China Entertainment 1997

Charlie is a pop music lover and a loyal fan of Billboard. He usually pays attention to the Billboard charts and even actively collects data for comparison.

There are many people like him, and they have even formed a small circle.

Don’t underestimate this circle. Many of the data about Billboard are compiled by them, even more accurate than the official ones. Some media write about Billboard news or find information from fans in other countries, all from Charlie’s circle. Website forum.

In the minds of many people, this small forum called [Billboard Home] is more reliable than the official Bulletin Board website.

Charlie himself is one of the administrators of [Bulletin Board House], and every week when new bulletin board issues are released, he and some enthusiastic netizens are busy.

There is no rush to make statistics. Everyone will sort out the list first, then chat and complain, and then start working after finishing talking.

"It's a pity that "All Of Me" didn't win, it still came in second place."

"Cruise, don't you like James Timberlake? Why did you fall in love with him?"

Justin Timberlake, the American pop king, is also Cao Xuan’s famous “rival”.

In fact, the two had nothing to do with each other in their early years. It was just because Britney Spears was Jia's ex-girlfriend and she had an affair with Cao Xuan. They happened to be both superstars in the music industry, so the media deliberately hyped them up and pitted them against each other.

In fact, neither of them took it seriously at first, but as their careers continued to overlap, they bumped into each other repeatedly at Grammys, album sales, and on Billboard.

Now it's impossible not to argue. The most important thing is that Jia always loses more than he wins, and almost never wins head-on.

He can't win Grammy awards, he can't sell albums, he's suppressed on the Billboard charts, and he can't even compete with the number of news exposures and scandals.

It just so happens that the media likes to put the two of them together.

After a long time, Cao Xuan, who had never suffered a loss, still had no ideas. Justin Timberlake wanted to use a Gatling to beat Cao Xuan.

Fans of both sides have always been in a state of hostility, so in the eyes of outsiders, the two are complete sworn enemies.

But it's hard to say what Jas Timberlake thinks. Cao Xuan really didn't take him seriously. He was a super idol at his peak back then, not to mention that he has transformed into the film industry in the past two years and has become a bit outdated.

In terms of popularity, status, influence, and contribution to the music industry, Cao Xuan beats Jas Timberlake in every aspect.

This is only counting the status of singers. If we compare them comprehensively, saying that the two of them are "dead enemies" is considered to be a compliment...

Cruise is a minor celebrity on the forum. As a fan of Justin Timberlake, he is usually very hostile to Cao Xuan. Unexpectedly, he turned against Cao Xuan this time. The forum became lively now.

"Is it the end of the world? Cruise actually fell in love with Cao."

"It's time to kick that disgusting pretty boy Jas. This executioner has cost the music world two queens."

"America, it was he who harmed Jenny, and Britney now also has his unshirkable responsibility."

"Scumbag."

"Don't say that, isn't Cao a scumbag? He has more scandals than Jasmine. Shakira, Avril Lavigne, Anne Hathaway, Scarlett Johansson, Victoria's Secret supermodel, and even Leonardo DiCaprio don't have money for him. .”

"Xiao Lizi is busy studying fisheries, otherwise he would definitely be better than Cao."

"Although Cao is a scumbag, he doesn't hurt women and helps their careers. Shakira and Avril Lavigne have songs written by him, and several other actors have also collaborated. He is in heaven and earth with this disgusting thing like Jas."

"You are going too far. Shouldn't you ask why Kolus turned against him?"

"I'm not betraying you, I just really like "All Of Me". It's ethereal, melancholy, and melodious. It's an absolute championship. It's a pity that I didn't win."

"I also think the song "All Of Me" is better, but it has been ranked in the second or two weeks."

""High Hopes" is not bad either. Winning the title depends on luck. When Cao dominated the charts for several months, there were many songs that had the potential and capital to win the title, but they could only finish second."

"Ranking second is fine. I remember that there was a song that debuted at sixth place. Normally, it would have been in the top three, and there was a high chance of winning. However, because a few songs from "Legend" dominated the charts, it was all spent. I'm only two months old, and I didn't even make it into the top five."

When this was mentioned, the entire forum fell silent.

That was the worst song they had ever seen in the few years since their website was established. It is said that the singer suffered from depression later on, and it took him half a year to adjust before he recovered.

But it’s not just the singer who is autistic.

