Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 626 - 459 First Week Album Sales_3

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"September 12th."

Jay-Z said.

He and Kanye West's collaborative new album "Watch The Throne" was also entering its promotional period.

This album had been completed in May, and was originally intended for release in early August, but then they heard that Link's new album was also planned for release at that time.

Considering Link's enormous popularity, the distribution department under him suggested they delay or advance the release date.

If they went ahead in July, they would clash with Beyonce's album; left with no good options, they unhappily chose to delay.

However, because of Link, the delay of the new album from the two rap legends, Kanye and himself, was a significant insult to them both.

He also thought about not delaying, sticking to August, and going for an album chart showdown with Link.

But considering Link's third album annual sales in North America reached 5.5 million, with global sales amounting to 36 million, following that momentum, the fourth album's first week sales wouldn't be less than 1 million.

Jay-Z, Kanye, and their company didn't have much confidence in achieving a million in first week sales.

After much deliberation, they ultimately gave up on the risk and postponed the release to September.

After "Love is gone" first week sales were released, he also secretly felt relieved that they didn't risk adjusting; if they had really gone up against it, the possibility of failure was extremely high.

"Jess, with you and Kanye teaming up, is there any hope of competing with Link for the top spot in the annual sales chart?"

Kunas asked.

Jay-Z shook his head, "It's difficult."

The company estimated the album's sales in the United States wouldn't surpass "The Blueprint 3," around 1.3 million, which was also their expectation.

And Link's new album sold 1.53 million in the first week.

There was simply no comparison.

"Link has too many titles, his influence is greater in the United States, plus he's good at publicity stunts, and has the 'Captain America' boost, given the current situation, his album has a great chance to break 4 million in North American sales, and that number... is very difficult to surpass."

Jay-Z bared his teeth in envy and frustration.

"How can this bastard be so formidable."

Kunas slammed the table angrily.

Not only is Link a music industry titan, but he had also recently won the WBA Super World Champion Golden Belt.

His new movie "Captain America" had nearly four hundred million US dollars in the global box office, the media claimed his payment for this film was more than 20 million US dollars, and his company made nearly one hundred million US dollars on the "Bridesmaids" project.

What pissed them off even more was the bastard was also playing the stock market, with a net worth of over three billion.

The previously somewhat critical Thomp was now just hoping Link and Ivanka would get married soon and have a chubby baby.

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Thinking of all this, Kunas was green with jealousy; he abruptly turned to Puff Daddy, "You guys have been sending women to Link since last year, trying to frame him with this tactic why is there still no movement?"

"Ah! Little Epstein and I have tried sending them many times to no avail. One, Link is very cautious; he wouldn't give a second glance to any unfamiliar girl, no matter how pretty.

Second, there are too many beauties around him. It's hard to find someone good enough to send to him—the key point is, we found Link is only interested in female celebrities. The bigger the fame, the more his interest. He shows little interest in ordinary beauties."

Puff Daddy said helplessly.

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"Only likes famous women? The more famous, the better?"

Little Kunas thought about Link's girlfriends, be they from Britain, the United States, France, Japan, South Korea, it seemed they were indeed quite famous actresses.

"Damn, this jerk is too picky."

"Exactly, with him being like this, are we supposed to find a big star to throw at him for fun? It's not very realistic, Link's status in the entertainment circle is too high, the average actress won't agree to help us entrap Link."

Jay-Z sighed.

Little Kunas frowned, "This matter is indeed difficult, but don't give up too early. We can slowly find the right person; if necessary, we can offer a higher price. Maybe some popular actresses would be willing to help us deal with Link."

Jay-Z and Diddy nodded, feeling this idea wasn't bad. Although it was a difficult task, it was still better than having no plan at all.

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Following the release of "Love is gone," Link, as usual, spent the first week flying to major cities across the United States, holding signing events, signing over 8,000 copies per day.

During the second week, he continued to fly to major cities in Canada, Mexico, Britain, France, Belgium, and other places for signing events, signing more than 5,000 times per day, with scenes still explosive.

This week also brought some good news.

Previously, the digital tracks of the album were leaked by hackers, resulting in 358,000 free downloads on the iTunes platform.

With the media's recent criticism of the hacker group and the widespread public backlash and anger, some of those who participated in the free digital album on iTunes have recently taken the initiative to delete the original resources and chose to re-purchase them online.

These individuals also posted videos online showing them deleting the free tracks and re-purchasing the official digital album, calling on others to do the same to respect and protect the artist's creation, uniting to boycott the hacker group, refusing to be accomplices to hackers.

This act garnered the support of many fans and praise from numerous media outlets.

According to data from the iTunes Music Store, 28% of users who downloaded the free tracks chose to re-purchase them in the first week after the official release of "Love is gone," and this percentage increased to 56% this week.

Which meant that out of 358,000 who downloaded the free tracks, nearly 180,000 chose to pay for the purchase.

Indeed, this was good news.

In response, Link and Link Music announced another donation of 18 million US dollars to the International Red Cross Association, the Link Charity Foundation, and the Recording Industry Association of America's anti-piracy organization.

The song "see you again" used to generate millions of US dollars in charity donations each year, and now with an additional donation of ten million, this move also earned praise from fans and the media.

This decision was made after consultation between Link and Ivanka; he was young, with a net worth of billions, a global idol. Having the title of a charity star was also a good thing for him.

Link spent a busy week, and the second-week sales figures were released.

"Love is gone" sold 1.035 million copies in the United States in its second week, a 30% drop from the first week, yet it was the first personal album in Western music to sell over a million copies for two consecutive weeks, setting a new record.

The overseas sales were also good at 3.857 million copies, with a slight increase from the previous week.

The main reason was that the number of countries and regions where the album was released overseas expanded from 48 to 102 this week.

This also included the Huaxia region, where in the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, the album sold 516,000 copies in its first week, making it the best-selling English album in the first week for nearly a decade.

To thank Huaxia fans, Link specially flew to the Huaxia region to hold several signing events.

While promoting the album, he also took time to participate in the promotional activities for "Captain America," using the movie to drive album sales.

The film was released on July 22nd and by the end of August, the North American box office reached 241 million US dollars, with a global box office of 210 million. The global box office smoothly broke through 450 million, surpassing "Thor," becoming the highest-grossing film of its genre for the year.

With the album and movie both being big hits, Link became the hottest public figure in the world entertainment circle for a time.