China Entertainment 1997

At the end of April, the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards once again announced this year's shortlist. Cao Xuan was shortlisted for multiple awards for "Four" and "Chinese Style".

This is actually not surprising, although during this period, Cao Xuan was most prominent in the European and American music scene.

But in fact, his performance in the domestic and Asian music circles has been making rapid progress.

The two albums "Four" and "Chinese Style" still maintain a certain dominance on the charts.

At the beginning of this month, the "God of War under the Car" Adu released his first album "Dark". Several songs have received good attention, especially the title song "He Must Love You Very Much", which has become popular all over the country.

At the same time, this song is also the theme song of Lu Yi and Lin Xinru's TV series "Men and Women". The songs and TV series have helped each other, the song has become a hit, and the TV series's performance is not bad.

It is worth mentioning that in the original time and space, Empress Nishinomiya became popular thanks to this TV series.

But now, Zeng Li is acting as his own teacher and playing his own heroine. There is no need to co-star Ruby Lin...

Adu's momentum is so strong that it is said that his album once sold out of stock. Even Xiao Zhou is no match for him, but now, he is still looking up to Cao Xuan at the bottom of the charts and sales charts.

As of April 2002, both albums have exceeded 2 million, and "Chinese Style" has even approached 3 million.

"Four" was released two months later, and its data is slightly lower than that of "Chinese Style", but it has great stamina, especially in Asia, with better overall sales.

However, the best-selling one is "Chris Tsao". It has sold 1 million copies in the US market and is now heading towards 2 million copies. It has almost exceeded 1 million copies domestically.

In Asia, sales in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia are very good, with overall sales exceeding 1 million copies. It is considered Cao Xuan's best-selling album in Asia (excluding the domestic market) so far.

Cao Xuan and Warner previously estimated that the total sales volume of "Chris Tsao" would be 3 to 5 million, but now it seems that they have underestimated the potential of the Asian market.

If we say that the Asian King before Cao Xuan was still somewhat empty, the largest market is still in Greater China, and the influence of Japan and South Korea is not too high.

Nowadays, the trend of English albums + Billboard rankings has directly opened up the markets of the two countries.

Japanese and Korean fans may not care about Chinese kings, but they are particularly interested in Asian international "superstars". When Cao Xuan hit Billboard, his exposure in Japan and South Korea was greater than in the previous years combined.

When Cao Xuan appeared on the cover of the international version of Time Magazine and two of his songs were in the top ten of the Billboard, a Korean media outlet unabashedly wrote in the news headline -

"(Cao Xuan), the light of Asia!" ! ! 》

Not to mention Japan, Japan alone accounted for almost half of the 1 million sales of "Chris Tsao" in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia.

Cao Xuan's name has appeared in the top five of Japan's Oricon list for two consecutive weeks. Even if other factors are not taken into account, Cao Xuan's reputation in Japan alone is almost comparable to the top.

In the past two months, if Cao Xuan has become a blockbuster in the United States, then in Asia and the Chinese music scene, it is almost overwhelming, killing gods and Buddhas.

Last year, Cao Xuan performed a "When the stars ring, go on stage to receive the award" at the Taiwan Provincial Golden Melody Awards, which directly made him a god in the Chinese music scene and caused a huge public opinion storm in the three places across the Taiwan Strait.

At that time, Cao Xuan felt that the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards would not award him any more awards in the near future.

Firstly, the turmoil was too big, and secondly, new generation musicians from Taiwan such as Xiao Zhou also emerged.

The Golden Melody Award was originally what Cao Xuan wanted. It allowed Cao Xuan to make enough money, and then focused on Xiao Zhou and the others in a short period of time.

But what’s embarrassing now is that this year Cao Xuan is out of the entertainment industry in Europe and the United States, and has become popular in Asia. His momentum has increased exponentially compared to last year.

Achievements, fame, and influence are all currently beyond what Xiao Zhou and the others can compare with.

If the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards forcefully "ignore" Cao Xuan, it is likely to cause a new round of public opinion turmoil and even directly affect the credibility of the entire award.

Therefore, after much discussion at the Golden Melody Awards, Cao Xuan still gritted his teeth and allowed Cao Xuan to participate in the competition again.

Anyway, if Cao Xuan doesn't release a new Chinese album next year, it won't be his turn no matter what. He can only do three things. Winning three times in a row is still within everyone's tolerance.

Of course, taking a fancy to Cao Xuan's fame and planning to take advantage of the popularity is also among the considerations of the Golden Melody Awards Organizing Committee.

After all, last year's Golden Melody Awards, not to mention the turmoil, was indeed the one that attracted the most attention in the past years, and the overall selection was relatively recognized by everyone except for some people.

Even those who put forward opinions were not based on the fairness of the song and the award, but were entangled in Cao Xuan's identity and origin.

And it's not just the Golden Melody Awards that want to take advantage of the popularity. CCTV-MTV Music Festival has also announced this year's shortlist in advance, and Cao Xuan is also on the list.

Everyone has no doubt that even if the Hong Kong Top Ten Golden Melody Awards were held now, Cao Xuan would probably be nominated.

Even though the Hong Kong Top Ten Golden Melody Awards have so-called geographical limitations, special awards can be set up. This is not without precedent.

Anyway, that's it for the heat.

