Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Chapter 225 Backstreet Boys Cover Chen Qiming's Song
After Chen Qiming came to the United States, he immediately devoted himself to publicity.

The reason was not that Chen Qiming was so ambitious that he couldn't help but throw himself into work immediately.

The reason why he seems so busy.

Mainly because the 28th is Tuesday.

Tuesday, not a very special day.

But to Chen Qiming, it was quite important.

Because on this day, the US Billboard will announce the top songs of the week.

Chen Qiming's three English songs have great potential.

Most people, including Warner Music, believe that if the exposure of these three songs increases, they will have a chance to hit the billboard in the first week of release.

Therefore, in order to hit the bulletin board, Chen Qiming immediately devoted himself to publicity as soon as he arrived in the United States.

Of course, apart from Chen Qiming's own tour promotion, it is impossible for Warner to be idle.

On the second day after Chen Qiming arrived in the United States, Warner Music started a large-scale promotion of this record.

The first is radio.

Although Warner did not catch all of the hundreds of large and small radio stations across the United States, it also contacted most of the radio stations and asked the radio station to play the three songs of this record on the radio station.

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Although what Mike said before that every billboard in the United States has a poster of Chen Qiming is a bit exaggerated.

But it is undeniable that Warner Records has indeed made great efforts.

Starting from the 26th, Chen Qiming's posters began to appear frequently on those advertising spots on American streets.

Warner even invited a special publicity team.

This so-called publicity caravan is actually nothing new.

It is a caravan of vehicles covered with Chen Qiming posters, with stereos installed in the cars, roaming the streets all day long, and playing three songs of Chen Qiming all the time.

"Crazy crazy! Warner Records crazy!"

A large number of vehicles were running on the street, and Chen Qiming's singing resounded from above.

This directly caught the attention of the Los Angeles Times.

In the news report the next day, Warner Records was called crazy.

Even, because the team stereos arranged by Warner Records were turned on too loudly, the next day, the official organizations of some communities in Los Angeles directly received a large number of complaints.

He said that the streets were full of Chen Qiming's three songs all day long, which had seriously disturbed the people, and hoped that the relevant departments would order them to ban them.

Because of too many complaints, the Los Angeles city government even interviewed Warner Records, asking for a ban on continuing this disturbing publicity method.

Because I was interviewed by the city government.

This kind of publicity that filled the streets with Chen Qiming's singing didn't last long.

In just two days, Warner Records had to stop due to pressure from public opinion.

However, although it is banned.

But Warner Records' promotion method has indeed played a big role.

The way that vehicles blasted the streets and played the three songs of Chen Qiming in a loop has really attracted many citizens who are interested in these three songs.

For two consecutive days, the sales of the album "That Girl" ushered in a big explosion.

At the same time, the name Jamie Chen is also known by more and more Americans.

On the major radio charts, the three songs also climbed up the charts at a speed visible to the naked eye.

As of the night of July 27, "That Girl" has entered the top three on the Los Angeles radio chart, "Lemon Tree" is fifth, and "Take Me to Your Heart" is sixth.

Not just places like Los Angeles.

After Warner Music's large-scale nationwide promotion in the United States, these three songs have gradually spread their influence in other parts of the United States.

Especially New York, the largest city in the United States.

On the 27th, the song "Lemon Tree" was airborne directly on the New York radio chart, reaching the top five in the New York radio chart.

The reason why this song was airborne is due to a boy band in New York.

On the 26th, there was a show at Cornell University in New York.

During the performance, a men's band called the Backstreet Boys sang "Lemon Tree" by Chen Qiming.

Once the song was performed at the show, it was immediately loved by the audience.

The group called the Backstreet Boys became famous because of this, and they directly appeared on the front page of the New York entertainment magazine that day.

It is said that this combination also won the favor of the record company and was signed by Jive Records.

In fact, seriously speaking, the Backstreet Boys sang Chen Qiming's songs in the performance without Chen Qiming's consent, which is an infringement.

Well, although Laomei has a lot of things to complain about, there is nothing to say about the importance it attaches to creators.

If the infringement is discovered, the infringed party can sue the other party for bankruptcy.

Of course, Chen Qiming and Warner Music certainly did not sue the Backstreet Boys.

Except that the group was not signed to a record company at the time.

Another reason is that what the Backstreet Boys did actually helped to promote Chen Qiming's record to a large extent.

Therefore, after the record company that Backstreet Boys just signed called Warner to apologize, Chen Qiming and Warner forgave each other.

"Chen, the Jive company hopes to obtain your authorization to let the Backstreet Boys sing your songs in the upcoming college tour. The company thinks it can agree. What do you think?"

In the evening, Chen Qiming, who had just participated in a radio interview, returned to the hotel and lay down on the bed without taking off his clothes.

Just 2 minutes after he lay down, a phone call woke him up from half asleep.

When the phone was connected, Mike's voice came from the phone.

"Don't worry, JIVE Records will pay the copyright fee!"

Listening to the words on the phone, Chen Qiming rubbed his temples and sat up.

He is really tired these days.

As soon as I came to the United States, I entered the propaganda non-stop.

Originally, the jet lag did not reverse, and I could only sleep for a few hours a day.

It made him look very haggard.

"The copyright fee doesn't matter, I just hope that when the Backstreet Boys sing my songs, they can indicate the source.

I don't want the next time I play, people say I'm singing a Backstreet Boys song. "

The Backstreet Boys couldn't pay much for the copyright fee, so Chen Qiming didn't care too much.

What he cares about is the source of the song.

He didn't want to be told that he was covering someone else's song when he sang his own song.

It's not impossible.

In this paper age, news travels slowly.

It is not uncommon for the original song to become a cover because the cover is very good.

Of course, Chen Qiming doesn't think his version is inferior to the Backstreet Boys' version.

This is just a precaution.

He didn't want to become Wang Feng in his dream.

"You can rest assured that the Backstreet Boys have made a promise, as long as you allow them to perform your songs on the upcoming high school tour.

They'll credit songs before they're sung and help promote your record! "

Mike said on the phone.

"OK! Then let them sing!"

(End of this chapter)