Chapter 424 The Value of Zhou Yi Day Is Still Rising (4k)
The Global Chinese Songs Ranking is a music ranking jointly selected by 7 radio stations in Asia.
Each radio station will score each singer based on their performance on the ranking, announce the single-period ranking, quarterly ranking and annual ranking, and finally select the most popular songs and singers of the year and award them. It was founded in 2000.
The seven radio stations are Imperial Capital People's Radio, Guangdong People's Radio, Hong Kong Radio, Shanghai Media Group, Taipei Voice, Singapore and Malaysia.
Generally speaking, there will be differences in the data rankings between these seven radio stations, and even last year's Zhou Yi could not achieve complete unification.
But this time, Zhou Yi's "Young China" has achieved an unprecedented achievement. It has completed a triple jump in the real-time data rankings of five regional radio stations, including Imperial Capital People's Radio, Guangdong People's Radio, Hong Kong Radio, Shanghai Media Group and Taipei Voice, and jumped to the first place!
Although this song was a little popular when the China-Korea Song Festival was broadcast before, it is still a certain distance away from being truly popular.
This time, thanks to the Spring Festival Gala, this song has directly amazed many middle-aged and older generation listeners.
"Xiao Liang, play this "Young China Says" again for me."
"Yeah, good."
"This "Young China Says" is adapted very grandly..."
Such words often occur in the homes of leaders of many government agencies after the New Year.
As extremely sensitive people, they all sensed the importance of Zhou Yi's song in the context of the times, not to mention that this song is really good and has the popularity that a popular song must have.
Some traditional paper media have been praising Zhou Yi to the sky since the third day of the New Year -
Youth Daily: "Youth should be self-reliant, and young people should be self-reliant!"
Jiangxi Daily: "Inheriting the Torch, the Horn of the New Era!"
People's Daily: "Young People in the New Century, the Strongest Voice of the New Century"
"..."
The fate of People's Daily is basically to give Zhou Yi's song a personality.
To be honest, Zhou Yi himself had never thought that this song could actually attract this newspaper.
Although this newspaper often goes against its name and changes its face faster than turning a book, it is regarded as a third-rate newspaper.
But there is no doubt that it is one of the most influential official media in China.
"The main reason is that the significance of this song is too great in this year, and in Taiwan, your fans organized a stealing event, which made this song top the single-day number one of Taipei Voice Radio, and gave this song an extra layer of unity."
"Taipei Voice? Me?"
Zhou Yi, who started recording his English album after the New Year break, was surprised.
As an area that Zhou Yi himself could not get involved in, it was difficult for him to get the first place in Taiwan's large radio stations. After all, this thing needs to rely on a lot of radio promotion to hit the single, and Taipei Voice is such a stage.
But this time, after the New Year, Taipei Voice gave the first place to Zhou Yi for the first time - and it was a song with a strong background color, "Young China".
This is unimaginable.
"Your performance and public opinion in the United States are so great that the fans in Taiwan have agreed to steal a wave of home for you after the New Year in order to let you see their determination to support you. They took advantage of the fact that the official did not react and pushed the data of "Young China" to the first place..."
Qian Jiang was a little amused when talking about this, but he also felt the extremely strong fighting power of Zhou Yi's Taiwanese fans.
In February 2003, the public opinion in the American music scene was not very quiet.
Because Eminem's team had previously used the power to implicitly shape him into a street hero against the outsider Zhou Yi, Warner not only did not stop it, but also turned around and expanded it-
Directly led the situation to a direction that Eminem's team did not expect-or in other words, no one would expect: racial discrimination.
This blew up the nest of American public opinion, and it can even be said that it directly poked the nest of public opinion in the entire European and American circles.
In 2003, the so-called democracy and freedom, and racial equality have always been one of the important weapons of the United States to fool the world. Although racial discrimination has not developed to the level of madness it has become, it is still a topic that cannot be discussed openly.
But now, Warner has almost single-handedly labeled all American public opinion forces, led by Eminem's team, as suspected racial discrimination, and has replaced the accusation against Zhou Yi with a different concept, turning it into a suppression of Zhou Yi -
And this is just because of his identity as a Chinese.
