Chapter 1869: 1869 Media Bombing

The opening ceremony of "As Good as It Gets" officially kicked off in New York. Although Hugo is not the core protagonist, the cooperation between Jack Nicholson, James L. Brooks and Helen Hunt still attracted a lot of attention, not to mention It is said that this script was written by Hugo.

At the press conference, the reporters bombarded Hugo wildly. Obviously, everyone was curious that after "Before Sunrise", Hugo once again created an original script, and also attracted a heavyweight cast to join. Is this true? Means Hugo has done a great job as a screenwriter yet again?

"I hope this is a good script, otherwise Jack and Helen will be disappointed." Hugo's answer made everyone chuckle, "However, whether it is a good story or not depends on James, I hope The audience can like him, otherwise Jack and Helen, two friends who joined for the sake of my friendship, will be killed by me."

Hugo's self-ridicule caused laughter again, and Jack raised his right hand, pointed to his eyes with two fingers, and then pointed to Hugo, as if to say, "I've been watching you, if you If the work is really smashed...", this threatening action made the audience burst into laughter, and Hugo said directly, "I think I should leave the stage, this is not my stage."

Haha, Hugo's ingenious interpretation made the audience burst into laughter.

"Hugo, the last question, the last question." A reporter raised his right hand high. The host glanced at Hugo, and after getting affirmation, he nodded to indicate that the reporter could ask questions. It seemed a bit strange, and he raised his voice and asked, "Hugo, may I ask that the album 'Glory to Death' has won the championship for 37 consecutive weeks this week, tying the consecutive championship created by 'Thriller' that year. Records, do you have any special thoughts? If 'Storm' wins the championship again next week, then the record will be broken again. Is there any special event planned between the band members?"

Hugo didn't expect this problem at all, he turned his head to look at James, Jack and others beside him with some embarrassment, and then said into the microphone, "Sorry, today is the 'As Good as It Gets' press conference. I only answer questions about this work, and I refuse to respond to other questions."

"But..." The reporter still stood up firmly with an expression of unwillingness to give up, and then another reporter stood up directly next to him - without waiting for the host to call, "Hugo, please be sure to answer this question , we have been looking forward to the arrival of the historical moment, do you have any plans to hold a concert tour in the near future?"

"Hugo, I'm the official reporter of 'Billboard' magazine, what do you think about the historical records of 'Storm'?"

"Excuse me, is Glory until death planning to hold a celebration banquet to celebrate?"

Looking at the chaos in front of him, more than a quarter of the reporters on the scene stood up one after another, which made Hugo even more embarrassed-it was a movie occasion, but so many music reporters came When Hugo opened his mouth to speak, even the film reporters raised their voices and said, "Hugo, you are about to create a historical record again. Do you have any special thoughts?"

Now Jack couldn't help being the first one, he clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "Hugo, even I'm curious now, do you have any ideas?"

Hugo looked at Jack's old urchin, smiled helplessly, and then said into the microphone, "Sorry, I won't answer any questions about the band and music today." Hugo's words made the scene restless, He quickly raised his hand, "But, but tomorrow I will participate in the recording of 'Tonight Show', and other members of Glory to Death will appear, and there will be a small media meeting before the recording, so if there is any problem , please ask again at that time."

After finishing speaking, Hugo showed an apologetic smile to Jack, James, Helen and others again, but the crew members burst into laughter.

In fact, before Hugo left for New York, Henry Bloom had already informed every member of Glory to Death about the news. "Storm" is likely to make history, so EMI needs them to record a few episodes of the program , and accepted media interviews to continue promoting the album.

Hugo originally thought that EMI had already notified the media, but he didn't expect that the media reporters couldn't wait, and went directly to the "Perfect" opening ceremony to grab the news.

In fact, these reporters cannot be blamed for being too excited, because the record that "Storm" will break this time is enough for this rock band to truly go down in history and rank among the greatest rock bands. Not everyone has the opportunity to witness the birth of history, and not every music lover has the opportunity to witness the re-emergence of rock and roll.

