Superstar

Last year Elton John’s "Candle in the Wind/Goodbye, the Rose of England" burst out with amazing energy, almost completely changing the pattern of the singles market with a sweeping posture, plus glory to death and bragging. Dad’s strength, the sales of three singles exceeded 3 million at the end of the year, making it the most outstanding year in the music history.

Among them, there are a total of five singles with a total sales of more than two million, and the overall momentum has reached an incredible height.

However, this year the overall single market has fallen sharply-just like the film market in 1995-there are only two albums that sold more than two million in the year, and none of the singles sold over the three million threshold. . Not to mention the myth of breaking ten million like "Candle in the Wind/Goodbye, Rose of England".

In the end, Brandi and Monica () two talented girls collaborated on the single "This is my boy (the full text of the retrograde martial arts...is., which has achieved 2.33 million sales throughout the year and was successful. Won the top of the year-end singles sales charts. This result is the worst statistic to win the championship in the past five years, temporarily stagnating the prosperous single market.

The runner-up at the end of the year is Faith Hill (.). Her single "This Kiss (. sold 2.04 million and became another single that sold more than 2 million in 1998. , Good grades.

A rhythm and blues, a country, two music genres complemented each other, but failed to break out of the previous pop and rock confrontation, which has also become a major feature of this year's singles market.

After these two singles, "lately" of the sacred band (), "too close (. of the next band (next), and "Let them say it (make.'em.say by Master P .Uhh), "Let's." by Montere Jordan (.), "I am your angel (i'm...angel by R. Kelly and Celine Dion, Back Street The boy’s "Everyone (, Britney Spears’s "baby, one...", and the glorious "Navigation ( respectively occupy the remaining positions in the top ten. .

Among the top ten, rock bands won three seats. The overall performance is impressive, and the most eye-catching on the list is undoubtedly the rise of the two icons of Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears. , Plus the super boys who have achieved great results on the year-end album charts, as well as the outstanding performances of Brandi and Monica throughout the year, the trend of teenage idols has been unstoppable.

Although the singles chart is showing a collective downturn, there are only two singles with more than two million sales, and it has also created a new low in five years; in fact, the music market as a whole is rising steadily. , The number of singles with sales over one million in the whole year reached 33, which is the most in music history-compared with the same data, last year's number was 17.

It can be seen that the entire market is showing a boom, which makes the purchasing power of singles soar. In previous years, works with a sales volume of one million can be counted with two hands. The overall size of the singles market is not comparable to that of albums. of. But now, the situation has been completely different.

People in the industry know clearly: the prosperity of the singles market means the maturity of business operations. People no longer buy albums simply because they like the singer, but instead walk into the record store and take out their wallets because of the sweetness of the singles. . This is not only because of the overwhelming publicity of singles, and the increasing influence on the audience; but also because the singers are blooming in the market, and the audience chooses more and more right. They may not like a certain singer or a certain album, but they are willing to support a certain specific song. Singles.

In this way, the overall trend of the scene and the movie market coincides. The influence of "entertainment to death" penetrates into all aspects of entertainment-related industries, and the audience has become a vital part of it.

It is worth mentioning that the glorious "voyage" once again occupied a place for them, which is simply a myth. Just as listeners have always paid little attention to the history of singles, it is almost impossible for a single to stay on the sales charts for a long time.

Compared to the 892 weeks of the current record holder "Dark Side of the Moon" on the Billboard Albums chart, the time that a single stays on the chart can hardly be shorter.

At present, the longest single on the Billboard singles chart is "Voyage". It stayed on the list for one hundred and eighteen weeks, writing an incredible record, and the runner-up is Li An- Lime's "How to Live (.. i. was only on the chart for 69 weeks; the third place was occupied by another single "Magic Wall (, which had a total of sixty years before and after. It has been on the chart for seven weeks, and the results are impressive; besides that, there is no single single that can be on the chart for more than sixty weeks.

From this aspect, it can be seen that "Navigation" has created an incredible record, which is almost a record that no one can surpass later-in fact, this is also true. Until 20 years later, no one can break "Navigation". Even breaking the record for ninety consecutive weeks on the list is extremely difficult, let alone challenging the record of "voyage".

