China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 566 "The Conan Show" and the "Mediocre" Chinese Cao

In mid-September, the first hit song "Hello" of Cao Xuan's new album "Qing" was released.

The airborne Billboard singles chart runner-up in the first week, second only to Britney Spears' airborne champion single. .

Fortunately, the next week, "Hello" defeated Spears and officially topped the Billboard Top 9 Singles Chart. It was also Cao Xuan's ninth Billboard number one single.

At the end of September, the second hit song of "Qing" was launched.

"Counting Stars", the title song of Republic Times' 2013 album, can also be called "Counting Stars" in translation.

In the original time and space, this song reached the top five in the music charts of the United States, Australia, Germany, Ireland and New Zealand, and even won the championship in the charts of the United Kingdom and Canada. The results are very impressive.

This is already Cao Xuanluo's second classic masterpiece of the Republic Era.

"Legend", which was released in 2006, included the representative song "Apologize" of the Republic era, and the results were outstanding.

Now that he has won the song "Counting Stars", it can be said that most of the most famous songs in the Republic era have been picked up by him, which is worse than Menglong and Adele.

Cao Xuan also realized his mistake and couldn't kill them all. He decided that this song would be his last song in the era of the Republican Republic... maybe.

Don't talk too much about everything, Cao Xuan will turn around and stock up before making up his mind!

The melody of "Counting Stars" is tender and passionate. It can be said to be a pop-style rock song. The rhythm of the chorus stage is very good, and it has a good ability to mobilize emotions.

And the lyrics of this song are also very meaningful. It is more a reflection on some things in life. You should not go after fame and fortune too much. After experiencing difficulties and tempering, you must face the future more bravely, put it to death and survive .

Or you can apply Nietzsche's saying: What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.

Generally speaking, "Counting Stars" is a more inspirational song, and it is also the main theme of Cao Xuan's album. There is always no shortage of love songs and chicken soup.

Some North American independent singers even attacked him because of this, thinking that Cao Xuan's album is popular because the songs cater to the mainstream and have no ideas of their own.

Cao Xuan treated this kind of statement as a jealous monster.

Just kidding, as a Chinese, he is not easy to get along in North America. At most, he can sing a few anti-war and peace songs with connotation, and write music to mock the authorities, just waiting to be targeted.

Besides, he didn't see many North American musicians who dared to shoot and satirize American society.

Except for a few admirable really hard bones, the vast majority of so-called independent singers, their music works are moaning without illness, have a decadent sound, and even spread a lot of negative energy thoughts.

There are at least a lot of songs in Cao Xuan's album to encourage people to be positive.

The music of this group of demons and ghosts has enough personality, but it has poisoned many American teenagers.

That is to say, in the United States, Cao Xuan is too lazy to take care of it. If he is in China, he must find a way to ban this group of people.

When he, Vice Chairman Cao, was joking...

After "Counting Stars" was launched, the results were also very good. In the first week, it airborne at No. 13 on the Billboard Top [-] Singles Chart.

Although it is much worse than "hello", there are still a few songs that can airborne the runner-up of the Billboard singles chart.

Airborne at No.13, it is very likely to enter the top ten of the singles chart. For many first-line singers, it is quite a good result.

However, the overpowering performance of the 2006 "Legend" was too violent, and many people couldn't help but have high expectations for Cao Xuan's new album.

Two songs hit the charts, one won the championship for 2 weeks, and the other ranked [-]th. Even a top queen like Britney had to laugh from ear to ear.

Many people just feel that it is not enough, not worthy of the Chinese Cao who surprised North America three years ago.

Until the beginning of October, the new album "Qing" was officially released. In the first week, a total of 10 songs landed on the Billboard Top 6 Singles Chart.

Among them, 5 entered the top 25, and 3 entered the top ten.

"Counting Stars", which hit the list before, went from No. 2 to No. [-], and "Hello", which won the championship for two weeks, dropped one place and became the runner-up.

And the winner is not an outsider, it is the first title song of Cao Xuan's new album, borrowing from Boss Huang's "Shape of You".

