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Chapter 541 Refuse to take over Grammy

"Sheryl Crow lost to Sheryl Crow at the 37th Grammy Awards, and Bruce Springsteen became the biggest winner. One won Best Single and the other won Best Male Vocalist."

"Breaking news, an accident occurred at the Grammy Awards. Chinese singer He Jin and Boyz II Men clashed at the scene."

"Discrimination was revealed at the Grammys. Michael Jackson and many other singers publicly stated that if the organizers did not explain, they would refuse to attend the Grammys next time."

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It was like a strong wind blowing up to level 10. That afternoon, entertainment news across North America was stirred up by this incident.

There is an endless stream of news in newspapers and on television.

In addition to North America, this incident also made headlines in China.

However, compared to North America, there are various opinions on this matter.

The common voice in the country is abuse.

But the Grammy judges actually let him not win an award because he is Asian and Chinese.

With this album, they won the Grammy, American Music, NAACP Image Award, Soul Train and other awards.

They held a press conference that afternoon and severely condemned Boyz II Men's behavior at the awards ceremony.

This behavior made He Jin very unhappy.

As for He Jin, they didn't even mention it.

Without it, He Jin wouldn't be able to survive.

The news that He Jin declined the Grammy award did not spread.

so what.

This matter was also a disgraceful matter for the Grammys, so they did not spread the word to the outside world.

In addition, the group is also good at performing love songs of various styles, including DOO-WOP, R & B and rhythm dance music.

In the first four months of its release, 6 million copies were sold worldwide. This is not the end yet. The album is still selling well in the market.

At that time, Grammy staff called He Jin and said they hoped He Jin would hold a small awards ceremony again.

At the same time, the fairness of the Grammys has also been greatly questioned.

The newspaper denounced the Grammy's inaction and allowed discriminatory behavior to occur on the Grammy stage.

Among them, they plan to award the Best R&B Album directly to He Jin.

In the following years, Boyz II Men developed more and more smoothly. Last year, in September 1994, they released the album "Two Boys, Two Men".

The first single from this album, "I'll", is a collaboration with the band Babyface.

The Grammys are indeed the most prestigious music awards in the world.

And in terms of results.

Only in this way can he directly compete with it in the market.

There is actually nothing wrong with this kind of thing.

Therefore, even though he knew that refusing might offend the Grammy Awards, he directly chose to refuse.

Two songs in a row ranked on the charts. In the history of music, only "Elvis Presley" and The Beatles had achieved this. Boyz II Men almost created a miracle.

However, the day after He Jin refused, they announced in a high profile that another singer had won the award.

He Jin has already found out clearly that Boyz II Men released an ep "Thank You" in February.

Since he planned to use a song to attack Morrison of Boyz II Men, He Jin naturally hoped to produce the song as soon as possible.

In May 1991, Boyz II Men released their debut album "Cooley High Harmony", which was named after a black comedy called "Cooley High" in 1975.

Before, he was not nominated for Grammy, and his record sales were not among the top among many North American singers in North America.

Although he hates Boyz II Men, He Jin will not underestimate this group.

If time hadn't been too tight and it was too late to make an album, He Jin would have even thought of making a classic album to compete with it.

At worst, he just won't participate in this award in the future.

Tying the record set by Whitney Houston.

The general public scolded Boyz II Men, scolding them for not being worthy of the award. They didn't deserve the award at all.

He even valued them very much.

According to He Jin's memories from his previous life, this album will eventually sell 11 million copies in the United States alone, becoming a best-selling album.

The awards obtained in this way are much inferior in terms of gold content and other aspects.

What's wrong is that the Grammy itself also has regional and racial discrimination.

Under pressure from public opinion, the Grammys knew they could not let a racially motivated group win the award, so they wanted him to take over.

For He Jin, he definitely hopes to win the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album.

Rather than getting it as a substitute.

If he wants to compete against the opponent and prove himself, then his ep album should be released online in mid-March.

To date, this album has sold more than 7 million copies in the United States.

At the same time, they stated that the Grammys are a fair and equitable music award, and they will not allow racial discrimination to appear in the awards.

Therefore, when the Grammys said they wanted to hold a small award ceremony for him again, He Jin directly rejected them.

As the saying goes, there is no place for me to stay here, I have my own place to stay.

Just as this kind of noise appeared one after another, the Grammys immediately responded to the matter.

This is just the debut album.

Awards can enhance status, but they cannot be used as food.

In addition, the sales figures of this album are also very high.

If He Jin accepts this award at this time, in the eyes of others, there will be a feeling that He Jin got this award entirely by means.

Taiwanese music godfather Li Zongsheng publicly stated that the reason why He Jin did not win the award was not because he lacked the ability to win the award, but because the Grammy award was unfair.

Although He Jin was able to overpower them to a certain extent.

The second single "On Bended Knee" (On Bended Knee), a collaboration with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, rushed up and occupied the top spot for 6 weeks.

The song stayed at the top of the charts for 14 weeks.

He didn't believe that without Grammy, he wouldn't be able to sell records.

In addition, what He Jin can't accept is that for him to accept this award at this time is like accepting someone else's unwanted trash.

In addition, that night, the Grammys announced the withdrawal of several awards won by Boyz II Men.

The first single "Motownphilly" ranked third on the Billboard charts in June, and the second single "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday"

) (also derived from a song in the play Cooley High) was promoted to the runner-up song in October.

But what he hopes is to receive the award openly and honestly at the award ceremony.

He Jin naturally knew that the Grammy had promoted another singer to win the Best R&B Album award, but he didn't care. He went straight into the high-end recording studio provided by PolyGram early the next morning.

To say they are versatile is an understatement.

The album was a huge success.

In addition, rumors spread about the verbal conflict between He Jin and Boyz II Men at the Grammy Awards.

Otherwise, based on He Jin's performance last year and his current popularity in North America, he definitely deserved to win one of the three awards he was shortlisted for, not to mention winning them all.

Boyz II Men added richer connotations to the Motown music of the 1960s, making this once-loved music form regain the favor of music fans.

Boys II Men are known as pastoral singers in the United States. They are so called because their songs advocate simplicity and nature, and have a style like clear water and hibiscus.

He Jin is such a person, he can't tolerate sand in his eyes.

The group Boyz II Men was founded in 1988. The four members were all students of the Philadelphia Music School in the United States.

So far, the global sales of his "Me and You" have reached 13 million, and it will increase in the future.

But this cannot deny their strength.

Therefore, He Jin attaches great importance to them.

If he wants to beat them, he has to do his best, whether it's song quality or promotion.

(End of chapter)