"I don't know what changes have taken place in the public opinion outside, but what I want to say is that we can't be hostile to Spike just because he is Chinese, and look at him with tinted glasses."
In a TV interview on February 5, Ron Shapiro, a member of the board of directors of Warner Records and president of Atlantic Records, a subsidiary of Warner Records, said to reporters with confidence: "Spike's achievements on the Billboard are obvious to all. He is a treasure of the global music industry, and music has no borders.
"We can't just assume that such a person doesn't deserve this achievement just because of his identity and skin color.
"In fact, as a foreigner, he was able to use English to break into the American music scene and achieve this achievement. Those who mock him for not being worthy of the position, I think you should reflect on yourself and reflect on why you lost to someone whose mother tongue is not even English.
"There is no doubt that Spike is a genius..."
Last night, the latest Billboard singles chart data was officially announced, which caused an uproar in the American music industry today.
While Zhou Yi himself has not made any appearances, radio shows, or offline performances in the United States, relying on Zhou Yi's extremely high controversy, the quarrel with Eminem, and Warner's various channel hype methods, Zhou Yi's new single "enemy" officially entered the top 15 and ranked 13th on this week's B-list singles.
This is an unprecedented miracle.
Since the world-class kings in the United States will not disappear when they want to promote their singles, they cannot be included in the comparison list, so the major media can only list those foreign singers who were unable to come to the United States to promote their singles during the promotion period.
Before this, there has never been a foreign singer who can make his singles soar and break into the top 15 on the Billboard without showing up.
Not even one.
This is the source of the current controversy-Warner's hype of Zhou Yi.
Some people think it is too much. They don't do their work all day long, but just do all kinds of hype. It's outrageous to organize a challenge. Zhou Yi, who didn't come, is just like he came to the United States, and there is news every day;
Some people think that the iron must be hard, and if there is no real ability, the song "enemy" will not be popular in the United States.
Although the overall ranking ratio on the radio chart is dragged down because Zhou Yi did not have a single, the sales are high!
Since it was officially launched on January 15, as of February 2, in 17 days, the total sales of the single in the United States exceeded 1.3 million copies, and the momentum is close to Eminem's hip-hop hit "Lose Yourself" last year.
This is a very scary number.
You know, Eminem's hit single "Lose Yourself" is now aiming for the goal of 8 million worldwide.
In last year's album sales war, Zhou Yi, who has an Asian market more than Eminem, can be said to have won over him in terms of total sales.
Eminem's "The Eminem Show" plus the single "Lose Yourself" can only compare the total sales with Zhou Yi's "Attitude Show", but in the end he lost with a sales gap of more than 2 million-
Eminem's 2002 British album + single global sales were around 26 million, while Zhou Yi's "Attitude Show" had a global total sales of 28.91 million in 2002.
After years of hard work in the European and American markets, Eminem still failed to generate more gold coins from fans and passers-by, while Zhou Yi surpassed Eminem with his unique East Asian market.
This does not include the sales of World Cup singles and Chinese albums.
If all are counted, he is the only singer whose total sales exceeded 38 million copies throughout the year, undoubtedly the world's number one!
So many people are wondering, if Zhou Yi was not busy with various activities in China at the end of last year, but instead directly released the single "Enemy" to compete with Eminem, would Eminem lose even more miserably?
Many people have been questioning Warner's watered-down sales since the total sales volume was lost. As a result, Zhou Yi's new single has completely blossomed in the United States, which has directly caused a fierce conflicting reaction-
One side said that you are suppressing me, don't explain it, this is racial discrimination, which is wrong;
The other side accused Warner of watering down sales, not only the sales of English albums, but also the sales of Chinese albums and the World Cup single "Flag of Victory". Anyway, the American music scene does not allow a liar to gain a foothold, and this despicable guy who can blow 1 cent into 10 dollars must be driven out of the United States.
The two sides are fighting more and more fiercely around this issue, and the stereotype of racial discrimination has become the best shield for Warner to fight back-
You question my watered-down sales? You are racist!
