Chapter 1286: 1286
"Standing on the shoulders of Mariah Carey and reaching the top, honoring to death interprets the best today!"
This is a summary of the singles chart in the latest issue of Billboard's official magazine. There is no doubt that Billboard used the most gorgeous words to praise the glory to the death. This rock band that has created countless miracles in the past two years, Let people see once again the years when Elvis Presley pioneered the world, the Beatles swept the army, and Woodstock led the carnival.
"Bathing in the Morning Light" has created countless brilliance again after "Almost Famous", but more importantly, Glory to Death re-shows the scene that rock singles in the 1960s and 1970s can also win the championship strongly. In the period of "Almost Famous", there was only a single single "Don't. Look. Back. In. Anger" that won the title successfully, but in the period of "Bathing the Morning Light", the glory to the Died but released three consecutive singles and successfully won the championship. Now the fourth single "Apologize" has successfully reached the top again, creating an incredible miracle.
At present, the record for the highest number of singles on an album in Billboard history is held by Michael Jackson. "Bad" has a total of five singles on the Billboard singles chart. There was no one before, and no one came after.
Now, "Bathing in the Morning Light" is also infinitely close to this historical record, showing a strong display of the current fever of glory to death.
Glory to the death is definitely not the weak one, but Mariah Carey, who has occupied a place in the entire history, is still the "fantasy" that opened up a new history of rhythm and blues, and even sold 260,000 in the first week. The results of the data, the success of "Apologize" is definitely worth writing about.
Not to mention the string of names behind Maria, Michael, Mario, Seale, TLC, all important figures in their respective music categories, and "You're Not Alone", "Gangster Paradise", "Rose" The quality, sales, word-of-mouth, and popularity of "Kiss" and "Waterfall" are also worth mentioning in the long river of music.
All this makes the success of "apology" all the more brilliant.
The news headline of Billboard's official magazine clearly pointed out the situation, and Maria, who may be one of the greatest female singers of all time, became the highest honor to witness the glory to the death.
Maria, who has always been arrogant, domineering, and strong, is obviously difficult to accept such a situation. When she was promoting her new album in New York, Maria was interviewed by the media. Someone mentioned this matter, and the polite smile on Maria's face was almost invisible. , can only pretend to be nonchalant and say, "My single is loved by the audience, that's the most important thing." Even with such a nonchalant polite remark, Maria seemed to grit her teeth.
Afterwards, there were rumors in the circle that Maria had a big fire at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York, and smashed everything that could be smashed in the room. However, this rumor has not been confirmed. On the one hand, the Four Seasons Hotel has always been praised for protecting the privacy of the artists, and on the other hand, because of the Hugo incident in August, the paparazzi are now holding back. Especially the latter, let this rumor stop at rumors.
In the face of such a situation, Henry Bloom still appeared unhurried and lazy in an interview, and said lightly, "The music of glory to death can get everyone's support, which is a good thing for the rain. The result, the greatest affirmation for the band, that's the most important thing."
Almost everyone couldn't help but want to laugh after hearing Henry's official answer. All I can say is Henry, the old fox, "It's so dark!"
The song "Apologize" is stimulating the nerves of the reporters. Although no one has taken the initiative to mention it, the song can be felt almost everywhere on the streets, on radio and TV, and it is constantly fermenting the sensitivity of the reporters all the time. .
Under such circumstances, Maria became the scapegoat for journalists to divert their targets. If it wasn't for the deep-rooted relationship between Sony Records in the media, it is estimated that this time Maria would be humiliated and thrown home. But even so, the media continued to preach "how rare and important it is to step on Maria's shoulders to create miracles", which made Maria feel unbearable.
In the first week of October, Maria's new album "Daydream" was officially released. In the first week of its release, it debuted on the Billboard album chart with a crushing momentum. Many media chanted "Maria's fanaticism effect". Going crazy again", the powerful momentum directly shrouded the North American music market, showing Maria's confidence and strength.
But what surprised everyone is that this week's Billboard singles chart number one is still "Apologize", and "Fantasy" can only stay at the runner-up position, which almost made all the media explode directly. , this is the most explosive and hottest music news in 1995, even surpassing the popularity of "Wonderwall" to create a miracle of fifteen consecutive championships!
