Chapter 661 Awards and Competitions

I'm unstoppable

I'm unstoppable

I'm a Porsche with no brakes

I'm like a Porsche without brakes

I'm invincible

i am indestructible

Yeah I win every single game

On the morning of February 12, the 49th Grammy Awards ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Link was invited to participate and sang the song "Unstoppable" on stage. After the performance, there was a burst of warm applause and cheers.

After Link stepped off the stage, he sat in the audience and watched the award ceremony.

Compared with the Grammy Awards three or four years later, there were not many star singers at this year's Grammy Awards. There were only famous rock singer Bob Dylan, little queen Christina Aquila, Justin Ting Blake, T.I., Red Hot Chili Peppers, Madonna, John Mayer, Black Eyed Peas and more.

To the left of Link sits British singer James Blunt, whose masterpiece "You're Beautiful" was released in 2005. This song topped the British singles chart for six consecutive weeks and once topped the US Billboard singles chart, becoming The second British artist to top the chart.

The other party received three nominations this year, Best Pop Male Vocalist, Best Pop Album, and Best Song of the Year.

To Link's right sits Carrie Underwood, an old acquaintance from the past. This year, she received three nominations for Best New Artist, Best Country Music Album, and Best Female Country Music Vocalist for her album "Some Hearts."

After more than three hours of performance and award ceremony, 108 awards were finally won by each company.

The famous American girl band "The Dixie Chicks" became the biggest winner of this year's Grammy, winning a total of 5 awards, including Best Album of the Year, Production of the Year, Single of the Year, Best Country Group, and Best Country Album.

The Best New Artist Award went to Carrie Underwood, who also won the Best Female Country Music Vocalist Award.

Link and James Blunt left empty-handed.

Returning to the Bay Villa in the evening, Link opened the letters and gifts sent by Taylor.

Since corresponding with Taylor, the two have kept in touch from time to time, still using the ancient method of writing letters.

Link also told Taylor that he was from China and did not often live in Los Angeles. Sometimes he would reply late, but Taylor didn't mind. He regarded him as a pen pal with whom he could exchange music. Since the beginning of the year, he had received one letter a month on average.

Every time Link comes here to participate in competitions or promote, he will reply to her when he has time.

Taylor joined Big Machine Records last year and released her first single "Tim McGraw" in June, which eventually ranked 40th on the Billboard Hot 100. In October last year, Taylor released her debut album "Taylor Swift", which debuted in the first week It sold 40,000 copies and ranked 19th on the Billboard 200 Album Chart.

Because of her southern accent when singing, her sweet nasal voice, and her relatively sweet and cute appearance, she was named a "country princess" by the media.

Currently he is quite famous in the American music scene.

Taylor said in the letter that she was very excited to receive an invitation to open for George Strait on his tour.

George Strait is known as the ‘King of Country Music’.

Taylor is just 17 years old this year. It is indeed a joy to be the opening guest at each other's concert.

Taylor also said that she would come to Los Angeles this year to develop, asked him when he would be there, and looked forward to meeting him.

Taylor's gift was her album "Taylor Swift", signed by her.

Link put the album into the record player and wrote back to Taylor with a pen, congratulating her on the album's success, saying that he had followed her new album and thought she was performing well, and suggested that she create more and accumulate a thick playlist.

Regarding the meeting, he was not sure when he would have time, but he hoped to have the opportunity to meet in the future.

After writing the letter, Link drew a sketch of Taylor on the card with a pencil - a skill he learned while living alone on Mars - put it in an envelope and asked the maid, Ms. Simmons, to mail the letter to tomorrow. Taylor.

During his trip to the United States, he only stayed here for two days. He returned to Kyoto for the Spring Festival during the New Year holiday and watched the 79th Academy Awards ceremony at home.

In the end, "The Departed" starring Leonardo DiCaprio won the Best Picture Award, and Martin Scorsese won the Best Director Award for this film.

Forest Whitaker won the Best Actor award for "The Last of Us," becoming the fourth black actor to win the award.

British actress Helen Mirren won the best actress award for "The Queen."

"Marie Marie" won the Best Costume Design Award, and the German film "Waiting" won the Best Foreign Language Film.

"Golden Armor" accompanies the run.

