Chapter 1122 1122 The Birth of the Record
In the second week of July, countless people held their breaths, looking forward to Billboard's announcement of this week's singles chart, and when people saw the familiar and unfamiliar position at the top of the chart." "Wonderwall (Wonderwall)", involuntarily began to exclaim: because a new historical record has been born!
Along with "The Wall" once again won the Billboard Championship this week, which means that "I will always love you" and "Beautiful. Day" jointly maintained the Billboard Championship for the most consecutive week. The long historical record has officially come to an end, replaced by the 15-week consecutive championship of "The Wall"!
This is probably something that EMI did not expect. Originally, they just wanted to take advantage of the Grammy's east wind, looking forward to the single sales of "The Wall" to achieve another success, and the sales trend after the release of "The Wall" has also been verified. EMI's conjecture: Although the sales in the first two weeks were very good, it was still not enough to shake Madonna's champion status, but even so, the surge in sales still made EMI happy.
But who knows, "The Wall" became more and more brave in the next battle, not only pulled Madonna off the horse, successfully turned over, and won the No. 1 spot on the North American Billboard Singles Chart, and from that moment on, it will continue to win the championship for several weeks. From "one" to "fifteenth", the momentum is mighty and shocking the entire North American music scene.
Since Billboard created the singles chart "Hot. 100" in January 1955, there have been no singles with double-digit number-one weeks in a row over the half-century. There will be more than twenty.
After entering the 1990s, the number of consecutive number one singles began to rise. In 1992, the boy-boy group "End. Of. The. Road" won the title for 13 consecutive weeks, followed by Whitney Houston's "End. Of. The. Road". "I'll Love You Forever" won the title for 14 consecutive weeks in the same year, and then the "Beautiful Day" of glory to death tied the record.
Now, in less than six months, Glory's other single, "The Wall", has broken this record again, bringing the number of consecutive number one weeks to fifteen. Behind the incredible and magical record created by "The Wall", the strong development curve of the singles throughout the 1990s can be clearly seen.
From this perspective, the competition in the singles chart is becoming more and more intense, and more and more ordinary listeners are willing to buy singles, which shows the prosperity of the music market.
The second week of July in 1995 went down in history, whether it was "I'll Always Love You", hailed as the greatest single of the '90s, or "Beautiful Day" that was thought to change the course of rock history. None of them could reach the heights, but inadvertently, it was completed by a song "The Wall" that was sung on the Grammy stage. Work together to create the miracle of "Lost Wall". The wheel of history has left a deep mark on this moment.
The 15 consecutive championships of "The Wall" were completed under the witness of the TLC group. This year's hot girl group has a strong upward momentum. The song "Waterfall" was released last week and landed at seventh place, and it has risen this week. to the runner-up position.
On the contrary, Brian Adams, who was highly expected by people, failed again. Not only did he not rely on the aftermath to complete the counterattack as expected by the "New York Post" and other media, but he was still the first to weaken under the firmness of the "Lost Wall". , slipped directly to sixth place this week.
Relatively speaking, Monica and Christopher Wallace's singles were stable, continuing to stop at No. 3 and No. 4 after last week.
This comparison also makes people more and more aware that it is not easy for "The Wall" to create such a brilliant achievement. With Madonna in front and Brian in the back, a confrontation with such a strong lineup is not something that any singer can complete the impact, and even many singers want to. It is very difficult to get close.
What's even more interesting is that with the help of the energy of the entire music market cheering for glory to death, Pearl Jam's single "Not for You" has further risen to fifth place. It is unbelievable that this is actually Pearl Jam is on the Billboard singles chart so far - not the best of the category charts!
In addition, there are six alternative rock tracks in the top 20 list, which is also unprecedented.
One song "Lost in the Wall" and one song to the death of glory, they almost relied on their own efforts to change the pattern of the entire music market.
Although from an objective point of view, Nirvana started this revolution since 1991. Countless bands such as Pearl Jam and Sound Garden have influenced the audience one after another, and they have been accumulating to the Grammy Awards ceremony. A full-scale outbreak has triggered the existing situation, otherwise why is it a "mysterious wall" instead of a "good day"?
But the historical pattern is such an interesting thing. People will not remember countless pavers, they will only remember the figure who finally stood at the moment of historical creation, and then recorded the credit of history in the name of this figure. Therefore, Glory to Death and "Lost Wall" became the founders and recorders of the birth of records, and their names went down in history.
