Chapter 952 952 The Top of the Feast
"Bathing in the Morning Light" was without a doubt the biggest news of August 25th, and it also made people curious about the Billboard charts for the fourth week of August.
Before the release of "Bath in the Morning Light", the music market was strongly influenced by this year's film market, the "Lion King" soundtrack and "Forrest Gump" soundtrack were wildly sought after, plus the national treasure-level group Love from Sweden Ace. Of. Base's critically acclaimed album "The. Sign", these three albums have held the top three spots for weeks in a row, and no one can shake their position.
Among them, the soundtrack of the "Lion King" movie has completed a strong six consecutive championships before the fourth week of August. With the high popularity of the movie, the sales of the original soundtrack have not decreased, and it has always been the strongest competition in the music market. By.
Relatively speaking, the "Label" of Aisi Base is a bit regrettable. Their single "Label" performed very well on the Billboard singles chart. Collision with "The Lion King" and "Forrest Gump", although he also won the weekly championship, the follow-up momentum was still greatly affected.
Six weeks ago, the grunge rock band Stone. Temple. Pilots, known as Pearl Jam's equivalent, released their second album, "Purple," which sold 300,000 copies upon release. , easily topped the Billboard album chart, and after that, the "Lion King" soundtrack began its six-week domination, during which time there were a number of outstanding albums released, but none of them were able to " The Lion King" soundtrack pulled off the horse.
Now, "Bathing in the Morning Light" is coming, and people are wondering whether this album can change the whole chart situation.
When grunge was at its peak, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Alice the Prisoner were all able to top the Billboard album charts after their albums were released, and the best of them, Pearl Jam, performed exceptionally well every time in the market, often winning consecutive championships. . But in general, rock albums still rely on the strong support of fans, and they are more selling long-term sales than explosive power.
Now, Glory to Death is obviously a different band. They are more sought after by the market. Their sales performance is not only long-term, but also explosive. This is already felt in the album "Almost Famous". , the album is still in the top 20 of the Billboard sales chart. Therefore, people have reason to give higher expectations to the sales of "bathing in the morning light".
Facts have also proved that the grand occasion of August 25 was not a bubble.
"Blood in the Morning" achieved sales of 120,000 copies on the first day of its release, which was even better than the sales of "Almost Famous" in the first four days of its release. The enthusiastic response from fans is evident, but it was only one day's sales." It was enough to reach the top five on the Billboard Albums chart, which was far more than expected, but it wasn't the end of it.
On the 26th, the carnival in 24 cities started to ferment at the same time yesterday, and countless fans went to the record store to buy the album, which also made the single-day sales this Friday continue to rise, and won 130,000 sales. After that, it ushered in a new peak on Saturday. The single-day sales exceeded 200,000 in one fell swoop. Then on Sunday, it still maintained a similar level, and sturdy sold 230,000 copies. Everyone was dumbfounded.
Every day's single-day sales is a surprise, and miracles are created almost every day. "Bath in the Morning Light" reached the gold album sales in just three days, and sold 710,000 copies in the first four days. The sales figures are enough to drive all the media crazy.
Although this is what people expect to see, when the sales results actually appear in front of people, people are still amazed.
Last year, when Pearl Jam's second album "Duel" was released, the sales exceeded 1 million in the first week, which was an incredible miracle, but after all, there are still a few people who sold more than 1 million in the first week. The strong ones are rare. You know, Pearl Jam's debut album sales exceeded 10 million, and the total sales even exceeded Nirvana's "Never Mind", so there is a trace of their miracles.
Leaving these aside, the "Bath of Morning Light", which is so glorious to death, sold 710,000 copies within the first four days, and set a new record for weekly sales in 1994, becoming the highest single-week sales in 1994 so far. 's album, such a feat, is a perfect match for Glory to Death's strong rise.
Under such a strong record, there is no doubt that "Bath in the Morning" won the No. 1 on the Billboard Albums Chart in the fourth week of August. Even the soundtrack as powerful as the "Lion King" movie had no resistance, and the entire list immediately appeared. A completely different scene.
In the first week of its release, "Bath in the Morning Light" was aired to the top spot, continuing the strength after "Almost Famous", and achieved the second consecutive championship album of Glory to Death.
