Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 326 Strength and Pride
After more than a year, THE SUN did not release a single, but directly released a brand new album to announce its strong comeback.

Not only that, THE SUN also announced the title song in advance at the concert directly before the release of the new album.

However, such an eye-catching news was still robbed of the headlines by one person. . .

"Sakai Izumi's first time! "

"surprise!Is Sakai Izumi back? ! "

"An eye-catching concert, Coldplay VS Sakai Izumi? ! "

. . .

On the second day of the concert, the covers of all the famous entertainment newspapers and magazines were printed with photos of Sakai Spring in tears standing in front of the rocking mic and singing.

Even the amazing news that Coldplay appeared at THE SUN concert was no match for Sakai Izumi, who came back in surprise after being hospitalized for a long time.

The headlines are all about Sakai spring water.

On the YAHOO real-time search list, Izumi Sakai's name overwhelmed THE SUN concert, Coldplay, THE SUN new album, etc., and became the number one hot search!

It is conceivable how much influence the comeback of Sakai Spring has had. . .

After all, Izumi Sakai is a mysterious singer who only appeared in public seven times in his life.

Especially after being admitted to the hospital due to illness last year, Izumi Sakai lived more reclusively, and it was even more difficult for the public to hear any news about her.

But this time, he suddenly appeared in a public place, and under the eyes of more than 5 people, at THE SUN concert, he sang his first Oricon chart champion single, which also represented his own spirit , "Negative けないで".

No wonder the whole of Japan is crazy.

However, under such a background, although Izumi Sakai accidentally robbed the attention, the sales of THE SUN's second band album "Zero in the Morning" released at [-]:[-] am still swept the world in the first week. Strong Airborne Oricon Ranking Top!

Breaking one million in the first week!
Although compared with the sales volume of the first album "THE SUN" which reached one million in four days and 150 million in the first week, it is not easy in today's sluggish record market.

The still strong initial sales also allowed THE SUN to continue its amazing record, that is: each album sold over one million in the first week!
Although so far, THE SUN has only released two albums. . .

However, the still strong sales have somewhat regained the attention of the public, and also made the singers who released songs at the same time miserable.

However, among the many record companies and offices that hate their teeth, there is no Johnny's figure.

Because the release date of this new album was only announced a few days before the release, the singing companies and agencies that let their singers release songs at the same time were caught off guard, and it was too late to avoid THE SUN's edge.

However, as Johnny & Associates was in the honeymoon period, Sony still sold face and communicated with them a week in advance.

To put it simply, Sony said to Johnny, "Our big killer, THE SUN, is about to release a new album, please pay attention, don't accidentally hurt..."

That is to remind Johnny, don't release songs during this period, otherwise, it will be bad to face off again.

And Mr. Kitagawa, who knows the energy of THE SUN band, immediately postponed the release time of the 10th anniversary selection album "39" of his group KinKi Kids, waiting for the momentum of THE SUN's new album to pass. . .

However, even for a band like THE SUN, which is extremely popular among young people, after the initial sales exceeded one million copies, the sales in the second week are like other singers, just like the curve of the stock market , showing a landslide decline.

In the second week, the sales volume of "Zero in the Morning" was only 30 copies. . .

Kiyoshi Sakamoto couldn't help complaining about the huge drop in sales.

"It's like riding a roller coaster, from the highest point to the lowest point all at once..."

Having said that, however, the sales of 30 copies in a single week still helped the album THE SUN win the Oricon weekly album chart again.

130 million in two weeks, such a figure, compared to the band's last album, the results must be much worse.

Sakamoto Kiyomoto thought that the mass media or hostile record companies would sneer at such a sharp drop in sales, and even shout slogans such as "THE SUN is no longer magical" and "Sakamoto Kiyoe's talents are exhausted". Hit Sony and THE SUN.

However, to Kiyoshi Sakamoto's surprise, many media spoke "good things" for THE SUN.

"Well, this is the current era! The downturn in the record market, even the popular band THE SUN, which has sold well since its debut, cannot avoid the fact that the sales of physical CDs have begun to decline..."

"However, despite this, THE SUN, a new generation band, is still the most appealing singer in the music world today."

"You know, since the release of Mr. Children's "HOME" in March, as of now, it has only broken through one million sales..."

"Last year's hot singer, and THE SUN's rival in all aspects, Koda Kumi, released the album "Black Cherry" in December last year, and it only broke through one million."

