China Entertainment 2000

Global Chinese song rankings, music rankings jointly selected by 7 Asian radio stations.

Each radio station will score each singer based on his performance on the rankings, announce single-issue rankings, quarterly rankings and annual rankings, and finally select the most popular songs and singers throughout the year and award them. Founded in 2000.

The seven radio stations are Imperial People's Broadcasting Station, Guangdong People's Broadcasting Station, Radio Television Hong Kong, Shanghai Media Group, Taipei Voice, Singapore and Malaysian radio stations.

Generally speaking, the data rankings of these seven radio stations are different from each other. Even last year's Zhouyi failed to achieve complete unity.

But this time, Zhou Yi's "Young China Theory" has achieved an unprecedented achievement. It has real-time data from five regional radio stations: Imperial People's Broadcasting Station, Guangdong People's Broadcasting Station, Radio Hong Kong, Shanghai Media Group, and Taipei Voice. Completed the triple jump on the leaderboard and jumped to the first place!

Although this song had become a small hit when the China-Korean Song Contest was broadcast before, there is still a certain gap between it and its popularity.

And this time, thanks to the Spring Festival Gala, this song directly amazed many Mesozoic and older generation listeners.

"Xiao Liang, play "Young China Talk" again and let me listen."

"Hey, that's good."

"This adaptation of "Young China Story" is quite grand..."

Discourses like this often occur in the homes of leaders of many government agencies and units after the New Year.

As extremely sensitive people, they all sensed the importance of Zhouyi's song in the context of the times, not to mention that this song is really good and has the necessary popularity of a popular song.

Some paper media with a more traditional stance have been continuously blowing the Zhouyi to the sky since the third day of the Lunar New Year——

"Youth Daily": "Youth should strengthen themselves, young people should strengthen themselves!" 》

"Jiangxi Daily": "Inheritance of fire, the clarion call of the new era!" 》

"People's Daily": "Youth in the new century, the strongest voice in the new century"

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The result of the People's Daily is basically that it gave Zhouyi's song a personality.

To be honest, Zhou Yi himself never thought that this song could actually attract this newspaper.

Although this newspaper often contradicts my name, it turns against me faster than turning over a book, and it is rated as a third-rate newspaper.

But there is no doubt that it is one of the most influential official media outlets in China.

"The main reason is that the meaning of this song is too great these days, and in Taiwan, your fans organized a home invasion, which made this song reach the top of the single-day number one on Taipei Voice Radio, which made this song even more popular. The song has an extra layer of meaning of unity.”

"Voice of Taipei? Me?"

Zhou Yi, who had started busy recording for the British Academy after the New Year's break, was surprised.

As an area that Zhou Yi himself cannot set foot in, it is already difficult for him to get the top spot in Taiwan's large-scale radio stations. After all, this thing requires a lot of radio promotion to achieve success, and Taipei Voice is such a stage.

But this time, the Taipei Voice after the New Year unexpectedly gave up the first place to Zhouyi - "Young China", a song with such a background color.

This is unimaginable.

"Your performance and public opinion in the United States are so great. In order to show you their determination to support you, the fans in Taiwan directly agreed to steal a wave of homes for you after the new year. Taking advantage of the official Before I knew it, the data of "Young China Story" rushed to the first place..."

Qian Jiang was a little bit dumbfounded when talking about this, but he was also impressed by the extremely powerful fighting power of Taiwanese fans of Zhouyi.

In February 2003, public opinion in the American music scene was not very calm.

Due to the previous efforts of Eminem's team to implicitly shape him into a street hero against the outsider Zhou Yi, Warner not only did not stop it, but instead changed hands and started a wave of expansion——

It directly led the situation in a direction that Eminem's team did not expect - or, in other words, no one expected: racial discrimination.

This has exploded the nest of American public opinion. It can even be said to have directly stabbed the nest of public opinion in the entire European and American circles.

In 2003, so-called democracy, freedom, and racial equality had always been one of the important weapons used by the United States to deceive the world. Although racial discrimination has not developed to the level of evil that it later became, it is still a topic that cannot be discussed on the table.

