ”

During this time, I can be regarded as seeing Zhou Yi's tired appearance on TV that can't be covered up by makeup, and Sun Yanzi, who is very worried about whether her physique can resist it, launched a sonic attack on the phone, and Zhou Yi, who was recuperating in a bath, scratched her ears-

"International debut, international debut, don't worry, if you can't get along, I will reluctantly make it difficult for you to get you."

Zhou Yi, who was comfortable, sneered: "When the time comes, I will give you two sounds and a note next to you, and make money for the two of us." ”

"Why can't it be you singing and I'll paddle?"

The imperial capital, Stefanie Sun's house.

Sun Yanzi, who was still rolling on the bed with a pillow, immediately sat up straight and asked her soul.

Zhou Yi pursed his lips disdainfully: "Do you like to sing or not, there are many female singers who want to sing with me now." ”

“……”

It makes sense.

Sun Yanzi found that with her sharp teeth and cleverness, there was no way to refute it.

The song "Good Time" directly made her the most envied and jealous female singer in the Chinese music circle.

This is a song that is enough to be used as an endowment insurance.

And as time went by, when the song "Baby" began to explode around the world, Fan Bingbin, as the heroine, did not receive any role dividends internationally. But in China, after Chen Shufen's hype, her fame is comparable to that of a first-line movie actress!

"Lost! I hate it! ”

Hong Kong, Choi Cheuk-yin's home.

Cai Zhuoyan, who saw the news, slapped her thigh with regret: "I should have left him directly that night!" ”

She also wants to be very popular!

"When he comes back, will you try with him again?" Gillian, who was eating potato chips on the side, blinked and asked tentatively.

Midnight!

(End of chapter)