This song has a fresh and moving melody, which makes people listen to it clearly. The revised lyrics are not as yellow as the original version, but a little more hazy and sweet.

Coupled with the crazy momentum of the previous two songs, not only did Cao Xuan's number of top singles break through double digits, but also allowed Cao Xuan to make up for the regret of the previous "Hello", and successfully completed the first week of the Billboard singles chart. feat.

We must know that Billboard has decades of history. As of October 2009, there were only 10 first-week airborne champion singles on Billboard.

Without a doubt, another achievement that could go down in Billboard history.

Looking at this new achievement and the series of Cao Xuan's names on the bulletin board, many people couldn't help but nodded.

This is the right taste!

Billboard didn't have 5 songs on the list, how dare I call it a magician of oriental music.

Cao Xuan himself called it a good guy, you are so crazy, why don't you come to the rankings.

However, the performance of "Qing" is indeed strong enough, not only the bulletin boards have a lot of success, but also the offline physical and online digital sales are also considerable.

When Cao Xuan flew to the United States, the album limit was almost 10 days. The offline physical albums in North America had exceeded 100 million+, while the number of digital albums was 80. Even the number of the latter has begun to significantly exceed that of physical albums.

With the rapid development of digital music in recent years, the International Phonographic Association has officially included the sales of digital albums or singles in the sales data of singers.

Billboard also includes digital sales as sales data for ranking calculations, and is even now discussing introducing song streaming into the list calculation formula of [radio plays + album/single sales].

Everyone must admit that the trend of digital music is unstoppable, and the era of streaming media is coming...

However, this has little to do with Cao Xuan. He plans to only have a pure English album in the future. Maybe he will bid farewell to the music world before the streaming media officially comes.

Cao Xuan, who didn't bother to worry about the future, took part in various promotional activities for the album step by step under the arrangement of Warner.

On October 10th, Cao Xuan came to the well-known American program "Conan Late Show".

Conan O'Brien, the host with the same name as the elementary school student of Death, is a well-known American comedian, talk show host and TV program producer.

Cao Xuan and him are old acquaintances. After careful calculation, this is the fourth time Cao Xuan has participated in Conan Show.

The program layout of "Late Night Conan Show" is not much different from most American talk shows, and even from domestic talk shows.

The host and the guests sat on the left and right, and everyone chatted casually according to some script outlines that had been discussed.

"Cao, long time no see."

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Cao Xuan took the stage, sat down amid applause from the audience, and greeted the host Conan familiarly.

Conan looked at the generous Cao Xuan and said with emotion: "I remember when you first came to my show, you were not well-known in the United States at that time, I dragged you to talk about Jack Cheng, and now you have become The object that many celebrities talk about, and even the idol of many young singers."

"I'm not yet 40, don't separate me from the young singers."

Cao Xuan made a joke, and then followed Conan's words to recall the original scene.

"Actually, my eldest brother, Jack Cheng, was not familiar with me at that time, and I didn't even talk to him much at that time.

But if you ask, I’m too embarrassed to say I’m not familiar with it. Fortunately, we were talking about his movies at the time, otherwise I would have given away the truth if I asked about him and me. "

Conan nodded again and again: "I heard from Jack Cheng that he said that you are very smart and cunning. How is your relationship now?"

"Very good, now you ask interesting stories about the two of us, and I can tell you two hours at a stretch."

"Haha, I remembered your words, now let's talk about your movie."

Conan is a professional host, he won't get too entangled in Cheng Long's topic, and quickly moved on to the next topic.

"The box office of your two movies in Hollywood is very good. Many people say that you should come to Hollywood to develop, but I see that you seem to be more willing to focus your career on China."

"Yes."

Cao Xuan answered very happily: "I don't want to talk too much about metaphysical things, just from practical commercial considerations, Chinese films are in a period of rapid development, and this is a new and vast market.

I attach great importance to Hollywood and the North American market, and there will be works released in North America in the future, but there is no doubt that Chinese films are my roots. "

No matter what, a domestic artist loves his own domestic market, and there is nothing wrong with talking about breaking the sky, and Cao Xuan is not afraid of these people's criticisms.

