Chapter 953 953 Peak Duel
"Beautiful. Day" sold 330,000 in its first week of release, and debuted at number one on the Billboard Singles Chart in the fourth week of August!
But just as "Bath in the Morning" collided with the "Lion King" soundtrack on the album chart, "A Beautiful Day" ushered in an even stronger impact on the singles chart, Glory to Death and Boy Man The combination ushered in the peak duel.
The boy and boy group was already the most popular R&B group in the United States at this time, and their singles were extremely popular in the radio on-demand segment. Thanks to the wide audience base of R&B, the group was on the singles chart. There are always amazing performances.
Two weeks after the release of "I'll Live With You", the fourth week of August ushered in a sales frenzy, with sales of 150,000 on a single Tuesday. If there was no "good day", this result would have been placed in any other week in 1994. They are all absolute champions, but unfortunately, the "Beautiful Day" is coming and the champion is airborne, which makes "I will be gentle with you" only depressed and ranked second.
The No. 1 and No. 2 results of the Billboard Singles Chart in the fourth week of August were even better than the combined sales of No. 3 to No. 8. This really surprised everyone, and this is the competition since 1994. A fierce one-week championship contest. For such a situation, the media applauded one after another!
This is what the media want to see, a fiery competition where today's most popular R&B boy band meets the most powerful band in rock music today. What will happen?
What kind of market performance will the absolute classic "Beautiful Day" bring to the market? You must know that this time, "Beautiful Day" encounters a rhythm and blues masterpiece whose audience base far exceeds that of rock. "I'll Live With You" has already won the love of a broad audience within three weeks of its release, so can rhythm and blues continue to be sought after by a broad audience to break the professional opinions of music critics and create a different result?
All this really got the media excited!
Just three weeks ago, the "Don't. Look. Back. In. Anger" and "I swear" battle between dragons and tigers just came to an end in the first week of August, with glory to death The duel with another top rhythm and blues group of four lasted for the whole summer. The competition lasted for 11 weeks before and after, not only witnessing the popularity of "I swear", but also witnessing "Don't feel sorry for the past" The process of pushing glory to death to the pinnacle of your career.
In the end, the rivalry between "Don't Be So Sorry" and "I Swear" was ended by a history-making song, "Stay" from Lisa. Loeb, the single When Qu won the championship, Lisa was still an independent singer who did not sign with any record company.
The song "Waiting" is an interlude created by Ethan-**** inviting his friend Lisa, and Ben Stiller's self-directed and self-directed work "Reality. Bites". But this episode was enthusiastically sought after, not only ended the 11-week competition between Glory to Death and Four in One, but also won the championship for three consecutive weeks, which is a great miracle.
Now, "A Beautiful Day" and "I'll Live With You" teamed up to take the top two spots, "Wait" had to drop to third place, and the duel between Glory and the Boys and Boys took another place for three weeks. The previous competition has opened a new war.
Last time, Glory to the Dead carried the powerful momentum of new metal rock and defeated the rhythm and blues representative four in one; then this time, the stronger and better boy-man group will give glory to the dead. What kind of game will it be? What about the game?
If we follow the historical trajectory, the song "I will be with you" won the championship for 14 consecutive weeks, tying the best record of "I will always love you", and also became the boy-man group to reach the top , but now that the single has met "Beautiful Day," things have changed dramatically.
Obviously, "A Beautiful Day" had a perfect start. In the case of the 250,000 sales volume of the competitor "I Will Be Warm With You", a strong combat force broke out in the first week of its release and parachuted into the championship, directly bringing the opponent's arrogance. Step on it, which also indicates that the next competition will be fierce.
The three singles "Beautiful Day", "I'll Live With You" and "Wait" became the top three on the Billboard singles chart in the fourth week of August, the debut of rap rookie Coolio The single "Fantastic. Voyaga" slipped one spot to No. 4, "Don't Worry About the Past" at No. 5, and "I Swear" at No. 6.
In this way, Glory to Death has also created an incredible record. In the same week, it has two top ten albums and two top ten singles. Such a prosperous world also makes people clearly feel the heat of today's Glory to Death. popularity.
