Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

In a blink of an eye, it was December, and the weather was getting colder and colder.

Just as "Love in the Rain" continued to be shown in various parts of Japan, the TV series "101 Proposals" was officially completed on December [-]nd.

In fact, if the normal progress had been followed, "101 Proposals" should have been officially completed a week ago.

But because the weather suddenly turned cold during the filming, many actors caught colds, especially the heroine Akina Nakamori also caught a cold, which caused the filming progress to be delayed again and again.

But things like this are actually quite normal, and the delay in "101 Marriage Proposals" is not too long, so it's acceptable.

During this period, the top six of Oricon's weekly charts were still firmly controlled by Cao Zhiqiang's six songs, at most, the rankings among the six songs of Cao Zhiqiang had changed.

For example, the song "Rain" has now reached No.2 on Oricon's weekly chart, while No.1 is "Tsunami".

"Unheard Flower Name" rushed to No.3, "Jun がいるだけで" fell to No.4, No.5 was "That Summer", and No.6 at the bottom was "So Many People in This World".

This ranking change is not surprising. After all, the song "Rain" is really good, and it has a movie bonus. It deserves to be No. 1.

And "Tsunami" and "Jun がいるだけで" have been on the list for more than a month, and both have won the No. 1 weekly list. Now they are still ranked in the top five, which is considered to be a strong fighting force.

Of course, compared with Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, the two songs "Tsunami" and "Jun がいるだけで" performed worse on the charts, but this is mainly because the competition is too great.

In Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, whether it was "Tsunami" or "Jun がいるだけで", they did not compete on the same stage, nor did they appear at the same time.

On the contrary, when Cao Zhiqiang appeared in his previous life, these two songs basically had no rivals, so they ranked No.1 for so long.

But here, because of Cao Zhiqiang's random operation, many powerful songs competed on the same stage, which made the two songs "Tsunami" and "Jun がいるだけで" no longer stand out.

Of course, this is only from the perspective of the weekly rankings. If you look at the overall sales results, Cao Zhiqiang's method of releasing songs in this way is actually beneficial.

For example, the song "Tsunami" has now sold more than 320 million copies, which is unprecedented.

Don't look at 320 million copies as if it's nothing, after all, Cao Zhiqiang's record sales in China started with 300 million copies casually.

But you must know that this is Japan, not China!

In addition, it has been less than two months since the song "Tsunami" appeared.

In less than two months, the cumulative sales can exceed 300 million, which has never happened before in the Japanese music scene.

The problem is, it wasn't just the song "Tsunami" that sold 300 million copies in less than two months.

"君がいるだけで", Cao Zhiqiang's debut song in Japan, has now sold 302 million copies, which is only slightly less than 20 copies than "Tsunami".

But this is only the cumulative sales. The fastest growing sales are actually the two songs "Rain" and "Unheard Flower Name".

The two songs "Rain" and "Unheard Flower Name" were officially released three days after the movie "Love in the Rain", but at the beginning, they were not released as singles, but as albums .

It wasn't until the seventh day after the movie "Love in the Rain" that the four songs "Rain", "Unheard Flower Name", "So Many People in This World", and "That Summer" released a special remake single. Plus a dedicated MTV tape.

In the remake single tape, although there is only one song, there are several versions, such as the official remix version, solo version, a cappella version and so on.

Moreover, the single tapes are made of better quality tapes, and even CDs and vinyl records are recorded, so they are high-quality singles.

That is to say, the albums with multiple collections are actually low-cost ordinary versions, and the real high-end high-quality versions are all re-made single versions.

If this were in China, many people would not be willing to be taken advantage of and buy remakes of high-quality singles, but it is different in Japan.

Especially when Cao Zhiqiang had a large number of fans unknowingly, the situation immediately got out of control.

As a result, in the end, the sales of high-quality audio cassettes exceeded the sales of ordinary tapes, and even the sales of CD and vinyl records were only slightly lower than the sales of ordinary album tapes.

The reason is that the Japanese at this time are really rich, and they are really pursuing a high-quality life.

The high-quality audio tape is just a song, but because it is called "lossless" sound quality, in terms of sound effect, it is indeed far superior to ordinary tapes.

Especially if you use high-quality playback equipment to play, and if you add a power amplifier, the effect will be more realistic.

Those songs by Cao Zhiqiang are really good, and with the bonus of the movie, it formed a phenomenon of explosive buying.

It has been less than a month since the movie's original soundtrack was officially released. Strictly speaking, it has only been more than three weeks.

