2001 was a year of comprehensive rise for the Chinese music scene.
How intense is this year's list? Without further ado, let's go straight to the list.
As of the morning of October 12th, in the current comprehensive statistical list of on-demand sales in major charts, the top ten in the top 20 are as follows:
20. "Dao Ma Dan" Li Wen
19. "Daybreak" Han Hong
18. "Think So Much" by Little Swallow
17. "The One I Love" by Jordan Chan
16. "It's Better to Dance" Cheng Huilin
15. "Chengquan" Rene Liu
14. "The First Time" Guangliang
13. "Scent of Flowers" Xu Shaoyang
12. "Smile and Pass" by Yehenala
11. "Simple Love" Jay Chou
Just looking at these ten people, this year's music scene can actually be regarded as a fight between gods and gods.
The golden songs of several divas are competing against each other. The last glory of the Mesozoic era meets the overall rise of the new generation, making this year's Chinese music scene extremely exciting.
In the words of music critics, in terms of song quality and popularity, in the past few years, at least half of these ten would have entered the top ten of the annual list, and if there were awards, at least half would have participated in the final competition.
But unfortunately, they encountered a bad year.
Because the top ten are even scarier:
10. "With You in My Life" Shuimu Nianhua
9. "Quiet" Jaylen
8. "Remember" Zhang Huimei
7. "Nunchaku" Jaylen
6. "Love in BC" Jay Chou
5. "Kite" Stefanie Sun
4. "If This Is Not Love" Jacky Cheung
3. "The Crime of Not Being Romantic" Wang Jie
2. Stefanie Sun in "Green Light"
1. "Can't Speak" Jay Chou
This year, Wang Jie, the prince of Mesozoic love songs, proved that the aging generation of kings still has energy left. He used the most expensive meal in Tsim Sha Tsui to make a bet to write a complete song within 10 minutes. As a result, this song was born in 7 minutes.
The song "Crime of Not Being Romantic".
Jacky's "If This Is Not Love" also continued his evergreen status in the music industry this year. It is worth mentioning that this song was composed by Wu Bai, and the king used rock and roll to interpret the feeling of disillusionment.
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However, the two kings still failed to stop the terrifying "era of men, women, and grandchildren" this year.
In the various sales statistics of Wanwan, Singapore and even the mainland.
Stefanie Sun and Jay Chou respectively occupy the top two spots on the sales list.
So far, among the top ten best-selling albums this year, these two have respectively occupied two places.
Jay Chou's "Fantasy"
Stefanie Sun "Kite"
Stefanie Sun "The Happiness I Want"
Jay Chou "jay"
Overall in the rankings, we can’t tell who is higher and who is lower. The overall sales volume is also around 1.2 million, so we can’t tell who is better. In terms of awards, Jay Chou slightly wins, but the reference point is the Wanwan Golden Melody Award. If it were the award in Singapore, it would be Stefanie Sun.
won, so it is impossible to tell who is stronger. The above also confirms the horror of the "age of male Zhou and female grandson".
but!
But all this is after excluding someone's data.
"I think everyone should know who has been eliminated, right?"
The supervisor of Sohu Entertainment Department asked dozens of employees in the conference room.
The employees nodded.
Isn’t the answer obvious?
The supervisor also continued to click on the device in his hand.
Soon, Jiang Yan's photo appeared on the projection behind him.
"Jiang Yan, among domestic singers, holds the record for the highest total album sales. His total sales volume currently exceeds 50 million. This figure ranks 11th in the global singer sales ranking since records began."
"Jiang Yan has the most Grammy trophies among Chinese people. Currently, he has five trophies in total. He is also the 13th person in the world with the number of Grammy trophies."
"Jiang Yan, the founder of Chinese style..."
The supervisor spent five or six minutes just introducing Jiang Yan's achievements in music to the ppt.
After the introduction to music, the supervisor took the opportunity to introduce movies and sports. It was already ten minutes after Jiang Yan's brilliant introduction was finished.
Although the employees were well aware of these data, they were more or less shocked at this time.
So it’s really hard to imagine what the entire list would look like if Jiang Yan’s songs were included in the mainland charts.
At this time, the supervisor brought the topic back to today’s topic:
"Tomorrow is Jiang Yan's birthday, and it's also the day he releases his album. There are two things to do in this meeting. First, listen to music..."
"Wow!!!!"
Before the supervisor finished speaking, many employees present cheered.
Because the answer is still obvious. If the manager said this, he must have gotten Jiang Yan's new album in advance.
And since you got it, it’s definitely not one, and everyone will definitely have a share when the time comes, so it’s strange not to be excited.
The supervisor did not deny this. He said that this time Xingchenhai gave 200 albums of various kinds, leaving not much for the entertainment department, but it was guaranteed that everyone would have one after listening to it, which made the employees who were fans of Jiang Yan even happier.
Already.
But the supervisor immediately said the second thing, which was also the reason for organizing the song listening.
To put it simply, in the current music scene, Jiang Yan "withdrew" from certain charts, withdrew from the Bay Area Golden Melody Awards, and withdrew from many miscellaneous award ceremonies. In addition, Jiang Yan's "dna3" last year did not follow up the previous two albums well.