You say that a Chinese person cannot sell so many? You are racist!
You think Zhou Yi should not be recognized by any awards? Then you are even more racist!
In short, everything can be turned into racial discrimination.
At this moment, it is not only Eminem who is confused, but also the judges of the three major American music awards...
As the most dazzling dark horse singer in the American music scene last year, Zhou Yi was undoubtedly selected for the three most important awards in the American music scene - Grammy, American Music Awards, and Billboard Music Awards.
Even the most famous Grammy gave six nominations, and the other two naturally could not be ignored, and each gave some nominations.
As for whether to give awards or not, to be honest, they are inclined not to give any awards in their hearts.
Not to mention that Warner is mainly targeting the most famous Grammy Awards, and the other two companies are even more happy to see what the Grammys will do first.
In the UK, which is a father-son relationship with the United States, Zhou Yi is also nominated for the Brit Awards, the highest award in the British music industry, and competes with Eminem again for the Best International Male Singer and Best International Album.
Zhou Yi is also nominated for other awards such as the Canadian Juno Awards.
A Chinese has been nominated for almost all the European and American pop music awards ceremonies that can be nominated. It has to be said that this is a miracle, and the so-called "anti-racial discrimination" wave has also begun to unfold in these European and American countries...
Warner's attitude is also very simple: just ask if you are going to give the award.
Giving it to you is the most fair and just award ceremony, and not giving it to you means you are playing dirty and you are racist.
On the one hand, there is the growing pressure of public opinion, and on the other hand, there is Warner's friendly public relations of giving money and enjoyment. This combination of carrot and stick has forced even the stubborn old scholars of the Grammys to bow their heads and wipe their glasses.
This has become the source of confidence for the so-called "Zhou Yi Day" theory -
With his own strength, he forced all European and American music awards ceremonies to bow their heads!
"The gold content of "In the Name of the Father" listened to by 800 million people in Europe and the United States, the gold content of global total sales exceeding 45 million copies, the gold content of the world's highest-selling singer, and the gold content of being nominated for 58 top award ceremonies in various countries around the world!
"In order to commemorate the great achievements created by Zhou Yi, countries such as Britain, France, the United States, and Canada unanimously agreed to set January 15 as the annual Zhou Yi Day.
"Because the new song "Enemy" that blocked the judges of the European and American Music Awards was born on January 15, 2003, and also because January 15 is Zhou Yi's lunar birthday!"
Tianya.
In this community that is best at spreading rumors in the first generation of the mainland Internet era, a fan's essay, which only wanted to brag about his idol, was published after splicing together news reports from multiple Hong Kong media. It was directly popular on the Internet along with Zhou Yi's extremely positive "Young China" after the Spring Festival Gala!
Mainland "Southern Entertainment News": "Zhou Yi: A strong youth means a strong China!"
Hong Kong "Ming Pao Weekly": "A Day Worth Remembering"
Hong Kong "The Sun": "The Little Emperor of Chinese Music Conquers Europe and America! 》
Taiwan's Liberty Times: "No Zhou Yi people, but Zhou Yi songs"
Even Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao put Zhou Yi on the front page of the latest issue: "The Chinese music myth that created a commercial miracle: Zhou Yi"
《……》
Whether it is domestic, Singapore, Malaysia, or Thailand, all music industries within the Chinese cultural circle are now filled with excited Zhou Yi fans-
"Haozi, who is still dissatisfied?!"
"A total of 58 nominations for major awards in various countries around the world, and this does not even include Asia. The Chinese music circle has never been seen before and will never be seen again!"
"Deng Lijun? Is she worthy? I warn you not to touch porcelain."
"Let's not talk about anything else. Who else can come up with 58 nominations worldwide?"
"……"
As a singer, in addition to sales, the thing that fans can use most to fight crickets is awards.
Because he has not been in the industry for a long time, Zhou Yi’s number of Chinese awards is actually not as many as those of his predecessors, but no one expected that he would overtake them now…
The concept of “Zhou Yi Day” was even quoted by many traditional paper media in the mainland, but they still had some conscience and knew to play a marginal ball and add double quotation marks.