China Entertainment 1997

In mid-September, the first chart-topping song "Hello" from Cao Xuan's new album "Qing" was released online.

It debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard singles chart in its first week, second only to Britney Spears' No. 1 single. .

Fortunately, "Hello" defeated Britney the next week and officially topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. It was also Cao Xuan's ninth Billboard No. 1 single.

At the end of September, the second chart-topping song of "Qing" was released.

"Counting Stars", the title song of the 2013 album by the band Republic Era, can also be called "Counting Stars" when translated.

In the original time and space, this song has reached the top five in the music charts in the United States, Australia, Germany, Ireland and New Zealand, and has won the first place in the charts in the United Kingdom and Canada. The results are very impressive.

This is Cao Xuanzao's second classic masterpiece of the Republican era.

"Legend", released in 2006, included "Apologize", a representative song of the Republican era, and achieved outstanding results.

Now that he has won the song "Counting Stars", it can be said that he has taken most of the most famous songs of the Republic Era, which is even worse than Dream Dragon and Adele.

Cao Xuan also realized his mistake and could not kill them all. He decided that this song would be his last song in the republican era... maybe.

Cao Xuan turned around and took stock of his inventory before making a final decision!

The melody of "Counting Stars" is tender and passionate. It can be said to be a pop-style rock song. The chorus stage has a good rhythm and has a good ability to mobilize emotions.

The lyrics of this song are also very meaningful. They are more of a reflection on some things in life. We should not pursue fame and wealth excessively. After going through difficulties and hardships, we must face the future more bravely and survive after death. .

Or you can paraphrase Nietzsche’s saying: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.

Generally speaking, "Counting Stars" is a relatively inspirational song, and it is also the main theme of Cao Xuan's album. There is always no shortage of love songs and chicken soup.

Some North American independent singers even criticized him because of this, believing that the reason why Cao Xuan's album is popular is because the songs please the mainstream and have no ideas of their own.

Cao Xuan treated this statement as a jealous monster.

Just kidding, he is a Chinese and it is hard to get along in North America. He can only sing a few anti-war and peace songs to express some connotation, write straightforward music to mock the authorities, and just wait to be targeted.

Besides, he didn't see many North American musicians who dared to make fun of American society.

Except for a few who are admirable and really hard-core, most of the so-called independent singers' music works are just moaning and slutty, and even spread a lot of negative energy thoughts.

The songs on Cao Xuan's album at least include many songs that encourage people to be positive.

The music of these monsters is quite personal, but it has poisoned many American teenagers.

That is to say, in the United States, Cao Xuan is too lazy to care. If he were in China, he would have to find a way to ban these people.

When he, Vice Chairman Cao, was joking...

After "Counting Stars" was released, its performance was also very good, ranking No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the first week.

Although it is much worse than "Hello", there are still a few songs that can be ranked second on the Billboard singles chart.

Ranked at No. 13, it is highly likely to reach the top ten of the singles chart. For many first-line singers, this is a pretty good result.

However, the overwhelming performance of 2006 "Legend" was so violent that many people couldn't help but have high expectations for Cao Xuan's new album.

Two songs hit the charts, one stayed at the top for 2 weeks, and the other ranked thirteenth. Even a top diva like Britney had to smile from ear to ear.

Many people just feel that it is not good enough and not worthy of the Chinese Cao who stunned North America three years ago.

Until the beginning of October, the new album "Qing" was officially released. In the first week, a total of 6 songs landed on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.

Among them, 5 songs made it into the top 25, and 3 songs made it into the top ten.

"Counting Stars", which was previously on the list, moved from thirteenth to eighth place, and "Hello", which had won the championship for two weeks, dropped one place and became the runner-up.

And the winner is no outsider, it is the first title song of Cao Xuan's new album, which is based on Boss Huang's "Shape of You".

This song with a fresh and moving melody is refreshing to listen to. The revised lyrics are not as pornographic as the original version, and are a bit more hazy and sweet.

