China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 419 The battle between the new and the old kings, the beginning gave Xiao Zhou a big fight
At the beginning of October, Cao Xuan temporarily left the crew of "New Police Story" for two days to participate in the 10th anniversary celebration party.

As a representative of young singers and one of the finale of the party, Cao Xuan sang "My Motherland" together with two veteran artists.

This kind of large-scale evening party hardly gives Cao Xuan too many opportunities to be original. The best program is the singing of classic old songs.

Having participated in many large-scale grand galas such as the 55th anniversary and the [-]th anniversary in a row, if it is within the system, the prefix Cao Xuan should be added with [Youth Singer].

But outside the system, and the attention is too high, many things will choose to be low-key,

Cao Xuan is going to celebrate his 29th birthday soon, and according to the imaginary age, he can be regarded as his thirties.

People in their 20s are still young and impulsive in the eyes of many people, but when they are over 30, everyone will feel that they are more stable and mature.

In other words, the burden on Cao Xuan can be increased, and the things that have been suppressed due to age can also be gradually relaxed.

Not to mention, the Chinese Music Association made him a member before, and after two years of transition, Cao Xuan can become a member of the council and serve as a deputy of the provincial local Music Association, that is, the legendary leader.

In addition, Cao Xuan also participated in the selection of [National Second-Class Actor] through the Music Association. If there is no accident, there is a high chance of success.

But [National Second-Class Actor] is okay, but it is more difficult to judge [National First-Class Actor], and the standards are more stringent.

Basically, there are only two paths, one is recommended by state-owned units, such as major art troupes, drama theaters or special units, and the other is the strong imagination.

For example, Lao Zhao set up a Liao Province Folk Art Troupe for himself, affiliated with the Liao Province Music Association, and rated himself and Big Head Liu as [National First-Class Actors].

There are also some who are judged by "well-known actors", basically they are old actors, and many even came from various units, won awards, made contributions, and were recommended by some units or associations.

Cao Xuan, the [National Second-Class Actor], was recommended by the Music Association, and his participation in various evening shows and commentary speeches were used as an important basis for selection. .

However, if future generations want to comment on the category of [National First-Class Actor], it must be Wang Fei, directly in the name of "Chinese Pop Singer", the only one in China.

Cao Xuan has no idea of ​​joining the unit, and the music association can only recommend, not directly affiliate with.

If he wants to be selected as a "National First-Class Actor" in the future, he will either become a well-known actor, or be selected as a pop singer like Wang Fei.

It is not an exaggeration to say that with the current achievements in the pop music scene, if Cao Xuan participates in the selection, the priority will definitely be higher than that of Wang Fei.

Leaving aside the achievements in the music world, Wang Fei is now from Xiangjiang, while Cao Tianwang is a farmer from Lu Province with good roots.

The three generations before that are poor peasants, and the ones who are further down are probably tenant farmers, and their status is very stable.

In addition to the music association and job evaluation titles, the Film Association intends to promote Cao Xuan once in the past two years, and the All-China Youth Federation can go further. What's more, the Second Association seems to have some signs.

Of course, at the very beginning, it might go to the first level of the capital to be plated with gold, and then go up...

…………

After that, Cao Xuan flew directly to Japan to meet with Cheng Long and the others. While promoting "New Police Story", he also promoted a wave of new album "I Love" in Japan.

On October 2004, 10, which is the second day of the National Day, Cao Xuan's sixth Chinese album "I Love" was officially launched globally simultaneously.

On the day of the release of the new album, more than 100 radio stations in China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia, Brazil, etc. played the title songs "I Believe" and "Love Transfer" of Cao Xuan's new album at the same time.

Theoretically, according to the listening rate and scope of these 120+ radio stations, more than 10 billion people heard Cao Xuan's new album on October 2nd.

This online mode is actually a bit imitating Xiao Zhou,
Last year, Jay Chou released the title song "In the Name of the Father" of his new album, which was released on 50 radio stations in Asia, claiming to have 8 million listeners.

Warner may think that this routine is good, and at the same time, it also has the meaning of confronting the new king, so according to this model, Cao Xuan launched a new album globally.

However, Warner's resources and Cao Xuan's influence are far from comparable to Xiao Zhou and Alpha Records behind him.

Xiao Zhou last year was only all of Asia, but Warner directly came to the whole world, spanning six continents, and even Africa had two radio stations in South Africa and Egypt.