In March, Link's second English album "Go Forward" was officially released. Domestic sales were still average, with only 125,000 copies sold in the mainland in the first week.

According to media reports, most of the people who bought this album were high school or college students who bought this album to practice their English listening skills.

It sold 342,000 copies in Hong Kong and Taiwan, with two songs, "Give me reason" and "Believer", ranking first on the singles charts in both places.

The first-week sales volume in Asia, including Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, was 527,000 copies. It has ranked among the top three album sales charts in six countries including Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand. It has also received a very good reputation. Many fans said that Link is passionate about singing English rock.

The album also sold well in Europe and the United States, with total sales reaching 634,000 copies in the first week.

Among them, 156,000 copies were sold in the first week in the United States, ranking 3rd on the Billboard album chart. 12 songs including "Give me reason", "Believer", "Trouble I'm In", "Keep On Movin'" and "This Is Me" have successively appeared on the Billboard album chart. Billboard singles chart top 100.

"Give me reason" peaked at No. 2 on the list, "Believer" peaked at No. 1 and held the No. 1 spot for two non-consecutive weeks, and "This Is Me" peaked at No. 3.

Because the songs "Give me reason" and "Believer" are of good quality and popular, Link's album became a hit in the United States. In the second week, the sales of the album did not drop but increased, with 168,000 copies sold. Second on the list.

In the UK, "Go Forward" sold 103,000 copies in its first week, ranking first on the album sales chart, and five songs including "Give me reason", "Believer" and "Trouble I'm In" entered the top 30 of the UK singles chart.

The album has sold more than 30,000 copies in France, Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands and other places.

According to statistics from Warner Records, the album sold approximately 1.636 million copies worldwide in its first week. This is a very good result, breaking a series of records for Chinese singers in the European and American music circles.

After the album was released, Link flew to various places to do more than 20 signing and promotion events.

One month after the release of "Go Forward", sales exceeded 500,000 copies in the United States, and global sales reached 4.37 million copies. Link's reputation in the European and American music circles has reached a higher level.

In April, the Hong Kong Island Film Awards were held at the Grand Theater of the Hong Kong Island Cultural Center, and "The Golden Circle" received 10 nominations.

Invited by Hong Kong Island, Link attended the awards ceremony and eventually won two awards, Best Newcomer and Best Original Film Song.

In addition, "Golden Armor" also won the Best Actress, Best Art Director, and Best Costume Design Awards.

In mid-April, the super middleweight boxing championship competition began, with a total of 6 boxers participating, including Link, Joe Calzaghe, Carl French, Mikkel Kessler, Roy Jones Jr., Bernard Hopkins.

The first round of 3v3 battle.

Link's opponent in this round is 38-year-old Roy Jones Jr.

The game was held at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. After three rounds, at 32 seconds of the third round, Link knocked down Roy Jones Jr. again, causing Roy Jones Jr. to lose consciousness briefly.

Roy Jones Jr.'s coach threw in the towel and threw in the towel.

Link successfully advanced to the next round.

Two other matches were also held in May and June. Joe Calzaghe played against Bernard Hopkins. The two fought for 12 rounds, and Joe Calzaghe finally won by points.

In the match between WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler and Carl France, the two fought bloody battles and persisted for 12 rounds. In the end, Mikkel Kessler won by points.

By August, after coordination between the two companies, Link flew to Copenhagen, Denmark, to participate in the title merger fight with Mikkel Kessler.

In the match against Kessler, Link knocked down his opponent twice in a row in the third round. The second blow prevented his opponent from getting up for 10 seconds.

Link won the second round and became the WBA-WBC double super middleweight champion.

In October, Link flew to London, England again to participate in the combined boxing title fight of the four major organizations.

In the match with Calzaghe, he took 4 rounds and knocked down his opponent three times in a row in the fourth round, causing his opponent's eyebrow bone to bleed profusely. The referee declared the game over.

Link won this game without a doubt.

After becoming the boxing champion of the four major organizations in the middleweight class, he once again became the boxing champion of the four major organizations in the super middleweight class.

Link has become extremely famous in the world of boxing. Not only people in the boxing world know him, but many ordinary people also know that he is a very powerful boxer.

Link also earned a share of approximately $112 million through 3 games. (End of chapter)