However, the sales volume of the song "Rain" has exceeded 270 million copies, while the sales volume of "Unheard Flower Name" has exceeded 250 million copies.

You know, these two songs have only been out for three weeks, and this is 1983.

In 1983, it took three weeks to sell 200 million copies. This is no longer a question of good grades, but a scary one.

Because the sales of other songs on the list during the same period were only a fraction of those of Cao Zhiqiang.

For example, "It's Difficult to Break the Ship", which is currently ranked No.7 on the Oricon chart, is a song sung by Akina Nakamori. It has been on the chart for two weeks now, but the cumulative sales volume is only a pitiful 50 copies.

With this achievement, Nakamori Akina's "The Difficult to Break the Ship" rushed to No. 7 on the Oricon weekly list in the first week of its release, and it has remained firmly at No. 7 until now.

For this reason, it is because the composition and lyrics of this song are all due to Morinaka Aoizumi.

Of course, in all fairness, the two-week sales of 50 copies was actually very scary in the past, but who made the Japanese music scene appear "Mori Naka Aoizumi" now.

Compared with the performance of "Mori Naka Seizumi", Nakamori Akina's new song, which can be called a "masterpiece", immediately paled in comparison.

As for the current No.8 weekly list, it is even worse.

Japan's Oricon chart currently ranks No.8 on the weekly chart, Seiko Matsuda's "Rock'n Rouge". The results, but only a poor 26!

In fact, it wasn't that Matsuda Seiko's song was bad, it was because she met Cao Zhiqiang and Nakamori Akina.

Because even without Cao Zhiqiang, the performance of Seiko Matsuda's new song is far inferior to Akina Nakamori.

However, no one said that Matsuda Seiko is not good. After all, compared to other singers, Matsuda Seiko is already a warrior.

Because since the movie "Love in the Rain" was released and the original soundtrack was released, the phenomenon of Cao Zhiqiang's six songs smashing the charts also occurred.

Under such circumstances, Japan's original powerful singers, one counts as one, all died down, and none of them released new songs, just to avoid colliding with Cao Zhiqiang.

After all, judging from the current situation, it is estimated that the top six results of the Oricon weekly chart will continue to be reserved for "Senzhong Qingquan", and it will take at least four weeks before there will be any changes. This is because Cao Zhiqiang will no longer release new songs. case.

But who dares to say that Cao Zhiqiang will release new songs during this period?

You know, the Japanese music industry, since 1978 to the present, has basically entered a stagnant state due to a series of reasons, and there are no more phenomenal good songs.

Some time ago, Masashi Sada released a good song "Sakurazaka" in a flash, but he was hospitalized soon because of illness.

Next, is the sudden rise of "Senaka Qingquan".

Ever since Morinaka Aoizumi's new song came out, it swept across the audience immediately, no matter whether you like to listen to songs or not, you are all captured by Morinaka Aoizumi's singing.

If Cao Zhiqiang's first Japanese debut song "Jun がいるだけで" was surprising, then when he released his second song "Tsunami", everyone was no longer surprised.

In other words, when the song "Tsunami" appeared, everyone no longer wondered about Cao Zhiqiang's level, but recognized him as a musical genius.

For this kind of talented singer who can create and prolong, everyone should buy it with their eyes closed.

Especially for those fans of "Aoizumi Morinaka", it doesn't matter what the name of Cao Zhiqiang's new song is, what matters is whether the song was written by Aoizumi Morinaka or sung by Aoizumi Morinaka.

If it is written by Aoizumi Morinaka, then you must buy it, and if it is sung by Aoizumi Morinaka, then you must buy it even more.

Because Cao Zhiqiang doesn't care how good his singing voice is, it doesn't mean that others don't know what to say.

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang's voice is very unique, even if he does not write his own songs, but sings other people's songs, he can still sing better than the original.

Ordinary people can only be better in a certain range, for example, someone has a good alto, someone has a sweet treble, and someone has a strong bass. Basically, there must be a range and limitation. It is impossible to be strong in all three ranges.

You are like Akina Nakamori, her characteristic is that she has a better mid-bass.

And like the later queen Wang Fei, she is a typical coloratura soprano, basically above C5.

Even Vitas, who was later known as the world's number one treble, was only good at the treble, not the mid-bass.

This is normal.

But Cao Zhiqiang’s situation is a bit special. His voice has been strengthened through the system, so the treble can be compared to Vitas, and it can easily reach the high C range, while the bass can easily control the Low C range.

Such a wide range of sound is really rare in human history.

