In early October, Cao Xuan temporarily left the crew of "New Police Story" for two days to attend the 55th anniversary celebration party.
As a representative of young singers and one of the finales of the party, Cao Xuan sang "My Motherland" with two veteran artists.
This kind of large-scale evening party hardly gives Cao Xuan many original opportunities. The best program is the singing of classic old songs.
He has continuously participated in many large-scale grand parties such as the 50th anniversary and the 55th anniversary. If he was in the system, Cao Xuan should be prefixed with "Young Singer".
But outside the system, and with too much attention, many things will be kept low-key.
Cao Xuan is about to celebrate his 29th birthday. According to the fictitious years, it can also be regarded as his thirties.
In the eyes of many people, those in their 20s are still young and impulsive, but when you are over 30, people will think you are much more stable and mature.
In other words, Cao Xuan can take on more responsibilities, and things that have been suppressed due to his age can be gradually relaxed.
Apart from other things, the Chinese Musicians Association previously made him a member. After two years of transition, Cao Xuan can become a member of the board of directors and serve as the deputy of the provincial-level local Musicians Association, which is the legendary leader.
In addition, Cao Xuan also participated in the evaluation of [National Second-level Actor] through the Music Association. If nothing unexpected happens, he has a high chance of success.
But [National Second-Level Actor] is okay, but it would be more difficult to evaluate [National First-Level Actor] because the standards are more stringent.
Basically there are only two ways, one is recommended by state-owned units, such as major cultural troupes, theaters or special units, the other is those with strong imagination...
For example, Lao Zhao founded a Liao Provincial Folk Art Troupe, affiliated with the Liao Provincial Music Association, and rated both himself and Liu Datou as "National First-Class Actor".
There are also some who are rated as "well-known actors". They are basically veteran actors, and many of them are even from various units. They have won awards, made contributions, and were recommended by some units or associations.
Cao Xuan, a [national second-level actor], was recommended by the Musical Association, and his participation in major evening performances and commentary were important criteria for selection.
However, for future generations, the person who is most distinguished in the classification of [national first-class actor] must be Wang Fei, who is directly in the name of "Chinese pop singer" and is the only one in the whole of China.
Cao Xuan has no idea of joining the unit. The Music Association can only recommend him and cannot directly affiliate him.
In the future, he will have to be recognized as a "national first-class actor", either by becoming a well-known actor, or by being selected as a pop singer like Wang Fei.
It’s not an exaggeration to award an award. Given the current achievements in the pop music scene, if Cao Xuan participates in the selection, his priority will definitely be higher than that of Wang Fei.
Putting aside his achievements in the music industry, Wang Fei is now from Xiangjiang, while Cao Tianwang is a farmer from Shandong Province with good roots.
Three generations back, they were all poor farmers, and further back, they were probably tenant farmers, so their status was very stable.
In addition to the Musical Association and evaluation titles, the Filmmakers Association intends to give Cao Xuan a promotion in the next two years. The All-China Youth Federation can also take it a step further. What's more, there seems to be some signs from the Second Congress.
Of course, you may first go to the first level of gold plating in the capital, and then go up...
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After that, Cao Xuan took a plane directly to Japan to meet with Cheng Long and the others. While promoting "New Police Story", he also promoted a new album "I Love" in Japan.
On October 2, 2004, the second day of the National Day, Cao Xuan's sixth Chinese album "I Love" was officially launched globally simultaneously.
On the day the new album was released, more than 100 radio stations around the world including China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia, and Brazil simultaneously played the title songs "I Believe" and "Love Transfer" from Cao Xuan's new album.
Theoretically, based on the listening rate and scope of these 120+ radio stations, more than 2.5 billion people heard Cao Xuan's new album on October 2.
This online model is actually a bit imitated by Xiao Zhou.
Last year Jay Chou released the title song of his new album "In the Name of the Father" using this routine. It was released on 50 radio stations across Asia and boasted an audience of 800 million.
Warner may have thought this routine was good, and at the same time wanted to compete tit-for-tat with the new king, so they followed this model and created a new album for Cao Xuan to be released globally.
However, Warner's resources and Cao Xuan's influence are far beyond what Xiao Zhou and the Alpha Records behind him can compare with.
