Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 420 Sweeping the Music World
A certain little expert, after laughing recklessly at the giant loli's flat chest, was severely taught a lesson.

"Humph!"

After Yui Aragaki left, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was lying on the tatami mat in the private room, was disheveled, looked at the ceiling with a dull face, and muttered to himself.

"I'm just an idiot..."

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June 6st, midnight.

THE SUN band's latest double title album "Young People", after the hype in the early stage, hits hard again!
Because of the gimmick of double titles and the early promotion of the limited group "Yukawa and Yagami" composed of Sakamoto Kiyoshi and Fukuyama Masaharu, this band's new album has received widespread attention and attention from the public before it was released. .

People are gearing up and want to see what kind of surprises this THE SUN will bring to the public.

On the day before the release, the major record stores in Tokyo were full of THE SUN fans who were queuing up all night to buy the album.

Moreover, most of them are female fans.

Whenever THE SUN or Kiyoshi Sakamoto released a record, the situation of female fans queuing up all night to buy the album has already become a common phenomenon in the entertainment industry in recent years.

It has to be said that Kiyoshi Sakamoto, with Johnny's many boy groups, has almost equally divided the young female fans in Japan with his own efforts.

As the saying goes, there are ten female fans in the world, Sakamoto Kiyoshi monopolizes eight, Johnny's boy groups share one equally, and the remaining one is the two old male gods Kimura and Fukuyama. . .

This is a funny sentence sent by a buddy who is addicted to ancient culture on the 2CH forum.

However, this can also somewhat sum up Kiyoshi Sakamoto's popularity today, which is simply incomparably high!
And the first-day sales list announced on the Oricon Rankings has once again proved to the public that the king is back!

One million on the first day!

This undoubtedly broke all kinds of records. Among them, the one that silenced the entire music world is the first time since Oricon began to calculate sales on a daily basis, a music work can achieve a million-selling work on the first day of release!

And, it's an album!
You know, what broke this record in the previous life was the 48nd single "Flying Start" released in 2011 by AKB22, which has long been a Japanese girl group!
THE SUN broke this record three years ahead of schedule! ! !
In June, almost everyone in the entire Japanese music scene felt that an invincible ship, just like this, came to the music scene that had been as calm as a stagnant water, riding the wind and waves!

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Perhaps it was during this period of time that Kiyoshi Sakamoto's haircut intensity has almost reached the highest peak since his debut.

From March 3th, after more than two years, he released his second solo album; in May, he collaborated with Fukuyama Masaharu on a single; finally, on June 25st, he released the band's third album, In just three months, the number of records Kiyoshi Sakamoto has personally participated in has reached a single and two albums!

Such a high-yield Kiyoshi Sakamoto almost made the public's impression of him as a "low-yield" suddenly completely new.

Even the fans and fans who have always been tolerant of his "laziness" exclaimed, "No, I have never seen such a diligent Sakamoto-kun!!!"

There are also a large number of fans who speculated because of his sudden abnormal diligence, "Is it because Sakamoto-kun is planning to focus on film and television dramas in the future, so he will release records so diligently all of a sudden?!"

This speculation has also been recognized by a very large part of the media and fans.

Even entertainment magazines and news are attracted by headlines such as "Kyoshi Sakamoto may suspend his music career and focus on developing his career as an actor", "THE SUN may be about to enter a rest period, and Sakamoto's career as an actor will continue to stride forward". public attention.

It also caused panic among fans, and they really thought that he was going to temporarily stop his music career. . .

This makes Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who sometimes goes back to his official fan club and lurks, speechless.

He could only mutter silently.

"You people are really difficult to wait on..."

If you send too many pictures, you are afraid; if you don’t post pictures, you say you are lazy. What should you do? . .

There is no way, there are many people who are popular. In the end, Sony held a special press conference to ask Kiyoshi Sakamoto to reassure the public in person that they would never stop their music career, and the fans stopped.

However, after this little episode, it also made the sales of the album even better.

Not only that, in order to increase exposure and promote album sales, Sony used its strong contacts and resources to allow the three of THE SUN to participate in almost all top-level programs that could be on in a short period of time.

Including the three major music bands, UTABAN, MS, HEY3, and THE SUN are all on the same page.

"It's Okay to Smile", "SMAPxSMAP" and other popular variety shows with high ratings, the three of THE SUN have all been on it.

To put it bluntly, after a week, turn on the TV, no matter which TV station you turn on, you can see the three handsome guys of THE SUN and hear the two title songs of THE SUN.

