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Chapter 087 Far Ahead

At 10:00 AM on September 8th, the list of winners was updated on time.

Without any suspense or leaving anyone any room for imagination, "Bubble" stormed into the top spot with overwhelming force.

[Congratulations to Orange on achieving her fourth number-one single in her career! (yay!)]

[Where are all the haters from before? They were all just empty promises~ I'm so angry, so angry, so angry (hehe)]

[Tao Cheng and Yang Du, a double victory! Absolutely amazing! Looking forward to their second and third singles!]

[I've said it countless times: a great single doesn't equal a great album.]

"I've said it so many times, it's not that hard to admit that oranges are good. This lady, I don't know if she's a lemon or a grapefruit, has a sour smell that can be smelled from ten miles away."

"I've said it so many times, today is the day to celebrate the single."

"I've told you so many times, if you're already upset, don't come out looking for trouble. Go home and cry to your master."

Fans were busy battling it out in the comments section, while many industry insiders who saw the specific data disclosed on the official website of Jinbang were shocked and fell into a brief silence.

Electronic downloads: 570 million.

Streaming data: 3.2 million!

This is unbelievable! The data has not only exploded, it's exploded outrageously!

Inside the Century Music lounge, Sun Qingning stared intently at the astonishing numbers on her phone screen, feeling a sudden darkness before her eyes and a wave of dizziness wash over her.

"570 million downloads? How could that be?"

What does it mean to have over 500 million downloads in the first week?

This means that as long as the song doesn't flop in post-production and the download count doesn't drop 50% in the second week, the total download count will undoubtedly reach 10 million.

In China's record industry single certification system, 300 million downloads are enough to certify a platinum single, while a diamond single, representing the highest honor for a single, requires a staggering 3000 million downloads.

Looking at the entire domestic music scene, there are countless female singers born in the 00s, so why are only Sun Qingning, Tao Cheng, and Tang You considered as emerging talents?

The reason is simple: as complete newcomers, the three of them started in a hellish environment with no existing market base or die-hard fans to support their data. Yet, they managed to carve out a path in the market solely through their high-quality songs and their own outstanding qualities, each holding one or two platinum singles with total sales exceeding 300 million.

This is the fundamental reason why emerging talents are emerging talents: they rely on their actual achievements.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Sun Qingning's recently released song "Summer Breeze" easily garnered 360 million digital downloads in its first week, which seems effortless. That success is built on the foundation of her already large fan base.

Is it really the same difficulty for a movie made entirely by amateurs to gross over 1 billion yuan as it is for a movie starring big-name actors to gross over 1 billion yuan?

Now, Tao Cheng's "Bubble" is heading straight for a 1000 million view.

This is almost at the level of a pop diva in terms of appeal and market dominance.

Sun Qingning subconsciously bit her lower lip tightly, her mind in turmoil.

Previously, "Summer Breeze" was sandwiched between "Painted Heart" and "Red Rose", and she had already lost a point and suffered a great loss.

Now that Tao Cheng has made a comeback with "Bubble", she suddenly realized that she has fallen far behind Tao Cheng!

How can we pursue them now?

Is it still possible to pursue this?

At the same time, in an apartment in Beijing.

Tang You was staring blankly at the 3.2 million streaming data points.

Anyone in the music industry knows that if a song's streaming data exceeds 100 million in its first week, there are usually only two possibilities.

Either the singer has an extremely large number of fans, or die-hard fans can push the number of fans to the 100 million mark by listening to the same song on repeat.

Either the song went viral, attracting casual listeners who weren't fans, who then decided to listen to it.

The staggering figure of 3.2 million is clearly not something that Tao Cheng's fans could have artificially inflated—after all, the platform's de-inflating mechanism is in place.

This shows that "Bubble" is not only popular among Tao Cheng's fan base, but has also made a real initial breakthrough, capturing the attention of casual viewers.

Seeing this outrageous result, Tang You couldn't help but rub her throbbing temples.

She couldn't help but recall Jiang Yinglan's somewhat forceful proposal at the second album planning meeting a few days ago, to incorporate more classical elements into her album.

Tang You was initially somewhat hesitant, but seeing the success of "Bubble" immediately brought her back to her senses.

Adding classical elements can certainly garner praise from music critics and the discerning academics, allowing you to get a high score and enhance your reputation.

However, a pop music album, in the final analysis, is meant to be sold on the market and must withstand the test of ordinary listeners.

She's not a real artist, aiming for lasting fame; it's not worth it at all.

Most importantly, Tang You now seriously doubts whether Jiang Yinglan's insistence on adding those so-called classical elements to her album is to make the album sound better, or simply to prove her academic prestige and ability to outsiders.

Or perhaps she's just using Tang You's album as a weapon to compete with Yang Du?

Tang You was well aware of the conflict and grudges between Jiang Yinglan and Yang Du.

The source of the conflict lies with her. If it weren't for the Yun Ge executives using provocation on Jiang Yinglan, she and Yang Du would have had absolutely no connection, and the recent online conflict would be completely unfounded.

However, when gods fight, mortals suffer, and her album could very well become a weapon or even a battlefield.

Who can withstand this?!

Tang You took a deep breath, her eyes hardening. She took out her phone and decisively dialed her agent's number.

"Help me contact all the departments and hold another planning meeting for the second album. I need to rethink the album's direction and find a balance between highbrow and popular... Yes, just say it's my insistence, and I'm a little worried."

While two up-and-coming female singers were facing a major crisis because of their song "Bubble," Yang Du was comfortably sitting in his car.

Outside the car window, the iconic building of CCTV was already in sight.

Tao Cheng is resting today to take care of her voice, but Yang Du still hasn't had a break.

With only about twenty days left until National Day in October, the National Day Gala, a high-profile national event that attracts worldwide attention, requires various rehearsals and dress rehearsals to be conducted one or two months in advance.

Today's rehearsal is a combined performance – following the chapters of the gala, such as the prologue and the first chapter, we'll string together related programs – including "Today is Your Birthday".

A few days ago, Yan Baokuan called.

"Junior brother, for the rehearsal of Chapter 8, we made some adjustments to 'Today is Your Birthday' based on the situation on site. You are the original arranger, so if you have time, come over and let your senior brother hear your opinions."

"Making your presence at these kinds of events will definitely benefit you in the future. You'll be able to collaborate with CCTV more often, right? Haha."

"Okay, senior brother, I happen to be off that day, I'll definitely be there on time."