This is really not a complete play.

Cao Xuan has a lot of fans all over the world. They may not appreciate and understand Chinese songs, but they will listen to Cao Xuan's new song if they know it is Cao Xuan's new song. They may not be interested, but they will definitely have a concerned audience.

After Xiao Zhou made this set last year, some media called it "Jay Chou Day".

Today, Warner has a good look, and even caused even bigger turmoil. Naturally, the media also joined in the fun. The authoritative Korean media claimed that this day was designated as "Cao Xuan Day".

Some domestic media followed suit, but Cao Xuan declined this statement.

Just kidding, other times are fine, October 10st is the National Day, and October 1nd will be [Cao Xuan Day], this is because he thinks he is living too comfortably and looking for trouble.

Sure enough, sticks are not good people...

But I have to say that 120 radio stations around the world are online at the same time, with a total of 25 billion listeners. Let alone how much water is there, this data is enough to shock people.

Even many European and American media that did not pay much attention to Cao Xuan's new Chinese album originally reprinted and reported this incident.

The authoritative American media "New York Times" publicly published an article, saying that since Michael Jackson, few singers have had a terrifying influence in the world.

Cao Xuan, the king of Asia, is constantly forging ahead on the road of global superstar!

Not everyone agrees with this statement, and some people think that Cao Xuan has an advantage in Asia, a continent with a large population.

There are more than one billion compatriots in China and the Chinese community alone. The so-called 25 billion listeners will account for the vast majority, and the real non-Asian listeners, at most 1/3.

No matter how they quarrel and discuss, as long as they believe that Cao Xuan can influence 25 billion listeners, it is already a success.

You know, the total world population in 2004 will be 65 billion, and 25 listeners will account for nearly 40% of the total global population, and you can already apply for the Guinness Book of World Records.

And Warner has indeed done so, regardless of whether there are so many people listening to it, and it takes so much effort to create such a big momentum, it will definitely kill this matter.

While showing Europe and the United States the terrorist influence of Cao Xuan in Asia and other continents.

At the same time, it will show to Asia the super high popularity and wide popularity of Cao Xuan in the world.

The position of a superstar is formed by the accumulation of achievements that are difficult for others to achieve one after another. If there is not enough, there is never too much.

Warner and Fan Xing crazily created momentum for Cao Xuan, adding superstar halos, and at the same time suppressed Xiao Zhou invisibly.

As I said before, a group of new generation top performers all have the idea of ​​grabbing the class and seizing power. In essence, the release of Cao Xuan's new album this time is a battle between the old and the new.

The simultaneous broadcast on global radio stations this time is actually Cao Xuan's blow to this new generation of singers.

Your big brother will always be your big brother!
And Cao Xuan's new album "I Love" is indeed like a rampaging black dragon, stirring up huge waves in the entire Chinese music scene.

.........

In 2004, whether it was the original time and space or now, it was the golden age of the Chinese music scene, where gods fought and there were countless strong players.

Compared with the era when Cao Xuan dominated the crowd, after two years, the music world has undergone some major changes.

The old mesozoic generations such as the Four Heavenly Kings, Ren Xianqi, Power Train, Zhang Huimei have passed their peak period, and gradually no longer become the mainstream of the music scene.

After several years of development, the new generation of singers in Taiwan, such as Xiao Zhou, who was fledgling at the beginning of the year, has continued to increase in popularity and popularity, and has gradually taken over the music scene and become the main force in today's music scene.

At the same time, there was another prominent change in the music world in 2004, that is the rise of online songs.

Let a group of Taiwanese singers appreciate what is called the general trend of the Internet, and the traditional record industry has also ushered in a new wave of impact.

Taiwanese singers and Internet singers are competing side by side, and the Chinese music scene has entered a new era of blooming flowers.

According to the analysis of "Contemporary Music World", the advent of the Internet has prevented pop singers from occupying everyone's attention like their predecessors.

Even Jay Chou, although he has been said to be Cao Xuan's successor, has never shown such a dominant performance as Cao Xuan did in the past two years.

If the influence of the Four Heavenly Kings and Cao Xuan's peak music scene was Wang Zha, the influence of Xiao Zhou and other new generations doesn't even count as four 2s, at most it can be considered as four A's, or even four K's and four Q's.

Of course, even Cao Xuan can't attract everyone's attention now.