However, Cao Xuan may not be interested in Luo Hua Qing. The Golden Melody Awards ceremony coincides with Cao Xuan's joining the cast of "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword", so he may not be able to go.

The two parties are currently negotiating. It depends on how many Golden Melody Awards will be awarded. If it is important, go and support it. If it is light, don't blame Cao Xuan.

Previously, South Korea also had an award from the MAMA Asian Music Festival, one of the three major music awards in South Korea.

This year, there is an Asia-Pacific Best Singer of the Year, which is mainly aimed at non-Korean singers. The organizing committee intends to invite Cao Xuan.

But he thought it was a long way and it was a newly established award with little value, so he didn’t go. Later, the organizing committee canceled the award directly.

To put it bluntly, they are asking Cao Xuan to add some extravagance and an "international feel" to the awards ceremony.

Cao Xuan is not saying that South Korea’s awards are more powerful than Taiwan’s Golden Melody Awards, but he feels that if the awards given are average, he really doesn’t need to bother.

It took two or three days to go back and forth to Taiwan Province. In the end, I came back with a few useless prizes. I was neither happy nor unhappy. It also delayed other things.

Not to mention the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, it is the Grammy Awards in the United States. Cao Xuan is not willing to go if it does not give him enough benefits and respect.

When you reach a certain height and you go to receive the award, it is not the award that adds glory to you, but you that adds glory to the award itself.

Cao Xuan is not yet at the stage where he can be honored by the Grammy Awards by accepting awards, but he is barely qualified for the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards.

As for other domestic awards, including the CCTV-MTV Music Festival, Cao Xuan was able to accept the award, which really gave the award itself face.

It is also worth mentioning that at this CCTV-MTV music festival, Hu Jing was also shortlisted for a nomination [Mainland’s Most Promising Singer of the Year].

The award of Time and Space originally belonged to Mr. Zhou, but now Hu Jing's "The Provision of Love" is more popular. Coupled with Cao Xuan's relationship, the award is basically gone.

This also led to the fact that even if Cao Xuan does not go to Taiwan Province, CCTV will still give him face. Of course, the awards given by others will definitely satisfy him.

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Cao Xuan doesn't care much about awards, but the outside world has caused a certain amount of discussion because of these two relatively important awards in the Chinese music industry.

Some people say that Cao Xuan is a bit of a bully if he now competes for Chinese-language awards such as the Golden Melody Award. He should withdraw from the selection and concentrate on awards in Asia and even internationally.

But some people are dissatisfied. Is it wrong for Cao Xuan to be excellent? There is no reason to ignore someone because he is too strong, so where is the credibility of the award?

Both sides insisted on their own opinions, and the quarrel was so fierce that many music critics and professionals even came out to discuss it.

But no matter what, this year's award is recognized by everyone as a big gain for Cao Xuan.

Whether it's Taiwanese singers like Xiao Zhou and Sun Yan, or mainland singers like Sun Nan and Naying, if they want to be on top, Cao Xuan will have to stop releasing Chinese songs next year.

The first person to speak Chinese is so terrifying!

When the editor-in-chief of "Contemporary Music World" was interviewed, he expressed some emotion that the Chinese music world has never seen such a dominant singer.

Including Teresa Teng back then, there were also singers such as Luo Dayou, Luo Wen, Zhang Yusheng, Tan Zhang Zhengba, Anita Mui and others who could threaten her at the same time.

So far, even if Xiao Zhou has a chance to catch up with Cao Xuan, it is only limited to the Chinese music scene. If it expands to the world music scene, Xiao Zhou will only follow in the dust.

So this is also the reason why some people asked Cao Xuan to withdraw from the selection of domestic music awards.

He is too strong. If we keep selecting him, no one will be able to play...

In fact, even Cao Xuan himself had this idea, but it would not work for him to withdraw the award publicly. He was still thinking about the Grammy.

If you want to withdraw from the selection, you should withdraw from the competition both at home and abroad, and treat everyone equally, so as not to be accused of "advocating foreigners and favoring foreigners".

But if he has been participating in the award evaluation, it is indeed a bit "unsightly", and he must always give the newcomers below a chance to rise to the top.

After thinking about it, Cao Xuan came up with a good idea.

Later, he plans to serve as a judge for the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards and CCTV-MTV Awards.

As long as he becomes a judge, in order to ensure the fairness of the awards, he does not need to participate in the awards anymore, and he has not publicly announced his withdrawal. If he wants to participate in the future, he will just take off the title of judge.

As a result, Cao Xuan withdrew from the competition for domestic awards in a noble manner, and everyone had to acknowledge his sympathy.

At the same time, he became a judge, which ensured the face of the organizing committee. He also gained a lot of qualifications and became a veritable big shot in the pop music world.

Letting Cao Xuan compete for awards with the younger guys like Xiao Zhou, Xiao Wang, and Xiao Lin would really not save face, so it would be better to let Cao Xuan judge and present awards to them.

In the future, even if fans are tearing apart the rankings of singers in the music industry, this award data will not hold up.

There is no need to compare Cao Xuan or Xiao Zhou to see who has more or less awards, because their awards are all judged by Cao Xuan.

After all, the competition among classmates for first place has nothing to do with the teacher even if the fight breaks out. Cao Xuan is not even a participant, but the arbiter above them.

Once a little brother, always a little brother!

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