Fengshen album "Legend" has dominated the charts for 16 weeks, a total of nearly four months. The fourth album "Qing" has dominated the charts for another 16 weeks, a total of nearly four months. In addition, Cao Xuan's second album "Release" has topped the charts for 11 consecutive weeks. "Sugar".

The cumulative length of the three albums combined is almost a year.

This kind of long-term dominance of the charts will inevitably make many songs and singers who had the opportunity to try their best have no choice but to "look forward to Cao Cao's success".

But considering this, Cao Xuan actually has a lot of enemies, but with Warner protecting him, the middle and lower-level people don't dare to make trouble. The senior people know Cao Xuan's energy, but they don't want to make enemies easily, so Boss Cao has no scruples. He is at home in the music scene.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Xuan's new album has attracted a lot of attention on the forum. Everyone wants to see how many songs Cao Xuan can win this time.

"I think there are three songs. "High Hopes" has already won the championship, and "All Of Me" is very promising. No matter what, Cao must have a finale song.

"I think it's more. This is Cao's last pure English album, and he will definitely have a beautiful ending."

"Maybe 2 to 3 songs. In addition to the Fengshen album "Legend" which has five crowns in its first album, the second and third albums both have 2 songs, plus a single with Muye. The total before is only 10. It's not a big exaggeration. of."

"I think it's about the same. Billboard's number one single is not a big deal, 2 or 3 are the top singles."

Netizens on the forum gave what they considered to be very objective predictions. Except for a few extreme fans of Cao Yuan who thought it was too conservative, most of them agreed with it.

It seems that the forum seems to look down on Cao Xuan, but in fact, it is already very flattering to him.

Many superstars' new albums may not have a number one single.

For 99% of singers, it is a very rare achievement for a new album to have a number one single. If an album has more than 2 songs, it is considered a big hit.

Further up, many people would never dream of it.

To be honest, if other singers said that the album is expected to have 2 or 3 number one singles, they would be ridiculed to death, but Cao Xuan really has the confidence.

Except for the first EP, which failed to win the championship, the other three albums each produced at least 2 championship singles, and the cumulative number of weeks they won the championship was 10+.

It is commonplace for Cao Xuan to achieve results that are unattainable for others. Coupled with the outstanding performance of two chart-topping songs, netizens on the forum are naturally more bold.

There are even supporters of Cao Xuan openly shouting: "I believe in Cao. It will never be possible for him to have only 2 or 3 songs. I think he can still win five championships in one specialty."

"You're high, right?"

Others sneered. In the past few decades, there have been only three Grammys in total for one album and five championships.

Michael Jackson once in that year, Cao Xuan's "Legend" in 2006 became a god once, and the fruit sister broke out in 2010.

It’s hard to say that the last two times did not rely on the power of the Internet, especially Fruit Sister. The streaming media bonus was huge, and there was a certain amount of luck and surprise.

As the saying goes, success depends on Xiaohe, and failure depends on Xiaohe. Due to the rise of streaming media, the exposure and popularity of the music industry have increased, but the channels for people to obtain information have also become more diverse. Under the massive diversion, it is difficult to achieve the various tastes of netizens. Similarly, the difficulty of winning five championships in one specialty has also increased.

So one specialty and five specialties are really, really difficult.

Only when the right time, place and people are available, coupled with the quality of the work itself and the willingness of fans to support and many other factors complement each other, can there be any hope of success.

Under such circumstances, if Cao Xuan can achieve it once, it is already blessed by his ancestors.

Again?

When Jesus is his uncle, or Allah is his second uncle, or. The Jade Emperor of the East is his relative, and he thinks about good things every day.

Charlie also thought this statement was ridiculous: "If Cao can win five championships in one specialty, I will introduce my sister to you."

Others also placed their bets in a loud voice, including those who eat shit, some who run naked, such as marathons, some who swim in the cold weather, and some who are thinking about going to the safari park to tease the lions. Each bet is more serious than the other, and Cao is determined to win. If Xuan can do this,

But soon, they stopped laughing.

On January 22, Cao Xuan’s fourth chart-topping song was released——

"Closer".

The Chinese translation is "Close". It is a song co-sung by Andrew Taggart, a member of the Chainsmokers, and female singer Halsey in 2016. It once won the first place on the Billboard singles chart in the original time and space.

This song is also an extremely rare electronic music song by Cao Xuan. Cao Xuan once thought of leading the electronic music wave and becoming some kind of electronic music godfather, but later he found that the acceptance of today's fans is not that high.

