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Chapter 103: A New Record

  26,557!

  Winning first place in succession!

  This is the fourth week sales result of "Sisters Take The Stage"!

  Although its sales have shown a slight decline compared to the previous week, which was considered the peak, this decline is completely within the normal range. In fact, it can be said that this is a decline that would surprise both the producers and distributors, and... it continues to crush the entire chart without any suspense or doubt, doesn't it?

  And also... With the sales data of Dongguan Bookstore for the past three weeks laid out here, although the national sales data has not been counted yet, the fact that the sales volume of this album has exceeded one million copies is already certain and unquestionable, isn't it?

  One month, sales exceeded one million copies...... If this is not considered hot, then what is?

  Then, with a brush of cold water, the heated debate over Zhou Yun's divorce in major media outlets instantly cooled down.

  To this extent, even the most conservative media, even if they looked down on this album, could no longer remain silent in the face of an album that had absolutely created a super record.

  For the vast media, the hot sales of this album is an undeniable fact that must be faced.

  Then, after a week of hype about Zhou Xun's divorce, with the release of this week's Dongfang Bookstore sales rankings, all major media outlets once again tacitly shifted their focus, and once again turned their attention to the album "Sisters".

  "Although there are many eyebrow-raising moments in this album, songs like "Farewell", "Let's Row the Double Sculls", and "Night Outside Moscow" still manage to bring joy and wipe away the unpleasantness brought by those noises. Especially "Farewell", I think that fifty years later, we will still be able to hear its various versions at many singers' concerts and parties. ...Finally, I want to say that my favorite songs in this album are actually "Rock Sugar Gourd" and "Love Bird", the former is very Chinese, the latter is very romantic." - Shun Tian Daily Entertainment Edition

  "The Goodbye" is great. As I have mentioned many times in my previous reviews, I don't have much to say anymore, and I think that's what we should do when facing this song - just quietly listen to it. So today, I want to talk about the fast songs from Mayday's album "Mayday! Just Rock It!!". Yes, I'm talking about "Sisters Stand Up" and "The Broken Heart Alliance".

  Perhaps, from the perspective of a traditional musician, it doesn't matter whether it's lyrics, melody or arrangement, and of course, that singing skill which I have ridiculed more than once, there is nothing worth learning. But if we change our thinking, change our standpoint, let's stand on the angle of a young person who doesn't have any professional understanding of music. Let's think carefully about why they like these two songs so much? Then, perhaps we will understand.

  Young people today are no longer the same as when we were young. The economy is developing, cities are growing, and everything around us is moving at a rapid pace. At this time, what right do we have to ask a group of teenagers and twenty-somethings to still like those slow-paced rhythms that we designed? Life is getting faster and faster, time is passing by faster and faster, they want to shout, they want to vent, they want to sing, they want to fall in love, they also want to make love. So, they don't want to be slow, they want to be quick, they need this kind of fast-paced rhythm!

  "Uh, lastly, it's my habit when writing. In short - to the five beauties, I know you're already very popular, extremely famous, but please, can you try to practice your singing skills a bit more from now on?"

  "Artist Weekly", signed by author Lao Shan.

  "Yes, I know that in many people's minds, selling records is the key to success, but please don't forget your identity as a musician. Don't casually push any song into the market just because it sells well. If we say what sells best, I think the best-selling things are porn and banned movies, but can we allow such things to flow into the market and poison our young generation? Obviously not, the country doesn't even allow it!"

  "So now, I'd like to ask some record companies, some producers and some singers: do you think the so-called music works you produce, as well as those jumping and exposing thighs in MVs, are really healthy? Do you think the music you make is good music? If not, or rather, if it's not only bad but also damaging to the entire pop music scene, bringing negative influences to young people, then what does the sales volume represent? It only represents the degree of your mistakes!"

  Commentary by Cultural Daily commentator

  "There's a very popular album recently, with several so-called fast songs that have been sung all over the streets and alleys. As a professional musician, even I couldn't avoid being swept up in this wave of 'fast song trends'. Because when friends gather, someone always mentions that album, and later I listened to it and also watched the MV disc bundled with the CD. After watching, I just want to say one sentence: Hey girls, until you get married and have children in the future, do you dare let your kids watch the dances you used to dance?" - Shun Tian Evening News

  …………

  Yes, it's still the same. Some people praise it, some understand it, and some try to analyze the reasoning behind it. Of course, no matter how well the album sells, there will definitely be some people who stubbornly stick to their own views, continuing to criticize and question it.

