In the blink of an eye, it’s December and the weather is getting colder and colder.
While "Love in the Rain" continues to be shown across Japan, the TV series "101 Proposals" also officially wrapped up on December 2.
In fact, according to the normal progress, "101 Proposals" should have been officially completed as early as a week ago.
However, the weather suddenly turned cold during the filming, causing many actors to catch a cold, especially the heroine Akina Nakamori, which caused the filming progress to be delayed again and again.
But things like this are actually normal, and the delay in "101 Proposals" wasn't too long, so it's still acceptable.
During this period, the top six on the Oricon Weekly Chart were still firmly controlled by Tsao’s six songs. At most, the rankings between Tsao’s six songs had changed.
For example, the song "Rain" has now reached the second place on the Oricon weekly chart, and the first place is still "Tsunami".
"Unheard Flower Name" rushed to the third place, "Kun's Love" fell to the fourth place, the fifth place was "That Summer", and the bottom sixth place was "So Many People in the World".
This change in ranking is not surprising. After all, the song "Rain" is really good, and with the bonus of the movie, it deserves the top spot.
"Tsunami" and "Kun Tsunami" have been on the list for more than a month, and both have won the first place on the weekly list. They are still ranked in the top five, which is considered to be a strong fighting force.
Of course, compared with Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, the two songs "Tsunami" and "Kun's Noir" were worse on the charts, but this is mainly because the competition is too great.
In Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, whether it was "Tsunami" or "Kun Tsunami", they were not actually competing on the same stage, nor did they appear at the same time.
On the contrary, when Cao Zhiqiang appeared in his previous life, these two songs had basically no rivals, which is why they ranked first for so long.
But here, because of Cao Zhiqiang's random operation, he created many powerful songs competing on the same stage, which made the two songs "Tsunami" and "Kun がいるだけで" no longer the best.
Of course, this is just based on the weekly rankings. If you look at the overall sales performance, Cao Zhiqiang's concentrated release of songs is actually beneficial.
For example, the cumulative sales of the song "Tsunami" have exceeded 3.2 million, which is unprecedented.
Although 3.2 million copies may not seem like much, after all, Cao Zhiqiang’s domestic record sales started at just 3 million copies.
But you know, this is Japan, not the country!
In addition, it has been less than two months since the song "Tsunami" appeared.
In less than two months, the cumulative sales have exceeded three million, which has never happened before in the Japanese music scene.
The problem is, it’s not just the song “Tsunami” that has sold more than three million copies in less than two months.
"Kun no Tsunami", Cao Zhiqiang's debut song in Japan, has now reached a cumulative sales of 3.02 million copies, which is only slightly less than "Tsunami" by less than 200,000 copies.
But this is only the cumulative sales. The real sales growth rate is actually the two songs "Rain" and "Unheard Flower Name".
The two songs "Rain" and "Unknown Flower" were officially released three days after the movie "Love in the Rain" was released. However, at first, they were not released as singles, but as albums. .
It was not until seven days after the release of the movie "Love in the Rain" that the four songs "Rain", "Unheard Flower Name", "So Many People in the World" and "That Summer" were released as specially remastered singles. Plus a dedicated MTV videotape.
In the remastered version of the single tape, although there is only one song, there are several versions, such as the official mixed version, solo version, a cappella version, etc.
Moreover, the single tapes are of better quality and are even recorded on CDs and vinyl records, so they are high-quality singles.
In other words, the album that contains multiple songs is actually a cheap ordinary version, while the truly high-end and high-quality version is a remastered single version.
If this were done in China, many people would definitely not be willing to be taken advantage of and buy a high-quality remastered version of a single, but it is different in Japan.
Especially when a large number of fans appeared before Cao Zhiqiang knew it, the situation immediately got out of control.
The result was that, in the end, the sales of the high-quality audio tapes exceeded the sales of ordinary tapes. Even the sales of CD and vinyl records were only slightly lower than the sales of ordinary album tapes.
The reason is that the Japanese at this time are really rich and really pursue a high quality of life.
Although the high-quality audio tape is just a song, it is known as "lossless" sound quality, so in terms of sound effect, it is indeed far superior to ordinary tapes.
Especially if you use high-quality playback equipment and a power amplifier, the effect will be more realistic.
Those songs by Cao Zhiqiang are really good, and with the addition of movies, they have become a hot-selling phenomenon.
It's actually been less than a month since the movie's original soundtrack was officially released. Strictly speaking, it's only been more than three weeks.
But the sales of the song "Rain" have exceeded 2.7 million, and the sales of "Unheard Flower Name" have exceeded 2.5 million.
