June 1st, Children's Day.
Zhou Ziheng, Leon Lai, Leslie Cheung and Jay Chou gathered again.
[Era-Landmark] was officially released simultaneously across Asia on this day.
This album was highly valued by EMI, Rolling Stone and Sony.
Plus Zhou Ziheng's Hengdong Records.
With the promotion from all sides, the record has become a hot topic in Chinese-speaking regions in Asia before it is even released.
The media reported it extensively, and colleagues all focused their attention on this album.
Zhou Ziheng and others also know that many people actually hope that they will fail.
It’s nothing, it’s just that he’s too popular.
Especially Zhou Ziheng, who has been monopolizing the top resources in the Chinese music scene, and now he has joined forces with two superstars, Leslie Cheung and Leon Lai, to form a group.
As soon as this crappy group was formed, it became a world-renowned group in the entire Chinese-speaking world, and its popularity was so great that it completely overwhelmed everyone else.
In this situation, there must be many people who hope that they will fail, and even hope that they won't sell a single record.
However, the hope of peers is hope.
If the album of a group composed of three top singers in the Chinese music scene really fails, then they will no longer be top singers.
On June 1st, [Era-Landing] was released.
As soon as it was released, the record immediately exploded the market.
First day of release.
In more than a dozen regions including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, etc., this album directly topped the single-day sales chart.
The first-day sales volume reached a terrifying 870,000 copies.
At the same time, songs such as "It's Not a Sin for a Man to Cry", "King of Karaoke", "Thank You for Your Love in 1998", "Me", and "Tornado" all made it into the top ten of the golden song charts in various regions.
The most frightening is Guangdong, where all the top ten provinces are epoch-making.
"It's epoch-making, absolutely epoch-making! I've always thought that even if the first album of this group formed by Zhou Ziheng and others sold well, the quality of the songs would only be average.
But I was wrong, this album is definitely one of the most classic albums in recent years.
In my mind, only Zhou Ziheng's "Fairy Tale" can compare with it.
Compared with it, Zhou Ziheng's "Love Story Under the Stars" last year ranks behind it.
I highly recommend "It's Not a Sin for a Man to Cry" written by Zhou Ziheng. It can be seen that the lead singer of this song is Leslie Cheung.
He perfectly interpreted the helplessness of a middle-aged man.
If I had to pick one song that I think is the best this year, it would definitely be on that list.”
On the second day after the album was released, Taiwan Music's godfather Luo Dayou was the first one who couldn't sit still and publicly praised the album in an interview with the media.
In addition to Luo Dayou, some big-name stars in the industry who have a good relationship with Zhou Ziheng and others have spoken out.
"I really like this album and have collected it!" - Oriental Daily Interview with Faye Wong.
"This is an album that can be ranked at the top of all the albums in the 1990s. I just want to ask, are we still short of people to make a breakthrough? Do we need female singers? I think I can still sing for a few more years." - "TVB Interview with Anita Mui"
"From the moment I learned about the formation of this group, I knew they were going to do something big. Apparently, my guess was correct." - Tong Ange.
“Ahhh… epoch-making…”
"Zhou Ziheng..."
"Leon Lai... Leslie Cheung... ahhhhh..."
On the 3rd, the epoch-making group went to Wanwan to promote their album.
As soon as they got off the plane, the four were immediately surrounded and blocked by countless fans.
There were no less than a thousand people around the airport.
The surrounding traffic was paralyzed.
The Taipei police had to send personnel to the scene to maintain order and arranged for people to take Zhou Ziheng and others away in advance.
We really have to leave. If we don't leave now, the airport may have to shut down.
"I haven't felt fans so enthusiastic in a long time!" "Yeah! Just now, many fans were holding up my support signs."
In the car, Zhou Ziheng was accustomed to this kind of scene.
Instead, Leslie Cheung and Jay Chou were very excited.
Leslie Cheung rarely encountered such situations since he retired from the music scene.
As for Jay Chou, he was really excited.
For the first time, he felt the feeling of being pursued by fans.
Thousands of people in the audience were shouting the epoch-making name.
Many of them were holding up cheering signs for him, which made him so excited that his face turned red.
"You have to get used to it. This will become the norm in the future."
Leon Lai smiled and patted Jay Chou on the shoulder.
"By the way, how many sales do you think this album will have? Is it possible to beat Ziheng's "Love Story Under the Stars"?"
