Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 515 Another invitation to the Spring Festival Gala

Also because this album was so popular, its sales were too high, and it set too many new records. People like Taylor, Adele, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, etc. complained on the phone that he was too good and had raised all the records to an extremely high level. The level is so high that they won’t be able to catch up even if they want to.

Link is not proud of the complaints from several people. In fact, the sales volume of 3.05 million copies in the first week was far lower than his expectations.

Currently, he is the most famous entertainment star in the world, with more than one billion fans worldwide. In addition, this album is released through all channels, with more than 30 million investment in publicity and distribution resources. The album price is also lower than that of his fourth album. Moreover, this is his last album. An album.

All factors combined, he thought he could sell more than 3.5 million copies in the first week, but only 3.05 million copies were sold.

This reminded him of Adele's next album "25," which sold 3.37 million copies in the United States in its first week.

This data is very impressive.

Link feels that even if he releases another album, he is unlikely to break through.

"3.05 million copies! 3.05 million copies sold in one week? Brother, are you a pervert?"

In the villa on the mountainside, the little round-faced person kept looking at him with round eyes when he saw the numbers on the newspaper, as if he had done something evil.

"Speak carefully, or I'll hit you."

Link threatened.

"Am I wrong? We released an album and sold less than 1 million copies in a year. You sold 3.05 million copies in a week. It's too exaggerated. Only a pervert can do it."

Selina said with her mouth clucking.

"This is the Internet age, and more than three million is not a lot. It will be broken in a few years, so there is no need to make a fuss."

"How is it possible? The media predicts that no one will be able to break this record in the next ten years. Oh, Billboard said that unless you release your own album, it will be difficult for anyone to break this record. Link, why don't you quit the industry?" How about continuing to release a new album and letting everyone see where your limits are?"

Selena leaned over and asked.

Link shook his head. First of all, he had almost run out of good songs in his music library, and he couldn't think of one even if he racked his brains.

However, the quality of the songs he wrote himself cannot keep up for the time being. If he continues to release albums, the quality of the next album will definitely decline, giving fans the impression that it is unfinished.

Instead of doing this, it is better to retreat bravely and quit at the peak of his career, leaving a strong figure and an undefeated legend to the music industry and fans.

"Hmph, Taylor is right. You have been corrupted by money and are not as motivated as before. Link, it is not good for you to be like this. You are only 23 years old. You should continue to work hard and reach the top of your music career."

Selena shouted, waving her little fist.

"Peak? Is there room for me to rise now? No more. Among the singers of my generation, there is no one who can fight. I am like the only boxer in the boxing ring. I have unbeatable skills but can't find a suitable one." My opponent is too lonely, so it’s better to withdraw from the circle earlier.”

Link sighed.

Selena rolled her eyes and wanted to continue to refute him, but found that what this guy said was true. In 10 years, he was on the same level as Taylor, Katy Perry, lady Gaga, and Adele, and was The media named one king and four queens.

By 2011, the four queens had been defeated by him one after another, and even the phenomenal superstar Lady Gaga could not compare with him.

By this year, lady Gaga's popularity has declined severely. Link has become the world's unique superstar with the bonus of movies and the Olympics.

There is really no one who can rival him in the music industry right now.

"Then you can't regard yourself as your opponent? Only by defeating yourself will you become stronger, do you understand?"

Selina patted his shoulder and said in an adult tone.

Link glanced at her, "Defeat yourself? I heard that you have three subjects that need to be retaken and retaken this semester."

"Ah ah ah, stop talking. It's the holiday now, can you please stop mentioning such unhappy things."

Before he could finish speaking, Selena yelled loudly and blocked her ears with her fingers.

Alexander and Cynthia, who were playing, and little Annie, who was playing with the two children, all looked over curiously.

Link smiled softly and did not continue to rub salt into the wound on the little round face.

"Hmph, annoying guy."

Selena puffed up her round face, rolled her eyes at him and said, "Stop talking about me, you must have failed the exam too."

"I got A's on all my exams every semester and almost never got a B."

Link smiled confidently.

"Really? You are so busy, how can you have time to read professional books?"

Selina stared into his eyes for confirmation.

"If you play games for two hours less every night and use it to read, you will definitely not fail the exam."