You know, these two songs only appeared three weeks ago, and this was 1983.
In 1983, it took three weeks to sell more than two million copies. This was no longer a matter of good performance, but a frightening level.
Because the sales of other songs on the list during the same period were only a fraction of those of Cao Zhiqiang's songs.
For example, "Hard to Break", currently ranked seventh on the Oricon Chart, is a song sung by Akina Nakamori. It has been on the list for two weeks, but its cumulative sales are only a measly 500,000 copies.
With this result, Akina Nakamori's "Unbreakable" rushed to seventh place on the Oricon Weekly Charts in the first week of its release, and it remains firmly at seventh place now.
This is because the composition and lyrics of this song are both composed by Qingquan in the forest.
Of course, to be fair, sales of half a million copies in two weeks were actually very scary in the past, but who made the monster "Qingquan in the Forest" appear in the Japanese music scene now.
Compared with the performance of "Green Spring in the Forest", Nakamori Akina's new song, which can be called a "masterpiece", immediately pales in comparison.
As for the current eighth place on the weekly list, it is even worse.
The current number eight on the Oricon weekly chart is "Rock'n Rouge" by Seiko Matsuda. This song was released just over a week ago and was only released three days earlier than "Hard to Break" by Akina Nakamori, but its first week sales were The results were only a pitiful 260,000!
In fact, it's not that Matsuda Seiko's song is bad, it's actually that she met Cao Zhiqiang and Nakamori Akina.
Because even without Cao Zhiqiang, the performance of Matsuda Seiko's new song is far less than that of Nakamori Akina.
However, no one says that Seiko Matsuda is not good. After all, compared to other singers, Seiko Matsuda is already a warrior.
Because since the movie "Love in the Rain" became a hit and the original soundtrack was released, the phenomenon of Cao Zhiqiang's six songs killing the charts also happened.
Under this situation, Japan's original talented singers, one by one, have all ceased their activities and have not released new songs, just to avoid colliding with Cao Zhiqiang.
After all, judging from the current situation, the top six results on the Oricon Weekly Chart will probably continue to be left to "Green Spring in the Forest", and it will take at least four weeks before there is any change. This is after Tsao Zhiqiang no longer releases new songs. situation.
But who dares to say that Cao Zhiqiang will not release new songs during this period?
You know, the Japanese music industry, from 1978 to the present, has basically entered a state of stagnant water due to a series of reasons, and there are no more phenomenal songs.
Some time ago, Masashi Sada released a good song "Sakura Saka" for a short time, but he was soon hospitalized due to illness.
Next, there is the sudden rise of "Green Spring in the Forest".
Ever since Senzhong Qingquan's new song came out, it immediately swept the world. Whether people like listening to music or not, they were all captured by Senzhong Qingquan's singing.
If Cao Zhiqiang's first debut song in Japan, "Kun no Tsunami", was surprising, then when he released his second song "Tsunami", everyone was no longer surprised.
In other words, after the song "Tsunami" appeared, everyone no longer wondered about Cao Zhiqiang's level, but recognized him as a musical genius.
For this kind of talented singer who can create and prolong music, just buy it with your eyes closed.
Especially for those fans of "Qingquan in the Forest", it doesn't matter what the name of Cao Zhiqiang's new song is. What matters is whether the song was written by Qingquan in the forest and sung by Qingquan in the forest.
If it was written by Senzhong Qingquan, then you must buy it. If it was sung by Senzhong Qingquan, then you should buy it even more.
Cao Zhiqiang doesn't care how good his singing is, but that doesn't mean others don't know the difference either.
In fact, Cao Zhiqiang's voice is so unique that even if he doesn't write his own songs and sings other people's songs, he can still sing better than the original ones.
Most people can only be good at a certain vocal range. For example, someone has a good alto, someone has a sweet treble, and someone has a strong bass. Basically, there has to be a range and a limit. It is impossible to be strong in all three ranges.
You are like Akina Nakamori, her characteristic is that she has better mid-bass.
And like the later queen Wang Fei, she is a typical coloratura soprano, basically above C5.
Even Vitas, who later became known as the world's best soprano, was only good at high notes, but not the mid-bass.
This situation is normal.
But Cao Zhiqiang's situation is a bit special. His voice has been systematically enhanced, so the treble can be comparable to Vitus, easily reaching the high C range, and the bass can easily control the Low C range.
Such a wide vocal range is rare in human history.
Of course, just because the vocal range is wide, it does not mean that Cao Zhiqiang sings well. After all, whether the singing voice is good or not depends not only on the range of the vocal range, but also on the actual performance.
