Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 77 RB Third Person

Yamada Yuichi first sat in front of the computer, pretended to click a few points with the mouse, and finally clicked a chart that looked like a cake in a PPT.

"Qing-kun, come and have a look, this is your single sales distribution map." Yamada Yuichi stood up and gave up his seat to Sakamoto Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto didn't doubt that there was him either. He sat on the chair, held the mouse, clicked on the chart, and slowly looked at it.

Because this is a chart in the PPT, Sakamoto Kiyoshi needs to keep scrolling down the page to see all the charts clearly.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi first looked at a sales distribution map and found that his single sales were mainly concentrated in Nashville, New York, and Los Angeles.

"Huh? Why is there no number on the sales volume above, only a percentage?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto noticed a small flaw on the chart.

But without thinking too much, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was attracted by another chart that was pulled down.

This is a data graph, which is the billboard ranking chart of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single.

"The first week's ranking... 95th! What's going on?!" Sakamoto Kiyoshi saw an incredible number.

95?

"When did Billboard get on the list so easily. A single with only a few thousand copies sold actually made it to the list..." Kiyoshi Sakamoto made complaints about his single sales.

Continue to look back, "Hey, why did you get promoted again this week, and you've reached the 75th place?"

Sakamoto Kiyoshi suddenly felt something was wrong.

Looking further down, "Huh? In the third week, the bulletin board ranked 55th? This is definitely a mistake. What is your technical department doing? How can this kind of data be wrong..." Sakamoto Kiyoshi complained, while Turning his head behind him, he wanted to complain to Yuichi Yamada that the technician had made a mistake.

boom! boom! boom!
A few cannon shots exploded in Sakamoto Kiyoshi's ears, and Sakamoto Kiyoshi looked bewildered.

"Oh Mie Deto (Congratulations)!" "Oh Mie Dedo (Congratulations)!"

Suddenly, a large number of people suddenly appeared in the empty office. They were all from several departments within Sony, such as the music department, publicity department, public relations department, etc. Most of the employees were there.

At this time, two people who are very familiar with Sakamoto Kiyoshi came to Sakamoto Kiyoshi with a long banner.

Masaki Ogawa and Masaki Chiba!

Before Kiyoshi Sakamoto opened his mouth to speak, Kiyoshi Sakamoto saw the text written on the banner, "Congratulations, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single entered the Billboard Hot 100!!!"

Sakamoto Kiyoshi had no idea what was going on now.

Seeing Kiyoshi Sakamoto's confused face, everyone laughed.

At this time, Tomo Yamada held a sign in his hand and came to Sakamoto Kiyoshi, with an expression of "successful tricks", said to Sakamoto Kiyoshi, "Tricky Sakamoto Kiyo-kun, great success!", and then put the sign in his hand , exposed.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto looked at the sign, which said, "The whole person succeeded!"

At this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto came back to his senses a little, and asked blankly, "Are you trying to trick me?"

"That's right." Ogawa really replied sternly from the side.

"Then I just learned that my single is 20 yuan a week, and the weekly crown for four consecutive weeks is also fake?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto still didn't know how he was deceived.

"No, that's true. This week's Zhou Guan still belongs to your single "I'm Yours", which sold 20 copies, which is also true." Yamada Yuichi said.

"Eh? Then which part of me was deceived?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto was confused again.

"Hahaha, in fact, your single has not only sold thousands of copies in the United States." Yamada Yuichi explained to Sakamoto Kiyoshi.

"Then sold more than [-] copies?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto tentatively asked.

"It's not that small. In four weeks, 15 copies have been sold!" Yamada finally revealed the sales volume of Sakamoto's list in the United States.

"Ehhh??!! 15 copies? Then the bulletin board ranking I saw just now..." Kiyoshi Sakamoto was shocked, and at the same time, he thought of the graph he saw just now.

"That's right, that's your single, the ranking curve on the Billboard Hot 100. According to the latest data, your single's latest ranking is... No. 40!!!" Yamada Yuichi exploded again There is an amazing news.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single "I'm Yours" actually entered the TOP100 of the Billboard Hot 40, and it happened to be No.40! ! !

As the most authoritative list of singles in the pop music scene in the United States and even in Europe and the United States, the songs on the Billboard Hot 100 list are all songs with great influence, whether it is sales, topicality, or fame.

The list is based on sales, radio stations, streaming media and other data.

"How could it be that my single sold so well?" Although Kiyoshi Sakamoto is a newcomer in the music scene, he still knows a lot about Billboard, the world's most famous music chart.

It is because of understanding that I know that the difficulty of being listed on the bulletin board is so great.

As far as Kiyoshi Sakamoto knows, since the establishment of Billboard, there are only a few RB singers whose singles have entered the top 100 singles list.