But now, Warner has almost single-handedly branded all American public opinion forces led by Eminem's team as suspected of racial discrimination, and has secretly changed the concept of accusations against Zhou Yi into suppressing Zhou Yi——

And this is just because of his identity as a Chinese.

"I don't know what has happened to external public opinion, but what I want to say is that we cannot be hostile to Spike and look at him through colored glasses just because he is Chinese."

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 that he was very confident: "Spike's achievements on Billboard are obvious to all. , he is a treasure in the global music industry, and music knows no borders.

“We cannot assume that such a person does not deserve this achievement just because of his identity and the color of his skin.

"In fact, as a foreigner, he was able to break into the American music scene using English and achieve this result. Those who ridicule him for his lack of morality, I think you should reflect on yourselves and why you lost to someone whose native language is not even English person.

"There is no doubt that Spike is a genius..."

Last night, the latest issue of Billboard singles chart data was officially released, which directly caused an uproar in the American music industry today.

Although Zhou Yi himself has not made any appearances in the United States, played songs on radio, or played offline, relying on Zhou Yi's extremely controversial degree, his scolding war with Eminem, and Warner's various channel hype methods, Zhou Yi's new single "enemy" has officially entered the top 15, ranking 13th on this week's B-chart.

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. Therefore, major media can only list those foreign singers who cannot come to the United States for promotion during the single promotion period. .

Before this, there had never been a foreign singer who could have his single soar into the top 15 on Billboard without showing up.

not a single one.

This also broke out the source of the controversy-Warner's hype method for Zhouyi.

Some people think it's too much. Instead of doing serious business every day, they just go back and forth to create all kinds of hype, and even organize a challenge that is outrageous. It's as if Zhou Yi who didn't come is as if he came to the United States, and the news is non-stop every day;

Some people think that you have to be tough to do it. If you don't have some real skills, the song "enemy" will not be popular in the United States.

Although the overall ranking on the radio list was lagging behind because Zhouyi did not place any singles, the sales volume was high!

Since its official launch on January 15, as of February 2, in 17 days, the single's total sales in the United States have exceeded 1.3 million, and its momentum is close to Eminem's hip-hop god single "Lose Yourself" last year.

This is a terrible number.

You know, Eminem's hit single "Lose Yourself" is now aiming for eight million copies worldwide.

In last year's album sales war, Zhou Yi, who has one more Asian market than Eminem, can be said to have completely defeated him in terms of total sales.

Only the combination of Eminem's "The Eminem Show" and "Lose Yourself" could compare with the total sales of Zhou Yi's "Attitude Show". In the end, he lost with a sales gap of more than 2 million -

Eminem's total global sales of British albums and singles in 2002 were around 26 million, while the total global sales of Zhou Yiyi's "Attitude Show" in 2002 were 28.91 million.

Eminem, who has been deeply involved in the European and American markets for many years, has still not been able to generate more gold coins from fans and passers-by, while Zhouyi has completed the overtake of Eminem by relying on his unique East Asian market.

This does not include the sales of World Cup singles and Chinese album sales.

If you count them all, he is the only singer whose total sales exceeded 38 million copies throughout the year, and he is undoubtedly the number one in the world!

So many people are wondering, if Zhou Yi was not busy with various domestic activities at the end of last year, but instead directly released the single "Enemy" to compete with Eminem, would Eminem Lose worse?

Originally, many people had been questioning Warner's watering down after the total sales volume had dropped. As a result, Zhou Yi's new single was completely popular in the United States, which directly caused violent and contradictory reactions——

One side is saying that you are suppressing me, don’t explain, this is racial discrimination, this is wrong;

One side is accusing Warner of watered-down sales. Not only the sales of English albums are watered down, but also the sales of Chinese albums and the World Cup single "Starting with Victory" are watered down. Anyway, the American music scene will not allow a liar to come and establish a foothold. This despicable guy who can turn 1 cent into 10 dollars must be driven out of the United States.