In the history of modern music, there are 10 works that have topped the Billboard album charts for more than 20 consecutive weeks. Whitney Houston is truly famous in history, and on the entire historical list, the soundtrack of the "West Side Story" movie held the number one spot on the Billboard album chart for fifty-four weeks-that is, one year, a record Since it was created in 1963, no one has been able to shake it.

Once upon a time, the closest thing to the great record of the "West Side Story" soundtrack was Michael Jackson's "Thriller." This album has been regarded as the greatest album in the history of modern pop music. From 1983 to 1984, it won a total of 37 weeks of billboard championships, ranking second in history with the most number of championship weeks.

Although there is still an insurmountable gap between 37 weeks and 54 weeks, the album "Thriller" is still the goal that countless people look up to. Among the ten albums with more than 20 weeks of championship weeks, only five The number of album championship weeks exceeds 30 weeks.

In addition to the "West Side Story" soundtrack and "Thriller", the other three albums are the album "Rumours" released by Fleetwood Mac in 1977, "South Pacific" released in 1958, (South. Pacific)" soundtrack, Henry Belafonte (Harry. Belafonte) 1956 album "Calypso (Calypso)". And the number of winning weeks for these three albums is 31 weeks.

You can clearly see the huge difference between these numbers, which also means that after more than 20 consecutive weeks of re-election, it becomes more and more difficult. It has become extremely difficult to become a champion for a week. Not to mention the music market where a hundred flowers are blooming now.

However, "Storm" created such a miracle. This album not only broke through the siege surrounded by pop, rhythm and blues and rap; Beginning to change history through and through.

At the end of 1996, "Storm" ended strongly with the championship for eight consecutive weeks. Incredible myth.

At that time, people began to discuss, what are the chances of "Storm" surpassing "Bath in the Morning Light" for 13 consecutive weeks? Soon, time gave the answer. With the Grammy approaching, the sales volume of "Storm" became more and more courageous. He easily accumulated the number of consecutive championship weeks to 13 weeks, and died in the Grammy glory. After the big win, it ushered in a peak of sales, and it was soaring on the Billboard album chart, and it could hardly find any competitors.

In fact, "Storm" hardly gave any chance to its competitors. Among the troikas in the Battle of the Century, "Stay in the Moment" fell behind early and quickly lost the third place in the successive shocks. Before the end of the month, it had slipped out of the top ten, and the decline was obvious.

The stamina of "Butterfly" is also obviously insufficient. In the third week of January, it was kicked off the runner-up throne by "Tragedy Kingdom" by Undoubted Band, and in the second week of February, it was kicked off by the soundtrack of "Gridlock'd" Out of the top three, after that, U2, LeAnn Lime, and Aerosmith bands attacked one after another. "Butterfly" had more energy than she wanted. Although Maria was doing her best to promote, the fiasco of the Grammy made her confident. Lost, after the album fell out of the top ten, it never returned to the list.

After the Grammy, the competitors of "Storm" completely changed, Christopher - Wallace (The. Notorious. B. I. G), Mary - Blige, Spice Girls (Spice. Girls), Paul McCartney and the Hanson band (Hanson) have made their debuts one after another, but none of them can shake the dynasty of glory to death.

The competitors of "Storm" can definitely be said to be extremely strong, but in the face of the opponent's impact, "Storm" can still achieve a sales volume of 470,000 in a single week in the first week of March, making almost all Competitors are desperate. This is almost an impossible number to overtake. The always strong sales data made "Storm" sweep away thousands of troops. In the third week of March, it ushered in its own historical moment: it has been the number one on the Billboard album chart for 20 consecutive weeks!

Officially one of the top ten lists in music history.

The Changhong momentum of "Storm Storm" turned the Troika of the Battle of the Century into a one-man show, and the lagging behind Maria and Oasis made the matchup in the second half of last year even more exciting—after the Battle of the Century and the ultimate showdown , "Squall" still burst out with endless energy, this is the real demeanor of a king. What's even more frightening is that even a one-man show is still brilliant. With the historical records of the third week of March, people have already started counting down: When will the album "Storm" sprint to the record? stop?

At the opening ceremony of "As Good as It Gets", the reporters gave the first reminder: it has not stopped so far.