1392 Chapter 1392 Mighty
Due to the characteristics of the American market, albums have always sold long-term, so it is not surprising that "Bath in the Morning Light" performed well this year. Dang's momentum announced the irreplaceable and powerful presence of glory to death.
However, the "almost famous" that has been on the market for two years is still driving incredible sales this year, which makes people have to applaud.
Although compared with the feat of "Bathing the Morning Light" easily breaking through 10 million sales, as the first cry of glory to death, the sales of "Almost Famous" did not show such a destructive attitude, but This year, it still handed over 2.21 million sales data, and the cumulative sales volume has reached 8.76 million, which is a long way from the threshold of 10 million. It will be difficult to exceed this level, but even so , the "almost famous" eight platinum sales certification still amazed the entire North American market.
The first album was certified eight platinum, and the second album was certified twelve platinum. Such momentum is enough to make Glory to Death comparable to Nirvana and Pearl Jam, even compared to the booming Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey in the 1990s. It is also equal.
To put it simply, the current glory to death is the focus of attention, and every move will cause a chain reaction. Such a momentum is not inferior to the gesture of Hugo as an actor in Hollywood. The two albums sold a total of 7.54 million in the whole year, which is almost the same as the total sales of Michael Jackson's No. 1 album "History" of 7.56 million. direct data proof.
Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Alanis Morissette and Death to Glory topped the year-end album sales charts, followed by country diva Shania Twain. . Twain) produced a sensational new album "The. Woman. In. Me", which sold 4.66 million albums in one fell swoop after receiving a wave of acclaim. copy, and successfully entered the top five of the year-end sales list.
After that, Whitney Houston's soundtrack for the movie "Stay Till You Wake Up" sold 4.13 million copies in less than three months, allowing everyone to see for themselves. The diva singer's unparalleled strong appeal. Although the box office of "Wake Up" was very bad, with a global box office of only 83 million, and even fell behind "Before Sunrise", the soundtrack of Whitney's movie was still warmly received. To be sought after, this is the super popularity of the queen level.
The independent rock band Mannheim. Steamroller has a very alternative and avant-garde style. Their music types include alternative rock, avant-garde electronic and new metal rock, etc., and even include alternative styles such as gospel and pure music. This release The alternative rock album "Christmas. In. the. Aire" continued their usual personalities with electronic rock and Christmas carols, but interestingly, the album was not released during the Christmas season, Instead, it chose to go public in September.
However, this "Ayre's Christmas" has been recognized by the market, riding the wave of new metal rock, and won 3.74 million sales in one fell swoop, ranking seventh on the year-end list.
The last three seats in the top ten are respectively occupied by the "Pocahontas" movie soundtrack, the Bush band (Bush) album "Sixteen. Stone", "Dangerous Game" movie soundtrack respectively, while the former In addition to the top ten, Tim - McGraw's album "All. I. Want", these eleven albums are all works that broke the three million threshold for the whole year. .
Among them, the newly emerging Bush Band has attracted a lot of attention. They are bands from the United Kingdom but chose the United States to make their official debut. The album "Sixteen Years of Diamonds" was released at the end of 1993. The Bush Band is a typical Nirvana imitator. Their grunge rock is the representative music of the post-Nirvana era. This kind of music has a good foundation among fans, but it is not worth it in the eyes of professional film critics and veteran rockers. Just a mention - it's a complete vulgar commercial copy, and many professionals think it's just real trash music created by record companies to fill the music market's demand for grunge.
Despite this, the Bush Band still won applause among young people. After more than a year of long deliberation and foreshadowing, thanks to the massive publicity of the MTV channel, it finally ushered in a big explosion in 1995. Before and after this album Four of the singles reached the top 100 on the Billboard Singles Chart, a remarkable achievement.
Looking at the top ten list of the year-end album chart, Alanis, Glory to Death, Mannheim Road Roller, and Bush Band supported half the sky, and the first three were all representatives of new metal rock. , and in the end it was in the name of grunge, such a momentum that was unthinkable in the previous few years.
But now, relying on the foreshadowing of generations of rock musicians, it has finally reached its peak in the new metal rock led by Glory to Death.
