Chapter 1626 1626 The First Battle
The North American land in the fourth week of September is extremely lively. On the one hand, people are looking forward to the miracle of the "Independence Day" box office breaking through 500 million; It's even more exciting than a summer vacation. The media has ushered in the busiest period in the past five years!
Authoritative such as "New York Times", "Los Angeles Times", astute such as "Chicago Tribune", "San Francisco Chronicle", cunning such as "New York Post", "USA Today" ... every day the sales of the RIAA The data was released, and the battle of the century was refined into every day's competition, so that this week-long absolute evolution became a seven-day battle of catching and fighting, and little by little, the heat wave of the battle of the century was pushed to the peak!
After Glory's strong victory on Monday, wars were lit across all corners of North America on Tuesday.
In this day, Maria Kelly's fans have completed a big explosion in North America, and there is a great momentum to sweep away the shadow of Monday's failure. A large number of fans flooded into major cities to snap up the "Sweetheart" piece. Singles, and Sony Columbia Records also stepped up to try to get a city back - the first day of glory opened such a big gap, which is definitely not good news for them - that more than eight in the United States Ten radio stations carried out intensive bombing publicity on this day, and DJs from major radio stations recommended the song "Sweetheart" one after another, which made a qualitative leap in the coverage of the single.
There is also Oasis Band, who are also trying their best to achieve the overtake A big city launched an activity for fans to gather to audition the single, mobilizing nearly 30,000 people before and after, becoming the biggest topic of the day, occupying the pages of countless media.
Relatively speaking, Glory to Death, which achieved a sales explosion on the first day, seemed a bit low-key. Although the band still launched a busy radio promotion, EMI also contacted major media to release a public relations draft, hyping Monday's epic victory, But compared to the two competitors who tried their best to explode their energy, Glory to Death was undoubtedly stealing the limelight.
The Recording Industry Association of America announced the sales data on September 24, and the result was absolutely "reasonable but unexpected". Maria swept 140,000 sales on this day, which is already a single release. It's the second day - and it's still the data after the 300,000-level sales broke out on the first day. Even words like "appalling" can't describe the stormy waves in people's hearts at this moment. In the end, Maria was under the cover of the fans' firepower. , won the single-day sales champion on Tuesday, and she was proud of herself, but also once again proved her status after the first day in the United States.
Although no one will forget the great cause of "Apologize" overcoming "Fantasy", but no one will forget the glory of "Sweet Day" breaking the historical record for 16 consecutive weeks.
Maria swept away the haze of the first day, and appeared in high-profile on major programs to talk about the single "Sweetheart" and the hardships and hardships behind the transformation of the new album, officially declaring war to the death of glory: this week's Billboard final champion Who is it is unknown!
In the face of Maria's phenomenal sales the day after the single was released, the gloriously dead "Young. Volcanoes" only managed to sell 90,000.
In fact, this sales figure is very incredible behind the 430,000 eruption on the first day. "Young Volcano" has broken the historical record and became the fastest single that sold 500,000 copies worldwide. Incredible so that everyone can not help but look sideways. However, compared with the single-day sales of "Sweetheart" at the 100,000 level at this time, it still looks inferior after all.
But the interesting part is here. Although the publicity of Glory to the death on the next day was tepid, and almost all the topic effects were concentrated on Maria and the Oasis Band, it turned out that Glory to Death still sturdily occupied the Tuesday list. The runner-up in daily sales. And the mighty Oasis Band, still ranked third.
Although the fans of the Oasis Band have performed a mighty event, they are trapped in the North American away game. In any other time period of the year, this is a very unbelievable result, because under the current data that the weekly sales of the weekly champion singles generally hover around 100,000, the single-day sales of 50,000 are almost against the sky. It can be seen that the Oasis Band’s expansion rate in North America is very terrifying, and the Oasis Band did not have the momentum of the Oasis Band when they released the album “Bath in the Morning” – but the results were comparable to those of the two competitors. When compared, it was immediately inferior.