Dawn looked at the others.
Zhang Guorong glanced at Zhou Ziheng and said with a smile:
"You'll have to ask Ziheng about this. He has the most experience."
"It may be uncertain!" Zhou Ziheng hesitated for a moment and said truthfully:
“The European and American markets played a big role in the sales of my previous album.
Our album will definitely not be as popular as that one in Europe and America."
The album "Love Story Under the Stars" is Zhou Ziheng's personal album.
There are a large number of European and American fans supporting it.
But [epoch-making], except for him, the others are not popular in Europe and the United States.
Perhaps because of him, the record will have a certain market in Europe and the United States, but the effect is definitely not as good as his solo records.
Besides, records don’t just sell well because of their good quality.
To be honest, the quality of "Love Story Under the Stars" is actually not much different from his previous Mandarin albums, and may even be worse than "Fairy Tale" and "Sad Pacific".
But the sales of "Love Story Under the Stars" exceeded 10 million, reaching a staggering 15 million, while other albums did not.
This has something to do with the right time and place.
Even if Zhou Ziheng releases another solo album, he may not be able to get this data.
Therefore, it may be difficult to break the record.
"What a shame! I thought we were going to break the record!"
Dawn said with some regret.
"There's nothing to regret. Our record sales have always hovered around 2 to 3 million, but this one may sell over 10 million, which is already a historic record."
Leslie Cheung had no regrets. Like Zhou Ziheng, he joined the group purely for fun and was not that keen on breaking records.
Of course, if he could crack it, he would definitely be happy.
“Indeed, sales of tens of millions is actually a very scary number.
If we can make over 10 million, this makeshift group of ours will probably leave a mark in the history of the music industry.
From now on, whenever we talk about record sales, we can’t avoid mentioning our group.”
Leon Lai had a smile on his face, and he couldn't help but feel excited at the thought of making a groundbreaking mark in the music scene.
“But it’s difficult for Jay Chou. With such strong debut performance, he will probably be criticized frequently in the future.”
Leslie Cheung said.
“It doesn’t matter to me, as long as I can continue to play music.
And this time my work "Tornado" was actually liked by so many people, which was totally unexpected for me."
(End of this chapter)
Zhou Ziheng, Leon Lai, Leslie Cheung and Jay Chou gathered again.
[Era-Landmark] was officially released simultaneously across Asia on this day.
This album was highly valued by EMI, Rolling Stone and Sony.
Plus Zhou Ziheng's Hengdong Records.
With the promotion from all sides, the record has become a hot topic in Chinese-speaking regions in Asia before it is even released.
The media reported it extensively, and colleagues all focused their attention on this album.
Zhou Ziheng and others also know that many people actually hope that they will fail.
It’s nothing, it’s just that he’s too popular.
Especially Zhou Ziheng, who has been monopolizing the top resources in the Chinese music scene, and now he has joined forces with two superstars, Leslie Cheung and Leon Lai, to form a group.
As soon as this crappy group was formed, it became a world-renowned group in the entire Chinese-speaking world, and its popularity was so great that it completely overwhelmed everyone else.
In this situation, there must be many people who hope that they will fail, and even hope that they won't sell a single record.
However, the hope of peers is hope.
If the album of a group composed of three top singers in the Chinese music scene really fails, then they will no longer be top singers.
On June 1st, [Era-Landing] was released.
As soon as it was released, the record immediately exploded the market.
First day of release.
In more than a dozen regions including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, etc., this album directly topped the single-day sales chart.
The first-day sales volume reached a terrifying 870,000 copies.
At the same time, songs such as "It's Not a Sin for a Man to Cry", "King of Karaoke", "Thank You for Your Love in 1998", "Me", and "Tornado" all made it into the top ten of the golden song charts in various regions.
The most frightening is Guangdong, where all the top ten provinces are epoch-making.
"It's epoch-making, absolutely epoch-making! I've always thought that even if the first album of this group formed by Zhou Ziheng and others sold well, the quality of the songs would only be average.
But I was wrong, this album is definitely one of the most classic albums in recent years.
In my mind, only Zhou Ziheng's "Fairy Tale" can compare with it.
Compared with it, Zhou Ziheng's "Love Story Under the Stars" last year ranks behind it.
I highly recommend "It's Not a Sin for a Man to Cry" written by Zhou Ziheng. It can be seen that the lead singer of this song is Leslie Cheung.
