Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

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Jacky Cheung's mood became extremely bad because Zhou Ziheng's English album became popular in Europe and the United States.

On the contrary, Zhou Ziheng himself was very happy.

On December 12, as the album was about to be released, Zhou Ziheng set off for Europe and the United States to personally join in the promotion of the album.

At this time, it has been half a month since "As Long As You Love Me" hit the charts.

The song has become an unstoppable hit in Canada and the United States.

Although "I Want It That Way" has only been on the charts for a week, it has also become popular because of its extremely catchy melody.

To be honest, it is absolutely incredible that a Chinese person's English song has achieved such good results within a few weeks of being on the charts.

Therefore, Zhou Ziheng's album attracted the attention of a large number of singers from Europe and the United States.

Alan Jackson, an American country musician who made his debut at the age of 30 and was very popular in the 1990s, took the initiative to mention Zhou Ziheng's album when he was interviewed by a reporter.

"I accidentally listened to the complete version of this album on EMi Records.

I really hope that everyone will not look at Zhou with the eyes of an ordinary Asian.

He is truly a genius. In my opinion, this album of his will definitely be one of the rare pinnacle productions in the European and American music scene this year.

Teenagers are going to go crazy for this record.”

Famous civil rights and anti-war singer Bob Dylan also spoke out:

“Music is not international and has nothing to do with skin color. Although Zhou is Asian, his songs are no less good than those of any European or American singers.

As far as his current hit songs are concerned, he is already as good as any European or American singer."

Although Alan Jackson debuted late, officially debuting in 1989, he became a top figure in American country music in just a few years.

Bob Dylan is even more amazing. He first made his debut by covering black blues music, and later began to try various types of music including rock, civil rights, and anti-war.

In the 1960s and 1970s, his music influenced a generation of Europeans and Americans.

Some people call him the voice of European and American soul.

The voices of these two people added fuel to Zhou Ziheng's two songs.

In the following days, the number of on-demand plays for these two songs in the United States and Canada increased significantly.

Promoting an album in Europe and America is actually no different from that in Asia.

Participate in radio, television, and organize one or two offline performances from time to time.

Zhou Ziheng is no exception.

After arriving here, he first attended an interview with a Canadian Chinese radio station.

The audience of this radio station is mostly Chinese, and they are most receptive to him.

"Ziheng, how did you come up with the idea of ​​releasing an English album? Why are the English songs you write so good?

How can I achieve what you have done?"

Radio interviews are not just interviews between DJs and singers. Listeners will call in to ask questions.

The first listener who called in was obviously also a musician.

“Europe and the United States are the top record markets, and singers with aspirations generally want to make a difference here.

As for why the songs I write are so good, to be honest, this question is not easy to answer. If you can write songs, you should understand that it requires inspiration.

I believe that sooner or later you will write songs that everyone will like."

"Ziheng, I really like your songs. Starting from "Sad Pacific", I have listened to all your records.

It’s just that I missed your concert in Vancouver last time.

I want to ask, when will you come here to hold a concert again?
There will also be a book signing. I have always wanted to have a signed record of yours."

“Thank you very much for your love, there will be concerts and book signings.

After the release of "Zhou Ziheng", I will hold a round of book signing here. You can follow my information. It won't be too long."

…The effect of the singer’s personal promotion is still very obvious.

After Zhou Ziheng joined in the promotion of the album, the album received significantly more attention.

The two hit songs also began to rise on the charts of major radio stations.

The seventeenth.

"As Long As You Love Me" reached number one on the US radio chart for the first time.

And not just one, but three.

And they are three cities that play a pivotal role in the United States.

New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles.

These three cities are the main cities where Chinese people gather.

Plus, "As Long As You Love Me" is really nice, so the day before the record was released.

Zhou Ziheng finally won three first places on the radio charts in these three cities.

"As Long As You Love Me" was like a violent gale blowing from the east, rapidly ravaging the three cities.

In major audio-visual stores, foreigners often come into the store and ask if they have the record "Zhou Ziheng".

When I find out that the record has not been officially released, I will immediately leave in disappointment.

The most evident indicator of the popularity of the record "Zhou Ziheng" is undoubtedly the order volume from audio-visual stores, newspapers and other retail outlets.

Similar to the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Record companies generally do not directly participate in opening retail stores.

They are engaged in the upstream industry, after producing the records.

They will contact the retail stores they have cooperation with and sell the records to these retail stores at wholesale prices.

Of course, newcomers are the exception.

New artists are generally not famous, so all record companies will choose to cooperate directly with retail stores and put their records in retail stores. For each copy sold, the record company will pay the retail store about one dollar as compensation.

Originally, Zhou Ziheng was a newcomer and had no fame in Europe and the United States.

So EMi also implements this newcomer model, where a store puts a certain number of records on the shelves.

Generally, a store will not have more than twenty cards.

This can prevent the record from being unpopular and not selling well.

But there is an exception in Zhou Ziheng's album.

After the song's on-demand data on the radio exploded, major retail stores approached EMi directly and asked for more shipments in order to make more money.

That is, on the basis of the original twenty records sold by a record company, the retail store chose to place additional orders.

These goods are not sold according to the newcomer terms, but are purchased directly by the retail stores at wholesale prices. After receiving the goods, the retail stores will increase the wholesale price by a few yuan, and this is the profit they can make.

According to EMi statistics, in addition to the 100,000 records originally distributed by new artists.

Subsequent retail stores actually placed orders for around 200,000 pieces of goods.

This situation has occurred not only in the United States, but also in Canada.

Canada's order volume is slightly less, with only more than 80,000 orders.

But even so, it's a miracle.

Zhou Ziheng, a completely new European and American artist, actually received over 200,000 orders for his album before it was officially released.

This is almost equivalent to the data of some second-tier singers in Europe and the United States, and may even exceed it, giving the feeling that it is approaching the first-tier.

After this incident was reported back to China, the media in Hong Kong and Taiwan went crazy.

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