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"So extravagant."

Among these luxury items was mixed a Link album titled "The Woman I Love," priced at 29.5 US dollars, making it the cheapest of the lot.

This album also caught a lot of people’s attention.

But considering Tiffany’s sister was the president of Link Music, it wasn’t surprising that her bag contained Link’s new album.

So everyone’s focus remained on the luxurious items strewn around.

Many netizens commented that she was showing off her wealth in this way—some criticized, some mocked, and some were envious and jealous.

Tiffany’s side did not respond to this.

Just a day later, socialite Paris Hilton also followed Tiffany’s lead and posted a wealth-flaunting photo of herself having fallen on Twitter.

The photo was taken on the roof of the Hilton Hotel in New York.

One of her feet was on a private helicopter, and a pile of luxury goods worth millions of dollars lay scattered around her, including another Link album "The Woman I Love."

Netizens then ridiculed Paris Hilton for imitating Tiffany’s way of showing off wealth, with comments that were critical, mocking, and envious.

Media outlets such as the New York Post, USA Today, and Vanity Fair began covering the flaunting news of Tiffany and Paris Hilton, discussing whether such blatant displays of wealth were appropriate.

Some media thought it inappropriate.

Showing off wealth can easily incite class antagonism and trigger anxiety in the low-income community.

The New York Post strongly criticized their actions, believing they could cause significant harm.

First, it could lead to many social issues, exacerbating the divide between the wealthy and the poor, setting a bad example for the youth, inducing irrational consumer behavior, causing a waste of resources, and plunging many low-income families into economic crisis.

Secondly, it could lead to a series of psychological issues, with blind competition increasing anxiety and inducing crime, among other things.

The New York Post also specifically called on Tiffany’s father to control his daughter.

However, Tiffany’s father, Mr. TP, was dismissive, claiming it was a form of performance art that demonstrated the unique character of the youth, and saw no issues with it.

Some media supported Mr. TP’s viewpoint, seeing it as a form of performance art that did not need to be escalated to the level of class conflicts.

As the controversy grew online, so did the news’s popularity.

Soon, Amanda Hearst, Georgia Bloomberg, the Kardashian sisters, actress Lindsay Lohan, and supermodel Candice Swanepoel also imitated them, each with their own fall and display of gear.

This started a ’wealth-flaunting fall’ trend online. Stay updated with

Many people began imitating their falls.

Soon, insightful individuals noticed that, no matter how or where these people fell, 80% of the displayed items included a new Link album "The Woman I Love."

This led many to speculate and suspect that the so-called ’wealth-flaunting fall’ trend was a promotional stunt for Link’s album.

In an interview, the host asked Paris Hilton,

Why she included a Link album among the luxury items, and whether it was to promote Link’s new album.

Paris Hilton denied this, saying that the reason Link’s new album was featured was because it was expensive, high-quality, and of high artistic standard.

For them, Link’s album was also a collectible luxury item.

Kim Kardashian, Lindsay Lohan, and others also acknowledged this in interviews, claiming they might not afford a limited edition Dior lipstick, a Hermès bag, or a Ferrari sports car, but they had to afford a Link album.

With their endorsement, Link’s new album became an item as luxurious as Dior lipstick, Chanel perfume, or a Hermès bag.

Buying "The Woman I Love" was not just buying an album; it was also acquiring a luxury item, a lifestyle, a fashion culture.

Influenced by these celebrities, the ’wealth-flaunting fall’ trend spread from the United States across the globe, from celebrities to internet influencers, and then to ordinary people, with tens of thousands sharing such photos on various social platforms.

60% of the displayed items included a Link album, as if by tacit agreement.

Influenced by the ’wealth flaunting fall’ event, "The Woman I Love" saw a significant increase in exposure and sales worldwide.

In the seventh week, the album sales miraculously surged to over 200,000 copies, reaching 219,000 copies, reclaiming the top spot on the album charts, and surpassing various newly released albums.

In the eighth week, the ’Flashy Fall’ trend was still influential, with this week’s sales reaching 154,000 copies, maintaining the championship in sales.

In the ninth week, 122,000 copies, maintaining the championship on the sales chart.