For example, it is like the hip-hop craze that became popular in China later. Many young singers like to rap a few words. Many people seem to be unable to sing without rapping a few words.

But now and in the past few years, hip-hop is really not popular. Even Xiao Zhou and Wilber Pan’s songs are not all pure hip-hop. They are more popular and fast songs, and there are a few out-of-circle works that have established their status. Hip-hop There are not many elements.

If Cao Xuan really comes up with a pure electronic music song, it may not necessarily hit the street, but the possibility of it becoming popular is really not high.

He was not the only one who wanted to play electronic music. Other singers such as Britney also tried electronic music. Except for a few songs that were pretty good, the others died terribly.

Cao Xuan himself doesn’t particularly like electronic music, and he’s not very good at it, so he doesn’t produce too much.

But even so, as the last album, he still came up with electronic music songs like "Closer", as well as several other songs, which also have certain electronic music elements.

Even if it is the last wave of trends, Cao Xuan is not particularly concerned about how much of a leading role it can play.

Anyway, Cao Xuan is about to retire. With his status, he is no less than a godfather of electronic music.

It is worth mentioning that the melody of the song "Closer" sounds particularly fresh, and it has now become the BGM of many positive videos.

But in fact, this song is a little pornographic song. The general idea of ​​the lyrics is that two lovers are deeply in love, doing that and doing that.

For this reason, Cao Xuan once again used the method of word modification to modify the lyrics.

The original song was about lovers meeting again after a long absence, with burning passion. Now it has become two people meeting again after a long separation, chatting about the original story, crying and laughing, and slowly getting closer again.

In fact, the meaning is still the same, but it is more subtle, with a little hint at most. Unlike the original version, which is both a Land Rover and a mattress, even if King Cao Dayian sang it without shame, he would still be criticized when he returned to China.

This is not in line with Boss Cao's always positive tone.

Even though Cao Xuan is known as the King of Love Songs, he has composed not a hundred love songs, but dozens of them, but most of them are very pure. They are just kisses at most, and there are very few other deeper lyrics.

This standard is not to mention the United States, which is often cursed with words such as Bichi FXXX in its songs. Even at home, it is extremely pure.

Even his fans are making fun of him. Cao is a thief who sings pure songs, and a scumbag who is a scumbag. They are two completely different things...

However, purity also has its advantages, as it allows most of Cao Xuan's songs to enter the campus without any hindrance, killing primary school students, middle school students, and college students.

Not only domestically, Cao Xuan's songs are also very popular in schools abroad.

Inspirational + love songs have always been the favorites of students, and are also welcomed by schools and teachers. They are always healthier than listening to black people's foul-mouthed hip-hop or various lingering pornographic songs.

The song "Closer" is a duet, a man and a woman. The man is Cao Xuan, and the woman is Taylor.

This is also the first time that the master and apprentice have collaborated. The gimmick is quite good, which also makes the song's performance outstanding. It ranked fourth on the Billboard in the first week.

This is already the third song from Cao Xuan's new album to land in the top ten.

Of course, there are reasons for the quality of the songs, but Cao Xuan's popularity and the attention of the entire album are the most critical factors. Now many people in the outside world are directly following this album. The huge popularity among passers-by alone can make the songs easily accessible. List.

However, compared to the outside world, more attention is paid to the combination of master and apprentice, the combination of Chinese superstar + American diva.

[Billboard Home] The forum is more concerned about the fact that "All Of Me" defeated "High Hopes" which dominated the chart for 3 weeks, and successfully won the championship, becoming Cao Xuan's 12th Billboard No. 1 single.

Although this guess has been expected by many people, I still couldn't help but be shocked when I saw that Cao Xuan had already won two titles before the main course started.

The bulletin board is really owned by his family!

Charlie and others intensified their discussion, not only betting on a few songs to win the championship, but also began to extend their attention to the number of weeks to win the championship.

At present, leaving aside the new album, Cao Xuan has won the championship for a total of 45 weeks before.

Among them, the two albums "Legend" and "Qing" have been on top for 16 weeks each, and the new album has been on top for 4 weeks. Everyone is guessing whether it has a chance to surpass the previous two albums.

Charlie thinks the possibility is low. "Legend" and "Qing" are completely phenomenal albums.

"Legend" has five crowns in one album and is known as the No. 1 album in the new century. Although many songs jointly suppressed other singers from taking the lead, it also caused a certain internal friction to a certain extent.

