China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 464 Cao, he made the whole America crazy

The first conversation with Taylor was quite pleasant. Although this second-year girl is a bit arrogant, but after being impressed by Cao Xuan's "talent", she really wanted to learn from her.

Cao Xuan didn't say whether to accept her or not, after all, there are many people who want to be his apprentice.

50% of the Chinese and even Asian new generation music circles are his fans. There are also many young singers in Europe and America who admire him.

Not to mention that Taylor is not the future first day queen in the United States, even Avril Lavigne, who has become the top queen in Europe and America, often expresses that she has learned a lot from Cao Xuan.

If she hadn't recognized her god-sister, Avril would have been the first disciple of Cao Daguan.

Liu Tianxian, Zhang Jie, Gu Miaomiao and others called them teachers for several years, but Cao Xuan did not admit that they were direct disciples of the Cao family, so they were barely registered.

Taylor wanted to overtake in a corner in one breath, which is not so easy.

However, after all, after the first day in the United States in the future, Cao Xuan still had some preferential treatment. He not only left a private phone number for Taylor, but also allowed her to ask him questions at any time.

And the two also agreed that if Taylor's first album has a single that can reach the top ten of the Billboard singles chart, he will accept her as an apprentice.

The condition for the first exclusive song to be in the top ten is relatively harsh for a rookie singer. Cao Xuan's requirement is a test, so keep it up.

Taylor was not afraid, but geared up to prove his talent to Cao Xuan.

She is definitely the great disciple who opened the mountain of Caomen!
Cao Xuan was noncommittal about this bet.Taylor didn't accomplish the goal, it didn't matter to him.

Completion of the goal means that Mars Records has dug up a cash cow, and it is not shameful for him to accept a future American as an apprentice after the first day.

Personally, Cao Xuan is more optimistic about Taylor. Although he doesn't have the specific performance data of Taylor's debut, he has a vague impression that he seems to be good.

You must know that the company that Taylor joined in Time and Space is a small company. It is said that when the album was released, the manpower was tight, and even Taylor and her mother went to help pack the CD in person.

And now with the financial resources and resources of Mars Records and Warner's sales channels, Avril Lavigne will launch another top-tier Avril in one go. I dare not say it, but I am still very sure that it will surpass the original time and space.

Forget about this little mildew, Cao Xuan is still more concerned about the trend of his new album "Legend" at this time.

The audiovisual distribution channels in the United States are relatively more developed than those in China, but even so, the release of "Legend" still has the phenomenon of queuing up to buy albums in many areas, and some areas even collectively sold out.

Similar situations in the United States are relatively rare, especially in recent years, compared with the last century, audio-visual channels have become more mature, and with the explosion of digital music, there have been almost no similar situations.

The "Los Angeles Times" published these two pictures on the front page of its print media and online editions.

One of the pictures is a composite photo of several people queuing up to buy Cao Xuan's album. There are hundreds of people in the crowd. It looks dense and very popular.
And the other picture is a wooden sign hanging out of an audio shop, with red letters on a white background, and the striking words [Tsao, Sold out] on it.

The translation is [Cao's new album is sold out], which means that the new album in the store is out of stock.

What's interesting is that Cao Xuan once wrote a theme song for "The Matrix", the name is "Sold out", and now it is used on him.

These two pictures undoubtedly show that the sales of the new album are booming, and the title of the "Los Angeles Times" is also somewhat "sensational".

"Cao, let the whole of America go crazy for him!" ! ! "

This news was once reprinted back to China, and it was advocated by various Cao Xuan fans.

The "Los Angeles Times" is still very important in the American media circle. It is the second largest metropolitan newspaper in the country with the second largest circulation and the fourth largest newspaper in the country.

Ranked second only to the New York Times and The Washington Post, it is the third largest newspaper in the United States.

However, the "Los Angeles Times" had an old grudge with Cao Xuan.

A few years ago, because of Avril Lavigne's scandal, he sued the "Los Angeles Times", forcing the "Los Angeles Times" to apologize publicly.

Afterwards, the two sides didn't have much interaction. Although the "Los Angeles Times" didn't deliberately blackmail Cao Xuan, it didn't praise him either.

In the end, I didn't expect that this time he would take the lead in bragging, and the bragging was so excessive that Cao Xuan himself was a little unbelievable.

However, he later figured out that his feud with the "LA Times" was before Ed Jr. joined the main Warner.

Edgar Jr. has been in the media circle for many years and has a wide network of contacts. He has some personal relationships with the management of the "Los Angeles Times". The original enemy has now become an ally.

Cao Xuan's new album "Legend" performed very well, Eddie spent a lot of money on public relations, trying to push Cao Xuan to the top of the list of superstars.

American newspapers, although some real reporters and media are not excluded, most of them still look to the capital. As long as the public relations fee is paid enough, they can tell you what is white is black.

