The Chinese Music Chart was founded by Shonan TV and Xiangjiang Satellite TV in 2006.
As one of the three grand ceremonies of the pop music world, the Chinese Music Chart had 27 awards in total, including the best album of the year, the best male singer, the best female singer, the most popular male singer, the most popular female singer, the best single, the best newcomer, the best composer, the best lyricist, and the best producer.
The award party was held in the Xiangjiang Grand Theater and was broadcast live by Shonan TV and Xiangjiang Satellite TV.
The Xiangjiang Grand Theater was one of the largest opera houses in China, which could accommodate 2,000 spectators. It mainly staged operas, dances, and large-scale cultural performances. It was a representative building of Shacheng culture and art.
Under the careful arrangement of Shonan TV, the grand theater showed a very modern atmosphere. The large screen wall behind the stage was matched with excellent sound and light effects, creating a magnificent scene of a bustling ceremony.
The four hosts who hosted the award party were Shonan TV and Xiangjiang Satellite TV. Xia Yu and Fang Chen from Shonan TV were famous variety hosts in China.
The party opened with a grand song and dance, and the famous singer Shang Fangfang sang "The Most Beautiful Song".
After the song was finished, the audience burst into thunderous applause, and the award ceremony officially began.
The Chinese Music Chart's award method was very interesting. The award winners were jointly selected by the expert jury and the audience jury. The former had 12 members, and the latter had 100 so-called audience representatives.
And these 100 audience representatives were chosen from thousands of ordinary audience members.
Since the traditional way of audience voting was abandoned, Shonan TV strongly advocated the fairness and impartiality of the Chinese Music Chart, claiming that it was inspired by the US presidential election and eliminated the possibility of vote rigging.
People in the industry scoffed at Shonan TV's boasting. However, the former was willing to spend money and could invite a large number of stars and artists, so the Chinese Music Chart's ratings had always been high.
The money that Shonan TV spent was doubled through the sky-high title sponsorship and advertising.
As for the fairness and impartiality, it was actually just for ordinary people.
According to the usual practice, the first to be announced were the small awards, such as the media recommendation award, the annual contribution award, the best music video, and so on.
Soon, one award after another was announced, pushing the atmosphere of the award ceremony to a climax.
Among the 27 awards, Lu Chen was nominated for Best Newcomer and Best Composer.
In terms of the weight of the award, the Best Composition Award was much higher than the Best Newcomer Award and was on par with the Most Popular Male/Female Singer Award.
Therefore, the first award related to Lu Chen was the Best Newcomer of the Year Award.
"Next, we will announce the Best Newcomer Award on the Chinese Music Chart!"
Shonan TV host Xia Yu said into the microphone, "Let's take a look at the list of nominees first. They are …"
On the big screen behind her, the list of four candidates instantly appeared.
Lu Chen, Cui Zhengzhi, Zou Bei, and Wang Guangming!
All four of them are newcomers who have debuted in the last two years. Cui Zhengzhi was the runner-up of Shonan TV's "Super Male Voice" in 2014. He signed with the company Cheng Tian Entertainment and published his debut album "Provocation" in 2015.
The criterion for the Best Newcomer Award is to debut within three years and to have released an album. Zou Bei was the winner of the 2015 Deep Sea Satellite TV's ace variety show "National Idol". After signing with Starlight Media, she released her debut album "Blooming Flower".
Interestingly, in addition to Wang Guangming, Lu Chen, Cui Zhengzhi, and Zou Bei released their debut albums only a few days apart. At that time, they battled fiercely on QQ Music, and in the end, Lu Chen's "You Who Sat Next To Me" won.
The four newcomers were all quite eye-catching in the pop music world in 2015.
"Now, let's invite Mr. Liu Zonghan to reveal the winner of the Best Newcomer and award the award at the same time!"
Liu Zonghan, dressed in a well-ironed suit, walked onto the stage amidst applause.
Liu Zonghan is a famous singer in Hong Kong, but in recent years, he has been developing in China and has released many albums.
He faced the microphone, took out the envelope with the winner's name from his pocket and opened it.
The Best Newcomer of the Year on the Chinese Music Chart was about to be announced!
At this moment, the audience sitting in front of the TV and computer watching the award ceremony was in high spirits.
In Lu Chen's live broadcast room on [Whale TV], countless Lu Chen fans were also waiting for the answer to be revealed.
Most of them firmly believe that the Best Newcomer is Lu Chen.
The reason is very simple. In the pop music world in 2015, there is no better newcomer than Lu Chen!
He won the championship of "Singing China", published his first platinum album "You Who Sat Next To Me", wrote songs for The Bionics, produced albums for MSN, and wrote for Chen Fei 'er …
Who could match up to all of his deeds and achievements?
"Cui Zhengzhi!"
The next moment, Liu Zonghan said the winner of the Best Newcomer Award: "Congratulations, Cui Zhengzhi!"
Cui Zhengzhi, who was sitting on the right side of the third row of the auditorium, immediately stood up and hugged the people around him with a smile on his face. A beam of spotlight fell on him and followed his footsteps to the stage.
However, when the 2,000 audience and guests at the scene heard the name, they did not applaud warmly as they did when the winner was announced. Instead, there was an uproar and discussion, mixed with a small number of sporadic applause.
The news that Lu Chen was nominated for the Best Newcomer and Best Composer in the Chinese Music Chart has long been spread in the circle, and people who know naturally know it.
Many people in the industry believe that Lu Chen will probably win the Best Newcomer and miss the Best Composer, because the latter has a lot of weight and is very particular about qualifications. It is not a big prize that can be easily won by a newcomer.
Lu Chen is too young. He has achievements, but not enough qualifications.
However, no one expected that the Best Newcomer Award, which he is most likely to win, will fall on Cui Zhengzhi!
Compared with Lu Chen's dazzling achievements in 2015, Cui Zhengzhi is really too poor. His debut album was defeated by Lu Chen, and there are not many works on the domestic heavyweight list. It is nothing more than a lot of hype and frequent announcements.
It is a little incredible that Lu Chen will lose to Cui Zhengzhi.
Only those who know the inside story know that this is the usual habit of Shonan TV. They nominated Lu Chen for these two awards, nothing more than to slap him in the face.
Lu Chen has offended Shonan TV a lot!
As the saying goes, everyone has a scale in their heart. Shonan TV's obvious award manipulation inevitably makes people feel disgusted. Even if it is impossible for people to raise objections, how can they applaud Cui Zhengzhi enthusiastically?
There are also people who applaud. In addition to the staff of Shonan TV and the "audience support", there are some other people.
Chen Fei 'er is one of them.
The Heavenly Queen is sitting in the middle of the second row of the auditorium, with a faint smile on her face and gently clapping.
She is very reserved.
One after another, as if she is slapping someone's face!
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