Chapter 1287 1287 Absolute Rule

Before the release of Mariah Carey's new album, it is estimated that no one could have foreseen the current situation, and Maria was actually fighting to the death of the album released a year ago.

What's even more bizarre is that it's not that Maria's new album and new singles are bad, on the contrary, both "Daydream" and "Fantasy" have been praised by unanimous praise, critical music critics and raucous ordinary people. The listeners all gave Maria a compliment. It requires sales and sales, word-of-mouth and word-of-mouth, and topics and topics...

It was in such a situation that Maria and Glory fell into a hard battle. In addition to being weird, people can't help but sigh, lamenting that Maria is already so strong, but Glory to Death is still no less, and the more successful Maria's new album and new singles are, the more it reflects the glory of Glory to Death.

In the second week of October, the competition between "Fantasy" and "Apologize" entered a new stage of intense heat. The sales of the two singles both fell by 200,000, but the former once again lost to the latter. "Fantasy" "Won 180,000 sales, and "Apology" swept 190,000 sales, and the subsequent explosive force has reached the point of jaw-dropping, making all language lose its color.

On the radio on-demand rate rankings, "Fantasy", which has been enthusiastically sought after by listeners, has further risen, surpassing other competitors in one fell swoop, ranking behind Michael Jackson's "You're Not Alone" and occupying the third place in this week's market share. It is worth mentioning that "You're Not Alone" has been in the top three on the radio demand chart for more than eight weeks. Michael's return to the music scene has become more and more stable, and history is deviating at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

However, in the face of fierce competition from many singles, the radio on-demand rate of "Apology" remained high. An incredible incident occurred on KIIS, the most popular music station on the west coast. The on-demand tracks for 237 consecutive phone calls were all "Apologize" is a situation that is almost impossible in terms of probability. Even if the young volcanoes are on-demand at the same time, it is difficult to achieve, because there is a certain probability that the radio will answer the phone. Young volcanoes can control themselves, but they cannot control others. So no track has done such a miracle before, including "Wonderwall", which won the love of countless people.

But "Apologize" did it, which not only created a record that could not be surpassed at all, but also achieved a unique glory that belongs to Glory to Death.

This week's radio on-demand rate "Apologize" once again won 6% of the share, although it was slightly lower than last week, but the momentum is always strong, and continued to top the second place "You're not alone" and third place. "Fantasy".

There is no doubt that after "Apology" achieved three consecutive championships, it also completed the three consecutive kills against "Fantasy". This can almost be said to shock the entire market for three weeks, and it made Sony Records face green. Can't even laugh. During Maria's promotion period, there was another reporter who couldn't open the pot. Maria didn't give any face this time, she turned around and walked away with a cold face. There was no physical conflict, but the scene was very unpleasant.

For Maria, who is making a strong attack on the new album, "Fantasy" was overwhelmingly suppressed by "Apologize" despite the applause and popularity, and in terms of topicality, the reporters "don't know why" have been standing in the glory On the other side of death, she always threw the pressure on Maria, and was even willing to applaud "Apologize", which made Maria really feel aggrieved.

I have to say, timing is an interesting thing. Everyone agrees that Maria picked the perfect time to release her latest single, and the sales curve of "Fantasy" proves this opinion; but the timing is not so simple, the fermentation effect of the Hugo incident and the bad taste of EMI records An amazing spark erupted, coupled with the excellent quality of the song "Apologize" itself, and finally created the current situation.

In the second week of October, "Apology" killed "Fantasy" three times, and the two ranked first and second, while "Gangster Paradise", "You're Not Alone", "Runaway" and "Kiss of the Rose" still occupy the third place. By the sixth place, only the two songs in the fifth and sixth places changed positions, and the others did not change much.

With the advancement of time, subtle changes have taken place in the North American market. Discussions on uncrowned kings, media responsibilities, press freedom and personal privacy have gradually entered a white-hot, August 5th Young Volcano's resistance action set off After this ideological frenzy has spread continuously, countless scholars have begun to seriously think about this issue: under the influence of the market economy, the relationship between readers, media, news events or news figures begins to be distorted, then politics. How should the government and media organizations conduct regulation, so as to ensure that the media's responsibilities are carried out smoothly, and at the same time meet the needs of the market without crossing the moral bottom line.

