Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 306: Falling down to show off wealth

 Isolate the noise and make the whole room quiet.

Link took off his hat, took out a bottle of ice-cold orange soda from the refrigerator, drank a small portion of it, and most of the heat on his body was relieved.

He drank a soda and stood in front of the window and took a look outside. The sun was still shining brightly. The front of Baker's store was full of people. From the entrance of the Mexican restaurant on the east side to the hot dog shop next door, there were all the people on the public beach more than 500 meters away. People who come over for the party.

 Everyone was listening to music, drinking beer and soda, some were singing, some were dancing, some were surfing, and playing beach volleyball, it was very lively.

 Ding dong!

 The phone received a message from Selena.

“You just came back from Paris, why did you go to Miami again? I’ve been running around all day, and I can’t find you even if I try to find you.”

 “Come here and rest for two days, what do you want?”

Link was slumped on the sofa, typing on his mobile phone.

 “I have an update on Taylor, do you want to know?”

 “We broke up, don’t you know.”

"I know, but I think your breakup was too hasty. It's a pity. I think you should try harder to get Taylor back."

Selena said.

“That’s it. If you are worried that I don’t have a girlfriend, you can introduce me to the sisters and best friends around you, preferably the pretty ones.”

“No, you are a scumbag, and introducing you to them is harming them.”

 “So you and Taylor have a feud?”

“Of course not, Taylor and I are good friends, but I think Taylor is very powerful and she can control you, so I hope you can continue to date.”

"Don't you think there's something wrong with what you said? Taylor can control me. By pursuing her, I'm looking for a caretaker for myself?"

“Oh, I won’t lie to you. After Taylor finished recording her third album, she went back to her hometown in Nashville for a vacation. If you want to get her back, now is a good time, go ahead.”

Selena encouraged actively.

Link shook his head. In order to get Taylor back and ask for her forgiveness, he released two songs in a row and said a lot of soft words. He was scolded by fans as a bitch, but he still couldn't win Taylor back.

 Taylor's behavior has seriously affected his self-confidence and self-esteem.

 He would no longer have any hope in this hard-hearted woman.

Link didn’t want to talk about Taylor anymore, so he changed the topic and asked her how the recording of her second album went?

Selena said that she was recording and asked him if he had any good songs. She felt that the songs picked up by the record company were not as good as the ones he wrote.

Selena is a signed artist under the Disney Entertainment Group. Her acting agency contract is signed with Disney Pictures, and her recording contract is signed with Disney's Hollywood Records. It is the same company as Miley Cyrus, and it is also a very powerful record company.

ˆDisney is very capable of creating stars, and it is also very good at cultivating singers. The songs they have collected are all songs that suit Selena’s voice and style.

Link didn’t plan to get involved in Selena’s new album. He just told her that he had a male-female chorus song, and the female vocal part suited her, and he would pass the score to her later.

Selena quickly said yes and asked him when he would come back and if he wanted to drop by Nashville to see Taylor.

Link asked her how she was preparing for the SAT exam. Was she confident that she could do better than him?

 Selena said that Catherine was calling her and she would talk to her next time, and she gave three pink pig heads as a gift.

Link smiled lightly, he still had many ways to deal with Selena.

The party outside was still going on. Because there were reporters, he couldn't go out to join in the fun, so he just lay on the sofa and continued reading Billboard magazine.

 The third album "TheWomanILove" was released on March 22, and this week is the 10th week.

 In the first week of release, the album sold 1.74 million copies in the United States, ranking first on the album chart.

 In the second week, 810,000 copies were sold, ranking first on the album chart.

The third week.

The news of his breakup with Taylor made a big splash and attracted media attention around the world.

The album has relatively high exposure in the media and has a lot of topics.

 Sold 429,000 copies.

Won the championship for three consecutive weeks.

the fourth week.

Link joined the crew, breakup news gradually dissipated, and album sales dropped.

 Sold 147,000 copies, second place.

 The champion is Drake's first studio album "ThankMeLater", which sold 387,000 copies in its first week.

fifth week.

 75,000 copies, fourth place.

 The champion is Lady Gaga's latest collection of remixed songs "TheRemix", which sold 324,000 copies in the first week.

 Drake’s “ThankMeLater” sold 213,000 copies in its second week.

 Usher’s “The Showdown” ranked third with 79,000 copies.

 Sixth week.

 127,000 copies, second in album sales.

 The reason why sales rose against the trend this week is that during the fifth week, Ivaca and the publicity department launched the hype plan he proposed in March.

This hype plan is simple.

 At the beginning of May, Ivaca's sister Tiffany posted a photo on Twitter.

