China Entertainment 1997

Los Angeles, Staples Center

The 49th Grammy Awards Ceremony has officially begun. The venue can accommodate tens of thousands of people. It is considered to be the largest Grammy Awards in recent years.

The annual Grammy Awards, in addition to the regular awards, is actually a top music feast. A large number of performers and award winners take the stage to sing, making it a top concert.

In many cases, the ratings of the Oscars are lower than those of the Grammys because ordinary audiences prefer a large number of singing and dancing performances to a pure awards ceremony.

Unless the classic fun of the Oscar winner slapping the host can happen...

The opening guest was the British rock band The Police, which is also a veteran band and has won multiple Grammys.

The band disbanded in 1984. After many years, they announced their reunion this year and subsequently held a concert tour.

There is no such thing as the finale of a Grammy performance. On the contrary, the last moment of the more than three-hour concert + awards ceremony is obviously not the best prime time.

If you have to pick out a few better performance periods, the opening and the intervals between the awarding of major awards in the middle and late stages are considered to be the best periods.

Cao Xuan has two performances at this year's Grammy Awards. The originally planned time slots were one for the opening and one for the middle and late stages.

Later, because this old band came back to the world, Grammy wanted to make it happen, so they discussed it with Cao Xuan.

Cao Xuan has always respected the old and loved the young, and with his current momentum, he doesn't care about the performance before and after the performance, so he sold out the Grammy and the Police Band and moved both performances to the back.

Sting, the lead singer of the Police Band, is also considered a well-known celebrity and has won double-digit Grammy awards.

But he is old after all. He is 56 years old this year. Although the singer industry is not particularly age-sensitive, and it is not uncommon to sing to the age of 70, there is no doubt that as he gets older, his body functions will definitely decline.

As many singers get older, their skills and emotions may be better, but their vocal and other physical conditions are definitely not as good as before.

Of course, this is not absolute. There are also many singers who are extremely talented or have indifferent styles. They may become more enchanting as they get older. They were mediocre when they were young, but their singing becomes more interesting as they get older.

But for rock singers, the impact of age is relatively greater.

But it doesn’t matter. Many times these old singers are willing to sing, and their fans are very happy.

Sometimes when people listen to songs, they not only listen to the quality of the songs themselves, but also miss their own past feelings.

Although Cao Xuan personally believes in retreating from the rapids and leaving at the peak of his career, leaving his fans with an eternal legend, this does not prevent him from appreciating this kind of singer who is willing to keep singing.

No matter what the reason is, still persisting on stage at this age deserves Cao Xuan's respect.

Of course, the exception is the feuding Jagger. Even though he is singing in his 90s, Cao Xuan is still bad.

Determined to belong to yes!

After the Police Band stepped down, the first award guest/host was a black man-Jamie Foxx.

He is the one who played Electro in "The Amazing Spider-Man". He also acted in "The King of Soul" and won the Oscar in 2005.

I don’t know how Garfield Andrew, who plays the second-generation Spider-Man, felt when he saw him.

However, some people say that Garfield Andrew will accompany him, but in fact he has only been nominated for Oscar winner twice in 2022.

It took more than 20 years for DiCaprio to accompany him four times before he finally got what he wanted. The worst thing happened to Peter O'Toole. The old man was nominated for eight Oscars, but in the end he only got one lifetime honorary award.

This old man is not only an excellent actor, but also a good singer. Especially last year, he released his second album, which achieved good results and was nominated for 4 Grammys this year.

The situation of the Grammy Awards ceremony varies from year to year. Sometimes a regular host is hired to handle the process, and sometimes the award-giving guest is directly invited to serve as the host.

There is no host nagging in the middle, at most a DJ narrating and guiding, guest hosting/awarding + performance. Those who are eloquent will be awarded a few more, and those who don't like to talk will be withdrawn after one award.

Cao Xuan personally prefers the style, which is less wordy and fast-paced. The disadvantage is that the degree of freedom is high, the guest hosting ability is uneven, and there is no professional host to control the scene, which is prone to problems.

For example, this electric man, although he has the extroverted personality of a black man, does not mean that he knows how to host and talk shows.

The two jokes about the police band were so awkward that it made people pick their toes. Not many people below were willing to support them, which made him smile awkwardly and quickly award the award.

