China Entertainment 1997

The album "Four" was unsurprisingly popular.

The popularity is comparable to "Chinese Style", and the sales volume is even slightly better. The sales volume in the first week was 500,000, which is comparable to "Bright Stars".

Part of the sales here come from passers-by and pirated fans.

Several songs in the "Four" album are so full of stories, fascinating, and emotional that even some experienced prostitutes would make an exception and pay to collect them.

It can be said that it is basically certain that this album will break one million in a single month.

Countless Chinese singers consider their albums to exceed one million as the highest career peak, but Cao Xuan achieved it three times in one month.

And not long ago, Cao Xuan just defeated Wang Fei's album of the same name "Wang Fei" with "Bright Stars" and won the annual album sales championship in the Chinese music industry for the fourth time.

Completed four consecutive sales of Chinese albums from 1998 to 2001.

And if you put aside "Four" and only calculate the total sales of all Cao Xuan's albums in 2001, Cao Xuan is almost close to 5 million, and he is still the well-deserved champion in the Chinese music scene.

Even the album sales of nearly 5 million in a single year are considered to be among the best in the world.

Some people may be dissatisfied with the claim that Cao Xuan ranks first in the Chinese music scene in terms of creation, and even more dissatisfied with the claim that Cao Xuan ranks first in singing skills, but Cao Xuan ranks first in commercial sales, and no matter how dissatisfied he is, there is nothing he can do with the data presented here.

Cao Xuan's reputation as the king of sales in the Chinese music industry is getting louder and louder.

In addition to sales, the album also performed very well on the album charts.

Many people played the songs "Your Answer" and "Long Time No See" on a loop, so that several songs crazily rushed to the charts, and then conflicted with many songs that had previously dominated the charts.

From 2001 to the turn of the new year in 2002, "Chinese Style" still maintained sufficient dominance. Xiao Zhou, Sun Yanzi, Wang Lihong, and F4 each maintained a certain status with the support of their fans.

On the contrary, "Bright Stars" slowly dropped out of the top ten under the impact of new songs one after another.

It’s not that these songs are not classics, but after all, they have been popular for more than a year. In addition, two new albums, "Chinese Style" and "Four", were on the list, which almost took away more than 95% of Cao Xuan's fans. They only rely on passers-by's tap water. It’s hard to get to the top of the leaderboard.

But even so, some of the songs in "Bright Stars" still remain between the 10th and 30th places, and from time to time, a few songs occasionally make it back to the top ten.

In addition to the above-mentioned songs, Wang Fei's hit song "Fleeting Time" firmly occupies a position in the top ten.

"Is there a song that will remind you of me" by Taiwanese king Zhou Huajian is also gaining momentum.

There is also the theme song "Forever and Ever" from the TV series "The Storm".

With the popularity of the TV series "The Storm" premiered in mainland China, leading actors such as Zhao Wenzhuo, He Rundong, Chiba Shinichi, and Jiang Qinqin became extremely popular, and this theme song also became a frequent visitor to the charts.

"Dao Ma Dan" by Li Wen, the Queen of Taiwan, was written by Xiao Zhou and Fang Wenshan. It can be regarded as a Chinese style song, but it is a fast song that Xiao Zhou is good at.

Because Cao Xuanzhuyu was the first to specialize in aesthetic and lyrical Chinese style, Xiao Zhou changed his creative direction and combined Chinese style with his own fast song rap to try to create his own Chinese style.

"Daoma Dan" is an attempt, just in time to catch up with the popularity of Chinese style and "Chi Ling", this song has still received a lot of attention.

Twins, a Hong Kong girl group, has released its first album. The title song "Love Is Too Big" is particularly popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and is also well-known in mainland China.

After all, who can resist two innocent and lovely young beauties? Big men like them, and even girls like them.

At the same time, the popularity of F4, Yuquan, Shuimunianhua, Mayday, Snake Group, Twins and other groups has also started a group craze in the Chinese music scene.

Record and entertainment companies, large and small, are creating some singing or singing and dancing groups. Warner Records, for example, is now thinking about creating the Fei'er Band.

Even within Fanxing, some people suggested that Cao Xuan should form a combination.

According to Cao Xuan's creative ability and Fanxing's connections in the music industry, it is not difficult to make the group popular.

F4 is so fucking profitable, everyone is jealous.

This plan was temporarily suppressed by Cao Xuan. Although he did not agree, he did not kill him directly.

He was still not sure whether to form an idol group, but this incident reminded Cao Xuan of another legendary group.

It’s 2002, and the era of ringback tones is coming.

This is a super big mine that the three major telecommunications companies are talking about. Not only does Cao Xuan get a share of the pie, he is also happy just drinking the soup.

The above songs became popular in the late months of last year.

In addition, the most popular song in January this year, aside from Cao Xuan's "Four", is a new song by Lingdian Band.

MLM divine song, high school cafeteria charge, "Legend" must-have BGM for siege, one of the chicken blood songs for the college entrance examination, exclusive to KTV Maiba, and the song of the sports meeting - "Believe in Myself"

There are two theories about the creative background of this song. One is that it was written for the national football team to enter the World Cup, and the other is that it was invited to write by the CBA. It later became one of the theme songs of the CBA.

In the current situation where rock music is sluggish and the band is struggling, Wu Tian... no, Zhou Xiaoou and Lingdian Band once again issued a cry that belongs to rock and roll.