In a word, times have changed!
Xiao Zhou and the others may already be the last generation of kings and queens. With the popularity of the Internet and various entertainment methods, the idols of the younger generation are no longer obsessed with singers, and the overall influence of pop music continues to decline.

Maybe there will be top idols in the entertainment industry, but the king of pop, who is recognized by the industry and most fans, may disappear in the long river of time...

But so far, the Taiwanese singers headed by Xiao Zhou are still very strong.

Xiao Zhou and a certain king continue to make efforts, and they are the most popular male singers besides Cao Xuan in the past two years.

In June this year, Lin Junjie released a new album. Although the most popular "Jiangnan" was picked up by Cao Xuan, other songs also have a certain influence and have accumulated a lot of popularity.

Coupled with his handsome face, he is a newcomer favored by Taiwanese media.

When Cao Xuan led the Chinese music scene, many media forcibly bound him to hype the so-called new four kings.

At that time, the first round was Cao, Ren, Xie, and Wang. The first three were regarded as the most popular male singers at the time, and a certain Wang was regarded as a forcible touch.

Later, Chef Xie moved to the film industry, a certain king's position was stable, and Xiao Zhou, who was rising, took his place. Later, when Ren Xianqi passed away, he asked singer-songwriter Tao Zhe to take his place.

Later, because Cao Xuan won the Grammys consecutively, he became popular in Europe and the United States, almost the only existence in the Chinese music scene.

In addition, three of the new four heavenly kings at that time were singers from Taiwan, and Taiwan province was going to continue to support newcomers, so Cao Xuan was also removed from the new four heavenly kings, and Taiwan media created a Taiwan province version of the new four heavenly kings.

Xiao Zhou takes the lead, a certain king is the second brother, Tao Zhe is temporarily ranked third, and the remaining fourth is not yet determined. In the past two years, Lin Junjie, Master Luo, and Pan Weibo, who have been popular for the past two years, compete for the top position.

In fact, in terms of popularity, Adu and Zhou Chuanxiong have been good in the past two years, but unfortunately the latter's singer is not popular, and Adu's appearance is not likable, and he was not accepted into the list of heavenly kings at all.

Heavenly King, not only must he sing well and be famous, but more importantly, he must be handsome, and even his appearance should be more important than his professional level...

The candidates for the new Four Heavenly Kings are basically representatives of Taiwanese male singers. Other singers also have some masterpieces, but they are not as popular and well-known.

In terms of female singers, the three big and four little queens in Taiwan have basically started to rise.

There is no doubt that Cai Yilin has the most momentum. Last year, after "Look at Me 72 Changes" performed well, he officially switched to dance music.

In February of this year, she produced masterpieces such as "2 Strategies of Love" and "Rewind", and became the most popular female singer in Taiwan and even the Chinese music scene.

Sun Yanzi and Liang Jingru.Due to the frequency of album releases, I was somewhat suppressed by Cai.

And other female singers were also playing lively, Xiao Yaxuan released new songs while soaking in fresh meat, sitting around steadily and looking around.

Wang Xinlin and Yang Chengling share the otaku market equally, and they are known as the sweet leader, especially the former, who released "Love You" in March this year.

However, Zhang Shaohan is the female singer who has the most rising momentum. At the beginning of the year, "Fable" and "Aurora" were extremely popular.

In particular, "Aurora" is full of this song in the streets and alleys, and its popularity is comparable to Daolang's "The First Snow in 2002", which almost makes people vomit.

Taking advantage of the popularity of this song, Zhang Shaohan quickly became popular, and his fame has been catching up with Cai Yilin and Sun Yanzi all the way.

I also have to mention SHE, the No. [-] girl group in the Chinese music scene, which has become extremely popular since last year's "Super Star". At the beginning of this year, they released a song "Persian Cat", adding to the fire.

Even Xiao Zhou dare not say that the popularity of these three girls can be stabilized.

However, the Snake Group is not without threats. In February this year, Warner launched the Feier Band.

This band was at its peak when it debuted, and the album songs "Your Smile" and "Lydia" were scary.

The first title song "Our Love" was composed by Zhou Jianhui, President of Warner Asia, and Cao Xuan was personally invited to write it.

As soon as he was born, all kinds of slaughter lists, such as Dao Lang, Zhang Shaohan, Snake Tuan, and Cao Xuan's "Borrowing the Moon" in the Spring Festival Gala did not fall behind in the slightest.