"Dancing People" in Japanese and "We Are Young" in English!
Compared with the music style of "We Are Young" which is more European and American, "Dancing People" is a light rock song that makes people want to dance when they listen to it, which is more in line with Japanese aesthetics.

The "dong dong da" that runs through the whole song is simply magical. . .

Especially after the three of THE SUN performed this jumping divine comedy on MS, HEY3, etc., the appearance of Sakamoto Kiyoshi playing the guitar while jumping was also imitated by the public.

For a while, the whole of Japan was brainwashed by THE SUN's "Dancing People"!

The MV and songs of "Dancing People" are played on the big screens in the bustling streets of Shinjuku and on the shopping street of Takeshita Street in Shibuya.

The plot of the MV is also very simple, that is, the three of THE SUN are performing songs in a small Live House, and the audience is bouncing along with the song. Finally, the three people on the stage also joined the ranks of bouncing Come.

However, it is precisely because of the simple and pleasant repetitive melody and the catchy lyrics that no one who hears this song will sway their bodies unconsciously.

Sometimes, the meaning of music is very simple, as long as it sounds good, can resonate with the audience, and make people feel happy, that's enough. . .

Under the huge publicity, there is such a magical title song, and the three of THE SUN frantically brushed their faces. It is no surprise that this album of THE SUN ranked first in the Oricon Weekly Chart released in the first week. On the Internet, with a terrible sales volume of 203 million copies, it topped the weekly list!

While continuing the miraculous record that THE SUN band won the first-week sales champion every time they released an album, it also broke the record of the debut album "First Love" by Utada Hikaru, the Japanese music queen, with a sales volume of only more than 1 copies. , creating the highest first-week sales record for a non-compilation album!
Sometimes people are lucky to a certain extent, even God will help.

The reason why THE SUN's album was able to break many records in just one week and became the highest-selling album in the non-selected album group in the history of the Japanese music scene, in addition to Sony's overwhelming publicity, the poisonousness of the song, etc. In addition to the reasons, there is another very important reason. Among the singers who released the film in early June, there is no big-name singer who can pose a threat to THE SUN!
If it is released later, until July, THE SUN will face the successive attacks of big-name singers such as B'z, Amuro Namie, EXILE, etc. In that case, it is absolutely impossible to achieve such a terrifying sales volume.

I have to say that Sony Music has been selected, a very good time to release the film.

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THE SUN is like an unstoppable hurricane, sweeping the entire Japanese music scene.

The album sales of 200 million in the first week made everyone excited about Sony Music.

Sitting in the office and looking at the sales report, Sony's ruler, Sony Music President Naoki Kitagawa, couldn't help feeling a strong premonition.

He can feel that after this battle, THE SUN will definitely become another national band in the music world, and the soul of the band, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, will officially become a superstar in the music world!

This makes Naoki Kitagawa, who has always been very optimistic about him, feel relieved, and at the same time, a burst of pride suddenly arises spontaneously.

"Whoever wins Kiyoshi Sakamoto wins the world!"

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Different from the situation where Sony Music has made such achievements for THE SUN and is in full swing, Sony Music's competitor and Sakamoto Kiyoshi's enemy, Universal Music is in a bleak situation.

Especially Kenji Kitano, who felt that the seat under his buttocks was getting hotter and hotter. He was about to be unable to sit still. The uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense with the sales of THE SUN's album.

Sitting in the president's office, looking up from the sales report on the desktop, Kenji Kitano began to scan the office around.

"Before I knew it, it's been almost a year since I moved into this office..."

Looking around the office, the various decorations that he personally arranged, and even the few plants, his eyes stayed for a long time, deep in his eyes, full of reluctance.

Kenji Kitano knew that the better Kiyoshi Sakamoto developed, the more ridiculous his strategy against Kiyoshi Sakamoto was.

Even under the global targeting under his leadership, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has achieved such brilliant results.

Moreover, because of his wrong decision, he also forced away Universal's first brother, Fukuyama Masaharu. . .

Kenji Kitano has somewhat realized that his time as the president of Universal Music is running out.

According to the reliable information he received, his predecessor, the former president of Universal Music, Ichiro Yamazaki, is contacting the directors he is familiar with, and plans to kick him out by voting at the next board meeting, and retake him by the way. The position of president.

This made him feel uneasy, shaking his previous ambitions all the time.

The time left for him is running out. . .

(End of this chapter)