What's more, Cao Xuan's new album has outstanding performance. Although what they said is a bit exaggerated, it is not unfounded.

In addition to the "Los Angeles Times", other newspapers also sent praises one after another. Little Edgar also publicized other media. In addition, his popularity is enough for a large number of media reports. The public relations fee only makes the reports more positive.

However, apart from a few such as the "Los Angeles Times", most of the authoritative media are relatively restrained, while tabloids and Internet media are more crazy, with various exaggerated headlines one after another.

"Shocked, Thousands of Young Men and Women Live on the Streets in the Morning for..."

"The best in history, the peerless masterpiece that made Elvis Presley ashamed and Michael Jackson inferior"

"This night, billions of people in the East and West are dreaming because of him"

"Supply in short supply, the American record industry almost collapsed"

"..."

All these things are shocking. Those who know are Cao Xuan's new album, but those who don't know think that Brother Deng has sent someone to travel again.

Cao Xuan was a little worried when he saw the news on the Internet. Fans of top singers such as Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson would not encircle and suppress it.

Blow it up, blow it up, what kind of porcelain do you touch!
However, Cao Xuan didn't worry for too long, because the announcement of the new week's bulletin board list is only two days away.

He won the extremely rare Billboard double list No. [-]!

The album "Legend" successfully won the top 110 of the Billboard album chart with a crazy album sales of [-] million in half a week. It was only released for three days.

This is also Cao Xuan's second championship album.

As I said before, unlike Billboard’s top [-] singles chart and the comprehensive calculation of radio on demand, Billboard’s album chart does not consider other things, but only looks at sales. Whoever sells the most every week is the champion.

Cao Xuan's second "Release" won the number one billboard album for several weeks.

As for the first EP album of the same name, although the total sales volume is not low, it has been mistakenly not won the Billboard album stick championship, and the highest ranking is the third in the weekly chart.

This is also Cao Xuan's constant regret. I don't know if there will be a chance to realize his dream in the future, and come to a Billboard champion album Grand Slam.

However, the gold content of the weekly champion of the Billboard album chart is lower, after all, it is only a week's sales, and it is very easy to fake it.

Even without cheating, as long as many popular or first-line singers have good quality albums and their fans concentrate on blasting them, it is not difficult to win the weekly chart.

Therefore, the weekly champion of the Billboard album chart is not very strong, and the ranking of the annual chart is the key point.

If it is the annual champion of the Billboard album list, it also means that this album is the number one sales in the United States that year, which is a very remarkable achievement.

Cao Xuan's last album "Release" has a total sales volume of nearly 2000 million, which is definitely the first echelon of album sales that year. In fact, he is very hopeful that he will be able to win the top spot on the Billboard album chart.

It's a pity that because Cao Xuan's album was released in early October 2003, there was only a few months of calculation time, and it was definitely not as good as those albums that were on the charts throughout the year.

Therefore, "Release" only ranked seventh in the 2003 Billboard album list.

In 2004, "Release" was sold for a full year, and its stamina was not bad, and it was often on the list, but the most aggressive months were not counted, and it still suffered a big loss, and finally only ranked third.

This year, Cao Xuan's new album "Legend" will be released in mid-February. Basically, it will be on the charts throughout the year, and the momentum is strong.

The annual sales champion of the album in the Chinese-speaking region, Cao Xuan got a soft hand. Basically, when he releases a new album, it is probably him.

The annual album sales champion in Asia also won once, which was the last album "Release".

But the US sales champion has never been won, and Cao Xuan is still looking forward to achieving a wave of new achievements.

When "Legend" topped the weekly album chart, after more than a month, Cao Xuan's first champion single from his new album was finally born.

"Rolling in the Deep"

The number of Cao Xuan's Billboard No. 3 singles has reached [[-]], and he also achieved a rare double-chart title in a single week, which shows the strength of the new album.

However, compared to Cao Xuan winning the double crown, the outside world is actually more shocked by another achievement.

All 10 songs of "Legend" were on the Billboard Hot [-] list this week.

Moreover, these 10 songs are all within the top 7, and a total of 5 songs have entered the top [-]. Currently, [-] songs are also in the top [-].

In the past, it was a rare big news that all the songs of an album were listed on the billboard.

The singers and albums that can do this are all phenomenon-level albums, not to mention that there are only a handful of them, but there are really not many. Many of them are masterpieces of top superstars or super dark horses that have left their names in the history of the music industry.

But today, the madness of "Legend" makes many people ignore this achievement.

After all, they care more about whether all 10 songs of this "Legend" can make it into the top ten than if all the songs from the single album are on the list.

The answer is, it is very possible.

At present, 10 of the 7 songs in the album have entered the top ten, and the reason why the remaining 3 songs did not break into the top [-] is because they have just been launched not long ago.