Dianguangren presented two awards. Don’t worry about the first one, and the second one was nominated by Cao Xuan for [Best Pop Vocal Album].

As for this award, it is basically recognized that there is no one better than Cao Xuan.

Most of Cao Xuan's 10 Grammy nominations this year are popular. However, with so many experts in the four major categories, Cao Xuan has a huge advantage and others cannot be underestimated.

In the rock category, there is only one hard rock song in "Legend". Although the other songs can be considered rock style, they are not obvious and have limited advantages.

[Best MV] is the most average, and anyone has a chance to win the award.

Only in the popular category, Cao Xuan almost has an overwhelming advantage. The many finalists nominated this year basically pose no big threat to him.

Perhaps there are still twists and turns in the instrumental music awards, but [Best Pop Vocal Album] and [Best Male Pop Vocalist], as soon as the Grammy nominations were announced, many people defaulted to Cao Xuan.

“…the winner is…”

Sure enough, when the electric man saw the name on the envelope, he showed no surprise and turned the envelope over.

"Chris Cho, Legend!"

After thunderous applause, Cao Xuan stood up calmly, hugged and celebrated with Edgar Jr. and other Warner team members, and nodded gently to Taylor, who was seated behind him with an excited face, and walked to the awards ceremony stage.

When he won the Grammy for the first time, Cao Xuan was inexplicably excited and talked about it.

Now this is his 7th Grammy. Although he is equally happy, his mentality is really not too exciting.

On the contrary, if he doesn't win the prize, he might be able to break through the defense!

"...Thank you to the organizing committee, my family and team..."

It was a very normal acceptance speech. Compared with the winner who shed tears on the stage just now, Cao Xuan's performance was very ordinary, even boring, but in the eyes of most people in the audience, he was a boss.

The arrogant Taylor looked at her teacher without blinking, remembering all Cao Xuan's actions at this time.

I thought to myself that if I win several Grammys in the future, I will be so calm and calm, and even better than others.

After Cao Xuan received the award, he was not seen for nearly 20 minutes. It had nothing to do with him, but two first-line singers, Justin and Beyoncé, sang separately.

The former has come out of the shadow of the 2004 Super Bowl, and its new album performed well last year. Unfortunately, it encountered Cao Xuan, and after only half a year, its two championship singles were abruptly wiped out.

The latter is in the spotlight and has already ascended to the throne of the new queen. Her new song "Irreplaceable" is also the first song to break the monopoly of Cao Xuan's album "Legend" on the Billboard, and won the top spot on the Billboard singles chart.

However, compared to "Irreplaceable" which dominated the Billboard singles chart for 10 consecutive weeks in its original time and space, now due to the sudden emergence of "Legend", although it won the championship, it was quickly surrounded by Cao Xuan's many songs. In the end, he barely managed to win the championship for two weeks.

But even so, Beyoncé was the first singer to perform hard on Cao Xuan's "Legend" and had an extraordinary performance, which gave her a lot of points.

It is worth mentioning that Beyoncé was the first to break Cao Xuan’s monopoly, and the singers who completely ended Cao Xuan’s monopoly in August were Rihanna and her old friend Shakira.

Rihanna's winning song is her first number one single in her career, while Shakira's winning song is her only Billboard number one single in the United States for so many years.

The three major music queens serve Cao Xuan, and they all have milestone songs. Cao Tianwang dare not say that he died at the end of his life, so he died well...

Today, these three queens or future queens also came to the scene. Cao Xuan just chatted with Shakira and Beyoncé, but Rihanna was not seen.

Needless to say, it’s quite complicated to see the person “laying the coffin board” for yourself with your own eyes.

Boss Cao is a generous man, so he thought that the three of them would go back and chat with each other to see if they had any suitable songs and pick up some...

To tell the truth, Cao Xuan also went on stage to present the award for "Best Newcomer", and the winner was Carrie Underwood.

This girl is a talent show singer. She was the winner of "American Idol" in 2005. Her album performed quite well, and she eventually won the Grammy for "Best New Artist".

As I said before, the Grammy Award for "Best New Artist" is quite special. Although it is a newcomer award, it is very valuable.

Carrie Underwood winning the award also means that this group of new singers will never have a chance to win this award, including Taylor, whose fox eyes in the audience were wide-eyed.