Whether it is the showdown between "Bath in the Morning Light" and the "Lion King" soundtrack, or the showdown between Glory to the Dead and the boy-man combination, they have attracted countless people's attention. Unlike usual, due to the addition of the actor Hugo, due to With the addition of the original soundtracks of "The Lion King" and "Forrest Gump", due to the addition of the movie episode "Waiting", the bulletin board list has also attracted the attention of the film field, which has also made this year's summer archives. The frenzy infected the music market.
In order to seize the last vacation before the start of the autumn school, the music market, like the movie market, has also entered a crazy stage of dancing with demons. Countless young people and countless music lovers flocked to record stores to express their love for music and movies with their own actions, which further stimulated the US economy, which has been in a downturn for the past two years, showing unprecedented prosperity. scene.
The first thing that caught everyone's attention was the peak showdown between the soundtracks of "Bath in the Morning" and "The Lion King".
Following the 710,000 sales in the first four days, people are looking forward to how many days it will take for "Bathing Morning Light" to break through the million threshold of platinum sales. The answer will come out soon, seven days! In just seven days, the sales of "Bath in the Morning Light" officially exceeded 1 million, and the second consecutive album of Glory to Death became a platinum album with a data of 1.01 million.
A sentence in the "Chicago Tribune" seemed rather gloating, "EMI is still worried about how they should renew their contract?"
EMI, who are immersed in the joy of the sales frenzy, should really be worried about their contract with Glory to Death. Although Glory to Death and EMI can be regarded as a partnership until the end of the "bath in the morning" promotion period, there is no doubt about it. , Now Glory to Death is already open, I believe that major record companies will not want to miss this top rock band, even if it's not for Hugo, a fragrant bun, just for the whole band of Glory to Death, the record company can't give up.
However, it is obviously not a good time to negotiate a contract, because the peak matchup is still underway!
In the second week, "Bathing the Morning Light" broke out with sales of 640,000, with a cumulative sales of 1.35 million. The excellent battery life almost made all the media scream. It is not a miracle that millions of sales broke out in the first week. , but the gold album sales broke out in the next week, which is very rare.
Under the absolute strength of "Bathing the Morning Light", the "Lion King" soundtrack has experienced the previous six consecutive championships. Obviously, it has follow-up pulling ability but no explosive power, so the impact is obviously slightly inferior, and there is no doubt about the result: "Blood in the Morning Light" won the championship in the first week of September, and the "Lion King" soundtrack continued to win the runner-up.
What is even more interesting is that the positions of the third to fifth places have not changed, and they are still the soundtrack of the "Forrest Gump" movie, the "label" of Aisi Base, and the "purple" of the stone temple guide.
Although the duel on the Billboard album chart is also at the level of kings, because the soundtrack of the "Lion King" movie has won the championship for six consecutive weeks before, facing the wolf-like "bath in the morning light", it is obviously not explosive enough, so the outcome is not too big. big surprise.
In the following week, "Bathing the Morning Light" once again achieved a phenomenal sales volume of 520,000, which not only brought its cumulative sales to 1.87 million, but was not too far from the double platinum, but also completed it easily. Three consecutive championships. The "Lion King" movie soundtrack and "Forrest Gump" movie soundtrack are still the runner-up and third place, the fourth place has become the "Purple" of the Stone Temple Wizard, and the fifth place is the unabated Green Sun Band. The debut album, "Dookie," went all the way. Aisi Base's "label" slipped to sixth place.
Obviously, though, this situation is about to change with the release of the boy-boy group's new album "Two Boys, Two Men", where "Beautiful Day" and "I'll Live With You" were among the billboard singles. The charts are slaughtered, and "Two Boys, Two Men" is about to join the Billboard album chart competition.
Different from the soundtrack of the "Lion King" movie, "Two Boys, Two Men" is a brand-new album, and it is aggressive. "Bathing in the Morning Light" has completed three consecutive championships. Obviously, the momentum is gradually slowing down. Who will have the last laugh, we will see soon!
In the third week of September, the boy-man group took the lead. "Two Boys, Two Men" broke out with a sturdy figure of 130,000 on a single Friday. Although it was not as good as the first week of "Bathing the Morning Light", it was also not as good as it was. Absolutely outstanding results, and in a week at any other time in 1994, it would have been enough to win the championship.
So, facing the impact of the boy-man group, what answer did Glory to Death have to hand over? People think that the peak matchup has already begun, but in fact, this is just the prelude!