China Entertainment 1997

The next day, many media in Los Angeles and even the United States made a lot of reports on the Los Angeles Music Festival.

This music festival is so dramatic.

The promotion was vigorous and included several popular singers, but none of them came. Tens of thousands of spectators yelled and cursed, but a Chinese singer came to the rescue. After a few songs, this music festival, which was about to become obsolete, was revived.

This kind of story with a touch of personal heroism is very popular in the United States, not to mention the various unexpected twists and turns. Many Americans were dumbfounded when they read the report.

Is the agency involved in making movies?

Is the Queen of China Banking Department back?

As a result, the Los Angeles Music Festival became very popular. Some TV stations even paid to obtain official and audience recordings of the Los Angeles Music Festival, and then edited and broadcast them.

So all Americans saw how a Chinese man withstood the boos of tens of thousands of people and then conquered the audience with his music.

The TV station specially interviewed some live audience members. Everyone started to criticize Cao Xuan when it came to the music festival, but when it came to Cao Xuan, they all gave him high praise. One of them, a strong white man with tattoos on his face, even spoke unabashedly.

"I don't like Asians, but I have to say, this guy's songs are really powerful."

Music knows no borders, and Cao Xuan's performance is obvious to all. Many media have criticized the Los Angeles Music Festival and praised Cao Xuan's performance.

There are even other celebrities joining in the fun, such as Britney, an acquaintance of Cao Xuan, who mentioned Cao Xuan in an interview.

“Chris is a great singer, I’ve known him before, and he provided some creative ideas for that ad, which was very clever.

That show? I watched the TV and was very shocked. I regret that I was not there, otherwise the experience would have been even better. If I have the chance, I look forward to sharing the stage with Chris..."

Britney's popularity in the American music scene is almost the same as that of Cao Xuan in China. She is a unique person.

In later generations, specialized organizations crawled Google data and calculated the global search volume rankings of the names of major singers and related topics every year or even every month since the 21st century.

Among them, there are only annual data from 2001 to 2003, without monthly data. Britney dominated the list for three years, holding down Eminem, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Shakira, and Avril Lavigne.

From 2004 to 2008, although Britney did not dominate the list every month for the whole year, she never fell out of the top three regardless of the overall annual ranking or the monthly ranking.

Of course, this ranking does not represent everything, but it can indeed serve as a certain reference.

Britney may not be the best singer, but she is definitely the most popular or the most popular singer, at least in Europe and the United States, especially the United States.

This popularity made Britney successful, but also brought countless hardships to her life.

But aside from that, Britney's proactive praise also brought a certain degree of popularity to Cao Xuan, and soon Linkin Park recognized Cao Xuan either spontaneously or under the arrangement of Warner.

Some other singers also spoke one after another and expressed praise for Cao Xuan's performance or new songs. Some of them were sincere, and some were just excuses from Warner.

But no matter what, the two top singers and bands spoke up, and a group of well-known singers echoed back. Not to mention the popularity, the key is that Cao Xuan's music is recognized by American singers.

Cao Xuan is a foreign singer, so he is naturally an outsider. He can just make a fortune by selling a performance album and leave. If he wants to develop in the long term and seriously wants to gain a foothold in the American music scene, acceptance by his peers is essential.

If a singer from another country comes to the Chinese music scene to develop, he will not be able to integrate into the true core circle of the music scene unless he is familiar with the journey and has a boss or friend to help him connect.

China has Chinese sophistication, and the United States also has American seniority. Some basic rules still need to be observed.

Cao Xuan is protected by Warner, and his bulletin board performance is also good, so it is not difficult to gain a foothold.

But this music festival helped him speed up, and Warner followed suit. Cao Xuan became famous in the American music scene faster than expected.

Since then, there has been a figure like Chris Cao in the American music scene...

Taking advantage of the aftermath of the Los Angeles Music Festival, the three songs of "Chris Tsao" took a further step on the Billboard.

On March 26, "Chris Tsao" entered the charts for its fourth week. All three songs entered the top 50 and remained strong.

"Numb" rose sixteen places to rank thirty-second.

“You’re beautiful” achieved a breakthrough, rising 19 places and ranking 30th.

"Natural" has the strongest momentum, jumping directly from fifty-five to thirty-four, a full increase of twenty-one. It is the highest-rising song on Billboard this week.

It is worth mentioning that "Natural" ranked 98th on the list, third from the bottom on the list.

However, it only took one month to rise to 64 places. Even in the nearly half-century history of the Billboard Hot 100, it is considered a rare dark horse.

Not only is "Natural" a dark horse, but the three songs of "Chris Tsao" are actually dark horses.

Together with Cao Xuan, he has become a big dark horse who has traveled across the ocean, breaking the history of Chinese and even Asian people on the bulletin board again and again.

Every time the list is announced, many people will look at Cao Xuan with admiration, including many senior executives of Warner Records.

Although they still believe that Cao Xuan's chance of winning the championship is slim, they no longer regard it as a complete fantasy.

Just like the national football team tied with Australia, although the chance of entering the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is still slim, there is still a little hope after all, which at least gives someone the motivation to continue watching the game...

However, we may not be able to win the championship, but there is still hope for the top ten, and there is even hope for the three capitals.