When Guangguang's China Music Billboard program counted the most popular songs in the first half of the year, it was really hard to tell which song was more popular, "Aurora", "Our Love", and "The First Snow in 2002", so they could only be tied.

However, this list still caused a lot of dissatisfaction, because there was no "I'm Not Huang Rong", which became popular on the Internet in May.

Frankly speaking, "The First Snow in 2002" actually became popular largely through online platforms.

However, the traditional platform and the booming sales of genuine records made many people ignore this point, but "I'm Not Huang Rong" was regarded as the masterpiece of online songs in the first half of 2004.

And in "Rising Star" in August, "Mouse Loves Rice" released by Yang Chengang, the champion of the Wushi competition area in advance, added fire to the popularity of online songs.

Even the theme song of "Tomorrow's Star", "Chasing the Dream", because it was first circulated on the Internet platform, it is also regarded as an Internet song by some people.

At the same time, the phenomenon of the two-month summer vacation and the ace variety show "Star of Tomorrow" sparked a lot of discussion on the Internet.

The imperceptibly expanded influence of popular music on the Internet has also won a lot of soil for the survival of Internet songs.

It can even be said that the popularity of the Chinese music scene in 2004 is unprecedentedly high. Of course, it is largely due to the fighting of gods and the blossoming of flowers, but the music talent show "Star of Tomorrow" definitely has a positive butterfly effect.

The two-month high-intensity and high-viewing live broadcast competition during the summer vacation has brought exposure to many singers and songs.

In many cases, the outstanding performance of a player is even more effective than the millions of marketing expenses of the record company.

For example, Hu Yanbin's new song "The Beauty" this year was sung by a singer from "Tomorrow's Star", and then quickly became popular.

Leo Ku's "Love and Sincerity", Teacher He's "Gardenia Blossom", Chen Qizhen's "The Meaning of Travel" and many other new songs this year have become popular after "Tomorrow's Star" or reached a higher level.

But if we want to talk about the most popular album and song in 2004, it has to be "Qilixiang" released by Xiao Zhou in July.

This album can also be regarded as Xiao Zhou's battle for the crown. He beat several popular Internet songs, withstood all kinds of pressure from "Rising Star", and finally succeeded in dominating the chart.

Songs such as "Qilixiang" and "Grandma" became the songs with the best record from 7 to 9.

Even though Cao Xuan's new album promotional song "What I Miss" and the previous "Dream Chaser" caused certain threats and turmoil, they did not fundamentally shake the status of "Qilixiang".

This is why before Cao Xuan released the album, the topic of the battle between the old and new kings became more and more heated, and the reason why Warner also deliberately targeted Xiao Zhou.

In a sense, this year's Xiao Zhou did have the capital to challenge Cao Xuan.

Although it is only capital, it is the only singer of the new generation who can challenge Cao Xuan in recent years. Others are not even qualified to be compared.

However, Warner's massive new album was launched globally simultaneously, and it gave the ambitious Xiao Zhou a big blow when it came out, and also let the outside world see the gap between the two.

Just when Cao Xuan came to Japan by plane, changed his clothes and rested, and sat in the hotel happily watching the original soundtrack version of "Detective Conan" [Valentine's Day Murder].

The songs of Cao Xuan's new album are also gradually gaining momentum, quickly hitting the list at a frightening speed, and they are killing "Qilixiang" which is at the top of the list.

"I believe"

"What I Miss"

"Love Transfer"

"Roller curtain"

"Rudy"

With the help of Cao Xuan's huge popularity base and global online exposure, several new songs in the new album quickly surrounded "Qilixiang" and the songs on the charts.

However, these songs are just enveloping. What really competes with the "Qilixiang" Xiao Zhou's Divine Comedy is the first title song of the album "I Love"...

----

ps: Publish a new book "Rebirth: Flowers Like Water", a new book by an old author, it is worth reading, the introduction is in the author's words
(emm during the holidays, the words are a little less, I will make up tomorrow)

　"What should I do if my sister-in-law likes the reborn me"

　　"Rebirth 03: I first met my first love sister"

　　"First Love and I were separated by her aunt, should I chase after her daughter after rebirth?" "

　　A car accident brings Tang Dynasty back to 2003.

　　He originally wanted to find his first love to continue his relationship, but who was waiting for him was his proud sister-in-law, proud senior sister, and an intellectual counselor...

　　White moonlight or cinnabar mole?

　　Red rose or white rose?

　　Sheng Tang was at a loss: Why can't we have all of them...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)