143.Mean Reversion(2/2)
One week after the new album is released, Music Weekly will announce this week's music trend list.
Because it is a media that specializes in music, the statistical methods are very professional. It is so professional that every owner of a video store has a copy of it, and he will list albums according to the above list.
Whether an album is good or not, to a large extent, the chart performance in the first week can reflect everything.
Chen Ya went out and bought a copy. When he returned home, he solemnly placed the thin magazine on the coffee table.
"Let me state in advance that our album is absolutely king-level," Chen Ya stretched out a finger before turning the page, "but I have no confidence in the audience."
"The mean hasn't reverted yet, has it?" Jiang Xinhai was a little annoyed, "It's almost there, let's take a look."
Because she was deceived by Chen Ya's theory, she was forced to not inquire about the sales volume of "Meeting" from any channel for a week, and now she couldn't hold it in any longer.
"oh."
Chen Ya opened the magazine.
On the first page, the bold title pops out conspicuously:
"One week after the release of Jiang Xinhai's new album, the popularity trend fluctuates thrillingly!"
Chen Ya quickly closed the magazine.
Jiang Xinhai held her heart in her hands and lay on the sofa gasping for air: "I can't do it anymore, I can't stand it anymore, why don't you stop watching."
No matter how many theorems you believe, your heart will still hurt when it should be so tense.
Chen Ya was sweating on his head: "We don't look at this page, we just look at the popularity list."
He turned directly to the end - "Music Weekly" usually puts the major lists on the last few pages - and the two of them leaned their heads to look at the list at the same time.
As a result, the moment they saw the list, their bodies became hot and then became cold at the same time.
Jiang Xinhai grabbed Chen Ya's hand with a cold hand, trembling: "What, what is going on?"
I saw on the list that it was ranked like this:
Jiang Xinhai's name, and her avatar next to it, are just right, staying at the second place on the entire list.
If it were just like this, the two of them would be able to take off on the spot.
But, very ominously, the person standing on Jiang Xinhai's head and above her happened to be the person who was on the wrong side of the road - Yingzi.
"What does this mean?" Jiang Xinhai asked with a trembling voice, "Yingzi hasn't released a new album recently, has he?"
Chen Ya looked at it intently for a while and said, "Check!"
"What's wrong?"
"I read the wrong list. This is the celebrity topic trend list." Chen Ya pointed to the bold words at the top of the list and said.
This list is purely used to count the topicality of celebrities. Sometimes, a big hit can jump to the first place.
The reference value is not that high.
There are many lists in "Music Weekly", and the album sales list is the most valuable one.
Jiang Xinhai grabbed Chen Ya's arm and slapped him again and again: "Hurry up and turn the page!"
Both of them are now being led by each other to raise their blood pressure.
Chen Ya picked up the page with his fingers and turned it slowly.
Before opening the book, he was filled with excitement and had countless premonitions, some good and some bad.
Jiang Xinhai ranks second in terms of topicality. It is possible that the album's sales exceeded their expectations, which is why it ranked so high.
But it's also possible that her album didn't perform well in the first week, ranking second in terms of popularity, and her album was even lower than Yingzi's.
Very professional but not popular - this situation often happens. A band like Magnum Youth Hostel only won the Best New Rock Artist Award after it was established almost ten years ago.
Chen Ya turned over the page.
The big words "Album Sales List" appeared in front of me.
Chen Ya first looked at the bottom of the list, No. 50, and slowly looked up.
"Panic", "Rainbow After the Rain", "Memory of Time", "Heart Is Too Soft"...
Unfamiliar and familiar names jumped out at me one by one.
No, no, no... neither is this.
Chen Ya was worried about seeing the name "Meet" too soon, and worried that he wouldn't see the name "Meet" in the end.
"Well!"
Next to him, Jiang Xinhai suddenly screamed like a cat whose tail was stepped on. He suddenly grabbed Chen Ya's arm and shook it desperately.
Chen Ya was taken away, and then he glanced at the words "meet" unexpectedly.
First.
The cumulative sales volume is 450,000 copies, the sales volume this week is 450,000 copies, and the new sales volume this week is 450,000 copies.
In addition to cumulative sales, the other two sales ranked first.
"Ahhhhh!"
Jiang Xinhai went crazy, forgetting to take off his shoes, jumped on the sofa and stomped on it, grabbed Chen Ya, and danced with him.
"First! First! First!"
Chen Ya is still a little confused.
Sales of 450,000 albums in one week, what is the concept?
You know, so far, in the entire history of music, there are only about thirty albums that have sold more than 500,000 copies in a single week.
And this is worldwide.
In the Chinese music scene, sales exceeding 300,000 in a single week can be considered a myth.
You know, in this year, the total album sales exceeded 1.2 million, which can be said to be unbeatable in the world in the past 5 years.
450,000 albums were sold at one time, and this is based on the premise that the total output is only 500,000 albums.
What is this concept?
This shows that all genuine users in the entire country of China have basically been developed.
Even many consumers who had never heard a genuine CD came running over waving their tickets.
This shows that consumers have money in their pockets and are looking for the "Meet" album on the streets, but almost all the video stores they can find are out of stock!
There are only 50,000 copies of "Meet" available across the country now, and they may still be consumed rapidly!
Those scalpers and pirated album dealers may be going crazy with joy at this time!
Every minute that passes now is throwing money into the water!
Thinking of this, Chen Ya almost suffered a cardiac arrest.
He was still conservative.
In recent years, no album has sold more than 300,000 copies in its first week.
In addition, he did not have much liquidity at the time, so he only set the number of 500,000.
If I had known it was selling so well, if I had sold 800,000 copies, maybe the sales would have broken the Chinese album record!
"First! First! First!" Jiang Xinhai was still jumping up and down excitedly, screaming, and she was still screaming at the highest pitch that her God-loving voice could produce.
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Something is wrong! Something is wrong! Don't get excited yet, I want to verify it! Is there something wrong with the data?"
Chen Ya stood on the sofa and took out his mobile phone and dialed Zhou Peng's number. The call was answered almost instantly.
"Hello? Teacher Chi Chi, what's wrong?"
"Have all my 500,000 albums been sold?"
Chen Ya pressed the speakerphone, and Zhou Peng's voice came from over there: "They're all sold? Don't you know?"
"Then why didn't you tell me?!" Chen Ya raised his voice.
"I, I thought you knew?" Zhou Peng's tone was humble and aggrieved, "Isn't it already popular? It's all over the streets."
"What I mean is, we have sold them all, so we should increase production capacity now!" Chen Ya said, "We are going to make another 500,000 copies soon? Why didn't you tell me?"
"I, I thought that after you became popular, you would find a regular manufacturer. I didn't, I didn't dare to call you..."
Chen Ya put down his phone.
have to.
Chapter completed!