Teacher Cao Xuan personally presented the award. For the only time in her career, she won the most valuable [Best Newcomer], which symbolizes the inheritance of the mantle and the continuation of the legend. When she becomes famous in the future, she will definitely become a legend in the world music scene.

In Taylor's opinion, this is a perfect stage, but unfortunately, the protagonist is not her...

Tyler: T^T

What made her even more sad was that the only country award she was nominated for was unsuccessful.

Although before this, Taylor already knew that his chance of winning the award was very low, he still had some luck until reality came.

Taylor is not yet the first day after the storm in the United States in the future. She is just an underage girl who looks arrogant on the outside but is actually quite sensitive on the inside.

It can be seen from the fact that Cao Xuan was so moved after the cold reception before that this girl is actually mentally fragile.

So after receiving a series of blows, Taylor became eom again...

And just when she was looking down in sadness and depression, a golden gramophone-shaped trophy suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, which was a Grammy Award.

When he looked up, it was Cao Xuan who handed him the trophy from two people apart: "There is a saying in China that victory or defeat is a matter of military affairs. Isn't it just a trophy? The teacher has it, so let's play with it."

"teacher……"

Taylor was really moved, his fox eyes were filled with water: "I... won the trophy, what will you do?"

"It's okay, I have plenty... Look, here it comes."

Not long after he finished speaking, Xia Qi on the stage finished talking and announced cheerfully: "[Best Male Pop Singer], Chris Cao!"

Cao Xuan came down after receiving the award as usual, and handed the trophy to Taylor, and said: "Help the teacher hold some, I think there will be more after a while, I can't take it by myself."

Taylor: "..."

Although she understood that Cao Xuan was comforting herself and she should be happy for the teacher, after hearing what Cao Xuan said, she couldn't help but grind her teeth and want to hit someone...

Cao Xuan didn't talk too much with Taylor. He had won this award three times and it was the most "unrare" award. He was in a calm mood.

That being said, Cao Xuan won the 45th, 46th, and 49th Grammys [Best Male Pop Vocalist], and the number of awards he won is already tied for second in Grammy history.

Tied for first place are four-time award winners Sting and Stevie Wonder, the former being the lead singer of the opening band The Police.

With Cao Xuan's current momentum, he hopes to equal or even break this record and become the King of Pop at the Grammys.

Interestingly, Cao Xuan has won the award three times. Except for the 46th Grammy in 2004, when he snatched away Justin, the 45th Grammy in 2003 and this year, Cao Xuan won the same person - John Mayer.

Moreover, Yuan Shikong won the "Best Male Pop Singer" again in 2009, and Cao Xuan won the award twice and in 2005. He has won the award four times in total, successfully tying for the first place in history.

But now, Cao Xuan is not making wild claims, but whether the other party can win the award really depends on whether Cao Xuan can release a new English album by then.

John Mayer happened to be one of Taylor's ex-boyfriends, and Cao Xuan didn't know if he had avenged his apprentice in advance.

Of course, it's hard to say which of the two is the victim, but Cao Xuan is not familiar with him, so he might as well help.

Although he felt happy in his heart, Cao Xuan was still very calm on the surface. He had to persist in showing off and there was no reason to give up halfway.

Cao Xuan looked indifferent and just took the time to pick up his cell phone and reply to a few text messages.

The award ceremony was broadcast live with pictures and text on Penguin Blog. As soon as he won the award, someone sent him a text message to congratulate him.

He was calm here, but little Edgar was smiling from ear to ear, but after seeing the scene just now, he restrained himself. I purposely looked at Taylor a few more times.

Let me put it bluntly, even if Taylor enters the peak of her appearance in the future, she can only be said to be a unique beauty, and it is difficult to say that everyone can love her.

She is not yet 20 years old, has not fully grown out, and is dressed relatively plainly, with a perm and curls. The biggest advantage is that she is youthful and beautiful.

Little Edgar glanced at her several times, then quietly winked at Cao Xuan and whispered: "Last time there was a supermodel at my party at my house, but you didn't come. It turns out that you are so good at it. No wonder you and Avril Lavigne have such a good relationship."

Cao Xuan was speechless. His reputation as a great official was not so bad abroad.