This is a very profound and serious social issue. Even in 2014, relevant discussions are still going on, because it is a necessary journey for social development and an inevitable result of the continuous evolution of society.

In this hot discussion, "Apology" ushered in a volcanic eruption, not only limited to the young volcano's ridicule to journalists, but the song was also endowed with a deeper social meaning. Many professional music critics, professional literary scholars, and professional sociologists have all said that this song is the creator Hugo's resistance and satire to society. After the trial and other circumstances, Hugo's silent protest against the entire social phenomenon.

This is also exactly in line with the social attributes of rock bands, starting from the hippies in the 1960s, going through punk and no-wave in the 1970s, new wave and hedonism in the 1980s, and after entering the 1990s ushered in a brand new Outbreaks, rave culture, pessimism, nihilism, youth autonomy, etc., all represent rock bands' reading and understanding of society, as well as their longing and resistance to the future society.

As the representative of new metal rock, Glory to Death is a typical example of rebellion against society. Their music itself is a rebellion against stereotypes, regularization, fixation, and conceptualization. Now, after "Kill. Your. Heroes", "Apologize" has set off a wave of cultural innovation, and in an instant, the entire society has set off a wave of resistance to traditional media.

In the face of such a situation, Hugo really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The song "Apologize" doesn't have so much profound meaning at all. It's just a little feeling about Uma during the filming of "Pulp Fiction". This is a pure song. A song about love without any added meaning. No matter in terms of intention or completion, "Apology" is not Hugo's best creation. If we have to say, the use of cello is a unique choice for the world.

But the development of history is so interesting. Michael's redress of grievances, the success of "The Wall", the shooting of "Death Row", the choice of EMI Records... After this series of seemingly unconnected events are linked together, the success of The current situation - Glory to Death has truly set off a wave of cultural innovation!

August 5th, a day worth going down in history, is more than just talk.

Driven by this wave, "Apologize" showed its absolute dominance of terror. In the third week of October, sales exceeded 270,000, which even surpassed the record of the first week of single release. , set a new high for single-week sales, and at the same time pushed the sales of singles to pass the million mark and obtained platinum certification; in the fourth week of October, sales remained high, with a sales figure of almost 250,000 It made the professional sales statistics experts lose their language; in the first week of November, the single achieved sales of 180,000 again. At this time, the cumulative sales of the single had passed the 1.5 million mark, and it seemed that 2 million It's already within reach...

As the fourth single of the album "Bath in the Morning Light", and the release of "The Wall" is also six months away, almost no one is optimistic about the prospect of "Apology", but the fact is that "Apology" has achieved even It was a brilliance that EMI did not expect. Inadvertently insert willows and willows.

In the face of the absolute domination of "Apology", although "Fantasy" achieved very good results, its impact began to weaken with the advancement of time. The stamina of "Fantasy" can't launch a strong challenge at all, and the gap is getting wider and wider. You can only watch "Apologize" create glory.

"Apologize" hardly suffered any challenges, and the number of weeks of winning the championship continued to accumulate, from three to four, then five, and then to six.

After "Apologize" stepped on Maria's shoulder to complete six consecutive championships, in the face of "Fantasy" six consecutive Asian results, Sony Records made a difficult decision, their "Daydream", which was scheduled to be released four weeks later, was second Wave's single "One. Sweet. Day" will be released two weeks early.

"Sweet Day" is obviously another ambitious work of Maria's album. When the album was released, it attracted the attention of countless music critics and was well received.

In the face of the huge pressure of "apology", Sony Records also had to admit the failure of "fantasy"-a relative failure, it can only mobilize follow-up forces in advance to fight.

Before the official release of "Sweet Day", "Apologize" still continued its dominance. For seven consecutive weeks, "Apologize" accumulated the number of weeks that its single won the championship to "eight" for seven consecutive weeks. It also made the four-week single "Bath in the Morning Light" to join forces to win the championship for 42 weeks for Glory to Death! In other words, the Billboard singles chart has been dominated by Glory to Death for more than three-quarters of the past year, a feat that has never been seen before, and probably never will.

After the release of "Fantasy", it was well-received and well-received, contributed to Balianya, and at the same time became a direct witness to the eight consecutive championships of "Apology", and even became a foil to the absolute dominance of "Apologize". Standing on the shoulders of giants to taste the taste of victory, the winning streak of "apology" has also become one of the important footnotes of the competition with Maria!