Although there is no official event for Glory to Death this year, whether it is on the album chart or the singles chart, you can feel the ubiquitous and powerful influence of Glory to Death. In addition to Glory to Death, other rock forces have also begun to follow suit. Catching up, especially in the album market, the pattern of a hundred flowers blooming has finally formed, and this is the real advent of the rock era!
However, with the entry of new metal rock into the music market, the situation has also begun to change. New metal rock is originally based on the original rock and integrates hip-hop, rap, pop, electronics and other diversified elements to make rock more popular. At the same time, it maintains the unique spirit of a rock band, but more and more new metal rock just changes its style just to meet the market, making the arrangement simpler, the chords rougher and the music quality degraded obviously.
Grunge imitation bands headed by the Bush Band emerge in an endless stream, and the quality is originally mixed. Now they are influenced by new metal rock. The imitation bands such as the Bush Band have also begun to incorporate electronics, so that their music has gradually separated from pure grunge rock and pure new metal. The category of rock has become a kind of four-unlike rock, which many people call commercial rock, which is a kind of saliva music.
It can be said that while integrating into the mainstream market, rock and roll is also receiving the impact of uneven quality. If things go on like this, it will inevitably enter a new round of decline. In fact, it is not only rock, but every kind of music including country, pop, and rhythm and blues. When it reaches a peak, commercial demand begins to destroy the purity of music. Maybe music sells better, but The music quality is even worse.
This is the case in the 21st century. The quality of all music genres has generally declined sharply, until 2014. Let alone the prosperity of the music events before the 1990s, there is no sign of recovery.
Therefore, when the rock era truly reawakens, this is only after the first step has been taken, how to make rock and roll continue, avoid the vicious circle of prosperity and decline in the 1970s, and make rock like other music genres, Maintaining strong vitality is the goal with a long way to go.
What role will Glory to Death play on this road is really exciting, and maybe the band's delayed third album can get a glimpse of some clues.
But in any case, four of the top ten spots on the year-end album list are rock. This is a huge victory, and this is the most direct response of the market to the resurgence of rock: everyone is open to the re-emergence. Rock gave a warm welcome!
In addition to the rock and roll that occupies half of the sky, the soundtrack of the movie occupied three seats, and the three works of "Wake Until I Woke Up", "Pocahontas", and "Dangerous Games" were not considered top-notch, which was the same as last year. The Lion King soundtrack was a different story, with "Stay Till You Wake" and "Dangerous Game" even having terrible box office reviews and disapproving reviews.
However, the soundtrack of the movie showed such a strong appeal. Whitney of "Wake Up" and Curio of "Dangerous Game" also entered the top ten of the year-end singles chart, which shows that this The combination of music and film was hugely popular in the 1990s, and great works came out one after another—whether it was music or film scores, it's a shame that this is becoming rarer in the 21st century.
The remaining three seats in the top 10 belong to Michael's Pop, Maria's R&B, Shania's Country - and of course, the eleventh-ranked Tim is also the country representative.
It can be said that the album chart also shows the same trend as the single chart. Rock, pop and rhythm and blues are the most popular music genres in the music market today. Although the country with a long history and a deep-rooted mass base has a slightly weaker momentum, But still unswervingly occupied his own camp, and always had a piece of the sky.
This is 1995, a year that seems to be inferior to last year in every way, but it is a year that continues the countless glory of the past few years. In this year, the stars shine, Tom Hanks, Kim Kay Rui ascended to the top of the box office superstar... Michael regained his brilliance, and the rock and roll forces rose together... Among them, Hugo is still a force that cannot be ignored. Along with his huge influence, he was officially crowned the superstar crown.
Since the Golden Raspberry Awards in 1992, Hugo has brought countless surprises every year, so what's next? Could "Death Ramble," "Seven Deadly Sins," and "Before Sunrise" get their hands on the awards ceremony to wrap up 1995? And where will the box-office battle between "Doomsday" and "Ace Commissioner" go? Glory to Death's third album is to break the shackles or Jiang Lang's talents are exhausted?
When the first ray of sunshine in 1996 came, people were excited, and the curtain of the new year started with the grand selection of "Doomsday" child actors, and the 20 million club frenzy at the end of last year The mighty continued!