Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion

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On the third week of the release of "Keep On Movin'," Link and the promotion team continued to hold autograph sessions in various places and also participated in some TV shows and music events, staying incredibly busy every day.

But Jay-Z invested even more in promotion, with teams led by Jay-Z himself, Kanye, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne, and 50 Cent doing publicity in various places.

They also joined forces with Madonna and Mariah Carey's concert tours, promoting the new album through various channels.

The third week sales of "The Blueprint 3" reached 416,000 copies, accumulating to 1.36 million copies, taking the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

"Keep On Movin'" had a total sales figure in the United States of 407,000 copies this week, accumulating to 1.35 million copies, earning the runner-up position on the Billboard album chart.

Maxwell's new soul album "BLACKsummers'night," in its debut week, sold 85,000 copies and ranked third.

The Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D" in its seventh week, saw 71,000 copies sold, ranking fourth.

On the Billboard singles chart, "Empire State of Mind" continued to hold the number one spot for the second consecutive week, and "Believer" ranked third for the second consecutive week as well.

However, nine singles from Link's second album entered the Hot 100 singles chart. Read new chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

The same period's "The Blueprint 3" had only six, including "What We Talkin' About," "Run This Town," and "Young Forever," among others.

The Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D" had five songs, including the previous two number one singles and three decent hip-hop dance tracks "Rock That Body," "Meet Me Halfway," and "Imma Be."

"BLACKsummers'night" had just three songs.

Looking at the album data, "The Blueprint 3" had a slight edge this week.

But it was only 9,000 copies ahead of Link's, a number that made Jay-Z and others feel like they had a thorn in their side. Originally, they planned to stop competing for the charts after the third week, once other artists released their albums.

However, Maxwell's new album sales were mediocre, with no chance of claiming the top spot.

Under the current circumstances, not competing for the charts would equate to giving up and being far surpassed by Link.

Naturally, they were not willing to concede, so they had to invest a lot of time and money to continue to compete with Link for the charts.

This also caused Lil Wayne, Drake, and 50 Cent to grumble incessantly about it.

They were not the kind of people who could work an eight-hour shift in one day, nor did they like running around doing promotions, but the situation forced them to keep moving, like a bunch of blue-collar workers.

Eminem, who did not participate in the promotions, often called to mock them, saying they got what they deserved and had brought the trouble on themselves.

Also, during the fourth week, Link Music Company announced that the "Keep On Movin'" album gold disc giveaway event had officially started.

Link selected fifteen copies of the already sold albums that had the catalog number containing the number 13, Taylor's lucky number.

And the fifteen sets of catalog numbers were announced through Twitter and the media.

Winning fans only needed to call, leaving behind their contact address.

Link Music Company would send the gold discs to the fans' hands or to a nearby record store via FedEx.

This lottery event was also reported and reprinted by many media outlets, and fourteen of the winning fans called in turn. The reason there were only fourteen was that one fan had two winning albums in hand.

This fan lived in Arizona and was very excited upon receiving the gold disc.

She told the media reporters that she was a fan of Link, liking him very, very much. After the release of "Keep On Movin'," she immediately bought four copies, planning to give them to classmates and friends.

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Among two tickets with the number 13, which initially seemed unlucky, both ended up being drawn. She felt she was the luckiest person in the world.

The female fan also expressed that she would follow the original plan to give the other gold medal and album to her best friend so they could support Link together.

The news of Link giving all the championship gold medals to his fans was widely reported by major media outlets around the world.

Such an act had never been done before. Link was the first, which made the news very interesting and newsworthy.

Taylor and Lady Gaga among a few other acquaintances also complained that he had raised the bar for being a singer.

In the past, when giving back to fans, all they had to include in a deluxe album were cards, water cups, tapestries, canvas bags, dolls, and the like.

Now that Link was directly giving away championship gold medals, no one could compare.

"Do you know what people in the music industry are saying about you? They say you're like a catfish that swam over from the boxing world, naturally fierce and combative. Because of you, the competition in the music industry has become much more intense. Even billionaires like Jay-Z have to give up their rest time and hold concerts in 95° weather."

While reclining on a beach chair and flipping through a magazine, Taylor teased.

Link shook his head and didn't agree with this statement.

Compared to the music industry, boxing is just a niche market. Last year, a group of boxers' collective GDP didn't even reach 20 billion, while the top singers in the music industry generate economic revenue of tens of billions every year.

For example, Taylor, whose upcoming year's concert and merchandise sales are expected to exceed 12 billion US Dollars, surpassing the annual GDP of many countries. The GDP of cities where she holds concerts also spikes. Because of her significant economic impact, it's called 'Swift Economics,' with related courses and research at prestigious universities like Harvard.

The music industry is much larger and employs more people, which naturally leads to more intense competition, not because of himself.

Moreover, in terms of spoiling fans, Taylor has given her fans houses, donated 3,000 US Dollars to each fan in financial difficulty, and other artists have found various ways to give back to their fans. Link didn't think his act of giving away gold medals was that unusual.

Link laughed, "Because of me, the atmosphere in the music industry has become livelier and more enthusiastic. It also made you lazy sardines swim faster and be more creative with your music. So, you all should be thanking me."

"No way, nobody will thank someone who makes everyone work during their holidays. Look at this report.

Maxwell and Grizzly Band's management company announced at a press conference that due to your and Jay-Z's chart battle, they had to spend more time on promotion and go over their original budget by one-third."

Taylor pointed to a piece of news in the magazine, but before Link could lean in to see it, Taylor pushed him away by the face and pointed to the script on the table,

"Focus on the script. This is the revised version. What do you think? You're not allowed to say no. Emma said she wants to act with me."

Link shook his head, the new script merely changed his role from a school track team hurdler to a swim team athlete.

Taylor was still the high school girl who walked around carrying a large stuffed toy on Valentine's Day. His character was somewhat afraid of his girlfriend, while Taylor's character was a bit dumb.

Both characters were silly and dull. Apart from showing off his muscles and good looks, there was not much point in playing such roles.

But since Taylor wanted to do it, he had no choice but to accept.

Luckily, the pay was not too bad; both he and Taylor would get one million US Dollars each.

"Alright, then let's do it."

"Great, I'll call Anne right now."

Taylor kissed him on the face and ran back to make the call.

Link threw off the towel on his body and dived into the deep blue pool to swim.