Coupled with the crazy momentum of the previous two songs, not only did Cao Xuan's number of singles exceed double digits, but also allowed Cao Xuan to make up for the regrets of the previous "Hello" and successfully complete the first week of being ranked first on the Billboard singles chart. feat.

You must know that Billboard has decades of history. As of October 2009, there were only 16 number one singles on Billboard in the first week.

There is no doubt that this is another achievement that can be recorded in the history of Billboard.

Looking at this new achievement and the series of Cao Xuan's names on the bulletin board, many people couldn't help but nod.

This is right!

There are not 5 songs on the Billboard chart, so how can I be called the Magician of Oriental Music?

Cao Xuan himself said, "Good guys, you are so crazy, why don't you come and compete in the rankings."

However, "Qing" did perform well enough, with not only good news on the bulletin boards, but also considerable offline physical and online digital sales.

When Cao Xuan flew to the United States, the upper limit for albums was almost 10 days. The number of offline physical albums in North America had exceeded 1 million, and the number of digital albums was 800,000. Even the growth of the latter has begun to significantly exceed that of physical albums.

With the booming development of digital music in recent years, the International Phonographic Association has officially included digital album or single sales in singer sales data.

Billboard also lists digital sales as sales data to calculate rankings, and is even now beginning to discuss introducing song streaming into the list calculation formula of [radio play volume + album/single sales].

What everyone must admit is that the trend of digital music is unstoppable and the era of streaming media is coming...

But this has little to do with Cao Xuan. He plans to have only one pure English album in the future. Maybe he will say goodbye to the music industry before the official arrival of streaming media.

Cao Xuan, who did not bother to worry about the future, took part in various promotional activities for the album under the arrangement of Warner.

On October 20, Cao Xuan came to the famous American program "Late Night with Conan".

Conan O'Brien, the host whose name is the same as that of the Grim Reaper primary school student, is a well-known American comedian, talk show host and television program producer.

Cao Xuan and he are old acquaintances. Careful calculation shows that this is Cao Xuan's fourth time participating in the Conan show.

The program layout of "Late Night Conan" is not much different from most American talk shows, and it is not even much different from domestic talk shows.

The host and the guests sat on the left and right respectively, and everyone chatted casually according to some script outlines that had been discussed.

"Cao, long time no see."

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Cao Xuan came on stage, took his seat amidst the applause of the audience, and greeted the host Conan familiarly.

Conan looked at the generous Cao Xuan and sighed with emotion: "I remember the first time you came to my show. At that time, you were not well-known in the United States. I kept you talking about Jack Cheng, and now you have become The object of conversation among many celebrities and even the idol of many young singers.”

"I'm not 40 years old yet, don't separate me from young singers."

Cao Xuan made a joke, and then followed Conan's words and recalled the original scene.

“Actually, I wasn’t familiar with my eldest brother, Jack Cheng, at that time, and I didn’t even talk to him much at that time.

But if you ask, I’m embarrassed to say that I’m not familiar with him. Fortunately, we were all talking about his movies at the time, otherwise the whole story about me and him would have been revealed. "

Conan nodded repeatedly: "I heard from Jack Cheng. He said that you are very smart and cunning. How is your relationship now?"

"Very good. Now if you ask us interesting things, I can tell you for two hours at a stretch."

"Haha, I remembered what you said, now let's talk about your movie."

Conan is a professional host and will not get too entangled in Cheng Long's topic and quickly moves on to the next topic.

"Your two movies in Hollywood have done well at the box office. Many people say you should come to Hollywood to develop, but I see that you seem to be more willing to focus your career in China."

"Yes."

Cao Xuan answered happily: "I don't want to talk too much about metaphysics. Just from practical business considerations, Chinese films are in a period of rapid development, and this is an emerging vast market.

I attach great importance to Hollywood and the North American market, and there will be works released in North America in the future, but there is no doubt that Chinese movies are my roots. "

No matter what, a foreign artist loves his own market, so there is nothing wrong with him. Cao Xuan is not afraid of being picked on by these people.