And Cao Xuan really thinks so in his heart, no matter how much he struggles in Hollywood, he can't beat the six giants and major media groups, so he basically has the mentality of earning extra money and fame, and the most important thing in his heart is the mainland market.

This is a film market that is expected to grow into the world's largest ticket warehouse.

Fan Xing is already the leader in the industry, grasping the opportunity, as long as he works hard, fame and fortune will come like waves. Cao Xuan ran over to fight with the six Hollywood giants when he was full.

If it's really a fair business competition, Cao Xuan wouldn't be afraid to come and fight. Even if he can't beat the six giants, it's not a problem for the first-tier film companies to win.

But Cao Xuan was afraid that the old beauty was not particular, and he was in business. If someone sanctioned him, even if he knocked down all the six giants and swallowed them in his stomach, he would be in vain in the end.

So no matter how Hollywood develops, Cao Xuan will never give up on the domestic film market, which is indeed, as he said, the foundation of him and Fanxing.

"Do you think you're an action star?"

"That's right, but I prefer people to call me an actor."

"Which career do you prefer, acting or music?"

"Performance, the joy of becoming another person makes me quiet, stronger than the feeling of being on stage."

"..."

Cao Xuan talked a lot in "Late Night Conan Show", daily life, some thoughts on career and life, and the creative concept of the new album.

Finally, they also talked about Michael Jackson, who passed away a few months ago. This was Cao Xuan's first public interview about this matter.

"Michael's departure is a loss to the world pop music world. It is a pity that he left everyone so early. We have had many exchanges. I have learned a lot from him, which may benefit me for the rest of my life.

When I came to the United States this time, I also saw many people speculating, questioning and even slandering him. I don't like this kind of behavior very much.

There is a saying in China that "the dead are the greatest", I hope everyone can maintain respect for the dead and let the legend leave quietly. "

Conan asked curiously: "May I ask, Jenny (Michael Jackson's sister) once said that you and Michael are close friends and confidants. Will you write a song to commemorate this friendship in the future?"

"maybe."

Cao Xuan did not answer directly, but said: "Siren has passed away, I don't want to be thought that I used the person who left to increase my popularity.

If there is such a song in the future, it is best for everyone to listen to it quietly and feel the emotions inside. If not, it will be considered as a personal commemoration. I will not explain and introduce it except for the song itself. "

Conan nodded: "I understand your thoughts, and I am also looking forward to your new song."

The two chatted for more than half an hour, which had exceeded the length of the usual program, but Conan didn't care. The two chatted very happily, and the effect of the program also satisfied the program group.

After the interview, Cao Xuan sang a song as the end and promotion of the new album.

"That Girl", the fourth boutique song of Cao Xuan's new album, the title of the song can be translated as "That Girl".

It can also be divided into "That Girl" and "Hot Woman".

The title song of the album released by British singer Ollie Morse in 2016, the best result is the top of the British music charts, but this song is very popular in Internet streaming media, and it can be regarded as a worldwide hit.

The connotation and melody of the lyrics actually have nothing to say about the standard European and American popular love songs, and they can even be called saliva songs. The advantage is that the melody is beautiful and fresh, and the chorus is easy to sing.

Each of Cao Xuan’s albums has songs with similar attributes and positioning, but many songs are popular and popular, which makes such songs less prominent.

"There's a girl but I let her get away
The girl I once loved, but I let her pass by
It's all my fault cause pride got in the way
It's all my fault for my pride
And I'd be lying if I said I was ok
If you say nothing happened, it’s just a lie that hasn’t been exposed

About that girl the one I let get away
That girl we passed each other
......"

The scene of Cao Xuan playing the guitar and singing softly spread all over North America along with "Conan Late Show".

The popularity of "That Girl" soared, and the next week it rushed to the top five on the billboard, and it also managed to get Cao Xuan's name on four of the top ten songs on the billboard.

However, it seems that "That Girl" and "Counting Stars" are unlikely to hit the championship singles.

