Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

Because this album is so popular, the sales are so high, and it has created so many new records, Taylor, Adele, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and others complained on the phone that he was too good, raising various records to an extremely high level, and they would not be able to catch up in the future.

Link was not proud of the complaints of several people. In fact, the sales of 3.05 million copies in the first week were far lower than his expectations.

He is currently the most famous entertainment star in the world, with more than 1 billion fans worldwide. In addition, this album is released through all channels, with more than 30 million resources invested in publicity and distribution. The album price is also lower than the fourth album, and this is his last album.

With all these factors added up, he thought that he could sell more than 3.5 million copies in the first week, but only 3.05 million copies were sold.

This reminded him of Adele's next album "25", which sold 3.37 million copies in the United States in the first week.

This data is very impressive.

Link felt that even if he released another album, it would be unlikely to break it.

"3.05 million copies!! 3.05 million copies sold in a week? Brother, are you a pervert?"

In the villa halfway up the mountain, Xiao Yuanlian saw the numbers on the newspaper and kept rolling his eyes at him, as if he had done something against the will of heaven and earth.

"Speak nicely, or I'll hit you."

Link threatened.

"Am I wrong? We release albums, and we sell less than 1 million copies a year. You sell 3.05 million copies a week. That's too exaggerated. Only a pervert can do that."

Selena smacked her lips and said.

"Now is the Internet age. More than 3 million copies are not a lot. It will be broken in a few years, so don't make a fuss."

"How is it possible? The media predicts that no one will be able to break this data in the next ten years. Oh, Billboard said that unless you release an album yourself, it will be difficult for anyone to break this record. Link, why don't you stop retiring and continue to release new albums to show everyone where your limit is, how about that?"

Selena came over and asked.

Link shook his head. First of all, the good songs in his music library were almost used up. He couldn't think of a single one even if he racked his brains.

The quality of the songs he wrote himself could not keep up for the time being. If he continued to release albums, the quality of the next one would definitely decline, giving fans an impression of a bad ending.

Instead of this, it is better to retire at the peak of his career, leaving a fierce back and an undefeated legend to the music industry and fans.

"Humph, Taylor is right. You have been corrupted and fallen by money. You are not as motivated as before. Link, it's not good for you to be like this. You are only 23 years old. You should continue to work hard and reach the peak of your music career."

Selena waved her little fist and shouted.

"Peak? Do I have room for improvement now? No, among the singers of the same generation, there is no one who can fight. I am like the only boxer in the ring. I have the ability to be invincible in the world, but I can't find a suitable opponent. It's too lonely. It's better to retire early."

Link sighed.

Selena rolled her eyes and wanted to continue to refute him, but found that what this guy said was true. In 2010, he was on the same level as Taylor, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Adele, and was named one king and four queens by the media.

By 2011, the four queens had successively lost to him, and even the phenomenal superstar Lady Gaga was not as good as him.

By this year, Lady Gaga's popularity had seriously declined. With the bonus of movies and the Olympics, Link became the world's unique emperor superstar.

Now there is really no one who can compete with him in the music industry.

"Then can't you treat yourself as an opponent? Only by defeating yourself can you become stronger, understand?"

Selena patted his shoulder and said in an adult tone.

Link glanced at her, "Defeat yourself? I heard that you need to retake three subjects this semester."

"Ahhh, stop it, it's vacation time now, can you not mention such unhappy things."

Before he finished speaking, Selena yelled loudly and blocked her ears with her fingers.

Alexander and Cynthia, who were playing, and little Annie, who was playing with the two children, looked over curiously.

Link smiled lightly and did not continue to rub salt into the wound of the little round face.

"Huh, annoying guy."

Selena puffed up her little round face, rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't talk about me, you must have failed a course."

"I got A in all the exams every semester, and I almost never got B."

Link smiled confidently.

"Really? You are so busy, how can you have time to read professional books?"

Selena stared into his eyes for confirmation.

"If you play less games for two hours every night and use them to read books, you will definitely not fail the course."

"That's impossible. I am so busy every day. If I don't play games when I come back at night, I will be exhausted."

Selena lay on the sofa and said while shaking her calves.

