Chapter 648 648 Fierce Showdown
In the fourth week of January, the top five on the Billboard album chart were "Almost Famous," Glory to Death, Mariah Carey's "Music Box," Pearl Jam's "Showdown," and Michael Burton. Bolton's "The. One. Thing", Snoop Dogg's "Dog Style".
This week was also hyped by the media as a "historic champion", and "Rotation" magazine, which has always praised Glory to Death, even believed that "this will be a new starting point for Glory to Death to the height of Nirvana", but the big Some media are just following the hype. There are very few media who sincerely believe that glory to death can create the miracle of Nirvana. After all, the height of Nirvana's "Don't Mind" album is indeed unmatched, and the "almost famous" album is indeed unmatched. The overall quality of the album is still slightly lacking.
"Alternative Choice" believes that "the media has once again committed the old problem of hype, and the glory to death is a model of the media's praise. Time will prove that this band is just a boring commercial product". Similar views abounded, and once again it was clear that the professional debate sparked by Death to Glory never dissipated, even after the stellar performance at Junjie Music Festival.
But regardless of the attitude of the professional media, the reaction given by the music market is the best echo of "Rotation" magazine's point of view.
In the fifth week of January, the Glory to Death and Mariah Carey, dubbed by the media as "tragic duel", once again launched a bayonet-to-knife hand-to-hand battle.
"Music Box" took the lead, and the sales in the first three days of the week broke out with strong tenacity, overwhelming the direct competitor "Almost Famous" and won the single-day sales champion for three consecutive days; The sales continued to rise for four consecutive days, especially in the two weekends, the fans were burning with strong enthusiasm, and they won the single-day sales champion for the next four days of the week.
At the end of the week, "Music Box" ignited 350,000 sales, which can definitely be regarded as a super dazzling data for an album that has been released for nearly five months and has achieved sales of 5 million. ; But "Almost Famous" ushered in a new peak in the tenth week of its release. The sales of 150,000 on Thursday alone created a new high for the number of sales in a single week after the album was released.
After some fierce competition, "Almost Famous" proudly topped the Billboard album chart for a second time, proved its impressive achievements in the market with real data, and gave the Grammys a strong counterattack; and In the tragic confrontation hyped by the media, although the "Music Box" has shown a strong stamina, it still lost to its competitors and could only be the runner-up.
Although after the announcement of this week's Billboard album chart, the media have said that although Maria is a loser and ranked second, she proudly raised her head to welcome such a result; but the truth is so cruel, "Music Box" In the head-to-head confrontation, they lost to Maicheng for the second consecutive week, which also left a deeper imprint on the fact that "Glory to death stepped on Mariah Carey's shoulders to make history".
"Almost Famous" and "Music Box" ranked first and second respectively, "Dog Style", "Showdown" and "One Thing" ranked third to fifth respectively. The ranking of the top five was the same as last week. The only change from that was the resurgence of Snoop Dogg, which ended the January Billboard album chart.
"Nearly Famous" completed the Billboard album chart topping the list, a feat that "Never Mind" hadn't been able to accomplish that year.
In January 1992, although Nirvana knocked Michael Jackson out of the throne and won the championship, it also lost to country superstar Gus Brooks, whose album "Ropin'. The. Wind" established the His position as the king of the country, winning ten weeks before and after the championship, has made country music rise from the position of the audience's favorite object to the position of market dominance. Before this album, few country albums have sold one million sales. , but the emergence of "Bound Wind" has completely changed this situation.
On the one hand is the rock leather. On the other hand, there is the rise of the countryside. In the end, Nirvana only won the championship for two weeks in a row, while "Binding Wind" completed two consecutive championships first, and then completed eight consecutive championships.
Now, "Almost Famous" has withstood the strong impact of "Music Box" and achieved the championship title, which is also a major breakthrough, which further consolidates the status of this album in the long history. However, this is still not the end!
In the first week of February, the time for the Grammy Awards ceremony is getting closer and closer, and the entire music market has also declined. Everyone is accumulating energy for the Grammy Awards. The albums won will receive the most direct feedback from the market. According to incomplete statistics, the sales of albums that have won the Grammy gramophone trophy can even double or triple after the awards ceremony. This is actually the same as the Oscar effect. Therefore, February also ushered in a brief downturn.
The most outstanding performance this week is the Jodeci band, which just released their new album in January. This four-piece band composed of two pairs of brothers is also the product of the great wave and change of music in the early 1990s. Their musical style Including rhythm and blues, soul music, hip-hop, etc., the band name is a combination of abbreviations from the members' names.
