King of Stage

Seven Hundred and Eighty Nine Classic Combination

2013 is undoubtedly a year of full rise for the One-Day King. From the historic feat of the Grammy Awards Ceremony in February at the beginning of the year, to the Coachella Music Festival in April, and to the "Departure" tour in August, one step at a time With one footprint, it occupies a place in the industry by virtue of its outstanding strength and solid reputation.

In the end, when the Grammy announced the nomination list again in December, One Day King and Ronan Cooper were still on the list, drawing a perfect end to the entire rising year.

However, this is still not all.

When the earth's revolution entered a new cycle and the dawn of 2014 shone across the northern hemisphere, the year-end summaries of major North American continents were released one after another. Looking back on the entire 2013, this is undoubtedly a year worth remembering, not because of the prosperous times, but because Because of the general downturn.

In the film market, the final results of popcorn blockbusters such as "Iron Man 3", "The Hunger Games 2", "Despicable Me 2", "Man of Steel", "Fast and Furious 6" were slightly lower than expected, Of course, it was a pleasant surprise that "Frozen" unexpectedly lit up the end-of-year summer season and became popular all over the world, but such surprises are still too few after all, and the overall market performance is still unsatisfactory.

The same is true for the music market. On the one hand, the recovery momentum of the global economy is still lower than expected. On the other hand, the overall rise of online digital music platforms has further impacted the traditional physical record industry. The former chain record giants announced their bankruptcy and the sunset In the last twilight of the twilight, an irreversible low tide is sweeping, and the winter is bitter.

Naturally, the general downturn in the year-end album sales list is predictable. However, the year-end single sales list has not been able to reproduce the grand occasion of last year's three monster singles, which is undoubtedly disappointing-not only It is a dilemma faced by a singer or a company, and the entire music industry is facing challenges, and no one can be immune to it.

Just look at the year-end album sales in North America. In 2013, there were only four albums with a total sales volume of over 3 million.

At the turn of the century, sales of 3 million were only the threshold for entering the year-end album sales list, and there were more than one or two years in which more than ten singers achieved such results; but now, sales of 3 million can already challenge the year-end sales champion, The downturn across the market is palpable.

Three million albums sold, this number showed a downward trend after entering the era of 2010:

In 2010, eight; in 2011, six; in 2012, four; in 2013... also four.

Not only the number of qualified albums has decreased sharply, but also the sales figures of qualified albums have also declined significantly. Lady Gaga, the year-end sales champion in 2010, and Adele, the year-end sales champion in 2011, both had sales of nine million. In 2012 and 2013, both fell below five million,

Fall off a cliff.

And it's worth noting that both the year-end sales champions in 2011 and 2012 were Adele's "21."

This situation should be divided into two parts. On the one hand, Adele’s hotness is indeed amazing, and “21” has undoubtedly become the most successful album in the 21st century, and even ranked in the top two in the long history. Ten and continuing to rise.

On the other hand, we can see the weakness of the market. There are so many new albums released in a whole year, but no one can shake Adele. But the reality is that relying on Adele alone is still not enough to change the downward trend of the entire industry.

Every aspect can feel the violent impact that the music industry is facing in the era of the Internet and smartphones.

It is precisely because of this that Grammy has been promoting newcomers in recent years, looking forward to reawakening the vitality of the market. The awards ceremony and the development of the industry are closely related, one prospers and the other suffers. Obviously, the Grammys are deeply aware of this. As a result, the king was born on the first day of last year and won four comprehensive awards.

The Grammys gave such a high treatment to the King for a Day, and the facts also proved that this young indie band lived up to the Grammy's ardent expectations.

On the year-end sales list, the one-day king is the biggest surprise, as if you can see the appearance of Adele who was born with "19".

In 2013, the North American year-end sales list was won by Bruno Mars' "Mars Jukebox". The final sales volume was 4 million, and it was also the only work that broke through the 4 million threshold this year. It once again witnessed Bruno step by step. rising trend.

The year-end runner-up, Justin Timberlake's "Perfect Vision", sold 3.8 million copies, proving that the pop king is still at the pinnacle. Although the album's professional reputation is lower than expected, the market feedback is still gratifying. The number of nominations at Les Mills has also become the best award.

The third runner-up at the end of the year, the "Seven" of the King of the Day.

There is no doubt that this is an incredible rise. In 2012, from unknown to a little famous, especially the "Jimmy Chicken Feather Show" and Grammy nominations at the end of the year have attracted a wave of attention for the album, but " The year-end sales of "Seven" still failed to break through 100,000 copies—you can imagine how bleak the sales figures would be without those hot news.

However, in 2013, "Seven" not only topped the billboard album chart for seven weeks, but also remained in the top 20 of the billboard album chart until the end of the year. The posture made people see the fierce follow-up momentum of the "21" style again.

It is reasonable to imagine that if one day the king can create hot spots again, such as the Grammy show once again, then "Seven" will continue to sell well, and it is not impossible to replicate the strong curve of "21" for three years. is the biggest surprise.

In the end, "Seven" sold a full 3.6 million copies in the natural year of 2013, ranking third in the year-end sales list.

From the miracle of 100,000 to 3.6 million, the cumulative sales volume of the album is now steadily moving towards 4 million, and it should be able to break through before the Grammy Awards ceremony comes again. Such a performance can definitely be described as "crazy" .

When the major news media announced the 2013 year-end album sales list, the most interesting reply said:

"Classic combination, it really is a classic!"

Pun!

Ronan, Justin, and Bruno, who jointly created the masterpiece single "Classic" of "Ka Er Tian Wang", also joined hands to occupy the top three of the year-end album sales list. Such a scene can be called a landscape in the history of contemporary pop music—after all, " The number of weeks for the "classic" card has also created a record that has never been seen before or since, and it has indeed been recorded in the annals of history.

Some people also said, "The music market in 2013 belongs to classic groups." Although it is biased, it is also a way of interpretation from the perspective of market sales.

After all, they did join hands to complete the dominance of the rankings.

In addition, the No. 1 album on the year-end sales list is "Memory of Time and Space", which has been sought after by countless professionals. It is a brand new album from the French group Daft Punk. There is a small gap between them.

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