Chapter 1936: 1936 The Rising Trend

In the entire North American entertainment industry in 1997, there were two most sensational news, one was "Titanic"'s box office of 600 million US dollars;

After "Titanic" swept the box office of 600 million US dollars in North America, it swept thousands of troops around the world. It not only became the first work in film history to break through 1 billion US dollars in overseas box office, but also reached 1.5 billion US dollars in one fell swoop. Height, Strong became the first work in film history to break through two billion dollars at the box office, completely changing the development process of the entire film industry.

If "Independence Day" turned out last year, the global box office of 1.2 billion US dollars has been jaw-dropping, then this year's "Titanic" has truly brought the movie into the era of blockbuster movies, and history is like this in 1996. "Independence Day" is the standard, and it is divided into before the blockbuster era and after the blockbuster era.

In a reincarnation of twenty years, the film industry once again opened up a whole new world.

Although "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World" failed to reach a new record in the North American box office, thanks to the contact with the overseas box office, it finally ranked second on the year-end list, with a gross of 618 million US dollars. The global box office has also become the decisive data for Universal Pictures to put the third episode proposal on the table.

The irreproducible, one-of-a-kind "LA Confidential" was destined for no sequels, but its $610 million worldwide box office was enough to make Warner Bros. laugh internally. What's more, this work is still highly anticipated in the upcoming awards ceremonies, and Warner Bros. will never let go of the opportunity to maximize profits easily.

Sony Columbia Pictures became the biggest winner at the global box office, and their "Men in Black," "Air Force One," "As Good as It Gets," "My Best Friend's Wedding," and "The Fifth Element" all made it into the top ten , occupying the fourth, sixth, seventh, ninth and tenth positions respectively.

Mark Canton's painstaking efforts for three years finally ushered in a bumper harvest. Five works accounted for half of the top ten, even more than "Titanic", which needs to share profits between Paramount and 20th Century Fox. Want scenery. Such a result surprised countless people. Mark, who seemed to be lacking in strategy, actually fought a beautiful turnaround.

In addition, "007: Tomorrow's Empire" relied on the global brand effect to occupy the fifth place; the eighth place belonged to Jim Carrey's "Liar".

Titanic, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, LA Confidential, Men in Black, Tomorrow Never Dies, Air Force One, As Good as It Gets, Big Talker ", "My Best Friend's Wedding", "The Fifth Element", these are the top ten of the 1997 year-end list.

Hugo once again occupied two seats on the list. "LA Confidential" has a global box office of 610 million, quietly becoming Hugo's personal global box office second only to "Independence Day" "Perfect" has also won 314 million US dollars in the world, only 1 million US dollars behind the sixth-ranked "Air Force One", and it has achieved such a result with an investment of 50 million US dollars—and Still in the case that Hugo didn't play directly, it really made Mark wake up laughing when he fell asleep.

However, compared to the film field, Hugo's global influence is still inferior to Glory to Death. In the past year, Glory to Death has carried the momentum of the "Storm" world tour and the album of the same name, which has revived rock and roll globally. The powerful appeal almost reminds people of Michael at his peak. -Jackson or the Beatles.

No one can underestimate the glory to death!

Since its release in the fourth week of October last year, "Storm" has been advancing all the way, breaking many records in North America with an absolutely strong attitude, and finally fixed its consecutive championship weeks at more than 40 weeks. In ten months, no one can shake the absolute dominance of this album. In 1997 alone, "Storm" held the top spot on the North American Billboard for nearly two-thirds of the time, so the year-end album sales chart Before it came out, people had predicted that this year's year-end champion would still be this album.

The same is true of the fact that "Storm" swept 10.17 million copies in 1997. Not only is this the only album that sold more than 8 million copies this year, but it also broke the record of "Storm". "Showers" won the year-end sales champion last year with "8.3 million" albums. It is the first album since the 1990s to achieve 10 million sales in a single year. In the bag.

This not only makes "Storm" the first album to win the year-end sales champion for two consecutive years after "Thriller" in thirteen years; "The sales of 10 million copies in a single year were created when the sales volume of 8 million copies had already exploded in the previous year, which made everyone even more astonished. Even after forty consecutive weeks, "Storm" has always been the most powerful contender for the top spot on the Billboard album chart every week. Such an outstanding performance has truly written a new history.