If "Chris Tsao" has three songs, no, as long as two of them can enter the top ten of the list, it will be an out-and-out hit.

At the same time, what makes Warner even more happy is that this week, not only three songs have been rising steadily on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, but "Chris Tsao" has also successfully entered the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, debuting in the first week. Forty-fourth.

If the Billboard singles chart is the comprehensive data of songs based on sales + radio on-demand, the Billboard album chart is the actual sales.

The higher the ranking, the more you sell and the more money you make!

Warner attaches great importance to the influence of "Chris Tsao" and even more to real money.

As of now, in nearly a month, the "Chris Tsao" EP has sold more than 500,000 copies in the United States.

An important reminder is that 500,000 copies are sold in the United States. If sales in Asia are included, Cao Xuan can compete for the top spot in the Billboard album version.

But even so, it is remarkable to achieve this figure in the first month, not to mention that due to Warner's mistakes, it was greatly affected in the first two weeks of the EP's release.

If Warner had fully cooperated before, "Chris Tsao" would probably have been on the list last week.

But now Warner is fully distributing the product and increasing publicity, and the song Billboard ranking continues to rise. Coupled with Cao Xuan's recent popularity, it finally broke out and directly landed at No. 44 on the album chart.

As the song ranks higher on Billboard, it will further drive sales. "Chris Tsao" is likely to become a regular on the album chart, and even reach the top.

To be honest, the American record market is indeed mature and developed.

Cao Xuan, a newcomer, still achieved sales of 500,000 copies in the first month despite going through twists and turns. If the momentum is maintained and coupled with global channels, Cao Xuan's first English EP is expected to hit 3 million to 5 million, and maybe even More.

You know, Linkin Park’s last album sold over 10 million in the United States, and Avril Lavigne’s first album took six months to win four platinum titles.

Platinum albums in the American music scene are recognized by the International Phonographic Association. One platinum is equivalent to 1 million album sales, and four platinums are 4 million.

And this is only half a year's data. As of 2004, Avril's first album had sold 15 million copies worldwide.

Cao Xuan came to the European and American music scene, and Bende is the developed record market in Europe and the United States. From a commercial perspective, the European and American music scene is more profitable than the Chinese music scene, and it can even further harvest the Asian market.

Japanese and Korean fans have limited love for Chinese songs, but they definitely open their arms to English songs and ravage them at will.

Again, the commercial value of an Asian king who succeeds in the European and American markets will increase several times in Asia.

If in the past, Cao Xuan could only take a sip of soup from the Japanese and Korean markets, then with the power of an "international superstar", he can smash the pot and grab the meat at will.

Now Cao Xuan's goal is to have the sales of "Chris Tsao" exceed 1 million as soon as possible and win a platinum record certification in the US market.

Cao Xuan doesn't know if any Asian singer has received platinum certification in the European and American markets, but as far as he knows, this is the first time for a Chinese singer.

He is still looking forward to it personally.

Many songs are on the charts, and the rankings are constantly moving forward, which allows Cao Xuan's promotional work to come to an end temporarily. The songs are already popular, and he will not be as powerful as the Billboard.

In addition to necessary interviews and some business activities, Cao Xuan took time to go to the studio in Hollywood to make a guest appearance in "The Matrix 2".

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Hollywood, the set of "The Matrix 2"

Cao Xuan saw Master Yuan Ba ​​and his two apprentices. He was very happy to see old acquaintances. As soon as they met, he gave them a big hug and praised them in Mandarin with a slight Cantonese accent.

"Awesome, Xuan Zai, I heard it even while filming here, he is a big American singer."

With Cao Xuan's current status in the Chinese entertainment industry, most people call him Xuan Zai. He doesn't care who the big boss in Xiangjiang is, and he won't give him face if he doesn't give him face.

But Yuan Baye is an old acquaintance of Cao Xuan, and he took care of him when Cao Xuan debuted, so Cao Xuan recognized the name "Xuan Zi".

Yuan Baye's two apprentices knew this well. Although they were older than Cao Xuan, they still called him "Boss Cao" honestly.

Ordinary people in the Xiangjiang film and television industry may not fully understand Cao Xuan's status in the mainland.

But Yuan Baye has many crews in the mainland. Wu Jing, the first brother of the company, is also an acquaintance of Cao Xuan. Even the current martial arts instructor Zhang Lei was originally a member of the Yuan family and invited several old brothers to help Fanxing.

Therefore, in the Xiangjiang entertainment circle, Yuan Jiaban knows Cao Xuan best, and understands that this is not only a music king, but also a big boss in the mainland.

Of course, they might have been a little proud when they saw Cao Xuan before this. After all, no matter how awesome the boss is, they won't be afraid at all if they are working in Hollywood.

But after seeing Cao Xuan become famous in the United States this month and having a good relationship with Warner, the two guys were completely convinced.

Awesome people are awesome everywhere, but the master is still awesome. It can be seen at a glance that Cao Xuan is not an easy person.

In fact, Yuan Baye was also confused. The young Ximen Qing had changed so much now that he couldn't help but marvel at the other party's new achievements every time he saw him.

Ba Ye even regretted in his heart, why he didn't realize that this was a precious jade on the set of "Water Margin". If he had accepted Cao Xuan as a Qizi at that time, he would not be allowed to go sideways in the entertainment industry now...

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