Jiang Yan's dominance, even if the reason is that Jiang Yan will participate in the Olympics and shift his focus to the European and American music scene, with the rise of many other new generation Chinese singers this year, Jiang Yan's dominance has been greatly affected to some extent.
Suspect.
There is nothing more attractive than topics such as "killing gods", "the fall of the king of heaven" or "the end of the era of xx".
In fact, when Jiang Yan debuted, Wang Jie, the Four Heavenly Kings, Xueyou and others were all consumed by this situation.
Now that Jay Chou, Stefanie Sun, etc. are starting to explode, Jiang Yan will naturally become the target of consumption.
On the other hand, although Jiang Yan's dominance is doubted to some extent, this is at the public level, and in the industry, the news that Jiang Yan would release a solo album for his birthday came out three months ago, and many singers still avoided it.
Open this day.
This is a very safe method, but it does not mean that they are really afraid.
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So if Jiang Yan still fails to maintain his dominance of the previous two years after the release of his new album, then fine, no matter how many awards you win in Europe and the United States, no matter how high your status is, anyway, if you don’t do your best, we will still come up to divide those things from you.
The market that spits out itself.
During this period, I'm sure I'll step on you. After all, who makes you the "number one"? It would be great to step on you and get the upper hand!
Even if you say "I just don't have time to compete with the Chinese music scene, my goal is the European and American market", then we don't care, you haven't completely withdrawn from the music scene, right? As long as you are still releasing songs in the Chinese music scene, you just want to continue to "dominate"
", and only those who have dominance can become the lion king, and just urinate and say this is my territory. If you think that so many of us hungry lions are just eating dry food, will you be afraid of the pee you left behind?
"So after tomorrow, will Jiang Yan continue to dominate the Chinese music scene, overwhelming the 'men, Zhou, and girls', or will Jiang Yan's talent be exhausted and the era end? After that, will Jiang Yan be the 'return of the king', or will he 'sink like this'? Everything,
It all depends on how the new album will turn out."
After a pause, the supervisor said, "In a while, everyone will review Jiang Yan's new album together with sixteen music critics. After listening to it, no matter what the music critics say, what you have to do is to write down all the possibilities.
Do you understand everything?"
"clear!"
Everyone responded in unison, and at the same time, Xingchenhai also sent the album.
Then everyone went to the audio-visual room, where many people were already sitting, just waiting for the album to arrive and then use the most advanced equipment to play it.
Comrade Chaoyang, the boss of Sohu, is also here. As for why he is here, he naturally wants to have fun with the employees. Well, in fact, Jiang Yan is now one of the shareholders of Sohu, so Chaoyang still has to give some face...
Having said that, after everyone arrived, the supervisor handed out the album so that everyone could taste it based on the lyrics.
As expected, Jiang Yan's new album is named "dna4" this time.
There are many album formats, including CDs, tapes, vinyl, etc.
And when everyone got the CD version of the album, their first reaction was that their eyes lit up.
First of all, the cover of "dna4" has a very strange image of Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan was seen standing with his hands behind his back, a dog's tail grass in his mouth, and a comfortable posture. He tilted his head slightly with a relaxed expression on his handsome face, looking to the right. His expression seemed to be that he had seen it again.
If there is anything interesting, I have to go and see it in the next second.
The body is in ancient costume, but it is divided into left and right halves. The right half is similar to Linghu Chong's costume and has a sense of the world. The other half of the costume on the left is filled with many modern elements. The half looks ancient and modern, and has a very artistic feel.
Looking at his waist, you can see that Jiang Yan has a writing brush on his left side and a sword on his waist on the other side.
Half chivalrous and half literary, are you saying that you are capable of both literary and martial arts? Well, that's right... Chaoyang couldn't help but agree.
Continuing to look at the cover, the background where Jiang Yan is located is also very interesting. It is a warm-toned background painting composed of various historical sites and modern high-rise buildings. When combined, Jiang Yan looks like he is holding a dog's tail grass in his mouth.
, holding a brush in one hand and a sword in the other, walking in a strange world.
It has the feeling of walking freely and freely in the long river of history, and also the feeling of ordinary people walking under the high-rise buildings.
Looking at Jiang Yan like this, Chaoyang couldn't help but conclude: "A bit like Linghu Chong, but also a bit like Li Bai, interesting!"
Chaoyang nodded and opened the album. His first reaction was: "21 songs! This should be the most, right?"
"Yes, the maximum number in the past was only 18." Someone on the side quickly answered.
"21, Jiang Yan is also 21 now, right?" Chaoyang asked again.
"Yes, I will be 21 years old tomorrow."
"Um."
Chaoyang nodded again. He still admired Jiang Yan very much. At least when he was 21 years old, he didn't know what he was doing.
Looking at the playlist again, Chaoyang was shown a smile after a quick glance.
This playlist is a bit interesting.
Then he signaled that it was time to start. He couldn't wait to listen to the song.
So soon, the lights in the audio-visual room dimmed, and "dna4" began to play for the first time through the projection.