Four Hundred and Fifty Blurred Boundaries

In 2013, in the third week of June, the single "Blurred Lines" co-operated by Robin Thicke and Farrell Williams ended the seven-consecutive momentum of the King's hit single "Falling Apart" and reached the top No. 1 on the Billboard Singles Chart!

What people don't know, however, is that this is just the beginning.

After "Blurred Boundaries" replaced "Falling Apart" to reach the top, it officially started the journey of opening and hanging. The sturdy development curve of this single easily surpassed the three big monster singles in 2012, and it ranked first on the Billboard Singles Chart. He won the championship for 12 consecutive weeks in a mighty way, and his overwhelming performance made all the superstars who were eager to fight all over their noses.

Fall through the glasses all over the floor!

Originally, midsummer is approaching, the stars are surging, and the top popular superstars are making their debut one by one, just like the summer movies, seize the sunny summer time, the stars are gathering, you will sing and I will appear on the stage, looking forward to completely detonating the market , reveling in the heat of a raucous party.

But I didn't expect that Robin Thicke, who had been dormant for ten years and finally ushered in the peak, swept away thousands of troops and dominated the charts for three months. From June to September, no single single could shake the "Blurred Boundaries" "'s dominance, countless superstars all fell into the calamity of Ka Er and returned home in defeat.

Moreover, "Blurred Lines" is not only a strong dominance in North America, but also reached the top in 23 countries and regions around the world.

In the end, "Blurred Boundaries" became the 2013 global single sales champion and the North American single sales runner-up. The global sales volume of the year has exceeded 11 million. The sturdy performance data made all the popular superstars bow down and be convinced. oral.

It is not wrong to say that "falling apart" was pulled down by "blurred boundaries".

On the contrary, because of the absolute strength of "Blurred Boundaries", people keep mentioning, "The previous champion single of 'Blurred Boundaries' was 'Falling Apart'", "That's another seven consecutive championship singles", "One Day King and Robin Thicke teamed up to dominate the summer in North America in 2013"... and so on, so another wave of topical effects was created for One Day King. Until the end of the year, they were still active on social networks. in sight.

However, there are many people who are popular.

After "Blurred Lines" became popular, it soon fell into "plagiarism controversy" and was criticized by the whole network. The song "Got-To-Give-It-Up".

In the face of controversy, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams clarified that the inspiration did come from "having to give up",

"Blurring the Lines" was created because the song inspired it, but it wasn't a copy.

Nevertheless, they were brought to court, and after more than a year of lengthy trials, in March 2015, Robin and Farrell lost the case and were found "plagiarized" and fined $7.4 million. A case with the highest amount of compensation among copyright disputes in the history of North American music.

It can be seen from this that the court firmly determined the fact of plagiarism and punished it with the most severe means, and the fine will be shared by Robin and Farrell.

After the trial, Robin and Farrell still did not change their words, insisting that they were only inspired and did not plagiarize. But this incident had a varying degree of impact on the careers of both of them——

Farrell has been a top figure in the industry for more than two decades, and relatively speaking, he has no serious problems; but Robin, who has been dormant for many years, has suffered heavy losses.

Perhaps, fans have different opinions on whether "Blurred Lines" is plagiarism, and everyone has their own ideas; but from a legal perspective, the official seal determines that plagiarism is plagiarism, and Robin and Farrell obediently paid fine.

Somewhat ironically, the title of the single itself is Blurred Boundaries, as if testing on the edge of danger.

But no matter what, these are things for later. The 12-week consecutive championship of "Blurring Boundaries" is still an iron-clad fact, dominating the singles chart with an absolutely strong posture.

After the seven consecutive championships of "falling apart", he slipped to the runner-up position, but his strong performance was still outstanding, and he successfully withstood the impact of stupid punk. It's just overtaking, not starting to decline by itself.

From the third week of June to the fourth week of July, "Falling and Falling" remained in the runner-up position for five consecutive weeks, and the tough posture made Daft Punk's "Lucky" only stuck in the third place. , although it didn't fall, it couldn't rise either, and the stable performance was hopeless.

What is even more astonishing is that "Falling Apart" has stayed in the top ten for a full thirteen weeks, that is, three and a half months, of which twelve weeks have been in the top two, such results have far surpassed "Chasing the Light", " My Devil", without a doubt the most successful single of One Day King.

In the first week of August, Miley-Cyrus' "We-Can't-Stop" finally ushered in the No. 4 spot after three weeks in a row. Breaking through, surpassing "Lucky" and "Falling Apart" in a row, came to No. 2, creating the best score of this single.

At the same time, Magnum Dragon's legendary monster single "Radioactive ()" has also reached the fourth highest position after a long journey of forty-seven weeks.

Compared with Shining Band's "Roar, Hey" and One Day King's "Chasing the Light", Magnum's "Radioactive" is a single recorded in history. This work has gone through a long one-year journey. From being unknown to sweeping thousands of troops, it was more difficult and more magical, and finally even surpassed "Falling Up", and came to the third place with the highest record in the second week of August, tying the best of "Hey, Hey" The results are absolutely incredible.

Moreover, this is not the end. After "Radioactive" reached its peak ranking, it still had an overwhelmingly high popularity on the Billboard singles chart. "I'm Yours" has maintained the record for the longest time on the billboard for 76 weeks, and it has improved a lot, creating a new history. Although it has never won the championship, it has also left a magnificent stroke.

Back to the one-day kings, "Falling Apart" didn't plummet after retiring to No. 4 in the second week of August, but continued to stay in the top ten for another seven weeks before slowly, slowly starting to slide , but thanks to the overall rise of rock and roll, the follow-up trend of the single is still strong.

When "Falling Apart" fell out of the top 50 and was forced to leave the list, this single stayed on the list for a full 60 weeks, surpassing "My Devil" and became the longest-running work of the King of the Day. Being able to rank among the top 15 on the Billboard history list not only has explosive power but also has strong stamina——

Here is the really incredible place, whether it is "Roar, Hey" or "Radioactive", including "I Am Yours", these singles are behind the time records of the charts, and all of them have a record of "not reaching the top and winning the championship". It is a common regret that, like Adele's "Falling into the Abyss", a single that simultaneously created a championship and a good record on the charts, that is, this is the only one that has no semicolon.

Now, another song has been added, "Falling Apart".