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Chapter 236 Sold Out

Contrary to music critics, most young fans prefer the album's title "Until the End of the World".

It's not that I don't like "Bridge of Glory", it's just relatively speaking.Or the current pop rock is more popular with the public.

And the passionate melody in "Until the End of the World" is the song that young people should listen to.

Once this album was released, "Until the End of the World", the main title, became popular in the streets and alleys.

On the radio, the frequency of on-demand karaoke remains high.A TV station interviewed passers-by on their views on this song, and many people said, "The way Akiyama-san sings rock is really cool."

Since Kazuki Akiyama's debut, his song style has been mainly J-POP pop, and there are few hard-core rock styles.

Except for the song "CANDY" at the beginning, this is the main song now, which can be regarded as a rock with a strong sense of shock.

Rare things are precious, plus Akiyama Kazuki's usual gentle image.Suddenly singing rock and roll, the contrast is quite shocking.

And the effect is very good, at least most people in this era eat this set.

Coupled with passion and inspiration, it has received a lot of praise from ordinary audiences.

It can also be seen from this that the pop music that the public likes and the musicality that music critics say are actually somewhat opposite.

This is not to belittle popular music, but because it is based on the average musical literacy of the public.

Then, under normal circumstances, increasing exposure, impact and making catchy melodies are the basic logic of pop music production.

It is not difficult to understand that the rise of J-POP is accompanied by the popularization of tie up techniques and the rise of the karaoke wave.

Semi-forced infusions of TIE-UP and karaoke have increased exposure, on top of rising exposure.

The record company must produce a melody that can be remembered after listening to it once and an arrangement with memorable points.

Only such music can be disseminated and most easily accepted by the public.

However, thanks to the praise of "Bridge of Glory" by sound critics like Tomizawa Issei in music journals.

This song has also attracted the attention of the public, and the exposure has naturally increased greatly.

After listening to this song, it is rare for fans not to refute the critics' evaluation of this song.

It is indeed a good song with good lyrics and music, and it is also the J-POP field that Kazuki Akiyama is good at.

It is a very positive support song. Listening to his eloquent singing, the audience is easily drawn in and arouses emotional resonance.

So this song has also become the second most popular song in his junior high school, especially by the students who are taking exams.

It is another popular support song after ZARD's double A-side single.

And Kazuki Akiyama's first week's sales of the first album have also been counted, a total of 50.

Why is it a full 50, because it is out of stock. The first batch of shipments that Being ordered for this album was 50.

Because this is Kazuki Akiyama's first album, no one can say for sure how the sales will be.

Moreover, it is impossible to infer the shipment of the first album based on the shipment of singles.

The first batch of shipments of 50 albums is actually quite a lot, based on the fact that the price of an album is three times that of a single.

This sales volume is already equivalent to the sales volume of 150 million singles, and this is only the amount in the first week. This number was already quite terrifying in 93.

There was nothing to do, and Being immediately notified the CD factory to work overtime to press the CD.

But even with the sales of 50, there is no doubt that it airborne No.1 on the album list.

The second place is Izumi Sakai's fourth album "Swaying Thoughts", which was just released in July.

Hi, I bumped into my family by accident.But it's not the first time that Kazuki Akiyama has pressed on her, and it doesn't matter if he comes one more time.

However, Kazuki Akiyama never thought that his album would be sold out when it first debuted, although he also thought that the sales should be fine.

But after all, it is the first album, and he has no experience.

In fact, he still doesn't understand the fans' mentality of waiting for his album.

Other people’s idols sell three singles and put albums on the shelves non-stop, and then look at their own idols that have released five singles, and there is no shadow of the album.

So when his first single was released, it immediately attracted retaliatory consumption from fans.

In addition, it happens to be the first anniversary of his debut, and Being's commercial promotion methods in this regard are really one set.

The full-body advertisements of trams and buses are running one after another in Tokyo, and his figure is all over the streets and alleys.

Coupled with the excellent quality of the album itself, it is not surprising that there are such sales.

This has also attracted doubts about Being's shipment ability. If it were not for the limited shipments, Kazuki Akiyama might set another record.

Many people wonder why the current social and economic environment is so bad.

But the sales of CDs have been rising all the way, even crazier than the late 80s when the paper money was intoxicated.

In fact, generally speaking, when society is in a period of downturn and turmoil, it will produce spiritual and cultural prosperity. This is an invariable law of historical development.

Take the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, when Chinese heroes competed for hegemony, as an example. It was at that time that the cultural phenomenon of contention among a hundred schools of thought emerged.

During the politically dark Wei and Jin Dynasties, a landmark aesthetic trend of thought was also born.

The same is true for popular culture. In the era of the Great Depression, the Japanese needed cultural products to support their spiritual world.

Under such circumstances, especially support songs like ZARD's "Don't Give Up" and Akiyama Kazuki's "Bridge of Glory", are what the society needs.

In addition, from the perspective of economic theory, there is also a lipstick effect.Such a theory is used as support. In layman's terms, it is the trend of low-priced products.

In the late 80s, standing on the side of the road to hail a taxi was waving [-] yuan bills.If the entertainment expenses given by the company are not spent, the boss will scold you.

And the original extravagance is gone forever, and I can no longer experience the joy of spending money like water.

But the desire to consume is still there, and the Japanese prefer music, so a CD of several thousand yen has become a good substitute.

In addition, the prosperity of karaoke has also brought about a rise in CD sales to a certain extent.

For example, when going to sing karaoke, people who think that the songs sung by others are good will buy CDs because they want to listen to the songs.

This is actually an advertisement for the song that costs no money and has a longer exposure time than TV commercials.

Secondly, the record company catered to the upsurge of karaoke and began to include the accompaniment track in almost singles.

Some people who are not convenient to go to karaoke for various reasons will buy CDs in order to sing these songs at home.

Kazuki Akiyama's album has this kind of operation, and the accompaniment of some popular and main songs is also included.

It is also to cater to those who like their karaoke songs but don’t want to go to karaoke. Being is well-versed in this aspect and can be regarded as the pioneer of this method.

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