China Entertainment 1997

King Cao Tian fled with his dog, which became a joke among the people in the capital, but some people who were interested in it had a sense of what was going on.

The hot man is back in the music scene!

Countless people began to recall the fear of being dominated and beaten by the big devil in the second half of last year.

Last year, Cao Xuan's new album "Sparkling Stars" first killed the two queens Naying and Zhang Huimei, and then the theme song of the national phenomenon "Huan Zhuge Ge 2", pinned down the king of bitter love songs Zhang Yu, and since then he has become a powerful singer and dazzling singer. The new stars were all swept away.

"Stars Shining" was released in July, with a large number of songs on the charts. It continued to dominate the charts until its popularity dropped in late November, and a few songs began to drop off the charts one after another, but they still maintained a certain level of popularity.

Frankly speaking, the dominance of "Twinkle Stars" in the rankings is slightly less than that of "Stars Dotted" in 1998.

At that time, both Nan Ren and Bei Cao worked together to dominate almost half of the top ten on the list. Many singers could not even touch the top three, and it was difficult to even enter the top five.

Cao Xuan's dominance in "Shining Stars" is not that terrifying. Although he has always maintained a strong position, it is not as desperate as in 1998.

But then again, at that time, it was the two who joined forces to fight at the top and hype up the topic, but last year, it was Cao Xuan who dominated alone. His dominance seemed to be declining, but the level of brilliance was only higher.

Anyone who pays attention to the news on last year's music charts will almost be covered by Cao Xuan in the second half of the year.

Whoever Cao Xuan kills today, whoever challenges Cao Xuan fails tomorrow, has been going on for several months, creating an atmosphere of a big devil versus the entire music world.

In addition to the lively rankings, what insiders are most concerned about is Cao Xuan's album sales.

"Stars Shining" exceeded 650,000+ copies in the first month, and exceeded 2 million before the end of 1999, winning the annual sales championship. So far, sales have reached 2.7 million+.

Although the sales data continues to decline, it is a steady stream and it is only a matter of time before the total sales exceed 3 million.

Cao Xuan's first album "Stars" officially exceeded 3 million sales as early as September last year. After the release of "Stars Shining", it also boosted sales to a certain extent.

As of July 2000, the cumulative sales of "Starry Stars" have reached 3.4 million+.

This data, putting aside some ancient data and only calculating reliable data, can make it into the top ten of the Chinese music industry's single album sales.

The total sales of the two albums are 6 million + genuine. It took Cao Xuan two years to catch up with the data of several or even more than a dozen albums by other superstars. He can be called a human cash cow in the music industry.

Record companies such as Rolling Stone, EMI, Sony, PolyGram, etc. all looked at Cao Xuan with green eyes.

Sony even considered poaching Cao Xuan with 50 million. Although it was not implemented in the end, Warner was treated as a thief and guarded against it.

The songs have widespread influence and sales are booming. Cao Xuan is currently recognized as the most commercially valuable pop singer. He is loved and feared by the industry.

Love Him has created one brilliant achievement after another, and the momentum of the Chinese music scene has also been driven by Cao Xuan, and it is slowly prospering.

He is afraid that if he is too strong, as long as he releases a song, other singers will become a foil, and his performance and sales will be affected to varying degrees.

In the first half of this year, Cao Xuan went to film a TV series, and the music scene was quiet for a few months. However, not long after the good times came, he came back to work on a new album.

Many singers who are expected to release albums in the second half of the year have a headache. If this happens, they may be rubbed again.

Of course, there are those who are afraid and those who are eager to try. There is never a shortage of singers in the music world who want to step on the head of the true god and rise to the top.

The four heavenly kings have retired, and now the new generation of singers is aiming to overthrow the southern and northern emperors and take over the throne.

Among them, Xie Feng is the one who holds back his energy the most.

Although he was suppressed by Cao Xuan last year, Cao Xuan aside, he is indeed the most popular among the new generation of singers.

The Spring Festival Gala gave him a certain degree of popularity in the mainland. After his relationship with Wang Fei became public, controversy became controversy, but it also brought high exposure.

The Emperor was also trying hard to provide resources, and he chose good songs first, and then arranged several movies in succession, such as "The New Man", "Heroes of China" and "Half a Cigarette".

Except for "Chinese Heroes" where Ekin Cheng was the voice actor and two cameos, the rest are all male leads, and they also won the Hong Kong Top Ten Golden Melody Award.

It can be said that Emperor has given Xie Feng resources according to the standards of future pillars. Compared with him, Teacher Chen, Eason Chan, Hacken Lee and others who have signed contracts with Emperor will now have to step aside.

Therefore, Xie Feng, who has no shortage of resources, fame, appearance, and exposure, is currently the most confident singer to challenge Cao Xuan.

He was also very ambitious. He didn't even pay attention to Ren Xianqi, and he was determined to overthrow Cao Xuan and become the king of heaven.

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However, Cao Xuan himself has a wait-and-see attitude towards this battle between Xie Feng and outsiders' anticipated supernovas in the music industry.

Again, Xie Feng's conditions in all aspects were almost completely overcome by Cao Xuan. The only thing he could use was his distinct and rebellious character.

Well, now we have to add a diva girlfriend to the mix.

Last year, Xie Feng released three albums and appeared in five movies.

This year, Xie Feng has released two more albums, and another one is in preparation and is expected to be released at the end of the year.

Six albums were released in two years, and although two of them were short albums with 4 to 7 songs, there were almost 50 songs in total, which is definitely a high output.

Looking at the number of his movies and albums, Cao Xuan wondered whether Xie Feng had learned the art of clones.

Of course, it is also possible that the entertainment industry in Hong Kong is too "developed". Two movies were shot in a few months, and an album was recorded in two months.

