Chapter 552 552 Sales Frenzy
In the third week of December, the album "Almost Famous" to Glory to Death has achieved sales of 230,000. Although the increase seems to be lower than expected, as a band that has just debuted, Glory to Death has achieved 230,000 sales. It's a huge breakout that sales have been trending up every week since the release of Dead's debut album for three weeks.
In the global music market, album sales all have their own characteristics. For example, the Asian market is a short-term explosive type. In the Japanese market, new albums can often explode to two million or three million in the first month of release. Sales, but then there will be a huge gap in sales, and then it will be sold in a long-term with a gentle momentum, which is even more obvious in the Korean market. Almost all album sales are concentrated in the first and second weeks after the release, and then it will be sold for a long time. Albums are very difficult.
But in the US market, album sales have always been characterized by long-term hits, one of the greatest bands in music history, Pink Floyd's 1973 album Dark. Side. Of .The.Moon)" stayed on the Billboard album chart for a total of 741 weeks, from May 1973 to July 1988, which lasted for 14 years, an unprecedented record. Fourteen years later in the twenty-first century, no one can break the distant future. Fifteen million copies have been sold in North America on vinyl, and it is one of the twenty-five best-selling albums in the United States to date.
In addition to "Dark Side of the Moon", there are five albums that have stayed on the Billboard album chart for more than 300 weeks. It can be seen that the US music market is dominated by long-term sales.
Generally speaking, the sales of albums in the first month are bound to be relatively strong, but it is rare to see sales of 3 million in the first month like the Japanese market. More often, albums will be sold once in the first month of the US market Small outbreaks, and then spread to each week after that, will continue to flow, and some albums can even rank in the top 20 in the year-end sales chart for several consecutive years, and the long-term sales ability is very terrifying.
So after a release like "Almost Famous," there aren't that many albums that are trending up every week, and that's the typical sales curve for a new singer after they debut, because it means that the singer or this With the promotion of this album, it is attracting more listeners by accumulating word-of-mouth.
Especially compared to Guns and Roses' "Fine Noodles Incident", which dropped by more than 50% this week, and only got sales of 190,000, "Almost Famous" has a unique style in such a fierce competition for rock albums. It is even more commendable that the glory that is incompatible with the market still smashes a bloody path to the death.
Relying on the accumulation of sales of 130,000 on the third Tuesday, the sales of "Almost Famous" easily exceeded 500,000 within three weeks of its release, successfully reaching the gold disc certification standard. No matter what the future sales trend of this album is, They have successfully broken out of the underground rock circle and successfully found a place in the music market, which also completed EMI Records' lowest positioning for the first album of Glory to the Dead.
Snoopy-Dog's album "Dog Style" won the top spot on the Billboard album chart this week after regaining the top spot last week, which is a very strong performance. And Mariah Carey's new album, released in September, continued its upward trend, surpassing the competition and ranking second this week. Although the sales volume of Pearl Jam's "Duel" has dropped, it still retains a strong position in the third place.
The Billboard Top 10 gets a fresh face in the third week of December, and the Glory to Death "Nearly Fame" goes one step further this week after breaking into the top 20 last week, relying on on-demand The rapid surge in the rate has risen eight places from the seventeenth place last week to the ninth place on this week's list! Beating Guns and Roses at the bottom of the top ten, it became one of four rock albums in the top ten.
Three weeks after its release, "Almost Famous" almost completed the triple jump and broke directly into the top 10 of the Billboard album chart this week, which is undoubtedly a huge breakthrough, and it also makes the glory to the top ten. Death became the brightest new star in the last month of the year.
With the rise of Glory to the Dead comes the relative fall of Guns and Roses, and the chaos within Nirvana.
In the rock classification list, Pearl Jam still holds the championship, and the runner-up still belongs to Mitt Laufer. The sales of "Hell Bat 2: Back to Hell" have rebounded slightly this week, coupled with the excellent on-demand rate. The performance made this album firmly hold the position on the category list, and it also smoothly rose to the fifth place on the Billboard album chart, which was amazingly good; "Almost Famous" once again completed the surpassing , rose a name to the third place.
Guns and Roses, Smashed Pumpkin, and Nirvana ranked fourth to sixth in the rock category, respectively.