And Cao Xuan really thinks so in his heart. No matter how hard he tries in Hollywood, he can't beat the six giants and major media groups. Therefore, he basically has the mentality of making extra money and gaining fame. The most important thing in his heart is the mainland market.

This is a movie market that is expected to grow into the world's largest ticket market.

Fanxing is already the leader in the industry and has the upper hand. As long as he works hard, fame and wealth will come like waves. Cao Xuan is full and runs over to fight with the six giants of Hollywood.

If there was truly fair business competition, Cao Xuan wouldn't dare to come and give it a try. Even if he couldn't defeat the six giants, it wouldn't be a problem for a first-tier film company to win.

But Cao Xuan is afraid that Lao Mei is not particular. He is doing business. If someone imposes sanctions on him, even if he knocks down all the six giants and swallows them in his stomach, he will eventually be wasted.

Therefore, no matter how Hollywood develops, Cao Xuan will never give up on the domestic film market. The latter is indeed, as he said, the foundation of him and Fanxing.

"Do you think you're an action star?"

"That's right, but I prefer everyone to call me an actor."

"Which profession do you prefer, acting or music?"

"Performing, the fun of becoming another person makes me feel lost in it, which is stronger than the feeling of being on stage."

"..."

Cao Xuan talked a lot on "Late Night Conan Show" about daily life, some thoughts on career and life, as well as the creative concept of the new album and so on.

Finally, they also talked about Michael Jackson, who passed away a few months ago. This was also the first time Cao Xuan talked about this in a public interview.

"Michael's departure is a loss to the world's pop music scene. It's a pity that he left everyone so early. We had many exchanges and I learned a lot from him, which may benefit me throughout my life.

When I came to the United States this time, I also saw many people making various speculations, doubts and even slanders about him. I don't like this behavior very much.

There is a Chinese saying that "the deceased is the greatest". I hope everyone can maintain respect for the deceased and let the legend pass away quietly. "

Conan asked curiously: "I would like to ask, Jenny (Michael Jackson's sister) once said that you and Michael are close friends and confidants. Will you write a song to commemorate this friendship in the future?"

"maybe."

Cao Xuan did not answer directly, but said: "This person has passed away, and I don't want to be thought that I use the person who left to increase my popularity.

If there is such a song in the future, it would be best for everyone to listen quietly and feel the emotions in it. If not, even if it is a personal commemoration, I will not explain or introduce it except for the song itself. "

Conan nodded: "I understand your thoughts, and I am also looking forward to your new song."

The two chatted for more than half an hour, which was longer than an ordinary program, but Conan didn't care. The two chatted happily, and the program's effect satisfied the program team.

After the interview, Cao Xuan sang a song as a finale and to promote the new album.

"That Girl" is the fourth excellent song on Cao Xuan's new album. The title of the song can be translated as "That Girl".

It can also be divided into "that girl" and "hot woman".

The title song of the album released by British singer Ollie Morse in 2016, the best result is the number one in the British music charts. However, this song is very popular in Internet streaming media and can be regarded as a worldwide hit.

The lyrics and melody are not really standard European and American pop love songs. They can even be said to be saliva songs. The advantage is that the melody is beautiful and fresh, and the chorus is easy to sing.

Each of Cao Xuan's albums has songs with similar attributes and positioning, but many of his songs have gained popularity and reputation, making such songs less prominent.

"There's a girl but I let her get away

The girl I once loved, I let her pass by

It's all my fault cause pride got in the way

My pride is at work. Everything is my fault.

And I'd be lying if I said I was ok

If you say nothing happened, it's just an unexplored lie

About that girl the one I let get away

That girl we passed by once

…”

The image of Cao Xuan playing the guitar and singing softly spread throughout North America on "Late Night with Conan Show".

The popularity of "That Girl" soared, and it reached the top five on Billboard the next week, and successfully had Cao Xuan's name on 4 of the top ten songs on Billboard.

However, at present, it seems that "That Girl" and "Counting Stars" are unlikely to hit the top singles.

