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Chapter 143: Tear It Open!

  Perhaps for the music circle, the direct confrontation of the three major female voices, apart from its huge topicality, seems to herald the arrival of a fierce competition in the domestic song market, and also seems to subtly predict a market position struggle between different styles of music such as new and old, fast and slow.

  For the media, the direct confrontation of the three major female vocalists' new albums, of course, represents a huge topic, representing a sudden increase in entertainment news, and representing a sudden explosive growth in sales and ratings.

  But for Liao Liao, He Runqing and Wu Xing Wusu, as well as the record companies behind them, it represents anxiety, expectation, admiration, worry and confusion.

  However... for the market, that is to say for domestic music fans who are willing to spend money buying records and albums, when today's top three most popular female singers in the domestic music scene release new albums within two weeks of each other, it has a somewhat festive atmosphere - of course, for some people who are short on cash, it may also be a mixed bag.

  The music circle began to discuss endlessly, especially with regards to Liao Liao's pre-released song "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou", He Runqing's "Xiang Si Zhu", and Wu Xing Wu Suo's "Rang Wo Fei". The entire music circle, regardless of relevance, was unknowingly drawn into the great discussion about these three songs.

  Then, the media almost spontaneously began to discuss - or to use a more appropriate word, should be called hype - the three new albums of the three female singers. Almost all news, reports and comments related to entertainment began to revolve around these three new albums.

  So, music fans found out that their favorite singer had released the first single from their new album and, unable to buy the album yet, started frantically calling into radio stations they were familiar with to request a specific song they were looking forward to.

  This strong public opinion which is almost sweeping across the entire country is something that no one had anticipated before.

  So, on the day after Liao Liao's new album release conference, in bookstores and audio-visual stores across the country, there were suddenly more people coming to buy "Liao Liao", "Sisters Stand Up" and He Runqing's previous single "Half a Jar of Silk".

  Then, business owners who sensed opportunities put these few albums on the best-selling shelves!

  And then, on June 13th, even many people who didn't usually pay attention to "Dongguan Weekly" made an exception and bought a copy from the newsstand. Major media outlets and record companies immediately got their hands on the internal sales rankings of Dongguan Bookstore and widened their eyes in search of familiar names.

  Originally ranked seventh, but still popular "Sisters Stand Up", suddenly rebounded strongly in the previous week and jumped to third place. Currently, only Hu Yang's new album and Huang Yuqing's album, which has just been released for a short time and shows signs of great popularity, are ahead of this album. Even Feng Fei Fei's new album, after experiencing initial heat for one or two months, was surpassed by "Sisters Stand Up" this time.

  And originally fell out of the top ten "Liao Liao", also seems to be following a sudden recovery of heat. Directly from thirteenth place bounced back to sixth!

  Even the single "Half a Catty", which was destined to have low sales and had already fallen out of the top 25, suddenly returned to number 11 on the sales chart!

  The sales of these three albums have fluctuated, and for a time, many singers and record companies were suddenly envious.

  June 15th, Wednesday, China Radio's Golden Melody Chart was released.

  Three Big Female Voices, monopolizing eight seats!

  And also, the latest released "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou", "Xiang Si Zhu" and "Rang Wo Fei" these three main songs all charted!

  As the pioneering work of domestic fast song type, "Sisters Stand Up" has been occupying the top spot on the charts for over five months after its release. Despite the release of new albums by Feng Fei and Hu Yang, none of their songs have been able to shake its dominant position.

  In addition, Liao Liang's "Determination", "Cheers, Friends", Wu Xing Yu Su's "Farewell" and "Love Bird" are also on the list. Among them, for example, "Cheers, Friends" was originally out of the top ten. But now, due to the intense public opinion about the three major female vocalists' competition, many music fans, unable to buy their new albums, unknowingly recalled the good memories of many songs from their previous album, and they quickly returned to the charts.

  Apart from this, of course, Hu Yang and Feng Fei Fei's albums have just been released for a short time, and their main songs are also on the charts.

  Then...

  "Miss You Bamboo", ranked tenth, successfully killed on the VOD chart!

  "Surging Waves Remain", ranked sixth, revealing a great omen!

  And the brand new fast song "Let Me Fly" composed by Wu Su, has directly rushed to the fifth place on the broadcast chart!

  At this moment, whether it's in the music circle, media circle, or among countless fans, everyone seems to have truly felt the arrival of a national music carnival!

  Monday, June 20th.

  In the latest issue of "Dongguan Weekly", especially in the sales ranking list of Dongguan Bookstore obtained by insiders, the sales of "Sisters Stand Up", "Liao Liao" and "Half a Cup of Silk" have actually increased slightly compared to last week's data. This seems to be foretelling that the entire domestic music scene, as well as a large number of domestic music fans, are eagerly anticipating the new albums of these three female vocalists, with an astonishing level of enthusiasm!