The creative ability of this band is very outstanding. The songs they wrote in Mariah Carey's albums, and their breakthroughs and innovations in music also had an impact on the entire history of music development. J. Blige), Massy - Elliott (Missy. Elliott), Timbaland (Timbaland) and other big-name singers have been influenced by them.
Their debut album "Diary. Of. A. Mad. Band" was enthusiastically sought after by the market as soon as it came out. After several weeks of deliberation, this week also ushered in an explosion, directly He jumped up to the third place and performed very well.
In addition to the Jodeci band, the biggest focus this week is Glory to the Dead and Mariah Carey. The competition between the two has entered a completely white-hot stage. Although the album sales of "Almost Famous" have declined this week, they are still Once again withstood the fierce impact of competitors, with a sales volume of 270,000 over the 250,000 sales of "Music Box", and completed the incredible three consecutive championships!
It is not easy for even the top singers to achieve three consecutive titles on the Billboard album chart, and "Almost Famous", after brewing in the last month of last year, ushered in a full-scale explosion in the New Year, showing strong market competitiveness.
Lost to the east and harvested the mulberry, Glory to Death did not get a fair judgment in the Grammy nomination stage, but it received strong feedback in the fan market, which is probably the truth.
Under the brilliance of the "Almost Famous" three consecutive championships, the four albums of "Music Box", "Crazy Band Diary", "Dog Style" and "Jenny" ranked second to fifth respectively, but they were not. Neither can shake the popularity of this week's Glory to Death topic.
After three weeks in a row, the Dragon Fight finally came to an end in the second week of February. Alice the Prisoner's fine disc (EP) "Jar. Of. Flies" exploded as soon as it was released under the conditions of grunge. With sales of 240,000, it was parachuted to the number one spot on the Billboard album chart, which was slightly sluggish this week!
The victory of Alice the Prisoner not only ended the three consecutive championships of Glory to Death, but also showed the strong appeal of grunge in the music market today, and most importantly, even the rock revolution led by Glory to Death. The fate has been attacked, but in the face of the head-on competition of grunge, it is still unable to gain the upper hand. There is Pearl Jam in front and Alice Prisoner in the back, and the situation is still very fierce. Of course, Alice the Prisoner's Airborne champion, but also can see the reason 1993 will be called the golden age of rock and roll.
Under the impact of "Fly Jar", the sales of "Almost Famous" and "Music Box" both fell below the threshold of 200,000, but even so, "Almost Famous" still pressed "Music Box" again, occupying the The runner-up position in the second week of February left a frontal competitor in third place.
Rookie country singer John - Michael - Montgomery (John. Michael. Montgomery) debut album "Kickin'. It. Up" directly airborne to the No. 1 position, which is also a side of country music now occupying the mainstream of the market, new singers The first album was able to achieve such excellent results.
Snoop Dogg's "Dog Style" slipped to fifth place. As for last week's "Crazy Band Diary", it slipped to sixth place.
The tragic confrontation between Glory to Death and Mariah Carey obviously no one expected such a result. "Almost Famous" not only completed the three consecutive championships on the shoulders of "Music Box", but was still ahead of the competition after falling. A position, this performance is really eye-catching.
What is even more commendable is that the next performance of "Almost Famous" has always been to overwhelm its opponents. In the third week of February, "Cheer" made a strong counterattack and won the championship, and "Almost Famous" once again pressed "Music Box". One place, the two ranked second and third, respectively, and "Fly Jar" slipped to fifth place behind "Dog Style".
Then the Grammy effect struck strongly, and albums that achieved good results at the awards ceremony entered the list one after another. After suppressing "Music Box" for two weeks, it ranked the runner-up position for the fifth consecutive week, while "Music Box" won the third runner-up for the fifth consecutive week.
Until the second week of March, "Music Box" relied on indomitable stamina to complete the overtake and returned to the championship, while "Almost Famous" fell further to the third place, and the runner-up was R&B superstar R. Kelly's new album "Twelve Games (12. Play)".
"Music Box" ended the eight-week dark time, and finally turned over to sing. Although "Almost Famous" ended the eight-week suppression of Maria, it was already a great achievement for Glory to Death. You know, the album "Music Box" made Maria "The Queen" The title's major album, "Almost Famous" has fallen below everyone's radar.
However, the history of the album "Almost Famous" is not over, and the suppression of "Music Box" is only the first step.