The performance of "Hello" and "Shape of You" is too stable. They have won the championship for 4 consecutive weeks, each of the two songs accounts for half, and they have monopolized the first and second place for two consecutive weeks. The stability is simply terrifying.

If it were just one song, there was still the possibility of a dark horse counterattack, but with two songs blocked together, there was little hope of a string of two.

As for the last masterpiece "Fire", the Chinese translation of "Fire" has a low chance of reaching the top spot.

To be honest, in terms of pure performance, this song can be said to be the worst of the five excellent songs in this album. It does not have very conspicuous data or achievements, but it has a good influence, the melody is exciting and passionate, and it is also very suitable. sporting events.

When the English promotional song for the Beijing Olympics was released, Cao Xuan considered using this song, but later felt that "Hall of Fame" was more classic.

After all, it’s a single and it needs to make a name for itself, and since there are several songs on the album, it doesn’t matter if the quality is a little weaker.

Before this, Cao Xuan had hoped that the next three songs would reach the top spot, but with "Hello", Cao Xuan was very satisfied.

And looking at this situation, I'm afraid there will be a fight for a month or two. Although it is not as strong and domineering as "Legend" three years ago, it has not lost his name as Chris Cao.

The North American music scene also breathed a sigh of relief. With another album called "Legend", they may be exhausted.

Although "Qing" now knocks everyone to the ground and beats them up, at least it doesn't have the helpless, almost suffocating despair of three years ago.

There are even American media taking the lead, talking about China's Cao Cao's "magical aura disappearing" and his slowly falling into "mediocrity".

Unfortunately, the two songs "Shape of You" and "Hello" still dominate the Billboard singles chart, and the two songs jointly topped the list for a whole month.

The album "Qing" also topped the Billboard album chart for two weeks.

The sales volume of physical and digital albums in North America for most of the month has been approaching 3 million. Counting sales in Asia and Europe, it is expected to reach 5 million.

With such achievements, there are still people who are making wild claims. The media was almost sprayed to death by Cao Xuan's foreign fans, and even fans of many other singers were too angry to attack him.

Just kidding, Cao Xuan’s data is so “mediocre”. What singer do they like?

Waste?

But even so, the magnanimous Cao Tianwang still took out a small notebook and wrote it down for these media.

Waiting for the next album to be purely in English, they have to put together 10 excellent songs to create a "Legend" album, so that they can see what real "mediocre" means.

The success of the new album went surprisingly smoothly, making Cao Xuan's promotional tour much easier. He also had time to have a meal with his apprentice Taylor.

Taylor's performance this year was outstanding, even reaching the runner-up spot on the Billboard singles chart, and she almost got her first Billboard No. 1 single in her career.

However, with this runner-up foundation, it will be easier to win the championship next time. Cao Xuan also specifically asked Taylor to send him some demos of next year's new album, intending to help polish it.

Having been in the music industry for more than ten years, Cao Xuan may not have the ability to create independently. After all, this thing is more about talent, but his music theory literacy and professional vision are definitely at the top level in the industry.

And although he is not good at independent creation, he is good at song arrangement, so he will definitely have no problem checking for Taylor's mistakes.

If he really didn't have any real ability, Cao Xuan would not dare to be called master. He would have shown his timidity a long time ago. He can teach a talented singer like Taylor, so he is naturally confident.

After staying in the United States for two weeks, Cao Xuan watched the "Qing" album fall in love and kill each other.

In its seventh week on the album's charts, "Hello" defeated "Shape of You", which had topped the charts three times in a row, and also won the top spot for three weeks.

The two songs have become really popular and have enhanced each other's influence. At one time, it was like the boss and the second brother were fighting, and the third brother was killed by others. The dominance of the two songs will not be threatened in a short time.

As long as his family won the championship, Cao Xuan would not choose any song. After watching the drama of infighting with satisfaction, Cao Xuan took a plane back to China.

"Let the Bullets Fly" has been filming for several days, but Cao Xuan, the villain, has never been in place. An anxious Lao Jiang kept calling to urge him...

The word count is a little less, I’ll make it up later