"That's impossible. I'm so busy every day. If I don't play games when I come back at night, I'll be exhausted." Selena lay on the sofa and said shaking her calves.

Link shook his head and continued reading the newspaper.

When he released his fifth feature film, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn," co-distributed by Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment, was released in 4,070 theaters in North America at the end of November, with a box office of US$141 million in its first three days, and a weekly box office of champion.

Although this result is not as good as the 142 million of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" released in the same period in 2009.

But outside of the North American market, "The Twilight Saga"'s box office performance was very eye-catching, earning $199.6 million in 61 countries and cities in its first week, setting a new high for the series.

The film's continued success also proves that Lionsgate did not lose money on its acquisition of Summit Entertainment.

Among the several movies released by Lionsgate in September and October, "The Vow" is currently at the end of its release. The North American box office is 175 million US dollars, the overseas box office is 102 million US dollars, the total box office has reached 277 million, and the box office revenue ratio is close to ten times.

In its sixth week of release, "The Conjuring" has grossed US$142 million in North American box office, cumulative overseas box office revenue of US$168 million, and cumulative global box office revenue of US$310 million.

The film's production cost + publicity cost is about US$5,000, and Lionsgate Pictures can earn more than US$150 million.

The box office of "Sinister", "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "Good People and Good Deeds" are also growing slowly.

In addition to "The Twilight Saga", Lionsgate will have two more movies released at the end of the year, "Escape from Tehran" and "The Hunt for Bin Laden."

These two films are also Lionsgate's key projects for the Oscars this year, so it is more appropriate to release them during the winter holiday.

"Children, it's time to eat."

cried Catherine from the drawing-room door.

"coming."

Selina pressed Link's shoulders, jumped barefoot on the carpet, and ran towards the restaurant, as if someone was trying to grab the food from her.

When little Annie, Alexander and Cynthia heard that it was time to eat, they also dropped their toys and skipped to the restaurant hand in hand.

Four people lined up like little ducks.

Link smiled softly, feeling that the house was getting more and more lively.

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In order to sell more albums, after the new album was released, Link led the promotion team to hold book signings and fan meetings around the world.

From New York to Tokyo, Paris, London, Sydney, to Hong Kong Island, Singapore, Dahai City, etc., it will circle the earth three or four times.

The busy work has also led to a steady increase in the sales of the fifth album. 1.77 million copies were sold in the United States in the second week of its release, and sales exceeded one million copies in two weeks, which also proves that the album is of high quality.

There are also vinyl records, which sold 75,000 copies in the United States in the first week, making it the highest-selling vinyl record in a single week this year.

Overseas, the sales volume in the second week was 12.52 million copies, slightly higher than the first week sales. The reason is that the area where the album was released this week expanded and is currently released in important cities in 113 countries around the world.

Global sales in two weeks were 29.14 million copies.

Also set many new sales records.

At the end of the year, he also received an invitation from the director team of the China Spring Festival Gala through his company, asking if he could sing a song on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

Link said yes. The current total sales volume of the fifth album in China has reached 2.09 million.

This data is only less than the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It also shows that Link has a large number of fans in China. Singing on the Spring Festival Gala stage is also a good publicity channel.

But when it came to choosing the songs to sing, he originally planned to sing songs from the new album, but the Spring Festival Gala director suggested that he sing an old song that was "familiar to all of them."

He suggested singing "Seeyouagain" or "Legendsneverdie", these two songs are most popular in China.

The Spring Festival Gala director team felt it was unlucky. The first song was an elegy for MJ, and the second song had too many "die"s, making it inappropriate to sing during the Chinese New Year.

Link thought it made sense and asked what "Sugar", "GoodTime" and "SomethingJustLikeThis" were like. These songs were more joyful and widely sung.

The director team believes that these three songs are new and not well-known enough.

Link didn't have a good choice. He asked the director to choose a song, or he could also sing a Chinese song.

Two days later, the Spring Festival Gala director asked him if he could sing "Unstoppable".

Since its release in 2009, this song has often appeared at major sports events and has been used as background music in many Chinese variety shows and TV series. Its popularity is no worse than "Seeyou Again" and "Legendsneverdie".

Link agreed.

The Lunar New Year Gala is in February. He is an international friend and does not need to prepare too early. He can go on stage after attending a rehearsal before the year.

(End of chapter)