You must know that in the first week of its release, "Daydream" garnered 430,000 sales in the U.S. market and easily won the championship by nearly double the runner-up. At the same time, it also won the championship with an absolute advantage in Japan and the United Kingdom. This is also the history of Maria The first and only album to win the first week of the three major markets at the same time, the global sales exceeded 800,000 in the first week, such a strong effect made people clearly feel that Maria has now become the queen of the battle: huge Magnificent!
But it is precisely behind the brilliance of "Daydream" that almost everyone thinks that "Fantasy" will easily win the championship and achieve Maria's double-top billboard list, but the result is a shocking "unpopular", when everyone sees it. By the time Billboard's No. 1 on the Albums Chart and No. 1 on the Singles Chart were not the same artist's name, his jaw was completely shattered.
Even Glory to Death defeats Maria, it is definitely an unpopular under such circumstances!
Driven by the strong first week of the release of "Daydream", although the sales of "Fantasy" have dropped, it is still within the controllable range, with a weekly sales of 200,000, and the radio demand rate has soared directly to The top five, such an outstanding performance in the face of a group of "old, weak, sick and disabled" who have been issued for more than four weeks, is not only a matter of winning the championship, but also a strong crush!
But the Billboard singles chart clearly shows that the winning single this week is an "apology" from the death of glory, not to mention Maria's fans, which even makes many media begin to question the correctness of Billboard - Isn't the statistic wrong?
The official statistics agency of the bulletin board also had to publish official statistics to express their authority and impartiality. The data shows that "Apology" has won 230,000 sales this week, and the radio on-demand rate has accounted for 6%. The incredible share of point three can almost be said to lead all singles, leading the second place "You're Not Alone" by a full four percentage points. Such an absolute advantage is the real sweep!
After seeing the data, everyone was speechless once again, and this time even the eyeballs had to be found on the ground.
The sales of "Apology" increased instead of falling this week. After the fifth week of its release, it still has such a strong explosive force. The entire development curve directly blinded the eyes of reporters. The unity of the young volcanoes made this single glow enough An absolute advantage that rivals the previous four singles of "Bath in the Morning Light".
The reporters all know what this is for, but they eat Huanglian dumb and can only be silent.
More importantly, this song is actually loved by the vast audience. The soul that Hugo injected into this song has awakened the sad memories in many people's hearts, and it has become the first choice for the soundtrack of many series and movies, including "Happy". This song is used as an episode in popular drama series such as "Family Family", "Seinfeld", "Friends", etc., and it is widely praised. It is very popular to catch up with "Don't worry about the past" and "Lost the Wall" in the minds of the audience. in the classic position.
The on-demand rate of the radio station is not only due to the factors of radio hosts and young volcanic belly black spoofs, but also the support of the majority of the audience, otherwise the 6.3% anti-sky on-demand rate would be impossible. .
Driven by "Apology", the sales of "Bath in the Morning Light" picked up again this week, and it broke into the top ten of the Billboard album chart once again. This can definitely be said to be a model of further tapping the potential market, and the powerful influence of Glory to Death has been enhanced.
It is in such a strong battle that "Apologize" not only successfully won the championship, but also has a great momentum. Whether it is sales or on-demand rate, the "fantasy" has completely exploded, and it won the first place without any suspense. The huge gap in statistics It made "Fantasy" unable to see any possibility of a comeback, and also made Maria lose nothing to say, even if she was dissatisfied, she could not refute it.
Is this cold in the end? Or of course? At this moment, everyone does not know how to judge.
But this is not important, because "Apologize" won his second consecutive week championship with an absolute advantage, and "Fantasy" can only continue to be the runner-up. Similarly, there is no change from third to fifth place. "You're Not Alone," "Gangster Paradise" and "Kiss of the Rose" held on, with only "Waterfall" swapping sixth place with last week's seventh-placed Janet Jackson's "Runaway."
Under the strong attack of "Daydream" and "Fantasy", "Apologize" brazenly won the championship for two weeks in a row, which also made the competition between Glory to Death and Maria intensified. It was still a strange situation. Next week, Should everyone continue to believe in glory to death? Or continue to believe in Maria?
It seems that either option is correct and neither option is safe.
This is the power of glory to death. One year after the release of "Bath in the Morning Light", the fourth single is still unparalleled, forming a strong confrontation with the new album and new singles that have just been fully released, and it does not fall behind. This is the dominance that Nirvana did not show at its peak, but now it has achieved what Nirvana cannot.
An era of glory to death is unfolding before us!