Chapter 146
Behind The Spotlight Chapter 146
This time, since the record labels could not make Collin budge with his decision, Princess Chantal's debut was smooth sailing.
Moonrise Music's opponents were the record labels, not the radio stations. Besides, Vivian had wide connections to radio stations, so she easily convinced them to let Princess Chantal's song be played on their stations. Her confident tone and persuasiveness over the phone made even the most stubborn DJs agree. She convinced two major radio stations and three local radio stations. As for Music Television, it was much easier, they agreed without hesitation, perhaps drawn by the name "Princess Chantal" itself.
However, these radio stations and Music Television only agreed to play the song once. If the song didn't attract attention and listeners didn't request replays, Moonrise Music had to pay these platforms to promote the single. The risk was high, but Vivian believed in Chantal's voice enough to take it. By the way, it was illegal to pay DJs to play a song, but it was a common thing in the 90s. Bribes always found their way...
Much to Vivian and the employees of Moonrise Music's delight, they didn't have to spend much on paying the DJs because they loved the single that Moonrise Music sent them. Some DJs even confessed over the phone that the melody had been stuck in their heads all day. Not only the DJs, even the listeners fell in love with Love Everywhere.
Since then, whenever listeners called the radio stations, they would ask the DJs to play Love Everywhere.
So far, only five radio stations had a disk or copy of the song, which was a disaster for other stations. They were in trouble because they couldn't provide the song their listeners were requesting.
Within the first and second week of January, listeners kept calling radio stations to play Love Everywhere, but the DJs could only say sorry, they didn't have a copy of the song. The Internet wasn't even a major thing in 1999, and it was almost impossible to pirate songs around this time. If someone wanted to hear a song, they had to wait for it to play again or buy it themselves.
Within those two weeks, the radio stations themselves contacted Moonrise Music. Of course, the record label happily obliged and sent them copies of the song for free. Boxes of cassettes, CDs, and vinyls were shipped overnight, the label's small office buzzing with excitement. Record labels usually sent vinyl copies of songs to radio stations for free because it was a win-win situation. As long as the song was played on the radio, it was automatically a promotion or advertisement.