The outstanding performance of "Almost Famous" on the rock category list, even in the face of a lot of powerful competitors, still continues to improve its ranking, and it has achieved 530,000 sales data in three weeks, which is even more eye-catching. Undoubtedly joined the ranks of rock stars. And the album's performance over the next two weeks made "Almost Famous" a logically integral part of the 1993 rock's golden age.
The fourth week of December is the annual Christmas week. In the early 1990s, because there was no Internet, the box office and album sales of movies were always soaring. Movies and music were the most common means of entertainment for people. .
This week, Mariah Carey's new album "Music Box" is back at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart after topping its first week of release. This album is undoubtedly Maria's most successful album since her debut. , The huge success in sales, coupled with the excellent reputation of music critics, also made Maria usher in the heyday of her career.
At this moment, Maria and Whitney-Houston are regarded as the two queens of the American music scene. The two of them were brilliant for a while, far surpassing the male singers of the same period, and also created the peak period of high-pitched and skillful singing.
The only rock band that can be compared with Maria and Whitney is the rock band that has been fully revived in the past two years. The Billboard sales chart during Christmas week is obviously the best proof.
Snoopy-Dog lost the title, swapped a spot with "Music Box" and was the runner-up of the week; after that, the three albums of Pearl Jam, Mitt Laufer, and Death to Glory were occupied respectively. 3rd, 4th and 5th of the week, together to push the rock frenzy to the peak of the year.
During Christmas week, the Guns and Roses album dropped sharply, slipping directly to No. 15 on the chart, showing the decline; Smashed Pumpkin and Nirvana also both dropped out of the top 20, although these three albums are in the rock category. The list still retains the top six positions, but the overall momentum has fallen far behind the other three top competitors.
Pearl Jam's performance is still solid, firmly holding the No. 1 position in the rock category, and it is also unshakable in the third place on the Billboard album chart. After the week, he continued to improve his sales and rankings, and tried his best to interpret the truth of what is called sharpening a knife without chopping wood. The album "Hell Bat 2: Back to Hell", which took 16 years to create, won word of mouth and sales. The full bloom, can be called a model for the new generation of rock bands.
As a rookie band, Glory To Death has performed better and better. In the wave of controversy, relying on its excellent strength and excellent album quality, it has won the love of a large number of neutral fans and ordinary people. The album's sales in the fourth week of its release reached a new high. With sales of 260,000, it continued to maintain its strong momentum.
"Nearly Famous" is getting better and better on the Billboard, the follow-up influence of the rock controversies wave has gradually begun to show its power in the Michael Jackson incident, and the glory to die on the stage of the Junjie Music Festival tour is even more to everyone. Loyal rock fans have demonstrated their solid basic skills and excellent strength. In the rock world, live performances are always the best means to convince fans. There is no doubt that at this point, glory to death is never inferior to any competition. The confidence and heritage of the opponent.
Under such circumstances, "Almost Famous" ushered in a sales frenzy in the last week of 1993, which also pushed Glory to the Dead to its first milestone since its debut.
"Almost Famous" ushered in a buying frenzy in the last week of the year. Obviously, the storm of public opinion at the end of November and early December, after the precipitation and accumulation of time, finally broke out with real energy, which made "Almost Famous" In one week, it achieved sales of 430,000, which is not only the highest weekly sales since the album was released, but also made the cumulative sales of the album within four weeks of its release directly exceed the million mark. 20,000 sales ended his music market journey in 1993.
It's clearly something that Glory didn't expect before releasing the album, and it's the best-case scenario EMI could have imagined: an underground rock band, but also a rock band that broke the grunge rock scene, with a shocking debut album. Landing on the music market and selling a million platinum records is a dream victory.
And now, Glory to Death accomplished this feat in just five weeks. Five weeks after the album was released, sales were getting better week by week, and grades were getting better week by week.
However, the most dazzling achievement in the last week of 1993 was not only the weekly sales of 430,000, but the first Billboard champion since their debut, relying on the explosive sales data in the last week. , "Almost Famous" overtook Pearl Jam and Mitt Laufer at the last moment, dominated the rock classification list in the last week of 1993, and ushered in the sunrise of 1994 with a precious champion!