But with such a production attitude, quantity is overwhelming, but quality is a matter of judgment and wisdom.

At least so far, there are only two songs that Xie Feng has really made his debut in, the famous song "Thank you for your love 1999" and the song "Today's Sound Together" sung in the Spring Festival Gala.

In fact, he should have released a song "Love Because of Love" this year, but now it has become Cao Xuan's masterpiece.

Therefore, Xie Feng's current position is a bit awkward. Although he is very popular, he has too few masterpieces. When many people mention him, their first reaction is "Feng Fei Lian".

Xie Feng wanted to challenge Cao Xuan, but the reality was that even Xianqi could easily suppress him.

Brother Xiaoqi was busy holding concerts and filming movies last year.

He didn't release a new album until the beginning of this year, but the King's popularity is still there.

The title songs "End of the World" and "Spring Flowers Will Bloom" began to dominate various charts after their release. They also reminded people that there is not only Cao Xuan in the music world, but also Ren Xianqi, who is equally famous as him.

Therefore, in Cao Xuan's heart, Xie Feng's threat level was always one level lower.

On the contrary, it was Ren Xianqi who was in the final stage of his peak period, and Cao Xuan valued him very much.

The title of the last Chinese-speaking king at the turn of the century is no joke. Even if Cao Xuan now has 6 million genuine sales and is known as the mainland's top pop brother and the best-selling singer, he can't say that he can stabilize Ren Xianqi's head.

In addition, Cao Xuan also attaches great importance to Xiao Zhou, who is about to debut in November this year.

However, Xiao Zhou has just made his debut. Within the past two years, he has not been able to threaten Cao Xuan for the time being. It will be at least 2003 when he wants to challenge the king's status.

In the past two years, Cao Xuan has not stood still. Perhaps by 2003, the gap has not narrowed, but has become larger.

On July 15th, Cao Xuan officially entered Baihua Recording Studio and started the production of the new album "Bright Stars".

Prior to this, the arrangement and accompaniment of the 10 songs in the new album had been completed, and because Cao Xuan could control it at any time, the effect was generally similar to what Cao Xuan expected.

Of course, there must be certain deviations, which is normal, after all, there is a new producer.

So after arriving at the recording studio, Cao Xuan and producer Wei Xixi first played through the accompaniments of the 10 songs.

If there are things that are not in line with his vision, he should change them as soon as possible. At the same time, there are also things that Cao Xuan thinks Wei Xixi has changed well and he will consider whether to keep them.

If he was really unsure, Cao Xuan also had foreign aid. Liu Huan, Zhang Yadong, Wei Wei, Pu Shu and several musicians he knew had all come over to taste his album demos, and Cao Xuan would ask them for their opinions.

Several people were not secretive, and they all gave Cao Xuan some suggestions. Although Cao Xuan would not adopt them all, he also got a lot of inspiration.

At the same time, these professional singers and producers also witnessed this magical album in Cao Xuan's hands, and their hearts were shocked.

Afterwards, when some of them attended the event and were interviewed, they were also asked about Cao Xuan's new album.

Liu Huan laughed and didn't say much. He just said that the quality of the songs was excellent and everyone would know the rest when the album is released.

Pu Shu was silent for a long time, and finally choked out four words: "Ashamed of myself."

Zhang Yadong was the most exaggerated. He happened to be attending Wang Fei's new album launch conference on August 1. When asked by reporters, he made shocking remarks.

"After listening to his new album, I only had one thought in my mind. It's hard to say in the future, but now Cao Xuan is the leader of the Chinese pop music scene."

Zhang Yadong's words immediately ignited the entire press conference. Even Wang Fei next to him was frightened and his eyes widened.

At that time, some Hong Kong media were dissatisfied and felt that Zhang Yadong was exaggerating. Cao Xuan was great, but it was not his turn to be the boss in terms of seniority in the Chinese music industry.

Zhang Yadong scoffed at this statement and retorted on the spot: "Singers rely on their strength and works, not their seniority. Let's wait and see whether Cao Xuan can become the boss of the Chinese pop music scene."

After the press conference, few of the media present paid attention to Wang Fei's new album, but instead reported Zhang Yadong's "wild talk".

As Wang Fei's royal producer, he has also produced Pu Shu and Ye Bei who have become famous, and has cooperated with major well-known mainland singers. Zhang Yadong has become the number one music producer in the mainland.

Therefore, his words still carry considerable weight, at least in the eyes of the media, and they are a good breaking point.

However, Cao Xuan was more depressed. Before he showed off his album, he let Zhang Yadong gain popularity first.

But then again, Zhang Yadong's remarks also brought a lot of attention to "Bright Stars".

Everyone is very curious about the new albums that Zhang Yadong considers Cao Xuan to be the boss of the Chinese music scene. What masterpieces are there?

Wang Fei was one of them. She later sneaked to Baihua Recording Studio and listened to Cao Xuan's album demo.

When she came out, she was caught by reporters and asked if she had listened to Cao Xuan's new album. Queen Wang smiled very coolly.

"Zhang Yadong is right. I declare that Cao Xuan will be the boss of the Chinese pop music scene from now on."

Wang Fei's influence is more than one level higher than Zhang Yadong's. She stamped her seal of approval and instantly made "Bright Stars" a hit before it was released, and everyone is looking forward to it more and more.

Warner even hired a security company to keep confidential the album's various demo accompaniments.

Zhou Jianhui and the executives of Stars and Warner were all crazy about it. They repeatedly considered the promotion and distribution process to push "Stars" to the top.

Only Cao Xuan is still worried. The two of them have made such a big noise, how can he pretend to be so smooth and smooth...