He perfectly interpreted the helplessness of a middle-aged man.
If I had to pick one song that I think is the best this year, it would definitely be on that list.”
On the second day after the album was released, Taiwan Music's godfather Luo Dayou was the first one who couldn't sit still and publicly praised the album in an interview with the media.
In addition to Luo Dayou, some big-name stars in the industry who have a good relationship with Zhou Ziheng and others have spoken out.
"I really like this album and have collected it!" - Oriental Daily Interview with Faye Wong.
"This is an album that can be ranked at the top of all the albums in the 1990s. I just want to ask, are we still short of people to make a breakthrough? Do we need female singers? I think I can still sing for a few more years." - "TVB Interview with Anita Mui"
"From the moment I learned about the formation of this group, I knew they were going to do something big. Apparently, my guess was correct." - Tong Ange.
“Ahhh… epoch-making…”
"Zhou Ziheng..."
"Leon Lai... Leslie Cheung... ahhhhh..."
On the 3rd, the epoch-making group went to Wanwan to promote their album.
As soon as they got off the plane, the four were immediately surrounded and blocked by countless fans.
There were no less than a thousand people around the airport.
The surrounding traffic was paralyzed.
The Taipei police had to send personnel to the scene to maintain order and arranged for people to take Zhou Ziheng and others away in advance.
We really have to leave. If we don't leave now, the airport may have to shut down.
"I haven't felt fans so enthusiastic in a long time!" "Yeah! Just now, many fans were holding up my support signs."
In the car, Zhou Ziheng was accustomed to this kind of scene.
Instead, Leslie Cheung and Jay Chou were very excited.
Leslie Cheung rarely encountered such situations since he retired from the music scene.
As for Jay Chou, he was really excited.
For the first time, he felt the feeling of being pursued by fans.
Thousands of people in the audience were shouting the epoch-making name.
Many of them were holding up cheering signs for him, which made him so excited that his face turned red.
"You have to get used to it. This will become the norm in the future."
Leon Lai smiled and patted Jay Chou on the shoulder.
"By the way, how many sales do you think this album will have? Is it possible to beat Ziheng's "Love Story Under the Stars"?"
Dawn looked at the others.
Zhang Guorong glanced at Zhou Ziheng and said with a smile:
"You'll have to ask Ziheng about this. He has the most experience."
"It may be uncertain!" Zhou Ziheng hesitated for a moment and said truthfully:
“The European and American markets played a big role in the sales of my previous album.
Our album will definitely not be as popular as that one in Europe and America."
The album "Love Story Under the Stars" is Zhou Ziheng's personal album.
There are a large number of European and American fans supporting it.
But [epoch-making], except for him, the others are not popular in Europe and the United States.
Perhaps because of him, the record will have a certain market in Europe and the United States, but the effect is definitely not as good as his solo records.
Besides, records don’t just sell well because of their good quality.
To be honest, the quality of "Love Story Under the Stars" is actually not much different from his previous Mandarin albums, and may even be worse than "Fairy Tale" and "Sad Pacific".
But the sales of "Love Story Under the Stars" exceeded 10 million, reaching a staggering 15 million, while other albums did not.
This has something to do with the right time and place.
Even if Zhou Ziheng releases another solo album, he may not be able to get this data.
Therefore, it may be difficult to break the record.
"What a shame! I thought we were going to break the record!"
Dawn said with some regret.
"There's nothing to regret. Our record sales have always hovered around 2 to 3 million, but this one may sell over 10 million, which is already a historic record."
Leslie Cheung had no regrets. Like Zhou Ziheng, he joined the group purely for fun and was not that keen on breaking records.
Of course, if he could crack it, he would definitely be happy.
“Indeed, sales of tens of millions is actually a very scary number.
If we can make over 10 million, this makeshift group of ours will probably leave a mark in the history of the music industry.
From now on, whenever we talk about record sales, we can’t avoid mentioning our group.”
Leon Lai had a smile on his face, and he couldn't help but feel excited at the thought of making a groundbreaking mark in the music scene.
“But it’s difficult for Jay Chou. With such strong debut performance, he will probably be criticized frequently in the future.”
Leslie Cheung said.
“It doesn’t matter to me, as long as I can continue to play music.
And this time my work "Tornado" was actually liked by so many people, which was totally unexpected for me."
(End of this chapter)
