Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion
Chapter 312: First Day Sales Released"Hey, Eva, Anna said you were looking for me?"
The streets outside the car window kept changing, Link lay on the recliner in the nanny van, with his legs crossed, making another call to the company’s major domo.
"Yes, Mr. Casanova, I’ve got some good news for you. So far, distributors from 38 states have phoned saying they expect all their records to sell out in three days and are requesting an early resupply. The distributor from New York State just announced three minutes ago that the first batch of 35,000 records went out of stock. Additionally, online album sales have reached 52,000 units, topping various digital platforms. The specifics have been posted on Link’s Twitter music account; you can check it out when you’ve got a moment," Eva said in a cheerful tone.
Hearing her voice, it was evident she was in a good mood.
Link responded with a light smile, asking her why she called him Mr. Casanova, acknowledging that ’Casanova’ existed in English to describe romantically devoted people, but the addition of ’Mr.’ made it sound sarcastic.
Eva didn’t tell him the reason and switched the topic instead.
Link Music Company encountered some difficulties in promoting this album; the marketing department’s plans lack novelty and failed to sway mainstream opinion, much to her dissatisfaction.
Eva asked him if he had any hype plans in mind since he was adept at creating media buzz.
Reluctantly, Link said that since his debut, he had only been involved in a few media stunts, many of which were forced battles that unexpectedly blew up; he did not enjoy creating hype by nature.
But now even Eva thought he was good at it, leaving him without a good defense."Don’t you have any ideas? The third album’s sales are looking pretty good, anticipating first-week sales of about 800,000 copies. With some better promotional efforts, there’s a good chance to break one million. Think about it, Mr. Baker, a first-week sales of one million copies, what a remarkable figure that would be and what a great honor for your career. Wouldn’t you want to achieve it?" Eva spoke in a seductive, persuasive manner.
If this had been earlier, Link might have become stiff in the lower limbs hearing her speak in that tone, but he was nearly immune by now.
"You’re a business elite, ranked 28th among the top female CEOs under forty. Don’t you have any good methods?" Link joked.
In the March issue of ’Business Week,’ the ’Top Female CEOs Under 40 of 2009’ included Eva, praising her as a woman with both beauty and talent.
"No, I’m a CEO; my job is to select talents to work for me, not to create work for myself. If I have to handle such matters personally, what do I need the company staff for?" Eva replied lightly with the tone of a domineering CEO.
"Alright, I have an idea, though it’s not fully developed."
Link laid out his concept.
After listening for a while, Eva asked in surprise, "What is your brain made of, coming up with such bizarre tactics?"
"Last time I was strolling down Rodeo Drive, I saw a beautiful woman fall, spilling designer cosmetics from her bag worth over a hundred thousand US Dollars. I thought we might adopt that approach for our record promotion, what do you think?"
"That sounds fun, let’s give it a try. Wait for my good news."
Eva didn’t say goodbye; she just hung up.
Link shook his head, picked up another cell phone and saw no calls or messages from Taylor. After thinking it over, since Taylor should have left the recording studio by now, he made the call.
Taylor answered quickly, asking when he was coming home and why he was calling at this time.
Link asked if she had listened to the songs on the album and what she thought of them.
"They’re very good. How did you come up with these songs?" Taylor asked.
"It’s because of you, you’re my muse. I’m inspired whenever I see you."
"Really? Why can’t I write a single song when I’m with you, but you can write so many great songs when you’re with me? Tell me quickly, is it just to write songs?"
"How could you think that? Don’t forget, you taught me how to write songs."
"Hmph! I could never teach a disciple like you, who writes songs that sound so nice. How can I record my new album?" Taylor said in a sour tone.
"Haha, you’re so talented; you started writing songs at ten and have written over a thousand. You can definitely write better songs than the ones in my album, right?"
"Of course, I will never lose to you. Come home quickly, I want to hear you sing live for me," she demanded.
"OK! I’ll be waiting in the bedroom."
"Pervert!"
Link shrugged his shoulders and ended the call.
"The Woman I Love" was released and on its first day, the online music platforms sold 82,000 digital albums, while the physical record sales, according to data collected from distributors in 42 states, were 186,000.
