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Chapter 268 Harvest in 1993
Hastily discussed the countermeasures with Watanabe Yoshitaka, and then called Nagato Taiko.

Kazuki Akiyama began to prepare himself non-stop again, preparing to participate in tonight's awards ceremony.

The first thing to go to is naturally the 35th Japan Record Awards held at Budokan.

He had been here last year, and counting the concert in October, this was his third visit to the Budokan.

Different from last year, this year's Record Awards has started comprehensive evaluation again, no longer divided into singing department and pop song department as in previous years.

Speaking of which, the most glorious era of the Record Awards should be in the 80s and [-]s.

At that time, the ratings once exceeded 50%, and it became a national program comparable to red and white.

Then, with the rise of new music in the 80s, some singers and artists have resigned from the invitation of the Japan Record Awards one after another on the grounds that they want to engage in music activities that are not affected by the awards.

Coupled with the fact that a second-rate singer of Johnny's won the award, more people were dissatisfied, so the authority of the awards began to decline.

But what really gave the record awards a fatal blow was that starting from 89, the red and white songs will adjust the time period and the record awards will start almost at the same time.

Not to mention that many singers complain that they have to travel back and forth between the two places, and the time is very demanding.

Even the Japanese people will not hesitate to choose the more symbolic red and white between the grand prize and red and white.

So starting from the 90s, the ratings of the Record Awards began to drop sharply. The lowest ratings in the 90s were only about 12%, and the average ratings did not exceed 15%.
This kind of data is not as high as the ratings of most TV station evening dramas.

And Kazuki Akiyama has to experience the treatment of running back and forth on the two shows of Daesang and Hongbai today.

The hosts of this year's Record Awards are Amon Miyamoto and Riho Makise.

"The winner of this year's record award is..." Miyamoto Amon held a microphone in his hand, and his voice sounded full of confidence.

""Sakura", congratulations to Akiyama Kazuki-san." Makise Riho's soft voice sounded.

"Wow—" There was a burst of applause in the arena.

Kazuki Akiyama tidied up the black suit on his body, he stood up and bowed to the colleagues seated behind him before walking onto the stage unhurriedly.

In fact, he was not too surprised in his heart, he had even expected it.

When the Composers Association found him, he had already hinted to himself that he would definitely gain something this year.

Seeing that the authority of the Record Awards is getting lower and lower, the ratings are almost falling below 10%.

If that is the case, the face of the Composers Association as the organizer will be wiped out.

After finally producing a national-level song and a singer who is full of topics, they certainly will not let go of this good opportunity to increase the ratings and once again show the public the authority of the award.

Moreover, the heavyweight award of "Record Awards" was originally intended to be awarded to works that can represent this year's song of the year and receive strong support from the public.

Therefore, "Sakura", which tops the annual single chart and sells close to 250 million works, couldn't be more suitable.

Even if Kazuki Akiyama is not awarded the grand prize, the public will suspect that it is a naked shady.

So the Composers Association presented the award with peace of mind, Kazuki Akiyama received the award with peace of mind, and the public watching the program felt at ease.

The award certificate of the Record Awards is a golden sculpture inlaid on a red base plate, and the outline is probably the image of a reclining slim woman.

It's not that you're done after receiving the award. Kazuki Akiyama sang the award-winning song "Cherry" with the sculpture in one hand and the microphone in the other.

During this interval, there were still people who kept putting flowers on the stage. Unfortunately, his two hands were completely insufficient, so he could barely hold them with his arms.

After finally persevering until the end of a song, he was completely liberated after he got off the stage, and handed the medal to Yoshitaka Watanabe beside him.

He walked out through the backstage passage without stopping, and he had to go to another event, the Red and White Song Concert.

Speaking of which, 93 was not only a year of harvest for me, but also a year of harvest for Being.

If the glory of Being began in the second half of 92, then 93 was the year when it reached its peak.

Except for Kazuki Akiyama who debuted in the second half of 92, ZARD, Daikoku Moji, WANDS, T-BOLAN, DEEN, and ZYYG all ushered in a year of full-scale explosion.

As for B and Z, they already exist at the level of super-large objects, and they have already proved themselves in the early 90s.

Taking a closer look at their record sales, ZARD released five singles this year, with a total sales of around 635 million copies.

Among them, the double-A single "Don't Give Up/TOMORROW" ranked the highest, ranking third in the annual singles chart with 210 million copies.

It is also ZARD's first double million single certified by ORICON.

In addition, the album "Swaying Thoughts" ranked No.205 on the album list with a sales volume of 2 million.

This year alone, the total sales of ZARD records reached a terrifying figure of 150 billion yen.

As for Kazuki Akiyama, including "Powder Snow" released at the end of last year, three and a half singles, the total sales volume is about 560 million.

The current sales of the album "Until the End of the World" and his single "Sakura" are about 250 million.

The total sales of his CDs throughout this year are around 160 billion yen, ranking No. 1 in the total sales of all Japanese singers in the whole year, and No. 2 of ZARD's Sakai Izumi.

Kazuki Akiyama's total sales of singles are not as much as Izumi Sakai's, but she has a little more albums.

And the price of the album is close to three or four times that of the single, so the total sales are more than that of Izumi Sakai.

This is only the achievements of him and Izumi Sakai. Daikoku Maji's achievements are also impressive, with a total sales of more than 300 million singles and more than 100 million albums.

WANDS, which is a little more powerful than Daikoku Moji, has sold nearly 300 million albums in addition to 170 million singles.

T-BOLAN and DEEN also have similar results, not to mention the B and z of super-large objects.

It can be said that throughout 93, as long as artists of the Being category released songs, they would occupy the top three on the weekly charts and monthly charts with a high probability.

In the annual singles and albums list, there are 30 singles and 18 albums from the works of Being artists, half of the top ten places are taken by BEING.

In 1993, the top 3 singers' album sales were Kazuki Akiyama, ZARD, and WANDS, and Being occupied 5 of the top ten.

This year, the total sales volume of Being's records is about 630 billion yen, accounting for 12.6% of the entire record industry.
Kazuki Akiyama's sales of 160 billion yen alone accounted for more than a quarter of the total amount of Being.

Coupled with the Sakai spring water, the two of them are almost worth half of Being.

This is also the reason why Kazuki Akiyama and Nagato Taiko made concessions on the issue of dealing with the paparazzi.

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