In the photo, she was lying on the ground in a falling posture, wearing a haute couture dress, with one foot on the door of the McLaren, and all the contents of the small satchel spilled out and spread all over the floor.

  Limited edition LV high heels, commemorative edition Chanel perfume, Dior’s latest lipstick, Hermès limited edition bags, Gucci advanced custom sunglasses, Patek Philippe limited edition watches, McLaren 720S sports car keys, the latest fruit mobile phones, etc.

There are twenty-eight kinds of luxury goods, each priced at more than US$500. The McLaren 720S sports car is worth more than US$5 million.

After the photos were exposed, some netizens calculated that the total value of these items is approximately US$6.8 million.

 Too rich.

Among these luxury goods, there is a Link's record "The Woman I Love", worth 29.5 US dollars, which is the cheapest of these things.

This record also attracted a lot of attention.

But considering that Tiffany’s sister is the president of Link Music, there’s nothing wrong with having Link’s new album in her bag.

 So everyone’s attention is still on the luxury goods everywhere.

 Many netizens left messages saying that she was showing off her wealth in this way. Some criticized, some ridiculed, and some were envious.

 Tiffany did not respond to this.

Only one day later, socialite Paris Hilton also followed Tiffany's example and posted a photo of herself falling down to show off her wealth on Twitter.

 The shooting location was on the top floor of the Hilton Hotel in New York. She had one foot on a private helicopter, and there were a bunch of luxury goods on the floor, worth more than millions of dollars, including a copy of Link's album "The Woman I Love".

Netizens complained that Paris Hilton was imitating Tiffany to show off her wealth. They criticized, ridiculed, envy, and hated her.

Media such as the New York Post, USA Today, and Vanity Fair also began to report on Tiffany and Paris Hilton’s display of wealth, and discussed whether this high-profile way of showing off their wealth was appropriate.

 Some media think it is inappropriate.

 Showing off wealth can easily provoke confrontation between the rich and the poor and cause anxiety among low-income groups.

The New York Post strongly criticized the two men’s approach and believed that this approach was very harmful.

 First of all, it will cause many social problems, aggravate the antagonism between the rich and the poor in society, and also set a bad example for young people, inducing them to consume irrationally, causing a waste of resources, and putting many low-income families into economic crisis.

  Secondly, it will cause a series of psychological problems. Blind comparison will increase anxiety and induce crime.

The New York Post also named Tiffany’s father and asked him to take charge of his daughter.

Tiffany’s father, Mr. TP, dismissed this and claimed that it was a kind of performance art that showed the unique character of young people and there was nothing wrong with it.

 Some media also support Mr. TP’s statement, believing that this is a kind of performance art and does not need to rise to the level of class antagonism.

As more and more controversies arise on the Internet, this news is becoming more and more popular.

Then Amanda Hearst, Georgia Bloomberg, sisters Kim Kardashian, movie star Lindsay Lohan, supermodel Candice Swanepoel and others followed suit, falling down in various ways. Various explosive equipment.

 For a time, there was a trend of "falling down to show off wealth" on the Internet.

 Many people are following their example and falling.

  People with discerning eyes soon noticed that no matter how or where these people fell, 80% of the things they posted contained a copy of Link's new album "The Woman I Love".

This has also caused many people to speculate that the so-called "falling down to show off wealth" trend is to help Link sell albums.

 In an interview, the host asked Paris Hilton.

　　Why would you put a Link's record among the many luxury goods? Is it to help Link promote his new album?

Paris Hilton denied this, saying that the reason why Link’s new album was released was because the album was expensive enough, of high quality, and of extremely high artistic level.

 For them, Link’s album is also a luxury item with collectible value.

Kim Kardashian, Lindsay Lohan and others also recognized this in interviews, claiming that they can’t afford Dior’s limited-edition lipstick, Hermès satchel, or Ferrari sports car, but they must afford a Link’s record.

Through the advocacy of these people, Link's new album has become a luxury product equivalent to Dior lipstick, Chanel perfume, and Hermès satchel.

Buying "TheWomanILove" is not just buying an album, it is also buying a luxury item, a life attitude, and a fashion culture.

Influenced by these celebrities, the trend of "falling down to show off wealth" has spread from the United States to all over the world. From celebrity circles to Internet celebrities to ordinary people, tens of thousands of people have exposed such photos through various social platforms.

 60% of the things that were released included a Link record, as if there was a tacit understanding.

Affected by the "Falling Down to Show Off Wealth" incident, "TheWomanILove" has greatly increased its exposure and sales around the world.