"Don't talk nonsense. Avril is my god-sister. This little girl is half my student. She has a good talent. If you train her well, she might become the most popular singer in the United States in the future."

"Yeah?"

Little Edgar was doubtful, but he quite believed in Cao Xuan's vision.

When Avril first debuted, Cao Xuan praised her and said that she would definitely become popular. Later, she became popular all over the world, which left a mark in the media.

However, more people regard it as two people who have known each other for a long time and know each other's talents, and it does not extend to Bole.

But little Edgar is considered Cao Xuan's boss, and they have a good personal relationship, so he usually pays too much attention to Cao Xuan.

In addition, Warner has a branch in China and has all kinds of information, so little Edgar knows that Cao Xuan has an accurate vision and is famous in the Chinese entertainment industry.

So even though he was doubtful, he still kept Taylor in his heart.

Cao Xuan is not afraid of little Edgar poaching, this was his intention.

Mars Records was too small and could still help Taylor make his debut, but if they wanted to continue climbing the charts and become truly famous, they had to take advantage of the situation.

Although Cao Xuan can also borrow and operate some of Warner's resources, they are limited after all and are prone to disputes. Therefore, if he really wants Warner to devote a lot of resources to Taylor wholeheartedly, he must formally reach a cooperation.

Although some profits must be given to Warner, as Taylor became popular, the market became bigger, and Mars Records made more money.

You won't get far if you eat alone. Mutual benefit and win-win are the way to go...

Taylor had no idea that Cao Xuan had just taught her a lesson to her future ex-boyfriends and paved the way for her.

She couldn't put it down, playing with the two Grammys in her hands, and then witnessed her teacher easily win two more trophies.

[Best MV]——"What are words"

Although this MV version has been criticized in China and is known as the English version of "Fairy Tale", I have to say that it is this kind of tragedy that touches people's hearts the most and leaves a deep impression.

This is also the second time that Cao Xuan has won the Grammy [Best Music Video]. The last time was for "Sugar".

One is a blessing for the wedding, and the other is a blessing for the dead wife at the end. One red and one white, a match made in heaven.

The guest who presented this award was Quentin Tarantino. This guy has good friends with many Chinese filmmakers, but Cao Xuan is not familiar with him. The first time they met was at the red carpet venue just now.

What impressed Cao Xuan most was not "Kill Bill" or "Pulp Fiction", but the Chinese phrase "Awesome" that became popular all over the Internet.

However, as far as he knew, these two words were not actually taught by Jiang Wen. Jiang Wen taught the two actors from "Star Wars" [really damn good]. Quentin learned these words from the team in China at the time.

Because Lao Jiang was "famous" and the two had a friendship, they were linked together.

Cao Xuan originally wanted to hook Quentin into a live version, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

What he was prepared for at that time was that Quentin was going crazy during the award ceremony. If the award ceremony happened on a whim, he would say "Cao, awesome" to him.

I don't know if these foreigners can understand Cao Xuan, but if these three words are put together, even if Cao Xuan doesn't explode on the spot, he might not be able to return home.

Well, the United States may not be able to stay. If this word is literally translated, Cao Tianwang I’s reputation will be completely lost...

When receiving the award, Cao Xuan looked at the excited Quentin and was thankful more than once that he was cautious and at the same time extremely vigilant.

I'm afraid that this guy will remember to show off his little Chinese.

At that time, Cao Xuan was even prepared to strike hard if this guy dared to open his mouth.

He would rather make headlines around the world than die in society!

Fortunately, everything was safe, and Cao Xuan successfully received another award.

【Best Rock Singer】

To be honest, Cao Xuan himself was very surprised to receive this award. Although he also has a few rock masterpieces, he is better at pop. He has never received any nominations in the rock category before.

I don’t know whether it was the rock songs in “Legend” that really impressed the judges this time, or whether the judges recognized his previous rock songs, or inspired him to “compose” more rock songs in the future.

But no matter what, this is Cao Xuan's first rock award, and it is still worth remembering. Cao Xuan holds it in his hands and plays with it.

So far, 7 nominations have been announced for Cao Xuan, and he has won 4 trophies, which has equaled the number of awards won by Cao Xuan last time.

Now only two of the four general categories have not been awarded, and Cao Xuan thinks that he still has hope of winning one of them.

