China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 316 Chinese No.1, so terrifying!
At the end of April, the Taiwan Provincial Golden Melody Awards once again announced the shortlist for this year. Cao Xuan was shortlisted for multiple awards with "四" and "Chinese Style".

This is actually not unexpected, although during this period, Cao Xuan's most prominent thing was breaking into the European and American music circles.

But in fact, his achievements in the domestic and Asian music circles have been making great strides.

The two albums "四" and "Chinese Style" have maintained a certain dominance on the charts so far.

At the beginning of this month, "God of War" Adu released his first album "Dark Sky". Several songs have received good attention, especially the title song "He must love you very much", which has become popular all over the country.

At the same time, this song is also the theme song of Lu Yi and Lin Xinru's TV series "Talents and Women".

It is worth mentioning that in the original time and space, Nishinomiya Niangniang started Xiaohong through this TV series.

But now, Zeng Li is down-to-earth to be his teacher and play his heroine, there is no need to support Ruby Lin...

Adu's momentum is fierce. It is said that the album was once sold out, even Xiao Zhou was no match for him, but now, he is still looking up to Cao Xuan at the bottom of the charts and sales charts.

As of April 2002, both albums have exceeded 4 million, and "Chinese Style" has even approached 200 million.

"Four" was released two months later, and the data is slightly lower than that of "Chinese Style", but it has a strong stamina, especially in Asia, and the overall sales are better.

However, the best seller is "Chris Tsao". It sold 100 million copies in the U.S. market, and is now heading for 200 million copies, and it has almost broken 100 million copies in China.

In Asia, sales in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia are very good. The overall sales have exceeded 100 million copies. It is Cao Xuan's best-selling album in Asia (excluding the domestic market) so far.

Cao Xuan and Warner previously estimated the total sales of "Chris Tsao" to be 300-500 million, but now it seems that they underestimated the potential of the Asian market.

If it is said that Cao Xuan's former Asian king is somewhat hypocritical, the biggest market is still in the Greater China region, and the influence of Japan and South Korea is not too high.

Nowadays, the trend of English albums + billboard rankings has directly opened up the markets of the two countries.

Japanese and Korean fans may not care about Chinese kings, but they are particularly interested in Asian international "superstars". When Cao Xuan hit the bulletin boards, his exposure in Japan and South Korea was more than the sum of the previous years.

When Cao Xuan appeared on the cover of the international version of "Time Magazine" and two songs entered the top ten of the billboard, a Korean media unabashedly wrote in the headline of the news——

"(Cao Xuan), the Light of Asia! ! ! "

Not to mention Japan, Japan alone accounted for almost half of the 100 million sales of "Chris Tsao" in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia.

Cao Xuan's name has appeared in the top five of Japan's Oricon Rankings for two consecutive weeks. Even if other factors are not considered, Cao Xuan's reputation in Japan alone is calculated, and he is almost comparable to the first-tier.

In the past two months, if Cao Xuan was a blockbuster in the United States, then in Asia and the Chinese music scene, he almost overwhelmed mountains and seas, killing gods and Buddhas.

Last year, Cao Xuan held a show at the Taiwan Provincial Golden Melody Awards, "The Stars Cry, Come to the Stage to Accept the Award", and directly ascended to the top of the Chinese music scene, which caused a lot of public opinion on both sides of the strait.

At that time, Cao Xuan felt that the Taiwan Provincial Golden Melody Awards would not give him another award in a short time.

Firstly, the turmoil was too great, and secondly, the new generation of musicians in Taiwan, such as Xiao Zhou, also rose up.

The Golden Melody Award was originally what Cao Xuan thought. It made Cao Xuan earn enough money, and then focused on Xiao Zhou and the others in a short period of time.

But what's embarrassing now is that this year, Cao Xuan went out of the circle in Europe and America, and became popular in Asia, and the momentum has increased geometrically compared to last year.

Achievements, fame, and influence are not what Xiao Zhou and the others can compare for the time being.

If the Taiwan Provincial Golden Melody Awards forcibly "ignores" Cao Xuan, it may cause a new round of public opinion turmoil, and even directly affect the credibility of the entire award.

So after discussing the Golden Melody Award, he still gritted his teeth and asked Cao Xuan to participate in another round.

Anyway, Cao Xuan will not release a new Chinese album next year, and it will never be his turn. It is only three times, and it is within everyone's tolerance to win three consecutive awards.

Of course, considering Cao Xuan's fame and planning to take advantage of the popularity, the Golden Melody Awards Organizing Committee is also considering it.

After all, last year's Golden Melody Awards, not to mention the turmoil, was indeed the one with the highest attention over the years, and the overall selection was recognized by everyone except for some people.

Even those who made comments were not based on the fairness of the song and the awards, but were entangled in Cao Xuan's identity and origin.

And it's not just the Golden Melody Awards that want to catch the heat. CCTV-MTV Music Festival also announced this year's shortlist in advance, and Cao Xuan is also on the list.

Everyone has no doubt that even if the Xiangjiang Top Ten Golden Melody Awards were held now, Cao Xuan would probably be nominated.

Even the Hong Kong Top Ten Golden Melody Awards has so-called geographical limitations, but special awards can be set up, which is not without precedent.

Anyway, the heat is over.

