Chapter 1718 1718 The Absolute King
"Maracana was the Woodstock of the nineties."
Everyone knows what the phrase "The New Yorker" means, and it refers to the performance at the Maracanã of "Rainstorm", which was sung from 1996 to 1997, and since then, The seeds of rock and roll are like dandelions scattered all over the world.
In 1969, Woodstock gathered 450,000 people, and the three days of peace and music left a deep imprint on history; in 1996, Maracana gathered 700,000 people, and the two The carnival and music of the sky left a unique mark in the yellowing history.
Even if people cannot predict the future, after experiencing the frenzy of Maracana, people can clearly feel that Glory to Death is quietly affecting everyone with their own persistence, their own enthusiasm and their own will. people. Only then did the cry of the "New Yorker", the response of the major media, and the classic moment of historical change.
In fact, before the arrival of Maracana, all of this had already been foreshadowed. From the devastating victory in the Battle of the Century, to the final victory over the Normandy D-Day, the glory is to die step by step. On the shoulders of giants, looking at history.
Following the outbreak of 2.91 million sales in the first week, although the sales of "Torrential Rain" plummeted by 51% in the second week, it still achieved sales of 1.43 million. Such a strong performance is not only insignificant. It completed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard album chart without any suspense, and further widened the gap between Death of Glory and the two competitors.
The sales volume of 1.43 million on a single Monday in the second week is not only the champion of last week's sales in music history, even on top of all single-week sales charts, this achievement is only behind the creation of last Wednesday's horse-drawn carriage The score exceeded the data of the soundtrack of the "Bodyguard" movie, ranking fourth in history. Such momentum is enough to make all words pale.
The sales of "Butterfly" plummeted by 68% in the first week of November, taking 630,000 weekly sales. Although this sales data is still unbelievable, with only a handful of albums selling more than 500,000 in a single week in North America, the weekly sales of 630,000 are undoubtedly outstanding, which is enough to guarantee Maria's first consecutive week. Hold the runner-up spot on the Billboard for two weeks.
But, only the runner-up. The sales volume of 130,000 on a single Saturday is only a little over 50% of the sales volume of 1.25 million on a single Monday. The gap between the two is constantly widening at the speed of wind and power. open. If the competition in the first week was still full of suspense, then all the suspense in the second week was stifled by the young volcanoes early on—the propaganda power of the "Rainstorm" tour concert was seeping out little by little, and it was full of stamina.
What's even more embarrassing is that because of the glory of the death to concentrate on the tour, Maria and the Oasis Band got entangled instead. Originally, Maria didn't think Oasis Band could become a competitor, but this time Creative Records teamed up with Universal Music, Tie Xin planned to push Oasis Band to the top. Not only did the two sides get into a hard battle in the propaganda war, but even the sales competition was indistinguishable. .
"Stay in the moment" achieved a score of 600,000 with a 67% drop. Such data can be said to be against the sky, and the gap with "Butterfly" is only within 30,000 copies, which is the gap that can be surpassed at any time within a day, and the Oasis Band is very gratifying to control the decline under the strong publicity momentum. This also proves once again that the Oasis band is very popular.
Ultimately, in the first week of November, "Stay In The Moment" narrowly came in at No. 3, but it left the Billboard album chart with a ticklish suspense for next week.
At the same time, on the singles chart in the first week of November, "Sail" also achieved another success, with sales of 1,010,000 in a single week, which is still the single-week sales record in the North American music market. , in the 1990s when annual sales of 2 million could easily rank among the top ten, this achievement was enough to make this single the second consecutive week of the Billboard Double No. 1 for Glory to Death. In addition to lamenting the powerful momentum of Glory to Death, people were speechless.
The competition for the songs "Butterfly" and "Walk With Me" also heated up this week. In the end, Maria still relied on the advantage of the radio demand rate to occupy the runner-up, and Oasis regrettably took the third place again. But the gap between the two singles is already within reach, even more intense than the competition for the album, leaving the audience with an adrenaline rush.
Compared with the "Rapid Storm", the fight between "Butterfly" and "Stay in the Moment" is obviously more topical. In addition, Glory never cooperates with the interview until death, so the focus of media coverage is gradually becoming more and more important. Transferred to Maria and Oasis.