  Amidst the anticipation of the masses, on June 21st, Tuesday, He Runqing's new album "Ku Zhu" was officially released and went on sale nationwide!

  Also on this day, with the strong release capability of Sony Records, you can almost buy this album in every store that sells audio and video products across the country!

  Fans can't help but say that at least within the music circle, everyone will definitely rush to buy a copy in the first time, and then listen to He Runqing's Chinese style while staring wide-eyed, waiting for the next week's Dongguan Bookstore sales rankings.

  And just like that, June 27th is coming soon.

  On Monday, Dongguan Bookstore's sales ranking list was officially released.

  "Ku Zhú" was listed for six days in its first week on the market, and Dongguan Bookstore sold a total of 12,364 copies!

  She ranked second in last week's sales chart, only after Hu Yang's "Du Qian Shan".

  Although the end of June has arrived, which is the peak season for album sales in a year, and although all media across the country have been collectively promoting it for half a month under the name of "Three Female Vocalists' Battle", the first-week sales of this album still shocked many people!

  This is the second highest single-week achievement since He Rui Xiang joined the music industry and started releasing albums.

  And also need to know, this is just the first week, according to the rules of record sales, it's destined that this isn't even the peak yet!

  Last year, around this time, she released "Starlight", which was also very popular, but even without the impact of "Liao Liao", in its first week on sale, it sold for four days and just over 5,000 copies were sold. In the second week, sales reached 8,055 copies, a big hit. In the third week, before "Liao Liao" gained momentum, she continued to maintain a stable trend, but also peaked at 7,433 copies, still ranking fifth.

  And now, just in the first week, her sales have already exceeded 12,000 copies!

  It can be said that if her "Fen Xing" last year had achieved this result, it might have been possible to rival Liao Lie. Because the week when Liao Lie's album started to explode, it was facing a national shortage, and in Dongguan Bookstore, only 11484 copies were sold!

  Seeing this result, many people subconsciously feel that no matter who loses or wins in the end. As long as He Rongqing can maintain this momentum, it can be said that for herself, it is already a big victory that can be called a comeback!

  Of course, even if "Ku Zhú" sold explosively in its first week on the market, anyone who is slightly knowledgeable would still not think that He Runqing has much of a chance in front of Wu Xing's new album.

  Because in the past six months, the five girls from Wuxin The Hero have been really on fire!

  And even in terms of sales, selling over 12,000 copies in a single week at Dongguan Bookstore is already considered a huge success for He Runqing, but for Wu Xingshu... the shock brought by the huge sales of "Sisters Stand Up" after New Year's Day last year before the Spring Festival has just passed, and it still remains vividly in everyone's memory.

  That's a stunning achievement of selling over 20,000 copies for six consecutive weeks, with the highest record reaching as high as 30,885 copies!

  With He Rongqing's sales already considered explosive for her, wanting to challenge Wu Xing Wusu... seems like it's still a bit weak!

  Moreover, it's worth noting that these two albums were released just a week apart!

  After a long wait, on June 28th, "Let Me Fly" was finally released!

  Although the media coverage of "Ku Zhu" was already very hot under the operation of Sony Records, He Runkai, who was gradually declining and had been on the sweet song route that many people were tired of listening to, was not enough to compare with Wu Xingshu, who was currently popular. In addition, Huage Music, although slightly inferior to Sony Records, is also one of the three major giants in the domestic record industry. At this time, Huage made a move, and suddenly, a large number of reports, hot discussions, and comments about "Let Me Fly" and Wu Xingshu's combination immediately drowned out "Ku Zhu" and He Runkai.

  Even on June 28, many media outlets across the country reported on the scene of "Let Me Fly" being snapped up in bookstores and audio-visual stores nationwide, which instantly triggered more fans' desire to buy this album.

  In this case, no matter how hard Sony promotes it, and no matter how hard He Rongqing works to promote it nationwide, the fact that she and her album "Ku Zhu" were thoroughly suppressed still makes them unable to laugh. Even when some slightly sarcastic program hosts asked her about her evaluation or thoughts on the album "Let Me Fly" and the three major female vocal albums' battle, all she could show on her face was embarrassment, nothing but embarrassment.

  Then, on June 29th, Wednesday, China Voice's Golden Melody Chart was released on schedule.

  He Runqing's "Siang Si Zhu" ranks ninth - this result is enough to make He Runqing, Liu Mei, and the entire Sony Records furrow their brows. To put it simply, after the album was officially released, the title track "Siang Si Zhu" only moved from tenth place to ninth place, which in a way represents that this song has failed! At least, it seems to lack the energy and appeal needed to promote and sell the entire album!

  At this time, if you turn your head and take another look at the results of "Let Me Fly" by Wu Su, it will make a group of people including He Runqing and Liu Mei even more worried.

