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Chapter 336 - 281: Return to the Top_2

Chapter 336: Chapter 281: Return to the Top_2

"Putting Wu Mu at the top of the A-listers? At first glance, it seems ridiculous, but when you think about it carefully, it actually doesn’t seem like a problem? Comparing the achievements of others, nobody really surpasses Wu Mu’s two albums."

In reality, aside from fans, who among everyday people constantly brings up the concept of top-tier celebrities?

But if you really ask who counts as top-tier, those same people immediately think of Wu Mu.

Perhaps Zhou Yu’s films reach a wider audience, more people have seen his works in real life, and Qiu Yiyang, ranked second, has more zealous fans constantly generating fan circle news.

But in the minds of the general public, Wu Mu truly has more memorable highlights than they do.

Based on their own feelings, if even Wu Mu doesn’t count as a top celebrity, then who does?

The ranking released by World Entertainment Weekly, if it were at any other time, or didn’t include Wu Mu, might just get a couple of curses from the fans of other stars and then vanish without a trace.

But they included the currently controversial Wu Mu and threw in such a debatable topic, which immediately sparked widespread heated discussion.

The topic soared in popularity on Weibo.

The hashtag #CelebrityRankingsList climbed to twelfth on the trending search list in just half a day.

The hashtag #IsWuMuTopTier landed directly at fifth, just below the topics about his new album sales and the huge success of his drama series.

More and more people joined the debate.

Detractors and rival fans armed themselves with data on various celebrities’ chart rankings and fan event footage to argue their points.

Those who believed he was top-tier pointed to his two hit albums and the huge success of his new drama series, as well as various show appearances and videos captured off-screen of Wu Mu’s music performances.

The debate between the two sides intensified, and the topic’s popularity swiftly rose, then began spreading to other platforms.

It was forwarded and discussed by users on Douyin, Bilibili, and Tieba.

On Zhihu, a question had already been posed:

"How do you evaluate the star Wu Mu, and has he returned to being a top-tier celebrity?"

Zhihu could be considered one of Wu Mu’s strongholds; this platform has always had the most favorable view of him.

Although platforms like Tieba and Hupu Bilibili also had a good perception of him, people there still had a bit of fun at Wu Mu’s expense.

But the self-proclaimed rational users on Zhihu didn’t really engage in insults.

Thus, the popularity of this topic surged rapidly, quickly ascending to the third spot on the trending list.

Within just a few hours, the top-ranked answer had already received over eight thousand upvotes.

Director Yang Feng: "Let me, an industry insider, give you an answer. After Wu Mu’s album and drama series were big hits, he was certainly treated as a top-tier celebrity within the industry.

In fact, even before the album and drama series, even when his A-list status wasn’t ’acknowledged,’ his name was always listed separately from other stars. If a show needed to invite a major traffic-drawer or a top-tier celebrity, they might list all the industry’s top celebrities and find someone suitable among them.

But Wu Mu’s name was always singled out. For a show with a vision, before planning invitations for guests, they would first consider whether they could invite Wu Mu, if he was a good fit for the show, and if it was worth it to invite him.

In the variety show sphere and singing and dance stage areas, he had long been treated as a special category. The unique value he could bring to a show was far more sought after by the production teams than other top-tier celebrities.

You could say he is or isn’t top-tier; he transcends top-tier.

And now, not including his name among top-tier celebrities would actually diminish the credibility of the concept of ’top-tier,’ which does no favors for other top celebrities."

The top response was from an industry director who shared insights on whether Wu Mu counted as top-tier. According to him, Wu Mu, let alone now, even before was considered more special than just a top-tier celebrity.

And then there’s the second-ranked answer, with 7,300 likes:

Data Analysis World: "Is Wu Mu top-tier? Let’s talk data. I’ve seen a lot of people saying Wu Mu’s new album isn’t anything special, Xiao Yi has achieved the same, and his fans have pushed his sales to 180 million within 24 hours.

In fact, these two are not the same concept. What is the specific number of buyers behind Xiao Yi’s 180 million in sales?

This is an estimate made by German data, roughly 370,000 people, not even 400,000, all from fans’ repeated purchases and organized funding for the charts. As for Wu Mu’s two albums, starting with the album "Farewell" which sold 9.87 million copies, the purchase estimate by German data is 8.2 million people. (image) (image)

Yes, over eight million people, a number so shocking it could make jaws drop. In fact, before actually seeing this data, I couldn’t imagine his album having such a high value, with such a low proportion of repeat purchases.

You may still not recognize the worth of this album, so let’s talk about his current album that is still on sale. His current album has sold 7.62 million copies across all platforms.

And the number of buyers... 5.89 million! It’s hard to imagine that even with his new album rumored to be boosted by major fans, the actual number of repeat purchases was far less than the public believed.

The contrast between several millions of buyers and four hundred thousand, I believe everyone can see, is totally not on the same level.

And apart from album sales, let’s talk about how popular Wu Mu is on the internet, not looking at places where celebrity fans engage in organized voting but places where they don’t.

On search engines, besides Baidu, this is a comparison graph of Wu Mu’s search popularity and Xiao Yi’s search volume on Qi Search engine; the gap is staggering. It’s hard to imagine that Wu Mu’s search volume could be nearly thirteen times higher than Xiao Yi’s.

Of course, one search engine might have a too-small sample size, so we add Yisou, Soso, Lanqu... You can see, it’s almost a twelve or thirteen times difference. I believe people who are truly willing to think about it should be able to know the real situation based on these numbers.

In terms of real data, not to mention top-tier, Wu Mu’s actual fame and popularity might have already surpassed the category of top-tier."

The second-ranked answer seemed to be from a data party, speaking with various data in a manner reminiscent of Zhihu’s legacy.

Following that was the third-ranked answer, with 6,000 likes.

And this answer went completely off-topic, but somehow resonated surprisingly with a lot of people.

Anonymous: "Fans who stopped supporting Wu Mu could never have imagined that he would make a comeback to top-tier status. Coming across this topic and seeing his name linked with being top-tier again brings tears to my eyes. I remember the days I stayed up late doing data analysis for him and following his every move. If only that incident hadn’t happened, now I could be down here boasting about how amazing ’big brother’ is like before."

An anonymous off-topic answer that garnered so many likes clearly resonated with countless former fans of Wu Mu.

For them, ever since the collapse incident, the name Wu Mu had disappeared from their hearts, and they could never have dreamed that there would be a day he could return to top-tier status.

On Zhihu, it was almost unanimous that Wu Mu was definitely top-tier, not just enough, but many felt he far exceeded it.

In the heat of such intense discussions, one event ultimately put an end to the competition.

A vote was initiated on Weibo as to whether Wu Mu was currently top-tier.

Over five million people participated in the vote.

4.01 million chose yes...

Essentially all but the haters and rival fans, the ordinary folks, they all chose "yes."

The public clearly recognized Wu Mu as being top-tier now.

The next day.

#WuMuReturnsToTopTier# topped the trending searches.

Having crossed over, Wu Mu had finally returned to the status he held before the collapse.

No, one could say he had reached an even higher position than before the collapse.

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