  In any era, in any place, in any industry, conservative forces are an inevitable existence. Even... perhaps just ten or twenty years ago, those so-called conservatives were once fearless pioneers who refused to follow old rules.

  But that's how things always go, once they break through the resistance and grow up, they start to maintain what they insist on, so... most conservatives are like this.

  Although at this point, the articles and comments that dare to speak out have mostly only positive directions left, in fact, these music critics' and musicians' comment articles have a very limited impact on the entire record market. However, at least within the industry, many times their articles and views still have some directional significance and reference value, and will be taken seriously by various music companies to some extent.

  But at this time, with the album "Sisters Stand Up" selling super hot for three consecutive weeks. No matter how you criticize it, after seeing the entire music market's super popularity towards this album, big and small music companies couldn't sit still anymore.

  It's the same old story, perhaps among those music directors and producers of record companies, there are a few who are indeed die-hard music enthusiasts, even to the point of being somewhat naive and having only music on their minds. However, among those who have become the bosses of various record companies, not a single one is not extremely intelligent!

  The market trend is changing!

  Maybe some people didn't understand before, but now, the album "Sisters Stand Up" is selling like hotcakes right in front of them. A girl group with no singing skills has become a huge hit right in front of them, how can they still not understand?

  So, what music critics say, does it matter?

  Moreover, just when those music critics couldn't help but nitpick, the latest China Radio Chart was released, and this time, even with biased views towards Wu Xing's album, critics had to swallow their pride and admit that the comprehensive strength of this album is indeed very strong.

  In this new week, "Zhí Zhuó" which has occupied the first place on the Golden Melody Chart for more than four months, finally retreated and even fell to third place. At the same time, Liu Mingliang's work that was at the bottom of the list left the chart. Liao Liao's "Wild Flower" also left the chart, and even "Half a Cup of Silk", which has always been full of resilience and stubbornly clinging to the back of the chart, has now reached tenth place, just one step away from falling off the chart.

  Just as these old works that have been on the charts for a long time are gradually falling off the charts, of course, new songs will come up!

  And it is also the first time in history since the establishment of the Golden Melody Chart that six songs from the same album have simultaneously entered the chart.

  "Sisters Stand Up", First Place!

  Candied Hawthorn

  Love Bird, fourth place!

  "See You Again", Fifth Place!

  Heartbroken United Frontline, Sixth Place!

  "Happy Baby", eighth place!

  As early as the summer of '95, when Liao Liao brought her five songs to simultaneously top the Golden Melody Chart, the entire pop music scene was in an uproar: this must be a record that no one can surpass, or even replicate!

  However, just half a year later, five young girls, with their singing skills that were ridiculed by many professional musicians as being unprofessional, brought six songs from the same album and suddenly rose to the top of the charts!

  This once again thoroughly shocked the entire Chinese music scene!

  On that day, when countless boys and girls who had just become fans of Wuyi Music learned the news, they couldn't help but cheer and jump for joy - in their eyes, the youth, vitality, liveliness, and freshness that overflowed from Wuyi Music's songs were simply the best representatives of themselves.

  So, the grand and magnificent Five Elements of mine is their victory!

  Moreover, the five elements are what I originally created, and it's said that no singer has ever been able to achieve this super record!

  That's six songs simultaneously topping the Golden Melody Chart!

  This is a brilliant achievement that will be repeatedly sung by the media and is being sung! This is a record that has been touted as unprecedented by many fans and followers of Wuyin!

  However, at least in the short term, it will definitely not be noticed by ordinary music fans, nor will it receive extra attention from the media, but it will absolutely be accurately captured by the eyes of various major and minor record companies in the industry.

  That is, there was a person named Li Qian, who had never appeared in the industry before and had not signed with any record company. He was just a 17 or 18-year-old boy still in high school. However, he had already created a new record after creating five songs by Liao Liao that simultaneously topped the charts, as well as six songs by Liao Liao and He Runqing that simultaneously topped the charts. This time, he created another new record - Wu Xingwu, Liao Liao, and He Runqing sang his nine songs together, gloriously topping the charts!

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  Third shift, delivered before 12 o'clock!

  The three chapters add up to a total of 12,000 words, I hope you gentlemen are satisfied!

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