But before that, Cao Xuan took the stage and sang two songs "Monsters" and "Skin".

Although this is not the first time for everyone to listen to it, the atmosphere and feeling of the live version of Cao Tianwang is still very good.

When Cao Xuan finished singing, the audience applauded like thunder. Taylor hugged the trophy and almost turned her hands red, looking like a little fan girl.

After that, there were several more awards, and finally it was the turn of the four major categories [Best Album of the Year].

"Legend" has performed very well, with good rankings, word-of-mouth, and sales. It is Cao Xuan's most promising award in the four major categories this year.

The guest of honor is Scarlett Johansson. Although the Marvel Universe has not yet begun, the widow is still far away from the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, but she can be regarded as a well-known American actress. She is a little girl born in the 1980s in Hollywood. She is ranked first. of.

"The winning album is - "Legend" Congratulations, Cao!"

Today, there are not many singers who have been on stage many times. After all, there are more than 100 Grammy awards. Before this, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mary J. Blige and Cao Xuan had the most appearances on stage, four times each.

However, the award of "Best Album of the Year" made Cao Xuan stand out today, winning five yuan.

It's a pity that the song is not played during the Grammy Awards, otherwise Cao Xuan could have recreated the glory of the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards at the Grammy Awards.

As soon as "Legend" sounds, go on stage to receive the award!

After receiving the trophy, the widowed sister came over to hug her with a smile. She was wearing a low-cut dress. Cao Xuan felt it and found that the money was quite sufficient.

However, Cao Xuan had seen too much of her short red hair and saw her with big blond waves, and he was quite unaccustomed to it.

Cao Xuan didn't feel much about the widow's bath water, so he should leave it to Durant. After receiving the award, he would step down with just a few words.

The last time he suffered a loss at the Golden Melody Awards, Cao Xuan made special preparations so that he would not have no words when delivering his speech.

But if there are words, then there are words, but no one can hold on and keep talking dryly, even if there are words, they are tired of it.

However, what Cao Xuan didn't expect was that not long after he stepped down from the stage and before he could sit firmly on his butt, the new person presenting the award looked at him in shock.

"[Single of the Year] Winner - Cao "Skin"."

Cao Xuan was stunned!

He thought that Grammy would make him a big winner, but at most he thought that five awards would be enough. Unexpectedly, six awards were awarded to him.

His first reaction was to look at little Edgar. Was this guy kidnapped by the son of the chairman of the organizing committee? Or do you have some incredible evidence as a handle?

However, when Cao Xuan saw that little Edgar had become a fool weighing more than 100 pounds, he felt that he might have thought too much.

Maybe it’s just pure money thrown in!

Cao Xuan took the stage for the sixth time and received the trophy, but what he was thinking about was how Michael Jackson managed to get by when he won 8 trophies in one night.

With this thought in his mind, Cao Xuan still delivered his speech very steadily, but his words sounded a little familiar to the guests in the audience.

It’s not surprising. If someone can remember Cao Xuan’s first five acceptance speeches, they will find that the sixth acceptance speech is completely extracted from the previous five words and pieced together. The duplication check rate is not to say 100%. , at least more than 85%.

After winning 6 trophies, Cao Xuan undoubtedly became the most handsome boy in the field. When the award ceremony was over, he was immediately surrounded by countless media.

A reporter asked Cao Xuan to take a photo with the trophy. At that time, he happened to be in the open space of the billboard. There was no place to place it around, so he could only hold it with his hands.

But after Cao Xuan worked for a long time, he couldn't hold 6 trophies at once, and it was difficult for others to help him take photos.

I simply didn’t care about the front and back of the trophies, just put them together like building blocks into a pile, hold them up, and let reporters take pictures. Anyway, just take pictures of the person and the six trophies.

The reporters were dumbfounded, but they were still honest and quickly pressed the shutter. They believed that this photo would definitely become a classic.

After taking the photo, Cao Xuan also joked to the Grammy staff: "You should prepare a bag or a wheelbarrow later, otherwise it will be difficult to get these trophies."

Although it was a joke, many people at the scene couldn't help but grind their teeth like Taylor.

I also need a bag or a wheelbarrow. Are you here to receive the prize or come to TM to purchase the goods...