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Chapter 540 Zhang Chen, just wait for me!

"Best Male (Female) Singer" has another title at various award ceremonies.

This title has different levels of recognition depending on the value and attention of the award ceremony.

With the development in the past few years, the Golden Melody Awards has gradually become a major music festival in the Chinese music scene.

In this ceremony, anyone who wins the "Best Male (Female) Singer" award will be given the title of "King/Queen of Pop".

Why did Liu Yifei feel ashamed when she was called the "Queen of Children's Songs"?
It's just that she won the "Best Female Singer" award that she didn't deserve.

Therefore, her title of “Queen of Pop” is mostly used in a sarcastic way with quotation marks around it.

At this year's Golden Melody Awards, what Liu Yifei, Lim Yoona, and Choi Sooyoung are most looking forward to today is the "Best Mandarin Female Singer" award.

"It's finally here." Liu Yifei's eyes lit up as she stared at the envelope in the hands of the award presenter on the stage.

Tension began to spread in her heart.

At this moment, Lin Yoona and Choi Sooyoung were even more nervous than Liu Yifei.

After all, this is their first time attending an awards ceremony, and also their first time being nominated.

They felt that the trip was worthwhile as they had just won the title of "Best Newcomer" at the Golden Melody Awards.

For both of them, the title of "Best Female Singer" is a luxury.

But
Lin Yoona and Choi Sooyoung looked at Liu Yifei who was as nervous as they were, and felt that Liu Yifei could compete for the title of "Best Female Singer"!
They can't do it, but they believe in Liu Yifei's ability.

Because although the three of them debuted as a group, there is a solo song by Liu Yifei outside the album - "After I Leave"

This song is the only possibility for Liu Yifei to win the "Best Mandarin Female Singer" award.

"The nominees for 'Best Mandarin Female Singer' are.
Angela Chang/Pandora/M&G Records Co., Ltd.
Liu Yifei/After I Leave, Morning Glory Records Co., Ltd.

A-Mei Chang/"I Want to Be Happy"/Warner Music International Inc.
Penny Tai/Ipenny/EMI Technology Co., Ltd.
Sandy Lam/Breathing/Hong Kong EMI Music Co., Ltd. Taiwan Branch
Jolin Tsai/Dancing Divas/EMI Technology Co., Ltd.

It can be seen that the singers competing for the title of "Best Mandarin Female Singer" in this year's Golden Melody Awards are all very strong.

Needless to say, Zhang Shaohan has the reputation of being "Zhang Chen's student", so other people in the circle will give him some face.

Moreover, her voice is definitely one of the most distinctive among all current Chinese female singers.

Another singer who is remembered for her unique voice is called Princess.

Although Zhang Shaohan has only been in the industry for a short time, he is still in the industry now as Wang Fei is gradually fading out of the music scene.

Zhang Shaohan is definitely a strong candidate for the title of “No. 1 Chinese Queen”.

Following behind is Jolin Tsai, who debuted at about the same time as Jay Chou and had a scandal with him a few years ago.

Her current status in the Chinese music scene is comparable to that of Sun Yanzi, or even surpasses that of her.

And A-Mei Chang is a veteran singer who has been active in the Chinese music scene for a long time.

In addition, although Sandy Lam and Penny Dai may not be as famous in mainland China as the previous ones.

But if we only talk about singing skills and album quality, he must be ranked in the first tier.

But this time, Liu Yifei emerged, and everyone was optimistic about Liu Yifei.

The reason why everyone is optimistic about her is very simple.

Album sales data.

According to the album sales data compiled by Morning Light Music this year.

Zhang Shaohan's album "Pandora" was released in January 06. With the support of Morning Glory Records, the sales data in Taiwan region has reached about 1 copies so far.

Across Asia, sales exceeded 80.

A-Mei Chang, "I Want to Be Happy", sold 15 copies in Taiwan and 28 copies in Asia.

Penny Dai, "iPenny", 8 copies in Taiwan and 12 copies in Asia.

Lin Yilian, "Breathing", sold 4 copies in Taiwan and 8 copies in Asia.

Jolin Tsai, "Dancing Divas", sold 25 copies in Taiwan and 60 copies in Asia.

The most intuitive way to measure a singer’s influence in the music industry is through his/her album sales.