Unfortunately, the overall trend could not be concealed. Later, the lead singer Zhou Xiaoou also left the band and went to Luteng City to become the gun king. He used his ideas and wisdom every day to fight with Liu Huaqiang, fall in love and kill each other...

But no matter what, this inspirational song, together with "Your Answer", gave everyone a shot in the arm in early 2002.

With so many classic songs, you can imagine how fierce it is on the charts, and it's another fight between gods.

Cao Xuan's two hit albums "Chinese Style" and "Si" combined their efforts to suppress this group of singers.

"Blue and White Porcelain", "East Wind Breaks", "Long Time No See", "Your Answer", "Red Ling", "Stars and Sea", "The Rest of the Life"

Seven out of ten!

It looks awesome, but it only took two albums to achieve the results. Many fans teased Cao Xuan for being outdated.

Other singers: MMP

"Had-been singer" Cao Xuan not only suffered a decline in performance, but the songs on the charts once again sparked internal strife.

Previously, "Dongfeng Break" and "Blue and White Porcelain" competed for the top spot, but this time it became a song battle between the two albums "Chinese Style" and "Four".

"Chinese Style" was released early and had great influence, firmly occupying the top position. Fans who liked the songs from the "Four" album felt dissatisfied and requested to play the album.

The two most popular albums are "Blue and White Porcelain", "East Wind Breaks" and "Your Answer" and "Long Time No See".

However, compared to the complete civil war between Cao Xuan last time, Xiao Zhou's "Nunchaku" this year has also faintly joined this battle.

Although it can't be said to be a threat for the time being, under the general trend of Cao Xuan sweeping everything and overwhelming the heroes, the fact that Xiao Zhou can join it shows his popularity and potential.

In addition, Xiao Zhou is also a singer-songwriter, so naturally he was given high hopes.

Especially in the Taiwanese media, [Nan Ren and Bei Cao], who had been widely praised before, is constantly reducing his exposure. In contrast, [Bei Cao and Nan Zhou] are gradually appearing in large numbers in the media.

But just like how Cao Xuan was ridiculed by the crowd when he tried to challenge Ren Xianqi, Xiao Zhou's current size is equal to that of Cao Xuan, and he has naturally become the output point for many people.

This Cao Xuan cannot change.

At first, he faced ridicule and became popular bit by bit. He silenced everyone with his achievements, which ultimately led to the era of "Nan Ren Bei Cao" after the "Four Heavenly Kings".

If Xiao Zhou wants to replace Ren Xianqi as [Southern Zhou], he must show his own achievements and turn ridicule into recognition like Cao Xuan did back then.

But speaking of it, the period from 1998 to the first half of 2000 was most popular.

After becoming a god in "Bright Stars", the distance between Cao Xuan, who is constantly rising, and Ren Xianqi, who is gradually starting to decline, have distanced themselves. The talk of "Nan Ren Bei Cao" has gradually become rarer, and everyone only talks about Cao Xuan.

Sometimes, Cao Xuan still misses the feeling of one south and one north being at the same peak...

………

"Bright Stars" made Cao Xuan a god in the music world, and now the popularity of "Chinese Style" and "Four" have further consolidated his status.

"Chinese Style" opens up a new genre of Chinese pop music.

Several songs in "Four" have a certain depth and are both popular and connotative.

As a domestic music-loving fan, you may not like this person, but it is impossible that you have not heard his songs. Cao Xuan's music has widespread influence even among Chinese people in Asia and even the world.

From this point of view, the title of Asia's King may not be enough for him. Cao Xuan is heading towards the ranks of Chinese superstars...

On this occasion, Cao Xuan has become a favorite in the eyes of countless people.

In a recent interview with the media, Sony (China) Chairman Masada Hong said in public that Cao Xuan is a legendary genius that has never been born in the Chinese music world.

His commercial value and influence are unique among active Chinese singers, and there are only two or three people in Asia who can equal him, and he even hopes to become the only one in Asia.

Masahiro's words could not hide his appreciation, but also revealed his intention to solicit.

Cao Xuan's contract with Warner expired after the Spring Festival, and major record companies were gearing up, especially Sony.

In fact, from the very beginning in 1997, Sony wanted to sign Cao Xuan, but was blocked by Warner. Sony never gave up chasing Cao Xuan, especially after Cao Xuan became famous, it tried to poach him from Warner several times.

At the beginning of last year, Sony offered a signing fee of 80 million.

Now that "Chinese Style" and "Four" have been released with great success, and it is also a critical moment when Warner and Cao Xuan are due to expire, Sony has even offered a sky-high signing fee of 100 million and related generous contracts.

As long as Cao Xuan signs a contract with Sony, there will be no additional conditions other than the normal contract, and a signing fee of 100 million will be directly given, and Sony promises to help Cao Xuan enter the Japanese, European and American markets.

Sony's sincerity is not lacking. Even Cao Xuan, who has always used Sony as a bargaining chip with Warner, is really tempted by Sony's diligent "dog licker" this time.

100 million signing fee.

Twenty years later it would have been considered a sky-high signing fee. Now it is equivalent to giving Cao Xuan a dozen courtyard houses with three entrances and three exits.

Cao Xuan is not short of money, but he can't bear to spend it like this...