I am the savior of China Entertainment

Chapter 351 In Europe and America

On August 8th, an auspicious day, "We are young" was officially released. This time it can be said that it was released simultaneously around the world, even in North America, because of Sony's support, it was released one day earlier than in mainland China.

Natalia is a die-hard fan of Li Hyuk. She attended Li Hyuk's concert in San Francisco last time, and the short video was even sent to China and received a lot of views.

Here is Li Hyuk's new English album, which Natalia definitely supports. She went to several major video stores in Los Angeles and finally bought ten copies.

Natalia didn't understand why it was so out of stock. Could it be that Li Hyuk was so popular in North America that the album was sold out by enthusiastic fans as soon as it was released?

In fact, because of Sony Music's conservative distribution strategy, the number of "We are young" albums outside Asia is not too large. Sony Music focuses on the release of digital albums, so the total number of physical albums released is not large.

Moreover, the North American market has always been very exclusive. Except for singers from the Saxon cousin Britain and the five gay regions of English, it is even more difficult for singers in other languages ​​to succeed in this land.

Back in her dormitory at the University of California, Natalia couldn't wait to take out the CD and start listening to the album.

First of all, the first song is the title song of the album with the same name, with a catchy melody and positive lyrics.

Listening to the verse part of the song "We are young", I thought it was the protagonist of the lyrics having fun with friends in a bar. But the mood changed in the chorus part, and it suddenly became inspirational.

"Tonight

We are young

So let’s set the world on fire

We can burn brighter than the sun.”

Tonight, we are full of youthful energy.

Let us use our passion to ignite the world and shine with passion and vitality that is better than the scorching sun.

Just listening to these lyrics, Natalia felt that her whole body was on fire, and she was motivated to write the paper assigned by her tutor.

But don’t worry yet, Natalia also wants to listen to other songs.

The second song is a love song with a simple but beautiful melody. Li Hyuk chose Boss Huang's classic love song "Perfect". Natalia liked this song better than the previous quite inspirational song.

Li Hyuk's magnetic and confusing voice seemed to be singing softly in Natalia's ears. Just listening to it and imagining it made Natalia's face turn a little red.

It seems that Natalia has a tendency to become a wife fan...

While listening to this song, Natalia’s roommate, a Chinese international student, came back.

"Natalia, what are you listening to?" the roommate asked.

"Jay's new album, do you want to listen to it?" Natalia asked.

"Forget it, I still have to finish Professor Sol's thesis." The roommate shook his head and returned to his room.

Although it is August and the school has not started, there is no holiday for master's degree students like them who study with professors. Studying abroad is expensive, so the roommates need to race against time to study and get scholarships from their tutors.

This is fine, because many international students who study abroad end up getting into bad habits, such as marijuana, gambling, muscle building, multi-person sports, etc.

If you are busy studying and neglect socializing, it might not be a good way to protect yourself. But in college, social activities are inevitable. It depends on how you resist these temptations.

Perhaps, in the future, not being able to say that the air here is sweet and remembering to go back is the biggest bottom line for these students studying abroad.

Sony Music has been paying close attention to the performance of "We are young" in the European and American markets, and its performance was unexpected. It's not that it was a hit, but it became a hit.

It seems that the lack of publicity in the media has not affected this high-quality English album.

One hundred thousand copies were sold on the two digital platforms of Amazon and Apple in the first week. The key is that the data showed exponential growth. On the first day, only 856 copies were sold on the digital platforms.

You know, "We are young" sold more than 3 million copies on the first day on domestic platforms such as QQ Music, NetEase Cloud Music, and 5.5 million copies in the first three days.

This is an English album, the best result achieved in the Chinese pop music region. It also sold 1.5 million copies on digital music platforms in Japan and South Korea. Including Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the first week digital album sales in Asia reached

7.5 million.

The next day, the word-of-mouth of "We are young" spread, and European and American fans were already discussing the album on major European and American music forums.

Although the media still did not report any publicity, at most Li Hyuk's good sister Shakira promoted Li Hyuk on her Twitter.

But that day, the sales of "We are young" increased 50 times, reaching 42,800 sales in a single day, and continued to sell more than 50,000 copies on the third day.

The above is only the sales of digital albums. The biggest surprise comes from the physical albums.

In North America, Sony Music released a total of 30,000 physical albums, and all of them were sold out in the first week. Sony Music had to contact Fantasy Records to rush the factory to distribute the album.

Australia and Europe have achieved considerable sales.

However, the album was not well received in South America, not because the album was not popular here. On the contrary, Lee Hyuk is still very popular in South America, and fans from Brazil came all the way to Shanghai to watch Lee Hyuk's concert.

It's just that the genuine albums are a bit expensive, so many cash-strapped fans have no choice but to spend money to buy pirated albums.

What makes people even more speechless is that physical album tapes are no longer popular, and Fantasy Records has no intention of producing tape albums. So pirates in South America took matters into their own hands and recorded a version of "We are young" on tape.

Although it is pirated, although the sound quality is very poor, and although this pirated tape actually contains songs by Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and other singers, it does not prevent this pirated album from becoming popular in South America.

This magical scene was reported back to China by Chinese netizens in South America, causing discussion among Chinese netizens.

After going abroad in this way, Li Hyuk is still quite popular in South America, but piracy...well, it's still a headache.

In the second week, as the word-of-mouth of "We are young" continued to spread, and album sales increased steadily in Europe and the United States, European and American media finally could no longer pretend not to see it, and began to report on Li Hyuk and his new album.

A famous Chinese talk show guy made a joke about Li Hyuk's album and made fun of ZZ in North America.

"Recently, my compatriot Jay released his first English album. Have you all heard of it?"

"I listened to this album, and it's really high quality, but very few foreign singers can achieve success in North America, unless they are British, or Australian, or they are Rihanna and Shakira.

Facts have proved that Jay is neither Rihanna Shakira nor will he immigrate to the United States, but last week, he achieved success in this land. As the last black singer to achieve success, the mainstream media praised him one after another, thinking that

This is the rise of minorities, and it's very true.

But this time Jay became unexpectedly popular, and the mainstream media kept silent, as if he didn't exist. But now, they could no longer ignore Jay, and began to report on the myth he created. A superstar from an ancient eastern country was created in this land.

myth.

Perhaps, Jay is the Bruce Lee of the music industry...

However, except for a few media, such as those owned by Sony, other media are calling for a boycott of Jay and crying wolf.

I think this series of magical reports is because Jay is not black, not gay, not an environmentalist, and he even loves to eat meat.

So, you know..."

Although this talk show actor was just for the effect of the show, I have to say that what he said accurately hit the point and pointed out all the ills in this land.

Correct, what exactly is correct? If a good singer produces a high-quality pop album but doesn't get the respect he deserves, is it correct?

However, public opinion is in the hands of those people. As outsiders, Li Hyuk and Fantasy Records will face such suppression.

If you want to go abroad, you still have a long way to go...

(End of chapter)