This is the battle of the century! The reason why all the sales burst out with such huge energy is because of the endless sparks that collided with the three parties, but obviously there was a life-and-death struggle between Maria and Glory to Death, but Oasis was still a little short of breath after all.
The final one-day sales on Tuesday were Maria, Glory to the Dead, Oasis.
Although the Oasis band has been at the bottom for two consecutive days, it is a miracle that they have achieved such a brilliant performance in the North American market. This is indeed the most magnificent victory in the nearly 30 years since the Beatles. Therefore, people will look forward to the Oasis Band's achievements in the UK. The British pop music chart is the decisive weight for the Oasis Band to dominate.
However, the competition in the North American market continued uninterruptedly. The fans of the three sides of the battle of the century had already become angry at this time. Sleeves released a large-scale brawl, but the momentum of taking a breath and wanting to compete, was concentrated in the sensation and shock of the single-single sales market.
Unprecedentedly, the North American singles sales market has outstripped the record market.
On Wednesday, Glory to the Dead rebounded strongly and regained the single-day sales champion, with Maria and Oasis separating the second and third; on Thursday, Glory to the Dead swept the army and completed the single-day sales for the first time in this battle of the century. The champions of 2019 were consecutively won, Maria came second with a slight gap, and although the Oasis Band was hit hard, it still did not fall behind.
On Friday, Glory to Death was like a broken bamboo, with three consecutive sales in a single day! Oasis completed the counterattack on this day, and the sales ushered in the biggest explosion after the release of the single. It surpassed Maria and occupied the runner-up position in single-day sales. Maria did not change in one breath, and fell directly to the third place.
It seems that things are developing according to the script that David Geffen expected: After Glory has gained the upper hand, it is full of energy, and it shows a powerful momentum that no other competitor can match. But the interesting part is here. Maria and Oasis did not collapse. They still showed unparalleled competitiveness. They held on to this duel and did not let the suspense disappear early. What's more, Oasis is still there. The North American market has completed an incredible counterattack.
So what's next? Will Maria's fans explode again this weekend? Do Oasis supporters still have the energy for the weekend's showdown? Have the young volcanoes who died in glory reached their limits?
At such a critical moment, the Recording Industry Association of America announced that the weekend sales figures will not be released, and will be announced on Monday along with the final Billboard chart.
With a bang, the whole of North America became a sensation, obviously complaining about the RIAA's appetizing move, and even major TV programs began to ridicule one after another: The RIAA is angry about its presence!
But it is undeniable that this move by the RIAA is wise, because while retaining the suspense, it also gradually pushed the battle of the century to a boiling point, and the air was filled throughout the weekend. With a sense of tension, it seems that there is a possibility of losing control and breaking out at any time, making every ordinary person a participant in this prosperous world.
September 30th, this is a Monday, not only the last day of September, but also the moment when Billboard announces the major lists of the week. Under the attention of all the people, the bulletin board announced the final result of the first battle of the battle of the century!
The Billboard Singles Chart No. 1 for the fourth week of September belongs to... Glory to Death!
This indie band, which came back strong after two years with a new single, not only brought new metal rock into people's attention, but also turned the entire North American market upside down! Following the album that amazed countless people two years ago, Glory to Death announced its triumphant return with the song "Young Volcano", which pushed the band's expectations for the third album to its peak overnight.
"Young Volcano" became Dead of Glory's sixth number-one single and the band's second number-one single after "Beautiful. Day," which also made Dead of Glory surpass Michael -Jackson and Mariah Carey, became the singers with the most airborne No. 1 singles in North American music history.
But this is not the most successful place in Glory to Death. What is even more terrifying is that "Young Volcano" swept 1.07 million sales this week, which is the first single-week sales in North America history to exceed 1 million 's single!
At present, in the entire North American music market, the yardstick to measure the sales of a single is one million, and the number of singles that can reach this height in a year generally does not exceed 30. This is the current state of the North American music market - album sales are far ahead of singles.
But "Young Volcano" has created millions of sales in just one week, which is not only a terrible statistic, but also a statistic that is almost unsurpassable, even if it is to the death of its glory. With such a terrifying momentum, Glory completed the landing of "Normandy"!