Last year, Zhou only covered Asia, while Warner went all over the world, spanning six continents, and even Africa established two radio stations in South Africa and Egypt.
This is really not a complete set-up.
Cao Xuan has many fans around the world. They may not appreciate or understand Chinese songs, but they will listen to it if they know it is Cao Xuan's new song. They may not be interested, but they will definitely have an audience that pays attention.
After Xiao Zhou did this last year, some media called it [Jay Chou Day].
Today, Warner is in a good shape and even caused a bigger disturbance. Naturally, the media also joined in the fun. The authoritative Korean media announced that this day would be designated as [Cao Xuan Day].
Domestic media also followed suit, but Cao Xuan declined this statement.
Just kidding, that’s it for other times. October 1st is National Day, and October 2nd is [Cao Xuan Day]. This is because he is not having a comfortable life and is looking for trouble.
Sure enough, the sticks are not good people...
But it has to be said that 120 radio stations around the world were online at the same time, with a cumulative total of 2.5 billion listeners. Not to mention the amount of water, this data is enough to shock people.
Even many European and American media, which were not particularly concerned about Cao Xuan's new Chinese album, have reprinted and reported on this incident.
The authoritative American media "The New York Times" published an article stating that since Michael Jackson, few singers have had a terrifying influence around the world.
Cao Xuan, the Asian King, is constantly striving to become a global superstar!
Not everyone agrees with this statement. Some people think that Cao Xuan has an advantage in Asia, a continent with a large population.
China and the Chinese community alone have more than one billion compatriots. These people account for the vast majority of the so-called 2.5 billion listeners. The real non-Asian listeners are at most 1/3.
No matter how they argue and discuss, as long as they believe that Cao Xuan can influence 2.5 billion listeners, it is already a success.
You know, the world's total population will be 6.5 billion in 2004, and 25 listeners will account for nearly 40% of the world's total population. You can already apply for the Guinness World Records.
And Warner has indeed done this. Regardless of whether so many people listen to it or not, and it has gone to such great lengths to create such a big momentum, it will definitely kill this matter.
While showing Europe and the United States Cao Xuan's terrifying influence in Asia and other continents.
At the same time, it will show Cao Xuan's high popularity and wide popularity around the world to Asia.
The position of a superstar is formed by the accumulation of achievements one after another that are difficult for others to achieve. I am afraid there is not enough, but there is never too much.
Warner and Fanxing frantically built momentum for Cao Xuan, and while adding superstar halo, they also invisibly suppressed Xiao Zhou.
As I said before, a group of new generation top players have the idea of grabbing the class to seize power. In essence, Cao Xuan's release of a new album is an arena battle between the old and the new.
This simulcast on global radio stations can actually be regarded as Cao Xuan’s disincentive to this new generation of singers.
Your big brother will always be your big brother!
And Cao Xuan's new album "I Love" is indeed like a rampaging dragon, causing huge waves in the entire Chinese music scene.
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In 2004, both in the original time and space and now, it was the golden age of the Chinese music scene, with gods fighting and countless strong players.
Compared with the era when Cao Xuan dominated the crowd, two years later, the music scene has undergone some major changes.
The middle-aged generation such as the Four Heavenly Kings, Ren Xianqi, Dynamic Train, and Zhang Huimei have passed their peak period and have gradually ceased to be the mainstream of the music scene.
After several years of development, Xiao Zhou and other Taiwanese new generation singers, who were just starting out, have continued to grow in popularity and popularity, gradually taking over the music scene and becoming the main force in today's music scene.
At the same time, there was another very prominent change in the music scene in 2004, which was the rise of online songs.
A group of Taiwanese singers have experienced what the Internet trend is, and the traditional record industry has also ushered in a new wave of impact.
Taiwanese singers and online singers compete side by side, and the Chinese music scene has entered a new era of letting a hundred flowers bloom.
According to the analysis of "Contemporary Music World", the advent of the Internet has made pop singers no longer able to occupy everyone's attention like their predecessors.
Even though Jay Chou has always been said to be Cao Xuan's successor, he has never shown the same dominant performance as Cao Xuan in the past two years.
If the influence of the Four Heavenly Kings and Cao Xuan at the peak of the music scene was Wang Zha, the influence of the new generation such as Xiao Zhou is not even four 2's, but at most four A's, or even four K's and four Q's.