And their rankings are not low. The closest one is at No. 26, and the farthest away from the top ten is only No. 3. According to the current popularity of "Legend", these three songs have a high chance of hitting the list.

Once the ranking is completed, "Legend" will achieve an unprecedented achievement in the history of the billboard.

All the songs in the same album have all entered the top ten of the billboard!
Even Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, The Beatles and other superstars have never had such a grand occasion in the albums under their names.

The American music scene is completely crazy!

From the previous series of events, any fool can know that Cao Xuan's album is extraordinary, it is a phenomenon-level masterpiece that has been rarely seen in more than ten years.

But even so, they still didn't expect this album to be so exaggerated, and many music critics dare not make judgments lightly.

Because this kind of unworldly specialism can achieve too many brilliant achievements, some of which are even hard for ordinary people to understand. They dare not, and their judgments are not accurate.

The only thing I can do is to eat melons in silence, and see how far this magic book can fly.

Little Edgar was completely insane with joy.

This "Legend" and Cao Xuan's surprises come in waves one after another, and the waves are getting bigger and bigger.

Prior to this, Warner Music Group had invested heavily in support, but when seeing this scene, Edgar Jr. urgently convened the board of directors overnight.

With the support of Cao Xuan and several close shareholders, Edgar Jr. persuaded other shareholders to continue to increase their bargaining chips, and even used the group's bottom-line resources to promote public relations for Cao Xuan and "Legend".

Inside the Warner Music Group, it even called it the "God Creation" project.

In order to prevent other record companies and related forces from causing trouble, Edgar Jr. discussed with Cao Xuan, and even used the method of "finding enemies in the void".

In interviews with the media, high-level executives such as Edgar Jr. and Mike publicly accused Cao Xuan of being suppressed and excluded from many aspects after his album became popular.

As the vice chairman of Warner Music Group, Mike himself disregarded his manners, roaring hysterically at the camera like an angry fat groundhog.

"Those shameful rats, despicable scum, they want to "abolish" Cao Xuan, they want to "abolish" a genius, they want to "abolish" the hope of the world pop music scene."

In short, it is to stand on the moral high ground, criticize those opponents who target or even resist Cao Xuan, and give them various so-called shackles and titles.

As long as these people attack Cao Xuan, they are destroying the freedom of the United States, the opening of the United States, and even the entire world of pop music.

The speeches of Warner and others created Cao Xuan an extremely despicable and shameless huge opponent.

Frankly speaking, this opponent actually existed, but he didn't have time to make a move, or he just made a move to try it out. Before he killed him, Cao Xuan lay down, wailing miserably and loudly, as if he had been subjected to inhuman abuse.

It aroused the sympathy of many onlookers, and they easily believed what Cao Xuan and Warner said without any doubt, because this thing is so normal in the United States.

It would be strange if no one dealt with Cao Xuan.

Therefore, in the rhythm of Warner's side, Cao Xuan's fans were angry, and countless neutral people who eat melons also joined in, and began to follow the "void alignment".

"Don't kill a future music legend!"

"Music has no borders, art has no borders!"

"Chinese songs are also songs!"

"Cao Gegui!"

"..."

After Warner successfully brought up the rhythm, supporting Cao Xuan became politically correct in a certain sense.

Otherwise you're a racist, you're a music-killing bastard.

Many celebrities and public figures, either empathized with Cao Xuan, or supported Cao Xuan, or were deceived, or simply took the heat, and they also came off the stage to express their support for Cao Xuan.

Michael Jackson: I understand what Cao is going through now, and I empathize with him. I have talked with him. He is a man with a strong mentality, and he will definitely survive this.

Avril Lavigne: Music should be inclusive and open instead of barriers and prejudices. I will always support Chris, you are the best
Britney: I just talked to Chris on the phone, he comforted me with optimism, support him, he is a good man

Eminem: Disgusting suppression, it's tarnishing the music, come on, Cao

A real estate owner: a beautiful landscape [with a picture of Cao Xuan's supporters parading in a certain street]

Cao Xuan: "..."

There are too many slots to talk about.

There is one thing to say, although this plan was jointly formulated by him and Edgar Jr., the development of the matter still exceeded his expectations.

Looking at the group of fans and fans who supported him, Cao Xuan even felt a little bit guilty.

But fortunately, this was not completely fabricated by him. If he hadn't acted first, it was very likely that things would actually happen, which more or less made him offset some feelings of guilt.

At the same time, this wave of pre-emptive attacks really opened the eyes of those record companies and related forces.

But I have to say that this trick is really easy to use. It has seized the moral high ground and brought the rhythm of public opinion. Whoever takes the lead will easily become a target and be frantically focused.

If they unite as one, control the mouthpiece of public opinion, and suppress all aspects without dead ends, Cao Xuan and Warner will be able to withstand it.

