Chapter 3145 3147 [New Album]
Roy then replied to Mariah Carey's agent and told him Xiang Nan's thoughts.
Mariah Carey's agent did not say anything on the spot.
But Roy was obviously embarrassed to see his face.
This is not surprising. Mariah Carey is the queen of American music, and there are countless musicians who want to write songs for her.
Xiang Nan refused this honor, and even wanted to cooperate with her, what a toad wants to eat swan meat.
Roy knew that he offended Mariah Carey badly this time, and lost such a good opportunity, he didn't know when he would come again.
So these two days, he was very depressed.
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But two days later, when Xiang Nan and the others left Las Vegas for Phoenix, Roy suddenly received another call from Mariah Carey's agent.
"What, she agreed? Really, did I hear you right?" He exclaimed in surprise.
Because on the phone, Mariah Carey's agent told him an exciting news.
She actually agreed to cooperate with Xiang Nan, which is really a surprise.
"Dan, this is really good news." After he hung up the phone, he couldn't help but happily tell Xiang Nan.
"Calm, reserved, don't act like you haven't seen the world." Xiang Nan curled his lips and said, "She begged us to cooperate, not us begging her to cooperate. You must keep this in mind."
Emperor, he has done it all, just a Mariah Carey, does he take it seriously?
Upon hearing this, Roy nodded with a wry smile.
He is not as calm as Xiang Nan, but that is Mariah Carey, one of the three major singers in the United States. What an honor, what an opportunity, to cooperate with her, I really took advantage of it.
But Xiang Nan is right.
Cooperation is all about equality, mutual benefit, and win-win, and he really can't be too flattering.
Besides, he is Shannan's agent, and his salary is paid by Xiangnan, not Mariah Carey. He had to keep that in mind and figure out who was the boss.
Otherwise, Xiang Nan will lose face, and when he is fired, there is nothing he can do.
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Afterwards, Roy talked to Mariah Carey's agent about the details of the cooperation, such as cooperation methods, profit sharing, and so on.
"Dan, well done. Even Mariah Carey wants to cooperate with you. It seems that your chance to reach the top is not far away." Rod Start also smiled at Xiang Nan after receiving the news road.
He didn't expect Xiang Nan to be able to deal with Mariah Carey when he went to the United States once, which was really a surprise.
"I accept your words." Xiang Nan smiled.
"In my opinion, use the new song you collaborated with Mariah Carey as the title of the new album, what do you think?" Rhodes asked again.
Thanks to Xiang Nan's hard work and publicity, "YEAH!!" has been at the top of the billboard charts for three consecutive weeks. In the past four weeks since its launch, the daily sales volume is still above 40,000 copies, and the cumulative sales volume has exceeded 2 million copies.
With such a result, I dare not say that I am among the first-tier, but it is still popular. Then the production of the album must be on the agenda.
"I think it's better to be the second title song." Xiang Nan pouted, "I'm not Mariah Carey's vassal, I want to maintain my independence."
Xiang Nan didn't want that. The song he collaborated with Maria Kelly could only be the second hit at best.
"It makes sense. But you have to make sure that your first title song is of higher quality than the song you collaborated with her." Rhodes thought for a while, and then reminded.
"Don't worry." Xiang Nan said with a smile.
He is a songwriter, with so many songs in his hands, it is so rare to pick the best one for himself.
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Afterwards, Xiang Nan continued to lead people to run promotions, trying his best to promote the single "YEAH!!".
They traveled all over half of the United States, and nearly a hundred TV shows alone, almost all local TV stations in big cities, they went to.
It can be said that the level of effort is higher than that of American singers.
During the publicity campaign, the news that Xiang Nan and singer Mariah Carey were about to start a collaboration was revealed by the American media, which further increased Xiang Nan's popularity.
Therefore, with such blessings, the popularity of the song "YEAH!!" has never diminished.
In the end, the song won the top spot on the Billboard charts for six consecutive weeks, and stayed on the Billboard charts for as long as 150 days.
The final sales volume was as high as 5.5 million copies, ranking seventh in the annual single sales list. At a time when the physical recording industry is shrinking, such a result is definitely a big hit.
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In September, after the promotion of "YEAH!!", Xiang Nan led the team back to London to start recording his first album.
As the first album, Xiang Nan naturally attaches great importance to it.
For this reason, he specially produced many good songs, such as "sexyback", "goodtime", "sugar", "movelikeajaguar", "uptownfunk", "rollinginthedeep", "Igottafeeling"...
Make Rod Start look stupid.
He admits that Xiang Nan is talented, but after he has watched so many good songs, he still has to admit that he still greatly underestimated Xiang Nan's talent.
Xiang Nan can write so many songs, and the key is that the songs are beautiful in different genres and genres. Such an amazing talent, he can only be seen by very few musicians such as Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Elton John and so on.
So he was really happy, and he really picked up the treasure.
It’s no wonder that Xiang Nan was not at all proactive or enthusiastic about cooperating with Mariah Carey.
Indeed, with such a talent, she will be popular sooner or later, so naturally she can't afford to praise someone's stinky feet.
Subsequently, Rod State selected twelve good songs for Xiang Nan's first album, including "Igottafeeling", "sugar", "movelikeajaguar", "uptownfunk", etc., which are basically dance music, which is also to continue The success of "YEAH!!".
But there are still three soothing ballads, such as "crymeariver", "freeloop" and "webelongtogether".
Among them, "webelongtogether" is the song Xiang Nan wants to collaborate with Mariah Carey.
This song won the top spot on the Billboard charts for 14 weeks that year, saving Maria's shaky career at the time.
As for "uptownfunk" sung by Xiang Nan himself, it is the real title song.
This song was released by Brother Mars in 2014. It has been on the top of the Billboard charts for 14 consecutive weeks, with a total sales of more than 12 million copies.
You know, it is a miracle among miracles that such sales can still be achieved in the context of the sharp shrinkage of the physical record industry.
Brother Mars is also ascending to the sky with this song, becoming the world's top Uranus superstar.
(end of this chapter)