Of course, even Cao Xuan cannot attract everyone's attention now.
In a word, times have changed!
Xiao Zhou and others may be the last generation of kings and queens. With the popularity of the Internet and various entertainment methods, the idols of the younger generation are no longer obsessed with singers, and the overall influence of pop music continues to decline.
Maybe there will be top idols in the entertainment industry, but the King of Pop, who is recognized by the industry and most fans, may disappear in the long river of time...
But so far, Taiwanese singers headed by Xiao Zhou are still very strong.
Xiao Zhou and Wang Wang continue to work hard and are the most popular male singers besides Cao Xuan in the past two years.
In June this year, Lin Junjie released a new album. Although the most popular song "Jiangnan" was eliminated by Cao Xuan, other songs also have a certain influence and have accumulated a lot of popularity.
Coupled with her delicate face, she is a newcomer that Taiwanese media highly praises.
When Cao Xuan was leading the Chinese music scene, many media forcibly tied him up and hyped up the so-called new four kings.
At that time, the first round was Cao, Ren, Xie, and Wang. The first three were considered the most popular male singers at the time, and Wang was the one who forced his way into the competition.
Later, Chef Xie moved to the film industry, and the king's position was firmly established. Xiao Zhou, who was on the rise, took over. Later, Ren Xianqi passed away and singer-songwriter Tao Zhe took over.
Later, because Cao Xuan won consecutive Grammys, he became very popular in Europe and the United States and became almost the only one in the Chinese music scene.
In addition, three of the New Four Heavenly Kings at that time were singers from Taiwan Province, and Taiwan Province was ready to continue to promote new talents, so Cao Xuan was also removed from the New Four Heavenly Kings, and the Taiwanese media created a Taiwanese version of the New Four Heavenly Kings.
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Xiao Zhou takes the lead, Wang X is the second brother, Tao Zhe is temporarily ranked third, and the remaining fourth brother has not yet been determined. Lin Junjie, Master Luo, and Pan Weibo, who have continued to become popular in the past two years, are vying for the top spot.
In fact, when it comes to popularity, Adu and Zhou Chuanxiong have done well in the past two years. Unfortunately, the latter is not a popular singer, and Adu is not popular, and he has not been accepted into the list of kings at all.
A king must not only sing well and be famous, but more importantly, be handsome, and his appearance must be more important than his professional skills...
The candidates for the New Four Kings are basically representatives of Taiwanese male singers. Other singers also have some masterpieces, but they are inferior in popularity and popularity.
As for female singers, Taiwan's three major and four minor queens have basically begun to rise.
The one with the strongest momentum is undoubtedly Cai Yilin. After the success of "Look at My Seventy-Two Changes" last year, he officially switched to dance music.
In February this year, she released her masterpieces such as "Thirty-Six Strategies of Love" and "Rewind", and became the most popular female singer in Taiwan and even the Chinese music scene.
Sun Yanzi and Liang Jingru were somewhat suppressed by Cai due to the frequency of album releases.
The other female singers were also having a lively performance. Elva Hsiao was posting new songs while making fun of her, sitting steadily looking around.
Wang Xinlin and Rainie Yang share the otaku market equally, and are known as the leaders of sweetness. The former, in particular, released "Love You" in March this year, which is known as a must-listen for macho men. They can be called the most adorable singers in the Chinese music industry.
But to say that the female singer with the strongest rise is Zhang Shaohan. At the beginning of the year, "Fable" and "Aurora" were extremely popular.
Especially "Aurora", this song can be heard in every street and alley. Its popularity is comparable to "The First Snow of 2002" by Daolang, which almost makes people vomit.
Riding on the popularity of this song, Zhang Shaohan quickly became famous, and his fame has been catching up with Cai Yilin and Sun Yanzi.
What also has to be mentioned is She, the number one girl group in the Chinese music industry, has become extremely popular since last year's "Super Star". At the beginning of this year, they released another song "Persian Cat", which only added to the popularity.
Even Xiao Zhou doesn't dare to say that he can dominate these three girls in terms of popularity.
However, Snake Group is not without any threat. In February this year, Warner launched Feier Band.
This band was at its peak when they debuted, and their album songs "Your Smile" and "Lydia" became incredibly popular.