The two sides are fighting more and more fiercely over this issue, and racially motivated stereotypes have become the best shield for Warner to fight back——

Are you questioning my sales volume? You are racist!

You said it’s impossible for a Chinese to sell so much? You are racist!

Do you think Zhou Yi should not receive any award recognition? Then you are even more racist!

In short, everything can turn into racial discrimination.

At this moment, it’s not just Eminem who’s numb, but also the juries of the three major music awards in the United States...

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 has given six nominations, and the other two naturally can't turn a blind eye, and each has given some nominations.

As for whether to give a prize specifically, to be honest, they prefer not to give it.

Not to mention that Warner's main focus is the most famous Grammy, and the other two companies are even more excited to see how Grammy reacts.

In the United Kingdom, which is a father-son union with the United States, the British music industry's highest award, the Brit Awards, was also shortlisted, and once again competed with Eminem in the two categories of Best International Male Singer and Best International Album. .

For other projects such as Canada's Juno Awards, Zhou Yi was also shortlisted.

A Chinese has been shortlisted for almost all the European and American pop music awards. It has to be said that this is a miracle, and this so-called "anti-racial discrimination" wave has also begun to spread in these European and American countries...

Warner's attitude is also very simple: just ask if you plan to give a prize.

If it is given to you, it will be the most fair and just award ceremony. If it is not given, it will be a shady act on your part and you are racist.

On the one hand, it is the increasing pressure of public opinion, and on the other hand, it is Warner's friendly public relations that provides money and enjoyment. This combination of carrots and sticks makes even the old pedants as stubborn as the Grammys have to lower their heads and wipe their glasses.

This also became the source of confidence for the so-called "Book of Changes" theory——

Single-handedly, he forced all European and American music award ceremonies to bow their heads!

"The gold content of "In the Name of the Father" has been listened to by 800 million people in Europe and the United States, the gold content of the global total sales exceeding 45 million copies, the gold content of the world's top-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 Zhouyi, countries such as Britain, France, the United States, and Canada have unanimously agreed to set January 15th as the annual Zhouyi Day.

"Because the new song "Enemy" that blocked the European and American Music Awards judges was born on January 15, 2003, and also because January 15 is Zhou Yi's birthday on the lunar calendar!"

End of the world.

In this community, which was the best at spreading rumors in the first generation of the Internet in Mainland China, a short essay by a fan who just wanted to brag about his idol was published after splicing news reports from multiple Hong Kong media to coincide with the broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala. After the release of Zhou Yi's extremely positive "Young China", it immediately became popular all over the Internet!

Mainland China's "Southern Entertainment News": "Zhouyi: Strong young people make China strong!" 》

Hong Kong's Ming Pao Weekly: "A Day to Remember"

Hong Kong "The Sun": "The Little Emperor of Chinese Music Conquers Europe and America!" 》

Taiwan's "Liberty Times": "I don't see Zhou Yi people, but I hear Zhou Yi songs"

Even Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" put Zhouyi on the front page of its latest issue: "The Chinese Music Myth that Created Commercial Miracles: Zhouyi"

"..."

Whether it is domestic, Singapore, Malaysia or Thailand, the music industry in the Chinese cultural circle is now full of excited Zhouyi fans——

"Heizi speaks! Who else is dissatisfied?!"

"There are a total of 58 nominations for awards from various countries around the world, not counting Asia. There is no one like this before or after in the Chinese music industry!"

"Deng Lijun? Is she worthy? I'm warning you not to touch porcelain."

"If nothing else, who else can come up with 58 nominations from around the world?"

"..."

As a singer, apart from sales, the thing that fans can fight with the most is awards.

Because he didn’t debut for a long time, Zhou Yi’s number of Chinese-language awards is actually not as good as those of his seniors, but no one expected that he would overtake others in a corner now...

The concept of "Book of Changes Day" has even been cited by many traditional print media in the mainland, but they still have some conscience and know how to skirt around it and add double quotation marks.