However, Luohuayouqing, Cao Xuan may not be interested in it. The time of the Golden Melody Awards ceremony coincides with Cao Xuan's entry into the group "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", so he may not necessarily go.

Now the two sides are negotiating, depending on how many awards will be awarded in the Golden Melody Awards, if the weight is heavy, we will go to join, and if the weight is light, don't blame Cao Xuan for reality.

Before that, there was an award from the MAMA Asian Music Festival in South Korea, one of the three major music awards in South Korea.

This year, there is an annual Asia-Pacific Best Singer, mainly aimed at non-Korean singers, and the organizing committee intends to invite Cao Xuan.

But he thought it was a long way to go, and it was a newly established award with little value, so he didn't go. Later, the organizing committee directly canceled the award.

To put it bluntly, I was just rushing to ask Cao Xuan to add some extras and an "international feel" to the awards ceremony.

Cao Xuan didn't mean that South Korea's award was better than Taiwan's Golden Melody Award, but he felt that if the award was mediocre, he really didn't need to bother.

It takes two or three days to go back and forth to Taiwan and the province. In the end, I came back with a few tasteless awards. I am not happy or unhappy, and other things are delayed.

Not to mention the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, even the Grammys in the United States, Cao Xuan is not willing to go if he does not give enough benefits and respect.

When you reach a certain height, you go to receive the award. It is not the award that adds luster to you, but you add luster to the award itself.

Cao Xuan has not yet reached the point where he will be honored by the Grammy Awards, but he is barely qualified for the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards.

As for other domestic awards, including the CCTV-MTV Music Festival, Cao Xuan was able to accept the award, which really gave the award itself a face.

It is also worth mentioning that at this CCTV-MTV Music Festival, Hu Jing was also shortlisted for a nomination [Most Potential Singer of the Year in Mainland China].

The original time and space award belonged to Mr. Zhou, but now Hu Jing's "Love Offering" is even more popular, and with Cao Xuan's relationship, it basically didn't run away.

This also caused Cao Xuan to give face to CCTV even if he didn't go to Taiwan Province. Of course, the awards given by others would definitely satisfy him.

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Cao Xuan doesn't care much about awards, but the outside world has caused some discussion because of these two relatively important awards in the Chinese music scene.

Some people said that it would be a bit of a bully for Cao Xuan to judge Chinese awards such as the Golden Melody Awards now, and he should withdraw from the selection and concentrate on Asian and even international awards.

But there are also people who are not convinced. Is it wrong for Cao Xuan to be outstanding? There is no reason to forcibly ignore someone because he is too strong, so what is the credibility of the award?

The two sides insisted on their own opinions and quarreled fiercely. Many music critics and professionals even stopped to discuss.

But no matter what, this year's award is regarded as everyone's recognition that Cao Xuan will have a big harvest.

Whether it's Taiwanese singers like Xiao Zhou and Sun Yan, or mainland singers like Sun Nan and Na Ying, if they want to be in the top position, Cao Xuan will not release Chinese songs next year.

Chinese No.1, so scary!
When the editor-in-chief of "Contemporary Music World" was interviewed, he said with some emotion that the Chinese music scene has never seen such a dominant singer.

Including Teresa Teng back then, at the same time there were singers such as Luo Dayou, Luo Wen, Zhang Yusheng, Tan Zhang Zhengba, Anita Mui and so on who could threaten her.

And so far, although Xiao Zhou has a chance to catch up with Cao Xuan, it is only limited to the Chinese music scene. If it expands to the world music scene, Xiao Zhou will have to follow suit.

So this is why someone asked Cao Xuan to withdraw from the selection of domestic music awards.

He is too strong, if he keeps being selected, everyone will have no chance to play...

In fact, even Cao Xuan himself had such an idea, but it would not work for him to publicly withdraw the award, as he was still thinking about the Grammys.

If you want to withdraw from the selection, all domestic and foreign candidates will be withdrawn together, and they will be treated equally, so as not to be suspected of "worshiping foreigners and fawning on foreigners".

But if he has been participating in the awards, it is indeed a bit "unattractive", and he must always give the newcomers below a chance to be promoted.

After much deliberation, Cao Xuan came up with a good idea.

Later, he plans to serve as a judge for Taiwan Golden Melody Awards and CCTV-MTV awards.

As long as he becomes a judge, then in order to ensure the fairness of the award, he does not need to participate in the award again, and he has not publicly announced his withdrawal. If he wants to participate in the future, he will just remove the title of judge.

As a result, Cao Xuan has withdrawn from the competition for domestic awards in a high-spirited manner, and everyone has to accept his affection.

At the same time, he became a judge, which guaranteed the face of the organizing committee. He himself had gained a lot of qualifications and became a veritable bigwig in the pop music world.

Letting Cao Xuan and Xiao Zhou, Xiao Wang, and Xiao Lin compete for awards is really embarrassing, so it is better to let Cao Xuan judge and present awards to them.

In the future, even if fans tear up the ranks of music singers, this award data is not valid.

There is no need to compare Cao Xuan and Xiao Zhou with more awards or fewer awards, because their awards are all judged by Cao Xuan.

After all, if the students fight for the first place, even if they fight for the first place, it has nothing to do with the teacher. Cao Xuan is not even counted as a participant, but the arbiter above them.

A little brother for a day, a little brother for a lifetime!

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