Link shook his head and continued to read the newspaper.

When he released his fifth album, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, jointly released by Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment, was released in 4,070 theaters in North America at the end of November. It grossed $141 million in the first three days of its premiere, becoming the weekly box office champion.

Although this result is not as good as the $142 million of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which was released in the same period in 2009.

But outside the North American market, The Twilight Saga Part 4's box office performance is very eye-catching, with $199.6 million in 61 countries and cities in its first week, setting a new record for the series.

The continued popularity of the film also proves that Lionsgate did not lose money in the acquisition of Summit Entertainment.

Among the several movies released by Lionsgate in September and October, "The Vow" is now at the end of its release, with a North American box office of 175 million US dollars and an overseas box office of 102 million US dollars, with a total box office of 277 million US dollars, and a box office revenue ratio of nearly ten times.

In the sixth week of its release, "The Conjuring" had a North American box office of 142 million US dollars, an overseas box office of 168 million US dollars, and a global box office of 310 million US dollars.

The production cost + publicity cost of this movie is about 5,000 US dollars, and Lionsgate can earn about 150 million US dollars.

The box office of "Sinister", "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "Good People and Good Deeds" is also growing slowly.

In addition to "Twilight 4", Lionsgate will release two more movies at the end of the year, "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty".

These two movies are also Lionsgate's key projects to hit the Oscars this year, so it is more appropriate to release them during the winter vacation.

"Children, it's time to eat."

Catherine shouted at the door of the living room.

"I'm coming."

Selena pressed Link's shoulders, jumped onto the carpet barefoot, and ran towards the restaurant with a clatter, as if someone was trying to steal her food.

Annie, Alexander, and Cynthia heard that they were going to eat, so they dropped their toys and jumped hand in hand towards the restaurant.

The four of them lined up in a row, like little ducks.

Link smiled gently, feeling that the house was getting more and more lively.

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In order to sell more albums, after the new album was released, Link took the publicity team to hold autograph sessions and fan meetings around the world.

From New York to Tokyo, Paris, London, Sydney, then to Hong Kong Island, Singapore, Dahai City, etc., around the world three or four times.

The busy work also made the sales of the fifth album rise steadily. In the second week of its release, 1.77 million copies were sold in the United States, and the sales exceeded one million copies in two weeks, which also proved that the quality of this album is very high.

There is also a vinyl record, which sold 75,000 copies in the United States in the first week, which is also the vinyl record with the highest weekly sales this year.

Overseas, the second week sales were 12.52 million, slightly higher than the first week sales, because the album was released in a wider area this week, and is currently being released in major cities in 113 countries around the world.

29.14 million copies sold worldwide in two weeks.

Also created many new sales records.

At the end of the year, he also received an invitation from the Chinese Spring Festival Gala director team through his company, asking him if he could sing a song on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

Link said yes, and the total sales of the fifth album in China have reached 2.09 million.

This data is only less than the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, which also shows that Link has a large number of fans in China, and singing on the Spring Festival Gala stage is also a good publicity channel.

It was just that in choosing the songs to sing, he was originally going to sing songs from the new album, but the Spring Festival Gala director team suggested that he sing an old song that was "familiar".

He suggested singing "See you again" or "Legends never die", which are the most popular songs in China.

The Spring Festival Gala director team thought it was unlucky, the first song was a elegy for MJ, and the second song had too many "die"s, so it was not suitable to be sung during the Chinese New Year.

Lin Ke thought it made sense, and asked how "Sugar", "Good Time" and "Something Just Like This" were, these songs were more cheerful and widely sung.

The director team thought these three songs were new songs and not well-known enough.

Lin Ke had no good choice, and asked the director team to pick a song, or to sing a Chinese song.

Two days later, the Spring Festival Gala director team asked him if he could sing "Unstoppable".

Since its release in 2009, this song has often appeared at major sports events, and has been used as background music in many Chinese variety shows and TV dramas. Its popularity is no less than "See you again" and "Legends never die".

Lin Ke agreed.

The Lunar New Year Gala is in February, and he is an international friend, so he doesn't need to prepare too early, and can go on stage after a rehearsal before the New Year.