The soundtrack of the "Lion King" movie regrettably retreated to the runner-up position, and its six consecutive championships came to an abrupt end; the soundtrack of the "Forrest Gump" movie was postponed to the third place. Although the overall momentum was not as good as that of its competitors, its stable sales were also like winning the North American weekend box office this week. "Forrest Gump", which topped the charts, was generally continuous; Aisi Base's album "Label" slipped to the runner-up position.
The fifth place is Stone Temple Wizard's album "Purple", which maintained its position last week; while last week's fourth place Warren-G (Warren. G) had an outstanding performance on the singles chart, The debut album also performed well, slipping to sixth place this week.
It is worth mentioning that "Almost Famous" has returned to the top ten, ranking ninth thanks to the huge momentum of Glory to Death this week.
In this way, from Glory to Death to the Guide to the Stone Temple, plus the alternative rock band Counting. Crows (Counting. Crows), which was born with its debut debut, and Green Sun, who hit the music scene with punk, and then the absolute king of rock and roll. The Rolling Stones, with a total of six rock albums in the top ten, made people feel the strong momentum of the rock revival in the most direct way.
Especially in this storm, except the Rolling Stones, the other five albums are rock trends after the innovation, among which the Stone Temple Wizard is grunge, and the remaining four albums are all alternative rock, which started in 1993. The wave of rock and roll change ushered in a full-scale explosion after entering 1994.
At the same time, "Beautiful. Day", the first single of the album "Bathing in the Morning Light", was also released simultaneously on August 25th, which was an unexpected and reasonable result, said an accident. It's because the album "Almost Famous" only released two singles in total, but it is reasonable because this single really grabbed everyone's attention.
"Beautiful Day" has sold 80,000 on its first day of release, which is a very unusual figure, because the album "Bathing in the Morning Light" has just been released and sold. If people want to listen to the single, they can just buy the album directly. No need to buy singles at all.
Generally, people who buy an album don't buy another single. Therefore, the first-day sales of "Beautiful Day" are very unusual, especially after comparing the amazing sales of "Bath of Morning Light" on the first day, it is even more incredible.
But the single "Beautiful Day" is destined to be born for the record, not only has received numerous praises in word of mouth, pushing it to the position of classic masterpiece, but also showed an unparalleled strong call in sales. force. It went on to get 80,000 sales on the second day, and it got 170,000 sales in the following two weekends, which also made the single's sales soar to 330,000 in the first week!
Without a doubt, this is also the highest single-week sales for a single since 1994!
In this way, there is absolutely no problem for "Beautiful Day" to top the Billboard singles chart this week, which also marks the first week of the release of Glory to Death's new album. , and they all achieved the highest sales results so far in 1994, which can clearly feel the sturdy popularity of Glory to Death.
This is to be expected. The excellence of "A Beautiful Day" has been affirmed by all music critics. This classic masterpiece has reached the top with the super popularity of the glory to the death. But to everyone's surprise, "A Good Day" faced a formidable challenge on the singles chart. They meet Boyz. II. Men!
The boy-boy group formed in 1988 is the most successful rhythm and blues group in the history of music. After the 1990s, countless rhythm and blues music has been deeply influenced by them, and they achieved brilliant success when they released their debut album in 1991. Achievement, album sales of more than seven million, followed by their 1992 episode "End. Of. The. Road" for the movie "Boomerang", a single that took the Billboard No. 1 spot Thirteen weeks, breaking the Elvis Presley record set in 1956 for 11 consecutive weeks.
Although the record was broken a few months later by Whitney Houston's "I'll Always Love You" with its 14-week streak, the boy-boy group has become the most popular R&B in the entire North American music market. combination.
In a sense, the Backstreet Boys, Superboys, and West Side Boys were all heavily influenced by boy-boy groups and pick-up choirs.
Boyz. II. Men. II, their fourth album after the formation of the boy-boy group, "Two Boys, Two Men (Boyz. II. Men. II)," will be released in September, with their first single "I" released in the second week of August. I'll be with you (I'll. Make. Love. To. You)", the single has been on demand on radio since its release, and it's currently out in the fourth week of August -- also known as "A Beautiful Day" broke out this week.
On the album chart, the strength of "Bath in the Morning Light" made EMI records overjoyed, while on the singles chart, the collision of "Beautiful Day" and "I Will Be With You" made countless media enthusiastic, but this was only a matter of time. Just the beginning!