For a long time, Sakamoto Jiu won the first place in four consecutive weeks with the single "Going Up" (ie Sukiyaki) released in 1963; it was the single "China Night" released by Sakamoto Kyu in 1963 , scored the eighth place in the weekly list.

More recently, nearly 30 years ago, in 1979, the single "KISS IN THE DARK" released by Pink Lady reached No. 100 on the TOP37 singles list.

This is the second time an RB singer has entered the top 40 since Sakamoto Kyu's "Going Up" (that is, Sukiyaki) won the championship, and it is also the only two songs that have entered the top 40 so far.

At present, among the RB singers, only Sakamoto Jiu and Pink Lady, RB No.40 and No.

And other singers, like YMO in 1980, Yu Yokokura in 1981, Loudness in 1985, etc., although they entered the Billboard list, they were only in some small lists, such as the comprehensive list, blues and blues list, and The closest thing to this record is Seiko Matsuda's duet with Donnie Wahlberg in the idol boy group NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK in 1990, "Right Combination", which ranked No. [-] on the highest single list.

Since then, no R&B artist has reached the Top 100 on the Billboard Hot 40 list.

But this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto did many things that his predecessors couldn't do!
Although the song is not in Japanese, it is also a song sung by RB singers.

According to the latest Billboard Hot 100 chart ranking, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single "I'm Yours" rose again in the fourth week, from No. 55 to No. [-]!

It just happens to be the last of the TOP40, but this ranking is enough for Sakamoto Kiyoshi to become the third among RB singers.

In the past 25 years, the first and third in history, the RB singer whose single has entered the top 100 of the Billboard Hot 40!

He is also the youngest RB singer in history to have a single on the Billboard Hot 100.

When Kiyoshi Sakamoto learned that his single had broken a series of records, he calmed down a bit and began to analyze the reason why his single was successful.

Strong support from Sony Records, that's for sure;
There is also the high quality of the songs, which is also one of the reasons;

By the way, the stunning performance at the westlife concert is also one of the reasons.

However, these are not the most important reasons.

"By the way, Director Yamada, did my single sell a lot in Nashville?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto wanted to verify his thoughts.

"Huh? How do you know? The main sales point of your single is in Nashville, and it sold a total of [-] copies!!!" Yamada also stared sideways at Kiyoshi Sakamoto's guess.

"That's it." Sakamoto Kiyoshi murmured.

The key is this!

Nashville, this is the most important reason why Kiyoshi Sakamoto's single has sold so well and entered the TOP40 singles chart.

Nashville, where is this?

The birthplace of country music!

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto's "I'm Yours" happens to have two versions, one pure folk and one folk rock, both of which just cater to the tastes of the people of Nashville.

And the song "I'm Yours" was also sung at the westlife concert. At that time, there were a total of 4 people in the audience.

These were potential buyers, and no wonder, in Nashville, hundreds of thousands of copies were sold.

"By the way, Sakamoto-kun, your single even won the top spot on the country singles chart for a week." Yamada's addition confirmed Sakamoto Kiyoshi's analysis.

Sure enough, the idea of ​​choosing to sing "I'm Yours" at the westlife concert in Nashville turned out to be the finishing touch to the success of this single.

After thinking about why his single was successful, Kiyoshi Sakamoto remembered that he seemed to have been screwed just now. . .

Thinking of this, Sakamoto Kiyoshi immediately looked at Ogawa Masaki and Chiba Masaki who were still holding the banner.

"This idea should have been thought up by the two of you." Sakamoto Kiyoshi's handsome smiling face flashed a cold light in his eyes.

"What do you think?" Chiba Masaki and Ogawa Masaki also felt that the surrounding temperature began to drop, and the chill came from nowhere, eroding them.

"Tricking my thoughts!" Sakamoto Kiyoshi jumped up from the chair suddenly, and rushed towards the two with a fierce expression.

"Oops, I've been discovered, retreat quickly!" The accomplice Chiba Masaki immediately dropped the banner in his hand, and shouted to the main envoy Ogawa.

However, what Chiba saw was the figure of Xiao Chuanzhen who had already run a few meters away. . .

Uh. . .

However, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is still relatively fast.

In the end, everyone in Sony laughed to see how Kiyoshi Sakamoto punished, and a certain two "pig teammates" who made plans to trick their teammates.

"I am really grateful for everyone's support and help. It is because of everyone's strong support and help that I have achieved what I have achieved today. I am really grateful to you." Finally, Sakamoto Kiyoshi stood in the office Here, I bowed deeply to the employees and behind-the-scenes personnel from various departments who came to congratulate me on the success of my single.

It was also after this "trick" that Kiyoshi Sakamoto knew that he had received so much support and trust from Sony, which also made Kiyoshi Sakamoto more confident about seizing Sony's right to speak in the future .

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. . .No, get Sony!
(End of this chapter)