1870 Chapter 1870 Thirty-Seven Weeks

How many reporters imagined that when they hyped the battle of the century between Glory and Mariah Carey and Oasis, they would really set off a "end-of-the-century glory"; After the strong rise of the pattern, they will really experience the miracle of the re-emergence of rock and roll; how many listeners can imagine that when they lined up at the door of the record store day and night just to support their idols, they will really become part of the moment of history. .

How many people imagined that "Storm" really set off a storm, not only in the music market, but also in the entire history.

"Storm" swept 8.3 million sales in eight weeks, and only seven weeks later, the North American sales of "Storm" officially passed the 10 million threshold. To be precise, ninety-nine days! Although there is still a long gap between the total sales volume of "Storm" and other records, this does not affect the fact that this album has become the first album in the long history of music to sell more than 10 million within 100 days .

Because the sales volume of "Storm" was so crazy, the Recording Industry Association of America had to hold a special meeting, and then the term "diamond sales" was officially born. In the United States, a gold record is 500,000, a platinum record is 1 million, and several platinum records are millions of sales. Now, a new term has been added: diamond records, which is also a special reward for sales exceeding 10 million copies. The album has become the crowning glory.

"Storm" became the first diamond record in the history of North American music! A new era has opened.

Of course, there are currently as many as 103 diamond records in the long history of North American music, among which the Beatles have five diamond records in North America, making them proud of the crowd; and the singers with the highest sales are the Eagles and Michael Jackson. The best hits released by the Eagles in 1976 sold as many as 29 million copies in the United States, and Michael's "Thriller" also included 29 million copies, which no one can surpass so far.

Glory until death still has a long way to go to catch up with these records, but so far, all three albums have become diamond records, which is also a historical record, and "Storm" is only 99 days old. The sales volume exceeded the 10 million threshold within a few days, which made all the media exclaim: Is "Storm" going to be the third album in North American history with sales exceeding 25 million?

After the battle of the century and the ultimate showdown, the Grammys ended with a glorious victory, and the boiling of the music market has just begun.

In the fifth week of March, "Storm" beat out Southern rapper Scarface's new album "Untouchable" for its 21st consecutive top spot on the Billboard Albums chart. The champion surpassed Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii (Blue. Hawaii)" and Whitney Houston's "Bodyguard" soundtrack in one fell swoop, and tied for ninth place on the all-time list.

In the first week of April, "Storm" defeated the original soundtrack of "Space Jam" and completed the 22nd consecutive week, surpassing MC. Hammer's 1990 album, "Please. Hammer, Don't. Hurt. 'Em," hit No. 8 alone.

Subsequently, "Storm" unstoppably surpassed the soundtracks of "Saturday Night Fever" and "Purple Rain". Riding the wind and waves continued to advance, and finally attracted the exclamation of the whole United States in the fourth week of May:

After defeating the Spice Girls' first album "Spice (Spice)" to win the Billboard album chart this week, "Storm" officially stood on the shoulders of giants, bringing its consecutive weeks of winning to 30 weeks !

This time, no one will miss it, because history has already been grandly shown in front of your eyes. Even if you stop here, the history has been written by glory until death, and "storm" has become a thing of the past In the past 30 years, it is the most successful album next to "Thriller". There is no need to discuss it too much. Whether it is a 30-week consecutive championship or a cumulative sales volume of 13 million, it is enough to be recorded in history. The strength of rock and roll The rise has enveloped the entire North American continent inexorably.

But people are looking forward to, looking forward to the death of glory can further rewrite history, can further create brilliance, and really bring this carnival to a climax. The fanatical support of the public did not disappoint "Storm", and everyone knows the next thing: "Storm" successfully defeated Hanson's album "Middle East" in the second week of July. . Of. Nowhere)", left its name on the top of the billboard album chart for the 37th consecutive time, tying the number of weeks of "Thriller" and ranking second in history.

Now, the only thing left in front of "The Storm" is the soundtrack of the "West Side Story" movie.

Thirty-seven weeks, a full thirty-seven weeks of dynasty, more than nine months of glory, the strength of "Storm" has firmly controlled the entire music market, and what is even more frightening is that the thirty-seventh week of "Storm "Single-week sales still handed over 180,000 data, which is so good that it has made all languages ​​lose their color.

