Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 412 Terrifying Sales, Cultural Promotion
However, some of the content reported by domestic media was exaggerated.

But one thing is true.

That is, Wu Zhuo's new album is very popular.

On the 12th, "Love, 2010" was officially released worldwide.

On the day of release, all sales points were packed, with large numbers of young people crowding the nearby streets.

In several bustling areas of the city, the sheer number of people buying records caused traffic congestion.

The Guangdong Yangcheng Daily reported it directly as follows:

"Recently, our famous singer Abel Wu released a new album, and various sales points were packed with people, causing traffic jams on many streets. Traffic police are urging the public to pay attention to safety while chasing stars."

Originally, Wu Zhuo's team thought that the traditional market had shrunk in the past two years, so his new album might be met with a lukewarm reception.

But as it turned out, Wu Zhuo was overthinking things.

The market is shrinking; that's for other singers' records.

This has absolutely no impact on Wu Zhuo's record releases.

Not only did it have no impact, Wu Zhuo's album actually brought the sluggish traditional market back to normal.

Wu Zhuo's album sold 2.23 million copies in its first week of release in China.

The total number of cases in overseas countries is 7.27 million.

In just one week, Wu Zhuo's album debuted at number one on the global sales charts with 9.5 million copies sold.

Of course, what was publicly announced was ten million.

Other albums released during the same period, not to mention domestic ones, also included many big-name international artists releasing albums in January.

But all of them were squeezed into a corner by Wu Zhuo's new album.

The first week's revenue was ten million.

This sales record broke multiple records.

First-week sales record, fastest sales to reach 10 million...

Hot.

In short, it was incredibly popular.

Wu Zhuo held autograph sessions all over the world.

Each event has a minimum attendance of over five thousand people.

Almost every autograph session causes traffic congestion in the local area.

“Abel…”

"Ah ah ah..."

“Abel, I love you…”

Los Angeles, today marks the third week since Wu Zhuo's album was released.

Last week, "Love, 2010" once again garnered a staggering 720 million copies sold worldwide.

In just two weeks, Wu Zhuo's album sold an astonishing 1600 million copies.

This data directly alarmed the president of Sony Music.

He personally requested that Wu Zhuo's autograph sessions be spread to every corner of the world.

Sony even arranged autograph sessions in Africa.

Sony has even made its own announcements to the outside world.

The world's most popular singer, Michael Jackson's most admired rival.

They also released a recording of Michael Jackson from before his death.

Someone said, "Michael, among the new generation of singers, who do you think is most likely to reach your level?"

Michael: "There are many, Taylor, Eminem... and of course, my favorite is Abel from China."

His songs are very popular with fans, but unfortunately he likes to include Chinese songs in his albums.

However, I still think he's another singer who can be loved by everyone worldwide.

To be honest, Sony's marketing strategy is a bit... well, you know.

Because Michael Jackson had only recently passed away.

Sony's current use of this slogan is simply exploiting Michael Jackson.

Sony is simultaneously waging lawsuits to seize the copyrights to Michael Jackson's songs, while also relentlessly exploiting his legacy—a truly despicable act.

Also, this recording is a little bit fake.

That's what Wu Zhuo thinks, anyway.

Michael Jackson wasn't stupid; how could he possibly predict who would become a global superstar or the number one in the world?

Moreover, to be honest, Wu Zhuo didn't think his influence could really make Michael Jackson look at him with new respect.

However, it must be said that this comes at a time when Michael has just passed away.

Sony's advertising campaign has been quite effective.

In the third week, Wu Zhuo's new album sales not only did not decline, but also increased slightly, ending the week with eight million copies sold.

In this way, Wu Zhuo achieved a terrifying and astonishing feat.

The album sold 2500 million copies in three weeks.

2500 million copies sold—this number is already among the highest in the history of the record industry.

Of course, given Wu Zhuo's influence, it would have been impossible for him to achieve this.

Not to mention that this is a time when traditional records are dying.

Of these 25 million, approximately 15 million of the data actually comes from digital albums.

Yes, this album is not entirely a physical album.

This album was also available for digital download overseas.

Digital albums are not expensive, costing only about two-thirds of the price of physical albums.

That's why Wu Zhuo's album was able to achieve such a high number of copies sold in such a short time.

However, there are digital albums mixed in.

However, this will not affect Sony's promotion of Wu Zhuo's album sales exceeding 25 million.

Anyway, both physical and digital albums are albums.

If anyone disagrees, he will step forward.

Thanks to Sony's promotion, Wu Zhuo became famous worldwide.

"Have you heard? A singer's album sold over 2500 million copies in just three weeks. Many people say it's an unprecedented, god-level album."

"I've heard about it too, and I'm planning to save up to buy one!"

"I know who this singer is, Abel, the one who sang 'Baby' last year. Have you heard 'Baby'?"

"Of course, that's how I won Nina's heart."

"Is this singer really that good? Even Michael Jackson wasn't this good!"

"Who knows? But his songs are really good."

"Have you heard his Chinese songs? They're pretty good too."

"This guy is a language expert; his songs are in four languages: Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean."

“I also think his Chinese songs are very nice, so I specially went to learn Chinese, but Chinese is so hard to learn.”

Because Wu Zhuo's albums always include Chinese songs.

Even in his English songs, he would occasionally insert a sentence or two of Chinese.

His popularity led to a surge in China fever worldwide after listening to his album.

A large number of young people are starting to learn Chinese.

In fact, influenced by Wu Zhuo, the number of foreigners entering China increased several times over in the following period.

These people were all influenced by Wu Zhuo and came to China for tourism.

The number of foreign visitors to attractions such as the Great Wall and the Terracotta Army has increased several times over in just a few weeks.

This is also because a large number of foreigners came to China under Wu Zhuo's influence.

In addition, Wu Zhuo frequently promotes Chinese abroad.

At the end of February, Wu Zhuo was awarded the title of Cultural Promotion Ambassador in recognition of his contributions to promoting Chinese culture.

The People's Daily even directly named Wu Zhuo, praising him for his great contributions to the promotion of Chinese culture and urging everyone to learn from him.

They even placed his photo alongside Jackie Chan's, jokingly referring to them as the "Chinese Twin Stars."

(End of this chapter)