Therefore, after being released for more than two years, "Navigation" has occupied a place in the top ten of the year-end charts for the third consecutive year. Such an outstanding performance is enough to make it one of the best singles in the music history, Lich. Tavern. What’s more interesting is that the single that people are most impressed by the glory to death is "The Wall"-it is always "The Wall". This single is not only the first week in history, the number of weeks on the chart exceeds six. Ten weeks of singles, and the far-reaching impact is impossible to imagine. Even after being off the charts, the rate of on-demand radio remains high. Ten years later, someone even collects copies of the first edition of "Magic Wall".

Someone later discussed this phenomenon, why it is a "wall of confusion" instead of "navigation", after all, it is "navigation" that makes history. The answer of the young volcanoes is intriguing: they have witnessed the glory to death of the "lost wall" period, and truly understood the glorious dream of music, and then went through a long and magical journey with the glory to the death. The birth of "young volcano (. and "sailing". People's understanding of "Navigation" is only to understand the peak of glory to death, but "The Wall" has witnessed the young volcano and the beginning of glory to death. This represents a journey and cannot be replaced.

Glory to Death hardly had any public music activities in 1998, but "Navigation" still means that they occupy a place on the year-end charts, and their influence is undiminished. In fact, Glory to Death released a single in 1998. The theme song "Angel" of "City of Angels" is a song from Glory to Death. After the movie was released, the scores were average, but this one The single was very popular, even with the original soundtrack of the movie, he achieved excellent results and successfully ranked among the top ten at the end of the year, so EMI also released the single "Angel" along the way.

As the fifth single in the album "Blurry Rain", people have also paid a lot of attention, and they look forward to this single being able to win the championship again, tying the five championships of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album. Record of works. However, it is a pity that Glory to Death has not been put into publicity, and this song is not a rock style, it is a pop style sung by Hugo alone, so its influence is really limited.

After the release of "Angel", the best result was the runner-up in three weeks. After that, he stayed in the top ten for a while, but he never really touched the championship. In fact, everyone knows that if Glory To Death wants to break the record and promotes specifically around "angels", then this is not impossible to achieve, but Glory To Death does not. So, this can be regarded as a pity, but it can also be regarded as a label belonging to a rock band.

At the end of 1998, the sales volume of "Angel" reached 1.14 million copies, making it one of the top 30 in the year-end list. Without any publicity and relying only on film effects, this result is already very good. .

From the album chart to the singles chart, Glory to Death has become a music force that cannot be ignored in the North American continent without new works coming out and no tour launching. What's even more incredible is that the global sales of "Blurry Rain" has finally reached the position of under one person and above 10,000!

The sales momentum of "Blurry Rain" has remained unabated since 1998. At the end of last year, the album sales had reached nearly 40 million. At the beginning of this year, "Blurry Rain" also became the ninth global sales break four in history. Ten million albums, after a year of accumulation, "Blurry Rain" made persistent efforts, and finally accumulated sales of 48 million copies~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It is very hopeful that it will become a successor in the next two years. After "Thriller", the second album that sold more than 50 million in the world.

The cumulative sales of 48 million are enough to make "Blurry Rain" surpass Pink Floyd's 20-year-old best-selling album "The Dark Side of the Moon" and rank second on the historical sales charts! At present, there is only one king standing in front of the "storm and rain": "trembling"!

Of course, if you want to exceed the sales volume of 104 million "Thriller", it may be ten or even twenty years later, and the hope is very slim. But the cumulative sales of 48 million are enough to make "Blurry Rain" go down in the annals of history, and it is possible to write its own history again at any time. With such an achievement, it will undoubtedly be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and become A well-deserved leader in the recovery of rock and roll in the 1990s.

Someone once said that the advancement of time is actually the writing of history. But for many people, this sentence is meaningless, because day after day boring life has nothing to do with the so-called "history." But now, every young volcano, every rock lover; every movie fan, every movie lover, is in a great and magnificent history, witnessing the traces carved by time.

The sense of reality that "you can change the world with your own power" makes everyone excited!