Combining these two figures results in 268,000, and with eight states yet to report, it indicates that first-day sales were above 260,000.
That is to say, sales of "The Woman I Love" across the United States on its debut exceeded 260,000, which is over 10,000 more than last week’s top-selling "my world 2.0".
When the first-day figures were tweeted by Link Music, it caused a huge buzz in the music scene, with major online media outlets also reporting and sharing the news extensively.
At first glance at these numbers, many were skeptical. According to this data, Link’s third album had a great chance to break one million in sales in its first week, a milestone typically achieved only by kings and queens of the music industry.
How could Link, a newcomer with just over a year in his career, also achieve this?
Not to mention the album was priced extremely high, costing twice as much as others. Multiplying 260,000 by 2 suggests that the album’s first-day sales were over 500,000. Continue your journey on
That’s just exaggerated.
Even top artists like MJ, Backstreet Boys, Britney, and Beyonce haven’t managed those numbers.
Yet Link did.
Many suspected that Link Music was inflating the data.
Since the rise of the internet, online sales have been included in total album sales, providing an easy platform for manipulation, leading to many albums and singles having distorted data.
For example, with Justin’s two albums, from last year onward, many news outlets questioned the authenticity of his record company’s data. However, Justin’s camp was unconcerned by these claims. Inflating data was seen as a promotional and marketing strategy, aligning with business operations, so there was no reason to feel shame.
Therefore, the authenticity of Link’s data was also questionable.
However, this doubt lasted less than two hours, as Link Music updated "The Woman I Love"’s first-day sales, maintaining the online sales at 82,000 but changing the total from all 50 states to 224,000.
The total changed to 306,000.
Link Music also published a sales performance leaderboard for the distributors in various states below.
New York sold 54,000 on the first day, deservedly ranked first. California sold 42,000, placing second, and Florida made an unprecedented surge to third place with first-day sales of 31,000. Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Washington DC ranked fourth, fifth, and sixth respectively.
After this data was released, many doubters fell silent. Though online sales figures could be falsified, distributor data is not easily manipulated.
Distributors, impartial to record companies and artists, are neither affiliated with any particular record company nor will they help sell unsaleable stock without reason.
The amount of records a distributor sells determines their cut, and consequently, how much tax they pay.
To falsify such data would be inviting trouble.
Could Link Music’s sales data for various regions be fabricated on the spot?
Impossible!
Distributors would not agree to such a scheme.
Therefore, Link’s third album having offline sales of 224,000, based on a 3:1 or 4:1 offline to online sales ratio, makes the online sales of 82,000 plausible.
As the voices of doubt died down, the discussion on why the album sold so well grew louder.
Some believed it was due to Link’s fame and large fanbase. As a world boxing champion, movie star, top-tier singer, and having over 20 million Twitter followers, if a hundred people bought one, it would sell over 200,000.
Others thought it was because the first and second albums were of high quality, the first single "all of me" being iconic, along with his other releases like "legends never die" and "see you again," all being high-quality songs.
Link’s offerings were always meticulous.
His fans believed in his music, and thus were eager to support his third release.
However, many felt that the album sold well purely because of its quality. With 18 tracks, none were filler material; each one had the potential to reach the top of the singles chart.
Some fans even argued about which track from the album was the best, dividing into over ten groups, each supporting a different song.
The songs were all too strong to not sell well.
Not to mention endorsements by top stars like Lady Gaga for Link’s music.
Judging by these circumstances, selling 300,000 on the first day didn’t seem like much.
Following the release of the first day figures, Link’s third album became a hot topic in the music world, with many media outlets broadcasting this news.
Previously, the mainstream media predicted that this album would sell around one million copies nationwide. Now, it seemed like a joke.
Previously, many thought that Link’s third album wouldn’t surpass Justin’s "my world 2.0" in sales this week. Now, that too seemed like a joke.
"The Woman I Love" on its second day saw online sales drop to 75,000, but sales of physical albums increased to 248,000, bringing the second day’s total sales to 323,000.
The two-day total reached 629,000!!
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