I am the savior of China Entertainment

Chapter 351 In Europe and America

On August [-]th, an auspicious day, "We are young" was officially released.This time it can be said that the global simultaneous release, even in North America, because of Sony's support, is one day earlier than the release in mainland China.

Natalia is a die-hard fan of Lee Hyuk. Last time she participated in Lee Hyuk's concert in San Francisco, the small video was also spread to China and got a lot of views.

Here is Li Hyuk's new English album, and Natalia definitely supports it. After traveling all over several major audio-visual stores in Los Angeles, she managed to buy 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 came out?
In fact, because of Sony Music's conservative distribution strategy, the number of "We are young" albums outside of Asia is not too many.Sony Music focuses on the release of digital albums, so the total number of physical album releases is not much.

Moreover, the North American market has always been very exclusive. Apart from the Saxon cousin, Britain, and singers from the English-speaking Five Friends region, it is even more difficult for singers who speak other languages ​​to succeed in this land.

Back at the dormitory at the University of California, Natalia couldn't wait to take out the CD and began to enjoy the album.

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

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

"Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun. "

But on this day, the sales of "We are young" increased by 50 times, reaching 42800 copies in a single day, and continued to sell more than 5 copies on the third day.

Going abroad in this way, Li Hyuk is quite popular in South America, but the pirated version... well, it is still a headache.

In North America, Sony Music released a total of [-] physical albums, all of which were sold out in the first week. Sony Music had to contact Fantasy Records to rush the factory to distribute the goods.

But there is no rush for now, Natalia still wants to listen to other songs.

Let us ignite the world with enthusiasm and shine with passion and vitality that surpasses the scorching sun.

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

The above are only the sales of digital albums, and the biggest surprise comes from the physical albums.

Lee Hyuk's magnetic yet blurred voice seemed to be singing softly in Natalia's ear.Just listening to it and imagining it made Natalia's face turn red.

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

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

What is even more speechless is that physical album tapes are no longer popular, and Fantasy Records has no intention of making tape albums at all.So South American pirates did it themselves and recorded a version of "We are young" on tape.

This miraculous scene was sent back to China by Chinese netizens in South America, causing discussions among Chinese netizens.

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

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

"I've listened to this album, and it's really high-quality, but there are very few foreign singers who can achieve results in North America, unless he is British, or Australian, or he is Rihanna and Shakira.

This is also good, many international students who study abroad end up with bad habits all over their bodies, such as marijuana, silver parties, muscles, multiplayer sports and so on.

In the first week, 856 copies were sold on the two digital platforms of Amazon and Apple. The key point is that the data has shown exponential growth.On the first day, only [-] copies were sold on digital platforms.

It seems that there is not much publicity in the media, and this high-quality English album has not been hit.

It's just that the original album is a little expensive, so many fans who are cash-strapped have to pay for pirated albums.

This is an English album, the best achievement in the Chinese pop music area.It also sold 150 million copies on digital music platforms in Japan and South Korea.In addition to Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the sales of digital albums in Asia reached 750 million in the first week.

But the album was cold in South America, not because the album was not popular here.On the contrary, Li Hyuk's popularity in South America is still very high, and fans from Brazil come all the way to Shanghai to watch Li Hyuk's concert.

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

Although it was August and the school didn't start, there was no holiday for graduate students like them who were studying with their professors.Originally, the cost of studying abroad was expensive, so the roommates had to race against time to study and get scholarships from their tutors.

While listening to this song, Natalia's roommate who is a Chinese student studying abroad came back.

You know, on domestic platforms such as QQ Music and NetEase Cloud Music, "We are young" sold more than 300 million copies on the first day, and 550 million copies in the first three days.

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

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

And it turns out that Jay is neither Rihanna Shakira nor immigrating to the USA, but last week, he succeeded in this land.The last successful black singer, the mainstream media has given praise, thinking that this is the rise of a minority group, which is very correct.

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

In the second week, as word-of-mouth of "We are young" continued to spread, album sales in Europe and the United States continued to rise, and the European and American media finally couldn't pretend to be blind, and began to report on Li Hyuk and his new album.

Although the media still didn't report any publicity, at most Li Hyuk's good sister Shakira gave Li Hyuk a wave of publicity on her twitter.

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

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

Australia and Europe have achieved considerable sales.

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

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

I think this series of magical reports is because Jay is not black, not gay, nor an environmentalist, and he even likes to eat meat.

But this time Jay was unexpectedly popular, and the mainstream media were silent, as if he didn't exist.But now, they couldn't ignore Jay anymore and started reporting on the myths he created, a myth created in this land by a superstar from the ancient country of the East.

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

Perhaps, in the future, not saying that the air here is sweet, and remembering to go back, is the biggest bottom line for these students who study abroad.

Tonight, we are full of youthful vitality.

So, you know..."

Although this talk show actor did it for the effect of the show, he had to say that what he said hit the point accurately, and he spoke out all the ills in this land.

Correct, what exactly is correct?Is it right for a good singer to put out a quality pop album and not get the respect it deserves?
However, public opinion is in the hands of those people. As outsiders, Li He and Fantasia Records will face such suppression.

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

(End of this chapter)