  Because on this list, "Let Me Fly" has risen from fifth place again, rising two places in one go to third place - this absolutely represents the super strength of Wuxi's new album!

  To know, in last week, their new album hasn't been released yet!

  However, okay. Maybe when they see the ranking of another song, maybe their hearts can be slightly happy for a moment - because being trampled on is nothing to worry about, the person who tramples on them also gets trampled by others at the same time!

  The Sound of Waves Remains!

  Two weeks after the single's release, although this album has not yet been released, this song unexpectedly jumped from sixth place last week to second place!

  It is currently second only to "Sisters Stand Up" from Zhang's previous album Five Elements Music!

  Moreover, industry giants like Sony and Wagram also received the news at the same time. It is said that pirated tapes containing the song "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" have already appeared on the market and are selling exceptionally well. In almost every store, they were sold out as soon as they were put on the shelves!

  Undoubtedly, "Let Me Fly" on the Golden Melody Awards was overshadowed by the later-to-arrive "Tao Sheng Yi Jiu", and there were quite a few favorable rumors about "Tao Sheng Yi Jiu" in the market. As a result, within Huaguo Music, which had been eagerly anticipating a major victory, the atmosphere remained somewhat subdued and strange.

  However, afterwards, when the time entered July. After the national high school entrance examination ended and before the college entrance examination began, on July 4th, the latest sales ranking list of Dongguan Bookstore was released.

  "Let Me Fly" this album, directly topped the charts!

  Sales of 29,237 copies in a single week, almost catching up with the highest weekly sales of Wu Xing's album! And currently, this sales volume is also the second place in the Dongguan Bookstore Sales Ranking History!

  With this, the sales ranking of Dongguan Bookstore's records has added another record of over 20,000 copies sold in a single week!

  As of now, this is the eighth time an album has sold over 20,000 copies in a single week! One of which even broke 30,000 copies in a single week!

  Among the eight times of sales data, one was created by Liu Mingliang, a heavenly king superstar in the domestic music scene, and the remaining seven times all belonged to Wuxu!

  Seeing these sales figures, I don't know how many people in the music industry will take a deep breath, and maybe some people will lament that "the era of trash songs has arrived", but more people can't help but instantly enter the mode of envy, jealousy and hatred. As for Huage Music and the girls from Wu Xing Wu Su, although their arch-nemesis Liao Liao's new album "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" has not been released yet, after taking a sigh of relief, many people still feel that they can laugh out loud and even start preparing for a celebratory banquet.

  It sold nearly 30,000 copies in the first week of its release, which means that it will break 30,000 next week, and there's almost no problem with that! According to the rules of record sales, this is almost inevitable!

  Especially, take a look at this list, although it's hard to say whether it's due to the quality of the album itself or the impact of "Let Me Fly" being released, in short, the result is that He Runkai's new album "Bitter Bamboo" has been directly cut in half in terms of sales!

  Single-week sales of 7,055 copies!

  Fourth place!

  In what should have been a blockbuster second week, "Ku Zhú" album sales were less than 60% of the first week's sales!

  This sales volume, don't even mention putting it in the second week, even if it's moved to the third or fourth week, compared to her first week's sales of 12,364 copies, it can be said that it is a huge drop in sales!

  It was just the first week of collision, and He Runqing's decline was already apparent!

  It's obvious that when they saw the sales figures, everyone at Sony Records was devastated. Moreover, it's said that after learning of this news, He Runkui, who was in Guangzhou at the time, immediately cancelled a previously scheduled program and also called off all her subsequent promotional activities. She personally booked a flight for that night and rushed back to Shuntianfu in the early hours of the morning, then began refusing all visitors.

  As for this, Huaguo Records, which has won the first battle without dispute, almost unanimously believes that He Runqing and her "Ku Zhu" can be abandoned. They are no longer a threat to the sales or momentum of Wu Xing's "Let Me Fly".

  Then the entire publicity department of Huaying Music, and even the whole Huaying Music, quickly adjusted its direction, putting all attention on the upcoming "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou".

  For "Let Me Fly" which has already achieved a good start, only "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" is the only threat.

  Despite the dazzling first-week performance created by Wu Suo and "Let Me Fly", they actually didn't think Liao Liao and her "Tao Sheng Yi Jiou" could pose any real threat, but still subconsciously gave it the highest level of attention.

  At this moment, under the nationwide attention and expectation, on July 5th, Tuesday, the first day of national college entrance examination, "Tao Sheng Yi Jiu" was officially released nationwide.

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  This is Chapter 3, five thousand words!

  Today's three chapters, totaling over 13,000 words, will serve as a double preheating for the National Day month ticket. I hope that friends who like this book can support me during the upcoming National Day period and cast their October monthly tickets for me. Thank you in advance! (。)

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