"In this way, THE SUN's new album can exceed one million sales within a week. Doesn't it just show that the Japanese music scene is still dominated by the band THE SUN?!"

All kinds of music media are blowing THE SUN one after another.

Some media even showed the number of downloads of the album THE SUN to support the theory that "THE SUN has no flop, but is still very popular".

In the Recochoku chart and the iTunes chart, the download volume of the album "Zero A.M." exceeded one million in two weeks, and it also won the weekly crown of the two charts in a row.

"Although CD sales are not as good as before, THE SUN still maintains a high popularity in terms of music downloads..."

"This shows that even in the era of music invasion, THE SUN is still the most popular singer group in the Japanese music scene today, bar none!"

. . .

A series of flattery, even full-bodied flattery, as well as the rumors of "THE SUN and Mr. Children are at odds" all made Sakamoto a little confused for a moment, and vaguely smelled some "conspiracy" the taste of.

Although THE SUN has swept away since their debut, occupying the top spot in the Oricon Rankings every year, but in the final analysis, THE SUN is just a three-year debut, just left A new generation of band combinations in the newcomer period.

If, at this time, the mass media overhyped and said things like "Punch Mr.Children, kick Koda Kumi", "the most popular band today", etc., then it is not for THE SUN He shouted and cheered, but he was blatantly praised and killed!
Even if THE SUN's current record sales are much higher than those of these experienced older generations, it cannot be said that way.

This will only make the seniors in the music industry unhappy, and even some senior singers who have long been displeased with THE SUN or Kiyoshi Sakamoto will even speak out against THE SUN, saying that they do not respect their seniors. . .

In that case, things are serious.

Because, in Japan, the hierarchy of seniors and subordinates is extremely strict.

Especially in the entertainment industry, once the rumor of "disrespecting the seniors" falls on the three of THE SUN, even Sony's current cash cow, THE SUN, will be boycotted by the entire entertainment industry.

Although these are not the statements made by THE SUN and Kiyoshi Sakamoto, even if they were not said by THE SUN, some uninformed people will think that they are true after being reported by these media.

In this case, once the rumor of THE SUN's "disrespecting the seniors" is confirmed, then Sony and Kiyoshi Sakamoto are really dumb and eat coptis -- hard to say.

Although I don’t know who did such a ruthless move, but judging from the large amount of money that was able to mobilize so many media to attack THE SUN at once, Kiyoshi Sakamoto speculated that this must be one or even several large companies, It was only because he didn't like his eyes that he used it.

This situation is very common in various industries, especially in the entertainment industry. . .

However, Sakamoto Kiyoshi was not too worried about this.

Because, his company is Sony Music, one of the four major records in Japan!
Although it is not as powerful as the Burning Department, Sony's reputation and prestige is also one of the best in the music industry, second only to Ai Hui.

What's more, in the past few years, the appearance of THE SUN and Kiyoshi Sakamoto has made Sony's name more famous. Even in the past few years, Sony's record sales have surpassed Ai Hui.

This is all due to the record sales of Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN.

And Sony, which is very important to its own baby, also discovered the purposeful targeting of the media this time, and immediately organized manpower, contacted good media, and well-known music critics to join the battle.

Trying to extinguish this wind of killing by suppressing these killing news, diverting attention and other public relations methods.

Moreover, in order to dispel the rumors of discord between THE SUN and Mr. Children, Sakamoto Kiyoshi and the others specially recorded a small video and posted it on Sony's official website.

The content of the small video is that the three of THE SUN, with gifts, went to visit Mr.Children who is holding the "HOME" TOUR 2007 -in the field- tour concert.

In the short video, the three of THE SUN, talking and laughing with Mr.Children, directly shattered the rumor that THE SUN disrespected the seniors.

This turmoil, under the circumstances that Sony's public relations department handled it properly, did not cause too much trouble, and was suppressed.

However, Sakamoto Kiyoshi and Sony, after this incident, both realized that there must be a black hand behind this, manipulating all this. . .

. . . . . .

Universal Music headquarters in Tokyo.

Snapped!
"What are you doing to eat, why is it so simple, let them suppress it?!"

An exasperated voice came from the president's room.

Such a voice made a staff member passing by the corridor outside the president's office to quicken his pace.

(End of this chapter)