The more albums sold, the more popular the singer is.

Why can Zhang Chen now sit firmly on the throne of the world's number one music scene?
This status was earned entirely through albums that sold over 10 million copies worldwide.

Except Zhang Chen, no other singer can guarantee that each of his albums will sell over 1000 million copies worldwide.

Even for Michael Jackson, the album with the highest global sales among those released today is "Thriller" released in 1982.

It reached a terrifying 1.04 million copies.

The lowest was in 1997, the year Zhang Chen debuted, with the album "Blood on the Dance Floor".

Global sales were only 600 million.

This was also the beginning when many people believed that Zhang Chen replaced Michael Jackson.

Even a world superstar like Michael Jackson couldn't guarantee that every one of his albums would be a hit, let alone other singers?

But there is one exception, that is Zhang Chen.

Each of Zhang Chen’s albums has sold over 3000 million copies.

The highest sales volume also successfully exceeded 100 million copies.

The ceiling and Michael Jackson are in between.

But the lower limit is much higher than that of Michael Jackson.

At the same time, the total sales of all his albums surpassed Michael Jackson, ranking third in history.

In the Chinese music scene, excluding Zhang Chen, the singer who is leading by a huge margin.

Following them are:

1. Jacky Cheung, total album sales are 1.2 million copies.

2. Teresa Teng, 1 million copies.

3. Wang Jie, 8700 million copies.

4. Jay Chou, 3000 million copies.

5. Liu Dehua, 2100 million.

6. Wing Lam Tam, 2000 million copies.

7. Jolin Tsai, 1000 million copies.

8. Sun Yanzi, 800 million copies.

9. Zhang Shaohan, 780 million.

10. JJ Lin, 650 million.

Zhang Xueyou, why was he called the "God of Songs" before Zhang Chen made his debut?
The reason lies in his album sales!
What is your status in the music industry?

Look at the album sales!
Zhang Chen's status is achieved by the fact that the total sales of all his albums have now exceeded 9.56 million copies.

If we say that Jay Chou debuted later than Jacky Cheung, his album sales are not as good as Jacky Cheung’s.

Zhang Chen, who also debuted around the millennium and a few years earlier than Jay Chou, achieved such results in just ten years, which shocked the world music scene.

As for female singers, those who can now have a place in the Chinese music scene are those who rank in the top ten in terms of album sales.

Apart from the deceased Teresa Teng, there are Jolin Tsai, Zhang Shaohan and Sun Yanzi.

Don’t be fooled by the singers who were nominated for “Best Mandarin Female Singer” this time, whose album sales only hovered around “six figures”.

But you should know that if the album sales in Taiwan exceed 3 copies, it will be able to obtain "Platinum Record" certification!
Globally, the gold record standard is 50 copies.

A platinum record is 100 million copies.

A diamond record is 1000 million copies.

In the United States, it is on par with world standards.

In the Sakura Country, there is only a platinum record, which requires 25 copies. In Hong Kong Island, a gold record requires 2.5 copies.

Platinum record 5 copies.

The number is even lower in Taiwan, with 1.5 gold records.

Platinum record 3 copies.

So according to the standards in Taiwan, the albums of several singers nominated for "Best Mandarin Female Singer" this time have all been certified as "Platinum Records".

The only exception is Liu Yifei.

Because this time Liu Yifei's album "Not Yet Lovers" is sold simultaneously around the world.

Coupled with the gap in fame and resources, the album sales of her singers are far behind those of other Chinese singers.

As of now, in the past three weeks or so, the album sales of Liu Yifei and the other two have successfully exceeded the 500 million mark, and are heading towards the 1000 million number that all singers in the world yearn for.

Because of this step, the World Federation of the Phonographic Industry officially establishes the minimum standard for "Platinum Record" certification.

"Not Yet Lovers" has sold over 500 million copies in just three weeks, and there is definitely hope that it will be certified as a "Platinum Record".

This is a crushing result among all the female singers in the Golden Melody Awards.

Although singers from groups can participate in the "Best Mandarin Female Singer" competition, this is based on the singer's personal album release.

In this case, Liu Yifei was nominated not for the song "Not Yet Lovers" but for the single "After I Leave".

Due to the shorter release time, the sales data of this single is currently only around 200 million.