The first title song "Our Love" was composed by Zhou Jianhui, president of Warner Asia, personally asking Cao Xuan to write it.
As soon as it came out, various Tu Bang, Hard Gang Daolang, Zhang Shaohan, Snake Group, Cao Xuan's "Borrowing the Moon" in the Spring Festival Gala did not fall behind at all.
When Guangguang's Chinese Music Chart program took stock of the most popular songs in the first half of the year, it was really hard to tell which one was more popular, "Aurora", "Our Love", and "The First Snow in 2002", so they could only be tied.
However, this list still arouses dissatisfaction among many people, because there is no "I'm Not Huang Rong" that became an Internet hit in May.
Frankly speaking, "The First Snow in 2002" actually became popular largely through the Internet platform.
However, the traditional platform and the booming sales of genuine records have caused many people to ignore this point, and instead regard "I'm Not Huang Rong" as the representative work of Internet songs in the first half of 2004.
In August's "Star of Tomorrow", Yang Chengang, the champion of the Wu City Division, released "Mouse Loves Rice" in advance, which added to the popularity of online songs.
Even the theme song of "Tomorrow's Star" "Chasing Dreams" was regarded by some as an Internet song because it was first circulated on the Internet platform.
At the same time, the two-month summer vacation phenomenon and the ace variety show "Tomorrow's Star" have caused a lot of online discussions on the Internet.
The invisible expansion of pop music's influence on the Internet has also given Internet songs a lot of ground for survival.
It can even be said that the popularity of the Chinese music scene in 2004 is unprecedentedly high. Although it is largely due to the fight between gods and hundreds of flowers blooming, the music talent show "Star of Tomorrow" definitely has a positive butterfly effect.
The two-month high-intensity and high-viewing live broadcast competition during the summer vacation brought exposure to many singers and songs.
Many times, a player's wonderful performance is more effective than the record company's millions of marketing and promotional expenses.
For example, Hu Yanbin's new song "Beauty" this year was sung by a singer from "Tomorrow's Star" and then quickly became popular.
Many of this year's new songs, such as "Love and Sincerity" by Leo Ku, "Gardenia Blossoms" by Teacher He, and "The Meaning of Travel" by Chen Qizhen, became popular after "Tomorrow's Star" or reached a higher level.
But to say that the most popular album and song in 2004 is "Qili Xiang" released by Xiao Zhou in July.
This album can also be regarded as Xiao Zhou's battle to become the king. He defeated several popular online songs, withstood various pressures from "Tomorrow's Star" and finally succeeded in dominating the charts.
Songs such as "Qilixiang" and "Grandma" became the songs with the best record in 7~9.
Even though Cao Xuan's new album promotional song "What I Miss" and the previous "Chasing Dreams" caused certain threats and turmoil, they did not fundamentally shake the status of "Qili Xiang".
This is why before Cao Xuan released his album, the topic of the battle between the old and new kings became more and more heated, and Warner also deliberately targeted Xiao Zhou.
In a sense, Xiao Zhou does have the capital to challenge Cao Xuan this year.
Although it is just capital, he is the only new generation singer who can challenge Cao Xuan in recent years. Others are not even qualified to compare.
However, Warner's massive new album was released simultaneously all over the world, which gave the ambitious Zhou a big blow and also made the outside world see the gap between the two.
Just when Cao Xuan took a plane to Japan, changed clothes and rested, and sat in the hotel happily watching the original soundtrack version of "Detective Conan" [Valentine's Day Murder].
The songs in Cao Xuan's new album are also gradually gaining strength, quickly climbing the charts at a frightening speed, heading towards the top of the list with "Qili Xiang".
"I Believe"
"What I Miss"
"Love Transfer"
"Rolling Bead Curtain"
"Chasing Dreams with an Innocent Heart"
Several new songs in the new album took advantage of Cao Xuan's huge popularity base and global online exposure, and soon formed a trend of encirclement and suppression of "Qili Xiang" and the songs on the charts.
However, these songs are just an encirclement. What really competes with "Qili Xiang", the little Zhou divine song, is "I·Love", the first title song of the album...
ps: I recommend a new book "Rebirth of Blooming Flowers", a new book by an old author, worth reading, the introduction is in the author's words
(It’s a holiday, emm, there are a few words missing, I’ll add them tomorrow)