But the key point is that these people cannot be single-minded, and even many people are not particularly interested in suppressing Cao Xuan, especially those record companies.

A top superstar will indeed grab a lot of shares, but it can also revitalize a lot of the market. Everyone hopes to reach a cooperation. If you can't eat meat, you can also drink soup.

Moreover, many people only pay attention to Cao Xuan's entire album on the bulletin board, but ignore these 10 songs, all of which were created by "Cao Xuan" alone.

If you can get a few high-quality songs from Cao Xuan, then you can directly pile up a famous singer.

This is not a living cash cow, this is a golden toucher who turns stones into gold...

If it weren't for Warner's tight hiding, little Edgar was like a mad dog, whoever stretched out his hand would bite, otherwise everyone's first reaction would not be to suppress, but to rob people.

But now that the suppression fails, let's take it easy. Although Cao Xuan is a shareholder of Warner, he may not necessarily be tied to Warner.

As long as the hoe dances well, any corner can be dug down. Several major record companies have been poaching each other for decades, and they have rich experience.

The withdrawal of the record company, coupled with the turbulent public opinion, discouraged many other forces, creating a relatively comfortable promotional environment for Cao Xuan.

With this enthusiasm, Cao Xuan frantically ran publicity in the United States and some North American regions.

Well-known radio interviews, TV interviews, variety shows, and a music festival.

On March 3th, Oscar even took a fancy to Cao Xuan's popularity, and temporarily stopped Cao Xuan to perform the song "Skin", which had just won the championship.

It's a pity that Cao Xuan waited for several hours in the audience, but he didn't wait for any host to make a fool of him.

Otherwise, go up and give me a slap.The next day the world's front page headlines will be...

The week after the Oscars performance, it has been three weeks since "Rolling in the Deep" won the championship.

In the past two weeks, Cao Xuan had been monopolizing the Billboard Double List.

Among them, "Rolling in the Deep" topped the Top [-] singles list for another week. Afterwards, under the arrangement of Warner, media resources and fans began to tilt the list.

Last week, "Skin" won the top spot on the announcement singles chart, becoming the second number one from the "Legend" album, and Cao Xuan's fourth number one single.

Now that another week has passed, "Legend" remains solid on the Billboard album chart, while the singles chart has completed a new rotation.

From "Skin" to Cao Xuan's other song "Roar"

One major and three crowns!
Breaking Cao Xuan's personal best, what's even more frightening is that four of the top five songs on Billboard's Top 4 singles list are under Cao Xuan's name.

Breaking last year's 50 Cent record, it's just one step away from the 1964 Horror record of a Beatles single album simultaneously occupying the top five.

Many websites even openly "opened" in newspapers, appealing to netizens to vote, guessing whether Cao Xuan can achieve this achievement.

At the same time, there is another terrible record that Cao Xuan is also expected to hit, that is, the most number one singles in a single album.

Prior to this, Michael Jackson's "Bad" had the most Billboard champion singles in a single album, with 5 Billboard champion singles in one album.

This record has not been repeated since 1987.

Not to mention five crowns in one major, there are only a handful of albums with four crowns in one major, and the total does not exceed double digits. After the 90s, there are only two.

One is Sister Niu's debut album, which was at its peak at the beginning and won four championships in one major.

One is the masterpiece "Confessions" by Usher, who won the award in 2004 and got soft hands. It has 4 top singles.

Even in later generations, except for the 2010 fruit sister's special "Teenage Dream", which released 5 championship singles for the first time, it became the only album in the history of Billboard to achieve "one special five crowns".

In addition, there is no more four crowns in one professional, which shows how difficult this record is to break.

Cao Xuan has already won three championships in one major, and one of his songs "What are words" ranks in the top five, and he is very hopeful for a wave of championships.

The other "Monsters" and two other songs have also been in the top ten for a long time. If you sprint with all your strength, you may not have no chance.

Sister Guoguo is now unknown, and the outside world is very concerned about whether Cao Xuan can catch up with the Beatles and at the same time be comparable to Michael Jackson.

Even the people who eat melons are very excited.

After all, in a sense, it can be regarded as witnessing the rise of a generation of legendary superstars, and it is still very emotional.

But what is more touching is Aurangdon. When Cao Xuan has 10 top ten songs + 3 championship singles, the performance of the new album has surpassed the previous "Release", which also means that it is his turn to fulfill his promise.

Many TV stations sent out live broadcast invitations to this reporter, and one even rushed to his home directly, expressing support for family live broadcast.

A well-known local farmer also publicly stated that he was willing to provide Aurangdon with free sows, boars, and wild boars. Even porcupines, he would find a way to get them.

Aurangdon, who died in society, hid at home for three days, witnessed himself becoming an all-American celebrity, and decisively chose to immigrate to Mexico...

　It's doubled, so I have the audacity to ask for a monthly ticket.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)