Some people think that "Legend" wouldn't have lasted 16 weeks if it hadn't been for five championships in one specialty, but many people think that if it hadn't been for the diversion of games, it might have been even longer.

This is not unreasonable. The overall quality of "Qing" is obviously not as good as "Legend". Only "Shape of You" and "Hello" won the championship.

But "Qing" emphasizes quality rather than quantity. Although they are two songs, they are both hits. And because of the quantity, they can form complementary alliances without causing too much internal friction.

In the end, "Shape of You" won the championship for 10 weeks, and "Hello" won the championship for 6 weeks. The two songs tied the number of weeks that "Legend" won five championships in one album.

But no matter what, these two albums are unparalleled in the history of Billboard. He doesn't believe that Cao Xuan can break the record.

But at this time, people like Charlie who thought it was impossible had become a minority, and more people chose to believe that Cao Xuan could break the record.

Including Crusu, in his words, against people who are hostile to Cao Xuan.

"There are too many miracles in this Chinese person, which are simply subversive of perceptions. I think he can do it."

Not only the forum of [Billboard House], but also many American media are following Cao Xuan's booing and criticizing Cao Xuan.

"The representative word of miracle-Chinese Cao"

"The swan song of the magician of Eastern music?"

"Billboard Records and Others"

"The double crown is complete, here are the three crowns"

"Strike to win the championship in 17 weeks, is it arrogance or confidence"

"..."

When ordinary people encounter this kind of poisonous milk, they will either be coaxed into losing their minds, or they will avoid it in order to save their character.

Cao Xuan was very calm and spoke very directly during the interview.

"If I say that I am satisfied now, it is definitely not from my heart. But now I have reached the passing line. The rest is to do my best and depend on fate. All I can do is wait for the ending."

Cao Xuan's response caused turmoil among many fans. Although Cao Xuan said that the final album should have English songs, no one can guarantee how many there will be and what the quality will be.

Therefore, this album is likely to be Cao Xuan's true "swan song" in the European and American music circles.

For most of the fans, Cao Xuan has an extraordinary status and significance to them. Now that Cao Xuan is preparing to retire, they are sad and reluctant to leave, but they still have not changed Cao Xuan's decision.

In this case, let's say goodbye properly!

They prepared many parting gifts, the first one being the Billboard chart.

On January 26, the American Cao Xuan official organization issued a statement to participate in the war.

In the past, when Cao Xuan's album needed to hit the charts, some official time-sharing groups would make announcements, but never on such a large scale as this time.

Not only were the media in the United States extremely active, but fans in Canada, Mexico, and South America also joined in. After that, fans in Asia and Europe, after ensuring that their countries were ranked on the list, also found ways to support their American comrades.

Currently, the Billboard chart is composed of radio on-demand rates, digital album sales and plays, and physical album sales.

So the rest is simple, those with money buy the album, and those without money, the United States is responsible for radio bombing, and the network playback volume is handed over to the coalition forces of various countries.

On January 29, a new issue of Billboard Weekly was released, and the number one single on the Hot 100 chart has become "Closer".

"All Of Me" was pushed down after only one week on the chart.

It's very sad, but there is really nothing we can do about it. Not only Cao Xuan's fans went crazy this time, but even Taylor's fans also joined in the fun.

Taylor is miserable.

He has been on the Billboard charts a lot, and has won several album charts. However, he has only been runner-up twice on the singles chart, and it was not until last year that he tasted his first taste of success.

Among the popular female singers of the same level, she cannot be said to have the least number of number one singles, but she is indeed not very successful.

It’s not easy to cooperate with the master once, but I don’t have to risk my life to help.

And Cao Xuan did not disappoint her and her fans, and successfully got Taylor to embrace her, and followed her to a championship single.

Taylor looked at his co-sign on the ranking list and almost cried, feeling both happy and aggrieved.

I worked exhaustingly for several years and worked hard to get a number one single. Then I went to China for a few days, ate roast duck and sang songs, and suddenly I had a number one single to my name.

If I had known it was so easy, why would I bother myself so much? Why would I have hugged my thighs earlier...

However, neither Cao Xuan nor the outside world paid much attention to Taylor at this time.

At the end of January, after releasing four chart-topping songs, Cao Xuan chose to officially release the new album instead of delaying it.

Almost as soon as the album was released, everyone who had been paying attention began to take action. Of the four songs that hit the charts, three topped the charts. This ratio can no longer be described in words.

They are eager to see what the quality of the remaining songs in the new album will be like, and there will be a few songs with championship potential...