Chapter 1631 1631 The Decisive Weight

As one of the most important music markets in the world, the United Kingdom has shown unparalleled weight and strength in this battle of the century, especially the sales of Glory to the Dead and Oasis have exploded, almost "they know it's Christmas "What?" That incredible historical record sprint clearly showed people that this land is crazy about rock and roll, and Britain has a more boiling rock blood and a deeper rock soul than any other corner of the world.

Even two decades later, when rock and roll has gradually been reduced to the fringes of the world, the British still show their wit and humor full of rock and roll in every detail of life. "Shaun. Of. The. Dead", "The. Boat. That. Rocked", "In. Bruges", "Seven. Psychopaths" Countless movies are showing the rock and roll spirit that has never disappeared in their bones.

This time, too, all Britons pinned their hopes for rock's revival on the Battle of the Century - on Glory to the Dead and Oasis, a horrific scene that remains forever in the land Above it, it slowly penetrated into the core of the ground, flowing slowly in the air.

Following the full-scale outbreak of the British Isles on Thursday, although the craze on Friday declined somewhat, the aftertaste was still shaking every corner of the land. The sales of the Iron Triangle of Battle of the Century had dropped to varying degrees. With a slight advantage, she regained the single-day sales championship, and after the death of glory, she took second place. Although Maria still ranked third, the disadvantage was not obvious.

The battle of the century is continuing to break out with an unstoppable attitude!

Following the example of the American market, after entering the weekend, "New Music Express" also temporarily did not announce the single-day sales list, and kept the suspense of this week's list to the end, which also made the whole weekend boiling, and the British media, large and small, from Everything from top to bottom was very lively, and even the salesmen of the record store became the object of interviews. People only hope to get some clues from these salesmen to judge how this magnificent battle of the century will eventually go where.

On September 30th, following the US market, the UK pop music chart was also officially announced under the spotlight. Unlike the bulletin board, this chart only refers to sales data without any other factors involved. The competition is absolutely hard. Strength, which also makes the announcement of the British pop music charts full of excitement and excitement.

1.83 million copies!

That's what the top-selling single on the UK pop charts in the fourth week of September 1996 achieved, compared to the 1.07 million achieved by Billboard's top-selling track "Young. Volcanoes" this week. In terms of sales data, there is a full 70% more sales, and the two are no longer on the same level. This data not only surpassed the United States, but also surpassed Japan, becoming the world's largest this week. The sales champion on all lists.

It's a miracle, an incredible miracle, and truly embodies the insane miracle of the Battle of the Century, and the creator of this miracle is... Glory to death!

The single "Young Volcano" has swept 1.83 million copies in the UK with a destructive trend. This result is not only the global sales champion this week, but also the global sales volume since the 1990s. Best-selling single ever! And this achievement comes from a rock single, which undoubtedly pushed the rock recovery momentum since Nirvana to its peak.

Although the single-week sales data of "Young Volcano" ultimately failed to surpass "Do they know it's Christmas?", it was only able to rank second in single-week sales in British music history, but this is not enough for glory to death. It is already unimaginable achievements, look at the names behind "Young Volcano": Queen, Beatles, Rolling Stones...

This is a moment in history. In a trance, people sounded again the slogan of The Times when Hugo arrived in the UK with the "Independence Day" crew to promote it two months ago: Hugo-Lancaster invades the UK.

Now, that phrase has become a reality, an irreversible reality.

Relying on the strong support of British fans, "Young Volcano" erupted with amazing energy under the unfavorable conditions of the away game, and even eclipsed the American market, winning by an absolute advantage, and firmly securing the final victory of the battle of the century hold in hand.

Although this week's UK pop chart number one was honored to death, Oasis' performance was no less impressive. "You Know What I Mean" sold 1.67 million copies, clearly Showing the land's support for them, this is also the best single by a local singer in the past fifteen years.

Recalling the distant 1978, stepping on the end of the splendid rock and roll of the 1970s, many miracles were still born, but after that, the British music market fell into a downturn and was always sluggish. Although the British rock band led by the Goatskin Band, Stone Rose Band, and Smith Band had a strong resurgence in the late 1980s, it failed to bring about the explosive effect of Nirvana until the emergence of Smudge Band and Oasis Band - which was also last year. The underlying reason why the "Battle of Brit Rock" between these two bands is so high-profile.