In the tenth week, 108,000 copies, runner-up.

"The Woman I Love" in its tenth week of release, had a total US sales of 3.93 million copies. It was anticipated that next week it would break through four million copies, also becoming the fastest album to surpass four million sales in the US in nearly eight years.

Rolling Stone commented that "The Woman I Love" achieved an ’incredible’ success in the United States.

Link, a newcomer who debuted just two years ago, sold over 3.9 million copies of his third album within ten weeks across the US, outperforming several current music giants in terms of persuasive power.

Steven Konop, the editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone, analyzed in the article the reasons behind the album’s huge sales, which besides the album’s quality and Link’s popularity, included a very successful marketing and promotional strategy.

Just before the album was launched, East Coast rapper 50 Cent, Justin Bieber, and others challenged Link, wanting to compete with him on the album charts.

Link publicly accepted the challenge, attracting a lot of attention and garnering substantial support from fans.

At this stage, the main direction of Link’s music promotion was the East Coast rap gang + pop prince Justin Bieber + R&B king Arthur + Drake, planning to join forces against Link, putting him in a vulnerable position, evoking empathy and outrage from the fans.

Link’s new album, in its first week due to its high quality, was supported extensively by fans and sold an astonishing 1.74 million copies.

In the second week, the privacy video scandal emerged.

In the third week, the news of Link and Taylor breaking up was still highly discussed.

In the fifth week, the ’Flashy Fall’ incident began trending online, increasing the exposure of Link’s new album.

In the sixth week, the ’Flashy Fall’ event continued to ferment, sparking heated media discussion, with Link’s new album becoming one of the focal points of the event.

Over the following weeks, the flashy event continued to impact the sales of this album.

All these hot news events, whether intentional or not, significantly boosted the sales of this album.

Steven Konop, editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone, also expressed admiration for Link’s music marketing tactics at the end of the article.

He also expressed concern, worrying that other record companies might imitate this marketing strategy, leading to even fiercer competition in the record market, a winner-takes-all situation making it harder for mid to low-tier singers to establish themselves in the music scene.

By the tenth week of release, the overseas sales situation of this album was also gradually summarized.

In nearly ten weeks, "The Woman I Love" sold 9.69 million copies overseas.

In the US and Europe, 4.03 million copies.

In Canada, 1.12 million copies, remaining the album chart’s sales champion for three non-consecutive weeks.

In Britain, 1.07 million copies, maintaining the album chart’s sales championship for two consecutive weeks.

In France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, and other locations, about 1.53 million copies were sold, achieving at least one week of sales championship in Belgium, Netherlands, and Switzerland.

In Latin America, about 300,000 copies, achieving at least one sales championship in Brazil, Argentina, and other places.

Furthermore, "Girls Like You," "Everything You Need," "Someone You Loved," "Stay With Me," "All Of Me," "Here With You," "The Woman I Love," these seven songs successively topped the single charts in Britain, Canada, Belgium, and other countries, becoming hit songs.

In Asia, Oceania, and Africa, 5.66 million copies were sold.

In Australia, 1.32 million copies, in Japan, 1.07 million copies, in South Korea, 940,000 copies, in Huaxia (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), 860,000 copies, and in New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, India, and other locations, about 1.47 million copies.

"Girls Like You," "Stay With Me," "All Of Me," "Here With You," and other twelve songs successively entered the top ten of single charts in various countries.

Ten weeks after the release of Link’s album, the global sales total reached 13.62 million copies.

This figure, although not ranking in the top 50 of the ’All-Time Best-Selling Albums’,

Was still the first English-language album of the 2010s to break through ten million sales worldwide.

It also became Link’s second global diamond-certified record.

As a newcomer, Link released three albums in two years, achieving two consecutive diamond-certified records, becoming one of the best-selling solo male artists in the music industry after Elvis Presley, Garth Brooks, MJ, and Justin Timberlake.

Publications like Rolling Stone, Newsweek, and others began referring to Link as the ’King of Pop Music’. Media in Asia went even further, likening him to music royalty with terms like ’Music Emperor’, and paralleling him with Lady Gaga as the king and queen of Western music.

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