However, as long as the Golden Melody Awards judges are not fools, they will know that this song will definitely achieve higher sales data worldwide in the future.

Of course, when judging awards, we cannot just look at album sales.

Otherwise, the Golden Melody Awards will lose its meaning of existence.

Mainstream music awards such as the Grammy Awards, the American Music Awards, the Crystal Awards, and the Juno Awards all look at a singer's album sales data, but they do not use sales data as the sole criterion for awarding the prize.

This is the only suspense about the "Best Mandarin Female Singer" in this year's Golden Melody Awards.

"Who is the one?"

Jay Chou was also looking at the nervous female singers with the same curiosity.

Are they the “old buddies” who have been competing with you in the music industry for many years?

Or is it Liu Yifei, the "newcomer" who was previously regarded as "Zhang Chen's little follower"?

Not only was he curious, there was no singer at the scene who was not curious.

In the end, can Liu Yifei win the title of "Best Mandarin Female Singer" from these long-established "queens" with just one song and become the new, true "Queen of Chinese Pop"?
“The winner of ‘Best Mandarin Female Singer’ is.”

The award presenter on the stage seemed to know that everyone was waiting for him. He smiled and deliberately prolonged the announcement, making his voice sound longer.

As it turned out, the more he did this, the more tense the atmosphere became.

It also made all the singers' hearts rise to their throats.

Finally, when he felt the time was about right, he suddenly and quickly announced:

"After I Leave, Liu Yifei! Congratulations!"

"Wow--"

"It's really Yifei!"

"It's really her!"

"It's so awesome!"

"A song! To be crowned 'Queen of Heaven'?!"

The moment the awards were officially announced, the Golden Melody Awards scene became noisy.

Some were shocked, some were in disbelief, some were understanding, some were questioning, and some were envious.

But what was the same was that everyone gave Liu Yifei the first, most orderly and warmest applause for her winning the award.

"Congratulations, Yifei!"

"Congratulations to Queen Liu Yifei!"

"Hahahaha, Xixi has finally become a true queen! Congratulations!"

Liu Yifei is still sitting in her seat at this moment.

Facing the crowd gathering around her, she sat in her seat in a daze, feeling a little overwhelmed.

Although she said she was determined to win the "Best Mandarin Female Singer" award.

But she knows that her qualifications in the Chinese music scene are not as good as those of them.

She couldn't guarantee 100% whether she could win the award.

But when the award actually fell on her head, she was still overwhelmed by a strong sense of surprise.

"So this is how he felt when he won the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Award for the first time at the Grammy Awards?"

Liu Yifei felt her heartbeat in her chest with her hand.

At this moment, the first thing she thought of was the moment when Zhang Chen won the Grammy Award.

So this is what it feels like to win an award?

It turns out that being recognized is so joyful?

It turns out that being congratulated by people around you is so pleasant?

After feeling the complicated emotions at the moment, Liu Yifei stood up and thanked everyone.

"Thank you, thank you everyone"

After hugging each other with Yoona and Choi Sooyoung, she slowly walked onto the stage again amid everyone's cheers.

"To be honest, it's quite unexpected."

After Liu Yifei said this, she felt a little dazed.

It seems that Zhang Chen said the same thing when he won the Grammy Award?

It seemed as if she and Zhang Chen overlapped for the first time after ten years.

“I never thought that I would have the opportunity to win the Best Singer award as a singer.”

Liu Yifei touched the trophy with emotion and looked at the people in the audience.

At this time, she also saw a lot from the eyes of the people below the stage.

Perhaps Zhang Chen at that time also had the same feeling towards those singers who were "defeated" by him?
In these people's eyes, there is extreme joy, blessing, relief and emotion.

An award allowed her to see so many sights she had never seen before.

The heart can actually beat so fast?

People can have so many expressions?
Would she ever run out of words one day?
Liu Yifei stood on the stage and didn't know how to continue speaking.

Because she really didn't prepare any acceptance speech for the award.

Her acceptance speeches were all prepared for their group.

She was surprised to win the award alone.

But at this time, she had to say something.

After thinking for a long time, she spoke again under everyone's expectation:

"Zhang Chen, just wait for me!"

This short sentence contains so much information.

Some people understand, some people are confused.

(End of this chapter)