After the chicken blood mode was turned on, it was out of control.

Although this is only the third album of glory to death, the number of works is still too small compared to those Hall of Famers who have created countless histories, but they have won the year-end sales champion for two consecutive years, and within 14 months The sales volume reached 18.47 million, and it entered the ranks of the highest-selling list in the history of North American music in one fell swoop, and occupied the super high position of twelfth place. It only took time to break into the top ten It's just a problem.

In the long history of North American music, the best-selling album released by the Eagles in 1976 has sold 29 million copies by 2006; Michael Jackson's "Thriller" also reached this level in 2009. One result, tied for the first place in history with 29 million copies.

A total of eight albums with more than 20 million sales have appeared in North America. The Eagles, Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel, AC/DC, Garth Brooks and Shania Twain. This is the highest level in the North American music market, and the eight albums come from eight different singers. Even the Beatles and Frank Sinatra at their peak were not able to achieve such a high level.

But now, not only is "Storm" about to reach such a historical height, but also quietly, "Bath in the Morning Light" is infinitely close to this historical benchmark.

"Bath in the Morning Light" benefited from the hot launch of the Glory to the Dead world tour. In 1997, sales rebounded again, and finally achieved a sales volume of 2.1 million, although it did not squeeze into the top two in the year-end list. No. 10, but it still allowed the cumulative sales of this album to reach 19.3 million, which is only a layer of window paper away from the height of 20 million.

It is worth mentioning that "Bathing in the Morning Light" is currently at No. 11 on the current North American album sales list, just one place ahead of "Storm".

The top singers with two seats in the top 20 of the total sales list include the Eagles, Garth Brooks, Led Zeppelin, and now there is another name added: glory to death! It can be seen that Glory to Death has already created history. If "Bath in the Morning Light" and "Storm" can both break through 20 million sales, then Glory to Death will reach a height that has never been seen before or since. The impending excitement made it impossible for the North American market to calm down.

It is unbelievable that no one could accomplish a feat in the 1960s and 1970s when the record industry was the most prosperous, but in the 1990s when commercial development reached a mature stage, the record industry ushered in a full-scale explosion. From the soundtrack of the "Bodyguard" movie From "Nevermind" to the current "Storm", record sales are experiencing an absolutely brilliant era.

In addition, although "Almost Famous" has not increased much, after a glorious year of glory to death, the cumulative sales volume has now reached 13 million US dollars. Needless to say, the outstanding performance of Glory to Death.

"Storm" swept over 10 million sales in 1997. Such a giant data is completely comparable to the miracles of "Titanic" and "Independence Day" in the film market, and it undoubtedly dominates the year-end sales in North America. After the list, other singers can only compete fiercely for the runner-up position.

In the end, Christopher Wallace (Christopher. Wallace, alias The. Notorious. B.I.G), who died young, turned out his talented solo album "Life. After. Death" and won the It achieved a sales volume of 7.73 million, firmly occupying the second place of the year.

This is actually quite a fateful thing, Puff Dad's album "No Way Back" is Christopher - alias B. I. G's posthumous work, Puff Daddy completed the album instead of his friends, and ended the 40-week streak of "Storm"; and on the year-end list, Christopher's solo album "Life After Death" also scored ten points. Excellent results, no doubt overwhelming other competitors, closely following in the footsteps of Glory to Death, ranking as the runner-up of the year.

The Spice Girls, who have been repeatedly suppressed by glory to death on the singles charts, turned out. Their first album "Hot" achieved a score of 6.34 million, setting off a frenzy of sexy and beautiful girl groups in North America. Included the third place in the North American year-end sales list.

It is worth mentioning that, from TLC to the Spice Girls to Destiny's Child, from Pick Up Chorus to Boys and Men to Backstreet Boys, European and American idol groups have truly matured and gradually ushered in a golden age.

Glory unto death, B. I. G and the Spice Girls occupied the top three of the year-end list respectively, which also became the best footnotes in 1997: rock, rap, pop, three points in the world!