The performances of "Hello" and "Shape of You" were too stable. They won the championship for 4 consecutive weeks.

If it's just one song, there is still the possibility of a dark horse counterattack, but if two songs are blocked together, there is little hope of a series of two.

As for the last masterpiece "Fire", the Chinese translation of "Fire" is not very likely to win the championship.

To be honest, this song can be said to be the worst of the 5 high-quality songs in this album in terms of pure performance. It does not have too conspicuous statistics and achievements, but it has a good influence, a passionate melody, and is also very suitable for sporting event.

When the English promotional song for the Beijing Olympic Games was released, Cao Xuan considered using this song, but later felt that "Hall of Fame" was more classic.

After all, it is a single, and it needs to be famous in one fell swoop, and there are several songs in the album, so it doesn't matter if the quality is a little weak.

Before that, Cao Xuan had expected the next three songs to be crowned champions, but with the two songs "Hello", Cao Xuan was also very satisfied.

And judging from this posture, I'm afraid there will be a battle for a month or two. Although "Legend" is not as strong and domineering as in "Legend" three years ago, it has not fallen into the name of Chris Cao.

The North American music world also breathed a sigh of relief. Another "Legend" would knock them out of energy.

Even though "Qing" still pushes everyone to the ground and beats them up, at least it doesn't have the helpless, almost suffocating despair of three years ago.

There are even American media with a rhythm, talking about the "disappearance of the magic halo" of China's Cao, which is slowly returning to "mediocrity."

God is sorry, the two songs "Shape of You" and "Hello" still dominate the Billboard singles chart, and the two songs jointly won the championship for a whole month.

The album "Qing" also took the number one spot on the Billboard album chart for two weeks.

The sales of physical and digital albums in North America have already approached 300 million copies in half a month, and if the sales in Asia and Europe are included, they are expected to reach 500 million copies.

With such a result, there were still people talking nonsense. That media company was almost sprayed to death by Cao Xuan's foreign fans, and even fans of many other singers were too angry to go up and besiege.

Just kidding, Cao Xuan's stats are so "mediocre". What is their favorite singer?
Waste?
But even so, the magnanimous Cao Tianwang still took out a small notebook and recorded it for these media.

Waiting for the next pure English album, I have to put together a 10-song boutique group of "Legend" Wang Zha album, let them see what is really "mediocre".

The success of the new album was surprisingly smooth, which made Cao Xuan's promotional tour much easier, and he was free to have a meal with his apprentice Taylor.

This year, Taylor's performance was outstanding, and he even reached the second place on the Billboard singles chart, and almost won the first Billboard champion single in his career.

But with this runner-up as a base, it will be easier to reach the championship next time. Cao Xuan also specially asked Taylor to send him some demos of next year's new album, intending to help polish it.

Having been in the music world for more than ten years, Cao Xuan may not have the ability to create independently. After all, this stuff is more about talent, but his music theory and professional vision are definitely at the top level in the industry.

And although he is not good at independent creation, he is good at adapting songs, and it is absolutely no problem for Taylor to check for gaps and make up for omissions.

If he really didn't have any real skills in his hand, Cao Xuan wouldn't dare to be called a master, he would have shown his timidity a long time ago. He can open his mouth to give advice and teach a talented singer like Taylor, so he is naturally confident.

After staying in the United States for two weeks, Cao Xuan watched each other fall in love and kill each other inside the "Qing" album.

The album's songs were on the list for the seventh week, "Hello" defeated "Shape of You" which won three consecutive championships, and also won the championship for three weeks.

The two songs became really popular, and also enhanced each other's influence. At one point, the boss and the second fought and the third was killed by hand, which also made the dominance of the two songs not be threatened in a short time.

As long as his own team won the championship, Cao Xuan would not choose any song. After watching the infighting drama in relief, Cao Xuan took the plane back to China.

"Let the Bullets Fly" has been in production for several days, Cao Xuan, the big villain, has not been in place, and the impatient Lao Jiang keeps calling to remind...

　The number of words is slightly less, and I will make up later
　　
　
(End of this chapter)