Album sales in the seventh week actually curbed the downward trend and miraculously surged to over 200,000 copies, reaching 219,000 copies, regaining the top spot on the album chart, suppressing a number of newly released albums.

 In the eighth week, the influence of the trend of "falling down to show off wealth" is still there, with sales of 154,000 copies this week, and it continues to be the sales champion.

  In the ninth week, 122,000 copies were sold, ranking first in the sales chart for the second time.

  Week 10, 108,000 copies, runner-up.

In the tenth week since its release, "The Woman I Love" has sold 3.93 million copies in the United States. It is expected to exceed 4 million copies next week, making it the fastest album to exceed 4 million sales in the United States in the past eight years.

 "Billboard" commented that "The Woman I Love" has achieved an "incredible" result in the United States.

Link is a new singer who has only debuted for two years. His third album sold more than 3.9 million copies in the United States within ten weeks, which is stronger than the appeal of several superstars in the current music industry.

"Billboard" Editor-in-Chief Steven Konop analyzed the reasons for the album's success in the article. In addition to factors such as the quality of the album and Link's popularity, he believed that there is another point that cannot be ignored - the album's marketing and promotion was excellent. very successful.

Before the album was released, East Coast rappers 50 Cent, Justin Bieber and others challenged Link to compete with him on the album chart.

Link publicly expressed his willingness to challenge, which attracted a lot of attention and won the support of many fans.

At this stage, the main promotion direction of Link music is that the East Coast rap gang + little king Justin Bieber + blues king Usher + Drake are preparing to join forces to deal with Link, putting Link in a weak position, causing The empathy and outrage of fans.

In the first week after Link’s new album was released, because the quality was good enough and fans supported him, it sold an astonishing 1.74 million copies in the first week.

 In the second week, privacy videos broke out.

In the third week, the news of Link and Taylor's breakup remained high.

In the fifth week, the incident of "falling down to show off wealth" began to become popular on the Internet, and the exposure of Link's new album increased.

  In the sixth week, the "falling down to show off wealth" incident continued to escalate, causing heated discussions in the media, and Link's new album also became one of the focuses of the incident.

 In the following weeks, the show of wealth continued to affect the album's sales.

●These hot news events, whether intentional or not, have greatly increased the sales of this album.

  "Billboard" Editor-in-Chief Steven Konop also expressed his admiration for Link Music's marketing methods at the end of the article.

At the same time, he expressed concern that if other record companies imitate this marketing method, competition in the record market will become more intense in the future, with winners taking all, making it more difficult for middle- and low-level singers to gain a foothold in the music scene.

　　In the tenth week since its release, the overseas sales of this album have also been summarized.

 In the past ten weeks, "The Woman I Love" has sold a total of 9.69 million copies overseas.

 4.03 million copies in Europe and America.

  Among them, 1.12 million were sold in Canada, ranking first on the album chart for three consecutive weeks.

  1.07 million copies in the UK, No. 1 on the album chart for two consecutive weeks.

˜Approximately 1.53 million copies were sold in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and other places, and it has won the weekly sales championship at least once in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.

 There are about 300,000 copies in Latin America, and it has won at least one sales championship in Brazil, Argentina and other places.

In addition, the seven songs "Girls Like You", "Everything You Need", "Someone You Loved", "StayWithMe", "AllOfMe", "HereWithYou" and "TheWomanILove" have successively topped the singles charts in the UK, Canada, Belgium and other countries, becoming popular songs.

 Sold 5.66 million copies in Asia, Oceania, Africa and other regions.

  Among them, there are 1.32 million in Australia, 1.07 million in Japan, 940,000 in South Korea, 860,000 in China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), and about 1.47 million in New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, India and other places.

Twelve songs including "Girls Like You", "StayWithMe", "AllOfMe" and "HereWithYou" have successively entered the top ten of the singles charts in various countries.

Link's album has been released for ten weeks and has sold a total of 13.62 million copies worldwide.

 This number does not rank in the top 50 of the ‘best-selling albums of all time’ list.

 But it was also the first English album in the world to sell more than 10 million copies in the 10s.

 It is also Link's second diamond album with global sales exceeding 10 million.

Link is a newcomer who has released three albums and two consecutive diamond albums in two years since his debut. He has also become the best-selling male solo singer in the music industry after Elvis Presley, Garth Bruce, MJ, Justin Timberlake and others.

"Billboard", "Rolling Stone", "Newsweek" and other magazines began to refer to Link as the "King of Pop Music". Media in Asia even called him the "King of Music" and "Emperor Superstar", ranking him alongside Lady Gaga. There is one king and one queen in the European and American music scene.

 (End of this chapter)