Of course, just because the vocal range is wide does not mean that Cao Zhiqiang sings well. After all, whether the singing voice is good or not depends not only on the vocal range that can be reached, but also on the actual performance.

The problem is that Cao Zhiqiang's voice can easily control tremolo and sand voice, which means it is very changeable.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang's singing style is more varied, but it is also very recognizable. People will know that he sang it, and it is difficult for outsiders to imitate.

In other words, Cao Zhiqiang is strong enough to be a pure singer, but he is still a singer-songwriter, and the songs he writes are more powerful.

Just as the audience is not a fool, the audience is not an idiot either.

Whether a song is good or not, whether the public likes it or not, is all clear.

For example, Michael Jackson, he was hacked in various ways later, but his songs are still powerful, at least in Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, before he crossed over, there was no singer whose performance could match Michael Jackson.

There was also a domestic singer, Dao Mani, whose songs were criticized by many high-end singers, or high-end artists. A song, the result is good or good.

Some people may say that sales can't prove anything, but the problem is that sales itself is the best proof.

Because the high sales volume means that many listeners recognize you, and the large number of listeners who recognize you means that you are popular. Doesn’t this mean that your works are good?
Of course, if you engage in things like shit, urine and fart, use these vulgar content to go out of the ordinary way, and get a high sales volume, you should indeed be criticized, but if you don’t take this crooked path, high-selling songs with normal content should not be criticized. criticize.

During the time when Cao Zhiqiang came to Japan, the Japanese songs he sang in person became popular one after another, and the sales volume climbed from one record to another, which already shows the problem.

Just as the audience is not a fool, the singer is not a fool.

Whether Cao Zhiqiang's songs are good or not is obvious to all.

Therefore, avoiding Cao Zhiqiang's songs and not competing with Cao Zhiqiang is the smartest choice.

The famous singers in Japan have all died down, which makes Cao Zhiqiang's songs have no rivals. As a result, almost all the popular songs on the streets are Cao Zhiqiang's.

However, there are always some people who want to take an unusual path, such as Seiko Matsuda.

Seiko Matsuda is now an idol singer of the new generation. In terms of fame, she is more famous than Akina Nakamori, and even Kyoko Koizumi.

Because as early as 1980, she won several Oricon Weekly No.1.

Therefore, at a time when the local talented singers were all dying down and didn't want to confront Cao Zhi, Seiko Matsuda didn't believe in evil, and she was a girl, so she wanted to release a new song while the other powerful singers were dying down.

The song "Rock'n Rouge" (Rock Lipstick) is a sweet song with a lively style and a bit of rock flavor, and there is also a melody that is easily poisoned.

And this song has a different style from the six songs that Cao Zhiqiang has released so far, so Matsuda Seiko and his management company intend to use this style to let Matsuda Seiko take advantage of the loophole and make it popular.

After all, "Senzhong Qingquan" is really in the limelight at the moment, but he is a male singer, and he never shows his face in public. He neither holds concerts nor goes to TV stations to perform. Little is known about him.

Seiko Matsuda is different, she is an idol singer, what she wants is to be able to sing and act, and she often shows up in public.

Therefore, when Seiko Matsuda originally wanted to use Cao Zhiqiang to sweep the Japanese music scene, he could take a ride.

But who knew, three days after Seiko Matsuda released a new song, Akina Nakamori suddenly released a new song, and immediately suppressed her new song.

Now that there is a female singer, everyone will naturally go after Akina Nakamori, and no one will pay any attention to Seiko Matsuda.

Well, it’s not right to say that. It should be said that Matsuda Seiko has succeeded, after all, he still won No.8, right?

But this No.8 was not what Matsuda Seiko wanted, and what made her even more uncomfortable was that she was overwhelmed by Nakamori Akina, and her grades were far inferior to Nakamori Akina.

This result made Matsuda Seiko very unhappy, and his hostility towards Nakamori Akina became stronger invisibly.

But it doesn't matter what Seiko Matsuda thinks, or what other people think.

Cao Zhiqiang's vest "Morinaka Qingquan" is currently firmly in the top spot in the Japanese music industry.

As far as the current Japanese music industry is concerned, no one dares to compete with Cao Zhiqiang. It is not an exaggeration to say that Cao Zhiqiang has swept the Japanese music scene.

In this case, don't say that everyone doesn't know that Cao Zhiqiang is Chinese, even if they know that he is Chinese, they won't care.

Good grades are the last word.

Cao Zhiqiang currently has such undeniable excellent results in the Japanese music scene. His other problems, such as nationality, personality, etc., are not a problem in the eyes of the public.