Now, after beating the Stain last year, Oasis has gone on to not only become the protagonist in the Battle of the Century, but also change the decadence and slump of the British music market for nearly a decade and a half. After bursting out all the energy, he still lost to Glory to Death in the end, which is a pity, but Hugo, who is in the sky, seems to be invincible now, and the glory to death represented by Hugo is exactly what it shows is rock and roll s future. Therefore, it is not ashamed to lose to the glory of death.

Relatively speaking, Maria's appeal in the UK market is slightly inferior after all. Although she struggled to catch up in the second half of the week, her explosive power and durability were unable to compete with the two powerful opponents. 1.23 million sales were made.

What is certain is that Maria still made history in the UK. Relying on the unparalleled appeal of the Battle of the Century, "Sweetheart" broke out in sales, becoming one of the few in the history of music to sell more than 100 a week. A member of Wan. But it is also certain that pop and rhythm and blues are still not mainstream on this land in the UK, and the soul of rock and folk has always flowed in the blood of the British.

This is also the biggest difference between the UK and the US, or, in other words, the biggest difference between Europe and the US.

When Wall Street, whose core ideology is gold-dollarism, profit-oriented, and business-first, is eroding movies and music little by little, the United States chooses to embrace it with an open heart. The commercial prosperity of Hollywood is becoming more and more developed, and it has gradually become a global phenomenon. The center of the center, but behind the commercial brilliance is the lack of art. Entering the second decade of the 21st century, both movies and music have encountered huge bottlenecks - with the increase in sales and box office, The result is a gradual decline in quality.

Faced with the same pattern, the United Kingdom and other European countries raised their heads proudly. Although it is said that after the 21st century, the European film and music market has lagged far behind the United States, which makes the creation of art become more and more difficult. It is extremely difficult, even the three major European film festivals have to start to compromise and bow to Hollywood, but in their bones, they always adhere to the persistence of art, which also makes European films and music always maintain high quality - but also High and low.

This is not a critique, nor a comparison, and there is no pros and cons. This is the inevitable result of culture and history. But in any case, this time the battle of the century has achieved great success on a global scale.

The US market ended with Glory to Death, with Maria and Oasis in second and third respectively; the UK market also saw Glory to Death, with Oasis and Maria not far behind. However, in the Japanese market and the Oceania market, Mariah Carey has an unparalleled advantage, maintaining her advantage to the end with a sweeping posture, and forming a balance with Glory to Death on a global scale, while Glory to Death and Oasis have the same advantage. The representative rock force, although it has achieved good results in Oceania, has not been able to write brilliantly in Japan.

Finally, the first battle of the Battle of the Century in the fourth week of September officially ended.

Glory to Death won the championship without any suspense, and became the first winner of this global sensation and recorded in the history books. The single "Young Volcano" swept 28 countries around the world in one week. The regional singles chart champion, and finally won 3.89 million sales, King's Landing is unstoppable!

The runner-up is the "Diva" Maria. Although the United States has gained an advantage, the British defeat almost squandered all the advantages. People originally thought that Maria would lag behind Oasis in the global market, but in the end, it relied on the absolute advantage of the Japanese market. , Maria's single "Sweetheart" still swept 3.22 million sales in the global market, successfully occupying the second position in the battle of the century.

"Do you know what I mean?" Although the rear end of the car is lifted, it is still a top third for other singles. The global sales of this single by Oasis is unfortunately not able to exceed 3 million, but the sales data of 2.84 million is still the best record achieved by British singers after 1978—— It really recreates the glory of the Beatles back then.

The Battle of the Century, as everyone expected, came to a glorious end; however, it exceeded everyone's expectations, shaking the global music market with the best and most sensational record in the past 15 years. The appeal that comes out is not only their own energy, but also the development trend and trend of the future music market. In this battle, the glory of the first to die has already held the decisive weight, and is opening the door to the future world. In the competition, take the lead!