The problem is that Cao Zhiqiang's voice can easily control vibrato and gravelly voice, which means it is particularly changeable.
Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang's singing style is more varied, but also clearly identifiable. People know that it is him singing it, and it is difficult for outsiders to imitate it.
In other words, Cao Zhiqiang is already strong enough as a pure singer, but he is still a singer-songwriter, and the songs he writes are even more powerful.
Just like the audience is not a fool, the audience is also not an idiot.
Whether a song is good or not, whether the public likes it or not, is all obvious.
For example, Michael Jackson was criticized in various ways later, but his songs were still powerful. At least in Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, before he time traveled, no singer's performance could match Michael Jackson's.
There was also a domestic singer Dao Mantis. His songs were criticized by many high-end singers or high-end artists, saying they were peasant songs or something like that. But no matter how much you criticize others, you will still look down on them. Once they come out, For a song, if the results are good, then it’s great.
Some people may say that sales volume cannot prove anything, but the problem is that sales volume itself is the best proof.
Because high sales means that there are many listeners who recognize you, and more listeners that recognize you means that you are popular. Doesn’t this mean that your work is good?
Of course, if you do shitty stuff and use these vulgar contents to go out of the way and achieve high sales, you should indeed be criticized. But if you don't take such a crooked way, high-selling songs with normal content should not be criticized. criticize.
During the time that Cao Zhiqiang came to Japan, the Japanese songs he sang personally became hits, and the sales climbed from one record to another, which already shows the problem.
Just like the audience is not a fool, the singer is not a fool either.
Whether Cao Zhiqiang’s songs are good or not is obvious to everyone.
Therefore, avoiding Cao Zhiqiang's songs and not competing with Cao Zhiqiang is the smartest choice.
All the famous singers in Japan have ceased their activities, which makes Cao Zhiqiang's songs even more unrivaled. As a result, most of the popular songs in the streets are Cao Zhiqiang's.
However, there are always some people who want to take a different path, such as Seiko Matsuda.
Matsuda Seiko is now an idol singer of the new generation. In terms of fame, her fame is now better than that of Akina Nakamori and even Kyoko Koizumi.
Because as early as 1980, she had won several No. 1 spots on the Oricon Weekly Charts.
Therefore, when all the powerful local singers were waning, and they did not want to confront Cao Zhi, Matsuda Seiko did not believe in evil, and because she was a girl, she wanted to take advantage of this time when other powerful singers were waning to release new songs.
The song "Rock'n Rouge" is a sweet song with a lively style and a bit of rock and roll, and it also has an intoxicating melody.
This song is completely different from the six songs currently released by Cao Zhiqiang. Therefore, Matsuda Seiko and his management company intend to take advantage of this trend to allow Matsuda Seiko to take advantage of it and become popular.
After all, "Green Spring in the Forest" is indeed in the limelight right now, and is unparalleled for a while, but he is a male singer, and he never appears in the public eye. He neither holds concerts nor performs on TV stations. Outsiders rarely see him in person, let alone Little specific information is known about him.
Matsuda Seiko is different. She is an idol singer. What she wants is to be able to sing and act, and to make public appearances frequently.
Therefore, Matsuda Seiko originally wanted to take advantage of Cao Zhiqiang to take the Japanese music scene by storm.
But who would have known that just three days after Matsuda Seiko released a new song, Nakamori Akina suddenly released a new song, and her new song was immediately suppressed.
Now that there are female singers, everyone naturally pursues Akina Nakamori, and no one cares about Seiko Matsuda anymore.
Well, that's not right. It should be said that Seiko Matsuda was successful. After all, he still finished eighth.
But this eighth place was not what Seiko Matsuda wanted, and what made her even more uncomfortable was that she was actually beaten by Akina Nakamori, and her results were far inferior to Akina Nakamori.
This result made Matsuda Seiko very unhappy, and his hostility towards Nakamori Akina became even stronger.
But no matter what Seiko Matsuda thinks, or what others think.
Cao Zhiqiang's vest "Green Spring in the Forest" has now firmly secured the top spot in the Japanese music industry.
As far as the current Japanese music industry is concerned, no one dares to compete with Cao Zhiqiang. It is not an exaggeration to say that Cao Zhiqiang has swept the Japanese music scene.
In this case, let alone everyone not knowing that Cao Zhiqiang is Chinese, even if they knew that he was Chinese, they wouldn't care.
Good grades are the last word.
Cao Zhiqiang currently has such excellent achievements in the Japanese music scene that are beyond reproach. His other problems, such as nationality, personality, etc., are no longer problems in the eyes of the public.