What is more realistic and ironic is that "Stay in the Moment" was completely out of the charts as early as early April, and the Oasis band disappeared again. There is hope, but at this point in time, not even the British media themselves can take the focus away from Glory to Death.

At this time, although "Butterfly" is still on the list, it has fallen out of the top 50, and it does not have any competitiveness and comparability at all. If it was just an ordinary album, then this situation is not unusual-"The Storm" has seen so many albums in and out of the charts in the past thirty-seven weeks, but the point is that these three albums are the same It was released last week, and it is also the iron triangle of the battle of the century.

How sensational the Battle of the Century was back then, how ironic the current list is.

With the strong momentum of winning the championship for 37 consecutive weeks, the cumulative sales volume of "Storm" in North America has passed the threshold of 14 million, and it seems that 20 million sales are already achievable. This has caused a catastrophe in the North American music industry. Almost everyone is eagerly discussing whether "Storm" will win the championship again next week, whether it can break the record of "Thriller", and whether it can break through the shackles of the 40-week championship. Hitting the height of "West Side Story"?

Album chart history is shaking the world, and single chart history has changed hands.

No one will forget the battle between "Wonderwall" and "Sweet Day" in the past two years. First, "Wonderwall" won the championship for 15 weeks, followed by "Sweet Day" for 16 weeks. In the past six months, the Billboard singles chart records are constantly being refreshed, which is also the testimony of Mariah Carey's ascension to the queen's throne!

But less than a year after "Sweet Day" made history, history was changed once again when "Sail" truncated "Young. Volcanoes"'s fifth straight After winning the championship, it ended its journey in 1996 with eight consecutive championships. After entering 1997, the sweeping trend of "Voyage" hardly abated. It created a new history, and the high radio demand rate made "Voyage" stand out on the singles list.

"Voyage" first defeated the Spice Girls' "Wannabe" in the third week of February, tying "Sweet Day"'s 16-week consecutive championship record; and then in the first week of March, for the second time in a row Defeating the hit single of the Spice Girls, the number of consecutive championship weeks has been accumulated to 17 weeks, and a new history has been written again.

The 17-week consecutive championship of "Voyage" not only re-engraved the historical record of the number of consecutive weeks of billboard singles with the name of Glory to Death, but also allowed Glory to Death to have three ten-week consecutive championship singles, "A Beautiful Day" (Beautiful. Day)", "The Wall" and "Voyage", this is also the only glory in the long river of music history. This is the ironclad proof of the rock dynasty.

Immediately afterwards, "Voyage" defeated "Want to Be" for the third week in a row, accumulating its consecutive championship weeks to 18 weeks. Just as everyone was wondering whether "Voyage" could reach the incredible height of 20 consecutive weeks However, the third single "Long Long Road (Long. Long. Way. To. Go)" of the "Storm" album has quietly entered the top ten, joining forces with "Young Volcano" and "Voyage". Three places in the top ten.

"Long Road" was released as the third single from the album of Glory to Death, and it was released very low-key. EMI Records officially released this single after the Grammy Awards Ceremony. There is no music video, and there is no deliberate promotion. It just released this single. The name of the song is meaningful, so that the real young volcanoes can Savor the purpose of it carefully.

Since "Long Road" didn't have a big publicity campaign or a performance on the night of the Grammy Awards, its opening week was very low-key, just breaking into the top 100, for the sake of 91. That's it.

In the next two weeks, the sales of "Long Road" did not explode quickly, but rose steadily in the radio on-demand rankings. By the time people noticed this single, it had unknowingly entered the top ten, and occupied the high position of sixth, which was really beyond the expectations of many people.

In the third week of March, "Long Road" dived directly to the championship, squeezed "Voyage" to the runner-up position, terminated the incredible record of "Voyage" for 18 consecutive weeks, and passed the glory to death since the third in September last year. The momentum of occupying the billboard singles chart at the beginning of the week continued to the twenty-fourth week!

From "Young Volcano" to "Voyage" to "Long Road", the rock dynasty that glorified to death has gradually taken shape.