America: Child stars start with The Shining

Chapter 114 What?! Crushing Queen and the Rolling Stones!

Ovitz looked at the freshly released first-week sales report in his hand, his voice filled with barely suppressed excitement.

There's no way around it, this is just too outrageous.

Even though he had received a lot of sales feedback in the past few days, he still couldn't help but feel a little dazed when the complete first-week data was presented to him.

Who would believe it?

A record company that was only recently established has achieved such incredible success with its first album!

A month ago, if someone had said something like that to Ovitz, he would have scoffed at it.

But now, those dazzling sales figures are right in front of him, and they seem like a dream, somewhat unrealistic.

Charles looked up at him, glanced at him, and asked, "What does the sales report say?"

Ovitz walked to the desk, put down the stack of files, and said, "American market, first-week retail sales: 32 copies!"

For a few seconds, the office fell silent, with only Ovitz's slightly heavy breathing remaining.

Although Charles already had a rough estimate in his mind, his eyes still flickered slightly when he actually heard the number.

under.

What does 32 sales mean?

This number certainly cannot compare to the staggering sales figures of later generations, driven by globalization and digital channels, but in this era...

This is an achievement that most albums can hardly match!

Comparing Queen's and the Rolling Stones' record sales during the same period reveals just how incredible this achievement is. Ovitz opened the document in his hand and continued, "Queen's 'The Game' sold approximately 28 copies in its first week in the United States and about 54 copies worldwide."

"The Rolling Stones' 'Emotional Rescue' sold approximately 25 copies in the US in its first week and about 56 copies worldwide."

In other words, AC/DC's "Backin Black" surpassed the sales of these two veteran rock bands in the US market alone during its first week of sales!

More importantly, this figure was achieved even with Huamei Records deliberately controlling the pace of restocking, and most record stores experiencing long-term stockouts during the first week.

If the supply of goods is fully expanded, this number will be even higher and more alarming!

Looking at the report, Ovitz continued, "In the global market, Backin Black sold approximately 58 copies in its first week."

"The response from England and Australia was very strong. In fact, Australia hardly needed any promotion. They were very supportive of their local bands, and the audience was even more enthusiastic than in the United States."

"If the overall size of the rock music market in Australia weren't limited, sales there would probably be several times higher!"

At this point, Ovitz looked up and couldn't help but sigh, "However, Charles, what really surprised me was the market situation in America."

"To be honest, according to our initial estimates, if we could sell more than 200,000 copies in the US in the first week, that would be considered a great success."

"But this number has already far exceeded our highest expectations!"

"This is all thanks to the publicity strategy you arranged beforehand."

Charles smiled, said nothing, and instead reached for the report, slowly flipping through it.

The report displays rows of sales figures and channel feedback for each city.

Each key city is accompanied by detailed store feedback.

And in the notes section of many stores, the same word appeared repeatedly.

sold out!

A single, simple word says it all.

This album has far more potential than that!

As long as Huamei Records keeps restocking and the supply chain can keep up with demand, album sales will only snowball and become increasingly huge!

Ovitz sat in his chair, looking pleased, and said, "Ha, Charles, you know what? The radio station is now almost completely led by our publicity stunts."

"Even if Warner and Universal wanted to get involved, they probably wouldn't have the resources."

"Fuck, Huamei Records' first battle was fucking brilliant!"

"I've been unhappy with those big music companies for a long time!"

In the end, Ovitz couldn't help but slam his hand on the table.

He finally let out the anger that had been building up inside him for the past few days.

When Huamei Records took demo CDs to mainstream white rock radio stations, what was their attitude?

It's either perfunctory or indifferent!

Some radio stations don't even bother to listen to the demo discs properly and just toss them into the cabinet.

In their eyes, Huamei Records was just a newly established small company, and AC/DC was just a niche band that had not yet truly opened up the market.

It's not worth wasting their prime time adjusting their programming schedule, much less risking offending major record labels by heavily promoting it.

But now?

The radio stations' hotlines have been bombarded with calls from listeners!

Program directors who were initially reluctant to schedule broadcast slots are now proactively calling to inquire about the possibility of interviewing the AC/DC band.

Several radio stations have even begun to complain privately about why Chinese Music gave the first round of interviews to independent and Black radio stations instead of mainstream rock stations like themselves.

Thinking of this, Ovitz couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

That was so fucking satisfying!

The next morning, several trucks bearing the logo of Huamei Records slowly drove out of the warehouse.

The train carriage contained not only the second batch of "Back in Black" records, but also rolls of brand-new promotional posters and materials given away as album bonuses.

During this time, Charles had also been paying close attention to the situation at the record store. After learning that these young people liked some flashy materials, he specially asked the factory to work overtime overnight to produce a batch of gadgets.

At this very moment, the truck was slowly driving towards the various record stores.

What those shop owners didn't know was that their stores were about to be plunged into chaos once again.

At 11 a.m., someone saw a truck driving by in the distance in front of a record store in Los Angeles.

At first, only a few people turned around, but then more and more people noticed the markings on the car.

Huamei Records.

Immediately afterwards, someone shouted, "The goods have arrived!"

The next second, the young people who were chatting at the door turned around almost simultaneously.

The record store owner suddenly stood up from behind the counter, almost dropping the cigarette from his mouth.

His eyes lit up as he watched the truck slowly come to a stop; his expression was as if he had seen a long-lost relative.

The driver had just jumped out of the car and hadn't even had a chance to speak when the boss grabbed his hand.

The boss said in a heavy tone, "Dude, do you know how hard it has been for me to wait for you?"

The driver was stunned when he heard this. Then he saw a group of young people with bright eyes rushing up around him, like hungry tigers pouncing on their prey, eager to be fed.