This "tear-and-force war" continued to heat up under the media's heated and coaxed, and gradually evolved into a personal attack. In the end, the sales battle between the two sides was second. Maria and the Gallagher brothers of the Oasis band publicly scolded in front of the media, and the words were vulgar and unpleasant.
This is definitely something no one could have imagined before the start of the battle of the century - after all, people still hoped that Maria would join forces with Oasis to deal with Glory to Death.
The final match added a lot of fun, and the announcement of the list every week on the bulletin board became the focus of attention.
Under the attention of the whole world, Glory to the Dead will continue its strength to the end, two consecutive championships, three consecutive championships, four consecutive championships... Seven consecutive championships, "storms" are all focused on Maria and Maria. When they were on the Oasis Band, they unknowingly won the seventh consecutive championship with an absolute advantage. What is even more frightening is that in the last week of 1996, the weekly sales volume of "Torrential Rain" once again exceeded 300,000, and it won 370,000 sales in one breath. Without any suspense, he won the eight consecutive championships, ending 1996 strongly and welcoming 1997.
During the eight-week period, "Rainstorm" faced Van Halen's Best. Of. Volume. 1, The Beatles' Best. 3 (Anthology3), Snoop Dogg (Snoop Dogg). Doggy. Dogg's second album "The. Doggfather (The. Doggfather)", Bush's second album "Razorblade. Both Nubi-Dog's two albums had an amazing sales boost in the first week of their release, but the last laugh was "stormy"!
It can be said that the eight consecutive championships of "Rapid Rain" not only defeated the other two competitors of the Troika, but also defeated a number of powerful challengers, and the final victory was well deserved. This is most directly reflected in the sales data.
In just eight weeks, "Rainstorm" has achieved sales of 8.3 million, which is not only the fastest-selling album in music history, but also the first album in North American music history that sold more than 8 million copies in the same year. million albums. In a horizontal comparison, "Bathing in the Morning Light" was released in August of that year, and the final year-end sales were 7.26 million; however, "Blizzard" was released at the end of October, and achieved eight sales in just eight weeks. The sales data of more than one million, such a momentum, even the EMI record itself was shocked.
There is no doubt that "Rainstorm" is the king. With its unparalleled absolute strength, it set off a frenzy at the end of the year, making the entire music market burst out with endless energy.
In the face of the absolute strength of "Torrential Rain", the duel between "Butterfly" and "Stay in the moment" was inseparable. In the second week of November, "Stay in the moment" completed the overtake, although "Butterfly" was in tight It was back in runner-up the following week, but the fourth week of November allowed "Stay Now" to take the runner-up spot again.
Although it sounds a bit bleak to say that the highest position they can fight for is the runner-up, it is not the case. The two albums "Butterfly" and "Stay in the Moment" are constantly refreshing their own records, rewriting history, and achieving The true pinnacle of Maria and Oasis' musical career. It may not be as good as dying with glory, but there is no doubt that Maria and Oasis have also benefited a lot from the Battle of the Century, achieving an unimaginable breakthrough in their careers.
During the period, the Beatles and Snoop Dogg each defeated other competitors for a week, ranking as the runner-up, only behind the "storm", but in addition, "Butterfly" and "Stay in the moment" pair The runner-up and third runner-up were firmly in control. In the end, "Butterfly" was slightly ahead of the four-week runner-up, while "Stay Now" only won the runner-up for two weeks, but the gap was not as big as expected.
In the last week of 1996, the Billboard album chart was still dominated by "Rainstorm", "Butterfly" was the runner-up, and "Stay Now" was close behind. Undoubtedly the band's "Tragedy Kingdom" and Celine Dion's "Falling in Love" were fortunate to be the last two members of the top five.
The splendid competition in 1996 came to an end. The iron triangle showdown between Glory to Death, Maria and Oasis lit up the music market in the second half of the year and set off a sales storm. This battle of the century really detonated the market, not only It was a single singer who achieved outstanding results, but the troika went hand in hand, driving the prosperity of the entire market. The total album sales for the year increased by an incredible 19% compared to last year, setting a new high in music history. Let everyone realize that there is still more energy waiting to be tapped in the music market that people recognize now, making the Battle of the Century a truly veritable "the highest peak before the end of the century".
In the competition for the year-end album sales charts, Glory to Death won the championship with an absolute advantage. This is also their first year-end sales champion since Glory to Death was born, which once again filled the rain. Fruit career blank! The power of the king is unstoppable!