After the "Lost Wall" set a historical record, almost all the news media were in a frenzy. As many as 33 media reported it at the first time, and more and more media joined the report after that. In the following month, There are actually eleven media that have chosen Glory to Death as the cover of the magazine. Such a strong force can almost be said to have swept away thousands of troops and has become the top existence in today's music scene.
Even the "New York Post" was reluctant to touch the glory of death at this moment, so it chose to avoid its limelight. Anyway, at this juncture, everyone is singing praises to the death of glory, it doesn't matter if one of them is absent, and their news can't be seen as unique, and it can't stimulate the sales of their newspapers. Therefore, the "New York Post" chose diving with great peace of mind.
The "Lost Wall" made an incredible historic breakthrough, and everyone cheered, but then people began to wonder: how long can the "Lost Wall" last, and who will break the "Lost Wall" rule? Behind the creation of history, it is bound to usher in a new round of historical breakthroughs.
People's curiosity didn't last long, because the next week's Billboard charts gave the answer, the TLC group's single "Waterfall" became the terminator of history, abruptly ended the continuous strength of "The Wall", let this The miracle journey of the first single came to an end, and the historical record stopped at "15 consecutive championships".
After the "Wall of Mystery" momentum was terminated, it slipped to the runner-up position, and the gap was infinitely close to Christopher Wallace, who came to the third place. History alternates between the second week of July and the third week of July.
The TLC group has indeed made history. Their second album "Crazy, Sexy, Cool" released at the end of November last year has indeed made a new history. The girl group created by the top producer has become the world's top girl group in one fell swoop, relying on this album that is the only girl group in the history of pop music to receive a diamond certification. This album was also selected by several professional magazines such as "Rotation" and "Q Magazine", and was considered to be one of the most outstanding albums of 1995.
"Waterfall" is already the third biggest hit on the TLC group's album, and it's a remarkable achievement.
Therefore, when the "Waterfall" ended the "Lost Wall", many media began to exclaim, "It's actually TLC, it really is TLC, it deserves to be TLC", the alternation of the entire historical record is convincing.
Although "Lost Wall" has not been able to continue his winning streak, only stopping at fifteen weeks, this record is still enough for everyone to look up to. After slipping from the champion position to the runner-up, the overall momentum of "The Wall" really began to exhaust, but relying on the solidarity and support of the entire market for alternative rock, the follow-up results of this single on the Billboard charts are still very good. .
"Lost Wall" stayed in the top ten for a full six weeks, and then stayed in the top twenty until the end of November, although the sales were not able to create the previous glory again - after all, the consumption of the music market has reached At the limit, the entire music market consumes a very limited number of singles, but relying on the persistently high radio on-demand rate, "Lost Wall" still persisted until the end of 1995.
Regardless of whether the total sales of "The Wall" can reach a record high in the end, it is undeniable that this single's status in the hearts of listeners has surpassed the "Beautiful Day" praised by music critics and the countless previous hits. The beloved "Don't. Look. Back. In. Anger" became the most widely sung single.
It is worth mentioning that, relying on the strong strength of EMI Records in the European continent, the single "Lost Wall" has also achieved very good results in Europe, although the ninth consecutive number of the UK singles chart is far inferior to the announcement. Brand performance, but "Lost Wall" stayed in the top ten until the end of 1995 and still did not make the list, and its long endurance surpassed the American market. Welcome; France, Germany, Spain and other eleven countries can see the figure of "Lost Wall" at the top of the charts, which made this single spread throughout the Europa continent.
This is what the unexpected joy said. EMI also took advantage of this shareholder style to directly release the two albums "Almost Famous" and "Bathing in the Morning Light" in Europe, and achieved very good results. In the UK, this film is a rock And in the crazy hot land, it quickly became one of the hottest bands.
Glory to the Dead didn't expect the results of "The Wall", and Hugo didn't expect "The Wall" to break the historical record. To be honest, after the Grammys ended, they were just immersed in that hearty performance. , even the old pedants of the college have no time to take into account the mood, let alone other things.
Hugo, who was immersed in joy, also ushered in another task: Rick appeared in front of Hugo with a lot of scripts and extremely heavy pressure on his shoulders.